the metropolitan police are facing strong criticism after warning journalists they may face prosecution for publishing leaked government documents. it follows the leak and publication of secret dispatches by britain's ambassador in washington which criticised president trump — and led to the diplomat‘s resignation. the police say publication may breach the official secrets act — in a move that pits press freedom against the need to protect government secrets. also tonight... facebook and the record $5 billion fine it's facing over breaches of its users‘ privacy and data security. facebook has consistently, aggressively violated consumer privacy. and i believe, at least in the us, it's a calculated decision. new hopes for the release of an iranian oil tanker seized by royal marines, which could ease tensions

beween britain and iran. simona halep is the wimbledon champion! and simona halep stuns centre court as she wins her first wimbledon title — crushing serena williams‘ hopes of a grand slam record. 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 diplomatic chaos political controversy and led to the ambassador‘s resignation. now it's 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 the media to return any documents to the government. but many have 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 but it is not a threat to national security. and it is the duty of media organisations to bring new and interesting facts into the public domain. jeremy hunt said journalists should judge if the leaks are in the public interest.

i think 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 mustn't breach the official secrets act. scotland yard, though, believes it does exactly that. in a statement, assistant commissioner neil basu said... "the metropolitan police respect the rights of the media and have no there is a warning. journalists can't use the defence of public interest because itjust doesn't apply to state secrets. there would still be a public interest test to prosecute, though many think that is unlikely. the only prosecutions we have had or of civil servants who have leaked information to the media and in some

circumstances they have leaked information to mps. but the media who reported those materials weren't themselves prosecuted. it would be very unusual and i think rather unlikely that any sort of prosecution would happen. the leak of sir kim's e—mails has caused headaches for government and curtailed his time in one of the uk's most important diplomatic postings. now the threat is to put -- it postings. now the threat is to put —— it threatens to put the police against the press also. i understand the mail on sunday have published more? there will be more revelations from these leaked e—mails in the newspaper tomorrow. they relate to the iran nuclear deal and president trump is my decision to pull out of it and the reasons that sir kim darroch things are behind that. there will be more embarrassing revelations for the uk government tomorrow and were broadly on this issue we have been discussing today, it is important to say that most people in the political world really support the fact that there is an

investigation into where this leak has come from. they are angry it happened and it think it has caused embarrassment with the united states and they are angry at sir kim being forced to resign but on that issue on whether newspapers should be able to publish, senior conservatives are concerned about what the police have said and some in the labour party have the same view. and i suspect this row will continue. no doubt. nick, thank you. the social media giant facebook is facing a record $5 billion fine 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, with more than 2 billion users. the network and the data it holds on those users is now one of the world's most valuable commodities.

but it failed to protect that information. users' personal details — including ages, marital status and even their political leanings — were harvested. mark zuckerberg has apologised but now regulators are set to impose a massive $5 billion fine on his company. five years ago, around 300,000 facebook users took part in a personality quiz. it gathered information on them and their facebook friends. around 87 million people. it's claimed the data was used for political purposes, including helping elect donald trump to the white house. it alleges the british consultancy cambridge analytica used the data to identify potential supporters and send them political messages. facebook has consistently, aggressively violated consumer privacy and i believe, at least in the us, it's a calculated decision. i think the company has

prioritised growth at any cost. facebook has said nothing so far about the proposed huge penalty. the record fine is unlikely to satisfy washington. many democrats and some republicans have criticised the penalty and called on congress to quickly pass new data privacy regulation. given facebook earned more than $15 billion in the first three months of this year alone, the company's many critics say a $5 billion fine is little more than a slap on the wrist. dave lee, bbc news, in san francisco. tributes have been paid to the tv presenter and youtube star emily hartridge who's been killed in a crash in south london. it's thought the 35—year—old was riding an electric scooter when she was involved in an accident. she was known for sharing health and lifestyle advice and had hundreds of thousands of followers online. police investigating the stabbing of a man in birmingham last night have asked the public for dash—cam footage to help them

catch his killer. 35—year—old malik hussain died after being found with serious injuries in the sparkhill area of the city. detectives want to identify a car which was later seen fleeing the scene. britain has offered to arrange 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. our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins, joins me. what more can you tell us about this conversation that apparently has taken place? the foreign secretary spoke to his iranian counterpart and made this offer that effectively gibraltar and britain would release the supertanker in exchange for a guarantee that the oil it is carrying would not go on to syria

and jeremy hunt was careful to stress that it was not the origin of the oil, iran, that is an issue for the oil, iran, that is an issue for the americans but not the british, it was the destination. the purpose of that was to distance britain in the mind of iran from united states policy towards iran. and he hopes that might mean the iranians will be more flexible and i have to say the iranian foreign ministry has posted a response from the foreign ministry which does not imply easy acceptance. it says iran will continue its oil exports under any conditions. it is not exactly no but not a resounding yes either. we will wait to see what happens. next, james. 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. the southern state

of louisiana in the united states is being battered by a powerful tropical storm. storm barry lost some of its strength after coming ashore as a hurricane. tens of thousands of homes and businesses have been left without power. our correspondent, sophie long, is there for us. barry only had a brief incarnation asa barry only had a brief incarnation as a hurricane but the force of this storm is still being felt and it is likely to be four days to come. coastal communities currently are feeling the brunt of those 70 mph winds and one town is completely without power and more than 100,000 others are suffering similar outages. here in new orleans the airport has been closed all day to incoming and outgoing flights in the main concern here is still the amount of rain at the storm could bring. some forecasters predict that up bring. some forecasters predict that up to two feet of rain could fall over the next 48 hours on the problem is it is falling on already saturated ground on the street i am

standing above was flooded a few days ago and the river mississippi has been swollen to flood levels for many months so the real fear here is flooding. people are prepared and they have been telling sandbags to protect their homes over the last few days and the message from the mayor is cleared — hunkered down at home. we are seeing people on the streets of new orleans but they are being told that the worst of storm barry could yet be to come. thank you, sophie long. with all the sport now, here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. good evening. wimbledon has a new champion. simona halep has won a grand slam title before and also been world number one, but nobody expected such a one—sided final as the romanian completely outplayed serena williams. from the all england club, here's our sports correspondent, andy swiss. it was the day one wimbledon dream was realised while another was ruthlessly dashed. serena williams had emerged to royal approval in search of a record—equalling 24th

grand slam title. but simona halep clearly hadn't read the script. halep won the first four games in 11 magical minutes. what a start! taking the first set in a blaze of brilliance. desperately, williams dug deep. at last, some flickers of that familiar fire. but they were soon snuffed out. in less than an hour, it was all over. simona halep is the wimbledon champion! cue delight and utter disbelief. halep had produced the performance of her life and her opponent knew it. she literally played out of her mind! congratulations, simona! applause. it was my mum's dream whenever i was about 10 or 12, she said if i wanted to do something in tennis, i had to play the final of wimbledon. so the day came. so, my mum, thanks!

applause. well, what drama the fans here have seen. most were expecting to watch serena williams make history. but instead, they have a new champion. and as a fan of the duchess of cambridge, things got even better. really well done. honestly. a quick chat before even more cheers. for simona halep, the perfect ending to a near—perfect performance. andy swiss, bbc news, wimbledon. there was british interest in the wheelchair finals but disappointment in both. andy lapthorne lost in the singles and the three—time champions alfie hewett and gordon reid went down in straight sets in the doubles to the belgianjoachim gerard and sweden's stefan olsson. lewis hamilton was just pipped to pole for tomorrow's british grand prix at silverstone. his mercedes team—mate, valterri bottas, was six thousandths of a second quicker.

hamilton, who leads the championship by 31 points from the finn, is targetting a sixth victory in the race, which would be a record. england's cricketers are preparing for their first world cup final in 27 years. they face new zealand at lord's tomorrow morning. england beat them heavily in the group stages 10 days ago, but the kiwis were runners—up at the last world cup. here's our sports correspondent, joe wilson. england are through to the world cup final! so they are here. whoever wins tomorrow, a new nation will be world champion. lord's has hosted the men's world cup finalfour times before. england's men have reached the cricket world cup final three times before and never won it. it is indisputably a big deal. it is that far removed i never even in my wildest dreams dreamt of it. it is awesome. i dreamt of hitting the runs in a world cup final, i never dreamt i would lead my country out in the world cup final,

so that probably sums up how much it means. new zealand were the beaten finalists in the last world cup. they knocked out the mighty india in this semifinal, but yet, as the captain knows, they're always described as the underdogs. england deserved to be favourites. whatever dog we are, it isjust important we focus on the cricket that we want to play and we have seen over the years that anybody can beat anybody — regardless of breed of dog. both nations hope victory can inspire cricket participation. both captains will now look no further than 100 overs, right here. joe wilson, bbc news, at lord's. as that tournament draws to a close, the netball world cup in liverpool

is still in the early stages. northern ireland beat sri lanka today and england maintained their 100% record in the preliminary round with a 70 points to 34 victory over scotland. england's layla guscoth will miss the rest of the world cup with an achilles injury, though. there's more on the bbc sport website, including details of stage 8 at the tour de france. geraint thomas was involved in another crash but he's still in contention. that's all your sport. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. goodnight.

hello. this is bbc news. 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 $433,000 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, 40 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. 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. for more than a 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. it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. hello, we have been chasing large amounts of cloud around today. plenty of sunshine, that was the case in guernsey. barely a cloud in the sky but for others, it has been more extensive. this was taken in suffolk. for others, we have had heavy showers, particularly across eastern scotland and the pennines into the midlands. they are starting to lose their energy but a couple of drizzly showers may work their way. for most it is a dry night with clear skies across northern ireland, western scotland, wales and south—west england. temperatures between 11 and 13 celsius. sunday, we have high pressure from the west.

we have stronger winds today but they will lose their strength. a couple of showers, across the southern uplands and the pennines, maybe across the southern coast. for most, a dry day with large amount of cloud but we will see spells of sunshine, especially across northern ireland, feeling warmer. for most, fairly light winds fire from some eastern coast. a brisk breeze taking the edge off highs of 18 or 19 celsius. typically, we are looking at 19—23 as a top temperature. some fine conditions for the final of the cricket world cup. it will thin and break, with spells of sunshine and temperatures at lord's getting up to 21 celsius. monday is a similar day with an area of high pressure. i suspect we will see hardly any showers at all. the best of the sunshine with cloud building, temperatures up a notch.

19—24 by the time we get to monday. through tuesday and wednesday we have an area of high pressure in charge but out in the atlantic, frontal systems working eastwards so by the time we get to thursday, most of us will be seeing some rain but for tuesday and wednesday, most stay mainly dry with good spells of sunshine and temperatures starting to rise but turning wetter by thursday and friday. goodbye.

hello, this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. 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. 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 to settle