this is bbc news. i'm frankie mccamley with the headlines at four. 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 be running. and it's day two of performances at glastonbury — with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. good afternoon. 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, michal. 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 senior africa correspondent, 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 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. norway has raised its terror threat level after a shooting at a nightclub and nearby streets in oslo that killed two people and injured 21 others. the shooting happened in three separate locations, including a gay bar. a 42—year—old man has been arrested

and charged with murder, attempted murder and terrorist acts. police say the suspect is a �*radicalised islamist' with a history of mental illness. gareth barlow reports. a march of unity in the face of terror. we're here. we're queer. we won't disappear. norwegians took to the streets of oslo after what the prime minister called a shocking attack on innocent people. the shooting in a busy nightlife district happened in the early hours of saturday morning, with shots ringing out in three locations. speaking to reporters, officers were quick to label the shooting a suspected act of terror. translation: he is suspected of homicide, attempted - homicide and terrorism.

the charge of terrorism is motivated by the number of injured and killed and the number of crime scenes. we think at this stage there is good reason to believe he intended to spread terror among the population. the suspect, a norwegian citizen of iranian descent, has been detained, with two weapons, one of them an automatic gun, retrieved by investigators. police say the 42—year—old is known to security services and added the suspect has also experienced mental health problems. the attack targeted two bars, one of them the london pub, a popular lgbtq+ venue where revellers hid in the basement, the hail of bullets shattering the calm of oslo's normally quiet streets. the last ten years we have said we need to end this height and then we do nothing about it. itjust happens again and again. we can't let this continue. this was a party, and you choose to destroy the lives of people who've done nothing against you.

i'm shocked. when i scrolled through facebook last night and saw friends writes, i'm safe. i had to run, but i'm safe now. it's completely absurd. and it sadly shows how much hate against lgbt people still exists in norway. the threat warning has been raised to the highest possible level and all police officers will temporarily carry guns. meanwhile, norway's king harald called on the country to come together to defend freedom, diversity and respect. gareth barlow, bbc news. 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. it comes after the fatal shooting of 19 school children and two teachers in uvalde, texas last month. the bill includes provisions to help states keep guns out of the hands of those deemed to be a danger to themselves or others. from columbine to sandy hook to charleston, orlando, las vegas, atlanta, buffalo, and from the shootings happening every day 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 many 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 start to close in the us after a supreme court ruling removed american women's constitutional right to abortion. sport, and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin.

new zealand are looking to build on their lead over england at headlingley. in their second innings. they're131—2 after tea on day three... their lead has past 100. opener tom latham had been the setting the example, but was caught on the first ball after tea from the bowling of jamie overton, who's having a great day — england finished earlier on 360. a brilliant first innings score of 162 from jonny bairstow, helping england to a first innings advantage, when all looked lost following their early batting collapse. they have already won the series, are looking to continue this winning form under new captain ben stokes. it's the finals at eastbourne today. it's going to a decider between taylor fritz and maxime cressy — in the men's final right now. both looking to follow in the footsteps of petra kvitova, who earlier beat the defending champion, jelena ostapenko, in the women's singles final — in convincing fashion. joe lynsky reports. the less lookout post for wimbledon is 60 miles south at eastbourne.

petra kvitova has played six times there before but not been champion. now she has stepped forward. this was her first tour final since march last year, but her touch is back in good time. she has two wimbledon titles but here faced eastbourne's depending champion. and whilejelena ostapenko showed a flash of potential, petra kvitova showed the extraordinary. oh, come on! two sleeps two wimbledon�*s first round and two weeks to the final but on the coast petra kvitova has acclimatised both to the grass and after time away, to the big stage. it is a quiet couple of months where it is a quiet couple of months where i didn't play a final so i enjoyed it. this morning was pretty cold and windy and i thought there are different conditions, but ijust got used to it and especially on centre court it is different so i am glad

everything worked out, my serve was really helping a lot, especially in the one game which i really had to hold it, so i am very pleased with that. in hold it, so i am very pleased with that. ., ., ~ �* , hold it, so i am very pleased with that. ., ., ~ �*, ., that. in an all-american men's final ta [or that. in an all-american men's final taylor fritz — that. in an all-american men's final taylor fritz made _ that. in an all-american men's final taylor fritz made the _ that. in an all-american men's final taylor fritz made the early - that. in an all-american men's final taylor fritz made the early running. that is classy. the taylor fritz made the early running. that is classy-— that is classy. the world number 14 won here nearly— that is classy. the world number 14 won here nearly three _ that is classy. the world number 14 won here nearly three years - that is classy. the world number 14 won here nearly three years ago - that is classy. the world number 14| won here nearly three years ago but he faces maxime cressy who has beaten three brits and won the home crowd over. now he has forced the decider, the last look before wimbledon has one more set to go. 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." and one last cricket 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. 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. 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 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. the duchess of cambridge has paid tribute to the "brave men and women" serving in the uk and overseas as she marked armed forces day. pictures taken last year but released today show catherine taking part in training exercises at abingdon airfield in oxfordshire. it's understood she plans to visit the royal navy and the raf in the future. 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 — as our entertainment correspondent colin paterson explains. such a familiar glastonbury face through the bbc and i remember 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 just mentioned paul mccartney, he is going to be performing live. what are the crowd saying to you and

what is the feeling at the festival? shall i let 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 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 glastonbury festival. 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 with the best of the dry and bright weather for eastern areas of england and scotland is captured by our weather watcher here in cambridgeshire. by the west, a good scattering of showers, but some sunny spells in between them with low pressure centred across northern ireland. it's here where we'll see some outbreaks of rain at times. it's really quite blustery throughout as well, a very brisk south—westerly winds blowing, some sunny spells emerging for eastern areas of northern ireland later this afternoon. showers for much of western scotland, down through wales as well, but some sunny spells in between. watch out for a bit of thunder and lightning, perhaps. further east where we'll see the best of the sunshine. temperatures creeping into the late 20s and celsius, also fairly warm for the murray firth, 22 degrees celsius here. now as we head through this evening and overnight our weatherfront, will continue to move eastwards only very slowly though, it starts to approach western, scotland, western wales by the time we get to the end

of the night, temperatures will dip to between eight and 12 degrees celsius, much as how they did this morning. always mild, of course, underneath that cloud towards the west, and then into tomorrow underneath that cloud towards our weather front creeps ever so slowly eastward, starting to make inroads into central southern scotland, where we will see some outbreaks of rain, some of this rain persistent and heavy for a while, approaching cornwall by the time we get to the end of the day and it's really quite windy tomorrow wherever you are, gusts of wind out towards the west irish sea coast of around 40 to 50 miles an hour. the best of the sunshine and the brightness, small chance of an isolated shower for east anglia, where we'll see highs of 23 degrees. a little further north for yorkshire and the third test, then there will be some sunny spells, temperatures here peaking at 19 degrees celsius. it should stay dry, but it may not be completely dry for glastonbury. always a chance for a few showers blowing through on that. brisk south—westerly winds not feeling too bad in the rest of the sunny spells, though, 18 degrees celsius. as we head through into the start of next week, the focus of the showers will change. we're likely to see sun

towards eastern areas of england, much of scotland as we head throughout the day clouding over towards the west by the end of the afternoon. that's because there's another approaching weather front. temperatures generally between the high teens, the low 20s for most. but they will start to improve as we head through to the middle of the week. hello, this is bbc news. the 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. 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 1,000 people.

and it's day two of performances at glastonbury, with sir paul mccartney as the saturday night headliner. now on bbc news, the media show. hello, welcome to the media show. the uk's media regulator ofcom has published a major review of what the bbc does, particularly focused on three areas, how the bbc deals with complaints, how they approach impartiality, and how they define the services it offers people in the uk. needless to say, how the bbc takes the advice of the regulator, how the regulator shapes the future of the bbc, directly impact on

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