this is bbc news — i'm annita mcveigh — the headlines at 7pm: 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. abortion clinics start to close in the us after a supreme court ruling removed american women's constitutional right to abortion. 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". ukrainian authorities say russia has taken control of the city of severodonetsk after weeks of fierce fighting.

it's the most significant city to have fallen into russian hands since mariupol. 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 evening and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has insisted that questions over his leadership have been settled and that he will lead the conservative party into the next general election. his comments follow the tories�* defeat in two by—elections this week. speaking to the bbc from rwanda, where he's attending a commonwealth meeting, he said people were "heartily sick"

of questions about his conduct and that a "psychological transformation" of his character would not happen. this report from alex forsyth in the rwandan capital kigali, contains some flash photography. diplomacy has been at the forefront of this commonwealth summit, but for the prime minister this morning, issues closer to home were dominant. evening, sir. last night, he attended an official dinner with his wife, carriejohnson, mingling with government heads while his own leadership is under scrutiny. after losing two by—elections and his party chair, critics want him to change. but borisjohnson says he won't undergo a psychological transformation, claiming it's policy people care about. when things are tough, of course people are rightly going to direct their frustration, their irritation, at government and at me. i'm the leader of the government. i think, to be absolutely clear,

in the last few months, people in tiverton, people in wakefield just heard far too much about stuff they didn't want to be hearing about. his cabinet have rallied round — some more so than others. the foreign secretary, in kigali herself, was pretty clear where she stood. i have absolute confidence in the prime minister. he's doing a fantasticjob. he's led on... ..delivering on brexit, helping britain recoverfrom covid. but those who have long called for him to go haven't given up. borisjohnson is actually galvanising an anti—boris johnson vote. the leader of the party should normally be more popular than the party itself, and what we're seeing with borisjohnson is that he's a huge drag on the ticket. the summit in kigali was meant to be about boosting trade and co—operation, but for the uk, it's been overshadowed. first by plans to send asylum seekers here, then by politics miles away. this morning, the prime minister claimed that the question of his leadership was settled

when he won a vote of confidence among his own mps. clearly, for some, that's not the case. after rwanda, he's not heading back to the uk, but on to europe for meetings of the g7 and nato. but he knows his domestic problems will be waiting. here, the clean—up begins as the commonwealth summit closes. borisjohnson wants to brush away these by—election defeats, clear he's not going anywhere. but there is no doubt they will leave a mark. alex forsyth, bbc news, kigali. let's get some reaction now to the prime minister's latest remarks. joining me now is deputy editor of right—wing blog conservative home, henry hill. thank you very much forjoining us. how unusual is it, first of all, in the wake of two by—election defeats to hear a prime minister say questions over his leadership have been settled?— questions over his leadership have been settled? ~ , , been settled? well, i suppose he can an ue that been settled? well, i suppose he can argue that there _ been settled? well, i suppose he can argue that there was _ been settled? well, i suppose he can argue that there was a _ been settled? well, i suppose he can argue that there was a no-confidence argue that there was a no—confidence ballot a few weeks ago, which he did manage to win, that would be the

basis of that claim. i think the rebels will be kicking themselves that they crawled over the line at that they crawled over the line at that point rather than keeping their powder dry for a couple of weeks, waiting for these results to come in. there's an awful lot of tory mps from both 2019 and the red wall and 2015 who took seats from the liberal democrats in the south—west will be very worried by these results and might have given a different answer. yes, if they are worried about the results and if their constituents still aren't happy, could that lead to a change of leadership sooner than borisjohnson wants? yes. to a change of leadership sooner than boris johnson wants? yes, it could. than boris johnson wants? yes, it could- the — than boris johnson wants? yes, it could. the formal _ than boris johnson wants? yes, it could. the formal rules _ than boris johnson wants? yes, it could. the formal rules of- than boris johnson wants? yes, it could. the formal rules of the - than boris johnson wants? yes, it| could. the formal rules of the 1922 committee is that after you have won a no—confidence ballot, you are safe for another year but the 1922 committee sets its own rules. you just needs to change its mind. this is what famously happened to theresa may, she did win a no—confidence ballot but things got worse so people from the 1922 committee said if you don't resign, we will change the rules and reopen the contest. actually, there is a vote coming up,

elections are coming up for the leadership of the 1922. backbench conservative mps get to vote and it looks very likely that pro boris johnson mps will be routed in that contest and opponents will win. it makes it more likely that if things don't improve, whether sir graham brady is chairman of the 1922 will perhaps pull that lever and subject borisjohnson to another contest. you think those who are not for the prime minister will become the majority in the 1922 committee? the? majority in the 1922 committee? they will certainly — majority in the 1922 committee? they will certainly become _ majority in the 1922 committee? tie: will certainly become the majority on the executive of the 1922 committee. it is important to distinguish between mps who might be generally anti—borisjohnson at distinguish between mps who might be generally anti—boris johnson at this point and mps who would be repaired to no—confidence him they're all sorts of factors that go into making a decision like that. lots of tory mps are reluctant to have a contest because unless there is a combination, there probably won't be because there are no obvious successor is to borisjohnson at the

moment, a leadership contest is quite time consuming. several rounds of voting with mps and the final two go to borisjohnson at the moment, a leadership contest is quite time consuming. several rounds of voting with mps and the final two go to to enter that process without having a clear idea of who would emerge on the other side. sceptics of the prime minister, shall we say, boris sceptics will almost certainly control the 1922 committee in a few weeks' time. control the 1922 committee in a few weers' time-— weeks' time. after that confidence vote in boris— weeks' time. after that confidence vote in boris johnson _ weeks' time. after that confidence vote in boris johnson you - weeks' time. after that confidence vote in boris johnson you had - weeks' time. after that confidence vote in boris johnson you had a . vote in borisjohnson you had a group of mps, a body of mps who still support the prime minister but said he had effectively one more chance to prove he could leave the party and lead it in the right direction. when he says people are sick of questions about his conduct and a psychological transformation of his character will not happen, is that a snub to those mps and to what extent do you think the grass roots of the party actually do still want to ask questions about his conduct and his character? i to ask questions about his conduct and his character?— to ask questions about his conduct and his character? i believe that in our most recent _

and his character? i believe that in our most recent survey _ and his character? i believe that in our most recent survey of - and his character? i believe that in l our most recent survey of grassroots conservatives we run every month we found plurality. most activists thought it was time for a change of leadership and according to independent scientific poll and comment some of those seats where we just had the bye elections, the biggest reasons for not voting tory what to do with party gate and prime minister's conduct. he hates apologising and hate being seen to give ground but i don't think there's any getting away from it. at there's any getting away from it. at the problem he has had for a while now is his absolute refusal to show humility and get ahead of the stories. he keeps having to firefight them and he lacks the breathing space to try to get back on top of the agenda. that will worry tory mps. they spent lots of time on covid—19 and we are in a cost of living crisis and they will be trouble with the unions. this government needs to be focused 100% on getting a grip and coming up with a clear plan to offer voters. instead, the government seems to be going from day to day, trying to put out fires. that is not how you win a

general election. {lilia out fires. that is not how you win a general election.— out fires. that is not how you win a general election. 0k, henry, thank ou ve general election. 0k, henry, thank you very much _ general election. 0k, henry, thank you very much for _ general election. ok, henry, thank you very much for your— general election. 0k, henry, thank you very much for your thoughts, l you very much for your thoughts, henry hill conservative home. —— henry hill conservative home. —— henry hore and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers — our guestsjoining me tonight are the political commentator jo phillips and the political editor of the sunday mirror and the sunday people, nigel nelson. i hope you can stay with us or indeed join us laterfor i hope you can stay with us or indeed join us later for that. police in norway have charged a 42—year—old man with murder, attempted murder, and terrorist acts after a shooting which left two people dead and 21 others injured. shots were fired at a popular gay venue in the capital 0slo. the man had been known to the security services since 2015. duncan kennedy reports. the police were quick to seal off the area, but the gunman's attack lasted several minutes. the targets included a bar popular with the lgbtq+ community called the london club. translation: 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 had been shot. this is norway's worst terrorist attack in 11 years. a norwegian man of iranian descent has been charged with murder and terrorist acts. the country's prime minister said 0slo had been hoping to celebrate its annual pride parade. we expected a lively and enthusiastic parade through our streets, of people celebrating pride after three years of pandemics and other standstills. instead, we have a dark day where terror struck 0slo this night. although the pride parade was officially cancelled, this was the response. chanting: we won't disappear! thousands marching to show their defiance towards violence and their defence of diversity. duncan kennedy, bbc news.

clinics have begun closing in some us states after yesterday's supreme court ruling removed a woman's constitutional right to abortion. about half of the 50 states are expected to introduce new restrictions or bans as a result of the ruling — and there've been protests, with more expected around the country. president biden described the ruling as "a tragic error." i'm joined now by carol tobias, who is the president of one of america's oldest anti—abortion groups, the national right to live committee. she's in atlanta. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. thank you very much for “oining us on sac newt thank you very much for “oining us on bbc news. thank you. i want to beain b on bbc news. thank you. i want to begin by asking _ on bbc news. thank you. i want to begin by asking you _ on bbc news. thank you. i want to begin by asking you why _ on bbc news. thank you. i want to begin by asking you why does - on bbc news. thank you. i want to begin by asking you why does the l begin by asking you why does the issue of what a woman does with her body issue of what a woman does with her bodj issue of what a woman does with her bod j ., , , ., issue of what a woman does with her bodj ., , , . ., body need to be legislated on? because we — body need to be legislated on? because we are _ body need to be legislated on? because we are talking - body need to be legislated on? because we are talking about l body need to be legislated on? i because we are talking about two bodies. if there is an abortion, there is a leading unborn child, whose life is being taken from him

or her. so, we are fighting to protect the life of that unborn child, but we also want to offer help and support and assistance to a woman who may be in a difficult time and doesn't know what she wants for that child. {lin and doesn't know what she wants for that child. ., and doesn't know what she wants for that child. . , , ., , that child. on that issue of help and support _ that child. on that issue of help and support and _ that child. on that issue of help and support and assistance, - that child. on that issue of help and support and assistance, if. and support and assistance, if someone finds themselves in a situation where they want to terminate a pregnancy, but they can't access a termination, what is that help going to be for them and how will they access that help? there are three times as many pregnancy resource centres in our country than there are abortion facilities. they will help a woman with whatever she needs, whether it is medical care, a place to live, clothes for her or the baby. many of our states are coming forward now with new programmes to help support her maybe by allowing or sending a nurse into the home on a monthly basis, to provide, you know, health

and wellness checkups orjust to answer questions. providing a list of... pulling information together of... pulling information together of all of the resources that are available to her from of all of the resources that are available to herfrom both of all of the resources that are available to her from both the public and private sector. we are going to do everything we can to make this circumstance as easy as possible for a woman who really is in dire need. bre possible for a woman who really is in dire need-— possible for a woman who really is in dire need. �* ,, _, . ., in dire need. are you concerned that this is going — in dire need. are you concerned that this is going to _ in dire need. are you concerned that this is going to fuel _ in dire need. are you concerned that this is going to fuel a _ in dire need. are you concerned that this is going to fuel a rise _ in dire need. are you concerned that this is going to fuel a rise in - this is going to fuel a rise in backstreet abortions, unsafe abortions or that women will simply travel, if they can, to access an abortion?— travel, if they can, to access an abortion? ~ . , ., ., abortion? we realise that women will be able to travel— abortion? we realise that women will be able to travel to _ abortion? we realise that women will be able to travel to other— abortion? we realise that women will be able to travel to other parts - abortion? we realise that women will be able to travel to other parts of- be able to travel to other parts of the country to get an abortion if her state is not allowing it. but abortion procedures that are in place now are still going to be available if abortion is illegal in her particular state. so, available if abortion is illegal in her particularstate. so, if abortion is safe now, it's going to be safe when it's illegal. if it is supposedly unsafe, because it's illegal, then it's unsafe now. because it'll be the same

procedures.— because it'll be the same rocedures. , . , . procedures. there is a difference between someone _ procedures. there is a difference between someone who _ procedures. there is a difference between someone who is - procedures. there is a difference i between someone who is medically qualified, though, to carry out this procedure, and somebody who is offering it, you know, in an underhand way, isn't there? there is some data from the world health organization, which says, and this is in developing countries, 7 million women per year were treated in hospitalfacilities million women per year were treated in hospital facilities for complications of unsafe abortions. and each year, 13.2% of maternal deaths can be attributed to unsafe abortions. so, do you accept that they will be some women who, for whatever reason, can't travel to a state where they can access an abortion and, therefore, will go for an unsafe procedure and may die as a result? is that what you want? mr; result? is that what you want? my concern is — result? is that what you want? tj�*i1: concern is that result? is that what you want? m1 concern is that the result? is that what you want? m1: concern is that the states that result? is that what you want? m1 concern is that the states that are removing any and all protections from unborn children are also changing their laws to allow different kinds of people, notjust doctors, from doing the abortion.

so, the so—called legal abortions could be done by people who may not be qualified, which, to me, is a very serious concern. there is also a problem with women being given abortion pills that are not safe. there are some that are manufactured, i guess, to protocol, but there are certainly some that are using unsafe and foreign materials that should not be in the pills. so, i don't accept that abortion is going to be any safer just because it's legal. xtour just because it's legal. your president. _ just because it's legal. your president, joe _ just because it's legal. your president, joe biden, - just because it's legal. your president, joe biden, is, i. just because it's legal. your - president, joe biden, is, ithink most of our viewers will know, a catholic. he has described the decision by the supreme court as a tragic error. what do you make of that? ., ,, tragic error. what do you make of that? i, _ ,, , i, that? the error by the supreme court was made in — that? the error by the supreme court was made in 1973. _ that? the error by the supreme court was made in 1973. i— that? the error by the supreme court was made in 1973. i know _ that? the error by the supreme court was made in 1973. i know that - was made in 1973. i know that proponents of abortion love to say that... , , proponents of abortion love to say that... , i, proponents of abortion love to say that... i i, �* proponents of abortion love to say that... i ii �* ii ~ that... sorry, maybe i didn't make m self that... sorry, maybe i didn't make myself clear. _ that... sorry, maybe i didn't make myself clear, apologies, _ that... sorry, maybe i didn't make myself clear, apologies, what - that... sorry, maybe i didn't make myself clear, apologies, what do | that... sorry, maybe i didn't make i myself clear, apologies, what do you

make of president biden as a catholic making those comments, calling that decision an error? i don't care whether he's catholic or not. the issue is not the current supreme court decision, it was the 1973 decision that found a right to abortion in the constitution that does not exist. i don't think the president... i realise catholics are very upset with the president because he portrays himself as a catholic but doesn't follow church teaching. my concern with him is that he is just misinterpreting the us constitution. and that is not good for our leader. ok. us constitution. and that is not good for our leader.— good for our leader. ok, carol tobias, thank _ good for our leader. ok, carol tobias, thank you _ good for our leader. ok, carol tobias, thank you very - good for our leader. ok, carol tobias, thank you very much l good for our leader. ok, carol i tobias, thank you very much for joining us this evening from the national right to live committee. staying in the us... the most significant gun control bill in nearly 30 years has been signed into law by president biden. it imposes tougher checks on young gun buyers and encourages states to remove guns from people considered a threat. congress approved the legislation with bipartisan support this week,

following a spate of mass shootings. let's get more on this now with our north america correspondent peter bowes who's is in los angeles. hello, take us through the details of this bill, first of all.— of this bill, first of all. well, this is hastily _ of this bill, first of all. well, this is hastily written - of this bill, first of all. well, - this is hastily written legislation in the wake of those shootings that you refer to. and it includes increased background checks for people under the age of 21 who want to buy a gun. there is money for mental health programmes, money for school security and full states to implement so—called red flag laws. this is when guns can be confiscated from individuals if it is deemed they are a danger to themselves or other people. it also closes what is known as the boyfriend and loophole. this is where people who are convicted of... assault against a boyfriend or a girlfriend, they can be stopped from owning a gun. significantly, what it doesn't do is

include any kind of clampdown on assault style weapons or those high—capacity magazines. these are the kinds of measures thatjoe biden and other democrats have been campaigning for that they are not included in this law.— included in this law. what sort of im act do included in this law. what sort of impact do you — included in this law. what sort of impact do you think _ included in this law. what sort of impact do you think this - included in this law. what sort of impact do you think this will- included in this law. what sort of. impact do you think this will make, peter? i mean, you have mentioned those assault style weapons. is this going to stop another school shooting, another uvalde? ithink onl time shooting, another uvalde? ithink only time will— shooting, another uvalde? ithink only time will tell. _ shooting, another uvalde? ithink only time will tell. i _ shooting, another uvalde? ithink only time will tell. i think - shooting, another uvalde? ithink only time will tell. i think it - only time will tell. i think it seems extremely unlikely that the measures within this law alone could potentially stop another school shooting. but what it might do, and the president has said this, he believes it will save lives. with certainly the extra funds to help states and help officials in health departments around the country identify people who have issues, for whatever reason, mental health issues, that could pose a danger to other people. whether it is children in schools or others in other

aspects of society. the hope is that it will save lives. bigger picture, there are many in america who believe that much more dramatic measures are needed. the issue, of course, is that with the current political make up in congress, they seem unlikely to change. though, the big issues, the assault style weapons, for example, that is unlikely to happen at least in the near future. unlikely to happen at least in the near future-— unlikely to happen at least in the near future. ii ~ i i, i i russian forces are now said to be "fully occupying" the ukrainian city of severodonetsk, a key location in the war, in the east of the country. ukraine's army has already pulled its troops out from there. our ukraine correspondent, joe inwood, has the latest from the capital kyiv. so, this has been a long—term aim of the russians to take this city, the city of severodonetsk. it's the biggest population centre that the ukrainians still held in the luhansk oblast region. and they have now taken it. in many ways, this was expected. the ukrainians have said, for the last day or so, that they were planning

on pulling out their troops. and it turns out they've been doing it without telling people. they've been doing it in secret, withdrawing their forces back to the more defensible positions, they say, in the city of lysycha nsk. that's about five kilometres to the west of severodonetsk. but this is a significant moment. this has been a focus of russia's invasions for the last few weeks or so, and the city has now fallen. the russians are talking both about this as... well, they still call this a planned military oper... a planned... a special military operation, i should say. they deny this is a full scale invasion. they've been talking about slow gains being made, incremental gains being made over the last few days and weeks for them. for them, they're not making a big deal about this because they've been saying this was going to happen. the big point they've been making today is about their moves on the other side of the river on the eastern bank, where they've taken the town of zolote. and they say they've encircled, there, a large number of ukrainian forces.

they are talking in very different terms. they're talking about, essentially, an inevitable process. they say not only have they taken severodonetsk, but they will be taking lysychansk, as well, that's the city the other side of this river, and they're talking about encircling that. and they really have quite a different narrative to that which has been put forward by the ukrainians. the head of the rmt rail union has said further industrial action has not been ruled out as a third day of strikes hit services today. mick lynch said there was little sign of a breakthrough over pay and reform of rail services. borisjohnson said the public had a right to expect modernisation of the railway network. the rmt leader says he's looking for a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies from rail bosses. they think, and i believe that they can make that guarantee, but somebody is stopping them from doing that at this moment and i suspect that's the politicians. so, if they put that on the table, that we can give you a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies, we can get on with discussing the changes

that they want to make and the adaptations that they believe they need. and then we can move onto a pay deal and we can settle this dispute. mick lynch. what effect could space tourism have on our planet? well, according to a report led by researchers at ucl, it could have more of a damaging effect than the aviation industry if left unregulated. i'm joined now by dr rob ryan, an atmospheric scientist at ucl and the lead author on the research paper on the climate impacts of space tourism. doctor ryan, thank you very much for joining us. i guess, last year we saw what you might call a new space race, didn't we, between richard branson, jeff bezos, elon musk and virgin galactic has been talking about eventually perhaps for hundred of these space tourism flights each year. what kind of impact do you think that would have on the environment, on climate change? thank you very much for having me, yes, it's a really important topic that we need to start discussing because the space tourism industry

looks like it's about to really get going. we are particularly concerned about the impact of such particles that come from rockets, especially those that have hydrocarbon bases. the reason they are so important is that when they are in high atmosphere by the rockets, they are much more efficient at warming the planet than other sources of soot foster you have looked specifically at these soot particles, tell us more about that impact and what you found in your study —— sources of soot. the soot particles are made up of carbon, they are small particles, less than the width of a human hair but they are very important because they absorb incoming solar radiation. effectively they act as a way of adding a layer to the atmosphere that warms it. and we are concerned about the impact that this is going to have in the upper part of the atmosphere. and it is because the particles are being placed in the particles are being placed in the upper part of the atmosphere can stay there a bit longer than if they

are released to the surface. in addition, it can get more incoming radiation because it is higher in the atmosphere. i5 radiation because it is higher in the atmosphere. is a radiation because it is higher in the atmosphere. is a comparison to air travel useful _ the atmosphere. is a comparison to air travel useful or _ the atmosphere. is a comparison to air travel useful or not? _ the atmosphere. is a comparison to air travel useful or not? how - the atmosphere. is a comparison to air travel useful or not? how do - air travel useful or not? how do emissions from space flights compare, say, to a long haulflight? it is important to note that, at the moment, the overall climate impact on the aviation industry is still significantly larger. this is because the aviation industry releases a lot more carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas. the concern with the soot particles is that they are 500 times more efficient at warming the planet and soot from the aviation industry. it will not take as a rocket launches at the current aviation industry to have a significant impact.- have a significant impact. now, i don't know _ have a significant impact. now, i don't know if— have a significant impact. now, i don't know if you _ have a significant impact. now, i don't know if you have _ have a significant impact. now, i don't know if you have a - have a significant impact. now, i don't know if you have a look- have a significant impact. now, i don't know if you have a look at| don't know if you have a look at this in detail, but when you talk about regulation, what sort of regulation would you like to see? oi regulation would you like to see? of course, that regulation would you like to see? (if course, that is a question regulation would you like to see? iii course, that is a question for policymakers. we can certainly make some recommendations from our research around the types of rocket fuels. and around the number of launches. we can see that the current rate of growth of rocket launches is a fairly modest and it

is having quite a minor impact on the climate and the ozone layer currently. but if we are ramping up to say, 1000 launches per year, ten times more than we have now, we can start to see these adverse effects. so, we would advocate for regulation of fuels and of rocket launches. i5 of fuels and of rocket launches. is there a greener fuel that can be used in space tourism and space travel? ii i i, ii travel? that is one of the interesting _ travel? that is one of the interesting arguments . travel? that is one of the - interesting arguments between various space tourism players about which fuels are greener. there is a debate that liquid hydrogen the cleaner fuel currently used by blue origin rockets...— origin rockets... that is the jeff ba s origin rockets... that is the jeff ihays swan. _ origin rockets... that is the jeff bays swan, isn't _ origin rockets... that is the jeff bays swan, isn't it? _ origin rockets... that is the jeff bays swan, isn't it? yes, - origin rockets... that is the jeff bays swan, isn't it? yes, but. origin rockets... that is the jeff. bays swan, isn't it? yes, but two very important — bays swan, isn't it? yes, but two very important things. _ bays swan, isn't it? yes, but two very important things. the - bays swan, isn't it? yes, but two| very important things. the carbon footprint for producing that liquid hydrogen fuel on the ground is a really intense —— that is thejeff bezos one. it burns a bit cleaner in the atmosphere. the other important point is that all rockets are destined to have an impact on the ozone layer because of the

production of non—oxygen eyes... as components go in and out of the atmosphere. components go in and out of the atmosphere-— atmosphere. doctor rob ryan, interesting _ atmosphere. doctor rob ryan, interesting to _ atmosphere. doctor rob ryan, interesting to talk _ atmosphere. doctor rob ryan, interesting to talk to _ atmosphere. doctor rob ryan, interesting to talk to you, - atmosphere. doctor rob ryan, | interesting to talk to you, thank you for your time this evening. doctor robert ryan, one of the lead authors on that research paper on the impact of space tourism on the climate and on the environment. sir paul mccartney will become glastonbury festival's oldest solo headliner a day after billie eilish became the youngest ever solo artist. the former beatle's headline show this evening will come exactly a week after he celebrated his 80th birthday and more than 60 years of making music. our culture editor, katie razzall, is there and spoke to us a short time ago. i'm at the pyramid stage right now, the american band, haim, are belting out their hits. earlier, greta thunberg was on there talking about climate change. but, of course, all the buzz is about how in around three hours' time, sir paul mccartney will be there. now, i was down there early this morning and there were already eager fans setting up their chairs, claiming their front—row spot. and they were talking to me

about all the rumours swirling about who might perform with macca tonight. taylor swift was mentioned, ringo starr, even. i'm told, on good authority, that is wishful thinking. what we do know for certain is that it will be a long set by glastonbury standards, two hours and 15 minutes, so that is not long for sir paul mccartney and also that, at 80, he is glastonbury festival's oldest—ever headliner. now, before him, noel gallagher's high flying birds will be on that stage as this festival really gets into the swing after three years without. after a two year absence because of the pandemic, dogs have been competing to be crowned the world's ugliest dog. the winner is called "mr happy face", who apparently impressed the judges with his crooked head, grey mohawk, hairless, pimple—ridden body, awkward hobble, and snort—like breathing. his owner isjeneda benally is from arizona. i feel bad ifeel bad reading i feel bad reading this out about him, really.

how does it feel to have the world's ugliest human, huh? oh, you know, it feels incredible that there is recognition of true inner beauty and that is just amazing. so i don't know that i feel like i've got the world's ugliest dog — i know that i've got the world's most lovable dog. that is mr happy face, bless him. now it's time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello, there. a very blustery day today with scattered showers in the west, drier and brighter further east. and it's looking very similar tomorrow. , those winds are likely to strengthen further. so for sunday morning, then we'll see some outbreaks of showery rain moving to western scotland. they'll be pushing eastwards. a wet start here for western wales. that weather front approach

in the south west of england, some scattered showers here. also scattered showers, sunny spells for northern ireland, very windy for irish sea coast. gusts of wind of up to a0 to 50 miles an hour. the best of the sunshine in the dry weather again for parts of east anglia where we could see highs of 22 or 23 degrees celsius. it does remain windy on monday. still a brisk southerly wind blowing. the focus of those showers moves a little further east, but there'll still be some sunny spells. it's drier and brighterfor much of wales, western scotland and northern ireland, but clouding over towards the end of the day with another weather front approaching, temperatures ranging between 19 and 21 degrees. hello, this is bbc news. 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. abortion clinics start to close in the us after a supreme court ruling removed american women's constitutional right to abortion. 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. ukrainian authorities say russia has taken control of the city of severodonetsk after weeks of fierce fighting. 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. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. england take late wickets against new zealand as they hunt victory in the final test to complete a clean sweep in the series.

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