this is bbc news. i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 11pm: iran summons the british ambassador over what it calls the "illegal seizure" of an iranian oil tanker off gibraltar. the bookmaker william hill blames new restrictions on fixed odds betting for its plans to close hundreds of shops, but critics say problem gambling had to be tackled. a lot of these people, mainly women, in areas where there isn't much unemployment, have been working very loyally for william hill for many yea rs stop loyally for william hill for many years stop if the industry, as well as government, were aware of these consequences for the industry between the two of them, they should have met to address the consequences. an armed officer tells an inquest of the danger he faced

when he killed the ringleader of the london bridge attack. a bbc investigation reveals china is deliberately separating muslim children from their families, as parents reveal they don't know whey they are. and andy murray triumphant in his men's doubles match, as he returns to wimbledon for the first time in two years. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, assistant political editor of the mirror, ben glaze, and economics and trade correspondent for the telegraph, anna isaac. stay with us for that. good evening. iran has summoned the british ambassador in tehran to complain about what it says is the illegal detention of one of its oil tankers in the straits of gibraltar. the vessel was stormed by royal marine commandos this morning after concerns that it was carrying two million

barrels of iranian oil to syria, in breach of eu sanctions. british and american authorities have been tracking the vessel for months. it loaded up in iran and may have been expected to take a shorter route from iran, via the suez canal, to syria's mediterranean coast. this would have been cheaper and much safer than the route it actually took, which was around the cape of africa, around the east and then west coast of africa, adding thousands of miles to the journey and carrying this cargo of oil which could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars before it was seized. our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports. britain's ministry of defence has released these photos of the moment royal marines boarded the tanker under the cover of darkness. first arriving by helicopter using ropes, and then more arriving by fast boat, along with gibraltar‘s law enforcement agencies. no shots were fired.

they'd been waiting until the vessel entered gibralter‘s territorial waters. with the legal justification for the raid, enforcing eu sanctions on syria. we have reasons to believe that the grace i was carrying a shipment of crude oil in the refinery in syria, that is the property of an entity that is subject to european union sanctions against syria. as the sanctions being enforced are established by the eu, i have written this morning to the presidents of the european commission and council setting out the details of the sanctions which we have enforced. but it's notjust about syria. the gracei is believed to have first been tracked loading up with crude oil in iran. suspicions heightened as it took the longer route around the southern tip of africa than through the suez canal. and according to spain, it was the united states that called on britain to intervene.

translation: it was a demand by the united states to the united kingdom and we are looking into how it affects our sovereignty because it happened in, as we understand, our spanish waters. any us demand for intervention may have had more to do with iran and syria. tensions have heightened with tehran ever since the us pulled out of the international agreement on its nuclear programme. the trump administration has reimposed punishing sanctions. as for britain, the legal justification for seizing the tanker is to enforce eu sanctions on syria, iran sees it as an illegal act. it's summoned the british ambassador to express its anger. jonathan bell, bbc news. here, william hill is planning to close around 700 betting shops across the uk after a government decision to reduce the maximum stake on fixed—odds terminals from £100 to £2. the company said this had led to a significantfall" in revenue and there are now 4,500 jobs at risk. the government, which acted

after concerns that players could quickly lose large sums of money, said the gambling industry had had over a year to prepare for the change, including minimising job losses. business correspondent emma simpson reports. bookies, they've become a firm feature on high streets across the uk. william hill has more than anyone else, but nearly a third of its shops are now set to close. 4,500 jobs at risk. there are 17 in the borough of croydon, too many for some residents. people haven't got the money. some people get their money and then they go to the betting shop and they've got choices everywhere, everywhere, in every street, and i don't think that's right. people outside the betting shops are always asking for money. 20p here, 20p there and they go straight to the machines, they put it straight in, back out again, begging for more. fixed—odds betting terminals are computerised games at the touch of a button. they've been called the crack cocaine of gambling, where you can lose

a fortune in a flash. there are more than 33,000 terminals in towns and cities across great britain. it's big business, generating £i.5 billion in sales last year. but the government cracked down, limiting the maximum stake from £100 to £2 in april, making hundreds of william hill outlets loss—making overnight. i think william hill should have seen this coming. they've known about the announcement for 14 months now, and i do feel sorry for the people who are losing theirjobs, but, unfortunately, this is collateral damage from the addiction and carnage that fixed—odds betting terminals cause on the high street. with gambling moving online, many betting shops relied on the huge profits they made from fixed odds betting terminals. with the new stringent cap in place, store closures were inevitable and there could be many more to come.

the industry is already going through an incredible period of distress... this retail expert is wondering who's going to fill the gaps. in general, a large number of these stores are located in deprived areas across high streets in the uk that are already suffering from high levels of vacancy rates. so, the reality of filling these stores, when demand for retail property is at a 10—year low, is that it's going to be very challenging. william hill says it will do whatever it can to help affected staff. the closures are likely to begin at the end of the year. emma simpson, bbc news, croydon. the conservative leadership contenderjeremy hunt has told the bbc it's all to play for in his race with borisjohnson to be the next prime minister. he admitted his campaign team thought it a very long shot at the beginning, but now believed there was a chance foran upset, likening it to the uk voting for brexit and donald trump being elected us president. political editor laura kuenssberg was on the campaign trail with him. if you were to become the very

next prime minister, what would be the first thing you'd do? the answer to daisy‘s question? sort out that complicated thing called brexit. but on that, care for the elderly, or his backing forfox hunting, can you be quite sure of his success... i was really, really bad at sport. ..when he confessed he wasn't always a winner. after nearly a decade buttoned up in cabinet, is his political identity really quite that clear? who are you really as a politician? are you someone who believes fox hunting should be restored, and wants to limit the time limit on abortions? or are you a modern conservative? because sometimes people don't really know who you are. well, i'm a modern conservative, but like everyone, i take a position on matters of conscience, they're personal, but they're not relevant to what i want to do for the country and what's been exciting about this campaign is i have had a chance to set out for the first time in my life

the things i really want to change. but even on brexit, you say there's not that much difference between you and borisjohnson, but a few weeks ago you said october 31st was an artificial deadline, but then you came up with your own deadline, saying you'd have to know by september 30th, so again, you've been giving people different messages, haven't you? not at all. if there is a deal to be done and it takes a few days longer than october 31st to get it through parliament, i'm not going to rip the whole thing up, that's why i said it is a bit of a fake debate. if there isn't, i will leave. you are willing to take us out with no deal, which a lot of people believe, at least in the short term, would be economic sabotage. look, when i go round the world, i meet foreign ministers of other countries. they don't understand why we're making such a meal of leaving and they want us to get on with it, so we have to do, in this country of all countries, we have to do what people have told us to do. we've got the best universities in europe,

some of the best in the world. he's perfectly comfortable chatting on his local high street, but less so, perhaps, in front of tory members, who often favour boris johnson's brexit cheerleading. cheering presentation's good, i think he has a chance of winning but i think that doesn't persuade me because there's not passion there. i think he's honest and i think he's real. i'll vote forjeremy. why? and i would have voted for anyone who is standing against borisjohnson. why do you say that? because i think he was an appalling foreign minister. it's a big maybe. i think at the start of the campaign, the people around me thought this was a very long shot. now it feels like much more of the contest and we've had some surprises — we had the surprise of trump, we had the surprise of brexit, i think we could have the surprise of the conservative party leadership election too. do you really feel that now? i do, i do, i think there's all to play for.

jeremy hunt knows some of his support comes from who he's not, not who he is. cheers, boris, if you're watching. may the best man win. but hopes there mightjust be time to prove what he might become. delicious. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, surrey. and laura will be on the road with borisjohnson later in the campaign. let's take a look at some of the other main stories on bbc news this hour. the former english defence league leader, tommy robinson, has denied nearly derailing the trial of a sexual grooming gang by broadcasting on facebook live footage of some of the defendants. mr robinson, whose real name is stephen yaxley—lennon, is accused of committing contempt of court, charges he denies. he told the high court that he took steps to stay within the law. the hearing continues. brexit party mep ann widdecombe has compared the uk's departure from the eu to the emancipation of slaves. but critics have branded her remarks, which she made in herfirst speech at the european parliament,

as disgusting and offensive. a student paramedic has died after a collision between an ambulance and a car in burton—on—trent in staffordshire. 31—year—old tammy marshall was airlifted to hospital in birmingham yesterday evening but died from her injuries. a firearms officer has described to an inquest how he shot dead one of the ringleaders of the london bridge attacks because he feared the attacker would stab and kill him, or detonate an explosive device. eight people died when three men drove a van into pedestrians on london bridge before launching a knife attack in nearby borough market two years ago. daniel sandford reports. sirens wail 0n the night ofjune the third, 2017, armed officers from city of london police were called to reports of a van that had crashed into pedestrians, and men stabbing people with knives. it was declared as a marauding

terrorist attack, which meant theirjob was to identify, locate, contain and neutralise the threat. as their vehicle arrived in borough market, they saw some fighting. the officer in the passenger seat leapt out. he told the jury at that point, khuram butt came towards him with a large knife in his hand. the officer, being identified in the inquest as bx46, said: bx46 told the jury that at that point he aimed his rifle at the man towards him. "i moved back quickly", he said, "and i moved the fire selector lever to fire and i pulled the trigger." his colleagues, bxiiii and bx45 also got out. rachid redouane came towards them and they both opened fire. then youssef zaghba approached bxiiii.

he told the jury: "i was backing away, trying to create a reactionary gap fearing what turned out to be fake suicide vests, the armed officers continued to shoot the attackers each time they moved. daniel sandford, bbc news, borough market. patients' lives are being put at risk because of delays in treating them for sepsis. hospitals are meant to put suspected sufferers on an antibiotic drip within an hour, but bbc research shows a quarter of patients in england are waiting longer than that. sepsis is hard to spot and diagnose. it's triggered by infection and worsens when the immune system goes into overdrive. the uk sepsis trust says every year there are about 250,000 cases across the country, leading to over 50,000 deaths. analysis of 100 nhs trusts in england by the bbc showed that betweenjanuary and march this year 24% of hospital patients did not get treated within an hour.

health editor hugh pym reports. gosh, it's a hollow house without him, isn't it? he was chatty and fun and full of laughter. lived life completely and utterly. tim mason had flu—like symptoms and felt desperately ill, but doctor sent him home from hospital. hours later, with sepsis taking a grip, he was back and in intensive care. crash teams were about link to save him. -- crash teams were about link to save him. —— battling. he knew how sick he was and he was begging us to help him and the doctors and nurses and we had to promise we would be by his bedside when he woke up, even though we knew that there was every chance, or certainly

i knew, there is every chance he would not wake up. he was begging us to help him and we had to promise we would be tim's death followed a series of errors at the hospital. the trust has apologised to his parents, fiona and gavin, for not doing everything it could to help diagnose the sepsis sooner. many hospitals have brought in new checks for sepsis which can be triggered by minor infections. including blood tests, to look for specific warning signs. if there's no red flag, we want to look for an amberflag... the uk sepsis trust has drawn up a check—list to boost awareness amongst nhs staff, but its leaders argue that more needs to be done. we need to ensure that resources are applied to this and new standards for emergency departments accurately measure what's happening for sepsis patients and we need to ensure the government and the statutory bodies do more to allow doctors to deliver this care at the right time. wales is similar to england for

rapid treatment with antibiotics. there is no comparable data for northern ireland and is got and. —— scotland. and that, they say, is some comfort. there's nothing that will change for us, but in his memory, if we can change something for someone else, i know that he'd be cheering us on, because that's what he would have wanted. certainly, absolutely. that was hugh pym talking to fiona and gavin mason. we just want to break you some breaking news and an update to a story we've been covering all day about the oil tanker that royal marines have boarded that is suspected to be breaching eu sanctions. and iranians tanker on its way to syria which was boarded off the coast of gibraltar. just a line of information coming via the

reuters news agency out of panama city. this was a ship that was flying a panamanian flag but panama's flying a panamanian flag but pa nama's maritime authority flying a panamanian flag but panama's maritime authority said that the greys one, that giant tanker, was no longer listed by panama's tanker, was no longer listed by pa nama's international boat tanker, was no longer listed by panama's international boat registry as of may 22, they said it had been delisted after receiving an alert that the ship had participated in or was linked to terrorism —— grace one, so although it flies a panama flag, 0rion has claimed ownership and has objected strongly to the seizure of its ship —— iran. panama authorities say they delisted the ship because they claim it had an alert indicating it may have dissipated in or be linked to terrorism financing. we will try to find out more about that. let's have a look at the headlines.

a red carpet of that news —— recap of that news regarding the grace one. the bookmaker william hill blames new restrictions on fixed odds betting for its plans to close hundreds of shops, but critics say problem gambling had to be tackled. an armed officer tells an inquest of the danger he faced when he killed the ringleader of the london bridge attack. thousands of people are on the streets of washington for the annual festivities to mark the 11th ofjuly, independence day. we can take you there live. make pence —— make pence waiting in the

rain, we are expecting to hear from president trump who is going to be speaking to the assembled masses there in washington. it's a huge event, the president has promised one of the biggest celebrations in us history with a show of military might to accompany his speech. not without controversy, though, critics are essentially accusing him of litter sizing a national holiday. —— politicising. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler is in the us capital he gave this analysis. patriotic music is playing, the sta rs patriotic music is playing, the stars and stripes are flying, president drum will be speaking in front of the lincoln memorial, he says it will be a thank you to us supporters. supporters have been turning up from early morning to make sure they get a good vantage point for the event. the one thing the white house has not been able to control is the weather, there has been torrential rain in the last

couple of hours and thunderstorms have been forecast. that could affect attendance figures and at times president trump can be sensitive when it comes to the issue of crowd sizes. chris buckler reporting there. california has been struck hit by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake, the epicentre of which was on the edge of death valley national park in the centre of the state. tremors were felt as far away as los angeles, almost 200 kilometres away, including at this newsroom at a local tv station. stock in shops has been damaged, and water in swimming pools was shaken up by the quake. kern county fire department said on twitter it was attending to nearly two dozen incidents, ranging from medical assistance requests to fires. disturbing evidence of muslim children in china being systematically separated from theirfamilies has been uncovered by the bbc. official documents show that large

numbers of state boarding schools have been built, to house children as young as two. critics of china's government say it's a deliberate policy to cut the children off from their communities. the children are minority uighur muslims from the region of xinjiang. the bbc has already reported a vast network of re—education camps for adults there, where it's thought more than a million people are detained. the authorities say the camps are for combatting violent religious extremism. now some uighur parents, speaking in exile, have told the bbc that as well as losing adult relatives, their children too have disappeared and they are not being told where they are held. 0ur china correspondentjohn sudworth has this exclusive report. in account after account, gathered in a meeting hall in istanbul, muslims from xinjiang speak again and again of the immeasurable grief of separation from their children.

who is looking after the children? back home china has been sweeping xinjiang's uighurs, kazakhs and other minorities who have their own languages and culture, into giant camps where they are taught chinese and to love the communist party. abdurahman tohti moved to turkey in 2013. three years ago his wife and children went back to xinjiang for a short trip and vanished. but then he found this — a video posted online of his son in a boarding school, speaking not in uighur, his mother tongue, but in chinese. alongside the camps, china has been

building something else. giant new schools, many with huge dormitories. this kindergarten sleeps hundreds. we film at one camp. while the adults are kept here, their children are in this nearby school. and this kindergarten has barbed wire, cameras and signs that say, only chinese should be spoken. this man from the chinese propaganda bureau denies large numbers of children have been left without parents.

but such cases are not hard to find. this woman who runs a clothes shop in turkey recently found a photo of her step daughter on social media. it's a sign her close relatives are ina camp. if you could send a message to her today, what would you tell her? research of online documents commissioned by the bbc show is only an 8% increase in kindergarten places for china as a whole, but in xinjiang, as the camps have been built, there's been an 82%

jump, and in some uighur majority areas numbers have shot up even further. the xinjiang government is attempting to get full control over the young generation, to literally raise a new generation that has been cut off from original roots, from religious beliefs, from cultural knowledge, even from their own language. i believe the evidence really points what we must call cultural genocide. kalida akytkankyzy has moved to kazakhstan, but when she heard that the chinese camps had left her 1a grandchildren without parents, she phoned the village official.

we tried to look for her missing relatives. the family home is locked and deserted. we call the village official. but he hangs up on us too. we find only the signs of a giant vanishing and the shattering of countless families. 0ur china correspondent, john sudworth with that report. britain's oldest building firm — r durtnell & sons — has ceased trading, putting more than a hundred jobs at risk. the company, based near sevenoaks in kent, was founded in 1591, and has been run by 13 generations of the same family. the collapse means the firm has halted its £21 million project to refurbish the brighton dome. charlotte wright reports. this picture illustrates the proud

history of britain's oldest building firm. it's been run by 13 generations of the same family. but now, a28 yea rs generations of the same family. but now, a28 years after it was founded, kent —based r durtnell & sons has ceased trading. there are buildings within touching distance of wherever we are around london that they would have built all been part of at some point in their massively long history. the company was founded in 1591 during the reign of elizabeth the first stop in 1593 the firm built pounds bridge manner, which is still standing today. but recently, it's been hit with financial difficulties. in 2017 and made a loss before tax of almost £680,000. what do you think of this lovely house? it still standing. a few yea rs house? it still standing. a few years ago, the firm was a focus of this bbc documentary. can you see the tool marks? they are cut by

hand. maybe cut i don't know, who would have thought? well done. generations before me have had to deal with civil wars or the fire of london, plague, things that we don't have at the moment. but, they've had a lot of other things to do as well as, you know just a lot of other things to do as well as, you knowjust downturns. a lot of other things to do as well as, you knowjust downturnsm appears it's been struggling to survive the financial pressures of the past few years. one of the major projects it's been working on is the refurbishment of the brighton dome exchange, the city council says it is committed to the project and has taken back the side. they did a lot of restoration work of old buildings, they had a lot of heritage skills, so there is also the question of, are we going to have fewer people doing these kind ofjobs which are sadly going to disappear? tonight, the company says it's appealing to creditors to help delay closing the business. it is estimated more than 100 jobs are at risk. charlotte wright, it is in

use. “— risk. charlotte wright, it is in use. —— bbc news. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers: assistant political editor of the mirror, ben glaze, and economics and trade correspondent for the telegraph, anna isaac. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now it's time for the weather with matt taylor. we are stuck in a little bit of a weather no man's land through the next week or so. no real sign of high pressure or low pressure wanting to dominate, and that's the case as we go into friday. thursday's area of high pressure pushes south and west a bit, allowing low pressure in iceland to exert more influence, pushing the cloud further south. a north—south split on friday, rain across the highlands and islands, some patchy rain in scotland, northern ireland and northern england but most staying dry and further south, blue skies dominating, even if there is a bit more cloud. temperature speaking at 27 or28, bit more cloud. temperature speaking at 27 or 28, 80 two fahrenheit,