a man appears in court charged with the murder of a police officer in berkshire. pc andrew harper — who had recently got married — died while investigating a burglary. 20—year—old jed foster is accused of killing the constable, but his lawyer says he's innocent. he emphatically denies any responsibility or involvement in the horrific murder of pc andrew harper. we'll have the latest from our correspondent who was in court. also this lunchtime. the eu reject borisjohnson‘s demand that they ditch the irish backstop. the disgraced financier jeffrey epstein wrote a will — just two days before he killed himself injail.

the growing number of teenage girls diagnosed with ovarian cancer. and is this dramatic new evidence of climate change? two kayakers get the shock of their lives. we survived, but that was insane. and coming up on bbc news: cricket australia confirm batsmen steve smith will miss the third ashes test after suffering concussion. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a man has appeared in court charged with murdering a police officer while he investigated a burglary in berkshire.

pc andrew harper died on thursday after being dragged along the road by a vehicle. today, 20—year—old jed foster appeared at reading magistrates‘ court — his lawyer said foster denies any involvement in what he called the officer's "horrific murder". our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at the court now. it was a short hearing but it was very emotionally charged. pc harper's family were in court intently watching the man accused of killing him last week and the accused man's family were also there, sitting behind him on the public benches. arriving in handcuffs at reading magistrates‘ court this morning, 20—year—old jed foster, who was charged last night with the murder of pc andrew harper. he's also been charged with the theft of a quad bike just before the police officer died. some of pc harper's family came to court to see the man accused

of killing him in person and to witness his first appearance in the dock. the hearing lasted less than two minutes. jed foster confirmed his name, his date of birth and his addressjust off the m4 near reading, and was told his case would be sent to the crown court for trial. some ofjed foster's family were also in court, including his mother, holding a teddy bear. afterwards, his solicitor made a statement. on behalf of him and his family, he emphatically denies any involvement in the horrific murder of pc andrew harper. we urge the police to follow every line of inquiry to prove who is responsible and to ensure that there is justice in is responsible and to ensure that there isjustice in this is responsible and to ensure that there is justice in this case. is responsible and to ensure that there isjustice in this case. pc andrew harper, who married his wife on the 28 days before he was killed, was the first police officer to die on the line of duty for more than

two years. he had been called out late on thursday night to the theft ofa late on thursday night to the theft of a quad bike. he ended up being dragged across the a4 under the vehicle and dying. his death has caused shock and outrage. it has also been very personally felt in his force. officers were paying tribute to him again this morning at the road junction where he died. nine other men were also arrested on the suspicion of murdering pc harper and they have been released on police bail until the middle of next month. jed foster's next court appearance in the crown court is tomorrow. eu council president donald tusk has rejected boris johnson's fresh demand for the irish backstop to be removed from any brexit deal. the backstop would keep the uk in the eu customs union — preventing the return of border checks between northern ireland and the irish republic.

here's our political correspondent iain watson. no roadblocks any longer on the irish border, but how to maintain the flow of goods after brexit has been a barrier to a deal with the eu. brussels and dublin want the government to agree to what's called the backstop, an arrangement that would avoid a hard border in ireland by keeping the entire uk closely in step with many eu regulations until a new trade deal is agreed. in his letter to the eu the prime minister made it clear this was unacceptable. what the prime minister is asking the eu to do is look at reality. the withdrawal agreement because of the backstop has been rejected by the house of commons three times and it has been very clear that that is the

sticking point but without that there is a good chance of getting a deal through the house and that is what the prime minister said he wa nts to what the prime minister said he wants to do. boris johnson has ratcheted up the rhetoric further. he says... in other words the northern ireland peace process. that's because he says the agreement works on the basis of consent and the dup, his partners in government, haven't consented to the backstop. politicians from the republic of ireland are signalling their disagreement with boris johnson's approach. using language like that is not helpful. seeing the backstop threatens the good friday agreement isa threatens the good friday agreement is a worrying time because the backstop is a creation based on the british government's red lines and ensure there is no hardening of the border. the president of the eu council appeared to dismiss boris johnson's offer in the street.

the eu has consistently said there can be no deal without the northern irish backstop. boris johnson can be no deal without the northern irish backstop. borisjohnson is arguing in no uncertain terms that can be no deal with it. he seems to be after one of two outcomes. either the eu blinks at the prospect of no deal growing closer what it stands firm and he blames brussels for a new deal brexit. today labour demanded an up—to—date assessment on the implications of no deal. this is brexit, the most important political decision of my lifetime, and it is not unreasonable, given we have seen one set of productions, that we see the most up—to—date predictions about the new deal brexit could mean. boris johnson says he is energetically seeking a deal with the eu but he is also making it crystal clear he is prepared to live

without one. our correspondent adam fleming is in brussels. tell us more about the ego's response to borisjohnson's letter. in brussels there is a big drive by the eu to reject and rebut what borisjohnson has the eu to reject and rebut what boris johnson has been the eu to reject and rebut what borisjohnson has been saying about the irish border backstop. we saw that tweet from donald tusk which did not name the prime minister, it did not name the prime minister, it did not name the prime minister, it did not quite call him a liar, but nearly dead, and then we had a spokesperson from the european commission saying that the letter did not provide any workable alternatives —— nearly did. and the ego's brexit negotiators rejecting and describing lots of the claims that boris has made as misleading and incorrect. the backstop

contravening the good friday agreement or that the people of northern ireland would not have a say, and also deciding idea that already have northern ireland and ireland, which have separate legal system is coexisting, the ego says thatis system is coexisting, the ego says that is a situation that only exists because of the framework provided by eu law. the mood music is pretty bad on the language is pretty bad but no one is threatening to step away from the table right now. this is not the end of this. it's been revealed the disgraced financierjeffrey epstein signed a willjust two days before he killed himself in prison — putting hundreds of millions of pounds into a private trust. epstein was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges when he died last week. cbs news correspondent laura podesta has the latest from new york. this looks like it was a pretty

calculated move by epstein just before he commited suicide? is it more difficult for his victims to sue his estate? that answer is not necessarily more difficult. it would probably have been more difficult if there was no well. attorneys for the victim said there should not be any roadblocks to targeting his estate. questions about whether his estate would make it more difficult but it turns out the only person left is the heir to his fortune and it depends what kind of challenge the brother puts up and whether the attorneys make a good enough case. all of his holdings we re enough case. all of his holdings were placed in a trust, that is more traffic than a traditional well, and the attorney representing 20 people claiming to be victims says he would like the estate to be turned into a fund that can pay out victims who prove their cases in a court of law.

lawyers representing the estate have not responded to that proposal. power cuts that hit around a million people earlier this month are being blamed on a lightning strike and the rare loss of two large generators from the national grid. those are the findings of an interim report published today. the national grid and other companies involved now face a fine or being forced to pay consumers compensation. our business correspondent emma simpson is here. tell us more about what is known happened. we got more detail today and it started on that friday at 4:52pm with the lightning strike north of london hitting a transmission cable. there were a series of lightning strikes that day and that triggered a series of events. lightning affected the hornsea offshore wind farm of

yorkshire which lost power unexpectedly disconnected from the grid. they should not happen with a lightning strike. it is pretty routine. almost simultaneously a gas plant in bedfordshire also tripped. the grid has enough fast reserved back—up power to cope with the loss of the single biggest generator part two happened that once so it was not enough and that triggered an automatic protection system which took out 5% of the supply to rebalance the system and are a total shutdown, and that affected i.i million customers. great says this isa million customers. great says this is a rare and unexpected event. i did not last long but it had a big impact. what about compensation? it is early days but the regulator is investigating. they are trying to learn lessons. one key thing is they are looking at the amount of back—up power held by the national grid

because that raises questions about resilience. they are also looking at whether any of the parties involved in this, companies that run the wind farm, the power station, the distributors of the electricity, and the national grid, whether they breach their licence conditions, so down the line that has the potential for financial penalties. why did this because so much disruption? that was felt on the railways. this was largely due to a reaction that was largely due to a reaction that was unexpected to the disturbance, 30 change requiring engineers to go and restart them, and that caused the widespread chaos. the foreign office says it is extremely concerned about reports that a british consulate worker in hong kong has been detained at the crossing with mainland china. simon cheng, a trade and investment officer, is believed to have gone missing on the 8th of august while on a business trip. the british embassy in beijing

is providing support to his family. the family of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed in iran for alleged spying, say she's been told she can only see her five—year—old daughter once a month. new rules also mean she can no longer make international calls to her husband, richard ratcliffe, in britain. the foreign office says it is extremely concerned about the tougher restrictions on her detention. every two hours, a woman dies of ovarian cancer in the uk. the disease normally affects women over the age of 50, but cases in younger women and girls are increasing. the teenage cancer trust is now calling for young people with symptoms to see their gp as early as possible. our correspondent, adina campbell, has been to meet one girl who was diagnosed at the age 01:14. # hang up the phone, phone. 15—year—old kelliyah is wasting no time after a rocky 12 months. # you don't like it, but i'm growing.

her dreams of becoming a recording artist were put on hold a year ago when she nervously noticed how much her body was changing. # i'm something so special. # i'm on my own level. my belly got really big, but i thought that i was putting on weight. then i started doing exercises, i started doing push—ups, but nothing was working. and i went vegan to see if i would lose a bit of weight, but my belly was getting bigger and bigger. weeks later, she was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with ovarian cancer at the age of just 14. doctors found a tumour weighing five kilograms. ovarian cancer is one of the most common types of cancers in women, and more than 7000 new cases are diagnosed every year in the uk, mainly affecting women over the age of 50. but cases are increasing among younger women and girls. the teenage cancer trust and cancer research uk say there's

been a rise in the number of under 25s being diagnosed since the early 1990s, but overall the number is low, around 140 cases in the uk every year. the symptoms are difficult, it can be confusing. the main symptoms are bloating, abdominal pain, difficulty eating and needing to go to the loo a lot more often. unfortunately there is no screening test for ovarian cancer. there is confusion that women believe that the cervical smear test will test for ovarian cancer. it doesn't, it only tests for the cervical cancer. but the chances of being diagnosed with this type of cancer if you are young are small. ovarian cancer is very rare in teenagers. less than 2% of cases occur in women under the age of 20. more usualfor women who have not had children, women who have had infertility treatment, women who have not been on the combined oral contraceptive pill, which protects, and women who have not breast—fed.

having said that, any woman can get ovarian cancer. kelliyah is now in remission, and has to have checkups and scans every three months for the next five years. the whole experience could also affect her fertility. i could still have children in the future, but i would have to have them earlier because unfortunately i might experience the menopause at an early age. i just want to do everything now, now, now. time doesn't wait for anyone, so i might as well do it now. adina campbell, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime... a man appears in court charged with the murder of pc andrew harper andrew harper who was killed while investigating a burglary. coming up: after half a century of marriage — a husband's dying wish to see his wife one last time.

coming up on bbc news... manchester united condemn the racist abuse aimed at paul pogba on social media after his penalty miss for manchester united against wolves. new research claims a no—deal brexit would cost the farming industry £850 million a year in lost profits. consultants say some farms will struggle without more financial support. the government has promised to provide more money if needed, though it says that's unlikely. throughout this week across bbc news we're looking at the issues facing farmers in the uk — and today we focus on brexit. jim reed reports. colin ferguson runs his own herd of dairy cows in south—west scotland. in 2016, he voted to leave the eu, a decision he doesn't regret. yeah, i probably would vote the same way. the problem is we have done nothing

in the last three years. it's just... it's been really tiring to watch. but leaving the eu without the agreement in place could have an impact on the dairy industry here. the trade in cheese and butter, for example, would move straight to wto — or world trade organisation — rules. if we drop into wto rules, our borders are open to cheap imports, as they would call them, so food can come from anywhere around the world. it doesn't necessarily need to meet animal welfare standards that we conform to, so therefore our market gets undermined by cheap produce. the business consultancy andersons has more than 2,000 farming clients. its calculations suggest total industry profits could fall by £850 million under a no—deal brexit. that would be an i8% drop in the first year after we leave. if you get a hit in terms of profitability of i8%, then that has huge implications for the future viability of such farms. a short drive from the diary farm in

scotland is the port of cairnryan. belfast is two hours away across the north channel. northern ireland is the only part of the uk that shares a land border with the eu. the republic of ireland is just five kilometres from here in that direction. whatever happens in october is likely to have a huge impact on lives and livelihoods on both sides of that border. much of the lamb produced here is exported. under a no—deal brexit, it's like to face tariffs, making it 35% more expensive. the politicians making the decisions will not financially suffer. it's us, as farmers, that are going to suffer. i would come out in october one way or the other. even if there's no deal? even if there's no deal, i still would be inclined. we're hanging on too long. the government says, over time, brexit will allow it to replace eu farm subsidies with a fairer system. if we leave with no deal,

it says it will provide more financial support if needed, though it describes that as unlikely. jim reed, bbc news. and for more on the issues we'll be focusing on throughout the week here on bbc news — go to our special section of the bbc news website. that's at bbc.co.uk/focusonfarming. more than £28 million of over—payments on student loans in england are being held by the government, according to researchers. it's the result of cases in which repayments continued to be taken even though loans have been completely paid off. the student loans company says it has tried to contact anyone who has been over—charged to arrange a refund. a service of remembrance has been held to mark the 30th anniversary of the marchioness disaster. 51 people died when the pleasure boat sank after colliding with a dredger

on the river thames in august 1989. survivors, friends and relatives of the victims attended the service at southwark cathedral. earlier, petals were thrown into the water close to the site of the disaster as the names of all those who died were read out. firefighters say they have seen an increase in the number of people filming emergency incidents rather than phoning 999. the london fire brigade has launched a campaign after receiving a drop in the number of reports received, despite lots of footage regularly appearing online. those behind the project say any delay in calling the emergency services can have devastating consequences. after spending almost every day together since they got married 60 years ago, derek and eirwin oliver have been forced apart by illness. when his wife moved into a care home with dementia, derek

continued to visit her daily until earlier this year when he became bedbound from a terminal diagnosis. now a charity has helped them both be together again, as tomos morgan reports. married for over half a century, spending almost every day together. even after his wife moved into the ty pentwyn care home in the rhondda valley, derek oliver visited eirwin daily. but earlier this year the 84—year—old was diagnosed with terminal cancer. by march, he was bedridden. what's it been like not being able to see her over these last few months? not nice at all. i miss her. witnessing his parents' heartbreak apart, son david took it upon himself to set up one last reunion. i was getting to the stage where i was almost giving up, and i was feeling guilty about it. but no private ambulance companies could help transport his father, until david contacted the ambulance wish foundation,

a charity that try and fulfil the wishes of the terminally ill, and were more than happy to help. i am very happy this is happening. it's just something that, you know, i'm their son, and it's something i'm supposed to do. they" they looked after me when i was younger, i'm very gratefulfor me and i'm coming in know, i'm very happy to look after my father, look after my mum, as best i can. after 60 years together, this is the last time derek and eirwin will ever see each other again. have you missed me? yes. sharing their special moment and sharing advice on the key to a happy, long life together. pick the right woman, that's the answer. that's the answer. don't pick a wrong one. tomos morgan, bbc news, pentre. cricket, and australia batsman steve smith has been ruled out

of the third ashes test after suffering concussion. smith retired hurt after being floored by a 92mph delivery from jofra archer in the second test, but returned to complete his innings after passing an initial concussion test. it's not yet beenfirmed who will replace smith for the third test at headingley, which starts on thursday. the arsenal director josh kroenke has said the disappointment of losing last season's europa league final prompted the club into a spending spree this summer. some arsenal fans have recently voiced disquiet about what they see as a lack of investment by the club's american owners. in a rare interview, josh kroenkee has been speaking to our sports correspondent david ornstein. it was an abject defeat that hit arsenal hard, on the pitch and in the pocket, but it would prove a

turning point for their american owners in the way they run the club. we had to rethink some of our strategy based on that last 45 minutes, we knew we would not have champions league football and certain players, to attract those type of talents, that is what they are after. i encourage our football operations department to be aggressive. these guys went out, work their magic and i happy to have them onside. although one of english's most famous sides, england last won the league title in 200a. the downturn has coincided with the alliance with the american company run by kroenke. arsene wenger left after 22 years run by kroenke. arsene wenger left after 22 yea rs in run by kroenke. arsene wenger left after 22 years in charge, but the kroenkes remain and seem determined to galvanise the fan base. it would probably be the most powerful thing i would ever have witnessed. they need to understand who we are and what we want to accomplish, to

understand our personalities as people. at the end of the day, we offer and said we want to win. we're just getting started and hopefully we will earn more trust them or work we will earn more trust them or work we put in. despite footballing and financial limitations, arsenal are one of the premier league's highest spenders in the summer transfer window and hierarchy have lofty ambitions of returning the gunners to former glories. challenging for the premier league title is always oui’ the premier league title is always our goal, that is what we talk about co nsta ntly. our goal, that is what we talk about constantly. based on the strength of hourly, the greatest in the world, if you are competing for the premier league title, you are competing elsewhere for other silverware, whether that is the premier league title, the fa cup, european silverware, we want to go for it all. having won their opening two games of the new season, their next two are against liverpool and totte n ha m , two are against liverpool and tottenham, that should be a true indication of where they really stand. david ornstein, bbc news. two kayakers have escaped with only

minor injuries after paddling close to a collapsing glacier in alaska. andrew hooper and josh bastyr were soaked as huge chunks fell off causing a massive wave. the dramatic incident is another reminder of the impact of climate change around the world — on the day people in iceland held a funeral for a giant glacier that melted after rising temperatures. michael cowan reports. a syrian alaskan investor. captured by kayakers. —— a syrian alaskan —— a serene alaskan landscape. this was its partial collapse. panicked screams as the pair tried to escape the insulin wave. shell it with shards of ice and grateful to be alive, the pair were related. we survived, but that was insane. look

at that thing. look at the big one moving, it is turning. look at it! a breathtaking spectacle, but a sign, perhaps, of the ecological damage we as humans have inflicted on our planet. we contribute this one particular piece of ice falling apart on these kayakers to climate change, but what we can attributed climate changes on almost every part of the world, ratios are shrinking and getting smaller every year, because they are losing more ice and more mass than they are by snowfall. this isn't isolated to alaska. yesterday the bbc brought you the story of nasa scientists testing the waters around greenland, monitoring their rising temperatures and predicting clasie a loss. in iceland yesterday a memorial service for a fallen friend. the death of a 708

glazier. monde by locals after being declared dead in 2014, its commemoration black bears an ominous message to future generations. this monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. only you know if we did it. as temperatures continue to rise, scenes like this will become the unwelcome reality of a warmer planet. michael callan, bbc news. extraordinary pictures. time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell. if you were cortege yesterday afternoon in some of the heavy and, in places, fender showers, prospects this afternoon located deal dry and brighter. weather watchers have sent in lovely images through the morning. we have a few isolated showers in the cunning others, but a

warmer feeling day for the