this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 11: the metropolitan police re—iterates 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 $5 billion to settle an investigation into violations of its users‘ data privacy. hurricane barry has weakened to a tropical storm,

as it makes landfall in louisiana. simona halep is there wimbledon championships! simona halep wins herfirst wimbledon title, beating serena williams in straight sets on centre court. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers — nigel nelson and jo phillips. stay with us for that. 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 intention of seeking to prevent editors from publishing stories in the public interest in a liberal democracy." "however, we have been told the publication of these specific documents, now knowing they may be a breach of the official secrets act, could also constitute a criminal offence and one that carries no public interest defence." but, again, there is a warning. journalists can't use the defence of public interest because itjust doesn't 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 only prosecutions we have had oui’ the only prosecutions we have had our of civil servants who have lea ked our of civil servants who have leaked information to the media, in some circumstances they have leaked information to mps. some circumstances they have leaked information to mp5. but the media who reported those materials won't themselves prosecuted. and so it would be very unusual and 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 it threatens to put the police against the press. that was nick eardley with that report. he gave us more was nick eardley with that report. he gave us more on was nick eardley with that report. he gave us more on that story earlier. they relate to the around nuclear deal and president trump's decision to pull out of that. there will be more embarrassing revelations for the uk government. it is important

to say that most people in the political world really supported the fa ct political world really supported the fact there is an investigation into where this link has come from. they are angry it happened, they think it has caused embarrassment with the united states, and they are angry that sir kim was forced to resign. on that issue of whether newspapers should be able to publish it, there are senior conservatives concerned about what the police have said. so many labour party have the same view. and i suspect israel will continue. nick eardley there. 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 technology correspondent dave lee reports from san francisco. facebook has become the largest player in social media,

with more than two 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. you are watching bbc news. it is

seven minutes past 11. 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. tehran has given a lukewarm response to an offer by britain to release an iranian oil tanker impounded by royal marines in gibraltar. earlier, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, told his iranian counterpart that the grace one would be released if there was a guarantee that its oil would not go to syria, in breach of eu sanctions. iran says it will continue its oil

exports under any conditions. 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—shabaab has said it carried out the attack. 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 wants as many of its staff as possible to be experienced and highly qualified. the manager says finding and keeping those staff has recently got much harder. we have had two members of staff that went travelling, one went three years ago, and other recently. i asked if they would come back and they said that they by going to go at work, one in a supermarket, the other in a bar, because it was more money. that was the only reason, that i could not better 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 group is warning that it's increasingly affecting the type of staff they can afford to employ.

what we've seen over the last three years government funding staying stagnant, but at the same time they have rising staff costs, rising business cost, business rates, and other things like pension contributions, all pushing their costs up, which leaves 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's investing in training early years staff, but it is monitoring the sector closely, including workforce and costs. katie austin, bbc news. storm barry may no longer be a hurricane, but emergency teams are warning that heavy rain and strong winds will continue to batter america's gulf coast for some time to come. the storm made landfall in the last few hours, about 15 miles west of new orleans, with winds of around 70 miles an hour. these are pictures from along the gulf coast as the storm was approaching.

the state of louisiana has declared a state of emergency with tens of thousands of people without power. in new orleans, the mayor, latoya cantrell, has urged residents to stay vigilant. we are not out of the conditions that will cause heavy rainfall for the city of orleans. although barry has slowed, it's also intensified, pushing the timing of expected impacts further into today, tonight, and sunday. sophie long is in canal street in new orleans. yes, thanks very much. i'm in the centre of new orleans. i have to see the coastal communities are really feeling the brunt of storm barry's 70 mph winds at the moment. and

flooding there as well. one town, morgan city is completely without power at all and more than 100,000 others are dealing with similar issues. here in new orleans the airport has been closed to incoming and outgoing flights all day. and what they are worried about he is still as you heard from the mayor is the amount of rainfall expected over the amount of rainfall expected over the next 48 hours. some forecasters are predicting up to two feet of rain could be brought by storm barry. the problem is it is falling on already saturated ground. the street i'm standing above was flooded only a few days away. i'm only a few hundred feet away from the mississippi river which has been swallowed to flood levels for the past few months. the various with the actual rain, the water that is falling, there will be some kind of flooding. now people are prepared, they have been filling sandbags, they have been filling sandbags, they have been urged to hunker down in their homes. last night on the streets of new orleans there was hardly a soul to be seen. people are out and about again today, not normally as busy as it would

normally as busy as it would normally be, but the mayor is warning people not to be complacent and that the worst for new orleans could yet to be to come. sophie long, thank you for that. 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 $5 billion to settle an investigation into violations of its users' data privacy. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. lots going on. there is. we will start at

wimbledon. simona halep says she played the match of her life as she beat serena williams to win her first wimbledon title. the talk before today's ladies final was about whether serena would win a record—equalling grand slam title, but she was sensationally beaten in under an hour. as andy swiss reports. 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. commentator: 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 ten 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. thanks to my parents, actually. 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.

england have beaten scotland to make it two wins out of two at the netball world cup in liverpool. the win was soured afterwards, though, by the news that england defender, layla guscoth, will miss the rest of the competion after rupturing her achilles, early in the match. her teammates ensured they'll progress to the second stage of the tournament with a 70—34 victory. 36—year old rachel dunn scored an impressive 49 points. they'll play samoa tomorrow as they try to top the group. scotland face uganda. meanwhile northern ireland picked up their first win of the tournament earlier. after losing to the reigning champions australia yesterday, they got off the mark with a 67—50 win over sri lanka this morning. lewis hamilton's missed out on pole position and will start behind his mercedez teammate, valterri bottas, at tomorrow's british grand prix. the finn beat the world champion to pole by the tiniest of margins in qualifying. as azi farni reports.

all eyes are on lewis hamilton this weekend has it looks to become most successful driver at the okra to. before that, the chance to its his record of six pole positions. ——at the british grand prix. he made a mistake on his opening lap. but as so mistake on his opening lap. but as so often this season, his teammate valterri bottas was hot on his heels. while hamilton bears the hope of british people, and other finished eighth. george russell was 19. having dominated in final practice, the ferraris threatened to ta ke practice, the ferraris threatened to take the fight to mercedes but while leclerc came in 700s of the pace,

vettel could only manage six. hamilton giving it everything on his final lap but falling 6000th of a second short. ultimately not good enough. we worked pretty hard throughout the session but itjust got a little bit away from us. sacrificed a lap in q2 got a little bit away from us. sacrificed a lap in 02 which would have helped get a reading of how the car was but at the end, a mistake in the first lap and the second one wasn't that great. pretty close all weekend. really happy to get a good lap and to be on pole. these grasslands will be in full voice tomorrow as fans hope to see a moment in history. a sell—out crowd of more than 140,000 is expected. the majority no doubt urging lewis hamilton onto what would be a record six british grand prix.

stage eight of the tour de france was another eventful one for defending champion geraint thomas. he managed to recoverfrom a crash with 15 kilometres of the race, remaining to finish alongside most of his main rivals on the tour. belgium's thomas de gendt won after a stage—long breakaway. thomas is fifth overall, one minute and 12 seconds behind the leaderjulian alaphilippe. in golf, it's just five days until the start of the open at portrush, and many of the players who will be looking to lift the claretjug are playing in the scottish open. england's matt wallace carded nine birdies in his third round of 64 to move into contention. he's on 15 under par but is five shots off the leader, the austrian, bernd wiesberger, at the renaissance club. great britain have secured a silver in the diving at the world aquatic championships in china. jack lawer and dan goodfellow were first after 4 of their 6 dives in the 3 metre springboard syncro in gwangju but finished behind china.

it's their first major honour together. chris mears, who won gold with lawer at the last olympics is taking a break from the sport. that's all the sport for now. 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 attacks four months ago in christchurch prompted a ban 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 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. one hundred years ago, a neglected estate in essex 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 complex job. 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 their 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, while also protecting an old tradition so that the unique sound of brass bands will still resound for years to come. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers,

nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people, and the political commentator, jo phillips. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30. now it's time for a look at the weather. mixed fortunes today. a lot of sunshine around. a beautiful afternoon in places like the south coast of england, the highlands of scotland. the skies and sunshine all the way. for others, extensive cloud. angry looking cloud as well producing beefy showers all the way from eastern scotland down across the pennines, north—east east yorkshire and our working the way into the midlands. and perhaps into south—east england and east anglia overnight. a few showers will keep going. elsewhere fairly dry. clear skies the further west you. a cooler

night than the one just gone. 10—14 celsius typically. sunday starts with a lot of cloud. showers along the south coast. the area of high pressure building. easing away most of the showers. south—east england could see a few showers first thing but they will fade. the cloud will theme and break so we will see spells of sunshine through the day. showers on the high ground of scotland, northern england and maybe some in north—west england. on the east coast, a little bit risk. a bit of cloud. further west, 21 — 24 celsius and a fine day in northern ireland. dry for the cricket world cup final. thinning and breaking by

the afternoon, the cloud. gentle north—easterly breeze. similar conditions at wimbledon as well. a fairly quiet note for the new week. mainly dry. best of the sunshine through the morning and the cloud building through the day. most will be dry apart from an isolated shower here and there. a little bit warmer along the east coast as well. for most we hold onto the area of high pressure as we go through tuesday. further west, frontal pushing its way this was, likely to introduce showers into parts of northern ireland, north north—west of scotland. else it stays dry with increasing amount of sunshine. england and wales on wednesday. further showers across scotland and northern ireland. hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment —

first 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 to settle an investigation into violations of its users' data privacy.