you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's11am and these are the main stories this morning: more pain for rail and air passengers this morning, as the extreme heat continues to cause disruption plans to recruit an extra twenty thousand police officers in england and wales over the next three years — in borisjohnson‘s first major domestic policy move. one of the most prominent tory brexiteers, steve baker, turns down a job in boris johnson's government. a game—changer — treatment for women with the hereditary form of ovarian cancer, will be made more widely available on the nhs. tens of thousands of gamers gather in new york for the world championship of fortnite — with more prize—money on offer to the winners, than wimbledon.

and coming up — two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. good morning — welcome to bbc newsroom live. more disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterday's high temperatures caused extensive damage. network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterday's extreme heat. but with speed restrictions in place that didn't happen. what did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when they sagged in the heat, sparking some line—side fires. this left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. repair work has been ongoing but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed meaning a significantly reduced service is in place.

and there's still disruption there today — as well as other stations as seen here in leicester. east midlands trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. it's put an emergency timetable in place. thameslink services — which operate on part of the same route — is also disrupted. (ani — london north eastern railway said there will be further cancellations on lines going to king's cross. and greater anglia, stansted express and eurostar are also disrupted. leigh milner reports. it was the second hottest day on record for the uk yesterday, the highest temperature recorded in cambridge, at 38.1 degrees. you might have been faster travelling on one of these than the train. the heat caused chaos on the country's railway lines. passengers had to be rescued from broken—down trains, as power cables fell and sparked line—side fires, causing disruptions

at rush hour for commuters travelling on the west coast, the midlands and east coast mainlines. in birmingham, trams were halted by the risk of rails buckling. precautionary speed restrictions across the network meant problems all day, but it was the overhead power cables which caused delays and cancellations for many, expanding, sagging and eventually collapsing in the hot weather. last night, these commuters were still trying to get home from work at 10:15. i am trying to get home to bedford. i have onlyjust got here but usually my route would be to go to sandy, get a taxi from sandy, which is usually what happens when it's like this, or from euston, but none of those options exist here today. and there does not seem to be any plan b. throughout the night, network rail engineers have been racing against the clock to repair the damage caused by the overhead cables in time for this morning's rush hour. leigh milner, bbc news. james waterhouse is at london st

pancras for us this morning. welcome, bring it up—to—date. welcome, bring it up-to-date. this is where the continued disruption is carry on after the dizzying heights of 38 celsius yesterday. it is now a milder 25, though it certainly doesn't feel like it. but the reason for the continued disruption is because for, two out of the four main lines coming into st pancras are not working, which is severely affecting services from east midlands trains, who are advising passengers not to travel at all. it is also affecting thames link, which uses part of the route. but for those that know, st pancras is also an international terminal, eurostar services to brussels are delayed by up services to brussels are delayed by up to an hour. you will always get people around this part of the station, but right now there are plenty of people staring at times on the boards, seeing their services are no longer running. it does not stop there — airports as well,

luton, heathrow, gatwick, people across the uk will be travelling there to go abroad, they have suffered severe delays and cancellations because of thunderstorms across mainland europe. i am joined thunderstorms across mainland europe. iamjoined by thunderstorms across mainland europe. i am joined by the independenfs europe. i am joined by the independent‘s travel editor, we love a bit of disruption from unusual weather, this will further add to questions around infrastructure. weather, this will further add to questions around infrastructurem certainly does. part one of the cunning plan yesterday worked really well — no rails buckled as far as i know, they halved the maximum speed limit to 60 mph or less. but the overhead lines, massive problems, both here and elsewhere in the country. and i dare say somebody somewhere is going to be saying on monday morning what about if we only i’ui'i monday morning what about if we only run deysel trains on days like this? but i'm afraid as you say the flights are where the real problems are today. i have counted 60 british airways alone cancellations to and

from heathrow airport, mostly short—haul continental services, but some trans atlantic as well. and at gatwick it is pretty awful, easyjet has cancelled dozens of services because of the bad weather overnight, they say. there seems to be an argument around compensation. most operators are saying if you have a season ticket and you were hoping to travel on thursday you will be compensated, but otherwise it doesn't go much further and that has angered some groups. how do you seeit? has angered some groups. how do you see it? the delay repay scheme works in that if yourjourney is a nightmare you get your money back, but it doesn't cover consequential losses if you missed an important event for example if you have a ticket. so some people are saying we should be more like the airline compensation scheme where you get real cash in your hand on top of the ticket price. meanwhile, the airlines are blaming everything, air traffic control, bad weather, anything but themselves to avoid paying out compensation. but anybody

watching this at any of the airports, if your flight is delayed or cancelled the airline has to provide you with a hotel, meals, another flight on a different airline to get you on your way as swiftly as possible. many will be watching this concerned about weekend travel plans on the trains, what is your advice? as always at this time of year, hope for the best but be prepared for delays and disruption. we already know there are problems on the west coast main line north of crewe. i hope things are getting back to normal, but allow plenty of time, and carry water. network rail have apologised, they say repairs to the overhead lines are gone well but they will need the whole weekend to restore normal service. the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers will begin within weeks, prime minister boris johnson has said. but some forces are concerned they don't have enough training instructors and police stations

to support such rapid expansion. there are currently 122,000 police officers in england and wales. when theresa may became home secretary in 2010, there were 143,000 officers. mrjohnson‘s extra 20,000 officers would therefore make up the numbers cut by the conservative a decade ago. new policing minister kit malthouse told bbc breakfast how the government intended to fund the policy. we are going into the spending review with a number of 20,000 as a promise, and the finances will have to back fit. in the end the money will come from general taxation or indeed from some of the headroom we have fiscally on the borrowing. the prime minister has said this is an absolute priority for him, that is why he is announcing it is one of his first big policy announcements. so the money will be earmarked as a priority through the treasury and the new channel though a chancellor.

if there was a representative from the labour party on and they propose this, the first question or one of the questions would be how can you make an announcement or a proposal without having accurately costed it and just say we will resort to further fiscal borrowing? we have accurately set a number, we think, which is... no, you said roughly. and there comes a point in government where you have to make a commitment about output and then worked on input to make it fit. ealier i asked the shadow policing minister, labourmp louise haigh whether she was pleased at the announcement. i take no pleasure as well countless police officers over the country, that the horrendous cuts over the last few years has had unimaginable consequences. and that when the

previous prime minister accused the police of crying wolf she was absolutely mistaken. so it is galling to see the very same politicians that have voted for every single cut over the last few yea rs now every single cut over the last few years now admitting that they were wrong and reinvesting in the police, it breaks my heart to think of the numbers of officers, really experienced, talented officers we have lost over the last nine years. and the huge uphill struggle we will have to recruit the same numbers back again, just to put it in the same place we were in 2010. but if i think, is a former special constable myself, of the challenges facing the police now, they were a huge increase in violent crime and the resources to tackle that, which eve ryo ne resources to tackle that, which everyone agrees are notjust about the number of officers but about protecting children as early as possible, so the lack of youth services, the lack of sure start, the lack of mental health, the lack of diversionary activities. david jamieson is the police

and crime commissioner for the west midlands, he gabve me his reaction. i welcome you money and new officers in the police force. we have been saying this, i've been saying it for four or five years now that by co nsta ntly four or five years now that by constantly cutting the resources to police forces we have seen the outburst of crime. we here have had the biggest cuts of all the forces in the country, we lost over 2000 officers and a quarter of our budget. but this is not the only thing we need to look at. i welcome that and i am looking forward to going into a period of expansion rather than contraction. new rules mean new ridge recruits must have a degree, will that be difficult in terms of attracting the numbers misterjohnson wants and needs? terms of attracting the numbers misterjohnson wants and needs? they don't need a degree but they need to study for a degree, so the training they did previously, there was not a formal qualification for it. so it does require more time, but it is not a problem to admissions. we here in the west midlands have not had a

problem in the past of recruiting people, we have always had a lot of people, we have always had a lot of people from all the diverse communities here in the west midlands, and we haven't had a problem. our home affairs correspondent danny shawjoins me now it's a big number over a relatively short period, what are the challenges? it is a big number, in fa ct challenges? it is a big number, in fact this is destined to be the biggest recruitment campaign ever for the police, certainly in modern times, that has ever been undertaken. if you go back at the last a0 years they have been three major surges of recruitment but they've never come close to meeting this particular ambition of 20,000 within three years. the main issues are for some forces it is going to be beating off competition from other employers, where as really fierce competition for skilled labour, particularly in london and the south—east. if you have police forces like the met police and the surrounding forces such as essex,

kent, thames valley, etc, all recruiting at the same time, i think there will be some difficulties in attracting the right calibre of candidates. for otherforces, attracting the right calibre of candidates. for other forces, that may not be a problem. but what will bea may not be a problem. but what will be a problem for some areas is this requirement that all applicants either need a degree or be prepared to study for one on the job. that may put off some people and it will certainly limit the number of potential applicants. so those are two problems, there is also a logistical problem in that the infrastructure to train, to that, to ensure people are getting the training they need on the job, ensure people are getting the training they need on thejob, and having somewhere to base themselves because they have been so many station closures, 600 over the past nine years or so, the infrastructure isn't in place at the moment, so that will have to be brought up to speed. so lots of challenges, even if they can reach the target given that it will bring numbers to 2010 levels, will that be enough to deal

with the challenges police officers face? certainly it will help and i think the public will welcome it, the service will certainly welcome it. it will certainly ease pressure on existing police officers if you didn't get more people investigating more police officers on the streets, there is a possibility you may be able to start to grip the serious crime problems we have and also raise those clear up rates, the detection rates which have been falling over the past few years. but many are saying it is not the only answer. you have more complex crimes, online crimes, crimes which require additional specialists to be able to analyse mobile phones, smartphones and computers, and those skills are in demand. and also you need investment in technology, perhaps making use of the latest ai techniques. so there needs to be investment there and also investment potentially in the forensics market, which is struggling in some areas at the moment. big challenges ahead. thank you. borisjohnson is expected to continue his cabinet reshuffle today, with a number ofjunior

ministerial positions still to be filled. last night the former brexit minister steve baker turned down a request to return to the department for exiting the eu. mr baker is a prominent member of the pro—brexit european research group, who repeatedly voted against theresa may's deal. he tweeted to say that he cannot repeat his experience of powerlessness as a junior brexit minister. he said he had "total confidence" in mrjohnson's promise that the uk would leave the eu by october 31st, but warned that "disaster awaits otherwise". it's being reported that there is anger among tory eurosceptics towards dominic cummings, mrjohnson's new special adviser, who they say is snubbing members of the erg when it comes to cabinet positions. in a further sign of the erg's stance, the group's vice—chairman mark francois said it would oppose any attempt by mrjohnson to bring back the deal thrashed out with brussels, even if he succeeded in removing the irish backstop — the most contentious element

of the divorce deal. our political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. are these signs of an early rift in the new government? it isn't a rift in his government but it is an example of things not quite going boris johnson's way. example of things not quite going borisjohnson's way. steve baker is someone who i think would rather have inside the tent than out of it. he isa have inside the tent than out of it. he is a prominent member of the european research group, that eurosceptic group of tory mps who made life so difficult for theresa may when she was trying to get her deal through parliament. but he was clearly annoyed by not being offered a more senior role, and that is probably why he turned it down, along with as he said in his tweet last night a frustration that he did not want to feel the powerlessness of being a junior minister at the department for exiting the european union when, in his eyes, the real work to prepare for an ideal brexit is being driven by the cabinet

office and number ten downing st. so a sign perhaps that someone who might feel like a natural fit for a borisjohnson government might feel like a natural fit for a boris johnson government is might feel like a natural fit for a borisjohnson government is not necessarily going to come on side. borisjohnson necessarily going to come on side. boris johnson might find himself looking over his shoulder and seeing what steve baker has to say in the house of commons at some point soon when parliament reconvenes. it is michael gove, the new chancellor of the duchy of, who has been tasked with preparing and coordinating preparations for a no—deal brexit across government. we've been hearing from him first thing this morning. we've got a united cabinet at the united conservative party. the premise to got off to a fantastic start, very successful cabinet meeting yesterday. and in the commons he was absolutely dominant. but you're now responsible for no—deal with less than hundred days to go. can you really prepare ? than hundred days to go. can you really prepare? absolutely. a lot has been done by the excellent civil service so there is a lot still to do so i'm heading off to work now.

are you election ready, mister gove? there's been lots of reaction to this commitment on new police figures, 20,000 over three years. is it being seen as a positive, has it gone down well there? yes, it is the kind of promise a politician loves to make, and it is very hard for people to argue with it, to promise as you are hearing just now a huge recruitment drive for police officers across the uk. and it is something borisjohnson will officers across the uk. and it is something boris johnson will delight in promising, and whether he achieves it in the time allocated or not, will doubtless whenever the next general election campaign comes, whether in 2022 as scheduled or earlier, as a lot of people at westminster are expecting, it is something he will enthusiastically have to say on the campaign trail,

and repeat as a key promise of his leadership campaign that he is now delivering on. how he will pay for it, he will clearly work that out later. and when he can do it in time, that doesn't really matter because he will be able to say we are well on the way to doing it. but it is the sort of uncontroversial crowd pleasing promise that boris johnson is clearly going to focus on in areas of domestic policy during his first days and weeks in office, as well as the promise to deliver brexit by the end of october. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: there's further disruption for air and rail passengers this morning after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. boris johnson's plans for recruiting an extra twenty thousand police officers over the next three years in england and wales are being set out — a new policing board will oversee the process. a leading conservative brexiteer, steve baker, has turned down a job in boris johnson's government, saying he would have been "powerless" if he had returned to his old department.

and in sport, england could be on the receiving end of one of the greatest upsets in test history, the third day of play is under way against ireland and they lost their final wicket with the first ball of the day. ireland need 182 to win. geraint thomas has dropped to third in the overall standings as the tour de france heads into stage 19. he is now a minute and a half behind the leader. and dillian whyte could face an eight year ban from the sport after testing positive for a banned substance. it happened before his most substance. it happened before his m ost rece nt substance. it happened before his most recent heavyweight fight it would be his second doping offence. i'll be back with more on all those stories after half past. the uk's media regulator has fine russia today £200,000 for breaching impartiality rules during its coverage of the poisoning of former spy sergei skripal and the conflict

in syria. the regulator said that rt broadcasted seven programmes over a period ofjust over a month, which had failed to preserve due impartiality. in response to the ruling, rt said the fine was inappropriate and disproportionate. the hms montrose has been escorting uk—flagged ships in the world's busiest oil shipping lane. ship owners have been advised to give details of their route so they can be escorted by the frigate. it comes a week after the seizure of the british—flagged tanker stena impero by iran's revolutionary guard. a drug which doctors have called a game—changing treatment for women with the hereditary form of ovarian cancer, is to be made more widely available on the nhs in england. the medicine can halt the progression of the disease, which is notoriously difficult to treat. here's our health reporter, lauren moss. when florence was a6, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and told she had less than 18 months to live. she had two major surgeries and underwent four separate rounds of chemotherapy. obviously you're in emotional shock.

i had two young children and you do not care too much what you have to go through physically, it is the impact on your family is your first concern, and telling your children you have this diagnosis. that was ten years ago. it was only after aggressive treatment that florence was eligible for olaparib, a drug that can halt the progression of the disease. now, for the first time, it has been made available to patients in england sooner, when they are newly diagnosed and have responded well to their first round of chemotherapy. it is for women with the brca gene mutation, which affects around one in a00 people. angelina jolie spoke publicly about having the faulty gene that significantly increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancers. ovarian cancer is a devastating disease that is really difficult to diagnose and treat and has a really high recurrence rate but the clinical trials with this drug have shown a reduction in the risk of the cancer spreading by 70% — which is huge.

70% of women with ovarian cancer usually relapse within three years but in a trial, this did not happen in almost two thirds of patients who had received olaparib. florence has been taking it for 28 months and says it has changed her life. doctors have called the drug a major advance for treating ovarian cancer and say it could eventually even have the potential to cure the disease in some people. laura moss, bbc news. rachel downing, head of policy at target ovarian cancer, says it's an exciting development in the treatment of the disease. for too long, women with ovarian cancer have had very few treatment options. as we heard in the piecejust now, it's had some really exciting trial data for the group of women that can access it, which is women with advanced ovarian cancer who have this brca genetic mutation. and what kind of numbers are we looking at? so, each year about 360 women will be able to access the drug, so we are probably looking at about 700 at any one time. and is that the number of women who actually have this gene, then, in this country?

so, this will be the number of women that have this gene and ovarian cancer but also have an advanced ovarian cancer — that's who it's been made available to. and do you think that awareness has increased about ovarian cancer in recent years? i certainly feel that, amongst my age group of women, we are a bit more aware of the symptoms, there is a lot more publicity out there, a lot more information. yeah, i think at target ovarian cancer it is something we want every woman to know. and i think we are getting increased awareness. but we want to see and make sure that every single woman knows the symptoms to look out for, because early diagnosis is really key in treating this disease. what kind of variety is there in terms of people who have ovarian cancer who have the gene and women who don't, who get it for other reasons? yeah, so it's around 15% of women with ovarian cancer will have the brca mutation gene. so this drug actually targets quite are, you know, is really only helping quite a small number, quite a small proportion. it is helping quite a small proportion, but it is hugely exciting for that small proportion. and we really want to see that excitement and that level of treatment available for every woman that has ovarian cancer,

regardless of genetic mutations. and what is your view on the fact that it's only available in england at the moment? so, we would expect that it will become available in wales and northern ireland shortly, and scotland is looking into it and we will have an announcement later this year. ok, so that's good news hopefully to come. it's great news. yes, hopefully across all of the uk we will have access soon. so what advice would you have for anybody who is seeing this who may be eligible? if you are seeing this and you think you might be eligible, go and have a chat with your clinician — they are the best people to advise what drugs might be available to you. and what about general advice for women who are concerned that they may be showing symptoms? what is it that we should be looking out for? yes, so the full symptoms to look out for: it is feeling bloated — and women we work with often say they feel like they look pregnant — it is tummy pain, it is feeling full or not being able to eat as much, and needing to wee more often. and if anyone has those symptoms and they are new for them and they are happening repeatedly, absolutely go and see your gp. and it is called the silent killer, isn't it? unfortunately a lot of these cancers are caught very late. yeah, i think we always say

that the silent killer is a bit of a misnomer, because those symptoms are present early but they can be confused with other things. so the sort of headline message is if you have any of those symptoms, go and see your gp. two premier league footballers have been involved in a carjacking attempt by an armed gang in a london street. arsenal players mesut ozil and sead kolasinac were targeted — this video from social media appears to show kolasinac chasing off the armed robbers. earlier, our sport presenter holly hamilton had more on the story. this all emerged overnight, really — this cctv footage, this incident that happened late in the afternoon in north london yesterday. two arsenal players, both very well known — mesut ozil and sead kolasinac — both seemingly attacked in what does seem to be an attempted car robbery. they were driving their very expensive axa. now, what was very shocking from the pictures was the fact that one of the players, kolasinac, actually tried to square up to one of the robbers.

now, remember that they were carrying knives, they were armed, wearing helmets, which must have been a terrifying incident. but kolasinac managed to get both the players back into the car. they took off, and what you don't see in that footage is the fact that the robbers then pursued them for over a mile until they got to safety — they found a restaurant which they were familiar with, called the police. the met police have released a statement — they said that it was reported that the suspects on the motorbikes had attempted to rob a man who was driving a car, the driver along with his passenger managed to get away unharmed, travelled to a restaurant in golders green where they were spoken to by officers. now arsenal, the club have released a statement — they say they have spoken to both the players, both of them are an injured, they are both fine. but what has been very interesting is the reaction on social media — you know, people praising kolasinac for his reaction to squaring up to the officers... to the robbers, rather. but for the players themselves, really its business as usual, samantha. they do have a game on sunday, so they apparently will be back in training later today. but, all in all, a terrifying

incident for both players. now, time for a look at the weather with simon. it certainly has much more comfortable, i suspect the most of us for after the extreme heat of yesterday across the east of england. this is a cold front, it is moving in from the west and changing the wind direction to a south westerly. it cuts off the south—easterly wind that brought the heat from the near continent. we also have showers this morning, thunderstorms moving north, in the east of england, temperatures coming down, 2125 for many. still a little warm and humid the eastern parts. but much lower than yesterday. tonight, more showers and longer spells of rain in central areas up

toward scotland. that will stick around for much of the weekend, it will edge further south and west during sunday. there is some uncertainty as to how far that will be, but to the south—west and north—east of that band of rain there will be some sunny spells. but those temperatures, 17 to 23 degrees, much than yesterday.

rocky hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: there's further disruption for air and rail passengers this morning after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. the government says it's to start the process of recruiting 20,000 new police officers in england and wales within weeks. a leading conservative brexiteer, steve baker, has turned down a job in boris johnson's government, saying he would have been "powerless" if he had returned to his old department. a drug which doctors have called a game—changing treatment for women with the hereditary form of ovarian cancer is to be made more widely available on the nhs in england.

tens of thousands of gamers have gathered in new york for the world championship of fortnite, with more prize—money on offer to the winners than wimbledon. some breaking news coming in from the metropolitan police press office, saying officers from the metropolitan police terror, and have arrested a man on suspicion of terror offences. they arrested a 51—year—old man at gatwick airport on wednesday, two days ago, at approximately 19a0 hours on suspicion of terrorist acts. anti—terrorist officers carried out a scheduled port stopped and arrested the man. he is currently in custody at a sussex police station. they say enquiries are ongoing. just to reiterate, police have arrested a 51—year—old man at gatwick airport on suspicion of terrorist offences.

more on that as we get it. let's bring you up—to—date on the sport. ollie the man to go without scoring. ireland have been set a very getta ble ireland have been set a very gettable target of 182 to win in what would be a huge upset and embarrassment for england, who are yet to score a run or get a wicket. rain hasjust yet to score a run or get a wicket. rain has just stopped yet to score a run or get a wicket. rain hasjust stopped play. former captain sir alistair cooke says they should not panic and need to stick with what they have got. it is obviously unfortunate thatjoe was run out, and in both innings, he looked very comfortable. jason roy will be pleased to get a score. we saw yesterday that his ability to

score runs quickly and almost effortlessly is invaluable. if he gets in, he will be able to take the game away from the british heavyweight boxer dillian whyte could be facing an eight—year ban from the sport after testing positive for a banned substance. it happened before his points victory over oscar rivas at the weekend. whyte has already served a two—year ban for unknowingly taking an illegal supplement so a second offence would lead to a longer ban. promoter eddie hearn says fans should "wait for the facts" before making a judgement. the first qualifying session for the german grand prix hasjust finished, and sebastien bethell has set the fastest time. his team—mate is on the sheet is the second fastest, followed by lewis hamilton in the new look mercedes. you can follow it on our website and app. wolves made a winning return to european football after an almost a0 year absence. they beat crusaders

2-0 at year absence. they beat crusaders 2—0 at molineux in the first leg of the european qualifiers. rangers also won last night, aberdeen drew, and connah‘s rangers also won last night, aberdeen drew, and connah's quay lost. everton, meanwhile, have released some stunning images of what they hope will be their new stadium. the clu b hope will be their new stadium. the club say the 52,000 capacity ground at bramley more dark in liverpool could be ready by 2023 and will cost £500 million. england's mail readers well placed to challenge the leaders. she is tied for sixth at the everyman championship in france. plenty of other british interest mbm. charley hull is four of the lead. two others area hull is four of the lead. two others are a shot further back. former british swimmer sharron davies has once again raised concerns about tra nsgender athletes competing at the 2020 olympic games in tokyo. she has written to the international olympic committee asking them to do more research, but says she has yet to receive a

response and is accusing them of conducting a live experiment. nothing, not even a polite letter to say thank you for your interest or your request or we will look into it or nothing. nothing whatsoever. situations at the olympics with people being very successful before things change, but i think once we start seeing well—known athletes being beaten, when we see youngsters being beaten, when we see youngsters being beaten, when we see youngsters being beaten by someone that comes back after a0 years of retirement, i think people will start understanding the situation. station 19 of the tour de france gets under way shortly, and if you have ever wondered how fans get their way to keep themselves entertained while waiting for the balaton, here is your answer. —— waiting for the peltoon. this was an yesterday's roots in the mountains. the tour is renowned for its enthusiasts, and this is evidence if everett were needed. not sure about the beefeaters! to more

meaningful stages left before the tour finishes meaningful stages left before the tourfinishes on the meaningful stages left before the tour finishes on the chance of losing. you can follow stage 19 today on the bbc website out. that's all the sport for now. thanks very much. we'll see you a bit later. at least 115 migrants are missing and feared drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of libya. around 130 more were rescued in what the un's refugee agency is calling the deadliest shipwreck in the mediterranean so far this year, asjohn mcmanus reports. shocked and dazed. these are the lucky ones, the survivors who made it back to land thanks to the libyan coast guard. around 1a5 migrants were rescued when their boat sank. but up to 150 are feared drowned. the ongoing civil war in libya is contributing to the migrant problem, with two competing governments as well as violent militias, law and order has broken down, allowing ruthless gangs to exploit

those desperate to get to europe. this wooden boat went down off the coast of khoms. 60 miles from the capital tripoli. most migrants crossing here are trying to reach italy. the charity medecins sans frontieres says most of those on board were from ethiopian, but there were also palestinians and sudanese, like this woman whose child drowned. translation: i lost my seven—year—old child because of the organisation, because they do not help us, they do not help migrants. i wish they could bring in a foreigner to work with the organisation here, so they can see the situation. but europe has increasingly closed its doors. italy deputy prime minister matteo salvini has banned foreign—flagged ngo ships from docking at italian ports. the libyan coastguard has increased its patrols but those it rescues are returned to detention centres such as this one, condemned for their inhumane conditions. the un refugee agency says that safe passageways between africa and europe must be opened up,

or there will be more tragedy. more now on the news that further disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterday's high temperatures caused extensive damage. repair work has been taking place through the night, but services will be significantly reduced between london and the east midlands. we have seen the immediate impact of the steel lines, hanging causing fires. what other complex issues are involved here? that is the primary issue here, when you heat up metal in particular, it expands, and if you assume temperatures we get up to 35 degrees and it gets up higher, then the rate

of expansion is much bigger, and essentially, we've built our infrastructure assuming the climate of the last century, and the climate has changed, we need to upgrade all of it, not just has changed, we need to upgrade all of it, notjust our rail network with our road network and all of our system is that we rely on, and it's not just heat, it's system is that we rely on, and it's notjust heat, it's also resulting, climate change, and heavier rainfall. we will see bigger periods of heavy rainfall. it will really test drainage systems, particularly in city centres. people might remember in 2007, when we had a major soma flood event in many cities because the drainage systems could not cope with it. we have to adapt for the climate it is becoming, not the one it was last century. so how do we do that? we talk about drainage, but what needs to change in the rail networks and roads, and how much will this massive infrastructure change cost?m how much will this massive infrastructure change cost? it will cost a lot of money, and the fact is, we haven't started doing it.

there was a very damning report by the committee on climate change earlier this month and says the government hasjust earlier this month and says the government has just not done enough to prepare the country for this. you have to go through all the infrastructure step—by—step with engineers and say, what is the limits of tolerance here, and where you work out that the tolerance is not adapted for these extreme temperatures, i must warn that the extremes temperatures, i must warn that the extre m es of temperatures, i must warn that the extremes of temperatures we are seeing at the moment are not the end of the story. the climate will continue to change for the next two or three decades because of the lag responding to current climate totals. so we will get beyond a0 degrees in the uk at some point, and these periods are going to increase in frequency, so we have to prepare not just for what we are expecting now, but for how bad it's going to get in the future. what about as individuals? a lot of us in the south—east, certainly,

overnight, are being told how to adapt, but how can we adapt in our everyday lives, which we need to do as well? yes, this heat event has been dubbed deadly for lots of vulnerable people. we have a problem with lots of home is simply not adapted to the heat, care homes and hospitals as well. we need to adapt all of those and healthy people need to take sensible precautions. but what is it? air conditioning? we are talking just among us about how expensive letters. we can't afford air conditioning units. it is expensive to buy an expensive to run, but there is very little difference. what you can do is ensure that you block out sunlight during the day with blinds, and if you have big, thick, dark curtains, they will make the room warmer by absorbing the sunlight. we must be sensible,

because it will be very difficult for even healthy people outside and just a couple of years. thank you very much for the advice. british airways is resuming flights to cairo after suspension over security concerns. the airline had suspended flights to the egyptian capital for seven days. a ba spokeswoman said they had carried out a thorough assessment of the security arrangements. president trump has voiced his disappointment about the failure of the swedish prime minister to intervene in a criminal case involving an american rapper. asap rocky is in custody awaiting trial on charges of assault in connection with a street brawl. mr trump raged on twitter that sweden had "let our african american community down". a member of an american conservative organisation has been sacked for mistakenly projecting a doctored version of the presidential seal behind donald trump as he addressed their meeting. the president took to the stage at a gathering of the turning point usa group, without realising the mistake behind him. in the image you can see the differences in the seals. the american bald eagle has been

replaced by the two—headed eagle that appears on the russian flag. it's also carrying a golf set of golf clubs in its tallons. the group behind the event denies any harmful intent and said the mistake was the result of a rushed online search. gunmen in brazil have stolen a huge haul of gold worth almost $a0 million from sao paulo's airport. men dressed as police officers used a forklift truck to steal 750 kilos of precious metals which were destined for new york and zurich. the chief executive of a birmingham school, which has been criticised by some parents for teaching about lgbt relationships, has told bbc news that the government pressurised her into suspending its equality programme. hazel pulley said she had felt totally compromised. the government denies applying pressure, and says it has worked to encourage dialogue. our correspondent

sima kotecha reports. parkfield community school. four weeks, they were protest outside, with parents outside the school asking for teachers to stop teaching about different relationships. it's a quality programme, called capped no outsiders, involve story books with pictures of same—sex couples. in march, the school suspended the programme after protests escalated. now the woman in charge of parkfield says it's been a tough experience. i think there's only one word, and from inside school looking out, it has been horrendous. i have felt, sadly, rather isolated. when she the department for education of pressuring her to stop teaching about equality. the government has told miss several times that it did not place pressure on parkfield. that is not true. we experience

extreme pressure to stop, and we feel it was only with one aim, to keep the protests out of the paper and to stop the protests. the department for education said no pressure had been applied on parkfield to stop teaching about equality. the plan is to teach lgbt content in all schools from next year. some of the world's best video game players are set to battle it out in a tournament that could see the winner take home more money than the wimbledon champion. the popular game fortnite is holding its first ever world cup in new york this weekend, with a top prize of almost £2.5 million.

joe tidy has this report. the unique brand of dancing, fighting and shooting has brought gamers together online. a vast, you landlubbers! now it is time for gamers to meet for the first world cup. the prize pool is £30 million. the winner ta kes pool is £30 million. the winner takes home $3 million in this trophy. some of the favourites are british, including 1a—year—old carl jackson from london, who is known online as mongrel. it is lot more serious than people think. it is not just playing the game for fun or whatever. you have to play consecutive amounts a lot every day. you don't just consecutive amounts a lot every day. you don'tjust get here from chance. another contender is 15—year—old benji fish from middlesex. he and his team—mate have both qualified as a duo and individually, meaning they are guaranteed $100,000 each even before a single shot is fired.|j think it would be a bit different when i am on the stage, because they have never been on a huge stage like

that before. i have only ever played in my bedroom. but right now, i am really confident. and what a stage it is. a0 million players tried to get here, but now less tha n players tried to get here, but now less than 200 remain. fortni's rise to this point has not been without controversy. prince harry once called for it to be banned for being too addictive. but for these players, it has already changed their lives, and with the prizes on offer here, some are dreaming of even bigger things. that's a lot of faces looking back at you! that's an awful lot of money, isn't it? earlier i spoke to eliott bond from the british e—sports association. he said that the prize money on offer at the world cup was justified. you just have to remember that, you know, it is a world cup, and there is an expectation from any world cup, whether in whatever sport that you want to reward the best players in the environment with the best money. do you want to reward people for

sitting in front of the screen for hours on end playing what many say is an extremely violent, addictive, damaging game, certainly for younger people? so particularly with fortnite being your example here, yes, it is rated asa 12, your example here, yes, it is rated as a 12, and it does have suggestions of mild violence, but it isa suggestions of mild violence, but it is a very vibrant, colourful game. there is no actual gore. it's not just suggestions of mild violence. they have to kill each other. the aim is to be the last man standing. it isa aim is to be the last man standing. it is a survival game, yet. but it's not physical. it's very much energy blasts and things like that dealt with this, so it's not like actual blood or gore and things. no, buta blood or gore and things. no, but a lot of parents in particular, i'm the mother of an 11—year—old who actually isn't allowed to place. as you say, it's 12 rated, but a lot of kids 12 and under do play it, and a lot of pa rents under do play it, and a lot of parents claim it's affects their children's behaviour, their sleep, and then to see this kind of prize money on offerfor and then to see this kind of prize money on offer for something that people don't want their children to be doing, it surely is encouraging them to do something that is

potentially damaging? we very much encourage pa rents potentially damaging? we very much encourage parents to learn about the game, to play with their children perhaps even watch them play, to understand it. that is a very key point for us here the industry. i was saying earlier on on the bbc brea kfast was saying earlier on on the bbc breakfast show that it is very important that parents learn what the ratings are for, like you would understand how an 18 horror movie should only be watched by 18—year—olds for obvious reasons, but people aren't aware of that rating system within the video games industry, so we highly recommend and push forward that parents do educate themselves about the ratings and why they are rated as they are. what about the popularity of fortnite? the world —— the word on the street among younger boys is that they are not playing as much. is that what you are hearing? that may be so, but this is the first world cup, so there has been a lot of height, and i've imagine they

will probably start to rebuild themselves. elliott bond talking to me earlier. ina elliott bond talking to me earlier. in a moment, all the business news. first a reminder of the headlines on bbc news. further disruption for air and rail passengers this morning after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. boris johnson's plans for recruiting an extra 20,000 police officers over the next two years in england and wales are being set out in a new policing report. a leading conservative brexiteer steve baker has turned down a job in boris johnson's steve baker has turned down a job in borisjohnson's government, steve baker has turned down a job in boris johnson's government, saying he would have been powerless if he had returned to his old department. hello. coming up in the business use... mike ashley's sports direct has said it is "still finalising" its financial results, which were due to be released early on friday morning. shares fell on the news, though they have recovered now. google parent alphabet and the online retail giant amazon

have both reported a near 20% rise in revenues for the latest quarter. revenues and profits at property website rightmove have continued to march ahead, despite a drop in the number of people buying homes or flats. in the first six months of the year, revenues rose by 10%. bubbles half year reports were due to be issued today by sports direct, but they have been delayed after recent uncertainty. at the turn of the year, the founder, newcastle united manager mike ashley, described trading is unbelievably bad in share price over the past year has suffered. let's now talk to analyst kate hardcastle, whojoins us suffered. let's now talk to analyst kate hardcastle, who joins us from the bbc newsroom. first of all, let's talk to you about the reasons why we have seen this further delay in the release of sports direct‘s figures. well, there is no clear reason quite, other than that they do not wa nt to quite, other than that they do not want to release something they are

not satisfied or happy with. for a public character like mike ashley, who knows he cuts the spotlight, he must surely understand that for his team, for his employees, and eve ryo ne team, for his employees, and everyone else nervously awaiting these results, this is certainly something that is casting doubt on these figures will actually increase these figures will actually increase the interest when they do come in. yes, that's the point, isn't it? if you are expecting something and it's not happening, that is surely going to make you think, wait a minute, what has gone wrong here? in the share price reflected that this morning, didn't it? absolutely, a lot of concern. we have a brand that has built itself strongly over the rise and rise of something called athleisure where, to you and me, the idea of where exports whereas outdoor clothing as well as just for sports specialist. it has seen a lot of growth, but there has been competition as well, and we know that brands, particularly house of fraser of late, require nurturing, that will challenge the share price ofa

that will challenge the share price of a business like this. and i am sure sports direct, like so many retailers, has been subjected those issues that have affected so many on the high street? it is the same high street, though they have had betterfigures, though thatis they have had betterfigures, though that is reflective of any sport specialist because of the way we buy. where there is opportunity, there is competition, and we have seen significant growth from players in specialist online, coupled with the headache ahead of him of trying to build this harrods of the high street which hasn't come to fruition yet. it will require a lot of investment, and i think we're seeing that reflected in terms of people awaiting results. before we get the results, what are a nalysts before we get the results, what are analysts expecting from a?|j certainly would think that actually, sports direct doesn't look too bad amidst its challenging retail market price, but obviously, i think we are going to see what a challenging brand house of fraser has been. i don't think it will be as quick to turn around as he thinks, and certainly, the direction of travel for that perhaps is not going to be delivered in some kind of premium

department store offer, but something where he can work in the geography where department stores i still loved. always good to talk to you. thank you very much. more business news for you before i 90, more business news for you before i go, the mother and baby products retailer sports ter macro three is saying it's making good progress in switching its retail arm to an independent franchise. it comes as the figures we re franchise. it comes as the figures were falling amid what it calls a challenging market. the estate agent foxtons is reporting a £3.2 million loss. that is wider than the one reported a year earlier. their chief executive said the prolonged downturn in the london sales market had continued to impact the results. and finally, vodafone is creating a separate unit to manage the towers which carry and ternet for its mobile phone network. with 61,700 towers in ten markets, it will be the biggest business of its type in europe. shares in vodafone rose

round about 8% of the back of the news. a brief look at what we have in the markets. i just wanted a brief look at what we have in the markets. ijust wanted to show a brief look at what we have in the markets. i just wanted to show you what the pound was doing against the euro. the pound having a turbulent time in the last few weeks, but now with the uk parliament in recess, investors expecting the pound to calm down ever so slightly. a barometer of how investors feel about the whole brexit process. more business throughout the afternoon. back to you. thank you. see you later. wherever you have been over the past couple of days, you have probably experienced the hottest weather of the year so far, so whether you are bathing in the sunshine or fuming the year so far, so whether you are bathing in the sunshine orfuming in the baking heat, nina warhurst has been finding out how people have been finding out how people have been coping in some of britain's hottest cities. it was a sweaty start to the day, and itjust got sweaty. they say if you can't stand

the heat, get out of the kitchen. but people have got to eat, and these thermal imaging cameras show just how hot it got next to this chippy‘s fryer. and spare a thought for these lads, because health and safety rules, they and i have to wear these. long sleeves. we have to keep having regular refreshment breaks, make sure they are not getting too dehydrated or exhausted or anything like that. ona like that. on a scale of one to sweaty, where are you? i'd say i was about sweat a half. some enjoyed a well a day off. for some, stopping to cool down simply wasn't an option, and others literally owe them their lives. however you cope, things should be cooler today. before you know it, we will be whingeing about the rain again. i think ithinka i think a lot of us are already whingeing about the rain! let's get the latest with you, simon. i don't know how you kept

cool simon. i don't know how you kept cool. my kids persuaded me to paddle in the paddling pool yesterday. what about you ? in the paddling pool yesterday. what about you? yeah, same cold beer in the garden, paddling pool as well. even with that, it was too hot outside. much cooler, and much fresher for many parts today. we have had some showers. you mentioned that rain already. thunderstorms down towards the south—east of england, butjust a quick reminder you have heard already, i'm sure, the highest temperature in july recorded yesterday, 38.1 celsius, and it wasn't just the uk, yesterday, 38.1 celsius, and it wasn'tjust the uk, it was across europe. we have this intense heat. record—breaking temperatures, all—time records. a3 celsius there in germany. incredibly hot. and today, as they mention, it will be much fresher. we have this cold front moving its way east, and what that does is bring the wind in from the south—west, so we cut off that heat coming up from the near continent with those fresh conditions. there will still be

showers across eastern areas of england, still some thunderstorms mixed in with that. still some sunny spells towards the east, more so towards western areas, and as i mentioned, those temperatures are coming down, 21, 2a, 25 celsius. still warm and humid across eastern areas. potentially up to 30 celsius across east anglia, whether still is much lower than yesterday. through tonight, more rain in the forecast. that will affect much of central and eastern areas of the uk, and a more co mforta ble eastern areas of the uk, and a more comfortable night for sleep and i suspect. temperatures down to 13-17d. into suspect. temperatures down to 13—17d. into the weekend, will you have got quite a bit of in the forecast, and this warm front will provide that rain from the south—east of england up into the north—west of scotland. similar condition sunday, so there is some rain around and it will feel cooler still, temperatures dropping down from today. let's look at saturday. some heavy bursts of rain, particularly in these areas. some

sunshine on the far north of scotland, some for the north of ireland, wales during saturday. rain continues in those areas, north—west scotla nd continues in those areas, north—west scotland in south—east england, temperatures 19—23dc. and sunday, that weather system move very far. just edging its way a bit further south and west would. some uncertainty as to for how how far south this will go. we might see some rain in northern ireland, perhaps. maximum some rain in northern ireland, maximum temperatures 21—22. those temperatures very, very different to the temperatures into the high 20s and the high 30s that many of us had yesterday. goodbye.

you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's midday and these are the main stories this morning: more pain for rail and air passengers, as the extreme heat continues to cause disruption plans to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers in england and wales over the next three years — in borisjohnson's first major domestic policy move. in borisjohnson's first major as efforts are renewed at trying to restart power—sharing in northern ireland, the foreign minister of ireland strongly criticises borisjohnson's brexit policy calling it "very unhelpful". a game—changer — treatment for women with the hereditary form of ovarian cancer, will be made more widely available on the nhs. tens of thousands of gamers gather in new york for the world championship of fortnite — with more prize—money on offer to the winners than wimbledon. and coming up, two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang

in a london street. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. there's further disruption on parts of the rail network today, after yesterday's high temperatures caused extensive damage. network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterday's extreme heat. but with speed restrictions in place that didn't happen. what did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when they sagged in the heat, sparking some line—side fires. this left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. repair work has been ongoing but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed meaning a significantly reduced service is in place. and there's still disruption there today — as well as other stations as seen here in leicester.

east midlands trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. it's put an emergency timetable in place. thameslink services — which operate on part of the same route — is also disrupted. london north eastern railway said there will be further cancellations on lines going to king's cross. and greater anglia, stansted express and eurostar are also disrupted. james waterhouse is at london st pancras for us this morning. bring us up—to—date. bring us up-to-date. the rain has come in the heat has gone although it is still in the mid 20s so it doesn't feel that different. but the reason we are at saint pancreas is this is where the ongoing disruptions are taking place. the reason — there are four main lines are coming to this terminal behind me, and only two are in running order. so as a result, east midlands

trains have been the most severely affected, as you say, affecting services from sheffield and nottingham into london. the operator has advised passengers not to travel today unless absently necessary. then thameslink, which also used pa rt then thameslink, which also used part of the route, they have just tweeted their services from peterborough to london have been affected and also are advising passengers not to travel. it isn't just a domestic station, it is international as well. eurostar are reporting delays of up to an hour on its brussels route and have just put out a tweet saying there are overhead cable problems on their route to paris, and they are advising passengers not to travel today either. how is it looking for the weekend? is it expected to be busy? this will be of course of great concern to many watching this. it doesn't look great, to be honest, ona it doesn't look great, to be honest, on a network rail side of things. network rail have apologised, saying repairs went well on some of the

overhead lines but in reality they will need all weekend to bring things back to normal. east trains, coz now, before i get to them, the question is going to compensation, they are saying anyone hoping to travel now will get a full refund. between edinburgh and london customers are advised to use the delay repay scheme. go online to look for that. they said check the operators website for what to do next but that will not ease many worries. thank you. the recruitment of 20,000 new police officers will begin within weeks, prime minister boris johnson has said. but some forces are concerned they don't have enough training instructors and police stations to support such rapid expansion. there are currently 122,000 police officers in england and wales. when theresa may became home secretary in 2010, there were 1a3,000 officers.

mrjohnson's extra 20,000 officers would therefore make up the numbers cut by the conservative a decade ago. earlier i spoke to our home affairs correspondent danny shaw about the struggles the police might face recruiting so many new officers. this is destined to be the biggest police recruitment campaign ever, certainly in modern times, that has ever been undertaken. if you go back over the last a0 years, there have been three major surges of recruitment but they have never come close to meeting this particular ambition of 20,000 within three yea rs. ambition of 20,000 within three years. the main issues are for some forces it will be beating off competition from other employers, where there is really fierce competition for skilled labour, particularly in london and the south—east, if you have police forces like the metropolitan police and then surrounding forces such as

essex, kent, thames valley, etc, all recruiting at the same time, i think there will be some difficulties in attracting the right calibre of candidates when you need to recruit so many. the otherforces candidates when you need to recruit so many. the other forces that may not be a problem. but what will be a problem for some areas is this requirement that all applicants either have to have a degree or be prepared to study for one on the job. that may put off some people and it will certainly limit the number of potential applicants. so those are two problems. there is also a logistical problem in that the infrastructure to train, to vet, to ensure people are getting the training they need on the job, to ensure people are getting the training they need on thejob, and having somewhere to base themselves, because they have been so many police station closures, 600 over the past nine years or so, the infrastructure isn't in place at the moment and so that will have to be brought up to speed. so lots of challenges. even if they can reach the target, given this will only bring the force numbers up to 2010 levels, is that number going to be enough to deal with the challenges

that police officers face? certainly it will help, and i think the pope public and the police service will welcome it. it will ease the pressure on existing officers if more people are investigating more police officers on the streets, there is a possibility you may be able to start to grip the serious crime problems we have and also raise those clear up rates, the detection rates which have been falling over the past few years. but many people are saying it isn't the only answer — you have more complex crimes, online crimes, crimes which require digital specialists to be able to analyse mobile phones, smartphones and computers, etc, and those skills are in demand. and also you need investment in technology, perhaps making use of the latest artificial intelligence techniques. so there needs to be investment there, and also investment potential in the forensics market which is struggling in some areas at the moment. ealier i asked the shadow policing minister, labour mp louise haigh, whether she was pleased about the announcement.

i take no pleasure, as well countless police officers over the country, that the horrendous cuts over the last few years has had unimaginable consequences. and that when the previous prime minister accused the police of crying wolf she was absolutely mistaken. so it is galling to see the very same politicians that have voted for every single cut over the last few years now admitting that they were wrong and reinvesting in the police, it breaks my heart to think of the numbers of officers — really experienced, talented officers — we have lost over the last nine years, and the huge uphill struggle we will have to recruit the same numbers back again, just to put it in the same place we were in 2010. but if i think, as a former special constable myself, of the challenges facing the police now, they are a huge increase in violent crime and the resources to tackle that,

which everyone agrees is notjust about the number of officers but about protecting children as early as possible — so the lack of youth services, the lack of sure start, the lack of mental health, the lack of diversionary activities. our political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. this announcement broadly welcomed, but there are a lot of concerns around it as well? yes, as you have heard there are concerns about the logistical challenge of delivering such a big recruitment drive in a relatively short space of time. but politically this is something of an easy win for boris johnson, politically this is something of an easy win for borisjohnson, it is the kind of pledge, the kind of policy, the kind of promise that not many people can criticise him for. it will certainly be popular within his own party, likely to play well with potential conservative voters could come the next general election, whenever that may be. and there is a lot of talk here at

westminster it may well be sooner rather than later. even those in opposition, as we heard, struggled to criticise misterjohnson for such a move, if only to say it is making up a move, if only to say it is making up the cuts by the previous conservative government in years to date. so it is something boris johnson is clearly keen to deliver on sooner rather than later, we had to make the promise several times during his leadership campaign, and it is something he wants to get on the front foot with straightaway. alongside that overarching promise to deliver brexit on the 31st of october, which was very much the put cornerstone of his campaign to be leader of the conservative party and become prime minister. there is no focus in the early days of domestic policy as well. talking about brexit, prime minsterjohnson had his first phone call with the president of france, how did that go? we are told they spoke by telephone, it was officially for president macron to congratulate borisjohnson on

president macron to congratulate boris johnson on becoming president macron to congratulate borisjohnson on becoming prime minister, but we are told the two did discuss brexit as well. and misterjohnson delivered a similar message to the one he sent to the european president of the european commission, jean—claude younger. we heard from misterjohnson's spokesman today that he wants to do a deal, he will be energetic and sick in that deal, but the withdrawal agreement has been at rejected three times and will not pass. the message we are told was given to president macron is that that means reopening the withdrawal agreement on securing the abolition of the backstop. so borisjohnson giving that uncompromising message to his fellow eu leaders when he speaks to them in these early days of his premiership. and it would seem the two sides, the uk and the eu, still directly opposed in terms of the best way forward and that deadline of the 31st of october is looming. and in the past few minutes we heard from the uk car industry, warning about going ahead with no—deal, what have they been saying?

it is another warning from the car industry that they would face an existential threat from an no—deal brexit, and it is something that has become familiar not only from the car industry but other sectors of manufacturing in the uk and business groups in general. they want the certainty of a future trade agreement with the eu, or at the very least to know the terms on which we will be leaving the eu come that october 31 deadline. and it is those manufacturing industries, as well as agriculture, who stand to perhaps face the most disruption if we we re perhaps face the most disruption if we were to leave the eu without a deal. the trading arrangements which we currently have with the eu allow goods to pass across borders within the eu freely, and that would not be the eu freely, and that would not be the case, both in terms of a regulatory guidelines and regulatory frameworks as well, as tariffs,

which the european union or the uk would automatically impose if our current trading arrangement were to break down and cease to exist in the event of an ideal brexit. thank you. borisjohnson is expected to continue his cabinet reshuffle today, with a number ofjunior ministerial positions still to be filled. the former brexit minister steve baker has turned down a request to return to the department for exiting the eu. mr baker is a prominent member of the pro—brexit european research group, who repeatedly voted against theresa may's deal. he tweeted to say that he could not repeat his experience of powerlessness as a junior brexit minister. he said he had ‘total confidence' in mrjohnson's promise that the uk would leave the eu by october 31st, but warned that ‘disaster awaits otherwise'. it's being reported that there is anger among tory eurosceptics towards dominic cummings — mrjohnson's new special adviser — who they say is snubbing members of the erg when it comes to cabinet positions. in a further sign of the erg's stance, the group's vice—chairman mark francois said it would oppose

any attempt by mrjohnson to bring back the deal thrashed out with brussels, even if he succeeded in removing the irish backstop — the most contentious element of the divorce deal. another item on borisjohnson's agenda is northern ireland where power—sharing is still suspended. the new northern ireland secretary julian smith is expected to make his first visit to stormont today as the new secretary of state — and over the coming weeks, he will be involved in negotiations aimed at restoring devolved government, and discussing the uncertainty about arrangements for the irish border after brexit. but this morning ireland's foreign minister, simon coveney, has strongly criticised mrjohnson's brexit policy — calling it "very unhelpful" , setting britain on a collision course with the eu and ireland. the dynamic between the british and irish governments here as part of that process is really important. i thinkjulian smith understands only too well the challenges we face

in the importance of devolved government to northern ireland, to the good friday agreement, to relationships across these islands. and i think we will work well together, to ensure that political parties in northern ireland are making decisions for themselves and for the people of northern ireland in a devolved institution and a functioning executive that has, essentially, a fresh new start on the basis of a deal that i hope the parties will be able to put together sooner rather than later. our ireland correspondent emma vardy is in londonderry for us — and emma — what are the challenges that awaitjulian smith? i think ithink any i think any minister would agree that the northern ireland brief has got to be one of the most difficult cabinet positions to take on. of

course, the biggest challenge facing julian smith to start with is trying to restore devolved government here because northern ireland hasn't had a government at stormont for more than two and a half years now. there isa than two and a half years now. there is a power—sharing arrangement which parties mustjoin together in for there to be devolved government, thatis there to be devolved government, that is the unique position northern ireland is in, and yet the dup and sinn fein, the two largest parties, have spent so long arguing over issues they still haven't been able to resolve. julian smith will come m, to resolve. julian smith will come in, if you like, as an impartial broker in that, but the immediate problem he faces is because the dup have that relationship in government with the tories at westminster, he is already under a bit of a cloud with nationalist parties here and with nationalist parties here and with sinn fein who believe he is already in bed with a dup and therefore can't be impartial when therefore can't be impartial when the two sides get round the table. so that is just one thing. but of course many other issues to deal with as well. legacy issues, still

many of those for deeley and smith, legacy issues from northern ireland's 30 years of conflict which are still played out here day—to—day. and also of course the controversial votes which took place in westminster recently over legislating to decriminalise abortion here in northern ireland, and legislating towards legalising same—sex marriage. big controversy over these issues here and julian smith will also have to look at how he progresses the legislation for that in parliament. and of course he a lwa ys that in parliament. and of course he always has to deal with the very delicate balance between the political parties here, you have nationalists, the sinn fein party, the biggest nationalist party here, and of course the sdlp on one side, you have the dup on and the ulster unionist party on the other. and those historical tensions have a lwa ys those historical tensions have always been very difficult for the northern ireland secretaries of state too, if you like, diplomatically broker. so those other things facing him. he has been to stormont this morning to meet the

parties, he is here in londonderry meeting more local politicians today. he said it will be his priority to try to restore devolved government here, his predecessor struggled a great deal to make any progress, we will have to see if he is able to break the deadlock. hello, thank you. the headlines on bbc news: there's further disruption for air and rail passengers this morning after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. boris johnson's plans for recruiting an extra twenty thousand police officers over the next three years in england and wales are being set out — a new policing board will oversee the process. a leading conservative brexiteer, steve baker, has turned down a job in boris johnson's government, saying he would have been "powerless" if he had returned to his old department. sport now...

rain has stopped play at lord's but when it gets back on the way it should be a fascinating day's cricket with ireland inside their first test win. they took england bat first wicket with the first ball of the day. ollie stone the man to go without storing. i don't have a target of 182 to win in what would bea target of 182 to win in what would be a huge upset and an embarrassment for england. ireland are yet to score or you lose a wicket after one over. players scheduled to resume at 1230. england's woes were better a concern ahead of the ashes which start next thursday. but former captain alistair cook says they should not panic and me to stick with what they have got. obviously unfortunate to be run out in both innings he looked very co mforta ble, in both innings he looked very comfortable, rory hasn't had a game he liked but it will be that top three, jason roby will be pleased to get a score. we saw yesterday his ability to score runs quickly and almost effortlessly, that kind of scoring a test match cricket is invaluable, if he gets and he will

score and be able to take the game away from the opposition very quickly. australia have just announced their squad for the ashes and cameron ba ncroft squad for the ashes and cameron bancroft gets his first international call—up since being banned over the sandpaper scandal. the other two players involved are also named in a test squad for the first time since their bands. british heavyweight boxer dillian whyte could face an eight year ban from the sport after testing positive for banned substance. it happened before his victory at the weekend. he has already served a two—year ban for unknowingly taking an illegal supplement, so a second offence would lead to a longer ban. boxing promoter eddie hearn has asked fans to "wait for the facts" before judging heavyweight boxer, dilian whyte. and a ferrari one—two at first practice in the german grand prix, with sebastian vettel fastest. his team mate charl leclerc come second and lewis hamilton third. you can follow second practice via

the bbc sport website and app. just two more meaningful stages at the tour de france before it finishes on the champs—elysees on sunday, and you can watch and follow stage 19 today on our website and app. that is all the sport for now. the chief executive of a birmingham school, which has been criticised by some parents for teaching about lgbt relationships, has told bbc news that the government pressurised her into suspending its equality programme. hazel pulley said she had felt totally compromised. the government denies applying pressure, and says it has worked to encourage dialogue. our correspondent sima kotecha reports. parkfield community school. for weeks, there were protests outside with parents calling on the school to stop teaching children about different relationships. if they tell you when and how they should be taught... it's an equality programme called no outsiders and it involves storybooks of pictures of same—sex couples, in march the school suspended the programme

after protest escalated. now the woman in charge of parkfield says it has been a tough experience. i think there's only one word and from inside school looking out it has been horrendous. i have felt sadly rather isolated. she accuses the department for education of pressurising her to stop teaching about equality. the government has told me several times that it did not place pressure on parkfield. that is untrue. we experienced extreme pressure to stop but we agreed on suspend the programme to stop no outsiders. we feel it was only with one aim, and that was to keep the protest out of the paper and to stop the protest. the department for education said no pressure had been applied on parkfield to stop teaching about equality. it added any suggestion or dispute should be kept out of the media, it was about bringing an end to the protest and ensuring tensions

went further inflamed by sensationalist coverage. the plan is for all schools in england to teach lgbt content from next year. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. let's get more on this now and our midlands correpsondent, sima kotecha, joins me now from birmingham. remind us of the background to this, because it has been going on for some months. for months, protests we re some months. for months, protests were taking place at two schools in birmingham, parents and campaigners we re birmingham, parents and campaigners were calling for teachers to suspend the use of story books with pictures of same—sex couples. the protests have stopped but the equality programme at the school will be reinstated in september. for the first time, the ceo of the trust which runs the school has told the bbc that pressure was placed on her by the department for education to

suspend the programme because they wa nted suspend the programme because they wanted it out of the news. she said she felt unsupported at the edge in else stages of the protest, she felt that the fa were not saying the school was doing the right thing by promoting diversity in society. some pa rents, promoting diversity in society. some parents, many of the muslim faith, here in birmingham, believe homosexuality and the teaching of it goes against their religious values, and they want it to stop, they said it is just not age appropriate for primary school children to be taught about same—sex relationships from an age as young as five. the dfe has denied it placed any pressure on the school because it wanted it out of the news, it says any pressure applied was about stopping the protests a nd applied was about stopping the protests and getting any sensationalist coverage to stop from taking place in the media. so they have denied notjust once but several times over the last few months that the did not put pressure on the school. but the head teacher

is adamant that they did and they did it to get out of the media. schools have broken up the holidays and the protests have stopped. i don't know if you've had a chance to speak to any parents about whether they plan to start the protests again next term? i don't think this issue will slow down in september. this is at the heart of the news coverage here in bellingham, and i did a panorama last week which we showed this is not an issue isolated to birmingham macro when it is spreading. there are more conservative religious individuals who genuinely believe lgbt should not be taught, they say it goes against their values, they believe the bible says it is an abomination for same—sex couples to marry and be together in a sexual relationship. so when school to start in september, we think there will be more protests, parents have told me there will be more, and the new guidance that will come into force

in september 2020 which will make relationship education compulsory is something these parents really want to stop from happening. thank you. the hms montrose has been escorting uk—flagged ships in the world's busiest oil shipping lane. ship owners have been advised to give details of their route so they can be escorted by the frigate. it comes a week after the seizure of the british—flagged tanker stena impero by iran's revolutionary guard. two premier league footballers have been involved in a carjacking attempt by an armed gang in a london street. arsenal players mesut ozil and sead kolasinac were targeted — this video from social media appears to show kolasinac chasing he off the armed robbers. earlier, our sport presenter holly hamilton had more on the story. this all emerged overnight, really — this cctv footage, this incident that happened late in the afternoon in north london yesterday. two arsenal players, both very well known — mesut ozil and sead kolasinac —

both seemingly attacked in what does seem to be an attempted car robbery. they were driving their very expensive axa. now, what was very shocking from the pictures was the fact that one of the players, kolasinac, actually tried to square up to one of the robbers. now, remember that they were carrying knives, they were armed, wearing helmets, which must have been a terrifying incident. but kolasinac managed to get both the players back into the car. they took off, and what you don't see in that footage is the fact that the robbers then pursued them for over a mile until they got to safety — they found a restaurant which they were familiar with, called the police. the met police have released a statement — they said that it was reported that the suspects on the motorbikes had attempted to rob a man who was driving a car, the driver along with his passenger managed to get away unharmed, travelled to a restaurant in golders green where they were spoken to by officers. now arsenal, the club have released a statement — they say they have spoken to both the players, both of them

are uninjured, they are both fine. but what has been very interesting is the reaction on social media — you know, people praising kolasinac for his reaction to squaring up to the officers... to the robbers, rather. but for the players themselves, really its business as usual, samantha. they do have a game on sunday, so they apparently will be back in training later today. but, all in all, a terrifying incident for both players. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. good morning. if the heat of yesterday was just a bit too much, well, today is going to feel much fresher. we've got a cold front moving in from the west, and the wind changes to a south—westerly rather than the south—easterly bringing all that heat from the near continent. this morning, some heavy showers and some thunderstorms in the south—east of england. those mostly clearing away, but we could see some showers across eastern areas of the uk into the afternoon. a bit of cloud developing, but there will be some sunny spells. temperatures though, you notice, mostly about 21 to 25 degrees. still holding on to some of that

heat in the far east — up to 30 celsius here — but nothing too extreme like yesterday. tonight, there'll be some showers and longer spells of rain across northern and eastern areas of the uk. a more comfortable night for sleeping for many of us — temperatures down to 13 to 17 degrees. but during saturday, and indeed sunday, rain affecting northern and eastern areas, driest towards the west and the south—west. goodbye.

hello, this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: there's further disruption for air and rail passengers this morning after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. the government says it's to start recruiting 20,000 new police officers in england and wales within weeks. a leading conservative brexiteer, steve baker, has turned down a job in boris johnson's government, saying he would have been "powerless" if he had returned to his old department. as efforts are renewed at trying to restart power—sharing in northern ireland, the foreign minister of ireland strongly criticises borisjohnson's brexit policy, calling it "very unhelpful". a drug which doctors have called a game—changing treatment for women with the hereditary form of ovarian cancer, is to be made more widely available on the nhs in england. tens of thousands of gamers have gathered in new york for the world championship of fortnite, with more prize money on offer to the winners, than wimbledon.

more now on the news that further disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterday's high temperatures caused extensive damage. repair work has been taking place through the night, but services will be significantly reduced between london and the east midlands. earlier i spoke to bob ward from the grantham institute on climate change. he explained that we need to adapt our infrastructure as temperatures rise. when you heat up metal in particular, it expands, and if you have only assumed that, say, temperatures would get up to 35 degrees, and it gets up higher, than the rate of expansion is much bigger, and essentially, we've built our infrastructure assuming the climate of the last century, and the climate of the last century, and the climate has changed, we need to upgrade all of it, notjust our rail network, but road network, all of our system is that we rely on, and

it's not just heat, our system is that we rely on, and it's notjust heat, it's also resulting in heavier rainfall. we will see bigger periods of heavy rainfall, it will really test the drainage systems, particularly in city centres. people might remember backin city centres. people might remember back in the summer of 2007, we had a very major flood event in the city centre is because the drainage systems could not cope with it. we have to adapt for the climate it is becoming, not the climate it was last century. so how do you do that? you talked about drainage. what needs to change in the roads and rail networks, and how much will this cost? it will cost a lot of money, the fact is, we haven't started doing it yet. there has been a very damning report by the committee on climate change earlier this month which said that government hasjust earlier this month which said that government has just not done enough to prepare the country for this. you must go through all the infrastructure step—by—step with your engineers and say, once are the limits of tolerance here, and where you work out that the tolerance is not adapted for these extreme

temperatures, i must warn us that the extent of the extremes we are seeing at the moment and at the end of the story here. the climate is going to continue to change for the next two or three decades because of the lag responding to current greenhouse gas levels, so it will get worse. we will probably see temperatures get beyond a0 degrees in the uk at some point, and these periods will increase in frequency. we have two prepared notjust for what we are experiencing now, but for how bad it's going to get. —— we have to prepare. some breaking news has coming into us from the reuters news agency, who are reporting that the uk national air traffic control say they are having technical problems which are causing some flight restrictions. we don't have any other details other than this from the european air traffic control, which they delays have decreased at gatwick and heathrow, but the new problems, it

is unclear whether they are caused by the weather or something else. we will bring you more as we have it. in the meantime... more now on prime minister boris johnson's plans to hire 20,000 new police officers across england and wales. the recruitment drive is set to begin "within weeks". some forces are worried they lack the training instructors and police stations to accommodate such rapid expansion. the three—year recruitment strategy will look to retain police numbers 2a2,000, the same number they were out in 2010. i welcome new money on out in 2010. i welcome new money on new out in 2010. i welcome new money on new officers and the police force. we have been saying this, i have been saying this, forfour orfive saying this, i have been saying this, for four or five years saying this, i have been saying this, forfour orfive years now that, that by constantly cutting the amount of resources to police forces, we have seen the outburst of crime. we here in the west midlands have had the biggest cuts of all the forces of the country. we've lost 2000 officers and a quarter of our budget, but this isn't the only thing we need to look at. i welcome that, and i'm looking forward to

going into a period of expansion rather than contraction. we need to look at some of the other services as well, like services for children, youth services and some of the mental health services, because those things impact on crime as well. what about the ability to actually train these new recruits. a lot of people have expressed scepticism that there aren't enough instructors, and actually, where will they all go? lots of police stations have been closed. the challenges of expansion, i assure you, afar challenges of expansion, i assure you, a far lower than we have had of contraction. contraction has meant we have been reducing numbers. police officers are under huge stress and pressure, and i still don't think we are dealing with a lot of the crimes that we should have been. we can deal with that. it isa have been. we can deal with that. it is a problem, it is a challenge. but we have the buildings to take the people and we can make sure that the training there is in place for the officers, so i think we can deal with that. that is not a problem. do you think the target is realistic,

to have all these new police officers within three years, 20,000? it's a tough target, but as i say, i'm prepared to have a go at that. if the prime minister is genuine that he is going to provide this money, you've got to remember, not all the things he has said in the past have been genuine. if he is genuine, we willjoin forces with him, then! genuine, we willjoin forces with him, then i think he likes his churchillian expressions. give us the tools, and we'll finish the job, and that's what i would say to him. you give us the money, we will do thejob of you give us the money, we will do the job of cracking down on crime. we will turn the clock back to where we where previously, when we were properly resourced to deal with these things. the new rules mean that new recruits must have a degree. is that going to be difficult in terms of attracting the numbers that boris johnson difficult in terms of attracting the numbers that borisjohnson wants or needs? they don't need to have a degree, but they need to study for a degree. previously, there was not a formal qualification for it. it does require more time, but it is not a

problem to admissions. we here in the west midlands have not had a problem in the past of recruiting people. we have always had a lot of people, with all the diverse communities we have here in the west midlands, we have not had a problem actually getting people to apply for thejobs. we will actually getting people to apply for the jobs. we will have a challenge with training, but as i say, i am prepared to face the challenge of expansion if he will guarantee that funding over the next... we need that funding guaranteed for the next 5-7 that funding guaranteed for the next 5—7 years so we can properly plan ahead to tackle tough time crime issues, cyber —related crime we are having to deal with at the moment. we can do the job. having to deal with at the moment. we can do thejob. we need having to deal with at the moment. we can do the job. we need the resources . we can do the job. we need the resources. you mention diversity there. there has been huge criticism of the police force in the past, that it of the police force in the past, thatitis of the police force in the past, that it is not reflective of the people in it. do you think they need to be targets, positive discrimination targets, minority targets ? discrimination targets, minority targets? well i think there certainly do need to be. one of the things i said when i first came to thisjob five things i said when i first came to this job five years ago was that the force does not look like that of the

west midlands. we have seen a big increase in the number of people from our ethnic minority communities. that will take time, because you only replace officers as they go. david james, west midlands police and crime commissioner there. ireland's foreign minister, simon coveney, has described the new prime minister boris johnson's performance yesterday in the house of commons as "a very bad day" from a brexit negotiation perspective. it comes as the new northern ireland secretaryjulian smith will meet party leaders in the province. mr coveney said mrjohnson's policy appeared to put britain on a collision course with the eu and ireland. the statements of the british prime minister yesterday in the house of commons were very minister yesterday in the house of commons were very unhelpful to this process. i think he seems to have made a deliberate decision to set britain on a collision course with the european union and with ireland in relation to the brexit

negotiations. and i think only he can answer the question as to why he is doing that, but i think it has been made very clear from the taoiseach, from michelle barnier, from presidents task and junker, that the approach that the british prime minister now seems to be taking is not going to be the basis of agreement, and that is worrying for everybody, and it means that our no—deal brexit contingency planning and preparations bat well, they're already pretty intense, quite frankly. it's a big, big priority in government and has been for quite some time, but we will continue to really focus a lot of effort and resource and ensuring we are ready, or as ready as we can be, for the impact ofa or as ready as we can be, for the impact of a no—deal brexit on this island, and as i have said before, that would be very, very challenging for all political parties, for many

businesses, many sectors, but we will do everything we can to try to mitigate against that damage. but you know, ithink mitigate against that damage. but you know, i think from the brexit negotiating perspective, it was a very bad day yesterday, then we will have to wait and see whether that message coming from london changes the weeks ahead. island's foreign minister. —— ireland's the uk's media regulator has fined russia today £200,000 for breaching impartiality rules during its coverage of the poisoning of former spy sergei skripal and the conflict the regulator said that rt broadcasted seven programmes over a period ofjust over a month, which had failed to preserve due impartiality. in response to the ruling, rt said the fine was inappropriate and disproportionate. here to explain more is our media and arts correspondent david sillito

give us more background on this. we go back to 2018, the schiphol poisoning, the scrip owl poisoning, rt, the kremlin backed channel, was presenting what it calls a wider variety of views, challenging the western media's orthodoxy about whether or russia was involved. it said seven programmes were in serious breach of its rules on impartiality. effectively, they were saying they would present both sides of the argument. rt, in its defence, says it was over the course of its output giving both sides, and it did approach a large number of people. it gives 30 names of people it says it asked to go on to discuss this who could have presented the other side, but they all refused to go on the channel. they also say, it is a small channel and its whole job the channel. they also say, it is a small channel and its wholejob is to challenge orthodox views on the western media so people know what they are going to expect when they tune in there. but ofcom says it has

looked as this and this has an impact on the whole of tv news. if you can't trust one, people start questioning all the others. so by law, both sides' arguments have to be presented on tv news. so they have slap them with a massive £200,000 fine. what effect will have on russia today as a broadcaster? it's a relatively amount of money if you look at how much broadcasting cost and how much it has got behind it. -- cost and how much it has got behind it. —— are relatively small amount. it is going to the high court about this. it considers it very wrong, disproportionate, and it is a 180 page document that is behind all this, going into the arguments. i don't take this as overjust yet. do you think as far as the uk media regulator shows that it has teeth, is this a big win for them? it really does prove that ofcom is going to push forward on the idea that it going to push forward on the idea thatitis going to push forward on the idea that it is a legal thing from the early days when they were only two

tv channels, from 195a, that there had to be due impartiality by law in tv news, and it's something that is different from the rest of the news world. it is very hard for people to understand that tv news has got very different rules and regulations from broadcast and online. not from broadcast and online. not from broadcast and online. not from broadcast and online, newspapers! david, thank you. a drug which doctors have called a game changing treatment for women with the hereditary form of ovarian cancer is to be made more widely available in the nhs in england. the medicine can halt the progression of the disease, which is notoriously difficult to treat. here's our health reporter, lauren moss. when florence was a6, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. she underwent four separate rounds of chemotherapy and had two separate surgeries. obviously, you are an emotional shock. i had two young children, and you don't care too much about what you don't care too much about what

you have to go through physically. it's the impact on your family is your first concern, and telling your children you have got this diagnosis. that was ten years ago. it was only after aggressive treatment that florence was eligible for olaparib, a drug that can halt the progress of the disease. now, for the first time, it's being made available to patients in the uk soon, when they have been diagnosed early and responded well to their first round of chemotherapy. it is for women with a brca gene mutation. angela joni spoke ovarian cancer is a devastating disease that is difficult to diagnose and treat and has a high recurrence rate but the trials clinical trial with this drug have shown a reduction in the risk of the cancer spreading by 70%, which is huge. 70% of women with ovarian cancer usually relapsed within three years, but on the trail, this did not

happen with two thirds of patients who had received a labyrinth. florence has not been taking it for 28 months and says it has changed her life. doctors have changed the called the drug a major change for treating ovarian cancer and say it could eventually have the ability to cu re could eventually have the ability to cure the disease in some people. rachel downing, head of policy at target ovarian cancer, says it's an exciting development in the treatment of the disease: for too long, women with ovarian cancer had very few treatment options. as we heard in the piece just now, it has had some really exciting trial data with a group of women that can access it, who are women that can access it, who are women with advanced ovarian cancer with this gene mutation. what sort of numbers are we looking at? each year, around 360 women will be able to access it, so we're looking at around 700 at any one time. is this the number of women with a gene in this country? the number who have the gene and an advanced ovarian cancer, which is who it is available too. do you think awareness has

increased about ovarian cancer in recent years? i certainly feel that amongst my age group of women, we area bit amongst my age group of women, we are a bit more aware of the symptoms. there is a lot more publicity and information. yes, it is something we want every woman to know, and we are getting increased awareness, but we want to see and make sure that every single woman knows the symptoms to look out for, because early diagnosis is really key. what kind of variety is there in terms of people who have ovarian cancer who have the gene and women who don't, you get it for other reasons? yes, around 5096 have the bracket gene mutation. so this group only targets quite a small number? it is quite a small proportion come it is hugely exciting for them, and we wa nt it is hugely exciting for them, and we want to see that excitement and level of treatment available for eve ryo ne level of treatment available for everyone who has ovarian cancer, regardless of genetic mutations. what about the fact it is only available in england at the moment? we expect it will come to wales and northern ireland shortly, in

scotla nd northern ireland shortly, in scotland is looking at it, and that will be reviewed later this year. so that is good news. yes, hopefully the whole of the uk will have access soon. what advice would you have to anyone seeing this you may be eligible? if you think you may be eligible, go and have a chat with your clinician. they are the best people to advise you. what about general advice for women who are concerned that they may be showing symptoms? what is that they should look out for? the four symptoms to look out for? the four symptoms to look out for are feeling bloated, and women will often say they look pregnant, tummy pain, feeling full and not being able to eat as much and not being able to eat as much and needing to we more often. if no someone has symptoms that are new to them happening repeatedly, absolutely see your gp. white recommend it is called the silent killer, isn't it? lots of ovarian cancer is caught late. yes, we say that that is a misnomer, because their symptoms are present early, but they can be confused with other things. our messages if you have any

confusion, go and see your gp. a reminder of our headlines: there's further disruption for air and rail passengers this morning after yesterday's extremely high temperatures. boris johnson's plans for recruiting an extra 20,000 police officers over the next three years in england and wales are being set out — a new policing board will oversee the process. a leading conservative brexiteer, steve baker, has turned down a job in boris johnson's government, saying he would have been "powerless" if he had returned to his old department. let's update you on the breaking news who brought you a let's update you on the breaking news who brought you a short let's update you on the breaking news who brought you a short time ago concerning flight delays at london heathrow and gatwick airport concerning technical problems. we now have a statement from the main airtraffic we now have a statement from the main air traffic control centre for southern england saying we have a technical problem with the system at the swanwick air traffic control, causing some flight restrictions. we are doing all we can to fix it as soon as possible. the euro control, the pan—european equivalent, so the

outage was causing a high level of delay at heathrow and gatwick although they did appear to be easing. more as we get it. let's go back to one of main stories this hour, on the prime minister, borisjohnson's plans to hire 20,000 new police officers across england and wales. the leader of the liberal democrats, jo swinson, has given her reaction to borisjohnson's plans. yes, we need more police, absolutely, but that on its own is not going to solve the problems we have with crime, and particularly, when you look at youth crime and the really heartbreaking surges in knife crime and young people dying on our streets, you know, killing each other, we need to have much more investment in youth services at local levels and we need to be treating this like the public health emergency that it is, replicating the glasgow model that has been so successful.

close to where i represent, with the violence reduction unit. that is the approach to crime we need, and instead, we have borisjohnson setting out a huge increase in stop and search, which we know doesn't work, because it did not when he was mayor of london, and the home office analysis proves it is not effective. at least 115 migrants are missing and feared drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of libya. around 130 more were rescued, in what the un's refugee agency is calling the deadliest shipwreck in the mediterranean so far this year, asjohn mcmanus reports. shocked and dazed. these are the lucky ones, the survivors who made it back to land thanks to the libyan coast guard. around 1a5 migrants were rescued when their boat sank. up to 150 are feared drowned. the ongoing civil war in libya is contributing to the

migrant crisis. law and order there has broken down, allowing ruthless gangs to exploit those desperate to get to europe. this wooden boat went down off the coast of khom, 60 miles from the capital tripoli. most migrants crossing here are trying to reach italy. the charity medicine song from tac most of those on board we re song from tac most of those on board were from libya, but there are also palestinians and others, including this woman, his child down. i lost my son because of this organisation, because they do not help us, they could age and i hope migrants. i wish they could bring in a foreigner to work at the organisation here so they could see our situation. but europe has increasingly closed its doors. italy deputy prime minister matteo salvini has banned foreign—flagged ngo ships from docking at italian ports. the libyan coastguard has increased its patrols but those it rescues are returned to detention

centres such as this one, condemned for their inhumane conditions. the un refugee agency says that safe passageways between africa and europe must be opened up, or there will be more tragedy. some of the world's best video game players are set to battle it out in a tournament that could see the winner take home more money than the wimbledon champion. the popular game ‘fortnite' is holding its first ever world cup in new york this weekend, with a top prize of almost £2.5 million. joe tidy has this report. for two years, fortnight‘s unique brand of dancing, shooting and looting has brought gamers together online. avasst, landlubbers! now it is time to meet in person for the first world cup. the prize is nearly £30 million. the winner takes home $3 million in this

trophy. some of the competitors are british, including 1a—year—old kar jackson from london, who is known online as mongrel. it isa online as mongrel. it is a lot more serious than you think. you have got to play consecutive months, a lot every day. you don't just consecutive months, a lot every day. you don'tjust get here through chance. another consent of his 15—year—old benji fish from middlesex. he and his team—mate have qualified as a duo and individually, meaning they are guaranteed $100,000 each even before a single shot is fired. i think it will be a bit different when i'm on the stage, because i've never been on a huge stage like that before. i've only ever played in my bedroom, but right now, right now, i'm really confident. and what a stage it is. a0 million players tried to get here, but now less tha n players tried to get here, but now less than 200 remain. fortnui rise to this point has not been without controversy. prince harry once called for it to be banned for being too addictive. both of these players, it is a really change their

lives, and with the prizes on offer here, so my dreaming an even bigger things. that's a lot of places looking back at you! a lot of prize money, isn't it? earlier i spoke to eliott bond from the british e—sports association. he said that the prize money on offer at the world cup was justified. you just have to remember that it is a world cup, and the expectation from any world cup, in any sport, you want to reward the best players in the environment with the best money. do you want to reward people for sitting in front of the screen for hours on end playing what many say is an extremely violent, addictive, damaging game, certainly for younger people? well, with fortnite being your example here, yes, it is rated as 12, and it does have suggestions of violence, but it is a very vibrant, of violence, but it is a very vibra nt, colourful of violence, but it is a very vibrant, colourful game. there is no actual gore. it is notjust suggestions of mild violence. they

have to kill each other. the aim is to be the last one standing. have to kill each other. the aim is to be the last one standingm have to kill each other. the aim is to be the last one standing. it is a survival game, yeah. but it is not physical. it is very much energy blasts and things like this. it is not like actual blood and gore and things. no, buta things. no, but a lot of parents in particular, i am the mother of an 11—year—old who isn't allowed to play it. it is 12 rated, but a lot of kids 12 and under play at, and a lot of parents complain it affects their children's behaviour and their sleep, to see this prize money on offer for something that people don't want their children to be doing, it surely is encouraging them to be doing something potentially damaging. we encourage parents to learn about the game, to play with their children perhaps and to understand it, that is a very key point for us here in the industry. i was saying earlier on on bbc brea kfast was saying earlier on on bbc breakfast that it is very important that parents learn what the ratings are for. you would understand how an

18 horror movie should only be watched by 18—year—olds, for obvious reasons. but people aren't aware of that rating system within the video games industry. so we highly recommend, and sort of pushed forward that pa rents recommend, and sort of pushed forward that parents do educate themselves about the ratings and why they are rated as they are. what about the popularity of fortnite? the word on the street amongst 11—year—old boys is that it is actually decreasing, that people aren't playing it in the numbers they were. is that what you're hearing? well, that may be so, but this is the first world cup, so there has been a lot of hype, and i imagine numbers will probably start to rebuild themselves. elliott bond. a look at the weather now. hello there. the heatwave has come to an end for most parts of the uk, and what a heatwave it was. truly exceptional, really. 38.1 celsius the temperature recorded yesterday. the highest temperature forjuly, and the second highest temperature

ever recorded in the uk. temperature records were tumbling elsewhere. in europe, newer national temperature record set in germany, belgium, the netherlands and luxembourg. as i say, the heatwave has come to an end for most of us, and today, we have a fairly narrow weather front begging you some warm weather across essex, kent and the greater london area, and into the east midlands. avram will not move very far faster fast today, so it will turn out to be a wet day for some. elsewhere, some spells of sunshine. temperatures for many into the low or mid 20s, but we still have some areas a good deal warmer than that. for example, across parts of east anglia through this afternoon, if we get some decent sunshine, temperatures could reach the high 20s, possibly even 30 degrees in the hottest areas, and similar temperatures are expected for the far north of scotland. we should have drier weather here again with decent, sunny skies. this evening and overnight, outbreaks of rain will become quickly more

extensive and much heavier across england, parts of wales, stretching into scotland later in the night as well. it won't be as hot a night, you will be pleased to hear. temperatures down to between 1a—17 for most of us. the weekend, this very slow moving weather front is likely to cause some problems, because it will bring rain. the rain will be heavy and prolonged, so there is the risk of some localised flooding building up. the areas most at risk parts of scotland and northern england, stretching down towards lincolnshire, though there will be some heavy rain at times. temperatures continue to edge downwards. generally high teens to low 20s, but still, it stays dry across southern wales and southern england in the sunshine, and should feel pleasantly warm. the weather front has not moved far in the charts, but perhaps moving into northern ireland on sunday, bringing some showers, but otherwise, the weather cheering up across scotland. temperatures into the low 20s again.

that's the latest. goodbye for now.

borisjohnson says his promise to recruit 20,000 new police officers for england and wales will begin within weeks. siren the pledge will be carried out over three years — one police chief constable says more officers are sorely needed the types of crimes that are causing concern to the public are around violence, they're around gangs, they're around robbery. and we in the west midlands police, the most deprived, the youngest and most diverse area, and actually we've seen biggest cuts. and so i think putting the money back into the area those challenging crimes are won't only make the public of west midlands safer but actually will avoid that ripple out that we've seen into other parts of the country. but there are questions about how realistic the timetable is. we'll bring you all the latest. also this lunchtime: