this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00pm: prime minister borisjohnson pledges to fund a new high—speed rail route between manchester and leeds. it's time we put some real substance into the idea of northern powerhouse rail. that's why we are here this morning. we need to inject some pace into this so we can unlockjobs and boost growth. president trump praises borisjohnson and says talks on what he calls a very substantial us—uk trade deal are underway. the mp for sheffield hallam, jared o'mara, says he is to resign as a member of parliament to deal with personal issues. the uk's biggest charitable funder of scientific research, the wellcome trust, says a no—deal brexit threatens the uk science industry. riot police fire tear gas at protesters in hong kong,

after tens of thousands march through the town where gangs attacked pro—democracy activists last weekend. and we will be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, katherine forster, reporter at the sunday times, and the home editor at the london evening standard, martin bentham. stay with us for that. good evening. in another policy announcement, three days after becoming prime minister, borisjohnson has pledged to fund a new high—speed rail link between leeds and manchester. he says it will turbo—charge the regions and unlock jobs, boosting growth. he was speaking on a visit to the north—west, with the full details of his proposals to be published in the autumn.

but labour says the plans are a rehash of past failed promises from the conservatives. our chief political correspondent vicki young reports from manchester. taking his first steps as prime minister, borisjohnson is promising a bright, optimistic future. i wasjust thinking that it was actually the metro... but he is not the first conservative to come to manchester offering more investment for the north of england. at the science and industry museum, mrjohnson said action was needed to combat the hopelessness felt by those living in some northern towns. it isn't really the fault of the places, and certainly isn't the fault of the people growing up there. they haven't failed. it's we, us, the politicians, our politics, who has failed them. and our plan now, in this new government that i lead, is to unite our country

and to level up. he announced a 5.6 billion fund to improve transport and broadband in 100 towns, and committed to a new fast rail link between manchester and leeds. and as far as i'm concerned, that is just the beginning of our commitments and our investments. we want to see this whole thing done. many of the people sitting here have heard warm words about the northern powerhouse forfive years, and have had, really, absolutely no progress whatsoever. are you really going to have the money for all of these other pledges that you have made? the answer to that is yes. and i think the answer to your point about the northern powerhouse, which i really want to help deliver, i think it's a fantastic idea. it's a fantastic project, and its time has come. today has been a massive step forward and we should be celebrating that, but keeping the pressure on governmentjust to make sure that commitment is anchored and delivered on. but commuters here are demanding more than one new rail line. it costs £4 here for a single busjourney. £1.50 in london. how can that be right?

so, when it comes to funding, we need the same kind of subsidy that londoners have had for decades. what the north really needs is a crossrail for the north, which would be proper connectivity with newcastle and with hull. borisjohnson says the investment will open up new opportunities and turbo—charge the economy. the prime minister's list of promises goes way beyond new railway lines. social care, broadband, more police, education — it is all going to cost more money, and it is not clear where thatis going to come from. so do voters believe what they're hearing? it's all good. yeah, all good, so long as it happens. at least he's positive. yeah, that's what i'd say — positive. and that's what we need. what they promise and what they deliver is always completely different. and i have no faith in borisjohnson as a prime minister. i think anything he can do to make life better for people is good. whether he can deliver or not,

we'll wait and see. drawing up a to—do list is the easy part. making it happen is a real challenge. vicki young, bbc news, manchester. our business correspondent katy austin is here. how new is all of this, the funding and this plan? well, the idea of boosting the north of england's economy through improving infrastructure is certainly not a new idea. in fact, it's one of the key spines, if you like, of the northern power powerhouse idea. today, boris johnson northern power powerhouse idea. today, borisjohnson is staking his claim to part of that project with his manchester to leeds fast rail service idea. but for a long time now business leaders across the north, council leaders, businesses themselves, have been calling for much more than that. they have been calling for tens of billions of pounds of investment in a really wide ranging kind of rail improvement projects, faster, better links between many cities all the way from liverpool in the west to hole in the east and north as well. so they think that is the way to

unlock the unused potential of that area of the economy —— hull. unlock the unused potential of that area of the economy -- hull. and what will this achieve? well, the idea is to address one of the kind of imbalances that there are across the country, and transport is one example of that. and if you look at one analysis, the growth in spending one analysis, the growth in spending on transport per head over the last few years has gone up £149 in the north. but, you know, that's only half the increase that london has seen, although london of course does have more people and a very different type of condensed transport network. now, this is all well the contribution that the entire north makes to the uk's economic output has remained hovering around i9%, and improving transport connections is seen as a really big way of improving that, getting the most out of the economy, that isn't perhaps being drawn upon at the moment, or enabled at moment. meanwhile, northern business leaders have been looking at big projects that have been on the move in the

south, around london. crossrail is a particular example, looking at that and seeing that actually up north progress has been slower and smaller, more incremental. so they will definitely be looking for proof that manchester to leeds willjust be the start of something much bigger, they hope. many thanks indeed. riot police in hong kong have fired tear gas at protesters taking part in an unauthorised demonstration. thousands had gathered, but after police warnings a small group refused to disperse, throwing bricks and stones, in the northern district of yuen long. the march was in condemnation of an attack on pro—democracy protestors last weekend, by masked men. there are some flashing images, in nick beake's report. tear gas, rubber bullets, and anger fill the stifling summer air. welcome to another weekend in hong kong. this is now the rhythm of life. you find a police force trying to contain an eighth consecutive

week of demonstrations. and these are the protesters who won't back down — tens of thousands of them. "shame on you," they shout, towards officers they say failed to protect them last weekend here in the town of yuen long, near the chinese border. men in white, suspected to be triad gang members, had attacked pro—democracy activists at a metro station, sending more than a0 to hospital. hong kong police had tried to ban today's march. it didn't work, and once again, as night fell, a hard core of protesters faced up to them. the police have now lost patience. they have asked the demonstrators to leave this area, and they haven't. they've already fired tear gas, and so street by street, they‘ re coming through and clearing the way. repairing public confidence will be

an even harder task. i'm very angry, because the police, they are supposed to protect the people in hong kong. the hong kong people, they're supposed to protect us. but instead, they don't. they stepped back when the triad attacked people. the police used too much force and violence against the protesters and the citizens, so we are here to demonstrate. tonight, a show of force to restore order — for now, at least. the protesters say they'll be back on the streets tomorrow. nick beake, bbc news, hong kong. the head of the wellcome trust, which is the uk's biggest scientific research charity, has written to borisjohnson warning that leaving the eu without a deal would be a threat to the science sector. baroness manningham—buller said there was an opportunity to build the science base which would be lost if the uk was made unfriendly to scientists from overseas. the independent mpjared 0'mara says he will resign when parliament returns in september.

he was elected as the labour mp for sheffield hallam in 2017, but quit the party last year after being suspended for alleged misogynistic and homophobic comments online. he announced earlier this week he would be taking time out, after being accused by a former aide of not caring about his constituents. the uk soldier who died in syria was killed by friendly fire, defence minister is said. it was previously reported he was killed by a roadside bomb in 2018, however, the mod said the 33—year—old died as a result of explosives carried by american forces. sergeant tonroe was the only british soldier killed in active duty during operations against is. over 1,000 passengers have been moved to safety from an express train trapped by torrential rains

near the indian city of mumbai. helicopters, boats and diving teams were deployed by the authorities after the train was stranded on friday night close to the town of vangani. heavy rains have battered mumbai and the state of maharashtra. yogita limaye reports. stuck in a flood, a train with 20 coaches carrying hundreds of passengers. a river near the tracks overflowed because of several hours of heavy rainfall, which meant the mahalaxmi express could go no further. people were stuck on board for nearly 15 hours. they had run out of food and drinking water. then, a massive rescue effort was launched. boats were sent in, and dozens of rescuers. slowly, they brought everyone out to safety. nine pregnant women are reported to be among those evacuated. helicopters had also

been put on standby. mumbai and the areas surrounding it have seen intense rainfall since friday, as have other parts of the country. this is video from rajasthan in western india. assam, in the country's north—east, is also facing floods. hundreds have already lost their lives this year in weeks of monsoon rainfall, and in many regions, more bad weather is predicted. police in northern ireland say they believed dissident republicans tried to murder officers with a viable device in county armagh last night. according to the authorities, a loud bang was heard on tullygally road in craigavon at about midnight on friday, where a device was later recovered. police said they believe the attack was set up to target officers responding to a call from the public.

six people were assaulted on board a p&0 cruise ship in the early hours of friday morning. the britannia was en route from bergen to southampton when the incident happened. all passengers have now disembarked the ship, and a man and a woman in their 40s from essex are currently in police custody tens of thousands of e—sports fans are filling a new york stadium this weekend to see who will be crowned the fortnite world champion and walk away with a record—breaking £2.11 million prize. flushing meadows is more famous for tennis, but the winners of these tournaments could take home far more than novak djokovic and simona halep won at wimbledon, and several british players are in the running. joe tidy has been watching the action at flushing meadows. well, we're halfway through this massive event for e—sports. this is the fortnite world cup

finals, as you say. it's not looking very good for brits. today is the duos, the 50 best pairs. we are following carljackson and benjamin fish. both of them not having a good start. we are into the fourth game now. i'm not sure of the situation, but they both need a miracle to stay in this. i want to bring in victor benson. victor, you're part of a large gaming organisation, fanatic. what do you do? i take care of talent, connected to different titles. we are at the world cup with one of our aspiring young talents, called ‘smeeth.’ and smeeth is jake smith. he's british, can you tell me about him?

he got the big eu players together and they've been fighting the last six months to get here. he's a big personality in the eu fortnite scene. and he's not playing today. he is playing tomorrow in the solos. one of the older players here, 18, which is quite hilarious. what are his chances? if he does what he's best at, letting himself become the beast in the moment, it's about getting confidence, getting the ego out there, taking care of yourself, i think he has a very big chance of getting a top ten position here. what does this mean for you as a company and as someone involved in e—sports as the industry? is itjust a big event that has a lot of money behind it? it's something that goes beyond what e sports and gaming has been for a couple of years. we will look at fortnite and epic as being the first mainstream titles. being where traditional sports hold their events, is just incredible for the players. but also the people who don't follow these kind of things, like, mothers seeing their kids playing games may think differently of it

after they've seen this event. and finally, the players we're watching in there, especially benji fish and mr savage, they have been pegged for glory. it isn't looking good, but are you hopeful they can pull it out of the bag? they come from a tight group of friends, and anyone from that group can always come back. it doesn't matter what they do in the first three games. there can be miracles, and there will be miracles. let's hope so. thank you. it's all go here, apparently a sell—out, 20,000 tickets sold today and tomorrow. there are lots of empty seats so i'm not sure it's capacity that you'd get with the us open that is held in the same stadium. the headlines on bbc news: prime minister borisjohnson pledges to fund a new high—speed rail route between manchester and leeds. president trump praises borisjohnson — and says talks on what he calls a very substantial us—uk trade deal are under way. the mp for sheffield hallam, jared 0'mara, says he is to resign as a member of parliament to deal

with personal issues. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's azi farni. good evening. we start with the news that egan bernal is poised to become colombia's first winner of the tour de france, after finishing saturday's penultimate stage in the yellow jersey. the 22—year—old will also become the youngest tour winner for 110 years. there were emotional scenes in bernal‘s home town of zipaquira, as bernal‘s friends and family gathered to watch. we'll hear in a moment from the outgoing champion and bernal‘s ineos teammate, britain's geraint thomas, who will finish in second overall. but first from the man who'll replace him as tour de france winner. when i was high in the mountains i was feeling much better than at the start of the climbs. that was something good for me. i think that i'm a climber.

when we were going up, going up, kilometres and kilometres of climbing, it was better. it's incredible, i said to him, enjoy it, soak it up and don't worry about crying because all real men cry! it's amazing to be part of. a phenomenal athlete, 22. an amazing year ahead of him. amazing to have been a part of this. mercedes' lewis hamilton is on pole for sunday's german grand prix after both ferraris dropped down the grid, following serious power problems. charles leclerc had been fastest in practice and looked on course to pip the mercedes, but a fuel system problem meant he was unable to post a time. his teammate sebastian vettel also had a powerfailure. that left lewis hamilton clear to finish the third session with the fastest time. red bull's max verstappen will start from second, and hamilton's team mate

valteri bottas from third. it's been, particularly on my side, a really difficult weekend in the car. we struggled with our pace. we've been there or thereabouts. i think the upgrade is working. i don't know what happened to the ferraris. they're always quick here. i was happy with my lap. leeds rhinos have won the women's challenge cup for a second year in a row. and they beat the same team — castleford — in the process. it was pretty close for a while — 10—10 — before courtney hill went over for the rhinos with 20 minutes to go, 16—10 the final score at the university of bolton stadium. it's been an incredible week leading up it's been an incredible week leading up to this. we knew we had it in us.

it was just whether we could bring it today. ben whishaw did. i think does the beauty and finals, brings out the best in everyone. what a great match. warrington will play st helens in the men's challenge cup final. warrington were made to work for their victory by a well drilled hull fc side, but eventually won 22—14. joe philbin went over late on, to secure warrington's third challenge cup final in four seasons. part—time side halifax put up a brave fight against st helens in the other semi, but in the end saints proved too strong, running in four tries to win 26 points to 2. it's the first time they've reached the final since 2008. rory mcilroy looks like he's returned to form after missing the cut at the open last weekend. he shot a third round of 62 at the latest event of the world golf championship in memphis. mcilroy hit nine birdies in his 8—under par round — moving to 12—under par overall

and a shot clear of brooks koepka. finally, enable has become the first horse to regain the king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes crown at ascot. the 15—8 on favourite, ridden by frankie dettori, came from behind to just edge out crystal ocean in a thrilling race to the line. it was an 11th straight win for enable, who also won the race back in 2017. that's all the sport for now. thank you. thank you very much indeed. officials from russia, india, and the philippines have met with crew members of the stena impero tanker the british—flagged tanker was seized by iran's revolutionary guard last week. the officials from the crew's home countries report that the sailors are in good health, and work continues to secure their release along with the vessel. russia's interior ministry says police have detained more than a,000 people in moscow, during unauthorised protests against the banning of many opposition candidates from local elections. there were scuffles during the day,

as police dispersed groups of protesters, who responded with anti—putin chants. a number of demonstrators have been injured, and the news agency interfax says two police were targeted with pepper spray. from moscow 0leg boldyrev reports. police told muscovites not to come out for this unsanctioned protest. but a few thousand came out anyway and soon they paid by being dragged into custody. the arrests were met with defiance. the police are trying to push back the protesters, who came here because the candidates they support were not allowed to participate in elections. we don't know how many people came to protest but plenty of people are angry that the candidates they've been supporting were denied the chance to participate in the vote. those who came out despite police warnings are used to sights like this.

they voiced their anger again and again. "i'm against these thieves," he says, "president putin, they are like a gang, simply taking and taking from russia." election authorities say the grounds for dismissing the candidates are legitimate because signatures gathered for their support are not valid. the opposition hopes the anger around city elections will snowball into a wider antiestablishment campaign. but committed as they are, these protesters weren't out in numbers capable of doing that. president trump has welcomed a us supreme court ruling, allowing the use of military funds to pay for a wall along the mexican border. $2.5 billion, will now fund construction, of a section of the barrier. so far this year, close to 600,000 people have been detained, trying to illegally enter america, across the southern border. but that number is well below the 1.6 million arrested under george w bush, back in the year 2000. while barack 0bama was in office, the numbers fell, but are now rising

steadily under mr trump. the migrants make their way from central american countries such as honduras, el salvador, and guatemala, heading north, in hopes of a better life. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler has more. the questions about what should happen at this long border divide america itself, a debate not just about security, but also empathy. there's been public anger at the conditions migrants, including children, have been held in, in detention centres. but president trump has repeatedly argued that the focus should be on tackling illegal immigration. where going to build the wall...

build a wall...build a wall. we have to build a wall, folks. to the president's fury and frustration, democrats inside congress refused to give him the money he needed to pay for the border wall that he had promised his supporters. however, justices over in the supreme court have now said he can redirect $2.5 billion of military funding to help pay for the wall. mr trump says that's a big win for border security but it's still billions of dollars less than he wanted. no matter how big a barrier is built, it's not going to stop the huge number of migrants trying to get into america. these families were some of the latest to cross the rio grande and claim asylum. and on the mexican side of the border, there are many desperate to follow them. translation: you don't know how i feel. i want to cross over, to give my son a better life. the money i've been spending to get here is not a small amount. many of those seeking refuge

are fleeing problems like poverty and violence in central america. but under pressure from president trump, guatemala has now signed a deal which would require migrants travelling from honduras and el salvador to claim asylum there before they reach the us border. this landmark agreement will put the coyotes and the smugglers out of business. these are bad people, these are very, very bad, sick, deranged people. there are questions about the legality of that agreement, but as a president seeking the election, donald trump is determined to show that he is keeping his promises and putting america first. he believes nothing would demonstrate that more than a wall. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. thank you very much. we saw

temperatures reach 2a point a sal zizzo bornman. that was a hot spot. --at zizzo bornman. that was a hot spot. ——at bournemouth. quite a humid feel. loweke had its hottest day in ten years. the rest, many have replaced the sunshine with cloud and rain. sussex was particularly wet with 50 millimetres. two inches of rain falling with 50 millimetres. two inches of rainfalling in with 50 millimetres. two inches of rain falling in a couple of hours. the weather front will sit roughly the same errors were 2a hours yet, the same errors were 2a hours yet, the kauna will turn dry. —— areas. it is increasingly into northern ireland. things will get weather in the next 2a hours. either side of thatis the next 2a hours. either side of that is where we have the list goes through the night. in the countryside in the south—west, one or two showers through the day. most dry. averages back into single figures. it is an easterly breeze across the north. it is feeding humid airfrom the near continent. temperatures in the mid teens as we start sunday morning. we have some

sunshine to the north—east and south—west of the country. between cloud around, east anglia, midlands, where today for the north of wales, isle of man, and into the north—eastern part of northern ireland. the could be mine are flooding. the chance of one or two heavy showers or thunderstorms growing into northern england and scotla nd growing into northern england and scotland during the day. the easterly wind feeding in warm air. hot spot could be the north—west highlands on sunday. 25 celsius possible. 20 widely. we will see that as well to the south—west, more warmth in the extreme south—eastern counties of england, with things drier and brighter than today. into sunday night, rain will sit in the middle and through to northern ireland. the weather front is still there as we go through into monday. slowly fizzling. more cloud across northern areas. this area of low pressure starting to creep towards us pressure starting to creep towards us from the south—west. bit of a north—south lid to begin with. loud and outbreaks of rain across northern areas. working on the

eastern coast. sunshine through wales, southern england, and the midlands as we start monday. sunny spells into the afternoon. temperatures into the mid—20s. later on turning wet and windy in the south—west of the country. the low pressure moving in on tuesday. not a great day to be camping in wales and south—west england. widespread thundery showers developing. they will develop more widely as we go through the coming week. but not eve ryo ne through the coming week. but not everyone will see them all the time. where you do see the sunshine it will still feel reasonably warm. good night.

hello, this is bbc news. we will be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first the headlines: prime minister borisjohnson pledges to fund a new high—speed rail route between manchester and leeds. president trump praises borisjohnson, and says talks on what he calls a very substantial us—uk trade deal are underway.