this is bbc news. the headlines... the british ambassador to washington quits. sir kim darroch said it was impossible to do his job after president trump's very public attacks on him. some say he resigned because borisjohnson refused to back him in last night's debate but the tory front runner rejects that claim. my view is it's wrong to drag civil servants into the political arena, that's what i think. he's basically thrown this fantastic diplomat under a bus to suit his own personal interests. lifting the lid on how labour has dealt with accusations of anti semitism a bbc investigation is told mr corbyn‘s office interfered in the independent process. neighbour rejects the claims. flights have now resumed

at gatowick airport but delays remain high after an earlierfault with the air traffic control systems. end of the marina show, as andy murray and serena williams have been knocked out of the mixed doubles at wimbledon. it's over. and a shock result at the cricket world cup as india crash out losing by 18 runs to new zealand in a sensational semi final at old trafford. it started as an anglo american diplomatic row over leaked messages but now it's taken centre stage in the political fight between the rival camps in the conservative leadership race. britain's ambassador

to washington sir kim darroch resigned this morning saying he could not carry out his duties after president trump's unprecedented attacks on him. but supporters ofjeremy hunt say the top diplomat‘s decision was linked to front runner boris johnson's refusal to give him full support during last night's tv debate. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has the story. his report contains flash photography. sir kim darroch, 42 years a loyal public servant, the boy from the council estate who advised prime ministers, and until this morning her majesty's ambassador to the united states. he said he resigned because his leaked remarks, critical of donald trump, made impossible for him to carry out his role. at westminster, anger and support in equal measure. sir kim has given a lifetime of service to the uk and we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. good government depends on public servants being able to give

full and frank advice. i think the comments made about him are beyond unfair and wrong, i think he has given honourable and good service and should be thanked. at the state visit last month, mr trump and sir kim were on good terms, but his private description of an inept and dysfunctional white house prompted a wave of presidential insults and the announcement he would no longer deal with the ambassador. i will keep him until he is due to retire, i think we would like to know if you would? well, i'm not going to be so presumptious. .. and after the man who might be our next prime minister refused to support our man in washington last night, some whitehall sources said sir kim decided he had to go. former foreign secretary boris johnson, he hopes to be the future prime minister, has basically thrown our top diplomat under the bus. and there are lots of people in the commons who are very, very angry. allies of mrjohnson said this

was a shabby attempt to politicise the resignation and sir kim's position was untenable before the debate last night. he was a superb... is a superb diplomat and i worked with him for many years, and i think whoever leaked this has done a grave disservice to our civil servants. reporter: you said last night you were not going to back him. no, on the contrary. my view is it's wrong to drag civil servants into the political arena. that's what i think. sir kim's resignation has wrought a heavy blow on british diplomacy. foreign office morale is low and the risk is it leaves britain looking like a leaky ship, buffeted by a foreign power, with its diplomats fearful in the future of speaking truth to politicians who may not defend them if the truth ever leaked. this afternoon, foreign office staff met to show solidarity with sir kim. their boss told mps it was unprecedented for the head of a friendly government not to co—operate with

a british ambassador. i have already been in touch with all the ambassadors this week, stressing that unvarnished, honest analysis is what we need, it's what officials need in order to give the best possible advice to ministers so that their decisions can be as good and evidence—based as possible. the question is who will be the next resident in the british embassy in washington? he or she will have a big repairjob to do. james landale, bbc news. joining us now is stephen gethins, snp mp and member of the foreign affairs committee. he was at that meeting earlier. good evening. at that meeting, what sentiment did you hear? powerful evidence from the head of the foreign office, one thing that's critical in the system of governance

in any democracy is that civil serva nts in any democracy is that civil servants need to be able to give frank advice to the politicians. they need to be able to speak truth onto power. and sometimes, for all politicians of any colour, that's not a terribly comfortable experience. they need to challenge may be some of the views on things. but that's been undermined and what's really troubling by all the is undermined in particular by somebody who wants to be the next prime minister the uk. it's been undermined by the present elite for charlie. you're right, and that's why the political classes and eve ryo ne why the political classes and everyone in the politics has to defend a civil service and last night boris johnson had defend a civil service and last night borisjohnson had that opportunity and did not take it. that was an incredible omission and frankly, tells us what we already know i'm afraid, which is he is utterly unfit for office. know i'm afraid, which is he is utterly unfit for officelj mentioned utterly unfit for office.” mentioned the lea ker utterly unfit for office.”

mentioned the leaker and that is where the finger should surely point because there are those who will hear your point of view and as he hurried in the film that this is i think the quote was a shabby attempt to politicize matters here. absolutely not, when you get something like that you get behind your officials and this is not the first example. fight too often we have heard people like borisjohnson and brexiteers and brexiteers are not as blaming officials, making them scapegoats for their own feelings. what it happened like that donald trump should not be brining appointments in the foreign office. —— running. what should've happened last night and today is that all of us last night and today is that all of us at any political colour get behind those officials and i'm not someone behind those officials and i'm not someone who supports government, i sit ina someone who supports government, i sit in a position, i'm a member of the snp and believe in independence. but, i also believe officials have a job to do, it's a difficultjob to do and they deserve our support. and they did not get that by the one person whose favourite to be the

next prime minister at the united kingdom and that's something that should be deeply consenting to each and every one of us. it it not also true to say given the advance and their reaction at the occupant of their reaction at the occupant of the white house, you clearly are no fan of the occupant, but he had said what he has said. did that not therefore make the position untenable? you know, the foreign office, if the uk has any respect, i should be telling the white house they had no business appointing the uk ambassador to washington. furthermore, those in difficult posts, you know, there are a lot more difficult posts in washington if you think about where some you can bass doing a fantasticjob and some very difficult areas in russia and china and myanmar and elsewhere in the well. they deserve support and they need to be able to speak frankly to politicians back home. it was not for donald trump to dictate the polities of the foreign and

commonwealth office. and if we had a government that wasn't falling apart at the moment and a prime minister, the standing up to the president united states, if unacceptable. one thing that really came out in the evidence given today, that we took todayis evidence given today, that we took today is foreign affairs committee, was how upset the foreign office was. the fact that morale is so low in that office, they deserve support. it should be unanimous, and they did not get it. one more on that, if i may, how then do you say the successor to sir kim should be decided upon? one thing today was the foreign affairs committee, we like to see the successor, it has to be an official. we've got professional diplomatic services who did greatjobs across the world. it has to be a professional. but one other thing is well, it cannot be a

political appointee. i've heard this nonsense that has to be a brexiteers. it has to be somebody who is it that and who will speak truth onto power at what are the most difficult times. the uk is in crisis, deeply. he needs a decent civil service like never before because politicians and government are letting them down a very, very badly. thank you very much for coming on. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers our guests joining me tonight are the former fleet street editor eve pollard and stephen bush the political editor, new statesman. some flights have now started landing and taking off at gatwick airport after suspension this evening due to what it says is an issue in its control tower. the issue in the airport's control tower triggered the suspension shortly after 5pm today, leaving flights grounded at the london airport as well as gatwick bound flights unable to land with several flights diverted to other airports. the runways were closed for almost

two hours causing around 25 flights to be delayed or diverted. so the worst is ever? i think so but is clear from at the airport is saying, there could be further cancellations and vibrations at the evening progresses, they are certainly not up to the kind of capacity they would normally be expecting because let's not forget, that which is the second busiest airport in the uk and the eighth busiest in the whole of europe. what seems to have happen if there is a problem with the system they use to manage incoming and outgoing flights and of course the airport and control tyrant control the airspace around the controls, like the flights coming in and yelling and gatwick has one runway which they had these are both landing and taking off so they have to be careful about that and that's where problems are. in terms of how long it takes to put it right, it's going to ta ke it takes to put it right, it's going to take many hours in the future with lots of re—juggling going on

presumably. that's exactly right, at what you have here is about 26 flights diverted to other airports, they will not be where the operators are expecting them to be, yet passengers who are needing to be either bussed back to the airport or may have the opportunity to arrange it there and travel and claim costs back from airlines. yet incoming flights that may still be vibrated and of course they will not be in the right places so yes, the consequence of this will be likely felt for many hours to come. thank you very much indeed. boris johnson faces a backlash from another quarter too. this time former prime minister, sirjohn major, has warned that he is ready to go to court, to stop the next conservative leaderfrom suspending parliament over brexit. mrjohnson has repeatedly refused to rule out such a move, to ensure britain leaves the eu by the end of october. this report from our deputy political editorjohn pienaar contains flash photography. the report contains

flash photography. fanfare. democracy doesn't get more british than this — the queen opens and closes parliament. holding the prime minister and government to account — that's mps' job. my lords, pray be seated. but the man at the back, the blond one, borisjohnson, hinted he might suspend parliament so mps can't block a brexit with no eu deal. past pms sometimes criticise successors — never like this. the queen's decision cannot be challenged in law, but the prime minister's advice to the queen can, i believe, be challenged in law, and ifor one would be prepared to go and seekjudicial review to prevent parliament being bypassed. sirjohn major's lit a fire under the question, "who will decide the shape of brexit?" parliament is always suspended between sessions, but a former prime minister threatening to take a successor to court if he tries to shut the doors of this place to shut down opposition to a no—deal brexit — extraordinary. his case — abuse of the constitution. why elect mps if a prime minister

can send them home if they are in his way? post—politics career, boris. all too soon! borisjohnson, pulling pints like the practised campaigner he is today, was having none of it. and i think the idea of now consecrating the decision to the judiciary is really very, very odd indeed. what we want is for parliament to take their responsibilities, get it done, as they promised that they would. but this issue is much bigger than an argument in a pub or a row between politicians. it could draw the queen in her palace into a messy political dispute, a legal battle over whether she should ever be advised to suspend parliament and sideline elected politicians. the other candidate for pm has been clear — he wouldn't shut down opposition from mps. if you shut up parliament because you don't agree with what it's doing in a parliamentary democracy, that is an absolutely huge thing, and i think if you were to do that as part of a process of forcing

through a no—deal brexit, the social and democratic consequences would be unimaginable. one expert can imaginejudges deciding a legal challenge. it is a case that could go to court, the courts would have to decide whether they would hear it, substantively, that would take days, possibly weeks, and nobody could say for certain how the case might turn out. like other possible crises, this one may never happen, but it is another doubt brexit that could affect all our futures, one that could take britain into british politics somewhere wholly unexplored. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. the bbc says its failed to reach agreement over plans for a question time debate between boris johnson and jeremy hunt. it's understood there were objections to the make up of the studio audence which was going to be a 50 50 split between conservatives and supporters of other parties. jeremy hunt has issued a statement saying he wasn't the one

objecting to the format. in a statement, the bbc says... "we've already hosted a leadership debate, and andrew neil's interviews on friday will ensure both candidates are given forensic examination on prime time bbc one. while the bbc is keen to host a question time special as well, we have not so far been able to reach agreement on the format and it now looks unlikely we'll be able to go ahead with this additional programme." the headlines on bbc news... the british ambassador to washington quits. sir kim darroch said it was impossible to do his job after president trump's very public attacks on him. some say he resigned because borisjohnson refused to back him in last night's debate but the tory front runner rejects that claim. lifting the lid on how labour has dealt with accusations of anti semitism a bbc investigation is told mr corbyn's office interfered in the independent process.

sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. hello, thank you we had to wimbledon for us to where it was men's quarterfinal today, defending champ and that's champion know that chocolate alongside roger federer and ron find that doll, our reporter john watson watching all the action and when it came to the big three, pretty much everything went exactly to plan. yes, business as usual for the big three and its take your pick really, any one of them could go on a lift for a tournament this year would you consider how great they are playing. roger federer into a finalist, he came against four and sets and then came back to but this place and another wimbledon semifinal, 100 winds for roger federer. unbelievable record when

you consider he isjust one month short of his 38th birthday. he's chasing a ninth wimbledon title and it sets up a tantalising prospect of that meeting with nadal in the semifinal, coming through in straight sets against sam, who you area straight sets against sam, who you are a member knocked out and be a few years ago. nadal and federer have placed each other since that epic final in 2008. nadal coming out on top that day. that's the dream pick up the to the semifinals, novak also through, defending champion derek aiming through his match today beating david. on his side of the dry set in the opening up for him, and he will now face roberto bautista agut in that semifinals. probably argue the easiest possible opponent, coming to this one with no back. against roberto, who beat

dedo. you have to fancy that his chances will bug in the final. dream ticket so far has been watching serena williams alongside andy murray. they let at the tournament. jim combination, but that right is over now they were beaten by the number one seeds, nicol and bruno. famously teamed up againstjamie murray. they went a few grandson titles in the men's double, but the next partnership which is causing so much excitement is over now. we know that serena williams will be back in action tomorrow when she's in the women's semifinals against barbara, and the other semifinal we will see simon in action against alina steadily now. we look forward to no doubt and better. indian captain says their hearts are broken after his side was stunningly beaten by

new zealand and the wild cup by 18 runs, chasing 2112 win. and yet top three only managed one run each, 2a 44 on wednesday and 92—6 before they missed that 116 run partnership gave hope, but once they were gone the rest soon followed. matt henry nine of the match, pick up the ball to three for 37. new zealand will either face three for 37. new zealand will eitherface and three for 37. new zealand will either face and or australia three for 37. new zealand will eitherface and or australia in three for 37. new zealand will either face and or australia in the final. halfway stage, we sort of wa nted final. halfway stage, we sort of wanted to 110—250 and we knew we would be competitively got that because the surface played the way he did. but to have a start with the ball we had, that was an outstanding way to try and kick things off and get into a position of strength and i thought the way the ball is in the field and operated throughout the field and operated throughout the field on the big field on the surface, they had to adapt differently again and it was great

effort. peter secured his first win in the tourde effort. peter secured his first win in the tour de france as he sprinted to victory on stage, acosta made a late break on that 17.5 km route. after he was called then, he was dominant as he took the 12 tour stage when, they set an overall 45 seconds behind the race leader, julian. that's all your support for now, i will have more in sports day at half past ten. back to you. thank you very much indeed. some ofjeremy corbyn's closest allies have been accused of interfering in the independent investigations into allegations of anti semitism within the labour party. the bbc‘s panorama programme has seen emails which suggest the party's general secretary attempted to interfere in the selection of a disciplinary panel and that the labour leader himself was copied in to the correspondence. labour has rejected the claims saying they come from disaffected staff. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg.

they might not call me a dirtyjew, but they will call me a dirty zionist. labour members abused by others... i do not think the labour party is a safe space for jewish people anymore. ..meant to be friends, comrades. labour is not now an anti—racist party. was the party they loved, that he leads, doing enough to protect them? i say this to all in the jewish community — we are your allies. jeremy corbyn always vowed to do everything he could. tonight, accounts from seven former officials from party hq give a different impression. e—mails from corbyn's senior team on controversial cases. jackie walker, a prominent corbyn supporter, was being investigated for comments made aboutjews. the case was referred to the ncc, the party's independent complaints panel, but an e—mail last year from labour's top official,

jennie formby, a close ally of mr corbyn, said, "the ncc cannot be allowed to continue in the way they are at the moment. i will also challenge the panel for the jackie walker case." friends, comrades, thank you. later in the correspondence it appears she is aware that what she suggests is dubious, she asks the others to switch to a different e—mail address, adding, "i think i have permanently deleted all trace of the e—mail, too many eyes on my labour address." labour says jennie formby temporarily stopped using her party e—mail because of concerns a political opponent had access to it. crucially, the correspondence was copied in notjust to mr corbyn's senior aides but to his own private e—mail. labour says, "the e—mails are about holding the complaints panel accountable for the amount of time they take to hear cases and protecting the party against any successful legal challenge on the basis of perceived bias if the same panel is used

in high—profile cases." the man in charge at party hq for years is iain mcnicol. the e—mails you have shown me are really important. the issues raised within them should ring alarm bells across the party. to try to interfere politically within the ncc is just wrong. the people she brought in when she became general secretary overruled us and downgraded what should have been a suspension to an investigation, or worse, to just a reminder of conduct, effectively a slap on the wrist. labour rejects those suggestions, but in another e—mail, seumas milne, one of corbyn's closest advisers, asked for a review of the disciplinary process looking at anti—semitic complaints. he wrote, "there was a risk of muddling up political dispute with racism." sam matthews was officially

in charge of handling complaints. this was the leader's office requesting to be involved directly in the disciplinary process. the party said this was not a request for a formal review to take place, adding, "the leader's office did not intervene, these former disaffected employees sought the view of staff in the leader's office, which was complied with in good faith. these disaffected former officials include those who have always opposed the leadership ofjeremy corbyn, acted to undermine it and have personal and political axes to grind." jeremy corbyn attracted thousands and thousands of new members to labour, but the number of allegations of racism againstjews grew too — a stain on his success rebooting the party. by spring there was a backlog of 1000 complaints, only 15 expulsions. many staff, overwhelmed, quit, including a jeremy corbyn backer, breaking legal agreements to keep them quiet to speak out tonight.

it was so prescriptive in not speaking about anything i had heard of happening in the labour party, but i will not be able to live with myself unless i speak out about the horrendous things i know have happened. the thought crosses my mind as to whether i sent her my resignation and then do something that nobody should ever consider, in that i actively considered committing suicide. labour has promised again and again to take this poison out of the party. we will do all we can to make it very clear to anybody who thinks that they can have those abhorrent views in our party and in our family, that they are not welcome. mps and members of the lords have quit in protest already, many party members have left. if labour cannot get a grip on racism in its own ranks, what might they lose next?

our political correspondent jessica parker is in westminster. once again, this issue will not go away for labour. you're absolutely right but it's important to say that labour completely rejects the allegations that have been put forward , allegations that have been put forward, saying that the farmer stopped making these claims are disaffected. jeremy corbyn was asked to getan disaffected. jeremy corbyn was asked to get an interview to the programme, but he declined. let's look at it broadly, we know that span some deep alignment amongst labour party and peace, and that widerjewish community about this ongoing issue and evidence put forward tonight may only serve to hike and back. interestingly, a senior labourfigure hike and back. interestingly, a senior labour figure who has previously asked to look into claims of anti—semitism byjeremy corbyn, he tonight has told the bbc at paint a picture of the party but still in denial some years on. but later ——

labour party saying they completely reject any claims the party is anti—somatic. reject any claims the party is anti-somatic. i worried about sir kim, plenty of fall out on that so what's been said? interesting of christ, a lot has been made on what borisjohnson said or rather didn't say in the last night metres debate, jeremy hunt the other leadership candidates that he would keep section in place until he was due to retire at the end of this year with borisjohnson retire at the end of this year with boris johnson saying retire at the end of this year with borisjohnson saying he wouldn't be so presumptuous as to do something like that. now, i think those around borisjohnson would reject like that. now, i think those around boris johnson would reject any suggestion that sir can quit after maybe watching that td leadership debate last night. but nevertheless, borisjohnson has debate last night. but nevertheless, boris johnson has been debate last night. but nevertheless, borisjohnson has been under some heat on this issue today, and i understand boris johnson heat on this issue today, and i understand borisjohnson actually ranked sir ken this afternoon and we are told that the conversation was warm and cordial but regardless,

what you have is an incredibly serious —— senior official, they been dragged before like this but not on this scale and now questions are being asked tonight about why really the uk government is in charge of who they appoint as a senior officials after those trumpet tweets of christ seem to create this spotin tweets of christ seem to create this spot in the last days. i think concerns here in westminster about the implications for the kind of advice that officials are brought him and if these will now feel they can offerforfear him and if these will now feel they can offer for fear that his comments could somehow end up in the public domain. jessica, thank you. going back to my panorama programme. you can see more on that story. and you can see more on that story tonight on panorama on bbc one at nine o'clock. a man has been detained after climbing over a fence onto the forecourt of buckingham palace. it's understood the intruder climbed over the barrier on the palace road side of the building in the early hours of this morning.

he was arrested moments later. a spokesman said he did not enter the palace building at any stage. the german chancellor, angela merkel, has again been seen shaking amid mounting concern about her health. she began trembling as the national anthem was being played during a visit from finland's prime minister. concerns about her health were first raised, after she was seen shaking during a ceremony with the ukrainian president last month. the chancellor has played down the issue, insisting there is no cause for alarm. i'm good. i have recently said that i'm good. i have recently said that i'm ina i'm good. i have recently said that i'm in a phase of conveying to terms with what happened at the recent military honours ceremony with the president of ukraine. that is not com pletely president of ukraine. that is not completely over, but there is progress. i'm very well and is nothing to worry about. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. good evening, he made day and sunshine today, but the humidity has

led to down prices giving across parts of scotland. they continue into the night and we see a few flashes of lightning and rumble of thunder with the rain pushing east across the country, could see a few slices of rain further south into wales and the midlands. 90 —— 97 cou nty states wales and the midlands. 90 —— 97 county states try again, 12—16 tomorrow morning rush hour. he showers around early for that morning commute that'll fade away east for a time and then training try with some sunny spots breaking through the murky leather clad. by the afternoon, marsh our class constructed bridge here or there. trying to make, but across scotland in particular in the north east england, we can see severe thunderstorms develop later in the day to take us into the night, causing minorflooding day to take us into the night, causing minor flooding and travel problems. showers become less potent as they go through friday and the weekend with many places becoming dry.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the british ambassador to washington quits. sir kim darroch said it was impossible to do his job after president trump's very public attacks on him. some say he resigned because borisjohnson refused to back him in last night's debate but the tory front runner rejects that claim. lifting the lid on how labour has dealt with accusations of anti semitism, a bbc investigation is told mr corbyn's office interfered in the independent process. a scathing report says the government has a ‘ramshackle, dad's army‘ approach to climate change. lights of not resumed but remains high after an earlier fault in the air traffic control systems.

this time former prime minister, sirjohn major, has warned cingulate drive it into a constitutional crisis. a senior research fellow in parliament and for the rule of law and hejoins me now. good evening. let's start with what sirjohn major is said and is identifying as a possible legal route for his point of view. what is he getting at specifically? the scenario he is getting at is if the next prime minister it made it clear that they intended to bring the session to an end, and peace effectively stopping a no deal exit, they said if the next prime minister made it clear that there intention. he would bring the additional review, in order to stop the

government from doing that, he would essentially try to repeat the same trick to stop the government from using the prerogative power in order to stop parliament from dropping a no deal. and this would be heard in front of a group ofjudges? how would that work? would be a judicial review for the high court and it could be passed back, if successful, to the supreme court. i believe that they are right to say that if we we re they are right to say that if we were in this scenario, it is what the court would listen to. i disagree with some who think that it will have a strong chance of succeeding for various technical reasons. the court do not like looking into parliamentary debates and the like because of something called parliamentary privilege. so i am not sure that it would succeed and therefore they would necessarily would succeed in stopping a no deal exit. and moreover, ithink

would succeed in stopping a no deal exit. and moreover, i think that the debate is a bit of a distraction. it is hard to see it actually happening because it would be so extreme for a prime minister of this country to effectively say that parliamentary democracy should be suspended at a crucial moment of change for the country stop by the argument there would be, however that prime minister was and consumer boris johnson has said about that specific issue, the vote that took place in the country in 2016 and the argument would be to see that through to its natural conclusion, presumably. as far as natural conclusion, presumably. as farasi natural conclusion, presumably. as far as i understand it, neither of the candidates, but we were should really be focusing on is in particular, the prime minister, i

think the next prime minister could bring about a no deal electorate without resolving to this and that it's what we are waiting to see. is how determent the next prime minister to leave on the 31st of october. because this prime minister is more determined to leave on the 3ist is more determined to leave on the 31st with or without a deal than theresa may was, then we'll have a real test of what parliament can and cannot do. earlier this year, we saw that parliament can bring up legal barriers to leaving the data deal, but when they did this, theresa may revealed that she herself did not wa nt to revealed that she herself did not want to leave without a deal what is really fundamentally different this time around is that the next prime minister may actually be willing to leave without a deal and that could escalate the confrontation. are we really should be focusing on is, if parliament is just sitting, then how will the next prime minister respond

if mps seek to pass legislation for ano if mps seek to pass legislation for a no deal. the parliamentary numbers will not of change, will they? exactly. that is the thing that we should be discussing in the sense that, plans, a, b, c looked unrealistic from a parliamentary point of view because we have very little time after the summer resets. —— recess. we negotiating a deal in getting something to parliament, there really is very limited time but i think, as you say, the parliamentary numbers as they are, all these last night that the coalition could stop no deal earlier in the yeara coalition could stop no deal earlier in the year a fragile one and there is no guarantee that people would unite the way they did earlier in the year. thank you for coming on.

would cause a legacy of mistrust from the handling of the case, they're suing the university for negligence. the report contains details of some may find distressing. a female student found a facebook chat group where male undergrads were discussing raping women of the university. things that made us feel ill when we read them. the woman and another friend mentioned in the chat, complained to the university, handing in around 19 pages worth of abusive comments and threats. hundreds of students protested in february after the

university announced that two of the men behind the chat group, originally suspended for ten years, would not be returning afterjust one year. the backlash led warwick to announce an independent review of the handling of the women's complaint. it was a profoundly u nsatisfa ctory complaint. it was a profoundly unsatisfactory outcome for almost every single person involved. it also remarked that to the external eye, there were other very many problematic lack of trust in them, including the assumption that they we re including the assumption that they were not independent or impartial in the inability of the university to demonstrate to the contrary. we did get it wrong. and i do apologise and lam trying get it wrong. and i do apologise and i am trying really hard to an independent review and some work about values that we need to discuss as well. to build something very

different for the future. i need to apologise, but we also need to learn how to make changes, as much as i enjoying this conversation, i do not enjoying this conversation, i do not enjoy it in this context and we are going to build a system based on values which is going to give us a much better outcome for all of those involved in the future. but one of the victims told us that in may of this year, even as the review was in the final stages, the university continue to make serious mistakes with her welfare. i came in to take one of my exams, i came into the room while supposed to be set. and i've been placed in a room with one of the boys was involved in the case. it is just me and of the boys was involved in the case. it isjust me and him in a few minutes into the exam, i was shaken up minutes into the exam, i was shaken upfor minutes into the exam, i was shaken up for the entirety of the exam and i knew that i have for their exams to sit in on and the trust was gone.

the university also apologised for this incident. calling it a miscommunication. today's independent report describes the legacy of mistrust generated by this case. a legacy that they are trying to change. but continued mistakes such as this one have made the task of rebuilding that trust in the universities reputation, all the more difficult. the government has been accused of having a "ramshackle, dad's army" approach to making sure we can cope with the impacts of rising temperatures. that's according to the committee on climate change. theresa may recently committed the uk to cutting almost all greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. but given what's happening worldwide, we might be heading for a temperature rise of more than three degrees celsius by the end of this century anyway. ministers insist britain is setting a strong example for other countries to follow. our correspondentjon kay reports. the hottest, the driest, the wettest, the coldest —

if the uk's weather is going to get more extreme, how should we deal with it? take theresa, who lives in a council block near bristol. the government's climate change advisor say we need to make properties like hers much warmer in winter and cooler in summer heat waves. it's unbearable sometimes in here. i normally sit by the fan, and even that, it's a struggle. and you're using more electricity by doing that. i'm using more electricity, yeah, i just got that one yesterday. the doors aren't allowed to be opened, and it's sweltering on this ward. last summer, we reported how some parts of the nhs were struggling with extreme temperatures. today the committee on climate change called on the government to make sure hospitals, care homes and schools are all much better prepared for the future. they said the power industry was one of the only sectors on track

to meet its targets, and the committee said the government needs to have a morejoined up, less ramshackle approach to climate change. for example, the report says we need to think much more about our green spaces. parks like this in our towns and cities soak up heat and could also soak up floodwater. but over the last couple of decades, because of all the building that's been going on, the amount of green space in our urban areas has dropped from 63% to 55%. but the government insists it's leading the world on climate change. so ministers say there will be many more projects to protect the uk, like here in somerset, where this coastal defence system hasjust been installed — designed in the netherlands to deal with rising sea levels. but if time is tight, so is money — resilience costs.

finding victims have not come forth because they do not think anything will be done and they fear reprisals, the report criticised the culture of the lords finding that the members have bullied and harassed staff, house says improvements have already been made but more are required. ukraine's new president says he will transform the area around the reactor into an an official tourist site, he said he wa nted official tourist site, he said he wanted to bring new life to an area of ukraine associated with an appalling nuclear disaster. but the nature had not been reborn and thousands of people died as a result of that catastrophe in 1986. schools and whales are being told their uniforms must be affordable, accessible and gender—neutral under guidelines, the change comes in

september and the consultation was launched last autumn after parents claimed that the uniform policies we re claimed that the uniform policies were too strict and also too expensive. after the killing of jamarcus after the killing ofjamarcus shoji. the investigation concluded that his death in this temple last october was an execution and a human expert at the un and the author of the report. what they have done before is what they're going to do now. the us, asa is what they're going to do now. the us, as a vested interest in uncovering the truth around the killing of khashoggi. he was working for the washington compost, he was a resident of the us. and demanding that they undertake an investigation

into the killing of mr khashoggi. i have also requested that the cia declassify information regarding the responsibilities for the killing. i've also suggested that the congress hold a session around the killing of khashoggi for the purpose of truth telling and covering all of the responsibilities related to the killing. time for the latest headlines. the british ambassador to washington quits. sir kim darroch said it was impossible to do his job after president trump's very public attacks on him. some say he resigned because borisjohnson refused to back him in last night's debate but the tory front runner rejects that claim. lifting the lid on how labour has dealt with accusations of anti semitism a bbc investigation is told mr corbyn's office interfered in the independent process. an update on the market numbers for you here's how london's

charging overseas patients for nhs care in england should be suspended until it's clear it is not harming patients, according to the royal college of midwives. one doctor told the bbc that a couple whose baby died following an emergency caesarean were not given the body as they were unable to pay £10,000 in medicalfees. the department of health said the charges had raised 1.3 billion pounds since 2015. catrin nye reports. last may, rene came from south africa to london for her son thane's wedding. she is now too ill to fly home, so has been sleeping on his sofa for more than a year. while on her trip, she was rushed to a&e, struggling to breathe. they then rushed my mum up to a ward. there was a person from the overseas visitors department and they had gone to her bed, to interview her. thane discharged his mum. she has no medical insurance and isn't eligible for free nhs care.

they were scared of being billed. they strongly advised that we didn't. he wanted to do further tests and i refused. i said no. because i would have had to pay it and i didn't have the money. it's just very stressful. the doctor did say that he didn't think i would make it past december. so have you just accepted that you are going to die here? exactly. that you're not going to be able to find out any more about... no. what's wrong with you? that is exactly what's going to happen. in 2015, a new immigration act came into force. this made having indefinite leave to remain in the uk a requirement for getting free nhs care in england. it placed a statutory duty on nhs trusts to identify and charge people not eligible. another change came in october 2017. nhs service providers now have a duty to check the eligibility of patients and charge upfront, before treatment.

there are significant exemptions, like gp services and emergency care, which remain free for everyone. andrew, whose name we've changed, worked on the overseas medical team at a large london hospital for around a year and a half, until summer 2018. how were you picking people to charge? i think potentially at the moment, the way it is being done is discriminatory because we don't have the resources to apply it and nondescriminatory way. so it could be that someone has potentially a name that sounds like it is less likely to be someone who would be resident in the uk. a foreign sounding name? yeah. the lists would be extremely long, so if you had ajohn smith versus a muhammad khan, you don't have time to write device, to write to both, so you'd go for mohammed khan. the shadow home secretary has called for a suspension of the policy. upfront charging is immoral and unconscionable. i think at the very least, the current policy

needs to be suspended. let's find out what the size of the problem is but also, we need to look at how people may be suffering. a spokesperson for the department of health and social care told us: thane works for the nhs, which he says has made his mum's situation even harder. this doesn't seem... the nhs that i work for, that i know... and it's my mum. with the likes of the long established williams sisters, and now teenage sensation coco gauff leaving a big impression in her wimbledon debut, it's clear there's no shortage of black and ethnic minority talent

in the tennis world. and it's hoped their huge success will inspire a whole new generation to get serious about the sport, as nomia iqbal reports. coming to wimbledon is definitely a moment to capture, especially for these young girls. you do come here and sometimes you do feel like an outcast. you know, like, you come here and you see, like, the people that are normally here, and they dress a certain way. we're not dressed that way. it doesn't matter because at the end of the day, everyone is here for the same reason — to watch quality tennis. all: greenhouse! they're from east london and are aspiring tennis coaches. their part of the project with the lawn tennis association that aims to encourage people from disadvantaged backgrounds to get into the sport. you see people like our age like coco, and it's really inspiring to, like, see that people are actually, like, achieving their goals and such a young age, and it gives us someone we can actually relate to.

american teenager coco gauff has been the big star of a tournament which critics have often seen as too white and too middle—class. the lta says it wants to open it up to everyone. we've also got great role models. you look at someone like jay clarke. we've got... pauljubb,19 years old. heather watson, of course. we've got a whole bunch of players coming through from a range and of a diverse background. someone has to lead the way and show it's possible. the father of venus and serena, richard williams, was the first lack was the first black father that showed in a white world there could be rain black women performing and at the highest level. but getting to that high level means a big financial investment. i hope that we can afford more tennis facilities for places like hackney, where it's notjust community but people can, if they want to, develop — come at a young age and develop into professional tennis players. so far, 10,000 young people from diverse backgrounds

are involved in the lta's initiative, and these girls are no longer ruling out tennis as part of their future. the us women's football team has been celebrating their world cup win with a massive victory parade in new york. thousands of people gathered to cheer the world champions as they made their way through the skyscraper lined "canyon of heroes" in lower manhattan. the parade ended with a ceremony at city hall and some inspirational words from captain megan rapinoe. this is my charge to everyone. we have to be better. we have to love more, hate less. we have to listen more, hate less. we have to listen more and talk less. we have to note that this is everybody‘s responsibility. everybody‘s person here. everyone who is not here, eve ryo ne here. everyone who is not here, everyone who does not want to be here. every single person who agrees

or disagrees, it is our responsibility to make this world a better place. i think this team does an incrediblejob better place. i think this team does an incredible job of better place. i think this team does an incrediblejob of taking better place. i think this team does an incredible job of taking that on our shoulders and understanding the position that we have in the platform that we have within this world. what shape is wednesday? and do your favourite songs have a colour? if either of these questions makes sense to you you may have synesthesia. it's thought that more than half a million people have senses that trigger images when they hear sounds or feelings of being touched when they see others being touched. now researchers at sussex university want people with a specific form of synesthesia to come forward to help them unravel why some of us are better at understanding other people's feelings. david sillito reports. 0k, jake, we're going to try to fit this... this is jake palmer, and there is something interesting going on in his brain. he has what is called synaesthesia. his senses sort of overlap and merge so that, for instance,

sound triggers images of colours and shapes. to help explain, we played him some music. that sounds, just a lot of colour... blue, blue coming off that sound. # you are the dancing queen, young and sweet. ..# that's quite red and orangey. her voice is like a pastelly green colour. so the colour of the sitar, the main sitar that is happening there, is... purple. that bit sort of, it's like pulling the rug out. and it was blue. the days of the week have colours and shapes. wednesday, for instance. wednesday is kind of like a beehive, barley twist thing. and it's got a colour? yeah, yeah, like, black, a few bits

of white in there but it is mainly like a golden—brown colour. do you ever worry about this? no. no way! 0k, jake, so each of these wiggly lines is one of the electro—recordings from each of the scalp sites. indeed, it is not that unusual. more than half a million of us have some form of synaesthesia and researchers here at sussex university think it could help unlock some of the mysteries of social life, which brings us to the rubber hand test. it is an illusion. your real hand is hidden behind a screen and in front of you is a rubber hand. both are then stroked and after a few seconds, something odd can often happen. the feeling seems to be coming from the rubber hand. it's not a real hand but it's really, really convincing. i'm just a bit freaked out. i feel like i want to move it, but i can't. oh, my god, that is so weird! that is weird, isn't it?

of course, it's not just an illusion. there is some science behind this. this experiment shows how easily senses can be tricked and offers a clue about how the brain processes feelings. we can use this in the lab to try and understand more about body representation. and another thing we do in the lab is that we work with people that have this thing called mirror touch synaesthesia. so mirror touch synaesthesia is where you feel touch on your body when you see it happen to somebody else. so if i were to touch my face like this, you would feel it on your cheek as well. and if you happen to have mirror touch, sussex wants to talk to you, because that sense of feeling what others feel appears to be linked to a vital life skill — empathy. a gateway to understanding the science of shared emotions.

now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. good evening. a pretty humid day but that humidity has led to some downpours across northern ireland, continuing into the night and we could see a bit of light flashes of thunder and the rain, a few splashes of rainfor thunder and the rain, a few splashes of rain for the south across wales into the midlands, many southern areas stay dry with a close night, 12 to 16 into tomorrow rush hour. if you showers for the morning commute, most of those will fade away eastwards for a time. it will all turn drive some sunny spells breaking through the murky low cloud first thing in the morning, but in the afternoon more shower clouds come through here. humid once again but in scotland in northeast england, he could see some severe thunderstorms develop later in the day to take us into the night and i

could cause some minorflooding and travel problems. as a go to friday and into the weekend, there are place is becoming dry. weekend with many places becoming dry.

hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is outside source. britain's ambassador to washington resigns days after his confidential emails were leaked. sir kim darroch said it was impossible to do his job after president trump's public attacks on him. some say he resigned because borisjohnson refused to back him in last night's leadership debate — but the front runner to become britain's next prime minister rejects that claim. my my views, it's wrong to drag a civil serva nts my views, it's wrong to drag a civil servants into the political arena, that's what i think. shining a light on countries that undermine a free press around the world. campaigners come together on the back of a deadly year for journalists. this decline in median free and doesn't only mean we have your

rights, it means we all