this is bbc news. i'm frankie mccamley with the headlines at 5pm: borisjohnson defies conservative critics of his leadership by insisting there'll be no psychological transformation of his character in the wake of two by—election defeats. 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's... that is not going to happen. ukrainian authorities say russia has taken control of the city of severodonetsk after weeks of fierce fighting. norway cancels this year's oslo pride parade, after a deadly shooting at a gay nightclub, which police are treating as an act of "islamist terrorism". abortion clinics start to close in the us after a supreme court ruling removed american women's

constitutional right to abortion. for the third time this week, thousands of members of the rmt union have been taking part in a one—day strike, causing disruption to rail services across britain. 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's 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. remember oliver dowden said in his letter it cannot be business as usual. i'm not hearing you say, "i've heard what the voters have said "and i'm going to change". yeah, so, 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... this 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're 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 shouldn't 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... the lesson i take is that we've just got to get the focus on all the things that we're 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's on to germany and spain for borisjohnson. he'll be hoping his time on the world stage will strengthen his position back home. tony bonsignore, bbc news. despite the by—election losses, the foreign secretary, liz truss, has given her strong support to borisjohnson. 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's 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? his role? 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're 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, 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, on democracy. some reports from the 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's 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. we're working very closely together and i have been having 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 will be 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. that was our senior african correspondence anne soy speaking to the foreign secretary, liz truss. —— respondent.

the ukrainian authorities say russia has taken the city of severodonetsk after weeks of fighting that's cost both armies dear. taking the city would bring president putin closer to gaining control of the whole eastern donbas region. i'm joined by our correspondentjoe inwood. from kyiv. joe what more can you tell us? this has been a long term aim of the russians, to take this city, the city of severodonetsk, the biggest population centre that ukrainians still held in this region. they have now taken it. in many ways, this was expected, the ukrainians have said for the last day or so they were planning on pulling out their troops and it turns out they have been doing it without telling people, doing it without telling people, doing it without telling people, doing it in secret, withdrawing their forces back to the more defensible positions they say about five kilometres to the west of severodonetsk. but this is a significant moment and has been a focus of russia was mike invasion for the last few weeks and the city

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they will be taking lysychansk, they are talking about encircling that. they have a different narrative that has been put forward by the ukrainians. figs has been put forward by the ukrainians.— has been put forward by the ukrainians. ~ , ., ~ ., ., , ukrainians. as for the ukrainians, this must be _ ukrainians. as for the ukrainians, this must be a — ukrainians. as for the ukrainians, this must be a very _ ukrainians. as for the ukrainians, this must be a very difficult - ukrainians. as for the ukrainians, this must be a very difficult day, l this must be a very difficult day, what is the mood and atmosphere like there? it what is the mood and atmosphere like there? , . what is the mood and atmosphere like there? ,. , , . what is the mood and atmosphere like there? , . , , . ., there? it is always difficult to 'ud . e there? it is always difficult to judge accurately _ there? it is always difficult to judge accurately the - there? it is always difficult to judge accurately the mood i there? it is always difficult to judge accurately the mood of| there? it is always difficult to | judge accurately the mood of a there? it is always difficult to - judge accurately the mood of a place but the thing that has characterised the ukrainian position, the feelings you get from people here is of grim determination. they know this is going to be a long process, they know they are up against a formidable opponent in the form of the russians and they know there will be setbacks. but i think they probably had expected this in the same way i was saying before, that severodonetsk had been withdrawn from. but they are facing days of bad news, there's no two ways about it. we had reports of a cruise missiles being fired at three different locations. at the other points —— there are other points of

light, the recent acceptance of their candidacy tojoin light, the recent acceptance of their candidacy to join the european union, it is long—term but won't affect the immediate outcome of this conflict. you also have the arrival of the new precision and long—range missile systems which have been long awaited here. talked of as a game change in this conflict and they are now being put into action on the front line. i think people here realise this is a difficult day, they know they are facing setbacks, but they can see points of light as well. . ~ , ., but they can see points of light as well. . ~' , ., , but they can see points of light as well. . ~ i. , . 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. translation: the last ten years |we have said we need to end thisj hate 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. translation: i'm shocked. when i scrolled through facebook last night and saw friends write, "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. following the attack, 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. protests from kentucky to massachusetts. the decision to overturn roe v wade is seismic. shouting. pro—choice demonstrators say they're 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'll keep full abortion rights,

13 have trigger laws that 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. francis reed, bbc news. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin ramjaun. starting with the cricket. we are. england are hoping to stem the tide of new zealand runs, as the tourists look to extend their lead, of day three of the third and final test at headingley. they�* re currently 153—3 leading by 122. england finished with a first innings lead, thanks to another wonderful performance byjonny bairstow — who made 162 — as he continued his heroics from the last test. jamie overton is also having a debut to remember...

he made 97 with the bat... as england finished on 360. new zealand started their second innings brightly — opener tom latham with a half century as they retook the advantage... latham going well. until... overton contributed to getting latham on the first ball after tea — caught behind off his bowling, in chasing a century. england have won the series — so the black caps are looking to salvage some pride in this one. in the finals of eastbourne, taylor fritz was pushed all the way, in the men's showpiece against maxime cressy to follow in the footsteps of petra kvitova. earlier, she beat the defending champion, jelena ostapenko, in the women's singles final in convincing fashion with wimbledon starting on monday. joe lynsky reports. the last lookout post for wimbledon is 60 miles south at eastbourne, where petra kvitova has played six times before but not been champion. now, she stepped forward. this was her first tour now, she stepped forward. this was herfirst tourfinal since now, she stepped forward. this was her first tour final since march last year but her touch is back in

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wonderful, thank you very much, gavin, from the bbc�*s sports centre. 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 a few services running, mainly those 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 up from home, today was really

about the impact on tourism, leisure, and thosejourneys 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. well, 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, those signalling staff and cleaners. the unions are looking for a pay increase of around 7% with 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 40 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". yorkshire fans of harry said how shocked they were and that he will be sorely missed. he were nice, straight forward. i mean, we've been watching look north for years. he were all right, sound bloke. whatever he were presenting were honest and straightforward. he'sjust been... he's just been a great ambassador, really, for yorkshire over all these years. and we were very sorry to lose him in the 1990s when he went to work down south and he worked for a southern station. but, fortunately, he came back up again and came back to yorkshire. obviously where his heart lay. he'll be remembered for all.

the right reasons, he will do. and, ithink, like i said— before, when you tune in to watch certain programmes, like look north, you watch it because of— the person that's hosting it. harry was synonymous with yorkshire, with sport, with broadcasting. he was a really good friend. it was always good to put the news on in the afternoon to watch him, yeah, very bubbly, yeah, happy chap, greatly will be missed, definitely. earlier, my colleague, lukwesa burak, spoke to peter levy, presenter for bbc look north in east yorkshire and lincolnshire — he gave us his reaction to the news. well, absolute shock last night, when i found out, total shock. you mentioned yorkshire, he was known nationally as well through sport and also on the south coast, at south today for quite a few years, as well. but he was mr yorkshire. everybody knows him. everywhere he went, people knew him, so it was... it was total shock. and he was one of those people

that was, you never found anyone who had a bad word to say about him. he was very, very popular. and as a television presenter, he was never flustered. he always knew the right thing to say. he was always across his brief and he always made people feel that they were extremely special when he was talking to them. didn't matter whether they were, you know, an mp or cabinet minister or somebody who he was talking to in a market. everybody got the same treatment. he was hugely popular and, as i say, those were watching you at the moment in yorkshire will absolutely feel that. and, like you mentioned, he did many episodes of grandstand. he was often off going to work, covering various sports and doing grandstand when he did. i used to sit in for him to do look north while he was away. he always used to say to me, he said, "be good,

but not too good!" he was incredible. you know, when he retired in 2020, just reflecting on what you said there about him being just down—to—earth. there was a comment that he made, "make no mistake" he said, "that these good folk are the heartbeat of the programme". he really understood his audience, didn't he? he was an institution in yorkshire. you are absolutely so right. and he knew, like i do — you love the audience. you know... and there is a bond with those who work in the regions, which i think is very, very, very strong with people, who are watching. they get to... they get to know you so well because you are there night after night and then they might equally see you in the supermarket the next day. and harry had that fantastic relationship and i always remember one weekend, he said to me, because we got on extremely well and he said me

one weekend, he said, "i would love to go and see les miserables". this is going back to the mid—80s. and i said, "i'd like to see it, as well. so he said, "shall we go down on saturday, we'll go on the train?" we went down to london on the train. and, of course, nobody knew me from adam. but everybody knew harry, so all the way down, "oh, hello, harry!" the days before mobile phones. anyway, we got to london, we had some lunch, we went to see les miserables and he sat in the theatre watching it, crying his eyes out throughout the whole production. i always remember that clear as a bell. i was so gutted last night. so gutted. i didn't even know what to write or what to say. just a tremendous shock and you don't come across people like that every day. and several people in television have said the same, you know, during this morning, reading on social media, as well. he was incredible. did you ever meet him? you didn't?

no, i never him, but i completely get what you're saying about the regions. mine was east midlands today and people still stop me and say, "i haven't seen you for a while". really quickly, really quickly, peter, we're running out of time, he got his mbe. he was a sports commentator. did accolades like that, the mbe and the charity work, he raised an enormous amount of money for charity but that recognition, did that change him in any way? not at all, i don't think so. he was the same person. he was a bradford boy. he grew up in a back—to—back in bradford. and he didn't change. he had a great sense of humour. yes, he might have had a... been given a medal. he did raise a lot of money and he won a lot of awards. he won several royal television society awards but i don't think it changed him at all. he was the same... he was the same person

and he was a tremendous broadcaster and, honestly, i mean, people who are watching who... i mean, you take retirement and less than two years later this happens. it's just... it's just heartbreaking. absolutely heartbreaking for anyone that this happens to. peter levy, the bbc look north presenter. now it's time for a look at the weather with elizabeth. 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 with some thunder and some lightning, potentially the best of the sunshine — eastern scotland and also central southern england, eastern england too, where we'll 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 western scotland and western wales by the time we get to the end of the night and our weather front starts to move further eastwards as we head throughout sunday. so some rain arriving for central southern scotland, also towards cornwall as we head towards the end of the day, it's very windy tomorrow. gusts of wind towards irish sea coasts of around 40 to 50 miles an hour. the headlines: borisjohnson defies conservative critics of his leadership by insisting there'll be no psychological transformation of his character in the wake of two by—election defeats. ukrainian authorities say russia has taken control of the city of severodonetsk after weeks of fierce fighting.

norway cancels this year's oslo pride parade, after a deadly