this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: borisjohnson this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: boris johnson meets this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: borisjohnson meets germany's chancellor in berlin. britain says it does want a better deal, but not the current one. we do need that backstop removed. but, if we can do that, then i'm absolutely certain that, then i'm absolutely certain that we can move forward together. the future of the hs to rail line is in doubt with a government review into whether it should go ahead. a25—year—old man is arrested on suspicion of murdering the universities didn't libby squire in whole whole in february. more allegations about prince andrew's links with the convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein. bingham palace is anyjustin of impropriety with minors is categorically wrong.

donald trump cancels a state visit to denmark after the danish prime minister said greenland is not for sale. and that 11:30pm we will be taking a review of via papers. stay with us for that. —— the papers. hello, good evening. borisjohnson is making his first overseas trip as prime minister to germany has declared in the presence of angela merkel that the uk wants a brexit deal, but that the government cannot accept the irish backstop. the backstop guarantees an open border on the island of ireland if there is no trade agreement after brexit, and it's part of the withdrawal deal drawn up by the eu and theresa may.

mrs merkel has repeatedly said that deal cannot be renegotiated. but, she did appear today open to mr johnson coming up with some kind of alternative to the backstop in as little as 30 days. then write reports. —— then another prime minister arrives in berlin to demand more concessions on brexit. prime minister, are you hopeful of a deal? it's a familiar tune, but this time the deadlock is stark, and it's boris johnson receiving the red carpet, here to tell the german chancellor that the deal hammered out between theresa may and the eu must change. 0therwise, mrjohnson insists, the uk is leaving with no deal at the end of october and claims there's nothing mps can do to stop it. berlin would not have been surprised to hear borisjohnson‘s condition for a deal, that the irish backstop, intended to prevent a hard border on the island of ireland after brexit, be scrubbed altogether

from the withdrawal agreement. but eu leaders say the deal is closed. so, what would one of europe's most powerful leaders have to say to the man who led the uk's campaign to leave? before dinner, they spoke at the chancellery. we cannot accept the current withdrawal agreement, arrangements that either divide the uk or lock us into the regulatory and trading arrangements of the eu, the legal order of the eu, without the uk having any say. but, mrjohnson, the eu says it will not renegotiate the withdrawal agreement under any circumstances, so are you prepared to compromise, or is this trip simply posturing before you blame the eu for a no—deal brexit? yes, of course, i think there is ample scope to do a deal. the backstop, that particular arrangement, which i do think has

grave, grave defects for a democratic country, a sovereign democratic country like the uk — that plainly has to go. but once we get rid of it, if we can change it, then i think there is the real prospect of making progress very rapidly indeed. and chancellor merkel, the withdrawal agreement was defeated in parliament three times in britain. it has been buried by borisjohnson. why won't you reopen it in the few weeks that are left, or do you see the brexit crisis now as the uk's problem to solve? translation: the backstop has always been a fallback position. if one is able to solve this conundrum, if one finds this solution, we said we will probably find it in the next two years to come, but we can also maybe find it in the next 30 days to come. now, so far, the eu has not been persuaded that any of the technical ideas for avoiding a hard border put forward by the uk works, which is why they insist on the backstop.

but angela merkel‘s offer of speedy talks was gratefully grabbed by the prime minister. and you've set a very blistering timetable there of 30 days, if i understood you correctly. i'm more than happy with that. before their dinner, angela merkel said the two leaders had a lot their plates to discuss — the mood between them seemed warm, but without a big shift in the coming weeks by one side in this stand—off, the uk is likely to be leaving the eu without a deal. ben wright, bbc news, berlin. well, if the uk does leave the eu without a deal, there is a warning to dave severe disruption to access to dave severe disruption to access to pharmaceutical drugs and other medical supplies. a letter from medical supplies. a letter from medical leaders in by the bbc says a negative impact on the health and ca re of negative impact on the health and care of patients was a possibility. but, the government says patients can be reassured that the supply of drugs and medical supplies won't be interrupted. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports.

a factory in germany making insulin — vitalfor diabetics in the uk as well as those around europe. almost all of the uk's requirements are imported. the government has called for medicine stockpiles to be built up and new ferry routes to be secured, because of fears of traffic chaos at calais and dover in the event of a no—deal brexit. health leaders are supportive but say more needs to be done. obviously, it's really welcome that the government is looking at different ways of getting supplies into the country at this really challenging time. however, it's not tried and tested. there is huge risk around how these items are actually going to make it to the front line where they're needed. we don't know that that system is going to work because we haven't tried that system yet. a letter seen by bbc news from medical leaders, co—ordinated by the royal college of physicians, is being sent to the prime minister. it says, "we are simply unable to reassure patients that their health and care won't be negatively impacted by the uk's exit from the eu."

it goes on to state that, "delays at the border could exacerbate current supply issues and create the very real possibility that life—saving medication is delayed from making it across the channel." the government's position was set out earlier today by the minister in charge of no—deal planning. we are confident that the nhs and pharmacies will have access to everything that they need. what we are going to do is make sure that businesses have access, as we see here at the moment, to the facilities they need to be able to export, and also that consumers have and will continue to have a flow of goods into this country. pharmacists say for a little while now they have had difficulties obtaining some medicines. they are doing the best they can, they say, to help patients. there is no clear evidence that is linked to brexit. but they argue that, if britain does leave the eu without a deal, that will add to the existing pressure on the supply chain. this danish company makes nearly half of the uk's insulin.

they told us three times the government's required six—week stockpile had been built up. we have done this, obviously, so that we can reassure patients who rely on our medicines every day, the half a million people in the uk, we can reassure them that they don't need to be concerned. they will be able to get their medicines, no matter what the outcome of brexit in the coming months. 0ther pharmaceutical companies say they have months‘ worth of supplies stored in the uk, but health leaders are still not convinced enough is being done to ensure patients will still get high standards of care. hugh pym, bbc news. the future of the hs2 rail line has been thrown into doubt after the government announced an independent review into the project. if completed, hs2 will provide a high speed rail between midlands, london and northern england. it's the biggest infrastructure project in the uk, more than £7 billion is a ready been spent on it. the transport secretary has refused to rule out scrapping it altogether.

this story contain flashing images. and they've knocked down buildings on the edge of birmingham, cleared a vast area of land in west london, and sensitively removed thousands of skeletons from an old burial ground in central london. all to build a new high—speed railway known as hs2. but today the transport secretary kick—started a review. crucially, he is not ruling out scrapping the scheme altogether. just because you've spent a lot of money on something should not mean that you just carry on ploughing more and more money into it. but what we've said, what the prime minister made very clear during his leadership election, is we want to see great infrastructure in this country, we want to see it stack up, we want to see it work for rail commuters, people right across the country. but, as the review begins, ron ryall faces eviction. his premises, a business which he built up from scratch, is being seized by hs2 this week.

he'll lose his home in march. it's my whole life! it's my home and my work. it's gone at the stroke of a pen. my little granddaughter came to me the other day crying because she said, "why are you selling your house, granddad? why?" and the businessman who owned these office blocks at london euston, now wrapped in white, claims hs2 didn't pay him the correct price. he says the project was "poorly conceived." what they've constructed is not a fast train but a gravy train. and there needs to be very major enquiries as to who benefited. a letter leaked last month suggests the scheme might be running as much as £30 billion over its current £56 billion budget. the work done so far has cost the taxpayer more than £7 billion. well, that there used to be a 400—room hotel. gone in a matter of months. work continues at this site daily. from here, you get a view right

into what will be the new station, the burial site here has almost been removed. buildings still being demolished beyond that. in reality, scrapping hs2 would be anything but straightforward. that's because contracts would have to be unpicked but supporters of the project are worried. people across the north of england will now be very wary of what the government is doing with this review because people here have had promise after promise after promise. altering the railway in some way might be a more realistic option for the government. the question overarching in its review will be is hs2 value for money? tom burridge, bbc news. police investigating the disappearance of the whole university student libby squire tonight arrested a 25—year—old man on suspicion of murder. from hull, leanne brown has the story. the maasai police have told us tonight

they arrested a 25—year—old man earlier today and he is currently being questioned by detectives. 21—year—old student libby squire went missing following a night out with friends in february. her disappearance group community here. the visuals took place and posters we re the visuals took place and posters were put up around the city. at one stage, around 200 students gathered in the rain is a show of solidarity and support for the student and her pa rents. and support for the student and her parents. hundreds of police officers and members of the public were involved in an extensive search of the area where she was last seen. it wasn't until six weeks later that her body was found in the humber estuary. we've been told to note libby's family who live in bucks continue to receive support from specially trained officers and have been updated on today's arrest. leanne brown there. and the death of the financier and convicted jeffrey epstein in new york this month has seen epstein in new york this month has seen attention turned to some of his

high—profile connections, including prince andrew. the bbc has seen good documents in which the pilot of his private jet travelled with prince andrew and virginia roberts, a 17—year—old who accused him of kidnapping her. epstein's lawyer say the allegations cannot be correct. one set of relationships, so many repercussions. the prince has his arm around virginia roberts, 17 at the time — it was her court case against ghislaine maxwell, on the right, that brought today's allegations. at the heart of it, this billionaire businessman, jeffrey epstein, who took his own life in detention 11 days ago. he was convicted in 2008 for sex offences.

epstein was alleged to have trafficked underage girls, both for himself and for his circle. here he is in 2010, and here is prince andrew in epstein's house, just two years after the businessman's criminal conviction. epstein was a highflyer with a private jet. in court documents seen by the bbc, the private jet‘s pilot is that several times prince andrew travelled with virginia roberts and jeffrey epstein. the pilot gives dates and locations. curious company for the queen's second son. the palace has pushed back hard. "the statement submitted," it said, "shows a number of inconsistencies between the duke's alleged location and his actual location, in some cases he is on different continents." "it is emphatically denied that the duke of york had any form of sexual contact or relationship with virginia roberts — any claim to the contrary is false

and without foundation. " the fact that some of the dates and locations in this are wrong does cast doubt over the claim. it's also not evidence that's been put into a court of law with cross—examination. when it was released, it came with something of a health warning from the court. but there are more papers to come, and alongside the video released earlier this week, today's allegations are a reminder of, at best, a terrible error ofjudgement. jonny dymond, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: boris johnson meets germany's chancellor in burleigh in and says britain does wa nt in burleigh in and says britain does want a brexit deal but not the current one. the future of the hs2 rail line is in doubt with a government review over whether it should ahead. a 25—year—old man is arrested on

suspicion of murdering university student libby squire in hull in february. for some children, home is a converted office block or even a former shipping container. that's the finding of a report detailing how there are more than 200,000 homeless children in england. the children's commissioner anne longfield says whole families are being housed in flats little bigger than parking spaces. ministers say they're spending £1 billion tackling homelessness. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. dozens of homeless people live in these shipping containers — stacked, stressed and stuck. two—year—old asim lives here with his mum and three siblings, including 13—year—old faris. he has severe autism, cannot speak, and his behaviour is increasingly challenging. living here doesn't help. how can this be suitable for my son? this is not a home, you don't call this a home. this is a shipping cargo container where you keep storage.

you don't keep human beings in here. it'sjust wrong, wrong, wrong. the container‘s been fitted with a tiny kitchen, shower room and two bedrooms, but after nine months here, the family have had enough. it says everything about england's housing crisis that if you have been living in a cold, wet, damp bedsit somewhere, then the idea of a warm, dry room — even in a shipping container — probably appeals, at least in the short term. but when those weeks become months or even years, it becomes a far less attractive option. it's notjust shipping containers. former office blocks are being used to accommodate the homeless too. government efforts to boost housing supply mean they can be converted without planning permission. homes little bigger than a parking space — what critics have called the slums of the future. when children feel insecure in their home, where they feel

there's a stigma attached to their home, it can be really isolating and damaging to their own well—being. ending the freeze on housing benefit would make homes more affordable, say campaigners. but councils say other steps are needed too. central government keeps much of the money that comes from the sale of council houses. councils are restricted when it comes to borrowing in order to be able to invest in development locally. and a number of planning policies have meant that developers have been able to throw up shoddy, poor quality homes without providing social housing. caring for faris is a full—time, often draining experience. doing so while living in a shipping container makes it doubly difficult. it's very hard, because we don't know what's going on. his behaviour is very challenging now. i'm trying to make him healthy, i'm trying to make him a better man, but moving around is not helping anybody. it's just affecting me, even to lose hope, and i have lost hope. michael buchanan, bbc

news, west london. its emerged the level of eu migration to the uk has been underestimated for a decade ‘s. the 0ffice underestimated for a decade ‘s. the office for national statistics said the error was partly caused by undercounting migrants arriving from eight countries that joined undercounting migrants arriving from eight countries thatjoined the eu into thousand four, including poland. for the year ending march, 2016, the last year for which data is available, the initial estimate for net migration from the eu, the difference it windows arriving and leaving, was 178000 and that's been revised to 207,000, an increase of 16% and the 0ns said it may have overestimated migration from countries outside the eu. ryanair has rya nair has lost ryanair has lost a high court bid to block strikes by uk pilots. members of the union will walk out tomorrow and on friday in a dispute over pay

and on friday in a dispute over pay and conditions. ryanair said it would aim to minimise disruption for passengers and will be able to run its full schedule of flights. earlier i spoke to our reporter and she said it's been a worrying time for passengers. passengers have been on tenterhooks all day for this decision which eventually came right down to the wire. it will be fought out in the court and ryanair wire. it will be fought out in the court and rya nair was wire. it will be fought out in the court and ryanair was trying to prevent uk pilots from going on strike but they failed, as you say, so the strike will go ahead at midnightand so the strike will go ahead at midnight and it's expected to last 48 hours. it's worth mentioning ryanair was 48 hours. it's worth mentioning rya nair was successful 48 hours. it's worth mentioning ryanair was successful earlier today in blocking irish pilots from taking pa rt in blocking irish pilots from taking part in this strike, but the uk pilots are definitely going on strike this evening. what does it all mean? ryanair put out a statement this evening essentially coming out fighting. they're saying there's not going to be any significant disruption and they expect to operate a full schedule of flights and they advised passengers

who booked with them to go to the airport as usual and continue to checkin airport as usual and continue to check in and aboard those planes because it's going to be ok. that may be the case but clearly they've got lots of pilots everywhere as well, and that could save them in all of this because they have pilots across europe and they can draft them into filled gaps left from the strike. this dispute over pay and conditions is going to continue to drag on and if you're a customer or a passenger at this busy time over the bank holiday, they could beat travel chaos. president donald trump has cancelled a state visit to denmark after the prime minister dismissed his proposal to buy greenland as observed. last week mr trump said hedges ministration was interested in buying greenland, an autonomous danish territory with a population of 6000 people but the danish prime minister said that the territory could not be bought. donald trump

tweeted: in response, the danish prime minister said the trips cancellation will not change the good relations between denmark and the united states. it is with regret and surprise that i received the news that president donald trump has cancelled this state visit to denmark on the second and third of september. i had been looking forward to the visit. and third of september. i had been looking forward to the visit. our preparations were well under way. it was an opportunity i think to celebrate denmark's close relationship to the us, who remains one of denmark's closest allies. how h ow ofte n how often do countries by one another? it's a question i put to a professor of law at duke university

in the united states. perching purchasing sovereign —— purchasing sovereign territory was very common in the 1800s and the early 1900s. in fact, the last purchase of a significant amount of sovereign territory was the united states from denmark. i think about 1917 when the us or the us virgin islands. international law has not changed. you can still purchase sovereign territory as a legal matter. it's not done but that's not because there is any prohibition on it. i wouldn't profess to ask you what goes on in the mind of donald trump but the president did call it large real estate deal and he didn't discount when he was questioned the idea of trading a us territory to the island. could it really be that simple in practice? well, it's not simple in practice? well, it's not simple in practice? well, it's not

simple in practice, and he might have made a rather basic error of international law in terms of his perception of who he had to go and do the transaction with. in the clip you played earlier about the danish prime minister and trump cancelling his visit to denmark, i think trump had it wrong in terms of who he had to negotiate with for this purchase. after 1945 and the formation of the united nations and the establishment of rather robust human rights that, u nfortu nately we of rather robust human rights that, unfortunately we don't always respect, but we do have a right of what's called self—determination now and if that right is taken seriously, as the danes appear to ta ke seriously, as the danes appear to take it seriously with respect to greenland, then the relevant seller here is the people of greenland. so trump should have been flying to

greenland and making his offer to the inhabitants of greenland. let's just say hypothetically mr trump really wa nted just say hypothetically mr trump really wanted to buy greenland and add it to the united states, and he we re add it to the united states, and he were to go to greenland and offer every inhabitant of greenland $10 million, a nice piece of property in sa nta million, a nice piece of property in santa monica, in california, on the beach, and a us passport. then you'd have a vote and you'd see whether or not the requisite percentage of greenlanders decided they wanted to be part of the united states. certainly could be an interesting deal! the first team in 15 years to dive down to the wreck of the titanic say it is deteriorating, partly because it's being eaten by bacteria. using a specially—built submersible vehicle, an international group of explorers

have surveyed it and say that some parts of it are disappearing. 0ur science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. at the bottom of the atlantic, nearly 4,000 metres down, the most famous wreck of all time. this is the bow of the titanic, still recognisable more than 100 years after she sank. it's the first time people have been down to see it for themselves for nearly 15 years but while some of the wreck is intact, other parts have disappeared altogether. probably the most shocking area of the deterioration was the starboard side of the officers' quarters, where the captain's quarters are. the captain's bath tub is a favourite image among titanic enthusiasts, and that is now gone. that whole deck house on that side is collapsing. microbes are eating away at the metal, creating stalactites of rust that dangle from the ship. amazingly, though, the glass in the portholes is still in place, giving a tantalising glimpse

into the titanic‘s past. it was the biggest ship of its time, setting sail from southampton in 1912 on its maiden voyage, heading to new york. but it never made it. it sank after hitting an iceberg. 1,500 people lost their lives. these incredibly ornate slippers belong to one of the titanic‘s first class passengers, edith rosenbaum, a fashion buyer who was on her way to new york. she was one of the lucky ones. she survived, and she brought with her this musical toy pig that she played to soothe the children on the overcrowded lifeboat. every one of the precious artefacts at the national maritime museum tell a story. but exploring the titanic is also crucial. i think it's still important to go down and visit the wreck because of course the wreck itself is now the only witness we've got of the titanic disaster.

all of the survivors have now passed away so i think it's important to use the wreck while the wreck still has something to say. the team are now analysing the footage they've captured to assess how long before the titanic is lost to the sea. rebecca morelle, bbc news. now it's time for the weather with chris fawkes. hello again. the weather is set to get quite a bit hotter in a number of areas as we head towards the weekend with temperatures potentially reaching 30 celsius for some. the weather is getting quite a bit warmer. 0ver some. the weather is getting quite a bit warmer. over the last 24 hours, we've seen this area of low pressure come across the atlantic and that's brought outbreaks of rain on wednesday in scotland and northern ireland all down to this weather front. looking at the picture on thursday, that front initially sinks into northern england and wales before changing direction and rippling back northwards so we'll

see rain at times in northern and western areas. rain will move across northern england and north wales initially and another pulse gets into northern ireland and after a bright start in scotland, turning wet in the afternoon with fairly persistent and heavy outbreaks. underneath that, temperatures here around 17 also but further south and east where the weather is dry, in the sunshine it's going to start to feel increasingly warm with temperatures reaching 25. into the weekend, this area of high pressure in europe pushes east and that will change the wind direction across the uk and we'll tap into the warmer air across the continent and we'll start to temperatures rocketing upwards for some on friday. initially will have mist and fog and a bit of low cloud, not lasting long, burning off quickly with the sunshine. rain bearing clouds in scotland will be blown north during the day and

perhaps turning dull and damp in shetland for a time later, but otherwise with sunshine in england and wales, that's where temperatures will be rising, 27 in london, but better in northern ireland and scotla nd better in northern ireland and scotland with temperatures widely in the low 20s. 0n the weekend, we continue the dry weather and sunny spells theme in most areas but we could have showers pushing into the west. some of those could be quite heavy and perhaps the odd crack of thunder but otherwise with sunshine in england and wales, again we'll see temperatures climbing further with highs on saturday reaching 30 and generally the low 20s further north. the second half of the weekend, if you areas of low cloud affecting the north sea coast but other areas will be dry with lengthy spells of sunshine and again feeling warm in the sunshine with 23 in edinburgh, 23 in belfast and hitting 30 again in parts of eastern england. spot the difference on monday. perhaps more cloud, especially in the scottish islands,

but otherwise a fine —looking day