more cloud in the west and some longer spells of rain at times, but still a bit brightness to come, too. this is bbc news, i'm frankie mccamley with the latest headlines. borisjohnson says policy is more important than personality — as he faces renewed calls to quit from conservative backbenchers after the party lost two by—elections. if you're saying you want you want me to undergo some sort of psychological transformation, you know, i think that our listeners would know that that is not going to happen. police in norway say they're treating a shooting at a gay nightclub as an act of extreme islamist terrorism. america wakes up to inflamed divisions over abortion after the supreme court overturns a woman's constitutional right to the procedure. i just think that is a terrible overturning of health care that

will specifically harm women of colour and marginalised peoples. this is a heavy responsibility. to make abortion unthinkable and illegal throughout our nation. more calls from the taliban for international support to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake, that's killed more than a thousand people. a third day of strike action on the uk's rail network. only a fifth of train services are expected to run. and its day two of performances at glastonbury — with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. borisjohnson says he will not undergo what he calls

a �*psychological transformation�* of his character. speaking to the bbc, the prime minister insisted that policy was more important than personality. it's been a particularly bruising week for mrjohnson, after the conservatives lost two by—elections, before the resignation of his party chairman. this report from our political correspondent, tony bonsignore, contains some flash photography. the war in ukraine, inflation, the threat of a global recession, there is plenty for commonwealth leaders in rwanda to ponder. but, for borisjohnson, domestic politics is never far away. this week's by—election defeats in wakefield and tiverton and honiton have spooked some tory mps and oliver dowden�*s resignation as party chairman has, yet again, thrown the spotlight on the prime minster�*s leadership. some think his behaviour is the problem and want a change of direction.

i remember he said in his letter it cannot be business as usual. i'm not hearing you say i have heard what the voters have said and i'm going to change. what we are going to change, even if you want me, sorry, let's be absolutely clear, michelle. if you're saying you want me to undergo some kind of psychological transformation, you know, i think that our listeners would know that is not going to happen. if the prime minister won't change his ways, some in his party, including veteran tory mp andrew bridgen, are considering trying to force through a change to the leadership rules so the prime minister can face another no—confidence vote soon rather than waiting another year as is currently the case. if those threats are meant to intimidate, they are not working. i think probably, voters were really fed up with hearing a lot of conversation about me in relation to things that they thought i should not have been doing and stuff that i got wrong when what they wanted to hear about was what we

were doing for them. for the country. and for their lives. and so that the lesson i take is that we have just got to get the focus on all the things that we are doing to take the country forward. labour, though, is convinced the problems run deeper. this is not a problem with borisjohnson. i this is a problem i with the tory party. regardless, labour will be ready to beat the tory party, _ whoever is at the head of it. after rwanda, it is on to germany and spain for borisjohnson. he will be hoping his time on the world stage will strengthen his position back home. the foreign secretary, liz truss, says she has absolute confience in borisjohnson, following the by—election losses. she's been speaking to our deputy africa editor, anne soy, at the commonwealth heads of government meeting, in the rwandan capital, kigali. i have absolute confidence in the prime minister. he is doing a fantasticjob.

he has led on delivering on brexit, helping britain recoverfrom covid, we were the first country to fully develop the vaccine and get it rolled out and now he is doing a brilliantjob of supporting ukraine in the appalling war against russia. and the conservatives have just lost two important by—elections. should he be considering his position? incumbent governments do tend to lose by—elections. that's not a predictor of the future. what we are making sure is that we are getting the economy going, we are helping the economy grow so people have more opportunities, morejobs in the future and that is what will help us secure the next election. and the migrants deal which has been signed between the uk and the rwandan government has come under a lot of scrutiny, even here in rwanda. and your government has said that it remains undeterred, and will continue with this

but there have been criticisms, even here in rwanda, that, you know, the record of the rwandan government is not great on human rights, and reports from the british british government have also, you know, raised questions about media freedom and democracy here. does that change now? well, we are very determined to follow through on this migration partnership. it is very important we break the business model of these appalling people traffickers who are putting peoples lives at risk, particularly in the english channel. and this partnership that we have developed with rwanda benefits both benefits both countries, working very closely together and have been very good discussion when i was here with the rwandan foreign minister about how we can continue to develop the partnership between our two nations. can you confirm if children will be among those asylum seekers who are sent here? i can confirm that there will be no unaccompanied children as part of this arrangement. and in fact it will be 90% adult men

who are part of this arrangement. police in norway say that a shooting at a nightclub in oslo in which two people were killed is being treated as an act of islamist terrorism. the threat level has been raised to the highest possible level in response. 21 people were injured when a gunman opened fire in the early hours of this morning. a norwegian man of iranian descent has been detained. ehspen ors is a journalist for the norwegian broadcasting corporation nrk. he told us more about the attack. it all happened a quarter past one o'clock this morning local time. and a lot of people were outside celebrating the big pride weekend here in oslo and then a man came up to a bar, he was carrying a bag. in that bag he had two guns, one automatic gun and one handgun and he started shooting randomly at people. this is a very crowded area

in downtown central oslo. just a few minutes away from the parliament and the government buildings, also close to the court buildings and one of these bars, as you say, is a gay bar. always pretty crowded with people and especially now because of the pride celebrations. and two people are confirmed killed and 21 injured. ten of these are badly injured. abortion clinics are closing in more than a dozen republican—controlled us states, after yesterday's supreme court ruling which overturned the constitutional right to abortion. religious groups have been celebrating, while supporters of abortion rights have been protesting. frances read reports. protest from kentucky to massachusetts. the decision to overturn roe v wade is seismic. pro—choice demonstrators say they are horrified that millions will lose their legal

right to abortion. but others celebrate. anti—abortion activists gathered outside america's supreme court, happy to see the back of a legal precedent that had been in place for 50 years. we were called for this moment. and this is a heavy responsibility, to make abortion unthinkable and illegal throughout our nation. to ensure no woman stands alone in a post—roe america, to be the post—roe generation! cheering. elizabeth made the decision to terminate a pregnancy after finding out her twins wouldn't survive outside the womb. she later had another abortion when the pregnancy put her life at risk. the reality of it actually being overturned and seeing a number of states already where, as of this minute, abortion access is denied and illegal, i feel pretty numb and pretty angry

about that and, truly, i feel a little bit helpless. while some states say they will keep full abortion rights, 13 have trigger laws which mean nearly all abortions are now instantly banned. although, the vast majority would allow abortions if the mother's life is at risk. others are expected to either introduce new restrictions or resurrect pre—roe bans. and in states where opinions on abortions are closely split, the legality of the procedure could be determined on an election by election basis or via legal battles. critics of the decision say it's an injustice and, without plans to support those who are pregnant, will impact the poorest in society in a country, that, for the most part, has no universal health care or paid family leave. the harm is endless. what this means to women is such an insult. it's a slap in the face to women

about using their own judgment, to make their own decisions about their reproductive freedom. singing. # jesus loves the little children...# _ but, within the us, this is only the beginning, and while some worry more rights could be rolled back, others feeljustice has finally been served. the taliban's health minister has told the bbc that afghanistan urgently needs international support to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake that's killed more than a thousand people. hospitals which were in near collapse since foreign funding which ran them was frozen are struggling to treat the injured. from paktika province, the bbc�*s south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports. for people in afghanistan, pain is unrelenting. war, hunger and now an earthquake.

eight—year—old shakrina was rescued with injuries to her leg when her house collapsed. her elder sister died. in the next bed, their mother, meera. "we were under the debris until the morning, when some people pulled us out. they took us to a nearby clinic. i asked them, "where is my daughter?" they told me she had died," she said. "we are poor people. we have debts and now we've lost everything." bibi havar lost 18 members of herfamily. three of her sons were among them. both she and her daughter have multiple fractures. "my heart is in pain.

when i go back from here, my children won't be there. it makes me so sad." on the day after the earthquake, 75 patients were brought here — more than the capacity of the hospital that was already struggling to treat regular illnesses. stretched even before the earthquake hit, they're trying to do their best here, but even this main provincial hospital doesn't have the equipment to treat critical patients, so those who had injuries to their spine or their brain, they've had to send them to other facilities, which means people who have already spent hours travelling to this hospital then had to make another long journey to get any treatment at all. i asked the taliban's health minister whether they had got the international support they'd been asking for. we have received some humanitarian aid and assistance from the neighbouring countries like iran, pakistan, india and some of the arab countries.

so are waiting for our partners and different countries around the world to when and how they can provide humanitarian aid and assistance. but many would argue that the taliban has not lived up to its commitments on human rights or women's rights. how can the world then recognise this government, and in situations like this directly offer you assistance or money? i think there is some miscommunication between the international partners, they still cannot understand the people, and some statements of the taliban. ordinary afghans are caught in the politics. this labourer is trying to cope with the grief of losing his wife and a fear of the future. "my family and i worked so hard to make our house, now it's gone," he said.

"we will never be able to rebuild it without help." yogita limaye, bbc news. president biden hasjust signed a bipartisan gun safety bill into law — the first major federal gun reform in three decades. the bill includes provisions to help states keep guns out of the hands of those deemed to be a danger to themselves or others, and blocks gun sales to those convicted of abusing unmarried intimate partners. from combine to sandy hook to charleston, orlando, las vegas, a puzzle, atlanta, buffalo, and for the shootings at been everyday in the shootings at been everyday in the streets that we don't even hear about, the number of people killed every day in the street, their message to us was do something? how may times have we heard that? does do something. for god sake just do something. today we did. while this

bill doesn't do everything i want, it does include actions i have long called for that are going to save lives. the third day of strike action this week on the railways is taking place. thousands of rmt union members at network rail and 13 train operating companies have walked out in a dispute aboutjobs, pay, and conditions. bbc north west reporter yunus mulla is at leeds railway station for us. what is it like there where you are? the advice was only to travel if necessary and leads station is much quieter than usual, no problem getting that space in the uc very busy car park. the number of platforms here are empty and far fewer people around. fewer ticket counters are also open. there are few services running, mainly

distance journeys. few services running, mainly distancejourneys. from here for example up to edinburgh, to manchester, the midlands, and london as well. like those previous to national strike days during the week, where perhaps people could work from home, today was really about the impact on tourism, leisure and those journeys are people make to see friends and families over the weekend. train operators have spoken about the growth in passenger numbers so there was concern. this is what some passengers said to me earlier. i think there's lots of people struggling at the moment and lots of people need and want to have a bit more money just to reflect what's happening in society. and i don't know how i feel about the actual strike. i think people have to do what they have to do. it doesn't really bother me. i don't get the trains every single day, so it don't really bother me. it is what it is. i don't know. the train arrived only two minutes late, but i think that wasn't - affected by the strikes. and then i got in on time and it was all good. - i think that it's wrong. i think they're already on good

money and they should be grateful for the salaries and the excellent pensions that they get compared to nurses and teachers and people like that. i agree with the strikes because a lot of the time i use assistance a lot like to get on and off the train, things like that. and obviously train guards, things like that are essential to make sure that i'm able to get off the train safely. things like that. help me get out of the station, into station, things like that. grant schapps the transport secretary has tweeted today that he wants to banish outdated working practices, modernise the railways. the rmt say that that shouldn't come at the expense of its members, those guards, signalling staff and cleaners. the unions are looking for a pay increase of around 7% but a commitment of no compulsory redundancies. network rail can only offer around 3%. the two sides have been talking to each other but there

are significant differences between the two, those talks will resume on monday. the two, those talks will resume on monda . . ~ the two, those talks will resume on monda . ., ~ i. the two, those talks will resume on monda . ., ~' ,, , the two, those talks will resume on monda . ., ~ , . tributes are pouring in for the long—time presenter of the bbc�*s look north programme, harry gration, who has died suddenly aged 71. harry gration was considered a huge figure in yorkshire, but recognised nationally with his career spanning more than a0 years. he fronted many programmes, including the saturday sports show grandstand. the bbc�*s director—general tim davie said harry gration was "loved everywhere, but especially in yorkshire". in a moment we're going to be joined by former bbc news presenter, simon mccoy. you might remember a feature called news nationwide on simon's show, afternoon live, here on the bbc news channel, harry was a regular conributor. take a look at this. we have been running this story all day, an opera song in yorkshire.

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cheapest— some weather to come of that is the cheapest we can do. as for news 24 they got— cheapest we can do. as for news 24 they got that good old boy, he's called _ they got that good old boy, he's called simon mccoy. # he _ called simon mccoy. # he knows about royaljoy. anywayw _ # he knows about royaljoy. anyway... harry, idon't # he knows about royaljoy. anyway... harry, i don't know what to say. i'm joined by broadcaster and former bbc presenter simon mccoy. thank you so much forjoining us. clearly such a huge character he was. , , clearly such a huge character he was. �* , ., . clearly such a huge character he was. , , ., . ., clearly such a huge character he was. g , ., . ., , clearly such a huge character he was. , .. ., , was. just watching that reminds you what a huge — was. just watching that reminds you what a huge character _ was. just watching that reminds you what a huge character he _ was. just watching that reminds you what a huge character he was - was. just watching that reminds you what a huge character he was full i what a huge character he was full step great thing about harry and afternoon live would not have happened without him because there was a lot of pushback at the time as to whether regional presenters have the time to do it but once we had harry on board i knew we might fail to make a thing with this. because he was so respected nationally and locally particularly in yorkshire, but there were several audiences who will remember harry. yorkshire

certainly, the regional presented there, he worked for itv but he also worked in the south with sally taylor for bbc south. there are lots of people who will have their own memories of harry and i think this was his trick because everybody feels as though they knew him really well and wherever he went, i was having lunch with him to exceed out in london, but people were still coming up to him and he would do a selfie and autographs and the audience was all that mattered to him and they loved him. i have been in touch with his widow today and the response on twitter after his death has given huge solace to the family. ijust wish harry could see the response to his passing because he is going to be using mr. you clearly had _ he is going to be using mr. you clearly had dutch _ he is going to be using mr. you clearly had dutch usually missed. you clearly had wonderful lycian

trip with him. he was an advocate for regional news. b5 trip with him. he was an advocate for regional news.— trip with him. he was an advocate for regional news. as was i, because re . ional for regional news. as was i, because regional news _ for regional news. as was i, because regional news is _ for regional news. as was i, because regional news is vitally _ for regional news. as was i, because regional news is vitally important - regional news is vitally important to all the this and the bbc. harry epitomise what that was about. it was about when you are at home, wherever it is, your regional presenter is part of that. it is part of home. when you are away from home it is one of the things you miss. it makes you home sick. harry was absolutely aware of that and it was absolutely aware of that and it was hugely important to him. it was sad his career in the bbc ended the way he did. he had much more he wanted to give and he and i were planning on a podcast because he still wanted to have that relationship with the audience. he missed it hugely.

he had such a huge career but if you could sum up a legacy, what words would you use?— would you use? people love harry gration. that _ would you use? people love harry gration. that creepy _ would you use? people love harry gration. that creepy showed - would you use? people love harry. gration. that creepy showed there, would you use? people love harry i gration. that creepy showed there, i am welling up just looking at it because —— that clip you showed. he was the biggest professional. he gave up holidays of their was a big story. stories like the murder ofjo cox which hit him very hard because he knew her, and was very close to kim leadbetter. he was part of the region and infiltrated all parts of it. obviously the world of sport but politics, everything. he was mr yorkshire, he was voted mr yorkshire a few years ago. i was watching luke northmore as night wondering if they would break the story and right at the end amy garcia had the toughest job in announcing the death of

someone she sat next to over many years. it is a very important relationship and i think howie —— harry really valued that and when the bbc cut down its regional output he realised that was a massive hit and loss. all praise to amy garcia, thatis and loss. all praise to amy garcia, that is not an easy thing to do when you have lost someone not only close to the audience you have but close to the audience you have but close to you as a presenter. he will be very missed. he to you as a presenter. he will be very missed-— very missed. he wasn't 'ust a newsreader. * very missed. he wasn't 'ust a newsreader. he * very missed. he wasn't 'ust a newsreader. he was _ very missed. he wasn'tjust a i newsreader. he was entrenched very missed. he wasn'tjust a - newsreader. he was entrenched in his community. he raised so much money for the community. he community. he raised so much money for the community.— for the community. he did a three lei ued for the community. he did a three legged walk _ for the community. he did a three legged walk with _ for the community. he did a three legged walk with paul _ for the community. he did a three legged walk with paul hudson. i for the community. he did a three l legged walk with paul hudson. they raised hundreds of thousands of pounds. he raised nearly £1 million for many charities. harry gration was all about giving. he gave his life to his career in many ways. he

has six children. he was just enjoying family life and the real tragedy of losing him so worthy on, he had a young child who he was so thrilled to talk about over lunch and the family life that he was really enjoying, but he still had so much to give. we were going to do a podcast, to grumpy old men. he realised it was perfect for us. we had such fun and it was absence of punditry became over with harry. thank you forjoining us. lauren laverne has pulled out of the bbc�*s glastonbury coverage following the death of her mother. the bbc 6 music presenter shared the news on her instagram account. paying tribute to her mother celia, lauren laverne wrote that she was the "kindest, most compassionate and most tenacious person i have ever met". our entertainment correspondent

colin paterson is there and joins us live. thank you joining us. there are so many people. it looks like it is a great dyad, but first of all that sad news that lauren laverne had to leave the festival this weekend. such a familiar grass summary facebook through the bbc and arab watching her in a band on the other stage back in the 90s. the really sad news of the death of her mother celia. this really heartfelt message on her instagram is worth a read. she talks about how her mum ran the only reggae club in the north—east. she went on to become a dancer in casinos before becoming a much loved teacher. she also goes on to say her mum saw the beatles in 1963 and how much she had been looking forward to watching paul mccartney tonight at glastonbury on tv. very sad news

that lauren laverne's mother has died and she has had to withdraw from the bbc coverage. you died and she has had to withdraw from the bbc coverage.— from the bbc coverage. you 'ust mentioned fl from the bbc coverage. you 'ust mentioned for i from the bbc coverage. you 'ust mentioned for mccartney, h from the bbc coverage. you just mentioned for mccartney, he i from the bbc coverage. you just mentioned for mccartney, he is| from the bbc coverage. you just - mentioned for mccartney, he is going to be performing live. what are the crowd saying to you and what is the feeling at the festival?— feeling at the festival? chalets would you _ feeling at the festival? chalets would you into _ feeling at the festival? chalets would you into a _ feeling at the festival? chalets would you into a secret? - feeling at the festival? chalets would you into a secret? we i feeling at the festival? chalets i would you into a secret? we went down to the front row and there are people dressed in sergeant pepper uniforms and they have been training their bladders to make sure they can stand in that spot for 12 hours. one of them said he was drinking less water than usual, i told him it was dangerous and he didn't care. another one genuinely said, a woman, said she had been doing in the weeks building up to glastonbury pelvic exercises to try and make sure that she would not go to the toilet but she would not go to the toilet but she has been practising and has got it up to 12 hours. that is the dedication of the beatles�* fans here today who want to see paul mccartney become the oldest person to headline the customary festival.—

now it is time for unspun world. welcome to broadcasting house, part of the bbc�*s iconic headquarters here in central london for unspun world, the programme where the bbc�*s experts around the globe give in—depth answers to the big questions of the day. this week, have we all decided we can live with covid and just move on? omicron, the latest variant of concern — you can get that again and again.

so it�*s going to be, in a way, a little bit like flu. has brexit done long—term damage to britain? there's a sense in which we've not really been able to have sort of normal times to get stuff done. it's warped our politics and made it very difficult for our political leaders. and the international criminal court in the hague makes unprecedented efforts to track down war crimes in ukraine. where could it lead ? they need to make sure it leads them first to the commanders, but really what this court focuses on is getting the people right at the top. since covid was first identified and reported in the chinese city of wuhan back in december 2019, 6.3 million people have died of it, and 545 million cases of it have been confirmed.