this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at one: anger as 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. it cannot conceivably be right that newspapers or any other media organisation publishing such material should face prosecution. 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. the royals arrive for the wimbledon women's final this afternoon. serena williams is chasing her 24th grand slam title — she faces simona halep.

golfer tommy fleetwood went from sneaking on to golf courses as a youngster to the top of the sport — hear more about his remarkable story in half an hour. good afternoon. borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have both defended the right ofjournalists to publish leaked government documents, after police warned any further release of diplomatic cables could be a "criminal matter". yesterday, scotland yard announced that it was launching an investigation into the leak of dispatches from sir kim darroch. the british ambassador in washington had been highly critical of the trump administration. the leak of sir kim's comments led to his resignation. andy moore reports. our man in washington,

sir kim darroch, has resigned, but that is not the end of the matter. now a police enquiry will try to get to the bottom of who leaked his e—mails. the memos, published in the mail on sunday, called president trump inept and insecure. mr trump responded by calling the ambassador wacky and pompous and said he could no longer deal with him. last night scotland yard launched is enquiry and the assistant commissioner gave this warning to the rest of the media. he said... in may, gavin williamson was sacked as defence secretary after being accused of leaking secrets from the national security council, a charge he denied. scotland yard were called on them to launch a criminal enquiry but they declined, saying there is no evidence of a crime had been committed.

the whole question of press freedom is now becoming a major issue in the battle to become the next prime minister. this morning, jeremy hunt tweeted... mr hunt's rival borisjohnson has been accused of throwing sir kim darroch under the bus, but today he defended press freedom. whoever has done it must be prosecuted, hunted down and prosecuted. but, but, i have to say that it cannot conceivably be right that newspapers or any other media organisation, publishing such material should face prosecution. the media generally are worried by this latest intervention from the police.

it is ironic, this week we have had the government staging the first global conference for press media freedom, supposedly to other countries to be more transparent and to protect their media, and now here we have scotland yard making threats against the press in this country. before this latest intervention by scotland yard, the journalist who wrote the original story about sir kim darroch had hinted there might be more to come. a battle of wills between the police and the press could be looming. well, in the last hour, mr hunt has been speaking at today's hustings in cambridgeshire — when asked about the leak, he said it was important to value our free press. ido i do think that an important thing in our country is that the police operate independently from politicians, and they have to make decisions as to whether to prosecute people for criminal actions, that has to be completed separate to what

people like me do a day have to do their duty. but i think it is also very important to defend in a free society the right of the press to publish material that they think it's in the public interest, leaks that they get. obviously must not breach the official secrets act, but in the 21st—century the big dividing line is going to be between open societies and closed societies, and we stand for an open society. the enlightenment, which started in many ways in cambridge, all that started because we allowed free debate between people. we must never lose sight of the value of free press. 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 lmeasures may be imposed on facebook 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 growth at any cost. 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. people in the us state of louisiana are bracing themselves for tropical storm barry,

which is expected to make landfall later. officials say the storm has been growing in strength over the gulf of mexico and is likely to become a hurricane by the time it reaches the us coast. from new orleans, cbs correspondent hilary lane gave us this update. in here in new orleans, it is empty as the rain and wind in the rain and wind continue to 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 and the water were completely sold out. this is a test for the levee 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.

a man has been stabbed to death in birmingham in what police say may have been a targeted attack. officers were called to the sparkhill area of the city last night. the man, who was in his 30s, was confirmed dead at the scene. ministers are playing down the significance of sending another warship to the gulf. 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. it is a worrying situation, and the government is right to reinforce our presence there. this matters to us as a waterway, it is the waterway

through which our island gas tankers pass, so we will need more presence there. we will also need to work closely with our allies. we cannot leave it to the united states to protect our ships. we will need to work with france and other allies to ensure that this international waterway is safeguarded and that our ships do have the right of passage which they enjoy under international law. 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—escalate the tension. but equally there has to be a red line. we have to be prepared to protect our own ships. at least 26 people, including one briton, are now confirmed to have been killed in an attack at a hotel in somalia. gunmen rammed a car containing explosives into the asa—ey hotel and then stormed the building in the southern port of kismayo yesterday. regional politicians and clan elders were holding a meeting inside. the islamist group al shabaab said it carried out the attack. more than 30 people have been

killed in floods in nepal and 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. scuffles have broken out and police fired pepper spray during another demonstration by the people of hong kong. thousands of hong kong people marched in a town near the border to protest against mainland chinese traders. it's the latest in a string of demonstrations that has roiled the former british colony for more than a month. new zealand has been holding its first public firearms collection event in christchurch as part of the government's response to the city's mosque shootings in march. high—powered semiautomatic weapons were banned after the atrocity in which 51 people were killed. licensed owners who hand in their weapons will be compensated, as phil mercer explains.

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 had 169 people come through today, we have had handed over 244 firearms, 217 parts, and $153,000 had been paid out to people handing over firearms. the engagement with the public from the firearms public in canterbury has been stunning. new zealand has been forced to change its attitudes to firearms. gun ownership has been high, but the mosque attack four months ago in christchurch prompted a ban on military—style semiautomatics. 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, get it over and done with and hand it back. it wasn't an heirloom or an antique, just a firearm. i can get another one with the right size magazine tube. the australian man accused of the christchurch shootings has denied 51 charges of murder, a0 counts of attempted murder and a terrorism charge. he is expected to go on trial next year. 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

forjobs in areas like retail where they can earn more. the association is calling on the government to provide more money to support free childcare places. our business correspondent, katy austin reports. this private day nursery in east manchester once has many of its staff as possible to be experienced and highly qualified. the manager says finding and keeping those staff has recently got machado. we have had two members of staff that when travelling, one went three years ago, and other recently. i asked mf they would come back and a bow said that they by going to go at work, one any supermarket, the other in a bar, because it was more money. that was the only reason that i could not but at the wages. she says that is because most children here are eligible for government funded places. day nurseries have been warning for some time government

pays less than the market rate, causing a financial shortfall. now one causing a financial shortfall. now u causing 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 staying stagnant, but at the same time they have rising staff costs, driving business cost, business rates, and other things like pension contributions, pushing their cost per which leave them much less money at the end of them much less money at the end of the day to cover staff wages. the department for education tell does 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. the headlines on bbc news: 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. activists in hong kong are gathering to protest against mainland chinese traders in a town near the border. it has an anti—government protest, is slightly different subject to the previous which involves people exposing an exhibition bill which they sued we give beijing the ability to exit out people from hong kong as it saw fit to answer charges on the mainland. this is in hong kong. the protest had been taking place in an area of the new

territories, which boasts dozens of pharmacies and cosmetic stores, very popular with merchants from their may like to snap up goods in hong kong whether it is no sales tax and resell them across—the—board. kong whether it is no sales tax and resell them across—the—boa rd. that appears to be the immediate cause of this particular protest. it is a concern for the hong kong authorities that it will get rolled into the wider objections and the general instability that has been on the streets in recent weeks. protesters are reported, according to afp news agency which has a reporter at the scene, using bottled water to clean their eyes of pepper spray. one demonstrator was seen bleeding from a head wound. parallel trade is big business to regions near the border but the source of tension for locals, quotes from afb of people who say it is really annoying in the rate has gone higher, small shops address odds cannot survive, the whole region has become a place serving for parallel traders, people in mainline china, not for them. we will have more on

those protests as we get them. that is the scene and hong kong as we reported live now. sport, and time for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. serena williams goes in search of a record equalling 24th grand slam title shortly when she faces simona halep in the wimbledon final. our man john watson is in position for us. we have been talking about this elusive 24th grand slam that serena williams has been desperate to try and winfora williams has been desperate to try and win for a long time. she has not w011 and win for a long time. she has not won a and win for a long time. she has not wona grand and win for a long time. she has not won a grand slam says the shoulder openin won a grand slam says the shoulder open in 2017 when she was eight weeks pregnant at the time. she has had opportunities as we know, that came in with a day last year when she was beaten in the final byjulie curb and again at the us open when she lost to naomi osaka. she is difficult to get over the line, but she has looked much calmer. ——

beating in the final by angelique kerber. but whilst everyone else is talking about this potential 24th grand slam, serena williams says thatis grand slam, serena williams says that is not herself motivation as she looks to win in that final. i thought about it this morning and not since. because it is really not about 24, 23, 25, it is reallyjust about 24, 23, 25, it is reallyjust about going out there and giving it my best effort. no matter what. no matter what i do, i will have always have a great career. lets not forget ten years separate serena williams at 37 and a simona halep at 27, but simona halep cannot be underestimated because she too is a former grand slam champion but there has been a says that she has had to prove herself as a former world number one, she needed to get a grand slam, she did so last year,

but she is desperate to prove that she can consistently challenge for slam titles. this appointment as far as the british are concerned, wheelchair doubles, reid and hewitt beat and entered as final, a certificate result when you consider they have won this title three years ina they have won this title three years in a row. they were beaten by the number two seeds in straight sets. ending hewitt and reads dominus in the doubles, and i think for the pairof the doubles, and i think for the pair of them having enjoyed so much success pair of them having enjoyed so much success in this event, they will be bitterly disappointed to surrender their title. they also went out in their title. they also went out in the signals in the early rounds as well. two o'clock as the start time for that lady's final on centre court, and of course we wait to see whether not it will be serena williams or simona halep who come out on top. 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 gray is in liverpool for us. how important is this clash between the auld enemy england and scotland 7 always going to be an interesting match, and come three o'clock their stadium will be full with the crowds. hoping to support either england scotland. it will be a crowd pleaser. both of them won yesterday, so pleaser. both of them won yesterday, so hoping to build on that today. england looking the more comfortable i guess an exciting african team, they did not make it easy in the early stages but a late eventually got into their tracey neville managed to get all of her players on court across the four quarters and saving some of those legs for later in the two are made, whereas scotla nd in the two are made, whereas scotland had a much tougher match i get some or. they had to push through, particularly first half, started to settle in the second but they will not be filling quite as fresh. these two teams know each other well, they have played each

other well, they have played each other on a number of occasions. ignite is the favourite for the win. they want to build on what they have done here i'd make a mark to those other teams. —— england is the favourite for the win. how releived will northern ireland's squad be after getting their first win this morning? yes, they really needed that win against sri lanka, eight b stay should move on to the second group phase that is tournament. they did not make it easy in the early, like at low right, and northern ireland should have nipped in earlier two look comfortable, but shall like i had a tall shooter, which made it difficult for the defenders to stop herfrom difficult for the defenders to stop her from getting difficult for the defenders to stop herfrom getting some point in. they eventually got there in the end. they will look forward to playing zimbabwe tomorrow. we saw australia backin zimbabwe tomorrow. we saw australia back in action today, the defending champions, looking strong against the byway who are a bit of an interesting team. they will make it very dead got for northern ireland tomorrow, but for now it is all about england and scotland which

helped take place at three o'clock this afternoon. —— which will take place. formuala 1 qualifying at silverstone starts at 2pm — you can follow that via the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell has accused international bodies including the world bank and imf of not being fit to tackle climate change. he's been spaking at the labour party's inaugural international social forum this morning. mr mcdonnell has called for a shake—up of international economic institutions, arguing that countries in the global south have been shut out of decisions about the world's economy for too long. we wa nt we want to look at maybe a new body that will tackle this specific problem, but it does mean that the global south needs to be properly represented, there needs to be fair representation overall. i give the example, at the moment it seems as though there is a gentle mental agreement, if you could call it that, of always having european or american to head up bodies like the

imf. i think that is unacceptable. bodies must be represented —— representative of the globe overall if we are going to tackle this threat of climate change. your ambition for international reform will require allies. it will also require you to win an election. i wonder, when you look at the state of the labour party, not least the controversy of anti—semitism, whether you feel the party is yet in that position. this week, three of your peers quit the labour group in the lords, citing a particular the pa rty‘s the lords, citing a particular the party's handling the lords, citing a particular the pa rty‘s handling of the lords, citing a particular the party's handling of anti—semitism. you have repeatedly said to get a grip, why are you you have repeatedly said to get a grip. why are you unable you have repeatedly said to get a grip, why are you unable to convince people? let mejust grip, why are you unable to convince people? let me just with your first question, as you said about our ability to win a general election. i believe we will. despite all of our problems at the moment, we are ahead

in most of the opinion polls in this last week and i think there is a basis upon which when we go to a general election and we get balanced coverage to any broadcast media and particularly legally obliged broadcast and media to do that, i think we will bill to cut through, have a new radical manifesto and just as last time i believe we will be able to convince people about the need for a labour government that can lead the transformation of our society. regarding anti—semitism, let me make it clear, and i believe i have done it again time and again, i have done it again time and again, i have my criticisms that we have not been fast enough or ruthless enough, andi not been fast enough or ruthless enough, and i was angry about what happened to years ago when there was no real implementation of the report of what happened as we put in a new general secretary, add the process has been speeded up. eight times faster than anything in the past in terms of dealing with cases. i think bringing in lawyers, proper legal

panel to make sure we use the law effectively and also that we never lose a case on these issues, i think that has proved to be more effective and we are now seeing that investment in those resources paying out. we have had a historic problem over quite a period and we are dealing with it. i do not believe it is on any scale from the figures that we have seen, i was last told the figures is 0.0 6% of their bishop that have been accused of any element of anti—semitism. i do not ca re if element of anti—semitism. i do not care if it is that small, i do not ca re if care if it is that small, i do not care if there's one anti—semite, thatis care if there's one anti—semite, that is one too many. we have to deal with that. we have got the system in place to deal with it now. we are now being investigated by the human rights commission. i am looking forward to that, i welcome that. i am looking forward to that, i welcome that. iam hoping looking forward to that, i welcome that. i am hoping they will be able to tell us, give us any lessons about how we can eboue the system

at, if they do we should adopt those i get on with that. what is the lesson about responding to problems when they arise because mike is the organisation fit enough to do that? because this problem was building over a long period and the criticism was there a very long period, there was there a very long period, there was a sense that the party really didn't take it serious enough early enough, that could apply to other issues. i think that is a valid criticism of what has happened in the labour party over a long period of time, and i remember in 2005 when at that point in time under tony blair's leadership the labour party we re blair's leadership the labour party were trialling posters which were anti—semitic. definitely anti—semitic. definitely anti-semitic. can you explain what they were? they were posters, when we had a jewish leader of the conservative party, the labour party we re conservative party, the labour party were trialling posters which were

making him look like shylock. they we re making him look like shylock. they were using old anti—semitic tropes. that was discovered and put an end to, andi that was discovered and put an end to, and i was angry about it then. it isa to, and i was angry about it then. it is a lesson for all of ours that we haven't tackled anti—semitism in oui’ we haven't tackled anti—semitism in our society overall, added his infecting so many of our institutions. what we have to do is recognise that. this country has had a problem with anti—semitism that goes back centuries, and i think we all became complacent thinking we had eradicated it or overcome it. no, we hadn't. we have got to learn that lesson, and it is about racism as well in total. i do not say this in any party political point, ijust say to the conservative party, learned the lessons from the labour party in terms of how, if you fail to address an issue quickly enough and ruthlessly enough, people will lose confidence in you. i say to the conservative party, learned that

lesson about dealing with islamaphobia within your party. let us islamaphobia within your party. let us work together to make sure all oui’ us work together to make sure all our pedicle parties, all our institutions, civil society organisations eradicate racism from them, including anti—semitism. we have gone through a difficult period and we are still going through it. we are learning lessons, putting in place the mechanism, put in place many of the mechanisms we need, we will learn lessons from the human rights commission review, and i think we will come out of this as an anti—racist force that can work with others in tackling racism in our society and in particular anti—semitism. back to hong kong, this is a town on the border with mainline china as pa rt the border with mainline china as part of what i call the new territories. this is actually a protest which the police are urging people to disperse and to refrain

from violence. there has been a bit ofa from violence. there has been a bit of a stand—off between the police and some of the protesters. i should wonder there's quite a lot of camera flashes these pictures. people are taking a lot of photography images. if you are sensitive to that, i do need to look away. at the moment there is a stand—off between police officers, right please in helmets and shields, and some of the organisers of the protest. and some of the local media. the protest itself is not connected directly with the exhibition bill that the chief executive of hong kong had been trying to boot throughout which has been put on hold as a result of the protest. people concerned it might make it easy for the chinese authorities to effectively take people from hong kong, extradite them without much faster and put them without much faster and put them on trial. this is specifically about traders from the mainland

coming into the area, crossing the border and buying up goods because there is no