this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: i would like you to meet the newest liberal democrat mp, sam gyimah! former tory minister sam gyimah defects to the liberal democrats. he's the sixth mp to do so and was unveiled at the party conference. soi so i have taken a second look at the liberal democrats and i am delighted to be here to embark on this journey at this point in time with you. david cameron's memoirs — he accuses borisjohnson and michael gove of trashing his government. the us secretary of state blames iran for attacks on two saudi oil facilities as concern grows about global oil supplies. tributes are paid to the former

president of zimbabwe, robert mugabe, despite a low turnout at his funeral. former wales rugby captain gareth thomas reveals he is hiv—positive, saying he wants to "break the stigma" around the condition. i want to empower so many other people who are in exactly the same position as me. a man has been arrested after a solid gold toilet worth millions of pounds is stolen from blenheim palace. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, political commentator jo phillips and nigel nelson, political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday poeple. stay with us for that.

good evening, and welcome to bbc news. former tory minister sam gyimah has become the latest mp to defect to the liberal democrats. the mp for east surrey was kicked out of the conservative party after voting against the government over no—deal brexit. he had previously resigned as universities minister after opposing theresa may's withdrawal agreement. liberal democrat leaderjo swinson announced the party's newest mp at their annual conference this evening. sam gyimah told our political correspondent jonathan blake why he decided to join the party. well, very simple. the values that attracted me to the conservative party, of which i have been a member for over two decades, are no longer the values of the party. mainly those liberal values that made me excited when i supported same—sex marriage during the coalition, focusing on the low—paid, and increasing childcare, i'm not really those values anymore, and i think i see an opportunity to champion those

values with the liberal democrats. —— are not really. values with the liberal democrats. -- are not really. until recently you are part of a government '5 policy was to you are part of a government 's policy was to deliver on the result of the referendum. you have joined a party who are looking to cancel brexit even without another referendum. that's quite a shift. the party's policy is, if they were in government they would cancel the referendum. so the only way they get to counsel it is if the public to vote for them in order for them to do so. —— cancel. i have been clear. i resigned from the job do so. —— cancel. i have been clear. i resigned from thejob i loved because i felt we were not levelling with the british public about the trade—offs and costs of brexit. so i have been entirely consistent, and i stood for the leadership of the party knowing that i wasn't going to win, buti party knowing that i wasn't going to win, but i did it so i could raise theissue win, but i did it so i could raise the issue that's the way to break the issue that's the way to break the deadlock, but also the way to make sure that the public got an enduring settlement, was to give the public a final say. and those values are completely aligned with the values of the lib dems. you said in your speech represent a safe

conservative seat in surrey. what do you think your constituents will make of your decision? i will continue to serve my constituents as theirmp, and as continue to serve my constituents as their mp, and as mps, what we do is we serve all my constituents whatever their political colour. of course, at a general election, we would have to see if there is a new mandate, and see where i stand. but i would still do my best for my constituents. you said you had a bit ofa constituents. you said you had a bit of a fight to persuade joe swinson to bring you on board. what seat are you hoping to get elected in in the next general election, and even accepted could all be over soon for you as an mp? no, we didn't have a fight. i you as an mp? no, we didn't have a fight. i represent a safe seat, as you said. i have given up a ministerial job. you said. i have given up a ministerialjob. my values are aligned with the liberal democrats. they have an ambitious agenda. we had a very good discussion about how we can promote that agenda, which is about the liberal democratic values in our country being under threat. we have a government which is saying whether or not it will obey the law.

these are serious challenges. and thatis these are serious challenges. and that is what has attracted me here. in terms of where i run et cetera, thatis in terms of where i run et cetera, that is for further down the line. that was sam gyimah speaking to jonathan blake. matthew goodwin is a political analyst and commentator. he told me the defection of sam gyimah comes at an important time for the party. well, potentially, this is very significant for the liberal democrats. they have some real momentum. they are polling strongly in the national polls, getting back to where they were during cleggmania in 2010, and they are really bearing down not only on the labour party, because they are pulling nearly one in three remainers away from the two big parties. they are also bearing down now on the conservative party. they are second to the conservatives in nearly 30 constituencies. so potentially this is a party that could have a real impact at what happens at this next election. 10

swinson said at the conference this isa swinson said at the conference this is a good time to join the lib swinson said at the conference this is a good time tojoin the lib dems. how many more defections do you think we might see? well, i think thatis think we might see? well, i think that is the million—dollar question. i remember watching the defections in an earlier era from the conservative party to ukip. what is interesting about the lib dems, unlike ukip, is that they could potentially attract defections from across the spectrum. we have seen moderate conservatives like sam gyimah todayjoin some moderate labour voices in expressing support for the lib dems. so potentially, this is a movement that could become a refuge for moderate politicians perhaps looking to escape the more radical politics ofjeremy corbyn on the one hand, and borisjohnson and the one hand, and borisjohnson and the brexiteer clinic on the other. but how successful are they really

likely to be at the general election, given that we know that first past the post tends not to suit the lib dems? that, again, is another great question. first past the post really only rewards parties but have that concentrated support, so but have that concentrated support, so they can get over that first past the post hurdle, and don't remember, in 2015" -- the post hurdle, and don't remember, in 2015" —— and the post hurdle, and don't remember, in 2015" -- and 2017, the lib the post hurdle, and don't remember, in 2015" —— and 2017, the lib dems didn't really have a great election, so didn't really have a great election, so they are often starting way back in third or in some cases fourth—place. so it is going to be a tall order for them fourth—place. so it is going to be a tall orderfor them to get fourth—place. so it is going to be a tall order for them to get up to very large numbers of seats. but it is not inconceivable that they could get up to a good number, for example, a0 or 50 constituencies, something like that. and of course ina tight something like that. and of course in a tight election, where the two main parties are also unable to make gains in scotland, where the snp are dominant, a sizeable lib dem faction could make all the difference in terms of what happens after that election, for example, coalitions

and confidence and supply arrangements. but how cohesive will this new look liberal democrats party be, with these defections, once brexit is sorted?|j party be, with these defections, once brexit is sorted? i think again, that is really interesting, once we take exit off the table, if brexit is ever taken off table, of course, the lib dems are going to find themselves in this somewhat curious position. —— brexit off the table. they will have some conservatives, some traditional liberals and lib dems, and perhaps a few more moderate labour voices, form a lump —— moderate labour voices, voices like sugar earner, and then they have to think, what do we believe when it to tax? posterity, foreign policy, the role of the state in privatisation and those kinds of issues mr mark —— austerity. david cameron, the former prime minister, has accused borisjohnson and michael gove of trashing his

government, with what he describes as their "appalling behaviour" during the brexit referendum. in his first major interview since leaving downing street three years ago, he told the times newspaper that the referendum result left him hugely depressed and that he knew some people would neverforgive him. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. it's 2015. the smiles of victory... are you glad to have won at last? david cameron wins the election for the conservatives, in which he promised an eu referendum. a year later, the smiles have gone. he backed remain in the referendum and lost, and resigned. i love this country, and ifeel honoured to have served it. and now, for the first time since, he's talking about it. in his memoirs, the former prime minister says...

sir craig 0liver worked with david cameron in downing street. it's absolutely the case that david cameron feels a real burden, a real sense of having made mistakes in the referendum campaign, having got quite a few things wrong, and he says that he failed. what he doesn't think, though, is that he shouldn't have done it. and the reason for that is, i think he thought it was almost inevitable. ukip were on the rise, doing extremely well. we were also in a situation where a huge number of conservative mps were rebelling all the time. the political pond, as you mayjust have noticed, is choppy enough as it is at the moment, and these memoirs represent another brick lopped in for good measure. but as extraordinary as our politics are at the moment, it's still quite something when a former resident here accuses the current one — from the same party — of having a rather casual attitude towards the truth. "leaving the truth at home" is the accusation mr cameron makes of how some of this government's

most seniorfigures behaved as part of the leave campaign. did you leave the truth at home, sir? well, mr gove did leave home today but wasn't leaving us with any insight into what he makes of his old boss. did you behave appallingly, sir? he and borisjohnson will no doubt get other opportunities to tell us, though. we'll be seeing plenty of david cameron this week, and there are more revelations to come. chris mason, bbc news. two of the world's most significant oil facilities have been set ablaze in a wave of drone attacks in saudi arabia. they were carried out by the houthis, the rebel group the saudis have been fighting in yemen since civil war broke out there four years ago. the attacks happened at abqaiq and khurais. tonight america has blamed iran for the strikes. our world affairs correspondent, paul adams, reports. audacious attacks on the heart

of saudi arabia's economy. the abqaiq oil processing plant — one of the world's largest — engulfed in flames, attacked by drones. the kingdom's second largest oilfield, khurais, also hit. the smoke visible from space, caught by a nasa satellite. yemen's houthi rebels are celebrating. translation: this mission comes as part of our legitimate and natural right to react to the crimes of the aggression and its continuous blockade on our country for the past five years. aramco, owned by the saudi state, is one of the world's biggest oil companies. khurais produces around 1% of the world's oil. and abqaiq is capable of processing 7% of global supply. some reports say half the kingdom's oil production will be affected. this could impact oil prices in the coming days. in recent months, houthis have carried out a series of strikes on saudi arabia's oil facilities, using missiles and drones,

but the latest attacks are among their most destructive. this is embarrassing for saudi arabia. in this hugely uneven conflict, the houthis have once again demonstrated their ability to cause damage and fear in a war that shows no sign of ending. paul adams, bbc news. a british—australian woman detained in iran, has been named as kylie moore—gilbert, a middle east specialist at melbourne university. it's thought she's been held for around ten months but the charges against her are unknown. this week the australian government identified two others who are being detained. mark firkin and jolie king, who also holds a uk passport — are thought to have been arrested several weeks ago, near tehran. facebook has removed a conservative party advert which misrepresented a bbc news story. the ad featured the bbc logo with a headline saying "£1a billion cash boost for schools". however, the original story on the bbc website quoted a much lower amount of just

over £7 billion. african leaders gathered to pay their respects at the funeral of zimba bwe's former president robert mugabe. it was held in a 60,000 capacity stadium that was only a quarterfull. the 95—year—old was in power for almost four decades before being ousted in the 2017 coup after years of violence, economic chaos and corruption. hyperinflation was a big marker of his presidency. while the currency was relatively stable in the beginning, controversial policies led the central bank to print more money to cope. meaning inflation soared, to an estimated peak of 89.7 sextillion percent in november 2008. poverty is also rife — over a fifth of the population live on less than £1.50 a day. 0ur senior africa correspondent anne soy reports. a state farewell for robert mugabe —

the highest honour in zimbabwe, a country he led to independence and ruled for close to four decades. family, including his wife grace, as well as current and former leaders from more than a dozen african countries, paid their last respects. they called him a pan—africanist and a comrade. a giant tree of africa has fallen. to zimbabweans, he was a divisive figure. for many, a man to celebrate and today commemorate. but for many more, he was a man who oversaw the economic ruin of his country, which has been plagued with hyperinflation and social instability. zimbabwe was once a prosperous country. some called it the breadbasket of africa. but the controversial land reforms

and the subsequent sanctions forced the economy into a tailspin, and even today many people are still suffering. because of this, many chose not to attend the funeral. take, take, take everything. so we have nothing. we are educated, but we live from day to day. life now is a bit difficult. for me, i can't blame mugabe or what, but we have to solve the thing amongst ourselves. robert mugabe is honoured here as the country's founding father. he is celebrated for his progressive education policies. but for unleashing violence against his people and refusing to leave power before he was toppled, an indelible blot remains on his legacy. anne soy, bbc news, harare.

you are watching bbc news. the headlines: former tory minister sam gyimah defects to the liberal democrats. he's the sixth mp to do so and was unveiled at the party conference. david cameron's memoirs — he accuses borisjohnson and michael gove of trashing his government. the us secretary of state blames iran for attacks on two saudi oil facilities as concern grows about global oil supplies. sport, and here's and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. good evening. there was a huge shock in the premier league earlier. newly promoted norwich city have beaten defending champions manchester city 3—2 at carrow road. it's city's first league defeat since january and it now leaves them 5 points behind leaders liverpool. teemu pukki got the winner for norwich who were 2—0 up after just 30 minutes thanks to first half goals from kenny mclean and todd cantwell. city did manage to pull two back but it was just too

little, too late. congrats. i had a feeling we didn't do too much. the first goal after one. credit to them. i think we didn't... we learn from that. as for liverpool, their great start to the season continued with a 3—1 win over newcastle at anfield. two goals from sadio mane helped them to a fifth win in as many games. mohamed salah added a third for liverpool after the break. jurgen klopp's side have now won 1a league games in a row elsewhere, brighton and burnley drew 1—1. manchester united beat leicester 1—0. southampton won at sheffield united,

spurs scored four in the first half on their way to thrashing crystal palace and a hat—trick from striker tammy abraham helped chelsea beat wolves 5—2. scottish premiership leaders celtic narrowly won at hamilton academical to maintain their 100% start to the league season. celtic are three points clear of rangers who beat livingston 3—1 this afternoon. there were also wins for motherwell, kilmarnock and ross county, while aberdeen and saintjohnstone drew 1—1. now, england will start day four of the fifth and final ashes test in a commanding position after batting their way to a healthy second innings lead at the oval. they can't regain the famous urn, but they can still draw the series with a win, and that looks likely after ben stokes made 67 and joe denly, 9a, just six runs

short of a maiden test century in their second innings. england closed on 313/8. that's a lead of 382. it has been hard to capitalise. it isa it has been hard to capitalise. it is a very good bowling attack we are coming up against each game, which we expect a test level, but i think this australian attack is certainly up this australian attack is certainly up there and making you work hard for every single run. europe and the united states are tied at 8 points—all heading into the final day of golf‘s solheim cup after strong winds brought some really challenging conditions to gleneagles. europe took a slender lead into the morning foursomes and maintained their one point advantage when georgia hall and celine boutier beat lizette salas and ally mcdonald. so it was 6.5 points to 5.5 heading into the fourballs. team usa hit back in

the afternoon, though, and in fading light daniella kang holed a putt to win the last match of the day and tie the scores at 8—8 ahead of the final 12 singles matches tomorrow. finally, alice tai's incredible run of gold medals at the world para swimming championships has come to an end. the british swimmer had won six succesive races before tonight's 200—metre individual medley. in the end, she came fourth, but there was another british winner as brock whiston took gold, setting a new world record. that's all the sport for now. have a good evening. thank you. former wales rugby captain gareth thomas has revealed he is hiv positive. he says he wants to learn more about his illness and hopes by revealing his diagnosis he can help "break the stigma" around the condition. i wanted to feel free. by doing

that... i want to empower so many other people who are in exactly the same position as me. gareth thomas. hamza bin laden, a son of 0sama bin laden, has been killed in a us counter—terrorism operation. hamza, who was about 30 years old, was reported dead at the end ofjuly, but only now has that been confirmed by the white house. the us state department designated him a global terrorist two years ago and put a $1 million bounty on his head earlier this year. david willis reports from washington. the white house hasn't released details of the operation that brought about the death of hamza bin laden or its timing. there have been various reports here in recent months suggesting that he had been killed, but this is the first time president trump has confirmed the news. the son of the man who masterminded the september 11 terrorist attacks, hamza bin laden, had called for further attacks on the united states

to avenge his father's killing. and earlier this year, the us state department offered a million—dollar reward for information leading to his capture. president trump, in a brief statement, said that as well as the symbolic connection to his father, the loss of hamza bin laden deprived al-qaeda of important leadership skills and undermined the operational activities of the group. david willis, bbc news, washington. it's 18—carat solid gold, said to be worth nearly £5 million and 0xfordshire police are on the hunt for it. sarah campbell reports. it's called america and went on display in new york's guggenheim museum. more than 100,000 people experienced this fully functioning artwork. relocated to one of britain's most famous stately homes,

blenheim palace, visitors were to be allowed to spend three minutes alone with the toilet, doing whatever came naturally. the exhibit itself was designed to be a reflection on the american dream and the idea of something ordinarily unattainable in fact potentially being there in a way that you could touch. the toilet was designed to make that physical. butjust two days after going on display, the toilet was stolen, causing significant flood damage to the palace. we believe they used at least two vehicles during the offence and they left the scene at around a:50am. a 66—year—old man has been arrested in connection with this incident and he is currently in police custody. blenheim palace say they are relieved no—one was hurt and are urging anyone with information to contact the police. sarah campbell, bbc news. there is a really obvious link between that story and this one. i

can't quite think of it, though. game of thrones is one of the most popular television programmes of all time. it may involve dragons and zombies, but many of its themes were inspired by events in medieval history. now, the story is being retold in a form that may seem a little familiar. tim allman explains. this is the bayeux tapestry... ..and this isn't. this depiction of the norman conquest is more than 900 years old. this version of a song of ice and fire is a little younger, but no less ambitious. the tapestry is over 87 metres long. so, it condenses over 90 hours of tv into 87 metres of tapestry. it was made and worked on by 30 embroiderers from the national museums of northern ireland who worked in top secret. game of thrones was not so much a series of books or a television

programme, but a cultural phenomenon. millions of people watched it around the world and the awards just kept on coming and coming. this tapestry is, perhaps, even more impressive for those who appeared in the show. it's amazing. to see this scene actually recreated, you know, makes my heart sing, because this is where i am, this is where i began and this is where game of thrones began. so, for me, this is a very proud moment and to see this as a legacy is fantastic. the tapestry was created in northern ireland where much of game of thrones was filmed, and it's now on display in normandy until the end of the year. from bayeux to winterfell, with a bit more blood and guts thrown in. tim allman, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. are you going to spoil us?

i already did. you blinked and misted. you are working. it was a glorious day across parts of england and and fora glorious day across parts of england and and for a time it was like that across scotland and northern ireland. these are the sort of scenes widely replicated by our weather watchers throughout the course of the afternoon. this is the eastern side of scotland. far worse towards the north—west because you are that bit closer to this weather front and look at the number of isobars i am showing you around the centre of that low on its way to the norwegian coast. we had about a couple of inches of rain nearly across the north—west of scotland, but that is only half the story, because as that weather front comes further south towards the border, what it leaves behind as a prospect of some gusts in excess within the next few hours of 17 miles an hour across the shetland islands, and it is not much less across the north of the mainland as well. eventually that frontal system getting down

towards the borders, to the south of the, where we had almost clear skies for the day and persist overnight. temperatures down to five degrees also under the banner of cloud associated with that whether front. that front does not move very far overnight because some of it wants to come south, some want to go north so to come south, some want to go north so it ends up pretty much staying stationary. close by to northern ireland to central and southern parts of scotland, the north of england or liable to see a bit of rain through the first part of the day. the zone gradually sinks towards the north of wales. writer skies followed towards the north of scotla nd skies followed towards the north of scotland where the wind decreases but it is fresh, 13 to 15 or so. look at this. even here, it clouds over. 25, possibly 26 degrees. they really warm sort of day. sunday into the first part of monday, this weakening of the weather front continues, coming down into the southern parts of britain. what we

will have following on behind are those fresh conditions which were gradually win out across the whole of the british isles. some chilly nights to come in the coming days but it is a no means all gloom and doom. 0ver but it is a no means all gloom and doom. over the next few days, a lot of dry weather with high pressure very much the dominant feature. you might need an extra layer in bed at night. it could be away bit chilly. see you later. —— a wee bit.

hello! about time, i hear you say. they say that as well. thello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, the headlines. former tory minister sam gyimah defects to the liberal democrats.