eastern side of scotland, well. the eastern side of scotland, much of england and wales and much of the day is going to be dry with hazy sunshine. it is a wet night through northern ireland and much of scotland, northern england and north wales. it will be a warmer night to come, but the further south and south—east you are it will stay dry. the room tomorrow will retreat northwards into north—west scotland. elsewhere, we will see a lot of luke wright around to start the day. it may linger on the coast. near 30 degrees in eastern england, and it gets hotter still for some of us as the week goes on. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... please confirm that you are not intending to violate international law, by unlawfully attempting to boa rd. dramatic audio reveals how a british warship warned iranian forces not to seize a uk—registered oil tanker

in the gulf. meanwhile iran's ambassador to the uk has said that increasing tension between britain and iran is ‘quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region.‘ the justice secretary david gauke has vowed to resign on wednesday if borisjohnson becomes prime minister. all british airways flights to the egyptian capital cairo have been suspended for at least the next six days as a security "precaution". manchester police have launched an urgent appeal after seven newborn puppies were stolen by machete—wielding burglars. it's feared they might die if they're not reunited with their mother. before the papers, sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin ra mjaun.

i guess you are praying the weather will hold in portrush? good morning. shane lowry is the man to catch at the open. fans at royal portrush in northern ireland, were treated to one of the great major rounds, with lowry hitting a course record 63 on day three. the irishman leads by 4 shots on today's final round, which is now under way. lowry‘s out later this afternoon, but will have to battle the weather, and a chasing english pack — as adam wild reports. royal portrush has never seen anything quite like this. the open championship was always going to be special — few could have predicted just how special. the cause of the excitement on the causeway coast, ireland's shane lowry. the galleries packed, and he didn't let them down. cheers ringing around the course as putts dropped and records tumbled. one of the best rounds in open history gives him a four shot lead. it's been an incredible day and i'm struggling to take it all in, but this is something that i never thought. this doesn't feel like golf to me.

i don't know what it is, but look, i am very happy with how today went, obviously. i'm in a great position going into tomorrow and i'm very excited for it. the tens of thousands of fans that had been packing the galleries here at royal portrush have enjoyed much kinder conditions and some of the spectacular golf we've seen suggests the players have been enjoying it too. there hasn't been an english winner at the open for nearly 30 years. if anyone could stop lowry, it may well be tommy fleetwood, after another flawless round. and with fellow englishmen justin rose, lee westwood and danny willett all in contention, the stage is set for a spectacularfinish. bad weather is expected, anything else impossible to predict. england's dreams of getting to a netball world cup final are over, after the commonwealth champions lost to new zealand. outgoing coach tracey neville said her side made "basic errors" as they lost 45—47.

northern ireland finished 10th, scotland iith. 0ur correspondent natalie pirks reports from liverpool. they say imitation is the highest form of flattery. tracey neville, who announced weeks ago she would step down after this world cup, no longer has to bang her own drum. her roses are gaining fans, but they knew this would be tough. they weren't wrong. a jumpy start soon saw new zealand race into the lead. england's usual swagger had been replaced with the jitters. new zealand shooters meanwhile were on fire. the fans were cranking up the pressure. england needed attackers, harton and housby, to finally hit their mark. and in the blink of a quarter, england had turned a six goal deficit into a three goal lead. the win was now in their hands. but they threw it away. new zealand had all the answers and with just minutes left, england were three goals down, mouths were dry. but with new zealand so brilliant at both ends of the court, the roses

were left to rue their mistakes. 45—10 the final score. heartbreak, then, for england. just two goals in it. but knocked out by a resurgent new zealand side. for the third successive world cup, at the semifinal stage. is it down to legs, misunderstanding or is itjust the build—up of pressure? and they did a greatjob on us, i think there were opportunities for us to take that game. and we left it too late. so the world cup final remains elusive for now. and england will have to pick themselves up today to play south africa for the bronze. a match, as tracey‘s brother phil knows all too well, that no one wants to play. well, let's head to liverpool now, where reporter kate grey is there ahead of england's bronze medal match. they take on south africa a little later. kate — what impact has this tournament had on the sport's profile?

i think netball has been in a bubble in the last year or so ever since england won that commonwealth gold—medal. people have been getting excited about the sport. there has been an increase in participation levels at grassroots and has been a support gathering around the england roses. they came into the tournament expecting to win and now that is no longer the case. we have seen a brilliant turnout of fancier, over 100,000 people have passed through this arena and they have gotten behind the roses. at the moment, zimbabwe are playing on court, making their debut here and have had a brilliant following of fans that have travelled to see them play. and they are now in position for seventh 01’ they are now in position for seventh or eighth place which is a real turn up or eighth place which is a real turn upfora team or eighth place which is a real turn up for a team which no one would have expected at this level. it is definitely a time now for netball to build on this opportunity, weather and goodwill when the bronze medal 01’

and goodwill when the bronze medal or not, they need to take the opportunity and they don't have a big event for the next year so it is about capitalising on what has happened here and hopefully making sure that england stays in the limelight and the netball of sport as well. defending champion geraint thomas lost more time to tour de france leaderjulian alaphilippe on stage 1a. the briton cracked with just over half a mile to go, to the summit finish on the iconic tourmalet mountain. france's thibaut pinot won the stage, but compatriot alaphilippe was next to finish, more than thirty seconds ahead of thomas extending his lead to two minutes with seven stages left. it's looking likely that england will lose the women's ashes today at taunton. ashes today at taunton. australia declared on 420 and then got off to the perfect start, bowling tammy beaumont for a duck. england did recover to 199—6 with the help of nat sivver, but with one day of the test left, a draw is the most likely outcome. so england, having lost three one—day matches already to australia — would lose the multi—format series. she says she's in the best form

of her life and it was certainly a convincing win from laura muir who romped home in the 1500 metres on the first day of the anniversary games. the european champion was the outstanding favourite, after kenya's faith kipyegon withdrew before the race. a determined—looking muir outsprinted german konstanze klosterhalfen on the final bend on her way to a comfortable victory. klosterhalfen on the final bend on her way to a comfortable victory. i thought, "you know what? i'm just going to sit and use my strength in the kick." you know, i know a lot of the girls there have run fast times, over the longer distances they'd be strong, so ijust knew my advantage was my kick, and i used that last lap. that's all the sport for now. now on bbc news, here's shaun ley with the papers. hello and welcome to our sunday morning paper review. with me are political commentator james millar and the political editor of the sun on sunday,

dave wooding. let's take a look at the front pages. the sunday times says eu countries are secretly wooing boris johnson in a bid to thrash out a new brexit plan that would avoid a no—deal. according to the sunday express, a group of remainer tory mps personally has told leadership contender borisjohnson that they will bring down his government if he pursues a no—deal brexit. the mail on sunday focuses on borisjohnson allegedly spending thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money on new furniture — because his estranged wife has kept his belongings. the sunday telegraph reports that ministers are drawing up plans to target the iranian regime with sanctions after its forces seized a british—flagged tanker in the gulf. how would you normally spend your sunday james? is it how would you normally spend your sundayjames? is it a leisurely one with a big pot of coffee or is it a

slightly chaotic? i go towards the latter more than the former. it is not like the old days. things have changed. sunday used to be a day with your papers but that has changed. as the papers now. david what about you ? changed. as the papers now. david what about you? it is an issue for sunday paper journalist because what about you? it is an issue for sunday paperjournalist because this is our first day off of the week and we spent all day reading the papers, reading the work of arrival. but i am always, even when we did daily papers, sunday papers are a great thing to sit down and better yourself in for a on end. they are a grazing ritual, on the? let's do our bit to tempt you at home if you haven't already. if you haven't and don't want to, we will tell you what is in them. let's start with the sunday telegraph this morning. dave,

it is... interesting stuff, isn't it? talk about timing. with everyone focused on the conservative leadership contest, and the short departure of theresa may from number ten and possibly the uk from the european union in three months' time, what happens when one of those events blows up another face? real life story at a moment when we're handing over the of power. in about three days' time. jeremy hunt, the foreign secretary, was in fact one of the leaders, leaderships challenging and has been bogged down in hustings for the past month and all this has been going on. there is some criticism of the government in fa ct some criticism of the government in fact for taking it out of the ball. yesterday we had this cobra meeting, an emergency meeting of the government, one of the things to come out was that jeremy hunt says a

bit more, it will freeze iranian assets which is what the sunday telegraph has gone with. warned of very serious consequences if they don't act and hand back this season ship. but there seems to be a bit of a dilemma over what steps to take. and it is hard to imagine there are many assets left to freeze that have not already been frozen? exactly. it sounds look a fairly hollow threat. they have seized a tanker, it is a great story, by any standard, but of course it has been accompanied by dramatic footage and audio and all the rest of it. which gives it a bit more impact. when you see masked soldiers and seizing tanker and the result is i am going to seize your assets, it doesn't quite add up. and

there is talk elsewhere about what can the uk do militarily? and the a nswer can the uk do militarily? and the answer may be not a huge amount. interesting, david alluded to this already, if we look at the front of the sunday times, james, this line, ministers took the eye off the ball of iran threat? it is an interesting idea. it makes a lot of sense to people like us to the politics patch rather than international diplomacy in detail. yes there has been, as david said, a leadership campaign. brexit, there has been no shortage of things to keep people in westminster busy. i don't know if it is quite as straightforward as the government not having the capacity to keep an eye on... do everything at once. but we have been hearing for yea rs at once. but we have been hearing for years that brexit is taking up so for years that brexit is taking up so much bandwidth that there is no for other stuff and this seems to back that up. everything seems to come back to brexit because it is

never test of britain's standing in the world and how much actual power we have. that is interesting because inside the sunday times there is a piece by a very distinguished strategy analyst who says basically in effect, not only did the government not spot the problem, it should have done, and worse, it is exposing truly that britain is not the power it once was. certainly not as an command of the seas as it once was. absolutely, britannia rules the waves, and the sad fact is that in 1982 we had 35 royal navy frigates available and that hasn't cut to 13. and one of the reasons this crisis has arisen is because there is only one worship in the gulf. the hms montrose, a type 23 frigates. there are montrose, a type 23 frigates. there a re two montrose, a type 23 frigates. there are two others, hms duncan and hms

kent but there was another long gap delay in being able to give aid to the stricken tanker. so yes, defence cuts are coming home to roost i'm afraid. and it is a bit late now, but there is a big one in the industry for the new prime minister when he takes over on wednesday. the problem with military investment is that it takes years to build anything significant in terms of increasing it? yes. that is an array of military experts writing in the papers are being quoted today saying just that. that it is coming back to haunt us now because these cats that they want about, it is issues like this —— cuts. you still need the capability to be able to react. this —— cuts. you still need the capability to be able to reactm is norrie of defence experts but mainly lord west who has been in

pretty much in every paper, never knowingly undersold. pretty much in every paper, never knowingly undersoldlj pretty much in every paper, never knowingly undersold. i am told he is on holiday. his thoughts on the issue. that is always a danger in the summer because as everyone hits we re the summer because as everyone hits were held, you find the same courts keep going back but he is undoubtedly an expert. he seems to have a lot of people on his side arguing that we should have been thinking about things like convoys and so on. the observer takes an even more doom laden view of this event. doesn't see it as a bit of a skirmish but as a possible start towards a war. i don't know whether they got to lord west. last but he says he goes with the w word as it was. there is very real risks of miscarriage orations or foolhardy actions leading to war. i don't know if we know anybody who might be about to become prime minister but i

get the feeling that might be a bit pointed at him. there is also interesting analysis in the observer and which they suggest that essentially the uk was played by america over this. and the americans warned spanish and the brits that the iranians tanker which was seized in gibraltar was passed by and spanish said we will see what happens and the minute it got to gibraltar, it was seized. and that has played very nicely for the trump administration which again feeds back to where the uk fits into the world. are we america's little helper? 0r world. are we america's little helper? or do we have the power and diplomatic power to operate on our own. we need america now because any action we take out there in the glove, we need america. we had been slightly shy of getting involved in america's tough stance against iran recently. we are writing in the sun

on sunday that one option being considered is to put royal marines on board the tanker. we don't have a naval capability at their but may be putting some armed forces on board might act as a deterrent. the interesting thing is it is still talking about oil. decades we have in talking about oil and we're supposed to be talking about green new deals and the environment and yet oil is still central to world politics essentially. domestic politics essentially. domestic politics now and the front of the telegraph. this intriguing photograph of a gentleman who is in the building as we speak because he is limping off an appearance on the andrew marshall. the chancellor of the exchequer, philip hammond. —— andrew marr show. seems to be loading his suitcase into the boot. as one headline says, phil hammond gets the boot. and i put my house on wednesday. i think you did! he will

probably be the first of up to 15 i would suspect cabinet ministers. i think it could be as many as that. it could mean that many. it depends how ruthless boris johnson wants to be. assuming he wins. if you wins by an overwhelming majority, by a big landslide, that will make a more powerful anti—might be more keen to get stuck in. but i think there will be quite a lot of. once you decide who your chancellor is, everything else starts to fit into place. and also who your chancellor isn't. there are a number of people who think they're going to get it. u nless think they're going to get it. unless they do a job share, innovation and government. not with boris. that is a great idea. i terrible picture to put on your front page though, a man putting

suitcases. and not even that, just lifting. we have seized what opportunity they had and essentially elicits the changing of the guard. but not as effectively as if we had at your boris's lead which we will talk about in a moment. politics of all this, the sunday times. this is intriguing james. intriguing as one word for it. i could think of a few more some of which i certainly wouldn't use on the telly at this time ona wouldn't use on the telly at this time on a sunday morning. it is utterly bizarre i would suggest. the irish deputy prime minister and minister for irish deputy prime minister and ministerforforeign irish deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs has written a piece in which he essentially restates the irish position which we all know. and says the brexit agreement is not up for renewal. which apparently, according

to the sunday times, means that he has indicated he is prepared to compromise which is just not true! i would say it is lost in translation but it is any english i would say it is lost in translation. there is a slightly more serious point when newspapers are publishing things that just don't newspapers are publishing things thatjust don't add up. it is a bit worrying about what is going on. and similarly, the second paragraph says senior irish politicians have failed peace talks with two ofjohnson's allies in recent days but if you know anything about the history of ireland, using the phrase peace talk is quite distasteful. like sa, as people, men, it is easy to see this asa people, men, it is easy to see this as a bit weird isn't it? but i think it is quite seriously wrong actually. just in passing, there is

an interesting story on the front, just one of many lines in the piece, up just one of many lines in the piece, up to six tory mps in talks with lib dems defecting. does that stack up? it is one of those things. they are probably in talks. it depends whether they go or not. is it going to happen? probably not. they are in talk. whether those people are rightly going to... the interesting thing is that everyone talks to everyone. if you want around the commons tea rooms you see hard left labour politicians talking to right—wing conservatives and lib dems talking to scottish nationalists and all sorts. finally the parliament of independence. business section of the telegraph, this is, we are only mentioning in passing. let's face it, boris has said things in the past suggesting he is not going to be... fiddle 60

business. what is interesting is this is the tories who are supposed to be the party of the economy and he has said the party will be avidly pro—business and has recognised that commerce and trade are important but thatis commerce and trade are important but that is basic! he seems to have attended a lunch attended by pr and communications outfit the boss of which is a former tory party chairman andi which is a former tory party chairman and i think he has said some nice things. looking at the sunday times, i two page spread. in the good old days which you used to have insight on pages 3—8. usually for royal stories or scandals. it is a terrific cutting. boris poking his head out of number ten. you are

saying you would love to have this mental space in yours? we have to nail it on about who is going to be fired and who is going to get the big jobs whereas in a broadsheet of the quality or the space to say this is one option, but this might happen and that might happen and the other might happen so here you have all the various theories and rumours about who is going to get what. looking and finding out how much was bunkum. there is a nice bit of detail about on the wall of boris johnson's office the names and the ones with red dots are the ones who will not be moved so the key is to get hold of that and find out. will not be moved so the key is to get hold of that and find outlj would also point out that the list of names are overwhelmingly men and what that means we will wait and see but it does sort of stand out to me that whether that is because boris is surrounding himself with men or because the journalists are focusing

on the men i don't know but that doesn't seem like a good sign for a representative. colourful quotes abound and this is my favourite. one brexiteer quotes that you never expect next an mp to say. one mp said it is a reshuffle suspended in time. the dust particles physical clinic visible in the light. everyone waits, weights, weights. i wish mps always spoke with that. i don't that was but he is not named. possibly poet laureate. and finally, the mail on sunday front page. from a newspaper point of view i think this is fantastic because it is very much a male and a male story. how do you go and on boris? you have to have a borisjohnson story today you go and on boris? you have to have a boris johnson story today and taxpayer money to pay for a new bed. it kind ofjust, it is rarely good.

a p pa re ntly it kind ofjust, it is rarely good. apparently his wife has taken all of his stuff or their stuff i should,... that sounds like the kind of disputation to be solved by lawyers and notjohn lewis. of disputation to be solved by lawyers and not john lewis. he has told he has told journalists and civil servants he hasn't got any stuff. apparently his girlfriend won't allow him to bring the wine stained sofa. thank you both very much. thank you for your company we will be back with the news on the bbc news channel at 10am. coming up the andrew marr show. some hot weather ahead we will take a look at what to expect ina will take a look at what to expect in a moment. first of all we have sunday to get through and this is how it looked earlier on the isle of wight. some hazy sunshine around for many of us but we have an atlantic

weather system and response coming to northern ireland and west of scotla nd to northern ireland and west of scotland so rain turning heavier during the day here and a strengthening wind. initially, the rain lightand strengthening wind. initially, the rain light and patchy but the dark blue showing heavier rain moving across northern ireland this afternoon on towards western scotland. wales and western parts of england's what, one or two light showers, some rain moving into cumbria litter much of eastern scotla nd cumbria litter much of eastern scotland england and wales, large pa rt scotland england and wales, large part of the day is dry with hazy sunny spells, low to mid 20s, just the teams in northern ireland and western scotland. for royal portrush, the dolls, an interesting day as the rain turns persistent. gusts up to 35 mph. maybe 50 miles errorfor a time, wet gusts up to 35 mph. maybe 50 miles error for a time, wet very wet northern ireland, part of, the rain in western scotland could be heavy enough and persistent enough to cause some travel disruption. the south staying merely dry, temperatures are higher compared with last night. from monday, and

damn start from other lines in parts of northern ireland, wales and southern scotland. the rain retreating north towards north west scotla nd retreating north towards north west scotland lingering into the afternoon. some cloud may hang on towards the west coast but for many it isa towards the west coast but for many it is a story of very warm to hot sunny spells developing on monday. already near 30 celsius in the hottest parts of eastern england. temperatures on the up. it looks like tuesday could be the date of most widespread dry sunny weather and heat. upper 20s the hotspot in scotla nd and heat. upper 20s the hotspot in scotland and northern ireland, 30 or above in england and wales. storms on tuesday night into wednesday morning, a wetter weather system for scotla nd morning, a wetter weather system for scotland and northern ireland later in the week as temperature tail off but look at this mid week could be 41 in paris, and all—time record here and the heat lingers in central and eastern parts of angerfor a bit longer as a week goes on, nudging the mid—30s with very high committed foran the mid—30s with very high committed for an uncomfortable night for sleeping as well where it turns a bit cooler and the later week but it

turns more unsettled in midweek scotla nd turns more unsettled in midweek scotland and northern ireland.

this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 10.00am: please confirm that you not intending to violate international law by unlawfully to board. dramatic audio reveals how a british warship warned iranian forces not to seize a uk—registered oil tanker in the gulf. iran's ambassador to the uk says increasing tension between britain and iran is "quite dangerous and unwise at a sensitive time in the region". thejustice secretary, david gauke, says he will resign on wednesday if borisjohnson becomes prime minister. all british airways flights to the egyptian capital cairo remain suspended for at least the next six days as a security "precaution". we were travelling first to attend my sister's wedding. she is having her wedding after two days of my arrival.