will linger in southern areas, but there will be fewer showers till tomorrow, sun chang coming through. temperatures will do best in the west. it will feel pleasantly warm in that sunshine. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 11: scotland yard asks the media not to publish leaked government documents. the warning follows a leak which prompted the resignation of the british ambassador in washington. facebook is reportedly fined a record £4 billion to settle an investigation into violations of its users‘ data privacy. braced for tropical storm barry. in louisiana, people are told to stay indoors as high winds and heavy flooding hit the us state. at wimbledon, serena williams is chasing her 24th grand slam title — she faces simona halep in the final today. and in half an hour, correspondents posted to london look at the week's events in dateline.

good morning and welcome to bbc news. scotland yard has caused anger in some parts of the media by warning against the publication of leaked government documents such as those that led to the resignation of the british ambassador in washington. a senior counter—terrorism officer said editors and publishers could face possible criminal action if there were further leaks. the remarks were made after the metropolitan police launched a criminal inquiry into the leaking of sir kim darroch's emails. he resigned on wednesday, after his unflattering assessment of donald trump's white house drew a furious response from the president. the conservative leadership race has also become caught up in sir kim's resignation, as our political correspondent nick eardley reports. kim darroch, the uk's man in washington. he'll leave soon, though, after leaked e—mails criticising president trump caused a huge diplomatic row.

last night, the met said it was investigating the leak. assistant commissioner neil basu said: there's a political row, too — borisjohnson was criticised after he refused to say he'd keep sir kim as ambassador. last night, grilled by andrew neil, he accepted an account of his comments, albeit an incorrect one, had had an impact. here's what he said sir kim told him. he said that what somebody had relayed to him had certainly played and would have been a factor. so what — your lack of support for him was a factor in his resignation? well, i think that unfortunately, what i said on that tv debate was misrepresented to kim. some tories have accused mrjohnson of throwing the ambassador under the bus. his allies say that's nonsense. later at the hustings for members,

one tory member was not impressed. but what i was trying to say... audience member: 0h, answer the bloody question! cheering and applause. the other candidate, jeremy hunt, faced pressure, too. he says he might delay brexit again to get a new deal. but for how long? on or around the 315t, 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 the eu? i don't believe so, no. but you don't rule it out? i don't believe that would be the case. that's not a guarantee, though, and some fear more uncertainty and more delay. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. joining me now is our political correspondent, peter saull. this is continuing to play in the conservative leadership election. this story is not going away, boris johnson was asked about it, as you saw. he admitted that it had been a

factor. his comments he had made previously in the week, basically refusing to give his full support to the ambassador attempted on whether he would stay on a borisjohnson was prime minister. it said that was a factor in his resignation, although he believed that the comments he had made had been misrepresented to the ambassador. whether a lot this has an impact on the leadership race, that remains to be seen. there have been a lot of conservative members who are still yet to vote. could potentially be colouring they are thought as we speak. this announcement today from the metropolitan police, they have lost a criminal investigation into the lea k a criminal investigation into the leak itself, as obviously appointed 20 of conversation in westminster. earlier we spoke to the chair of the foreign affairs select committee, tom tugendhat, who welcome the fact that the police were now involved. lam glad i am glad they have responded to the letter i wrote to the commission of the metropolitan police, a diameter

extremely glad that they appear to be taking it very seriously, including the agencies of the state to make sure we find whoever has betrayed the british people, because the british people deserve better than theirs. they deserve the best information from their diplomats, and that means that their diplomats need to be able to trust that the government will have their back. a lot of political reaction to the statement from the assistant commissioner, neil basu, who basically advised members of the media not to publish leaked government documents, saying that could be a criminal offence in extreme circumstances. i have a strongly worded wheat any past half hour from the conservative leadership contenderjeremy hunt, he said the person responsible for this league must be held fully to account, but i defend to the hilt the right of the press to publish those leaks the right of the press to publish those lea ks if the right of the press to publish those leaks if they receive them and judge them to be in the public interest. that is theirjob. the health secretary, who supports boris

johnson, he says freedom of the press underpins free society, and a robust democracy. the state of threatening media freedom is a dangerous road to trade. i suspect we have not heard the end of this onejust we have not heard the end of this one just yet. joining me now from poole in dorset is ian murray, the executive director of the society of editors. isn't it fair to say that in essence all the police are doing is restating the law as it stands? the official secrets act is the law of the land, it is potentially possible that someone can be fined or even jailed if they publish or disclosed to others secret information, but the reality is that it almost never happens that journalist to the reality is that it almost never happens thatjournalist to s newspaper editors are.|j happens thatjournalist to s newspaper editors are. i think there is an understanding and a free ad liberal society you must have a free press, that will from time to time look at leaked documents that come from government and other sources and decide that this is then the public interest and we will put it out there and that is ourjob. it is

ironic this week that we have had the government staging the first global conference for press media freedom... inaudible other countries to be more transparent and protect their media, and now here we have scotland yard making threats to the press of this country. i weather if it is a threat, is it he basically stating the law as eight is, he is a police officer, he has to say what the law is, in decision on prosecution would ultimately rest with the crown prosecution service. you look at the case of david scheele in 2002 who was prosecuted and convicted and jailed for leaking secrets. the mail on sunday paid him £a0,000. never the other paper was prosecuted. allan this same could be said about the telegraph which paid money for the telegraph which paid money for the leak expenses documents. my point is that the reality is they will say a spot they do not ever prosecuted. there is no threat.|j

think these are, we live in dangerous times. there are lots of threats that are being made towards the media in this country. inaudible to have someone inaudible to have someone as inaudible to have someone as important as the assista nt to have someone as important as the assistant commissioner at scotland ya rd to assistant commissioner at scotland yard to ashley be saying that it expects publishers, you know there is no threat of legalising, is expected, and publishers to hand in any documents might like good boys and girls and play their roles in supporting authority and toeing the line. i think that at the very least asa line. i think that at the very least as a worrying misunderstanding of the role that a free press must play ina the role that a free press must play in a liberal democracy. this is the latest protest against the proposal that is currently on hold that would have ensured that there was going to be the possibility of extradition to the

mainland from hong kong wanted there by the authorities. this is a protest in a town in the new territories, more than just hong kong harbour and city itself, other parts. this is one of those other parts, the latest in a sting of demonstrations that have obvious they had an impact in the colony. a reminder that people are still prepared to come out in protest. there is of course the umbrella a symbol of that protest and has been a protest of those trying to preserve what they say is the one country, two systems agreed between the british and chinese when hong kong was handed back to china in 1997. china has taken umbrage at british intervention and criticise their handling of these protests. —— criticism of their handling. it will be interesting to see how these protests are handled. facebook is facing a fine of nearly £4 billion over its handling of users' personal data.

the social media giant has been hit by a series of privacy scandals, including one involving the political consultancy, cambridge analytica. the fine by the us federal trade commission is the largest ever against an american tech company. here's our north america technology reporter, dave lee. it is the largest fine ever levied against a us technology company, but even so, facebook‘s many critics are calling it little more than a slap on the wrist for a company that made more than $15 billion in the first three months of 2019 alone. the $5 billion facebook will reportedly now pay is notjust for this, but for a broad range of privacy violations. it is said that facebook breached a promise made in 2011 over how personal data would be used. what it is not yet entirely clear is what additional level may be imposed on a stick in the future.

according to reports in the us media, the measures won't include any personal repercussions for facebook ‘s chief executive mark zuckerberg. facebook told investors in april that it had already put aside most of the money needed to pay this penalty, meaning there will be little financial strain on the company. one former official from the us trade regulator said he felt facebook considered this fine simply the cost of doing business. facebook has consistently violated consumer privacy, and i believe in the us it is a calculated decision. the company has prioritised great at any cost. ——growth. facebook would not comment on the settlement, but has in the past said it had learned tough lessons and was working hard to change. that won't be enough. one us senator called this a mosquito bite, pledging, like many lawmakers around the world, to create strict data privacy regulation, designed to rein in facebook, and other tech giants like it.

ministers are playing down the significance of sending another warship to the gulf. (tx oov)hms duncan will join the british tanker hms duncan will join the british tanker that was threatened by iranian gunboats earlier this week. iran has already warned the uk it's playing a "dangerous game". meanwhile, politicians in america have voted to restrict president trump's ability to attack iran after he claimed he didn't need their approval for such an action. a little earlier the former defence secretary sir michael fallon said britain had to protect itself. what iran has been doing is attacking western shipping. there have been mines placed on norwegian and japanese tankers and so on, and we have got to make it very clear to the regime that we do not want to escalate the situation, on the contrary, we would like to de—escalates attention. but equally there has to be a red line. we have to be prepared to protect our own

ships. ore than 30 people have been killed in floods in nepal and north—eastern india. at regional politicians and clan leaders were holding a meeting inside. an islamist group said it carried out the attack. more than 30 people have been killed in floods in nepal in north—eastern india. torrential monsoon rains have caused landslides and swollen rivers to reach dangerous levels across the region. hundreds of thousands of people have been affected by the rising floodwaters. heavy rains are expected to continue in the coming days. financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries are creating a workforce crisis in england. that's according to the national day nurseries association, which says people are leaving teaching to work in retail where they can earn more. it blames the government for underfunding free childcare places. our business correspondent, katy austin reports.

goes like this private nursery wants its staff to be experienced and highly qualified. the manager says finding and keeping those staff has recently finding and keeping those staff has rece ntly got finding and keeping those staff has recently got much harder. we have just had to remember is of staff that when travelling, one went for a good three years ago, one recently. i asked them if they would like to come back and they both said they we re come back and they both said they were going to work, the others in a supermarket at the other in a bar, because more money for that was only reason. i couldn't better the wages. she says most children here are eligible for government funded places. day nurseries have been warning for some time the government pays less than the market rate, costing a financial shortfall. now one costing a financial shortfall. now u costing a financial shortfall. now one group is warning that is increasingly affecting the type of staff they can afford to employ. we have seen over the last three years government funding stay complete stagnant, but at the same time they have got rising staff costumes,

rising business costume, business rates, and other things, pension contributions, all pushing their costs up, which leave them much less money at the end of the day to cover staff wages. the department for education told us more children, including from low income families, are now benefiting from free childcare and it is investing in training early years staff, but it is monitoring the sector closely, including workforce and costs blue stop new zealand is holding its first public fire—arms collection event in christchurch as part of the government's response to the city's mosque shootings in march. high—powered semi—automatic weapons were banned after the atrocity in which 51 people were killed. licensed owners who hand in their weapons will be compensated. from sydney, phil mercer reports. dozens d oze ns of dozens of people came to a racecourse in the south island city to hand in weapons that are now illegal. we are really proud of what we have achieved today. we have hit

a 169 people come through today, we have had handed over 244 firearms by 217 parts and $433,000 had been paid out to people handing overfirearms. the engagement with the public from the firearms public, in canterbury, has been stunning. new zealand has been forced to changes attitudes to firearms. don ownership has been high, but the mosque attacked four months ago in christchurch prompted a ban on military style semiautomatic. more than $130 million has been set aside to compensate owners of prohibited weapons. they have until december to hand them in. more than 250 buy—back events will be held across new zealand. some owners are complaining that the amount of compensation they

will receive is inadequate. but in christchurch, there is an acceptance that gun owners must do the right thing. the law changed and i can understand, it makes everyone feel safer, so yeah, i get it over and done with and had it back. safer, so yeah, i get it over and done with and had it backm safer, so yeah, i get it over and done with and had it back. it wasn't an heirloom oran done with and had it back. it wasn't an heirloom or an antique, just a firearm. ican an heirloom or an antique, just a firearm. i can get another one with the right size magazine tube. goes like the australian man accused of the christchurch shootings has denied 51 charges of murder, 40 count of attempted murder and a terrorism charge. he is expected to go on trial next year. the us city of new orleans is experiencing strong winds and heavy rains as it prepares for tropical storm barry to make landfall. barry has been gathering speed over the gulf of mexico in recent days and may still reach hurricane strength by the time it makes landfall. president trump has declared a state of emergency in louisiana. cbs correspondent hilary lane gave

us this update from new orleans here in new orleans, it is empty as the rain and wind continue to intensify. storm barry is expected to bea intensify. storm barry is expected to be a hurricane by the time it makes landfall. there are no evacuation orders, 10,000 people outside the city limits were evacuated. here it is shelter in place, residents are encouraged to stay home. we know people are hunkering down. we went to walmart where the flashlights in the water we re where the flashlights in the water were completely sold out. this test, the levy system which was updated, we are respectively mississippi river to crest between 18—25 feet. they are just 20 feet. flooding is a big concern. parents in wales are calling for a country—wide policy on sun—safety in schools after reports of children getting sunburnt. unions advise that teachers should not apply suncream to children at school, but some parents are arguing that a single application before the school day is not enough to prevent burning.

councils say it is up to individual schools in wales to set a sun—safety policy. what do hale for more than 200 years, a lighthouse has stood at orfordness on the coast of suffolk. but experts fear it won't be there for much longer. homemade defences to stop it from toppling into the sea have now been overwhelmed. volunteers are hoping to rebuild a smaller replica nearby, salvaging the famous lantern, as richard daniel reports goes back over the centuries there have been 19 lighthouses here. this the last. home—made sea defences have been overwhelmed. it isjust pa rt have been overwhelmed. it isjust part of my life, part of my childhood, part of growing up in this area. margo is one of a band of volu nteers this area. margo is one of a band of volunteers who have had to accept time is running out. —— mark. inside, 109 steps, trodden by cou ntless inside, 109 steps, trodden by countless lighthouse keepers leading to the top. a spectacular view that soon will be lost. villa might

u nless we soon will be lost. villa might unless we build something, they will probably be another one here, web technology moving on. but it is still used as a point for people, people still look at it, and even local fishermen when they come in, they know they are home when they see theirs, they know they are close to home. the erosion has been unforgiving. in 2005, the last lighthouse keeper paste the distance to the sea. the lighthouse trust now hopes to save what it can. an absolute gem when you get inside, this was built as an oil store to store the sperm whale oil which is still used to like the lantern. you can access mail the oil. absolutely. over 100 years old, electricity was used to like the lighthouse from the mid 19205. yet you can still smell it. so we have got to continue that.

the trust wants as many people as possible to visit the lighthouse before it becomes unsafe. you get an idea of how close tcas. you can see the beachhead either way, in line with the doorway,. it probably would have gone by now without these defences. certainly. the lighthouse could fall into the sea as soon as next year. in truth no one knows. but now the hard work begins to save the wonderful artefacts, the lantern and all the fixings to recreate a smaller version on firmer ground inland. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's damienjohnson. good morning. serena williams will face simona helep in this afternoon's wimbledon final, hoping to equal margaret court's record of 24 grand slam titles. williams is looking

for an eighth wimbledon singles title and has enjoyed a largely untroubled run to the final, despite a string of injury problems this year. she's yet to claim a major title since returning to the cirtcuit after having a baby last year. to get to those files, looking back to being in those two finals last year was unbelievable. i now i am in a different place, i am just more calm and instead of having nothing to lose i feel i have things to lose, but i also have nothing to lose. i am in the middle. i do i really wa nt lose. i am in the middle. i do i really want to do it. and i many different place, because i wasn't really playing a mother go at all. it is surely not about 24, 23 r 25, it is just about going out there and giving my best effort. no matter

what. no matter what i do, i will was have a great career. there is some action at wimbledon already. britian's alfie hewett and gordon reid are in the wheelchair doubles final. she thinks chase third practice is under way for tomorrow's british grand prix at silverstone. lewis hamilton trailed his mercedes team mate valterri bottas after second practice. he had a scrappy day making a series of errors — we will have news of final practise from silverstone in the next hour. day two of the netball world cup is under way. after losing to the regining champions australia yesterday, northern ireland have got their first win of the tournement with a win over sri lanka this morning. later scotland play england. kate is in liverpool for us. how important is this? both teams wear

off toa important is this? both teams wear off to a winning start yesterday. england beat uganda and scotland beat samoa, so they will be wanting to come in this head—to—head with a win, another when i do there belt. i think england probably have the more convincing game yesterday, casey neville was able to get all of her players out onto the court to give them a run around, whereas scotland had a slightly tougher match against samoa and maybe will not be feeling as fresh today. england are the better on paper, they have the highest seed in her competitors scotland. but these players know each other well and have played in the super league, they know each other‘s style, so it will be an adjusting one to watch out that certainly will be a cloud pleaser, a lwa ys certainly will be a cloud pleaser, always a sell—out, and throw in the scotla nd fa ns always a sell—out, and throw in the scotland fans as well, it will be a fun one to watch. —— crowd please. how relieved while northern ireland found to watch. —— crowd please. how relieved while northern ireland fans be? their match came to an not long

ago, they beat sri lanka. it was not an easy go, a bit of a surprise because like i the lowest ranked tea m because like i the lowest ranked team in this competition. northern ireland managed to power through to the end, getting that first win under their belt wage means they have a very good chance of making it through to the second stage of this tournament. it was hard coming away from a big loss against the defending champions, australia, who we re defending champions, australia, who were in action again today, looking incredible once again. they did not haveit incredible once again. they did not have it easy against the byway who seemed to be the surprise package of this to admit. they have an incredible following of support who know how to sing and chant and they will not make it easy for northern ireland tomorrow when they go face—to—face, but for now all eyes will be on england and scotland, the crowd a re will be on england and scotland, the crowd are ready and be a fun one for the home nations. that's all the sport for now. now for the weather. resta rted restarted the warning that a lot of cloud but gradually the sunshine is

working its way through that cloud, that process will continue for the rest of the day. for most of us this weekend it will be dry with sunny spells, showers pretty isolated. that is because high pressure has moved in and cut of the moisture supply. we are also getting a northerly breeze, also allowing things to freshen up, lose the humidity in the south. not com pletely humidity in the south. not completely bone dry, we have had drizzly showers through the morning, turning sharper with time. heavy was over the hills of scotland, drifted southwards and also across the english hills, northern english hills, drifting southwards through the day. breeze, briskly, right on the day. breeze, briskly, right on the coast, making it cooler, but ten pitches today a degree down on yesterday, still pleasantly warm in the sunshine. should be dry for the finals at a web of them today and tomorrow, just a slim chance of a shower materialising out wilderness afternoon. they do continue in the evening overnight, drifting south, providing a lot of cloud by the time

we get towards the morning. otherwise the night looks more co mforta ble, otherwise the night looks more comfortable, notably in the south, with just a cloud comfortable, notably in the south, withjust a cloud mulling comfortable, notably in the south, with just a cloud mulling around, mostly with just a cloud mulling around, m ostly clou d with just a cloud mulling around, mostly cloud sitting on the hills perhaps in a few places as we start sunday morning. could be grey in a few spots, but again thejuly sunshine will get to work on it and we will see plenty more sunshine. the legacy of cloud in the south and showers first then, quite a brisk breeze tomorrow, coming down to the dover straight, taking the edge of the tablet is, a degree down once again and feeling fresher. for most, the west would be best for light wind add higher temperatures, but it will feel quite warm at it as the british grand prix tomorrow, looks fine and dry. sunshine but also quite a bit of cloud around eyed it will be a summer story for the cricket world cup. england take on new zealand at lord's. we will see sunshine coming and going. bear in mind the sun can get through that thin cloud. storm barry is likely to be hurricane strength as it makes la ndfall be hurricane strength as it makes landfall and will give storm surge,

which will cause coastal flooding and then several days of rain for louisiana, mississippi into texas, tennessee and arkansas. over 600 millilitres of rain could fall, giving catastrophic flooding. more on the website.

hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: a thought experiment. we're going to examine the urgent in—tray of the incoming british prime minister. when borisjohnson and jeremy hunt threw their hats in the ring, they knew that in—tray would be bursting with inexorable brexit challenges. but now there is so much more. escalating problems with iran and china and out of a relationship which is the very cornerstone of british foreign policy, a spectacularly undiplomatic row with the united states. my guests today —