a huge weekend of sport coming up — the tennis at wimbledon, the cricket world cup final — is the weather going to be good? it looks like the lot will continue. let's look at the forecast for the remainder of play. a slight chance ofa remainder of play. a slight chance of a late day shower today, and one p°ppin9 of a late day shower today, and one p°pping up of a late day shower today, and one popping up tomorrow, but sunday looking drive. it looks a little cooler through the weekend. there has been sunshine, but not everywhere. looking at the big picture, high pressure is looking to settle things this weekend, but there will be a lot of cloud coming into northern ireland, north—west england, north and west wales, where we have seen a few showers. northern ireland and parts of north—west scotla nd ireland and parts of north—west scotland stay cloudy. elsewhere, sunny spells, but a few showers

developed through northern scotland, down through north and eastern england. a few spots in south—east england. a few spots in south—east england will reach the mid 20s. the showers that develop in the east will slowly fade away as we go into tonight and it becomes mainly dry. cloud increasing from the north overnight. it feels a little fresher today, temperatures a little bit lower tonight, so it mayjust be easierfor lower tonight, so it mayjust be easier for sleeping. lower tonight, so it mayjust be easierforsleeping. into lower tonight, so it mayjust be easierfor sleeping. into tomorrow, and throughout the weekend, there is and throughout the weekend, there is afairamount of and throughout the weekend, there is a fair amount of cloud around. not clear blue sky. the possibility of showers, but very hit and miss. most places will stay dry. cooler, with cloud coming into north sea coasts on saturday. the west is better for sunshine and higher temperatures on sunday. more cloud in the south and east, with the possibility of a few

spots of drizzle. you can see the contrast in temperatures. back to the sport, the british grand prix at silverstone, i don't think any issues with track temperature. not much in the way of sunshine on sunday, just 20 celsius, so it will be about tactics rather than the weather. the world cup final, in netball, and the cricket at lord's, it looks —— the world cup final in the cricket at lord's. next week, from tuesday onwards, an increasing chance of showers. if your garden looks dry, you may welcome that. spare a thought for the folks in mississippi and louisiana in the us, tropical storm barry moving in. there could be over 600 millimetres of rain. that is equal to the average for the entire year you may get in the cities of york and newcastle. it will be a very busy weekend in this part of the world.

then. —— ben. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime: there has been a constant american and british naval presence in the britain sends a second warship to the gulf to help protect british shipping from iranian gunboats. the us wants a naval coalition in the gulf we have a crucial role to enforce that norm. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. men's semi—finals day at wimbledon is underway. that incredible match between federer and nadal to come later but novak djokovic is on centre court against roberto bautista agut right now, john watson's there for us, john how's that match looking?

very, very well, the defending champion novak chocolate. let us ta ke champion novak chocolate. let us take it to centre court now. the first of the semifinals are underwear —— underwear. we are talking about the big three, roger federer, rafael nadal and novak took a veg. no backdrop of edge is arguably the favourite in this semifinal. novak took a veg is currently 4—1 up. no backdrop of edge is looking to end back—to—back titles again and has been supremely confident once again this fortnight. what a contest we have an second semifinal, roger federer up against raphael adele in a repeat of the 2008 final, argue be

one of the greatest matches ever played antennas. it was raphael adele who came out on top. take your pick between any of these two, any of these three. 55 out of the last 57 titles have been contested by these three and is hard to pick out of these three who will come out on top. there was somebody success in the wheelchair doubles. coverage on bbc two now. the netball world cup is underway in liverpool. plenty of interest for the home nations on the opening day. kate grey's at the liverpool arena for us. kate northern ireland have already played and england and scotland play later.

yes, we have a jam—packed day of netball. behind me they are practising for the opening ceremony so practising for the opening ceremony so it is a day for the organisers here. we have seen northern ireland in action already against defending champions, australia. it have first game for them and that was clear on court. australia were just unstoppable as there, a blend score line taking it to 88 goals and 2a northern ireland. it was et al. 0pening match but it was a chance for them to really have a good practice. unfortunately the captain northern ireland did hit the deck one point but she is doing 0k northern ireland did hit the deck one point but she is doing ok now. just to mention, zimbabwe has been a brilliant set of fans here, really setting an amazing atmosphere here in the arena and there will be much to look out for because the tournament. england will be up at 7pm sydney against uganda, a very tough match for them. scotland will

play samoa. former england striker peter crouch has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 38. crouch most recently played for burnley who he left injune. he featured for ii clubs in total including liverpool, tottenham and stoke, and was capped 42 times by england. crouch says his career has been a dream come true. defending champion geraint thomas made up some ground on the leaders at the tour de france on day six, today is a day for the sprinters. here's a look at the route — 230 km flat course from belfort chalon—sur—sone. you can follow it live via the bbc sport website and app. and that's also where you'll find coverage of practice at silverstone for the british grand prix where there's been plenty of drama already with roman grosjean crashing in the pitlane. that's all the sport for now. four british people —— in a group of foreign teachers and students —— have been arrested in eastern china. at least some of those being held

are from an international language school, education first. police injiangsu province said all 16 foreigners had tested positive for illegal drug use. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonnell is following the story..... four britons were amongst i6 foreigners, all language teachers or language students who have been netted in this drugs swoop. police say, acting on a tip, conducted a raid and they all failed a drug test. that doesn't mean they had drugs in their possession or whereby and selling them, it means they had illicit substances in their bloodstream. in china, it doesn't matter if last week you might have beenin matter if last week you might have been in colorado smoking a marijuana where it is completely legal. if you return to china and you fail one of these drug tests which can be com pletely these drug tests which can be completely random, it doesn't matter, you are busted. i have seen these drug tests take place. police

will go into a bar and say to everybody in there, you must give a you're in sample on the spot. they hold it up to the light and if the c rysta ls hold it up to the light and if the crystals change colour, you go directly into a police van, then to a detention centre which is effectively a jail, where you are held for two with three weeks. then you're told to leave the country, illusionjob and you're told to leave the country, illusion job and you cannot return to china for the next several years andi to china for the next several years and i would imagine that is exactly what has going to happen to these four britons. as peacetalks continue in afghanistan in an attempt to bring an end to the 18—year long conflict, many parents are faced with teaching their children with how to cope with the increasing threat of attacks. just last week, taliban gunmen detonated a car bomb in kabul, injuring dozens of children who were in two schools nearby. 0ur afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani, has been speaking to parents and children as they returned to the classroom.

still clutching his notebook, a schoolboy is rushed to hospital. dozens of children were injured last weekend campbell when a car bomb exploded outside a government building close to a number of skills. caught up in a conflict that is older than them, these peoples are now back in the classroom but are now back in the classroom but are still recovering from the trauma. translation: it affects the student isa translation: it affects the student is a lot because they are so young. they want to study and go to university but when something like this happens, it is the only thing they can remember. whatever we try to teach them get wiped away. this isa to teach them get wiped away. this is a difficult one, what about this one? umbrella! today was this 7—year—old's birthday back at school, almost a week after the bombing. translation: my son could not sleep for three nights, he would get scared and panicked. we would tell

him, everything is ok, but he still would not sleep. how much does he understand of the conflict, how much do you tell him? translation: we try to avoid talking about it because of his age. if i start telling him about the taliban, about what is going on, it will scare him. we tell him more positive things. yes, what happens but it will finish one day. you are young, the future of the country rests with you. does he ask you questions? yes he asked lots of questions like, why do the do these attacks? when he sees tv, he asks, why is this a much bloodshed. he gets sad. a few days later, another caliban attack injured more pupils at a school in east of the country. afghan children have suffered terribly in this conflict. last year more than 900 we re conflict. last year more than 900 were killed, the highest number ever

recorded. but it is notjust the taliban who are to blame. this is a campfor taliban who are to blame. this is a camp for dispersed families where many are fleeing the record number ofair many are fleeing the record number of air strikes by american and afg ha n of air strikes by american and afghan government forces. this eight—year—old has not gone to school ever since she was left partially blind in a landmine explosion. herfather struggles partially blind in a landmine explosion. her father struggles with what to tell her. translation: whether it is bomb exploding or air strikes, translation: whether it is bomb exploding orairstrikes, i translation: whether it is bomb exploding or air strikes, ijust say, it will be worth soon. i don't tell her the truth. it is difficult to pretend someone is alive when they are dead but can i do? there is an armed guard at the school gates with the peace talks under way, all sides have promised to try and reduce civilian casualties. no one has more to gain from that than afg hanistan‘s children. the bbc‘s technology correspondent rory cellan—jones has been having treatment for a melanoma

in his eye — he's received proton beam therapy at clatterbridge hospital in the wirral, the only place to offer this treatment in the uk. he's kept a video diary of his experience of the innovative treatment. we are in the treatment room for a rehearsal day, really. for my treatment on the site, this is the eye behind which there is the number. it has been there or was frustrated 11! years ago but it now needs further treatment because there are signs it is growing again. this is the seat where i am going to be treated and this is a machine which will fire the proton beam into my eye and behind it on the other side of that wall is a great big machine, we will find out if we can look at it. time to come face—to—face with the machine that

will blast protons into my eye. i'm going to be on the other side of that? that wall is five metres thick. the protons go along that alimony pipe there. —— aluminium pipe. now we get the hannibal lecter style mask. you're not hungry though, are you?! can you see this red light? keep looking towards that. the team retire to mission control to monitor the procedure. keep looking towards the red light, off we go. the actual beaming lasts

exactly 3! seconds. i see a strange blue light but feel nothing. all done there. perfect. it's following morning. the eye is feeling 0k, tiny bit irritable, a bit but all right. so it's on to the next round of proton beam. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. a second royal navy warship is being sent to the gulf as tensions with iran escalate. president trump declares a state of emergency end of asean as it braces itself for a hurricane. shares in the holiday firm thomas cook plunge in value as it is confirmed that it is seeking a rescue deal from its chinese partner. the world's oldest travel agent

thomas cook is in talks to secure a 750 milion pound rescue deal to help it keep trading and reinvent itself for a future in which consumers don't need travel agents as much as they once did. we'll hearing from the boss in a moment. there's been a warning today that fire—prone tumble dryers — which had been recalled by the manufacturer — are still being sold by third—party vendors on online marketplaces. the charity — electrical safety first — is alerting consumers to the risk of buying these products and urging websites to do more to prevent them being listed for sale. one of the bank of england's interest rate decision makers say that the rate could be cut to almost zero if the uk leaves the eu without a deal. but if there is a deal, policymaker gertjan vlieghe said that the rate would rise steadily over the next three years. don't worry about your holiday bookings with us. that's the key message to customers from the troubled

travel company thomas cook which has revealed it's in talks to secure a rescue package worth three quarters of a billion pounds. although the deal is not yet finalised, it appears likely that its biggest shareholder — the chinese company fosun — will take overall control of the travel business and its airline. earlier the chief executive told us about the deal. our customers' holidays are secure. they can book with us without worries. we have enough resources to operate our bases so they can enjoy their holidays with us. today we announced a plan which sees a significant amount of new money coming in into the business and this is addressing our balance sheet

which we always said that it has meant too high for too long. this puts thomas cook on a solid financial footing for the future and this is all options considered, the best plan to secure the future of the business for all stakeholders, employees, suppliers and especially well for all our customers. staying on the theme of travel and anyone going on holiday this week might have noticed their pounds buying fewer euros and dollars. currency traders have been worrying more about a n0 deal brexit and the prospects for the uk economy and that's caused the value of the pound to fall against the dollar to a level that's at its lowest for two years. so what can holidaymakers do about it? alana parsons is a travel money expert, what kind of a difference is this going to make to people's holidays?

the first thing they will notice is that it the first thing they will notice is thatitis the first thing they will notice is that it is way more expensive now, oi’ that it is way more expensive now, or it can be, depending where you go. particularly if you're heading to mainland europe or estates, is a significant impact compared to where we had seen it even four months ago. when we talk about the pound, we often benchmark it against the dollar, the latest price is around 1.25. that is the wholesale rate, the rate banks charge each other. as consumers don't get that but do the foreign exchange bureaus usually work in lockstep with the wholesale market? bureaus are actually what we would say you need to avoid. they can take anything from five to 10% on that wholesale rate. you are better off looking at currency specialists and currency cards where you will get much closer to the actual wholesale rate, if not the

wholesale rate. i never buy travel money, ijust use my debit card or credit card and i am careful to make sure the cards i use have no excess fees or anything like that. is that a better way of all, does away with the nuisance of having to go to a shop? i'm a deputy recommend that you take a currency card and you have to be careful about which one you take because they don't all have zero fees, some can charge astronomical charges and you often would not notice until he came back and checked your statement but there are specialist cards out there that are specialist cards out there that are designed for travel. for anyone about to go on holidays, not much you can do about it but if you are going ina you can do about it but if you are going in a few months, is it possible to say you should buy now 01’ possible to say you should buy now or wait possible to say you should buy now orwaita possible to say you should buy now or wait a little to see things improve? with brexit and the political uncertainty, the best thing to do is to get some currency 110w thing to do is to get some currency now and some closer to the time and then that way, if it goes up, you

don't have to feel so bad because you've taken don't have to feel so bad because you've ta ken advantage don't have to feel so bad because you've taken advantage of it at the later stage and if it doesn't, you can be happy in the fact that you know you've already got some of the rate is now. a look at some other stories china's exports fell less than expected injune leaving the country with a a trade surplus of £40bn. the 1.3% fall was less than the 2.0% that had been expected by analysts polled by reuters. analysts have been trying to assess the impact of the trade dispute between the us and china. car dealership lookers has said it will make less money than previously expected this year because of "challenging conditions" in the sector. while the company said trading was good during the first three months of the year, trading in the second quarter was tougher, with new car registrations down 4.6% from a year earlier. shares are down around 20% today on the news. at least 37 people have been injured on board an air canada flight that hit severe turbulence and had to make an emergency landing.

the plane — carrying 284 passengers and crew — was travelling from vancouver to sydney but was diverted to hawaii. officials say 9 people were seriously injured. air canada said the boeing 777—200 jet "encountered sudden clear air turbulence... two hours past hawaii". that's all the business news. the parents of a four—year—old boy have described their horror when he vanished down a hole while walking in the peak district, leaving him with life—threatening injuries. sam tuckett was enjoying a family day out when he suddenly disappeared as he was walking with his six—year—old brother 0scar, just a few steps ahead of his parents louise and mark. they've been telling joanna gosling what happened. so, we were out walking as a family and our two older boys were out front of us and suddenly sam just

disappeared and mark and ijust looked at each other and said, where did sam go? thinking he might have tripped and fallen a bit. and then we realised we just could not see him anywhere, so we just ran towards him and we saw a gap in the ground, you know, a0 centimetres wide, between the two deep, big cliffs, and looked down and sam was at the bottom of those. so he had fallen through this gap, about six metres down and onto the rock. was he conscious, could you communicate with him? no, no, he was too far down and obviously because he had fallen on his head, it was very difficult at that point to communicate with them. he was only three at the time. so mark scrambled down. because we couldn't obviously climb down. so mark had to find a way round the rock and down to go down and be with him. and how did you manage to get to him then, mark, how difficult was it? it was about a minute or so, i scrambled down the rock and squeeze through a couple of gaps to get to him and i realise then that he was still with us but he was clearly

quite seriously hurt. so i picked up and we managed... well i managed to get out of where he had fallen. and then we made our way back to the road. so we were maybe ten, 15 minutes walk from the road. and we met up back then further up the road then. so, what injuries had he sustained, what condition was he in? at that stage, we did not know. we could tell that he had obviously hurt himself, he had fallen a long way. but it wasn't until we eventually got to the hospital that we were able to do a sort of proper tests and scans. so i think the obvious thing at that point was his head injury. he had obviously got blood coming from his head, he had obviously banged his head very hard. but we didn't really know what else it happened and i think, you know, that was what when we got to the hospital, that is what the hospital dealt with. the two big things they were worried about was damage to his brain and his spine as well. he had fallen a great distance

and he is only three. and they were just worried about those two things. and obviously he looks to be an absolutely great health today. as he completely better, is there any legacy from it? so at the moment we think he is absolutely, completely normal. he did have a bleed on his rain and there is a time period in which things might change, they might develop over time. they say 20 years. but at the moment, from our perspective he is a normal, happy, healthy boy and that is incredible. he is going to school in september so that will be a big change for him. yeah, he is wonderful and we are just really grateful to the hospital for everything they did because they were absolutely brilliant. coming up later, its carrier but first, let's check at the weather

prospects. most of us are set for a fine weekend. many of us have seen sunshine today. we have a north—westerly flow that is bringing a lot of cloud towards northern ireland. a few spots will brighten up through the afternoon. at the same time, we are watching eastern parts of scotland, than the insta nt eastern parts of scotland, than the instant side of england and we are going to see a few showers. as for temperatures, most will stay dry with sunny spells into the high teens, low 20s. a few spots toward the mid 20s. wimbledon is set pretty much fairfor the next the mid 20s. wimbledon is set pretty much fair for the next few days for the remainder of play. a late shower as possible today, cannot be wheeled out tomorrow but sander is looking

dry. any showers or thunderstorms today will gradually fade into tonight. it will be dry overnight, cloud increasing from the north but temperatures a degree or so down compared with recent nights. it may bea compared with recent nights. it may be a little easier for sleeping. that takes us onto the this is how saturday is looking. a lot of cloud to begin with. some sunny spells coming through. still a chance of one 01’ coming through. still a chance of one or two coming through. still a chance of one 0!’ two showers coming through. still a chance of one or two showers in parts of scotland, northern england and towards the south—east of england. very hit and miss. more of a breeze and no cloud at times towards broad sea and no cloud at times towards broad sea coasts suggest high teens here whereas elsewhere it is low 20s. high pressure into part two of the weekend continues to slip its way right across the but its aisles. we are expecting a fine day on sunday. again they will be quite a bit of cloud around. a lot of that filtering down to instant areas. colour still on these north sea

coasts but low cloud in place. elsewhere, many of us will be into the low 20s and there will be some occasional sunny spells to be had. high pressure stays with us into the start of next week. from tuesday onwards, there will be an increasing chance of seeing some showers at times.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at two: a second royal navy warship is being sent to the gulf as tensions with iran escalate. freedom of navigation is a fundamental principle and a non—for the international order, it has been in place for seven decades, and we have a crucial role to enforce that norm. more than 30 climate change protestors appear in court in london for public order offences. shares in the holiday firm thomas cook plunge in value as it confirmed it's seeking a rescue deal by its chinese partner. # i believe i can fly.# in the us, the rnb star r kelly is arrested in chicago and charged with sex offences.