this is bbc news. the headlines at 11. sir kim darroch had branded the trump white house inept and incompetent, with the leak of his memos, eventually forcing his resignation. the two men battling to when the tory leadership. is it a fact in his resignation? he said what somebody had relayed to him would be a factor. jeremy hunt is again being questioned about the october 31 deadline for britain to leave the eu. is there any chance we could still go into 2020 and still be a member of the eu? i don't believe

so, no. but you don't rule it out. this is why people don't really trust you on this. in a bbc exclusive, theresa may reflects upon her time exclusive, theresa may reflects upon hertime in exclusive, theresa may reflects upon her time in office with our political editor laura kuenssberg.” think it will be a mixture of pride at having done the job, think it will be a mixture of pride at having done thejob, but think it will be a mixture of pride at having done the job, but also a degree of disappointment, because there is more that i've wanted to do. a man assented to life in prison after repeatedly stabbing a 51—year—old father to death on a train in front of his 14—year—old son “— train in front of his 14—year—old son —— sentenced to life. a special report from el salvador where campaigners say strict abortion laws mean women are jailed, even after miscarriages and stillbirths. roger federer comes out on top against rafa nadal at wimbledon. he'll now play novak djokovic

in sunday's mens singles final. at 11:30 we will be looking at the papers with kate proctor and the broadcasterjohn stapleton. good evening. welcome to bbc news. the metropolitan police has begun a criminal investigation, into the alleged leak of official communications, from britain's out going ambassador to the united states. the furore over the contents of sir kim darroch‘s e—mails, which were highly critical of the trump adminstration, caused the white house to refuse to work with the ambassador, and eventually led to his resignation. scotland ya rd's counter terrorism command, will lead the police inquiry. our correspondent, dan johnson reports.

who leaked the documents are part of president and ambassador and with the special relationship under strain? how did our man in washington's frank assessment and up splashed across the mail on sunday. sir kim darroch privately described the white house as dysfunctional, divided, donald trump as insecure and inept. within days the ambassador announced he would leave his washington residency, after the president fired back calling him stupid and pompous, making it clear he wasn't welcome. a whitehall enquiry was started to root out the league about this evening the metropolitan police announced they would take over. this is the commissioner said given the widely reported consequences of that leak i am satisfied there has been damage caused to uk international relations and there would be clear public interest in bringing the person or people responsible to justice. interest in bringing the person or people responsible tojustice. there was even a direct appeal. well, i'm

assuming it is a function of how serious it has been taken. clearly there has been damaged to britain's national interest here. and i think obviously the police have more investigative powers, mortals at their disposal to find the culprit. i think it is very important to find who is the perpetrator of this leak stop by today the president was trying to be nice, was some warmer words for sir kim. i was the british ambassador well. but they have got to stop the leaking problem is there, just like they have to stop them in our country. stopping more lea ks them in our country. stopping more leaks is them in our country. stopping more lea ks is one them in our country. stopping more leaks is one challenge, finding the source of this one will be tough enough. don johnson reporting. theresa may has told the bbc she will leave with a mixture of pride

and disappointment. she said she did not recognises of addicts and admitted she underestimated parliament over brexit. she said it was frustrating not to get her break the deal approved but she was proud to have served as prime minister. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. a rare glimpse in the private world of number 10. time now to reflect. it's three years almost exactly since you... it is, yes. it hardly seems possible, the time has flown by, but please do have a seat. what's it like living above the shop? it's very convenient. but it's, you know, at any point in time you can obviously get a call, people can be bringing papers up to you. it's really, in a sense, it's a place of work. the red box is done in the evenings. it was here, of course, that i took the phone call about the terrible terrorist attack in manchester. it's really absolutely chilling when you get a call like that. there have been so many difficult moments. how did you manage to get through it all?

to be honest, i don't know, i guess it's just sort of me. it's important that i've had philip, my husband, is hugely important. the other thing is just to keep a vision on what you are trying to get to and what you are trying to achieve. was there ever a moment where you sat in here at the end of a hard day and thought, i just wish it was over? there were moments when i sat here and i thought i wish we'd got brexit over the line. i wish we'd actually managed to achieve that. i felt at home here as prime minister. but it's not obviously the home that philip and i built up together. and it is, as i've said, very much a place of work. but there are happy memories, because it is an immense privilege to be prime minister of the united kingdom. it's a huge honour, it has a huge responsibility. you were often accused by your opponents of being too buttoned up, being too closed.

well, this is always a difficult question because i don't recognise myself in some of the descriptions that people give of me. nobody likes to have descriptions of them that they don't think are right. but that's what happens in politics, you know? what do you think you will feel when you leave this building for the last time as prime minister? i think it'll be a mixture of pride at having done the job, but also a degree of disappointment, because there was more that i wanted to do. forced out by bust ups in this cabinet room and outside over brexit. why do you think it didn't happen? i thought that parliament, having voted to give people the choice, 80% of the people in the 2017 general election voted for parties that said they would respect the referendum. what i had underestimated was that there were people who were in entrenched positions.

on the one hand, some people who'd always campaigned for brexit but didn't vote for the deal because they had a particular vision of brexit and they were sticking firmly to that vision. on the other side, people who said they didn't want to leave with no deal, but weren't prepared to vote for a deal. i underestimated the unwillingness of parts of some people in parliament to compromise. what about your own responsibility though? what people say to me is on the one hand that i stuck too firmly to my red lines, and on the other hand people say, sometimes the same people, say that i gave up too much, i compromise too much, and both of these cannot be true. do you think there are things you got wrong though? one could always look back and say, if i'd sat down and talked to people more. i spent a lot of time talking to colleagues, trying to understand from colleagues exactly what it was that was creating a problem for them. on both sides it was

incredibly frustrating. what i hope is that my successor now has the job of bringing a majority together in parliament. your colleagues who you sat with round this table, a lot of them were also quite fond of saying what they thought, which wasn't exactly the same always as you thought. you must have been furious at the number of leaks that came out of this cabinet. every decision, every position the government took was a collective, agreed position, agreed by cabinet. but it must have driven you mad, surely? good government, good cabinet government, depends on collective responsibility. but i think once we have left the eu and government can get forward over that brexit issue, collective responsibility needs to return. you lost your majority in 2017. do you now regret calling that election? can you say that? no, i don't regret calling the election. i regret running a campaign that wasn't really me.

there were other things. i probably actually should have done the tv debates. i remember you said so clearly in your campaign — "i'm theresa may and i'm the best person to be prime minister." do you still feel that that was the case? by definition i'm not going to say, no, i wasn't the right person. i do believe i was the right person to take this on and to take the conservative party. i'm proud of the fact that our balanced approach to the economy means we see employment at record levels. we'll be injecting that extra £20 billion into the nhs. we're building more homes for people. but then i'm also proud of giving a voice to the voiceless, of championing some causes that otherwise would be unfashionable. what will you miss? i'll miss the opportunity to be able to go and sometimes just say thank you to people for what they are doing for this country. you know, i hope that whoever people are, whether they voted for the conservative party, orfor other parties, whether they have — they were leavers, remainers,

whatever they felt, i hope they will feel that in everything i've done i've always done what i believe to be in the national interest. her picture will soon be on the wall on the famous staircase. what do you hope people will remember of you in years to come compared to all these other prime ministers? the first thing i hope is that people will recognise the second female prime minister. and i actually hope in years to come there will be more women on the wall as prime minister. not the next time. and so much of what theresa may hoped for is unresolved. she departs a prime minister who ultimately failed, but a prime minister who tried. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. the two men hoping to succeed theresa may as tory party leader and prime minister — boris johnson and jeremy hunt, have been cross—examined in interviews by andrew neil, for a special bbc one

programme this evening. with more on what they said, here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. they came expecting to be tested, and they were. jeremy hunt first. he said brexit may take a little longer than october the 31st to deliver, but how long? days, months? maybe longer, it turned out, than he'd like. if it's on or around the 31st, it has to be before christmas. i would expect so, yes. expect so? but you cannot say for sure. is there any chance we could still go into 2020 and still be a member of eu? i don't believe so, no. hmm. but you don't rule it out? i don't believe that would be the case because... well, this is why people don't really trust you on this. what people get with me is a prime minister who will get them out of the eu more quickly. why? parliament could block brexit with no deal, an election, the only way to break the deadlock. who is the prime minister

who is most likely to get us out of the eu quickly? my worry is that if people vote with their hearts, perhaps, instead of their heads, we will end up with a general election before we get to brexit. over to the frontrunner. borisjohnson and his brexit pledge. out on time, do or die. but what if a deal was within reach? nobody believes you would walk away in these circumstances. be honest with the british people. no, i think it's very, very important that we get ready to leave on october the 31st, come what may. mrjohnson's not always been easy to pin down, although that was clearly the plan today. harsh no, no, no. no? you will follow the questions i want to ask, not the ones you want to be asked. all right. and the latest row, had he helped drive out britain's us ambassador by failing to back him on tv after he fell out with donald trump? he said that what somebody had relayed to him had certainly been a factor. so your lack of support for him

was a factor in his resignation. i think that unfortunately what i said on that tv debate was misrepresented to kim. will you be as craven if you were prime minister? i've been... neil, towards the united states of america, craven? towards anybody who is powerful in the world. don't be ridiculous, if i may say so. he's still the favourite but in ten days we'll know who's answers will shape britain's future. boris johnson orjeremy hunt, the big questions on when and how to deliver brexit, on which tax and spending promises to keep, and which to quietly set aside. there'll be no dodging those questions once in office. until then, it's fair to say that neither man really knows the answer to some of those big questions themselves. john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. and if you want to know more about each candidate's positions you can go to the bbc‘s reality check website. that's at bbc.co.uk/realitycheck

a man who stabbed a passenger to death in a row on a train, has been found guilty of murder and jailed for life. lee pomeroy was travelling with his 14—year—old son, when he was stabbed 18 times by darren pencille, on the guildford to london service in january. the jury at the old bailey rejected pencille's claim that he was acting in self defence, and his girlfriend was also found guilty of helping him hide from police. our correspondent richard galpin, reports from the old bailey. it should have been a fun trip together on the train. a father, lee pomeroy, and his young son heading to london. but also on board was darren pencille, who had previously been convicted for stabbing a man in the neck. cctv footage shows pencille and mr pomeroy arguing because the aisle was blocked — it escalated rapidly. you bleep heard what i said! put your hands on me, i dare you, i dare you! mr pomeroy, who allegedly had

a reputation for starting fights, pursued pencille into the next carriage. pencille was then overheard saying he was going to "kill that man" and seconds later stabbed mr pomeroy 18 times. bleeding profusely, mr pomeroy collapsed. pencille got off the train. from clandon station, he headed here into the fields. but he was soon spotted by a local resident here, who said he looked distressed and that he was sweating. she asked him if he was ok, and he said he'd been in an accident. but later, in the woodland here, she found a bloodstained hat and called the police. but pencille was already being driven back by his girlfriend, chelsea mitchell, to herflat in farnham, which the following morning was raided by the police. stand still! do not look at me, stand still! both were arrested. today, pencille was sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison. chelsea mitchell was sentenced to 28

months for assisting an offender. after sentencing, the police gave a statement with mr pomeroy‘s wife lana alongside. "it was solely the actions of a murderer who, when challenged, could only respond with vicious threats and arm himself with that knife, which led to the death of mr lee pomeroy." the court heard that pencille, a paranoid schizophrenic, had panic attacks in public places such as trains. but the day before the killing, a psychiatrist assessed him, concluding he was not a risk to himself or others. just 2a hours later, darren pencille committed murder. our family has been destroyed by this. if this can happen to a law—abiding 51—year—old man just going about his business on a train in the middle of the day, this terrifies me. summing up today, thejudge said, "truly, this was a senseless loss of life."

instigation after he branded the white house inept and competent. two men battling to win the tory leadership contest face questioning, with boris johnson leadership contest face questioning, with borisjohnson saying his comments could have played a part in the british ambassador‘s resignation. and theresa may reflects on her time in office with oui’ reflects on her time in office with our political editor. human rights organisations are calling for an end to el salvador‘s total ban on abortion — laws which see women and girls routinely imprisoned, even after enduring stillbirths and miscarriages. on monday a 21—year old woman, whom supporters say had a still birth, faces a retrial, on charges of killing her baby.

she has to prove she didn't induce an abortion. since 1998, terminations have been banned in all circumstances, including rape, incest and a threat to the life of the mother. women can be sentenced for up to 50 years injail. from the capital san salvador, our international correspondent orla guerin has sent us this special report. san salvador. a city where catholicism has deep roots, and where the church has had a commanding influence, and helped to ensure the total ban on abortion. a ban that has criminalised women like theodora vazquez. she went into labour alone at work and called an ambulance which never came. theodora says she fainted during the birth, and came to surrounded by police, accusing her of killing her baby. last year, her 30—year sentence was commuted and she walked free,

to be reunited with herfamily, after a decade behind bars. human rights groups says she is one of many women who lost their babies and were jailed for killing them. theodora was already a devoted mother when she was convicted. her son, angel gabriel, now 15, was just four years old when they were parted. do you feel like you missed out on a lot of his life, on a lot of your son's life?

theodora says she was jailed for a crime she did not commit, by a society where men still have the upper hand. some women and girls here do seek terminations, but the process has been driven underground. this doctor told me many of the women who come to him have actually miscarried, but are too scared to go to hospital in case staff called the police.

he says most of his patients have been raped. there is so much sexual violence here. it affects almost 60% of my patients. many are abused by gang members, and i see minors raped by a brother, an uncle, or a father. i'm frustrated, as a salvadoran and a doctor, that victims are being punished by the law. and supporters say this woman, called evelyn, is being punished for a stillbirth. she asked us not to show her face. evelyn told me she was raped as a teenager. she didn't know she was pregnant until her baby was born in a toilet. she was arrested in hospital and never allowed to see her son's body. after three years in jail, she's now facing a retrial. campaigners say they'll fight on to free 16 still behind bars

because of the abortion ban. many fear it will be a long march to justice and reform of the law. britain has brought forward plans to send a second warship to the gulf amid rising tensions with iran. the destroyer hms duncan is en route from the mediterranean. it willjoin hms montrose, which earlier this week warned off iranian vessels, attempting to impede a british oil tanker. montrose is scheduled to return to port, for maintenance. a boy has been cleared of murdering a 17—year—old who was stabbed in the heart with a flick knife. yousef makki, was attacked in hale barns in cheshire. the defendant, who can't be named because of his age, admitted possession of the knife, as did another boy. they're both to be sentenced, for carrying the weapon. the travel company thomas cook is in talks about a possible 750

million pound rescue deal, that would hand control of its package holiday business to a chinese investor. shares in the company have fallen more than 45% on the news, but the firm insists customers have no cause for concern. thomas cook employs 9,000 people in the uk. president trump has declared a state of emergency in louisiana as the southern state raises itself for tropical storm barry, expected to become the first atlantic hurricane of 2019. tonight there are fears that 20 foot levies protecting new o rlea ns that 20 foot levies protecting new orleans from flooding could be breached. as they did during hurricane katrina 1a years ago, in which hundreds of people died. the storm has been making its way through the gulf of mexico and is due to make landfall in the next few hours. our correspondence over belongs in new orleans with residents preparing for the coming storm. there are huge piles of sand here, local residents here, the oldest

neighbourhoods in new orleans, people have been coming here, filling up sandbags to shore up their homes. a compulsory evacuation at the moment, and people are choosing to shore up their homes and then get out for the next 2a hours. storm barry is still on the approach, it is slow—moving and as they move towards louisiana it is growing in intensity. forecasters feel it could reach hurricane strength with winds of over 7a mph just before it makes landfall late tonight or early tomorrow morning. i am here with a local resident, mike, thank you for hanging back with us. we have seen huge activity here, the whole community coming together to shore up their homes and philip sandbags. our people feeling? the neighbours are nervous but this is something we have been through so many times, this is the second old est many times, this is the second oldest neighbourhood in new orleans, we have been his since 1719, we are used to it, hopeful that the one —— but the one concern is the height of the water in the river right now, we hope that does not become an issue.

everyone he remembers katrina, 1a yea rs have everyone he remembers katrina, 1a years have passed but the impact is still being felt, what is the sense that you have, do you feel that because people have survived that they feel they can get through anything? other people are saying to me that it is a reminder of something that was so horrific it was horrific, and the city suffered so was horrific, and the city suffered so immensely from that. here we were very fortu nate so immensely from that. here we were very fortunate that we did not have flooding from katrina and parts of the neighbourhood were up and running with power 1.5 weeks after the storm. the big and —— bigger concern here is not the catastrophic category five, it is whether we will be without power, how long we will be without power, how long we will be without power, how long we will be without power. it is a very hot time, summary new orleans, it is 90% humidity and 100 degrees, so we're hoping we can avoid that. what is your main concern over the next 2a hours? in historic neighbourhoods in new orleans, most of the houses are elevated, so they predate the levy structures being here, if water comes over, the main concern will be vehicles, roadways, the houses are

built for water to go underneath them, it is more recent construction where there is a serious concern about what getting inside. thank you so about what getting inside. thank you so much, good luck for the next 2a hours. main concerns here in new o rlea ns a re hours. main concerns here in new orleans are water levels, the mississippi river is already high and there was flooding on that was the precursor, thunderstorms and flash flooding ahead of the main event. the levy system has been strengthened but with river levels are ready at higher than 16 feet, 20 is the limit, and forecasters are predicting a storm surge that could put it up to those kind of levels. there is anxiety here, there is nervousness, but at the moment people are just making preparations as best they can, adding as much water and emergency supplies as they can come up water and emergency supplies as they can come up ready to survive three days, if that is what they need to do. we will take a look at the papers without reviewers, kate proctor, political correspondent at the

evening standard, and the broadcasterjohn stapleton, evening standard, and the broadcaster john stapleton, that evening standard, and the broadcasterjohn stapleton, that is coming up after the at 1130. now for a look at the weather forecast. if your weather this week involves dodging the downpours, it is settling down, weather change for the weekend, some views like this will be on offer, framed with the lush green out there, as high—pressure building across the uk. this area of high pressure, if you think it is going to be settled, that's all i need to know, i will turn off now, there is still going to be regional differences, even though the high—pressure has moved, we're not going to feel the same degree of warmth or the same degree of sunshine. so keep watching. this is how saturday is looking, there is a bit ofa is how saturday is looking, there is a bit of a breeze, coming down towards the north sea coast with some areas of low cloud, so that is going to have an impact on the feel of the weather, it will be cooler compared with elsewhere, elsewhere in the sunshine, sunny spells, low 20s, and you can pick up showers

through eastern scotland, down through eastern scotland, down through northern england into the midlands, maybe one or two developing towards the south—east as well. you and far between, still the chance of the unhappy one, they will fade as we go deeper into saturday evening. part two of the weekend, on sunday, high—pressure becoming firmly established which means there will be hardly any showers, if any at all. there will be thicker cloud at all. there will be thicker cloud at times running through again, eastern parts of the uk, notjust on the coast but filtering a bit further inland at times, still looking dry for the grand prix at silverstone, still looking dry for the england— new zealand world cup cricket final at lourdes. how about this monday. three day weekend, ok for you, high—pressure right over the british isles. and they will be some sunny spells, some areas of cloud, apart from an isolated shower is looking dry, and perhaps that breeze not quite so noticeable coming in the north sea coast, temperatures creeping up a little bit and more widely in the low to a

few spots, mid 20s up there, nothing too hot out there. it is a different looking picture by tuesday, high—pressure being squeezed towards scandinavia, squeezed to the south, low pressure starting to show it and from the atlantic and we will see a few rendering weather fronts rushing mainly northern parts of the uk, scotland, a chance of a shower elsewhere but england and wales, sharing the remaining sunshine and on tuesday. and again on the look at this different picture, high—pressure now just squeezing well to the south, it is low pressure taking over a wednesday, and look at these weather fronts coming in, more cloud, more showery rain, it looks like more of us will be impacted by that during wednesday, still son to the south and east, it will be continue to be dry, not necessarily good news if you want some rain in the garden. let's ta ke you want some rain in the garden. let's take a look at the jet stream, the overall weather pattern at the start of the week, the area of high—pressure, a big region the jetstrea m high—pressure, a big region the jetstream on the warm side of it, it is all settled, but the changes as

week goes on, as