‘0n rain later on wednesday and thursday. this is bbc news. the headlines at seven. the metropolitan police reiterate that publishing leaked diplomatic telegrams could be a criminal offence. the warning follows the resignation of the british ambassador in washington. the police have been criticised for threatening prosecutions of the media over the leak. it cannot conceivably be right that newspapers or any other media organisation publishing such material should face prosecution. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, speaks with his iranian counterpart — saying the uk will assist with the release of an oil tanker — — if tehran assures the cargo is not bound for syria. facebook is reportedly fined a record £4 billion — to settle an investigation

into violations of its users‘ data privacy. louisiana braces itself for hurricane barry — storm surges and heavy rain are expected later. simona halep is that wimbledon champion. simona halep wins her first wimbledon title — beating serena williams in straight sets on centre court. and england comfortably beat scotland to make it two wins from two at the netball world cup. we'll have more on this and the rest of the day's action in spportsday in half an hour, here on bbc news.

good evening. borisjohnson and jeremy hunt have both defended the right ofjournalists to publish leaked government documents — after police warnings that it could be a criminal offence under the official secrets act. scotland yard is investigating the leak and publication of secret dispatches by sir kim darroch, britain's ambassador in washington — which were highly critical of the trump administration. sir kim subsequently resigned. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. the leaking of kim darroch's e—mails about president trump has caused a diplomatic chaos, political controversy, and led to the resignation of the ambassador. now it has caused a furious row about press freedom and what papers should be able to publish. scotland yard has warned publishing further leaks could be a crime, last night urging that media to return any documents to the government. for many that raised concerns, including the candidates to be the next prime minister. it cannot conceivably be

right that newspapers or any other media organisation publishing such material should face prosecution. it is embarrassing, and it is the duty of media organisations to bring news and interesting facts into the public domain. jeremy had said journalists should judge if a leak is in the public interest. journalists should judge if a leak is in the public interestlj journalists should judge if a leak is in the public interest. i think it is also very important to defend ina free it is also very important to defend in a free society the right of the press to publish material that they think is in the public interest, leaks that they get obviously must not breach the official secrets act. scotla nd not breach the official secrets act. scotland yard believes it does exactly that. in the statement they said...

that is a clarification after a barrage of criticism. but again there is a morning. journalists cannot use the defence of public interest because it just cannot use the defence of public interest because itjust does not apply to state secrets. prosecutors would still face a public interest test though if they wanted to mount a case in the first place. the decision to launch that initial enquiry into the leak has been welcomed by politicians. there was real anger here at westminster that sir kim darroch was forced to resign and relations with the united states we re and relations with the united states were damaged by that leak but there is considerably more reluctance when it comes to the idea that journalists could be prosecuted. we have heard that from senior conservatives today. labour leader jeremy corbett saying also that journalists need to be protected when it comes to these sorts of stories. the question now is how and

when that resolve may be tested. speculation there could be more lea ks to speculation there could be more leaks to come. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. guests joining me tonight are nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people and the political commentator, jo phillips. the social media giant, facebook, is facing a record $5 billion dollarfine — in a settlement with us regulators — over breaches of its users privacy and data security. the personal information of millions of facebook users was gathered and passed on to another company, cambridge analytica — which then targeted users with political messages. our techology correspondent, dave lee, reports from san francisco. facebook has become the largest player in social media. the network

and data it holds on these users is now one of the world's most valuable commodities, but that failed to protect that information. users personal details including ages, marital status, even political leanings, were harvested. mark zuckerberg has apologised but now read are set to impose a massive $5 billion fine on that company. five yea rs billion fine on that company. five years ago around 300,000 facebook users took part in a personality quiz. it's gathered information on them and their facebook friends. around 87 million people. it is claimed the data was used for political purposes including help elect donald trump to the white house. it is alleged the british political consultancy cambridge analytica bought the data and use it to identify potential supporters and send them political messages. facebook has consistently, aggressively violated privacy and in

the us i believe it is a calibrated decision. i think the company has prioritise growth at any cost. facebook has said nothing about the huge penalty. this record fine is unlikely... many democrats and some republicans have criticised the penalty of one of the world's richest companies as merely a slap on the wrist. britain has offered to facilitate the release of an iranian oil tanker being held in gibralatar — if iran guarantees the ship will not go to syria. the grace i was seized last week by royal marines — on suspicion of violating sanctions against syria. it's led to a sharp rise in tensions. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says he's had a "constructive" conversation with iran's foreign minister — who also wanted to resolve the issue. 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. 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. get ready to catch it! this private day nursery in manchester wants as many of its staff as possible to be experienced and highly qualified. the manager, ann—marie, says finding and keeping those staff has recently got much harder. we havejust had two members of staff that went travelling. one of them went three years ago, another has gone recently. i asked them if they would like to come back and one said that she was going to work in a supermarket and the other one in a bar because it was more money. was that the only reason?

yes, the only reason, as i could not better the wages they were on. that's because 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, causing a financial shortfall. now, there's a warning that it is increasingly affecting the type of staff they can afford to employ. what we have seen over the last three years is government funding staying completely stagnant, but at the same time they have got rising staff costs, rising business costs like business rates, and other things like pension contributions, all pushing their costs up, which leads 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. katie austen, bbc news.

in somalia, at least 26 people, including a british citizen have been killed in an attack on a hotel in the southern city of kismayo. the authorities say a car bomb was detonated and then gunmen stormed the building. a prominent canadian—somali journalist, hodan nalayeh and her husband are thought to be among the dead. the islamist group al—shabab has said it carried out the attack. clashes have broken out between police and protesters in hong kong where thousands of people marched against mainland chinese traders. police fired pepper spray and used batons on the marchers, who threw umbrellas and hard hats back at them. it's the latest in a string of demonstrations that has roiled the former british colony for more than a month. stephen mcdonell told us more from hong kong. this seems to be the new normal in hong kong. every weekend there are a rolling series of protests which at any

stage could turn into a conflict with the police. they start off as a march and then at the end those who i suppose you could say are at the more radical end of the protest movement are really taking it up to the authorities. police here also showing that their tolerance for the tactics of these protesters is growing smaller and smaller. now they are turning out in big numbers again. you can see rows of riot police here in this shopping district tonight. even though most of the demonstrators have gone home they have decided to push them out of the streets and clean out the area. they are calling out warnings for people to leave, they are shaking their cans of pepper spray, batons and shields are ready, and now they are going to come forward. here they come. the riot police have decided that the time for this protest to come to an end is now.

they are moving towards these makeshift barricades to pull them apart. and in big numbers they are going to return this shopping district to the way that it was. the thing is, it is hard to see how this is going to finish because on the one hand, beijing is not going to easily give people in hong kong genuine universal suffrage, not without a fight. but on the other hand, these protesters now, at least many amongst them, they are not going to give up, unless they have genuine one person one vote democracy in hong kong. one thing is for certain however, there is no going back to the way things were, so both sides need to find a way forward.

tropical storm barry has made la ndfall tropical storm barry has made landfall in louisiana. it had briefly been listed as a category one hurricane before it hits the coast. tens of thousands of homes and businesses are without power in new orleans. our correspondent sophie long is there for us. barry has made landfall, update as on the latest. yes, that tropical storm barry that has been a slow moving and hobbling off the louisiana coast for the past few days finally formed itself into a hurricane this morning and came ashore. it has since been downgraded again toa ashore. it has since been downgraded again to a tropical store, but nonetheless terrifying of course, 70 mph winds for people living directly in its past. more than 60,000 people are already without power, flights have been cancelled, oil rigs have been evacuated. here in new orleans wind speeds, although they bring with them their own life—threatening danger, are not the main cause of concern, what people are most concerned about here is the amount

of rainfall that tropical storm barry will bring with it. some forecasters are predicting up to two feet of rain could fall in the next 48 hours, it could land on saturated ground. this street behind me was flooded only if you days ago with thunderstorms that were the prelude to the storm. the mississippi river arejust a few to the storm. the mississippi river are just a few hundred yards from where i am standing, that has been swollen at flood levels for many months now. add to that the increase in rainfall we are expecting, add to that the predicted storm surge that we are expected to come up from the gulf of mexico, and some form of flooding here in new orleans seems almost inevitable. this is busy a big test for that levee system. since president trump declared this a national emergency what sort of resources have been released emergency responders? this was declared a national emergency some days ago by the governor of the state of louisiana. president trump is also said it is

that. more federal funds will be released to emergency workers. at the moment it is also being seen as a massive test of that flood defence system. people here are no strangers to hurricanes. no one here does not remember the catastrophic flooding that came in the aftermath of hurricane katrina in 2005, more than 1800 people lost their lives, the lives of many others were devastated. flood defence systems have been shored up and improved in the 14 years since. they have also spent millions on improving their drainage system. there will be a big test. there is some good news today, forecasters are saying the crest of the water level in the mississippi was expected to get dangerously close to the 20 feet that the levy system close to the 20 feet that the levy syste m ca n close to the 20 feet that the levy system can hold, that has now been downgraded to 17 feet, people are more confident and hopeful that the levy system will do what it is intended to do. but there will be some form of flash flooding in new o rlea ns some form of flash flooding in new orleans with torrential rains in the

run—up. the headlines on bbc news. the metropolitan police reiterates that publishing leaked diplomatic telegrams could be a criminal offence. the warning follows the resignation of the british ambassador in washington. the police have been criticised for threatening prosecutions of the media over the leak. facebook is reportedly fined a record £4 billion — to settle an investigation into violations of its users' data privacy. new zealand has been 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 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 224 firearms, 217 parts, and $133,000 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 attacks four months ago in christchurch prompted a ban on military—style semiautomatics. on military—style semi—automatics. 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 this 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. 100 years ago a neglected estate in essex was transformed

into a place where young people could embark on a life of adventure. gilwell park became the spirtitual home of the scouts. robert hall has been retracing scouting history as celebrations get under way to mark the location's 100th birthday the opening of our gilwell park training scheme is the most important step that has occurred in the history of the movement since its inauguration. there is that spirit of scouting, of endeavour, of friendships, that sense of family and belonging, and it is loved by scouts all over the world. it started with a run down manor house, an overgrown estate, and a group of east london scout volunteers here to bring another baden powell dream to reality. this person remembers the story her father told her of that visit. they got the train from

the east end of london. they got the train to chingford station. then they pulled a cart up to here. of course it was almost derelict by that time. they found they could not sleep in the house, it was just derelict. they had to find somewhere, that is where they found a pigsty, it had a roof on it, it was dry. 50,000 young people had flocked to scouting during the first world war. gilwell‘s priority was to train leaders to replace the 7000 lost during the conflict. in the years since it opened its doors gilwell has trained 50,000 adult volunteers and welcomed tens of thousands of visitors from around the world, these included members of the east london scout troop that started that restoration work one century ago. i have learnt how to pitch a tent,

i have learnt how to tidy up a tent, i learnt how to cook. i am looking forward to more camping trips because they always bring out new activities. there is like a wild forest that you can explore. there are lots of different activities. our last camping trip was pretty funny because we did not want to sleep in our tent, we used to stick our heads out and look at the stars. my dear brother scouts, i am 80 years old. what do you think of that? i cannot say that i feel very much older than some of you. scouting values are still there, rooted in that friendship, endeavour, going the extra mile, helping your community. i think he'd have this huge sense of pride. nearly 80 years after robert baden powell's death the movement he founded is thriving. gilwell is its beating heart.

for more than 100 years brass bands have been playing in wales, but now children who want to join one could be discouraged because of a row over licensing. bands legally need a licence for under—16s to perform, but they argue this should only apply to those that are paid. welsh bands are now calling for a change in legislation. alex humphreys has the details. ammanford town silver band in carmarthenshire. with 28 members, they have a busy concert schedule, and compete regularly. you can't beat the sound of a brass band, can you? although i am only sitting in with these guys tonight, when i was little i used to compete across the country with bands. but some people are saying that is now harder these days for kids to do that. earlier this year, brass bands were told theirjunior members would need a child performance

licence for the majority of their public appearances. the license form is a 15 page document. for each individual in the band under the age of 16 or in full—time education, it is a complexjob. on anglesey, the situation is causing some confusion there. i'm not quite sure why it has reared its head this year because the legislation was introduced in 2014. if we took exactly the same young people to a football competition, we would not need a child's performance licence. sports organisations are exempt from the child performance licence. to be thrown into the same category as organisations who are paying children to work as performers seems a bit unfair for what is after all an amateur hobby, being in a brass band. it is notjust affecting bands in wales, but across the whole of the uk. a lot of bands have struggled quite a lot. some bands have even said to us,

we are not going to play children at certain events. to me, that is the point at which the law is not doing what it is intended to do. the brass bands are one of the most embedded artforms within communities, and if children are not being involved, that is the point at which they are not going to be able to exist in the same way any more. what would you say if someone said to you that you can't compete? i'd feel really sad because not only would i not be able to play, but there would probably be a massive gap in the band because quite a lot of them are filled by young people. i enjoy competing because you meet new people, and it is fun to win stuff as well. you get different opportunities. the only thing i don't like about competing is losing. although there is help for bands in england with licensing, at the moment there isn't in wales. the welsh government says

the purpose of a child performance licence is safeguarding children. protecting children is the aim here, whilst also protecting an old tradition so that the unique sound of brass bands will still resound for years to come. now it's time for a look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom to alina jenkins. how is the weather looking? a good deal of sunshine around. it is mainly dry as well. next weekend is mainly dry as well. next weekend is different, we will talk about that in a moment. for most it has been a mainly dry day, there has been a mainly dry day, there has been good spells . sunshine. this been good spells of sunshine. this is fort william in the scottish

highlands earlier this afternoon. lots of sunshine. elsewhere the cloud cover has been a little bit more extensive and also producing some big showers across parts of the pennines come into north yorkshire, eastern parts of scotland. you can see here how they are starting to work their way down the spine of the country and starting to develop across parts of the midlands potentially as we go through this evening. they will tend to gradually lose their energy as we go through the overnight period, they will be a few drizzly showers in the south—east corner but essentially for it is a mainly dry night. still large areas of cloud, few clearer spells that further west you are. sunday, we have this area of high pressure from the west, that should ease that winds down. winds should be lighter tomorrow. whilst we have got high pressure there is still the chance of a couple of showers across the southern uplands, the pennines, higher ground of wales, may be near

the south coast but essentially for most a mainly dry day. good spells of sunshine months cloud through the morning starts to thin and break. winds are lighter tomorrow except along some eastern coasts, still is along some eastern coasts, still is a bit ofa along some eastern coasts, still is a bit of a brisk breeze which will ta ke a bit of a brisk breeze which will take the edge off temperatures here. for most we are looking at the 20-23dc, for most we are looking at the 20—23dc, pleasantly warm when we get the afternoon sunshine. it is looking dry for the cricket world cup final at lord's. a fair amount of cloud in the morning, it will slowly thin and bleak, sunshine. monday, more of the same, high pressure is with us, mainly dry with good spells of sunshine particularly through the morning. cloud bubbling up through the morning. cloud bubbling up through the day, spreading out a bit, should not spoil things too much. temperatures up a bit on monday. high pressure is still with us as we go monday. high pressure is still with us as we go through monday and into tuesday. look what is happening in

the atlantic, a frontal system very slowly starting to edge its way towards us, by the time we get to later on wednesday and into thursday we will see wetter and windier weather arriving which could then last into the weekend. however, tuesday and wednesday is dry, spells of sunshine, increasingly warm again.

hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines: the metropolitan police re—iterate that publishing leaked diplomatic telegrams could be a criminal offence. the warning follows the resignation of the british ambassador in washington. the police have been criticised for threatening prosecutions of the media over the leak. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt says he's told his iranian counterpart that the uk will assist with the release of an oil tanker , if tehran makes guarantees the cargo is not bound for syria. facebook is reportedly fined a record 4 billion pounds — to settle an investigation

into violations of its