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 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. abortion clinics start to close in the us after a supreme court ruling removed american women's constitutional right to abortion. 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 it's 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 oliver dowden 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 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. despite the by—election losses, the foreign secretary, liz truss, has given her strong support to boris johnson. 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. eyewitnesses described how the attack unfolded. translation: i had been to london ub and i translation: i had been to london pub and i left — translation: i had been to london pub and i left to _ translation: i had been to london pub and i left to go _ translation: i had been to london pub and i left to go to _ translation: i had been to london pub and i left to go to caesar- translation: i had been to london pub and i left to go to caesar bar. i and when i got to caesar bar, lots of people started running and screaming and i thought there was a fight outside. so i got out. but then i hear people say "it's a shooting and there is someone shooting with the machine gun." so i wait a little and look over. and my first thought is that someone has been shot at london. it was my first thought. so when it calmed down a bit and i didn't hear more shots, i headed towards london to see if i could help if someone was injured. seeing as i'm health staff, i thought i could contribute. so i got to london and went both inside, outside and upstairs, and there were several injured

and there were people already helping out with those who have been shot. 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 are struggling to treat the injured, with many in near collapse after foreign funding which ran them was frozen. from paktika province, our 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 has 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.

it also blocks gun sales to those convicted of abusing unmarried intimate partners. from columbine to sandy hook to charleston, orlando, las vegas, atlanta, buffalo, and from 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? "just 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 headlines on bbc news... 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. police in norway say they're treating a shooting at a gay

nightclub as an act of extreme islamist terrorism. abortion clinics are closing in some republican—controlled us states, after a supreme court ruling which overturned the constitutional right to abortion. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. new zealand are looking to retake the ascendancy against england, in the third test at headlingly, as they attempt to salvage some pride, and avoid a series whitewash. they're currently 106 for i in the afternoon session on day three tom latham with a half century after england made 360 following a brilliant first innings score of 162 from jonny bairstow. jamie overton, on his debut came close to a century, falling three short on 97.

england, having already won the series, are looking to continue this winning form under new captain ben stokes. petra kvitova is the new champion at eastbourne — she beatjelena ostapenko in straight sets. the two—time wimbledon champion was in superb form to beat the defending champion 6—3, 6-2. the czech edged ahead in the first set — and saved five break points in one game, to hold on to that advantage. she said the victory was the perfect preparation for wimbledon, which starts on monday. this morning was pretty cold and i thought it is different conditions which i already have, but ijust get used to it and especially on centre court it is very different so i am glad anything worked at. my serve was helping a lot especially in that one game which i really had to hold it, so i am very pleased with that. us women's national team forward megan rapinoe described friday's supreme court ruling overturning the landmark ruling of roe v wade as "sad and cruel". abortion was made legal across the us after the ruling in 1973, often referred

to as the roe v wade case. the us supreme court has now overturned that right. 26 conservative states can now introduce new abortion restrictions or bans. rapinoe made her comments in an almost ten—minute speech where she fought back tears. pro—choice means that you get to choose pro—choice allows other people to be pro—life if that is what works for them or that is what their beliefs are or if that is where they are at in their life. pro—life doesn't allow anybody to make a choice. newly promoted nottingham forest have signed taiwo awoniyi from german club union berlin for a club record fee. the 24—year—old is a nigeria international and joins forest on a five—year deal for a reported £17 million. awoniyi scored 20 goals in 43 games across all competitions last season and said it had always been his dream to play in the premier league.

mike riley will step down as english referees chief at the end of the coming season. riley has headed professional game match officials limited, the body responsible for match officials in england, for 13 years. he also led on the implementation of var in the premier league and says, "i am proud of the contribution our match officials have made to the professional game." an one last story before we go — uncapped fast bowler issy wong has replaced emily arlott in the england squad for the one—off test against south africa next week. arlott has failed to recover from a bout of covid—19. you can find more on all that story, and follow all the latest from the men's third test at headingley, including in—play video clips, on the bbc sport website and app. 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. our reporter, yunus mulla, told me what was happening at leeds railway station. the advice was only to travel if necessary and leeds station is much quieter than usual, no problem getting that space in the usually very busy car park. a number of platforms here are empty and far fewer people around. fewer ticket counters are also open. there are few services running, mainly long distance journeys. from here for example up to edinburgh, to manchester, the midlands, and london as well. unlike those previous two 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 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. people need money to reflect society but items _ people need money to reflect society but items know about the actual cycles _ but items know about the actual cycles that people have to do what i have today. it doesn't really bother me. i don't get the trains every singlej 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. 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". harry gration also appeared on the bbc news channel on a segment called news nationwide presented by simon mccoy. here's a clip of one of his appearances. we have been running this story all day, an opera sung in yorkshire. how's that going down there? it is going down great. it is bound to. i don't how you prepare your broadcasts during the afternoon, but i listen to opera. it gets me in the right mood and it gets me psyched up to do all that we should do when we have got guests in the studio. it is what we do. so what do you do? basically ijust sing. i am well—known for singing. i have a little ditty here that i will give you later on. but what is smashing about this particular opera, it is written by the great ian mcmillan, barnsley lad

through and through, it is a south yorkshire opera and i think it will take off big and i think it is something we are proud of. this is my ditty. forgive the singing but i will do my best. # 'ey up, welcome to look north, we have the news and sport. # throw in some weather too. # that's the cheapest we can do. # as for news 24, they've got that good old boy. # he's called simon mccoy. # he knows about royaljoy. anyway... harry, i don't know what to say. and earlier i spoke to simon, who described how important regional news was to harry gration. just watching that reminds you what a huge character he was.

the 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 had the time to do it but once we had harry on board i knew we might be able 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 presenter 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 two weeks ago in london, and 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 hugely missed. you clearly had a wonderful relationship with him. he was an advocate for regional news. as was i, because regional news is vitally important to all of us and the bbc. harry epitomised 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 homesick. harry 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? people loved harry gration. i am welling upjust looking at that clip you showed. he was the biggest professional. he gave up holidays if there 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 look north last night wondering if they would break the story and right at the end amy garcia had the toughestjob in announcing the death of someone she sat next to over many years. it is a very important relationship and i think 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, that is not an easy thing to do when you have lost someone not only close to the audience you have but close to you as a presenter. he will be very missed. he wasn'tjust a newsreader. he was entrenched in his community. he raised so much money

for the community. he did a three 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 early 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, two grumpy old men. we realised it was perfect for us.

we had such fun and it was a sense of fun that came over with harry. 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". now it's time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there. an east west split across the uk as we head through the rest of the weekend. it's blustery throughout, really rather unsettled with scattered showers towards western scotland, much of northern ireland too, and wales. and there'll also be some showers towards the south—west of england, some bright, some sunny spells in between. watch out for some thunder and some lightning, potentially the best of the sunshine, eastern scotland and also central southern england, eastern england to see temperatures reach 21 or 22 degrees celsius. now, as we head through this evening and overnight, clear skies for many out towards the east. temperatures will be lowest here,

but milder underneath that cloud. showery outbreaks of rain starting to approach