this is bbc news, the headlines at 8pm... 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 me to undergo some sort of psychological transformation, you know, i think that our listeners would know 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. a third day of strike action disrupt services on the uk's rail network. rmt general secretary mick lynch says further industrial action hasn't been ruled out. 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 going to, 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. joining me now is chief political commentator at times radio, lucy fisher. thanks forjoining us. thanks for joining us. just thanks forjoining us. just to quote what borisjohnson said in that report, people heard far too much about stuff they didn't want to hear about, he says about the voters in tiverton and honiton. do you think he is trying to disassociate himself from this defeat? in a he is trying to disassociate himself from this defeat?— he is trying to disassociate himself from this defeat? in a word, yes. in the immediate _ from this defeat? in a word, yes. in the immediate wake _ from this defeat? in a word, yes. in

the immediate wake of— from this defeat? in a word, yes. in the immediate wake of these - from this defeat? in a word, yes. in the immediate wake of these two i the immediate wake of these two disastrous election defeats, we had the prime minister try and link the discontent of tory voters or voters in those seats to the cost of living crisis. this weekend, he has moved the narrative on slightly, almost suggesting it is his mps, possibly the media, at part to blame with what he called the endless churn of allegations against him. he said people were heartily sick of hearing about things he is alleged to have done wrong. but many things that have upset his backbenchers aren't just allegations, of course they stand for the ethics row that has besieged his government for months and that he has found to be doing wrong, particularly partygate, where he received and accepted a criminal sanction for his role in taking part in an illegal gathering. so, i am interested that he is trying to distance himself in this way, and i think it is going to cut the mustard with those critics among his backbenchers and indeed some wavering tory mps who really want to see him take responsibility for his

role in these by—election defeats and signal that something will change, it won't be business as usual. it change, it won't be business as usual. , ., ., , ., ~ , change, it won't be business as usual. , ., ., ~, ., usual. it is that group of mps that i was about _ usual. it is that group of mps that i was about to _ usual. it is that group of mps that i was about to ask— usual. it is that group of mps that i was about to ask you _ usual. it is that group of mps that i was about to ask you about, - usual. it is that group of mps that i i was about to ask you about, those who backed him in the confidence vote but said, look, this is a last chance for you to show that you can govern, that you can lead. will they now be thinking that the game is up? well, i certainly think next week is going to be a really big week and it is unfortunate that the prime minister in some ways that he isn't going to be in westminster, he is on to berlin for the g7 and then the trade for the nato leaders summit. that leaves days and days which is a lot of space and time for people to plant in westminster. i think that critics and wavering tory mps, as you say, some of those who backed in the confidence vote but wanted to see change have a disparate spectrum of gripes, it includes concerns

about ethics and his character, that hasn't been made any better by the shock resignation of lord geidt in recent days. i think there are some who are concerned about policy. he is trying to say in recent days, since the by—election defeat, focus on policy not on personality. but many of his backbenchers have concerns about the way his administration is going, and they think there is a sense of drift, there is not a real mission, policies like the rwandan flagship immigration policy haven't really come off yet, it has all been botched with a fake —— first plane due to take off and grounded, the whole levelling up agenda that is meant to be the flagship policy of this government, hasn't really had much flesh put on the bones which is what really is just a slogan, the critics say, and setting up the billion pound investment that would allow north and midlands communities to see really significant differences in their standard of living. fin

differences in their standard of livina. ., ., �* ., , living. on the other hand, boris johnson scenes _ living. on the other hand, boris johnson scenes -- _ living. on the other hand, boris johnson scenes -- sees - living. on the other hand, boris johnson scenes -- sees himself living. on the other hand, boris i johnson scenes -- sees himself as living. on the other hand, boris - johnson scenes -- sees himself as a johnson scenes —— sees himself as a campaigner, do you think that aspect of his personality can pull him out of his personality can pull him out of these present difficulties? weill. of these present difficulties? well, that may be _ of these present difficulties? well, that may be the — of these present difficulties? well, that may be the case, _ of these present difficulties? well, that may be the case, and - of these present difficulties? well, that may be the case, and she - of these present difficulties? -ii that may be the case, and she is a good campaigner, as you say, and he may look to throw more red meat to the redwall communities, that is mainly the direction he has gone in, tilting more to the right when he has felt under pressure, and indeed, in a small way that has been successful, though of course the tories lost tiverton and honiton and wakefield by—elections this week, the reform party, ukip, these parties in the right flank of the conservatives that once caused them so much trouble under david cameron lost their deposits this week, so he has closed up the threat from the right by that tilt. there is talk that at nato he could try and unveil more defence spending. he has turned

a lot to the close alliance he has built with vladimir zelensky and the way britain has —— volodymyr zelensky. the flavour of his fightback yesterday and today and after the by—election defeats, he is defiant and not willing to back down or apologise. defiant and not willing to back down orapologise. i defiant and not willing to back down or apologise. i think often he, unlike said keir starmer, is his best when he is fighting, when his backis best when he is fighting, when his back is up against the wall, he does tend to come out swinging whereas some politicians need to feel front footed and competent to perform his best —— their best. footed and competent to perform his best -- their best.— best -- their best. thank you, lucy fisher, best -- their best. thank you, lucy fisher. chief _ best -- their best. thank you, lucy fisher, chief physical— best -- their best. thank you, lucy fisher, chief physical commentator| fisher, chief physical commentator at times radio. 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 — one of the most

significant in the court's history. president biden described the ruling as a tragic error. our washington correspondent nomia iqbal is outside the supreme court where demonstrations are continuing. it is day two of those protests, not as many numbers as they were yesterday when that ruling came through but there are hundreds of protesters. i would say they are a largely pro—choice group. earlier, there were anti—abortion protesters as well and there was a slight stand—off between them where you had pro—choice groups surrounding those anti—abortion ones and shouting, my body, my choice. but people are still coming here to express their and over the ruling that was handed down by the supreme court. remember, people were expecting it. ever since the draft was leaked in may which showed the intention of the supreme court two and roe v wade, the ring that has been placed only half a century, that constitutionally gives the women writes to have an abortion. despite the fact they knew

it was coming, they were still sharp about it and the pro groups say they will continue to fight. let's talk to rachel shelden, professor of history at penn state university in the us. when he was president, donald trump said he wanted to shift the us supreme court to the political right, and with this reversal of roe v wade, i'll be seeing the court become more politicised than ever before? ~ , ., , ., before? well, the history of the court is a history _ before? well, the history of the court is a history of— before? well, the history of the court is a history of politics - court is a history of politics because the court has always been made up of political appointees and in the 19th century, especially, from the earliest years of the supreme court through the 19th century, you had justices nominated for their political and partisan activities. so, in many ways, it is activities. so, in many ways, it is a return to the way things were in the 19th century and early years of the 19th century and early years of the united states. has the 19th century and early years of the united states.— the united states. has it always been that way. _ the united states. has it always been that way, no? _ the united states. has it always been that way, no? yes, - the united states. has it always been that way, no? yes, it - the united states. has it always been that way, no? yes, it has. j the united states. has it always l been that way, no? yes, it has. it has always _ been that way, no? yes, it has. it

has always been _ been that way, no? yes, it has. it has always been critical. - been that way, no? yes, it has. it has always been critical. the - has always been critical. the difference now is that americans tend to believe that the court should be a political, so all of the opinion polls about the supreme court rely a lot on the idea that the court must operate outside of politics. but of paul's that is really hard to do when the appointees come from president who come from political political proclivities as other members of the court are still political actors. the real difference there is that they are much more powerful than they are much more powerful than they would have been in the 19th century and in the early years of the nation. century and in the early years of the nation-— century and in the early years of the nation. . , ., ., , the nation. once they are appointed, can they be — the nation. once they are appointed, can they be removed? _ the nation. once they are appointed, can they be removed? they - the nation. once they are appointed, can they be removed? they don't - the nation. once they are appointed, l can they be removed? they don't vote in a certain way? that can they be removed? they don't vote in a certain way?— in a certain way? that is not generally — in a certain way? that is not generally have _ in a certain way? that is not generally have things - in a certain way? that is not generally have things have i in a certain way? that is not - generally have things have been done in the united states.— in the united states. exactly, exactl , in the united states. exactly, exactly. so. _ in the united states. exactly, exactly. so. you _ in the united states. exactly, exactly, so, you know, - in the united states. exactly, - exactly, so, you know, therefore, if they are political appointees appointed by political presidents, do they tend to always stick to those lines? or do we see evidence ofjudges appointed by republican

president or vice versa voting in surprising ways, let say? thea;r president or vice versa voting in surprising ways, let say? they have been some — surprising ways, let say? they have been some surprises _ surprising ways, let say? they have been some surprises in _ surprising ways, let say? they have been some surprises in the - surprising ways, let say? they have been some surprises in the past - surprising ways, let say? they have | been some surprises in the past but we have to remember that parties are made up of coalitions of people with different kinds of political views and so just because you are a republican does not mean you are going to follow all of the same republican ideas as all republicans. because republicans are varied, and same with the democratic party. so, think aboutjudges as specifically partisan from the perspective of only the party argues this is a bad way of thinking about their own political proclivities. 50. way of thinking about their own political proclivities.— way of thinking about their own political proclivities. so, talk to us about the — political proclivities. so, talk to us about the make-up - political proclivities. so, talk to us about the make-up of- political proclivities. so, talk to us about the make-up of the i political proclivities. so, talk to - us about the make-up of the supreme us about the make—up of the supreme court at the moment. i believe i am writing saying that president trump made three appointments to the supreme court, they were all pretty controversial, won't they? all relatively young so one would assume that their influence will continue for quite some time to come. if the nation says, we would like the supreme court to be apolitical, is

there anything a president or anyone is can do about that?— is can do about that? well, the main thin the is can do about that? well, the main thing they can _ is can do about that? well, the main thing they can do — is can do about that? well, the main thing they can do is _ is can do about that? well, the main thing they can do is they _ is can do about that? well, the main thing they can do is they can - thing they can do is they can suggest that congress stripped the jurisdiction of the supreme court. the supreme court gets most of its power from congress, congress the supreme court gets most of its powerfrom congress, congress and the constitution in article three has the power to determine what the supreme court is able to rule on, and conquest could take that power away. our currency crane court has this much power because congress has been a willing participant in growing that power. —— our current supreme court. they could strip the jurisdiction of the supreme court so they did not have the power over these kinds of things. [30 they did not have the power over these kinds of things.— they did not have the power over these kinds of things. do you see that happening — these kinds of things. do you see that happening anytime - these kinds of things. do you see that happening anytime soon? i these kinds of things. do you see | that happening anytime soon? i'm afraid i that happening anytime soon? i�*m afraid i don't. i think we would have to get a very different congress and a very different set of lawmakers, generally, may be younger, maybe with a different set of political proclivities.— of political proclivities. professor sheldon, really _ of political proclivities. professor sheldon, really interesting - of political proclivities. professor sheldon, really interesting to - of political proclivities. professor| sheldon, really interesting to talk to about the history of the court,

professor rachael sheldon from penn state university. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm 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. 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. i asked our north america correspondent peter bowes to explain the details of this bill. 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's money for mental health programmes, there's money for school security, there's money to help states to implement

so—called red flag laws. now, this is when guns can be confiscated from individuals if it is deemed that they are a danger to themselves or other people. it also closes what's known as the "boyfriend loophole". and 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 kind of measures that certainlyjoe biden and other democrats had been campaigning for, but they're not included in this law. so, what sort of impact do you think this will make, peter? i mean, you've mentioned those assault—style weapons. is this going to stop another school shooting, another uvalde? i think only time will tell there. 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's 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, those big issues, the assault—style weapons, for example, that is unlikely to happen at least in the near future. 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 oslo. 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 oslo 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 oslo 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. sport now, let's get a full roundup from the bbc sport centre. the third and final test looks to have swung back in england's favour. 162 from johnny bairstow gave them a first innings lead which had seemed unlikely. new zealand are batting again at headingley and led by 137 runs at the close but they have lost five wickets and there are two days left to play.

patrick gearey reports. "back yourself." england's new mantra. a belief that allows jamie overton — a bowler on debut — to bat to the brink of a century. 97 — he had come so close, he had come so far. because together with jonny bairstow, he'd changed the game, and bairstow kept going. past 150, past new zealand. an innings that started with england in crisis ended with england in front. the boy from bradford beloved in leeds. having left with love, he returned with gloves as stand—in wicketkeeper. england ahead by 31 and hunting wickets. that was the first — will young. but slowly england moved from chasing to fetching. kiwi confidence inflated. tom latham and kane williamson looked comfortable. england needed new energy. cue overton... one ball after tea, he got latham. bairstow�*s catch among the pigeons. the weather kept them

from maintaining a grip, but again, first ball after the restart, joe root struck. devon conway magnificently caught by ollie pope. now england were on the charge. new zealand's captain, williamson, edged matthew potts behind. henry nicholls pushed one back for laigh. only the kiwi rain gave them shelter. wimbledon starts on monday and the two—time champion petra kvitova is in good form. she has won the eastbourne international tournament for the first time. kvitova took the final 6—3, 6—2 againstjelena ostapenko who was defedning her title kvitova, who is 32, was runner—up at eastbourne in 2011, the same year that she won her first wimbledon. 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 out. 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. taylor fritz says he thinks he can go far at wimbledon this year after claiming his second eastbourne title. he beat fellow american maxime cressy in three sets. fritz is seeded 11th at the all england club, but has never made it into the second week in five attempts. gareth bale is going tojoin major league soccer side los angeles fc. his contract with real madrid expires at the end of this month, and he'll move to la on an initial one—year deal. he had nine years in spain, winning five champions leagues and three la liga titles, but has been a fringe player for the past few seasons despite leading his country to this year's world cup in qatar. bale, who's now 32, had been linked with a move to his home city club cardiff.

at the british athletics championships in manchester, darryl neita won the women's 100 metres. neita won bronze with dina asher—smith in the 4x100 metre relay at the tokyo olympics last year, but beat her team—mate in a wind—assisted time of 10.8 seconds. there was a surprise win forjeremiah azu in the men's100. the european under—23 champion beat reece prescod and zharnel hughes to the line, with a time of 9.9 that was also wind—assisted. great britain have won a bronze medal in the men's that's all the sport for now. 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. weeks of heavy russian shelling have reduced the city mostly to ruins. 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 lysychansk oblast, the lysychansk 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 lysychansk. that's about five kilometres to the west of severodonetsk. but this is a significant moment. to the west of severodonetsk. 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 hasn't ruled out further industrial action 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 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 the adaptations and then we can move onto a pay deal and we can settle this dispute. the glastonbury festival is preparing to welcome sir paul mccartney to the pyramid stage later this evening. with more than 200,000 people on site, keeping it running smoothly takes a lot of work. just a warning thatjulia causton's report contains flashing images. this year's glastonbury really is one for firsts. last night, thousands packed onto this field to watch billie eilish become the youngest ever headliner. and tonight, it's the turn of sir paul mccartney. he'll become the oldest solo headliner when he graces the pyramid stage later. saturday at glastonbury, and most people are fully immersed into their festival lifestyles. but what does it take to host thousands on a farm?

i've been speaking to some of those that make it happen. one, two, three, four! 200,000 people partying need a lot of provisions. water is always top of the agenda. if you can imagine the scale of things, so pilton, the local area, usually they have half a million litres a day. this festival at its peak is 300 million litres of water a day. our network teams been working since march, and we're re—routing lots of local supplies to get water on site. there's a new reservoir on site which we supply, and that keeps the kind of festival flowing. the morning after the night before, and all hands are on deck. one couple has been clearing up together here for 1h festivals. i drive that behind us through the site, emptying the skips for the general waste, and, yeah, it's an enjoyable job. just like the atmosphere, i everything about it, really. with a population this size, injuries are inevitable. 5000 people will pass through the medical centre

during the festival. so far, saturday morning now, we've seen about 2000 through the main medical centres and a couple of other units. and i think we've sent about 30 of them off to hospital, so we aim to treat as many people on site as we possibly can. and of course there are the stars. suddently glastonbury's back on, and it's the biggest festival in the world. and you just feel it, just, yeah... you can tell i'm buzzing because i absolutely love this place. theirjob is to simply entertain. julia causton, bbc points west, glastonbury festival. 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 and 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 and you just feel it, just, yeah... 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. 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 with me, annita mcveigh. 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 oneday strike, causing disruption