ofa of a ma 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. 0nly 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 showers in the cunning others, but a warmerfeeling day for the majority with a lighter breeze and in the sunshine. here is the satellite, there is the low that will bring all there is the low that will bring all the wet and windy weather through the wet and windy weather through the weekend. this is the remnants of a front bringing more cloud into scotla nd a front bringing more cloud into scotland and north—east england, some showers here this afternoon and the odds one could into east anglia and perhaps lincolnshire. further west, and other weather fronts, and perhaps lincolnshire. further west, and other weatherfronts, not a great fuss about this fronts because it will feed on some thickening cloud, it will be a way to enter the day for northern ireland but as the front pushes further north—east woods, through the evening and overnight into wednesday it will be can quite considerably. this is a warm front, it is introducing milder air. unlike the chilly start that many of us had, much milderfirst thing tomorrow for the majority, temperatures in double figures. thundery spots across the north—east of england and perhaps northern scotland. there is the weather front

first thing tomorrow, tied in with this area of low pressure which looks more daunting, i'll agree, and we have a weather front from the west as the day progresses. a very pleasa nt start west as the day progresses. a very pleasant start for many, warmer with lots of sunshine around close thing, keeping the eye out for the sharper shower across wales, midlands and northern england. the front comes in and brings the more persistent training to northern ireland through the afternoon. temperatures are creeping up because we are tapping into some airfrom creeping up because we are tapping into some air from further south in the south—westerly winds, that looks like it will set the tone for the forecast through the remainder of the weekend towards the weekend. high pressure building, squashing the fronts away, getting rid of a lot of the wet weather, a chance of showers in the north, but come the weekend we may be plumbed into a significant southerly flow. watch the pale yellow is becoming more established, warmer oranges by saturday and sunday. we could see temperatures folsom through the

weekend, particularly towards the south of the uk, in the high 20s, 28 for london on saturday and sunday. a shaky for london on saturday and sunday. a s ha ky start for london on saturday and sunday. a shaky start to the week with the weather but it looks like we are not done with summer just weather but it looks like we are not done with summerjust yet. a reminder of our top story... a man appears in court charged with the murder of pc andrew harper who was killed while investigating a burglary the eu rejects borisjohnson‘s demand that they ditch the irish backstop. that is all from me, goodbye, on bbc one we join the news teams where you are. good afternoon. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. in the last hour, australia have confirmed that their star batsman, steve smith, won't be fit to play in the third ashes test at headingley on thursday.

he's not recovered enough to start training after suffering with concussion. 0ur reporter is patrick gearey cricket australia's media arm confirmed he won't play on the third test at headingley. in itself not a massive surprise given that he missed the final day of the lord's test suffering with concussion. this test suffering with concussion. this test starts on thursday so not much ofa test starts on thursday so not much of a turnaround or recovery time. smith will have had to have shown in training that he can deal with fast bowling to stand any chance of playing at headingley and he clearly wasn't able to do that. he seemed downbeat in training in the team huddle, consoled by some of his team—mates and spent some time away with the group, justin langer, the coach, and clearly he won't be any pa rt coach, and clearly he won't be any part of the team and the first—ever concession substitute came in. smith had scored a third of their runs this series and untiljofra archer's hostile spell on saturday afternoon,

england had no answers to him. absolutely. reminders exactly what happened. it was that hostile bowling from aja which inflicted the blow. archer bowling around 90 mph, and he was first struck on the arm and he was first struck on the arm and then on the side of the neck. he went off, passed a concussion test and was passed fit to go back on the field of play and that in itself is in the icc guidelines. as long as he is being monitored, but the next morning he was ruled out of the rest of the test match suffering with symptoms of concussion so it has drawn criticism in the way that cricket deals with concussion and should he have been allowed back onto the field of play. it seems when it comes to the third test, they are taking no chances with their star batsmen. manchester united have condemned racist abuse aimed at paul pogba on social media. pogba was targeted after missing a penalty in last night's1—1 draw with wolves at molyneux. he's now missed four spot kicks in the last year, and boss 0le gunnar solskjaer defended pogba taking it,

despite marcus rashford scoring a penalty against chelsea in their last match. this is what united have said about the abuse. they say the people who expressed these views don't represent the values of the club. they say they're trying to find out who they are and will take action against them. united have also encouraged social media companies to do something about the abuse as well. well, because of pogba's penalty miss the game finished 1—1 at molineux. ruben neves scored a brilliant equaliser for wolves after united had taken the lead through antony martial in the first half. phil neville has named four debutants in the england squad for the friendlies against norway. mannion gets her first senior call—up alongside bethany england of chelsea. and pet and move up from the under 20 side which finished

third in the world cup. jill scott is rested while ellen white and karen bardsley miss out through injury. britain's shauna coxsey‘s finished in third place in the combined event at the world climbing championships injapan. she started very well and was top of the leaderboard after the first two rounds, speed and bouldering — but she couldn't quite do enough to stay in gold medal position after the final lead event. so she finishes with the bronze medal, with gold going to the slovenianjanja garnbret. i had no idea what to expect coming out here, especially in the combined format. i've been training a lot and battling niggles and injuries and just to be here and part of the event is incredible and to stand on the podium on top of that, i'm ecstatic, delighted. yes, big medal hope for gb with climbing making its debut at the olympics next year. i'll have more for you in the next hour.

nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranian woman jailed in iran for alleged spying says she now faces harsh new conditions in prison. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe, who denies spying, has 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, who criticised boris johnson for failing to meet him since he took office. earlier, rachel schofield spoke to richard ratcliffe about what he plans to do now. it's been a big change over the weekend. we have had the banning of family visits apart from once a month, and we've also had no phone calls. well, you are allowed six phone calls, but only domestic numbers, so she cannot call me as one of them. why has that happened? we are bewildered. there's been a change at the head of the prison, so it could be that. it could be wider politics, though it's often hard to tell with iran.

certainly nazanin was desolate on the phone yesterday to her mother and we spent all day crying, and we pleaded, please, the phone calls is one thing, but not being able to see gabriella, able to see gabriella, who is only five, she cannot see both her parents at the moment and that is tough. from your point of view this is a multipronged approach, and we will talk about the british side in a moment, but are there any avenues open to you in iran itself when you make appeals to the authorities, the prison leadership and so on, or is that hopeless? she has written a letter to the prison authorities and head of prisons and her father, the lawyer, will go to the prosecutors office to plead. there is limited scope, but yes we will keep doing it. obviously i am not a great voice. we have quite a fractious relationship with the embassy. where we take things forward with the iranian authorities, probably my next chance will be at the un when the world leaders come to new york next month, and we will try and go there and see if we can meet them. that's really interesting. what opportunity do you think is there there in the sense of how willing an audience you have and how easy

is it to be heard there? in terms of getting a meeting, i'm not sure. i'm not sure i would expect to get a meeting. there's a chance to meet with other families going through this around the world, and we could try and do something together. so a chance to be heard, by the wider world, that's what trying to do. and obviously part of that approach as well for you here is to get the british government to move things forward diplomatically, but you have been, you are saying, disappointed on that front at the moment. yes, obviously we are in a holding pattern, a new government setting their parameters in the foreign office and want to see what the prime minister and the new foreign secretary wants to do. i've been quite clear that i think boris johnson when he was foreign secretary made a clear promise to leave no stone unturned and we want to hold him to that promise and he should feel responsible for the promises he makes. i asked behind closed doors that i want to see the prime minister in the first 30 days

do something, but that hasn't happened yet and as things deteriorate, that is out of his control, but as prime minister, the buck stops with him. the earliest we get to meet him, the quicker he can explain how he sees things and how he can move forward. just a final thought. you mentioned in the context of the un there are other families around the world struggling with similar issues. closer to home, we've been hearing today one case, the 33—year—old who has had her appeal against sentence in iran turned down. she was working for the british council. what is your take on that case? it's very similar. working for the british council in london, went back on holiday, picked up on holiday, spurious charges invented, encouraged to keep quiet, then given a ten year sentence and it happens again. i mean, as a family, we push the government, the british council, and she's been speaking out stridently against this. 0ur mp and her mp have talked about this as hostage diplomacy, using people as bargaining chips

and it is completely unacceptable. that was richard ratcliffe talking to rachel schofield early on. hong kong's leader says she's ready to talk. but will carrie lam's promises be enough to persuade protestors to end their campaign for greater democracy and less direct intervention from the chinese government in beijing? that campaign had seen 11 weeks of increasingly violent protest, before the campaigners made concerted efforts to ensure a peaceful gathering at sunday's mass rally. from hong kong, the bbc‘s stephen mcdonell reports on what could be seen as an executive olive branch. the announcement was short on detail but an announcement of some form has been promised. the hong kong leader says she wants to hear from across the community about the current tensions but she did not explain how this would happen. we will start immediately a platform for dialogue

with people from all walks of life, so with people from all walks of life, so this is something that we want to do in so this is something that we want to doina so this is something that we want to do in a very sincere and humble manner. many are blaming her for tricking the hong kong crisis, but carrie lam has been under pressure, with a slip —— political solution. injune the with a slip —— political solution. in june the proposal to with a slip —— political solution. injune the proposal to allow people to be sent to chinese courts controlled by the communist party sparked mass rallies. from the bungled government response to hundreds of thousands protesting against the bill, there have been increasingly violent conflicts between radicalised youths and thousands of riot police. now, in may be something of an olive branch, she says she is ready to listen. may be something of an olive branch, she says she is ready to listenlj and my principal officials are committed to listen to what the people have to tell us. we want to reach out to the community as soon as possible. in the battle for

ideas, social media company twitter says it has uncovered widespread misinformation campaign emanating from the chinese government. according to twitter there has been a significant state backed information operation focused on the situation in hong kong with the goal of undermining the legitimacy and political positions of the protest movement. hundreds of thousands of patrol accounts have been detected. diplomatic stress between britain and china is increasing again following reports that simon cheng, a trade and investment officer at the british consulate, was detained trying to re—enter hong kong from the mainland. a foreign office spokesman said we are concerned by reports that a member of our team has been detained while returning to hong kong from shenjen. we are providing support to the family and seeking further off information from the authorities in the province and hong kong. there does seem to be an easing of tensions in recent days

with protesters returning to a more peaceful path and the government of carrie lam offering some sort of dialogue but it's not until we know what form this dialogue will take that we will know if this is a genuine shift in this city's political crisis or merely a temporary ceasefire with a more violent street clashes to come. in a case closely watched around the world, a young woman in el salvador whose baby was found dead in the toilet where she gave birth has been cleared of murder during a retrial. evelyn hernandez has already served nearly three years in prison. activists hope the result will set a precedent for other women in jail, as jon ironmonger reports. a young victim of rape from a poor, ruralfamily. evelyn hernandez has become a figure of hope for women in the macho, deeply catholic country of el salvador, where abortion is illegal under any circumstances.

jailed in 2017, accused of killing her stillborn child, she was cleared on monday to the delight of her supporters. translation: thank you for being here, and thank god justice was done. i also thank all of the international countries and i thank my mother for accompanying me through everything. evelyn was arrested in 2016 after the body of her baby was found in a toilet. prosecutors charged her with aggravated homicide and she was sentenced to 30 years, despite insisting she'd had a miscarriage. speaking last yearfrom prison, she told the bbc she was innocent and that she had not known she was pregnant. there was a huge campaign to free evelyn, and in february the sentence was annulled, pending a retrial after evidence was produced that showed her baby

had died of natural causes. translation: the judge said there was no way to prove the crime and that's why he released evelyn. he said it was a complicated birth, like that of many of the women who are still in prison. women who have been in prison for ten years for something that isn't a crime. women like teodora vasquez, who went into labour alone at work, and called an ambulance that never came. her sentence was commuted last year after she'd spent a decade behind bars. at least 17 women are still in jail under the abortion ban, rights organisations hope the acquital of evelyn hernandez may be a turning point, but change in conservative el salvador will not come easily. john ironmonger, bbc news. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news.

a 20—year—old man has appeared in court, charged with murdering the police officer andrew harper, while he was investigating a burglary. jed foster denies any involvement. borisjohnson has been rebuffed after calling for the irish backstop to be scrapped. the european council president donald tusk said he hadn't proposed a realistic alternative. it's emerged jeffrey epstein signed a will two days before he took his own life in his new york jail cell, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. in the business news: lightning strikes have been blamed for the blackouts across england and wales earlier this month after they shut down two power stations. electricity was cut to thousands of homes and disrupted travel on roads and railways. the energy regulator 0fgem will continue its investigation and could fine companies found to be responsible. german discount supermarkets are continuing to eat up market

share from the traditional big four. research by kantar shows that sales at tesco, sainsbury‘s, asda have all dropped over the past three months and morrisons sales suffered the worst. the researchers say that lidl in particular has succeeded in persuading shoppers to do their big shop at its stores. twitter and facebook say they've tried to block what they describe as a "state—backed chinese misinformation campaign" against the protests in hong kong. twitter said that accounts from mainland china were part of a coordinated attempt to undermine the "legitimacy of the protest movement". but twitter has also been criticised for accepting money from the chinese state news agency to promote its stories about the democracy protest. sales have slowed and profits have been hit at persimmon, britain's second largest house—builder. it's been trying to improve the quality of its homes following criticism over the standard and safety of its houses. the company said additional investment in customer service had

driven a 1.4% drop in pre—tax profit to £5095 million for the six months ending june 30. the company lost nearly a third of its value last year and appointed company insider dave jenkinson as chief executive officer permanently in february after former ceo jeff fairburn stepped down after a row over his bonus package. it has also pushed back on the timing of handovers as it seeks to quash the charge that its homes were being delivered in poor condition. some 7,584 new homes were sold during the six months, compared with 8,072 a year earlier. henry pryor is a property expert. and we can speak to him now. hello, henry. we hear that persimmon is spending more on customer service to try and restore its reputation. is it doing enough? it's a great start. let's face it, you knew that building quality new—build homes was quite so expensive. persimmon have

at long last reacted to the pressure they have seen from the media and consumers who have been complaining for frankly years about the quality of the product and they are the highest building company a time when they're trying to build 300,000 new homes per year, they have to build quality homes for people to live in. persimmon is still benefiting from the government subsidy schemes even though there has been a lot of criticism attached as to how the schemes were awarded, so do you think this should be reviewed? as i'm sure you're aware, help to buy,, the most high—profile of the schemes that the government has deployed in order to try and get house—builders lenders lending, has had mixed reviews and there are many who have blamed help to buy and labelled it more of a help to sell products from the government. i think it's time has come and we know it is being

wound up and the end is nigh for help to buy but not before time. at the end of the day, this is of vital importance to the uk economy and we need these new homes to help people get onto the housing ladder, whether they want to buy or rent homes and that balance needs to be maintained and pressure needs to be applied to house—builders up and down the land. persimmon has launched its own internal investigation to try and uncover what went wrong with the quality of some of these homes. what do you expect that review to uncover that we don't already know, and do you think it will lead to anything? i'm sure it will. persimmon have their heart on the right place and are trying to provide a product to sell to people who want to buy them. they haven't got to the position they are in the market without producing a decent product but sometimes in the rush to provide the number of homes the government aspires to, sometimes the standard slip andi aspires to, sometimes the standard slip and i suspect the review will find not only where things have gone

wrong and where they can tighten up and ensure things don't go wrong in the future, but consumers are frankly waiting for the company to provide some reassurance that they are going to produce a product they wa nt to are going to produce a product they want to buy. apple is reportedly investing more than £5 billion to make tv programmes and movies for its new video streaming service. apple is reportedly investing more than £5 billion to make tv programmes and movies for its new video streaming service. the financial times reports that high profile executives recruited from sony pictures have been spending far more than originally planned as apple prepares to compete with netflix and disney. £28 million of overpayments on student loans has not been repaid by the government. the cash has been accumulated from borrowers who've continued to have payments taken even after their loans are repaid. the student loans company says it has tried to contact those people to arrange refunds and that new processes have been introduced to avoid future overpayments. and do you like to click and collect? or do you click and forget? research by barclaycard has found

that one in seven purchases that people make online for collection in store are simply left behind, with many customers blaming poor service at collection points. major stock markets around the world are rising as investors have been led to expect more stimulus from governments and central banks to ease recession fears. 0n the ftse 100, astra zeneca has been one of the risers amid reports that its new diabetes drug could also help treat heart complaints. also shares in the uk's second biggest supermarket, sainsbury‘s gained nearly 5% in early trading today despite reports its lost market share again, amid fiercely—denied reports that the firm has has kicked off the search for a new chief executive to replace mike coupe.

the firm denying that at the moment. we will of course keep across all of those stories. back to you. sir eltonjohn has defended the duke and duchess of sussex for using a private jet to fly to his home in france. the couple's been facing criticism in some newspapers after reports they took four plane journeys in 11 days. leigh milner has the story. three months after giving birth to archie, it's time for a family holiday for the duke and duchess of sussex. but the trip to eltonjohn‘s home has proven to be pretty costly — for their reputation, at least. the couple flew there in a private jet, a controversial choice for prince harry, who often talks of the importance of tackling climate change. looking after our environment is a lifelong commitment. we are all part of a global family and we share the understanding and universal privilege of being able to inhabit this earth.

it's been reported they've taken four private jetjourneys in 11 days. but sir eltonjohn, who, as we all know, was very close to harry's mother, princess diana, has defended the pair. in a message posted on social media he said: "i am deeply distressed by today's distorted and malicious account in the press surrounding the duke and duchess of sussex's private stay at my home in nice last week. prince harry's mother, diana, princess of wales, was one of my dearest friends. to maintain a high level of much—needed protection, we provided them with a private jet flight." sir elton has also said that he paid for the flight to be carbon offset, extra money to fund environmental projects. buckingham palace has declined to comment.

carrie is with you from tpm. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. after yesterday's showers, more in the way of sunshine to come across the uk and the weather watchers have been sending in some beautiful images. hastings in east sussex just a little earlier. there are a few exceptions to the rule. some spots will have a bit more cloud and might see the odd shower and we can pick out those regions by looking at the satellite picture and swirling to the north—east is yesterday's low and here it comes sliding into the north—east and into the west, comes this warm weather front. it will bring thicker cloud into northern ireland and wales later on in the afternoon. and perhaps some rain in the evening. scattered showers across eastern scotland, some for lincolnshire and east anglia in the afternoon, but we are largely dominated by spells of sunshine and temperatures in the high teens

to the low 20s. the majority of the showers clear in the evening but we will see rain go across wales and fade as it goes to the midlands and then mostly cloud pushing across northern england of the night but we are moving into warmer air and a much milder night overall, chillier spots to the far north of scotland and there is the warm front but for wednesday it's all about the load coming into play and this cold front. the low will pick up the wind strength and this weather front will push into northern ireland through the afternoon and eventually feeds rain into scotland with some showers possible and in northern england, but a lot of dry weather and the majority of the uk for wednesday and increasingly warm as we get that south westerly, up to 23 degrees. as we look further ahead it looks like the same area of high pressure in the south will continue to build across the uk, holding low pressure at bay and keeping dry weather in place almost all the way

through the weekend. and let's wind the clock back to thursday and watch what the pressure pattern does to the temperatures with the pale yellow being replaced by established oranges indicating warmth for the next five days. we are not done with summer yet. in fact, temperatures in some spots in the south east could get up to 28 degrees as we look at the forecast for saturday and sunday.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm carrie gracie. today at two. a fierce reaction from the eu to boris johnson's demand that the irish backstop has to go a 20—year—old man appears in court, charged with murdering police officer andrew harper. jed foster denies any involvement. he emphatically denies any responsibility or involvement in the horrific murder of pc andrew harper. one of the growing number of teenager girls diagnosed with ovarian cancer. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. gentle satire by ollie. australia are going to be without their