wacky and a stupid guy. it comes after donald trump stepped up his attack on kim darroch, saying he would no longer deal with him. the foreign secretary said if he becomes an ex prime minister, kim darroch will stay on. jeremy hunt and boris johnson go head to head in the latest debate in their battle to go for number ten. also on the programme at... labour calls on the next

prime minister to hold a second referendum on brexit — says they will back remain. jeremy corbyn says people should be allowed a fresh vote on whether to accept any brexit deal agreed by the conservatives with brussels — or on whether to leave without a deal. the tories want no deal. we will stop that, and we believe the public should have a vote to decide whether it should be no deal, or remain in the eu. britain's ethnicity pay gap — workers earned on average 4% less than their white counterparts last year. one of yemen's young survivors saved by doctors — as the un warns of the desperate situation for thousands of other children. commentator: it is a stunning performance by strycova. and johanna konta is knocked out in the wimbledon quarter finals — putting an end to british hopes in the singles. coming up on bbc news, serena williams is into another wimbledon semifinal in her pursuit of a 24th grand slam title.

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. jeremy hunt has hit back at president trump over his attack on the british ambassador to the us, after he called kim darroch wacky, a pompous four and a very stupid guy. the president has been angered by leaked private emails in which sir kim darroch described the trump white house as "dysfunctional" and "inept". the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt said the president was disrespectful and wrong and he said if he becomes the next prime minister the ambassador will stay. here's our north america correspondent, nick bryant. a lavish banquet in washington last night where the president glad—handed diplomats from qatar, but cold—shouldered

the uk ambassador. sir kim darroch, removed from the seating plan, disinvited from the dinner, after mr trump announced the white house would no longer deal with him. this morning, the president mounted another twitter tirade that was notjust incendiary but borderline thermonuclear. and on brexit... sir kim darroch, the man entrusted to preserve and protect the special relationship, is now in the midst of a diplomatic whirlwind after his highly critical cables of president trump were leaked to the mail on sunday. and while the uk embassy this morning was said to be

in keep calm and carry on mode, his elegant residence feels besieged. sir kim was supposed to be at a meeting today between ivanka trump and the international trade secretary, liam fox. he but we understand that he decided not to attend, partly because he didn't want to put the president's daughter in an embarrassing situation. that decision was taken before the latest twitter storm, yesterday donald trump said the good news was that the wonderful united kingdom would soon have a prime minister and his favoured candidate borisjohnson pointedly failed to back the uk ambassador. the united states is has been and will be for the foreseeable future our number one political, military friend and partner, and we will continue to stress that relationship, believe me. his rival for the prime minister's ship, jeremy hunt, said on twitter that the presidents comments were disrespectful and wrong to our prime minister and my country. donald

trump started his relationship with theresa may with a gentle tap on the hand, he is ending it with what feels like a kick in the teeth. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. well, the president's outburst is likely to be raised this evening when the conservative leadership candidates, boris johnson and jeremy hunt, go head to head in a tv debate. our political editor laura kuessberg is in salford. dealing with president trump is likely to be one of the big issues? it certainly will, and strangely even though one of the contenders for number ten is the current foreign secretary and the other one borisjohnson foreign secretary and the other one boris johnson used foreign secretary and the other one borisjohnson used to be foreign secretary, apart from brexit there has been precious little discussion of how britain should run its affairs with the rest of the world in the weeks of this leadership contest so far. i think that will change tonight with this enormous controversy about president trump's outburst and for once and we will hear more of the same tonight,

jeremy hunt, normally seen as the more cautious of the candidates, he is the one speaking much more plainly and directly to donald trump, where is borisjohnson stopped at saying he wasn't embarrassed about having a good relationship with the white house, so we relationship with the white house, so we will see tonight when the men are vying for the audience and vying for the support of tory members, whether or not borisjohnson is willing to find a stiffer language and whether he is willing to follow jeremy hunt in rebuking the donald trump, but it is a reminder ofjust how sensitive and tricky this crucial relationship with the uk and the us has been whichever one of them ends up moving into number ten, a fortnight tomorrow. they will have to be very, very careful about dealing with this president who seems to enjoy and adore stirring up controversy and at the same time trying to have a genuine serious and constructive relationship with our closest ally. it is almost as if both of them would have to handle a

grenade with a pin already taken out of it, a big challenge and it will be fascinating to see how they handle it tonight. indeed, laura, thanks forjoining us. the labour leader has called on the next conservative leader to hold a second referendum before taking britain out of the eu — and said labour will campaign for remain. after weeks of intense debate within his party, jeremy corbyn has now said that the next prime minister should ask the people what they think of any brexit deal negotiated with brussels or whether they approve of leaving the eu without a deal if one can't be negotiated. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. he looked relaxed, but smile or no smile, jeremy corbyn‘s bowed to pressure inside his party. labour's new pledge, to fight the next prime minister's brexit deal, or no deal, to demand a new referendum and campaign to stay in. is labour now a party of remain or leave? labour is a party which says we will take no deal off the table.

the people will have a choice in the future as to whether to remain in the european union or accept what will be very, very damaging no deal exit from the eu with consequences for food prices, medicine supplies and industrial investment. what about at the next election, if there is no brexit by then? we are a big democratic organisation. i'vejust spent some time consulting with all the parts of the labour party and the labour movement. we've come to this position. we have a democratic process. we'll decide our election position when the election comes. have you not backed away under pressure from the mass membership and from your colleagues for fear of losing much more support? not a bit of it. i've been listening. but the pressure to support another referendum had grown too loud to ignore. next, labour's anti—brexiteers will demand the party backs remain before the election, and if it wins. today, they celebrated. our members have been telling us for some time now that they want us to be a remain party, that they want us to put the new

deal to the people. we're now going to campaign for that. i'm very proud that the shadow cabinet have listened to their concerns. there's further discussions to be had about what we do during an election and after. others say labour must back a brexit deal. all of those advocates of a second referendum in my party, they say what they want but they don't really explain how to get there. and the idea that borisjohnson is going to become prime minister and say, let's put it all to referendum, is just not going to happen. would labour lose more leave supporters now, and what about remainers who have turned away? is it already too late to win back the droves of labour supporters and potential labour supporters who have deserted labour because of your position so far on brexit? labour will offer something very different. a radical change in our country, where we value everybody, not the tax giveaways thatjohnson and hunt are competing with each other to give to the richest in our society. labour's brexit plan,

like the government's, is still a work in progress. more pro—remain today, but labour could still go into the next election promising to get a better deal in europe and then call a referendum on that. and if it does, will it be pro—remain or pro—leave? jeremy corbyn has put off deciding this policy until later, kicking that can down the road. both the major parties are feeling the squeeze on brexit and either one really knows how to handle it. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. meanwhile, three labour peers have resigned the whip over anti—semitism. among them is lord triesman, who was the party's general secretary under tony blair. he told bbc newsnight that mr corbyn and his circle are anti—semitic, and had allowed his allies to attackjews. labour has called the claim is false and offensive. employees from ethnic minority groups earned on average 4% less than their white counterparts last year. the figures — published by the office for national statistics — are part of the first detailed analysis of britain's ethnicity pay gap.

workers from pakistani and bangladeshi ethnic groups had the lowest average hourly pay — while chinese and indian workers consistently had the highest of any ethnic group. our correspondent adina campbell has been looking at the data. whoo! a new generation of graduates. today, these young people at bath university are celebrating their academic achievements, and many will go on to be part of britain's future workforce. but according to a new report, some of these graduates could see differences in pay because of their ethnicity. so, what does the ethnicity pay gap actually mean? if you line—up all the workers in britain in order of their pay, its how the salary of the white person in the middle compares with that of the ethnic minority person, also in the middle. so, it's notjust about whether white people and ethnic minorities are getting

equal pay for equal work, but also to what extent ethnic minorities are joining and progressing to better paid jobs. i guess we can hopefully see that gap close. that would be nice, and in addition to that, obviously you know when you're applying forjobs and you have to choose your ethnic identity, you don't have to worry, is this going to disqualify me from a job? the fact that it's changing is obviously a good sign. obviously, you know, you can say that it changing faster would be nicer. the new report found ethnic minorities earn nearly 4% less than white ethnic groups. in london, this is even higher, with a pay gap of nearly 22%. if we look at hourly pay, white workers will earn £12, compared with just £9.60 for people from bangladeshi backgrounds. and those from chinese families earn much more. £15.75 an hour. this is the first time we have a clearer picture of what the race pay gap looks like in the uk. a big difference is that people from ethnic minorities tend to be younger than their white

colleagues, and their career choice may be a reason why they earn less. so, we need to know more information about the age of people affected, the types ofjobs they're choosing and the educational differences, to pinpoint exactly where change is needed. some companies, such as pwc, already voluntarily publishing ethnicity pay gap data. senior leaders say the transparency is making a big difference. when you publish it, you've got to put some real strong action plans behind what you're going to do to change that data. that's where we're at at the moment. because this is becoming more and more of a business issue as well. our clients are demanding that they work with people from diverse backgrounds. as the uk becomes more culturally rich, there are growing calls for all employers to publish their ethnicity pay gap figures, similar to the gender pay gap, to ensure broad fairness for the changing faces in

multicultural britain. adina campbell, bbc news. it is called a gene—silencing drug and has been approved for nhs use in england to treat patients with a rare hereditary disease. the condition, known as amyloidosis, affects limb movement, vision and heartbeat, and often causes excruciating pain. doctors say the impact of the pioneering drug is amazing and gene—silencing is making the "previously untreatable, treatable". here's our health and science correspondent james gallagher brothers neil and vince nicholas have a deadly disease called amyloidosis. it causes a build—up of toxic proteins in their body, damaging nerves and weakening the heart. the disease has killed their mum and their brother. it's decimated our family. my mum had five siblings. they all died of it.

but they've been given an innovative new form of medicine called gene silencing. so, how does it work? inside nearly every cell of our body, our dna creates messages, these blue strands. they're sent off and tell other parts of the cell to make proteins. those are our body's building blocks. normally these are healthy messages and the protein produced, like this purple one, is healthy too. but sometimes the messages are unhealthy and create toxic proteins, likeness harmful green one. toxic proteins, like this harmful green one. gene silencing uses a drug to block the unhealthy messages. it intercepts them and kills them off, preventing harmful proteins from being created. julian gilmore has treated generations of the same family and seen them die from amyloidosis. but he can now halt or even reverse the disease after gene silencing drugs have been approved in england today and in scotland injune. he says the implications of this technology are amazing.

this is probably the first of many potential drugs, you know, many potential diseases that will be treated by gene silencing. i think this has very far—reaching potential consequences. scientists are already trialling gene silencing in huntington's disease and it's hoped it could work for some other dementias too. you just hope that someone's going to invent a drug that will do it. i'm lucky that i'm here today, able to talk to you about that. neil thinks the drug has saved his music career, as his disease was causing numbness in his fingers. gene silencing has been on a long journey from pure science to medicine but it's now starting to make the untreatable treatable. james gallagher, bbc news. our top story this evening. jeremy hunt accuses president trump of being disrespectful and wrong

after he steps up his attack on the british ambassador to the us, calling him lucky and a stupid guy. coming up, i'm at wimbledon where the dream is over for coming up, i'm at wimbledon where the dream is overforjohanna konta. she's been knocked out in the quarterfinals. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news: india are on top against new zealand in the first of the cricket world cup semifinals, but could the weather have the final say at old trafford? a child under the age of five is dying from preventable causes every ten minutes in yemen — according to the united nations. with the civil war there now in its 5th year, the un says the situation is desperate. but some children have been saved — like six—year—old yusra who had a life—threatening tumour in her eye and desperately needed treatment abroad in order to survive. thanks to donations after her story

was told on the bbc, she was operated on injordan and is now recovering. our international correspondent orla guerin has been following her story. look, it's good ? again... hand—painting a new future. for six—year—old yusra, not just child's play, her careful brush strokes are colouring an artificial eye. oh, excellent. just like the one she's about to receive. it's the last stage of months of life—saving treatment at the king hassan cancer centre in jordan, all funded through donations. yusra has come smiling through, surviving an aggressive tumour which claimed her left eye. her specialist now hoping to hide her scars and heal her trauma. hello! her reaction says it all. and doctors say she has

been a tonic for them. when i see her i try to give her love, but she give me first, with smile and hug. she likes life. she's a wonderful girl, a beautiful girl. if you looked to her smile, only her smile, you would be happy. if you are tired, you would be relaxed. she's a lovely girl. i love her. it was a very different picture last october when we met yusra and her family in war—torn yemen. they were sheltering in a disused shop in the capital sana'a. yusra desperately needed treatment abroad but was trapped by a saudi ban on civilian flights. after we highlighted her case, several organisations came together and managed to get her tojordan. yusra has been in the best of hands there and her surgeon says she is now cancer—free. but she has a genetic condition,

so follow—up checks are being arranged in yemen. he worries about her future in a war zone. this is what breaks my heart. we are not politicians, we cannot solve the issues. we do what we can do as doctors. we can make the conditions better and we hope and wish for the very best. for this one yemeni child, there was a way out, an escape from war, but not for ever. this was yusra's last visit to the park before swapping the playgrounds of oman for the battle ground that is yemen. her devoted mother, all too aware of the risks. translation: when a missile lands nearby, our tents are torn to pieces and rely on the ground to avoid the debris. there was an air strike

on the farm next to us. i'm frightened to go back. but with yusra's treatment completed, it was time to pack up suitcases almost as big as she is. yusra is now back in her homeland, surrounded by her extended family. she is a pint—sized study in courage but in yemen every day is a fight for survival. orla guerin, bbc news. the chief inspector of has warned that thousands of inmates are being released without proper checks on the dangers they pose to the public. peter clarke said he'd repeatedly raise the problem and had received a poor response. he suggested it may be time foran poor response. he suggested it may be time for an independent enquiry into rising levels of suicide and self—harm amongst prisoners in england and wales. in westminster mps have voted to legalise same—sex marriage in northern ireland, unless

the devolved government is restored by the 21st of october. northern ireland has been without a functioning executive since january, 2017. a majority of mps have approved an amendment which aims to extend access to abortion in northern ireland. emma vardy is in stormont. what do these votes mean? they could potentially be the ca ta lyst they could potentially be the catalyst for historic change here. these have been two of northern ireland's most divisive issues. the only part of the uk where same—sex marriage is not legal and where there is a near total ban on abortion. the northern ireland assembly at stormont normally takes decisions on these matters but there have been no politicians here doing any kind of decision taking for more than two and a half years, since power—sharing collapsed. it has led to increasing calls by mps in westminster for westminster to intervene. the votes there today

don't change anything overnight but if there is no assembly restored by the 21st of october, it means westminster m ps the 21st of october, it means westminster mps will have an obligation to bring forward legislation to legalise same—sex marriage. they will be under pressure to decriminalise abortion. it has led to an angry reaction from northern ireland's dup party mps today who have long opposed a change in the law in these matters and accused mps of hijacking the bill to further their own causes. thank you. cressida cowell — the author and illustrator of the how to train your dragon and the wizards of once books — has been named as the new waterstone's children's laureate. she says she will be a laureate who ‘fights for books' and wants to give children the chance to write whatever they want, once a week. she spoke to our arts editor, will gompertz. heroes, humour, and plenty of action. the dreamworks adaptation of the bestseller how to train your dragon books.

a very exciting book. which were written and illustrated by cressida cowell, the new children's laureate who popped into this primary school in london to talk about reading, writing and... the wizards had lived... yes, wizards. children need to feel that books are a joyful thing. so, what they need to have is access to books and not every primary school has a library. and even if they do have a library, the books might be very old—fashioned, they might not have a librarian. trying to get children to have access to books and to get the right book into the hands of the right child at the right time, that is a key factor in getting a kid to read for the joy of it. the other area i will be focusing on particularly is getting children writing for the joy of it. 15 minutes every friday, for a kid to have a special book where they can write whatever they want — no rules, no marking, just fun.

because i think children, you know, you need to know the rules but with the sats... and i'm getting lots of parents and grandparents and carers writing to me saying, "my kid used to love writing but now they are so worried about writing the wrong word or their spelling and handwriting, they no longer even want to put pencil to paper." the creative industries make £101 billion a yearfor this the creative industries make £101 billion a year for this country, so we need creative children to go into those industries. cressida cowell calls her charter a giant to—do list, designed to inspire a new generation of readers and writers, some of whom might one day take their turn as the nation's children's laureate. will gompertz, bbc news. cricket now, and rain has stopped play in the world cup semi—final between india and new zealand. the kiwis managed to score 211, but for five wickets, before the heavens opened. they are hoping to

resume play tonight. they will meet tomorrow. the winner will play either england or australia in the final this sunday. joe wilson reports. it's not just where you're from, it's where you're going. it's coming home! all indian fans sense the world cup final on tuesday morning. just one more win to get there. at times it felt like every square inch outside old trafford was being occupied by indian fans. cheering but the new zealanders are here, too. oh, yeah. the black caps! completely outnumbered, but it'll be great. intimidated? no, indians make a lovely crowd. new zealand got the chance to bat first but with one run scored, their first man was out. kane williamson, kiwi captain, moving, not flying. it was slow going. even the four lower back kind of crawled through the ropes. india's fans content?

well, you can't please everyone. new zealand played it patient but there is no reward without some risk. this landed safely. india's captain, as ever, expressed every twist in fortune. williamson got to 67. it took him 95 balls and then he fell. and out. as the clouds loomed, new zealand, through ross taylor, finally hit a six. too little, too late? even obscured by drizzle, new zealand's score looked small. rain delay. the rain refused to leave, so we wait. the final is still on the line. joe wilson, bbc news, old trafford. johanna konta's dream is over at wimbledon, she's been knocked out of the women's quarterfinals by barbara strycova. serena williams winning in three sets, making it through to the semis, beating alisson riske. walking out as the last one standing, johanna konta walked out

onto wimbledon‘s centre court carrying britain's final hopes in the singles. pressure? well, not at first, it seemed. as against the unseeded strycova, she raced into a 4—1 lead. great touch. but gradually the tables started to turn, a blend of brilliance from her czech opponent... wow! ..but also her own frailties. the first set went to a tie—break and an error gifted it to strycova. and from there konta's game unravelled. it was at times almost painful to watch. commentator: that just about sums up her afternoon. her wimbledon dream now more a nightmare as strycova cruised to victory. after so much hope and so much promise, for konta the most disappointing of defeats. earlier, serena williams survived a scare against the unheralded alison riske. her father used to be an investigator for the fbi and she was soon asking some tricky questions.

the touch! her reward was to take williams to a deciding set, but with the pressure on, like countless times before, williams thrived on it. after two topsy—turvy hours she blasted her way to victory. yeah, i was really pumped, obviously it was for a place in the semis at wimbledon. that doesn't happen every day. it is a long arduous road. it is not easy. and she is now back on court with andy murray in the mixed doubles, hoping to make it two wins in one day. the latest is that andy murray and serena williams are for— four in the first set against their opponents, but earlier, what disappointment for johanna konta. she didn't play her best and it means britain's hopes in the singles are now over.

thank you. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. wimbledon did better than old trafford for the weather today. mixed fortunes, some places doing better than others.. mixed fortunes, some places doing better than others. . in mixed fortunes, some places doing better than others.. in the far southin better than others.. in the far south in guernsey we had sunshine. in shetland, blue skies overhead. in between, a lot of cloud. the cloud has been producing some outbreaks of rain. some of it will continue tonight and over the next couple of days. this evening and tonight, rain clearing from the manchester area. whether they get any play, that's touch and go. in england and wales, one 01’ touch and go. in england and wales, one or two touch and go. in england and wales, one 01’ two showers. touch and go. in england and wales, one or two showers. northern ireland and scotland seeing showery rain, turning increasingly muggy and humid, minimum temperatures 12—16. tomorrow, high pressure has been trying to hold firm in the south, struggling with the frontal systems

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