you're watching bbc news at nine with me, joanna gosling. the headlines: downing street continues to stand by the uk's ambassador to the us, despite donald trump's latest tweets saying he will no longer deal with him. hong kong's leader declares that her controversial extradition bill, which sparked weeks of angry protests, is now dead. i reiterate here there is no such plan. the bill is dead. a crisis of childhood — a major new study finds young people are feeling under more social pressure than ever before and struggling to cope. could labour be about to shift its policy on a brexit referendum this morning after the unions agree the party should back remain in any referendum? a pioneering gene—silencing drug is approved for nhs use in england to treat patients

with a rare hereditary disease. and after beating a former champion, johanna konta is bidding for a wimbledon semifinal spot — she'll be back on court again this afternoon. good morning — and welcome to the bbc news at nine. president trump has stepped up his attack on the uk's ambassador in washington, saying, "we will no longer deal with him". in a series of tweets, mr trump also said that theresa may had made a "mess" of brexit, adding he was thankful that the british people would soon have a new prime minister. the remarks follow a leak of emails written by sir kim darroch, describing the trump white house as "inept" and "dysfunctional." downing street says sir kim has the government's full support.

andy moore reports. shortly after president trump criticised mrs may and her ambassador, downing street issued a statement saying sir kim darroch continued to had the full support of the prime minister. the leak was unfortunate, the statement went on, but the special relationship would endure. on his twitter feed, president trump said: "i have been very critical about the way the uk and prime minister theresa may handled brexit. what a mess she and her representatives have created. i told her how it should be done but she decided to go another way. i do not know the ambassador but he is not liked or well thought of within the us. we will no longer deal with him. the good news for the wonderful united kingdom is that they will soon have a new prime minister. while i thoroughly enjoyed the magnificent state visit last month, it was the queen who i was most impressed with." there are reports that the ambassador has already been

frozen out from a diplomatic event in washington overnight but it's unlikely the uk will bow to american pressure and bring him home. i would just say this — that you only bring an ambassador out or expel an ambassador when something very serious has gone wrong between two countries, and not two close friends and allies. it would be pretty unprecedented for the idea that the president of the united states should push the man out simply for doing hisjob. the whitehall hunt for the source of the leak has onlyjust begun. the british foreign secretary is reported as saying it's a possibility it could be the act of a foreign hostile state. andy moore, bbc news. let's go to our assistant political editor norman smith at westminster. quite a headache, because the question is whether he can carry on during thejob. question is whether he can carry on during the job. long-term, the a nswer during the job. long-term, the answer has to be no. he has already been barred from one diplomatic dinner. if you are cut out from

access to donald trump and his advisor it is pretty hard to do your job, so i'd imagine after a decent interval, sir kim will be either encouraged or will of his own volition decide to move on. the question is who you replace him with, do you decide that you need to, if you like, a trump friendly man in washington, do you go for a non—civil servant figure, a business figure, april brexit figure to smooth a path? relations with the us are critical, particularly if we have to score eight trade deal with the united states. or do you stick with an established civil servant? probably the pressure will be to do the latter, not to do so would almost be an admission that sir kim had done something wrong when he had simply expressed his clear and forthright views on the president.

it would also be a huge blow to the civil service at a time when they are already on the defensive. it was interesting listening to former foreign secretary william hague this morning, he was clearly of the view that it should be another top manager in replacing sir kim darroch. a political appointment could find all the same or greater difficulties as a diplomatic one. there can be political appointments who are successful ambassadors. we have one in paris at the moment in ed llewellyn, but they're rare, they're very rare, i would say. and maybe as a former foreign secretary i'm a defender of the diplomatic service and the professionals in it, but i have no hesitation in that, because due to their experience over 30, 40 years in diplomacy, they tend, on the whole, to make the best... so you think we should stick with a career diplomat, whatever donald trump says? it would have to be a quite exceptional political appointment to do anything other than that, and someone who was not just...

i expect both the men vying to be the next prime minister will be pressed on that tonight when they ta ke pressed on that tonight when they take part in the itv head—to—head live debate. we have not heard from borisjohnson so live debate. we have not heard from boris johnson so far, live debate. we have not heard from borisjohnson so far, although you would imagine he would perhaps be better placed to smooth over relations with donald trump, given that mr trump seems to like him and they have warm relations. the other area i expect both men to be pressed is the idea of probing parliament, basically closing parliament time, in order to enable the uk to leave without a brexit deal, something borisjohnson has refused to rule out. jeremy hunt has ruled it out. that could still be problematic for mrjohnson if he chooses to go down that road because there are signs of figures like the former attorney general dominic grieve trying to put in place procedures to thwart any attempt to take britain out without

the say—so of parliament. dominic grieve this morning issued this challenge to mrjohnson. they idea that it is constitutionally proper to prorogue parliament as a device for bringing about a no—deal brexit is outrageous. i mean, i have never come across a more extraordinary suggestion. well, i suppose it's a battle of legitimacy, isn't it? because, the people who are in favour of leaving the eu by october 31, would say that they are simply implementing what the people have decided ina referendum. well, it's the end of parliamentary democracy, isn't it? if you decide that parliament is an inconvenience, when in fact, it is the place where democratic legitimacy lies in our constitution, and therefore, it is acceptable to get rid of it for a period, because it might otherwise prevent you from doing something which parliament would prevent, then it's the end of democracy. that is dominic grieve talking this morning. labour is looking at its brexit policy this morning, make

that change? labour seems to be slowly, slowly, crab—like, moving to becoming an overt party of remain. yesterday we had the five big unions thrashing out a new stance on brexit and it looks as if the labour shadow cabinet would probably endorse that later today. it means in this parliament labour is a programme party. boris johnson —— parliament labour is a programme party. borisjohnson —— if boris johnsonjeremy party. borisjohnson —— if boris johnson jeremy hunt was party. borisjohnson —— if boris johnsonjeremy hunt was to come up with a brexit deal, labour would argue for a referendum on it and campaignfor argue for a referendum on it and campaign for remain. but the confusing part is that if we don't get a deal and head towards a general election, it seems the labour position is more complicated and convoluted. what the unions say is that in that circumstance, labour should press for a labour brexit deal, to try to reach their own agreements, but that should be

subject to a referendum on which the labour position at the moment is ambiguous. would they campaign to support their own deal or against it? we don't know. i think the kindest thing you can say about their position is that it is a work in progress. thank you very much, norman. hong kong's chief executive carrie lam has declared that a controversial bill — which would have allowed extradition to the chinese mainland — is now dead. the government had already suspended the bill, which had caused weeks of unrest. some protestors remain unhappy with ms lam's statement — they're demanding she withdraws the proposed legislation completely. hong kong's chief executive carrie lam has declared that —— the cause of all these grievances and confrontations is that exercise to amend the fugitive offenders ordinance. i have almost immediately put a stop to the amendment exercise, but there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity, or worries whether the government will restart the process in a legislative council.

so i reiterate here, there is no such plan. the bill is dead. well, in the last hour, hong kong's opposition have been holding a news conference — and they have urged carrie lam to step down. ala a la correspondent danny vincent joins us from hong kong. has much change? carrie lam saying the extradition bill is dead, does that change much? the protesters i have spoken to this morning and this afternoon feel this has not changed much at all. carrie lam has a very different tone from a few weeks ago, she has not been seen in public for around a week, but the long and short of the matter is many people do not feel very satisfied by what she had said. she has used a very

strong sound bite, she said the bill was dead, but the word people want to hear is the word withdrawal. people want this to be completely scrapped, withdrawn or axed, carrie lam has not set back so people say to me that these protests will continue. the protests have gone beyond the issue of it simply being about the extradition bill?|j beyond the issue of it simply being about the extradition bill? i think many people are very angry, notjust about the extradition bill that the state of hong kong's political system. he could say there is a lack of trust between the citizens of hong kong, the residents of hong kong and the government. in 2014 there were large protests that lasted for 79 days, at that time people were calling for universal suffrage, essentially a full democracy where people could vote for the ceo of this territory. ultimately that failed and did not happen, now people feel they are fighting not necessarily for

universal suffrage but they want things to stay the same, they do not wa nt things to stay the same, they do not wantan things to stay the same, they do not want an encroachment on hong kong's freedoms. these protests have gone on for weeks and they are continuing to go on very strongly, as we are seeing from our pictures. what would make them change their position? to put it simply protesters want to hear the word withdrawal. to some people from the outside looking in, hearing a leader saying the bill is dead and acknowledging the failures of the government might sound like a victory, might sound enough, it might sound like the bill will definitely not go ahead, but protesters on the street and many residents here simply want to hear the word withdrawal, because they do not have the faith and the confidence in the government here that an expression like the bill being dead is enough to guarantee it

will not go through. thank you very much, danny vincent in hong kong. bullying, exam pressure and social media — some of the things having a negative impact on modern day childhoods in the uk, according to action for children. it's published a major report this morning that calls for the creation of a national childhood strategy, to better protect young people. john maguire reports. it was more in the mocks where i felt more stressed and like there was more pressure... what do three generations of the same family think about a modern—day childhood? harvey's just finished his gcses but earlier in the year struggled with anxiety. for a teenager these days, pressure comes in many forms. i think with social media and stuff, people my age now grow up with, oh, this is what you need to be like, this is how you need to act to fit in, and now it's not so much of that happens at school, that happens at a school and then when you get home, it's not really something you can escape. when, obviously, iwas 16, it was kind of like, well, you go and do what you do and if it comes off great, if it

doesn't, it doesn't. but now there's that much emphasis on the fact that there's only a few jobs and you've gotta be the best of the best in order to get those jobs. right from an early age, the schooling is more full on and life is more full on, and peer pressure is much more full on. they worry so much about what their peers are thinking. whereas i think we were much more, "we are what we are." the charity action for children have spoken to thousands of families across the uk and its report speaks of childhood in crisis. 62% of grandparents, 60% of parents and 34% of their children said childhoods today are getting worse. bullying was highlighted as the main concern, exacerbated by online and social media issues, and the charity is calling on the government to better protect youngsters by creating a national

childhood strategy. in response, the education secretary damian hinds says a youth charter is in development to give young people a voice in the issues they care about — such as combating serious violence and knife crime, addressing mental and physical health challenges and concerns about the environment and climate change. john maguire, bbc news, worcestershire. instagram has announced new features aimed at curbing online bullying on its platform. one new tool being rolled out is a warning generated by artificial intelligence to notify users that their comment may be considered offensive before it is posted. another proposed feature called restrict could make posts from an offending person visible only to that person. the headlines on bbc news... downing street continues to stand by the uk's ambassador to the us despite donald trump's latest tweets saying he will no longer deal with him.

hong kong's leader declares that a controversial extradition bill which sparked weeks of angry protests is now "dead". a charity warns the uk is "sleepwalking into a crisis in childhood" after a major study finds children feel under more pressure than ever more. here are your sports headlines, she will have less 24 others rest as johanna konta bits replacing the wimbledon semifinals. barbarous tricks overstates on her way. andy murray and serena williams continue their mixed doubles partnership on centre court this afternoon. england are taking on new zealand at old trafford in the semifinals of the cricket world cup, it gets under way at 12:30pm. more on those stories at 9:40am. offering the hpv vaccine to boys could result in 29,000 fewer cancers among men over the next 50 years, according to new research. the jab, which protects

against the human papilloma virus, will now be given to 12 and 13—year—old boys from september. girls of the same age have already been eligible for the immunisation for a decade. a new form of medicine called "gene—silencing" has been approved for use by the nhs in england. the drugs will be used to reverse a disease called amyloidosis, which causes nerve and organ damage, and can be fatal. here's our health and science correspondent james gallagher. neil and vince nicholas know the pain of amyloidosis. they had toxic proteins building up inside their bodies that were damaging the nerves and weakening their hearts. the disease runs through families and eventually it's deadly. it's decimated our family. but they've been given gene silencing medicine that can halt and even reverse the disease. you just hope that someone's going to invent a drug. you know, i'm lucky that i'm here today and able to talk to you about that.

this is how it works. inside our cells are our genes, they send out messages containing instructions for running our body but in this form of amyloidosis a rogue gene leads to a build—up of toxic proteins. gene silencing intercepts the messenger disabling it and restoring the correct balance of proteins. today's decision applies in england as choices on which drugs to fund are devolved in the uk. scotland made it available injune. this is huge. this is making a disease that was previously untreatable treatable and has the potential to make patients' lives dramatically better. the drug may have saved neil's music career, as he was starting to lose feeling in his fingers and his voice, but the implications of this study go much further than the brothers and amyloidosis.

experts say gene silencing is an exciting new area of medicine with the potential to work in diseases that are currently untreatable. james gallagher, bbc news. back to our top story — and downing street has reaffirmed its "full support" for the uk's ambassador to the us after donald trump said he will no longer work with him. we can speak to the former uk ambassador to washington from 1997 to 2003, sir christopher meyer. welcome. thanks for joining welcome. thanks forjoining us. donald trump not using very diplomatic language in assessing what he thinks about the ambassador and theresa may, what is your reaction to his tweets? can you remember when donald trump is ever used diplomatic language? there is nothing unusual about this, this is what he does, and he has form, when he has been stung to the quake and

his ego pierced by comments from other people. we had to say that the great leak of the cache of documents has done him to the quake and he is deeply irritated by theresa may's faith and supporting sir kim, and from his point to view those two things leads to a toxic combination, leading to this shower of tweets. and sir kim carry on during hisjob when the relationship is vital and we already understand he has been barred from one diplomatic dinner overnight? being barred from the diplomatic dinner is not the end of the world if you are an ambassador in washington, we had to be careful about saying sir kim is finished, we went, his tenure is unsustainable. it could be that we can't make that judgment yet, because when trump says he will not receive him, we will not receive him, we don't know what he means. is thatjust trump and his family, is that the whole

white house staff, does it include the national security council and national security adviserjohn bolton, a key contact? we do not know at the moment. probably sir kim does not know. we have a summer holiday coming up, it will soon be august, washington shuts down, they'll come back in september and maybe tempers will have cooled a little bit by then. of course in the meantime we will have changed by minister here, but that is another story. if the prime minister were to decide to freeze out sir kim com pletely decide to freeze out sir kim completely in a way that meant diplomatic relations were impossible with him in post, we would be in a situation where the us president calls the shots and hit the ambassador is, or at least to the ambassador is, or at least to the ambassador is, or at least to the ambassador is not. what would be the implications of that? my instinctive reaction is not to submit to that kind of pressure. if sir kim found

that come september and the start of the new political year, the new diplomatic year, but he was frozen out of everything, i do not think this will happen, but let's assume he is frozen out of everything, he has an extremely capable staff who we re has an extremely capable staff who were told the forward fitness to couple of months also. it is another reason i am saying we should not rush into this and we should certainly not kowtow to the american president. has sir kim done anything wrong, do you think? what has come out in this correspondence is frank and it has caused embarrassment?” do not think he has done a single thing wrong. you cannot do yourjob as an ambassador or any level of diplomat unless you are absolutely

candid with the opinion on the judgment which you sent back to london. this is what kim has done, simply hisjob. london. this is what kim has done, simply his job. i london. this is what kim has done, simply hisjob. i would guess that around the world at british ambassadors will look at this and may conclude if they had something very sensitive to send back, they might not, which is very dangerous, oi’ might not, which is very dangerous, or they might conclude it would be better to hop on a plane, fly to london, go and see downing street, the foreign office or whoever, and tell them what i would otherwise have written down in a cable or a letter. it might change some of the practices, and i fear the letter. it might change some of the practices, and ifear the change will be for the worse. what is your reaction to the fact of the leaking and what the right punishments might be for whoever is behind it?” and what the right punishments might be for whoever is behind it? i will not get into the area of punishment, it certainly needs to be investigated urgently and with very great vigour. there is not a good

history of successful investigations into lea ks. history of successful investigations into leaks. by and large, you can't find out who the perpetrator is. maybe in this case because there we re maybe in this case because there were apparently so many documents involved, you can follow a paper or electronic trail taking you to the culprit. let's not beat around the bush, this is a very serious breach of security. what are your thoughts on the motivation? there are loads of theories flying around about what might be behind it, including hiking by another country? i have no idea whether another country has hacked, i doubt anybody in the uk knows that except for the perpetrator him or herself. i always felt the question who benefits when we had this kind of scandal or affair, who benefits? in the first place it is somebody who wants kim out of the job in

washington. who wants to replace him?i washington. who wants to replace him? i can think of a range of suspects who might fit that category but i don't think i will discuss them this morning on tv. probably safest not to. thank you forjoining us, sir christopher meyer. thank you, joanna. the final footage of eight international mountaineers, including four britons, who were killed by an avalanche while climbing india's second highest mountain, has been released by the indian authorities. four climbers from the same expedition survived, after turning back due to bad weather, but the remaining team members died during their ascent of nanda devi. gareth barlow has more details. these are some of the last recorded moments from the ill—fated expedition. the eight mountaineers, roped together for safety, walking slowly as they attempt to scale the peak. shortly after this, the footage ends. an avalanche, a common threat on snow—covered mountains, swept the climbers to their deaths.

as members of the team who were sent to retrieve the victims' bodies were recognised for their efforts, the leader of the rescue operation called for more climbers to carry cameras. i think it should be mandatory to all high risk area climbers. they should carry... all team members should carry a gopro, i think, on every mountain area. it is like a black box of an aeroplane, if i'm not wrong. it should be. because only that can give the last evidence and and can give the... what went wrong. despite the huge effort to retrieve the remains of the four britons, two americans, and australian and an indian, the body of a british climber, martin moran, has still not been found. nanda devi is considered one of the world's toughest climbs. this footage, and the lives lost, testament to the danger of taking on the mountains. gareth barlow, bbc news.

heavy rainfall has caused flash flooding across parts of washington dc, taking out roads and leaving commuters stranded. many of the capital's subways were left with dangerous levels of floodwater, which also found its way into the basement of the white house and the national archives building. staff said despite the flooding, historical documents, including the declaration of independence and the american constitution, remained safe. in a moment the weather, but first here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme at ten. good morning. if you have a 12 or 13—year—old boy, he will get the hpv vaccine from september, 11 years after girls were first vaccinated. help officials say it will prevent almost 30,000 cancers. even purple of virus is the cause of most cervical cancers and many oral and throat cancers. we will talk to a boy who will be getting the vaccine and another who is not happy that,

at 14, he is too old to be offered it for free. at 14, he is too old to be offered it forfree. how at 14, he is too old to be offered it for free. how do you react to the announcement? china's live on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. simon has the weather. there will be a north—split in the weather today, cloudy for many northern areas with outbreaks of rain, dry and brighter further south, feeling warm wherever you are, temperatures in the high teens to low 20s. you can see the rain across the northern half of the uk, quite heavy across scotland. further south, a bit drier, brighter skies in the far south and west of england, maximum temperatures potentially up to 24 degrees. further north, temperatures between 17 and 20 celsius. we will continue with rain tonight mainly across northern parts, but in central areas rain could push eastward into wednesday morning. overnight temperatures 13 to 15.

wednesday starts with quite a bit of rain, for much of england and wales it will dry rain, for much of england and wales it willdry up rain, for much of england and wales it will dry up with sunny spells, showery across scotland and northern ireland and feeling warm. goodbye.

hello this is bbc news. i'mjoanna i'm joanna gosling. the headlines: downing street continues to stand by the uk's ambassador to the us despite donald trump's latest tweets saying he will no longer deal with him. hong kong's leader declares that her controversial extradition bill which sparked weeks of angry protests is now "dead". i reiterate here, there is no such plan. the bill is dead. a crisis of childhood — a major new study finds young people are feeling under more social pressure than ever before and struggling to cope. could labour be about to shift its policy on a brexit referendum this morning — after the unions agree the party should back remain in any referendum? a pioneering gene—silencing drug is approved for nhs use in england to treat patients with a rare hereditary disease.

time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. downing street says the uk's ambassador to the us has the prime minister's "full support", despite donald trump saying he will no longer work with him. the us president was responding after leaked emails revealed sir kim darroch had called his administration inept. speaking on radio 4's today programme — former conservsative leader, and foreign secretary, lord hague has called for tempers to cool. seen in perspective in a few weeks' time when a new prime minister takes office in this country, in two weeks' time, there will, of course, that will be the overriding determinants of us—uk relations. more than any conduct or statements by an ambassador. sir kim darroch will still be working for the new prime minister. does that new prime minister need to say to donald trump, "you must work

with my ambassador to washington."? yes, because, of course, they will need to explain that you can't change an ambassador, at the demand of a host country. it is theirjob to give an honest assessment of what's happening in that country. so, if he's excluded from the white house, as he was overnight, as he might be today, if he continues to be excluded from the white house, the new prime minister, whoever it is, your man or borisjohnson, should say to donald trump, what? it is a very regrettable thing but thankfully our relations are so deep and so broad that at every minute of the day, 24 hours a day... is that it, then? we're just going to say it is very regrettable? ..the united states and the uk are working together and that you will understand... i hadn't finished what i was saying. and that you will understand, and it's happened before to the united states, that you can't just, you would never have any honest report from any ambassador in the world if you said, well, if any of their communications are released we then have to remove them from their position. and that is well understood by us diplomats, actually.

and i think there will be a strong enough relationship between a new prime minister and the president to have that conversation. william hague on the today programme. the former conservative leader also had this warning over a no—deal brexit. i think there is a danger here that both sides underestimate the chances of no deal. boris has said it's a million to one against there would be no deal. well, clearly, there is a vastly higher chance than that of a no—deal exit. and i think in the european union there is a reliance, a belief, that parliament will be able to stop a no—deal brexit, and it's going to be a very near run thing whether it can do so. you've said in the past that this is an existential threat to the conservative party, this election that you're having, this decision that your members are making. you still believe that? yes. it is. the conservative party now faces massive twin threats to its viability as a governing party. one is a failure to deliver brexit. the brexit party is

thundering behind it. but the other is delivering a brexit with those three attributes i mentioned earlier of defying parliament, of ignoring the legitimate concerns in the economy, of endangering the union of the united kingdom. that is as great a threat in the slightly longer term, and so this is why having the space to find any agreement, if one is available, is so crucial. and that space, if you cut it off on 31st october, is very small indeed. william hague. american teenager coco gauff‘s extraordinary run at wimbledon has been one of the highlights of the championship — knocking out seven—time grand slam winner venus williams in herfirst match and progressing to the fourth round where she lost in straight sets to simona halep. the 15—year—old has described it as "the best week" of her life. serena williams' coach patrick mouratoglou met the teenager

when she was ten years old and he told bbc brea kfast‘s sally nugent that coco has a special talent. she came to my tennis academy in france to have a chance to be in the programme and i discovered someone who was different. i'm always looking for special talents and definitely she had incredible physical abilities. she was an incredible competitor. some players know how to win, some players have to learn how to win. she really had that in her. and then we had a one—on—one discussion. i always do that to try to get to know them because the difference between a very good player and a champion is the mindset. they think different, they process different. i've been lucky enough to work with top, top champions and i know how different they can be in their personalities and that's how you win grand slams. and i definitely saw someone, met someone who was ten, already incredibly focused, a lot of self belief. she really believed she could make it to the top of the game, which is rare at that age.

patrick, i'm just going to share with everyone at home something they may not know about you. this interview that you do at your academy is really famous, because you're mean, aren't you? my academy is famous? no, no... your academy is very famous, but the interview that you do when you talk... oh, yeah. sure. you get to a point, shall i tell everyone, lots of the players cry. it happens sometimes but i'm not trying to be mean at all. but coco didn't? she didn't cry. no, i'm trying to get to know them, and you know how it is, they always say the same, i want to be number one in the world, and you know, it's not enough for me. i need to know what's behind, i need to know how much they believe in it, i need to know if they have a plan, if they have an idea. i'm not mean, i'mjust going further, and sometimes it's too much for them. ok, you're tough. yeah, you're tough. talking of tough, jo konta looks like, perhaps mentally, she's tougher than ever. how far can she go in this tournament?

i hope not too far because we have a tournament to win. but, no, i agree with you, and i heard what you said earlier. i think you're100% right. ifeel she's happier at the moment. she's happy, she's enjoying so much what she's doing. i like her commitment. i like her intensity. she has something of david ferrer in her. she's incredibly intense, she's doing everything 100%. i think she has a great attitude. i really like how she behaves. and everything's open now. i think she will win a grand slam one day. i think she can definitely. patrick, we're out of time, but very quickly, how can serena do in the tournament? i think she can go all the way. i hope so. she always thinks she can, i always think she can. but now she's pain—free. she had a lot of physical issues this year. she's pain—free, she's happy to play, her level is getting better and better match after match, so of course we believe. from second world war code—breaking to modern day cyber crime, the intelligence service gchq has been gathering intelligence for 100 years. to celebrate the organisation's

centenary, an exhibition of previously unseen artefacts goes on display from today at the science museum in london. bbc breakfast spoke to the head of gchq, jeremy fleming, about the exhibition this morning. obviously, it's important that our information is kept secure and gchq's role throughout its 100 years has been to advise the nation on how best to do that and you'll see in this exhibition everything from the secure telephone that macmillan used to speak to kennedy during the cuban crisis. right up to modern day communications and some of the difficult balances we have to bring. how much work of what you do at gchq is based on seeing what is happening around the world and trying to make sure that that area of cyber security, which i know is something which the government, we often speak to them about how important it is to protect that side of things, and how available it is for somebody to look and see what we are doing, what we are doing online,

what we are saying, our conversations, telephone calls, things like that? gchq has always done three things, to collect intelligence against the hardest targets, tries to protect the nation's critical information and then it tries to do something with that intelligence. so in doing that work, it intercepts communications, it does not and is governed by what i think is world leading legislation with safeguards that you don't see anywhere else in the world. so, yes, we are collecting information, we collect it against a predicate, we always do it legally, my people always act with integrity at the core of what they do. and when they select information to look at in more detail, then they have to meet tests and those tests are tested by commissioners, byjudicial authorities, and of course, overseen by parliament. so we have a regime that enables us to collect intelligence but to do it safely and lawfully. that's the head of gchq. let's run through some of the most watched and

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