this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 2: a former top civil servant says borisjohnson was briefed in person about a formal complaint concerning inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher — directly contradicting the account from downing street. i know that the senior official briefed the prime minister in person, because that official told me so at the time. trying to move on from the issue in cabinet this morning — but questions are now swirling about the account given to senior ministers who've defended the prime minister in public. a distinction that is being drawn

is awareness of a complaint that may have been, or an allegation that may have been made, and something that trips the wire, if you like, meets the threshold for formal disciplinary action. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois — after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accommodation as record numbers are placed into care. and england beat india by seven wickets — on the final day of the fifth test at edgbaston.

good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson�*s decision to appoint chris pincher as deputy chief whip is facing further scrutiny after a former top civil servant said the prime minister was briefed "in person" about an investigation into the mp's conduct when he was a foreign office minister. downing street's account of what happened has shifted in the past few days — yesterday it said mrjohnson was aware of some allegations which were either resolved or not part of a formal complaint — this was before he appointed mr pincher as deputy chief whip. but in a letter to the parliamentary standards commissioner lord mcdonald, the former permanent secretary at the foreign office said the account given by no 10 was "not true". mr pincher was suspended as a conservative party mp last week over allegations of sexual misconduct. 0ur political correspondent

ben wright has this report. are we good? not according to the former top official at the foreign office. lord macdonald's dynamite claim this morning came just before cabinet met. these days, the cameras are let in but there are no questions from reporters. it did not look like the jolliest meeting of ministers. there is a key question at the heart of all of this — what did borisjohnson know about chris pincher�*s alleged past behaviour when he was appointed deputy chief whip in february? number ten's line has shifted over recent days. i briefed the relevant senior official... and speaking this morning, lord mcdonald said it had made inaccurate claims. i think they need to come clean. i think that the language is ambiguous, it's sort of telling the truth and crossing your fingers at the same time and hoping the people are not too forensic in their subsequent questioning

and i think that is not working. in an extraordinary letter to parliament's standards watchdog, lord mcdonald said contrary to claims by number ten, borisjohnson was briefed in person about the initiation and outcome of an investigation into chris pincher�*s behaviour in 2019, when he was a foreign office minister. he says there was a formal complaint and mr pincher was not exonerated. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, was foreign secretary at the time. you don't believe, then, the word of lord mcdonald who said mrjohnson was briefed in person about the initiation and outcome of the investigation? so, that's news to me, i wasn't aware of that and it's not clear to me that is factually accurate. chris pincher resigned from hisjob as deputy chief whip last thursday. he has denied the misconduct allegations against him and is seeking professional medical support. number ten's line has changed several times since then. first, it said the prime minister was not aware of allegations

involving mr pincher when he was given thejob in february. but yesterday, downing street said borisjohnson was aware of some allegations that were either resolved or did not turn into a formal complaint. lord mcdonald's intervention contradicts that claim and some of borisjohnson�*s own backbenchers are exasperated. it does appear that ministers of the crown have been lied to by people in downing street before being sent out onto the media. i call the deputy- leader, angela ranger. in the commons this lunchtime, labour said this was all about borisjohnson�*s judgment. what message, mr speaker, does this send about the standards of this government and what they set? what message does this send to the british people facing a cost—of—living crisis while their government is paralysed with scandal? when will this minister stop

defending the indefensible and say enough is enough? the position is that the prime minister acted with probity at all times. it is not appropriate, whether in private life or in public life, to act on unsubstantiated rumour. did the prime ministerl mislead you, mr raab? yet again, borisjohnson�*s ministers find themselves trying to defend their boss and explain what the prime minister knew and when. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster. enormous amount of energy is being consumed in government with trying to explain the contradictions over chris pincher. how much frustration is that diversion away from the issues that lots of people at home will be worried about, the state of the economy and the war in ukraine, that all this focus is on internal

matters at westminster?- matters at westminster? huge frustration, — matters at westminster? huge frustration, and _ matters at westminster? huge frustration, and having - matters at westminster? huge frustration, and having spoken| matters at westminster? him frustration, and having spoken to several conservative mps and ministers this morning, they are completely fed up with the way this is being handled, even those who are publicly loyal and supportive to borisjohnson are questioning how much longer they can go on defending what some of them see as the indefensible. if the allegations against chris pincher were not serious enough in the first place, as somebody who was deputy chief whip in a government role in charge of overseeing discipline amongst their colleagues in parliament, the way it has been handled by number ten it since then and the way downing street has shifted its stance just makes things ten times worse, as far as a lot of mps are concerned. that is the problem because when the story keeps changing and the line keeps shifting theissue changing and the line keeps shifting the issue will not go away and as

you suggest, there is frustration amongst mps who want to get on with theirjobs and want the government to be able to get on with its job, but the issue is as much to do with those around borisjohnson in downing street as it is with the prime minister himself. they are hoping in many cases, that this will not necessarily be the end of it, but not too much more will come to light and the summer recess which is in three weeks' time can't come soon enough for a lot of mps this week. i was looking at the remarks from wilk wince, the ministerforfamilies wince, the minister for families yesterday, wince, the ministerforfamilies yesterday, when he was interviewed —— will quince. he said he had been given a categorical assertion that the prime minister had not been involved in the allegations against chris pincher. but now that was

before yesterday, so why were they not telling ministers that yesterday? has there been any explanation from downing street? hat explanation from downing street? not reall . explanation from downing street? iirrt really. the explanation given in the light of our reporting overnight and this morning, that there was indeed a formal complaint against chris pincher which was pursued and upheld, the explanation was given that that was resolved and yesterday downing street said the prime minister was aware of complaints that were either resolved or did not come to anything, and the word resolved is an interesting one to use and you can draw your own conclusions about what that implies. but ministers detail a site, ministers have had to go out —— ministers, details aside, they've had to go out and give lines which

they have been assured are true by downing street and senior people in number ten, downing street and senior people in numberten, only downing street and senior people in number ten, only to find out hours later that what they were saying and were sure to be the case turned out not to be. i suspect there will be fewer ministers as the days go by who will be willing to do that, because as one minister put it today, they have the legs kicked out from under them soon afterwards. it will be interesting to see how the prime minister responds tomorrow lunchtime at prime minister's questions. thanks forjoining us. police in the us have arrested a man in his 20s after six people were killed in a mass shooting at an independence day parade near chicago. more than 20 others are in hospital after a high—powered rifle was fired multiple times from a rooftop. the suspect has been named as robert e crimo the third. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal has this report.

the streets where celebrations had been taking place quickly turned into a hunting ground, as police searched for a killer. a man who brought terror to an independence day parade. americans in this wealthy chicago suburb had been out in the sunshine for the symbolic day of the 4th ofjuly. a few minutes into the parade, shots rang out, creating shock, confusion and panic. people moved quickly for safety. i thought that it was the navy that was saluting the flag with rifles, but then when i saw people running, um, i picked up my son, and i started running. at first, the police found the gun but not the gunman. it took until the evening for them to eventually arrest robert crimo iii. the person of interest is now being taken to the highland park police department where we're going to begin the next phase of the investigation and speak

with this person to make sure or see if, in fact, he is connected to this incident. social media firms have suspended accounts apparently owned by him. all events were cancelled as police spent hours looking for the 22—year—old. and so another address to the nation, on yet another mass shooting. president biden cautiously questioned the direction his country is heading in. there's nothing guaranteed about our democracy, nothing guaranteed about our way of life. we have to fight for it, defend it and earn it by voting. once again, americans are dealing with gun violence. not a week has gone by without a mass shooting in america this year. it happens everywhere — in their schools, supermarkets and even on independence day. the mayor of slovyansk in eastern ukraine says the city is being hit by salvoes of russian artillery from closer positions as it becomes the latest

frontline in the conflict. he confirmed that recent shelling had left at least six people dead and said it was now important to evacuate as many civilians as possible. over the weekend, the city of belgorod, which is a0 kilomtres from ukraine's northern border, was hit by what russia says was a ukrainian missile strike. it was the first time the city had been damaged since the start of the war. but, as our russia editor steve rosenberg found out, few people there are linking the two events. the kremlin promised its "special operation" in ukraine would make russia safer. but in belgorod, there's little sign of safer. this was the city early on sunday. russia accused ukraine

of a missile attack. ukrainian officials deny it. but at least four civilians were killed in an explosion. and many buildings were damaged. this is not destruction on the scale of ukraine, where thousands of civilians have been killed since russia invaded, but there is anger here. "we should have fired a missile right back at kyiv", vadim says. "that would have made them think." i asked knarik if this had happened before. "what — in the city centre?! of course not", she says. "we need to take harsher measures." i've been wondering — why is it that so many people here don'tjoin the dots? they don't make the connection between russia invading ukraine and their lives here becoming less safe. i think it's partly because the russian state media does all it can to prevent those dots from being joined in people's minds, but also many russians simply don't want to believe that their country started this, that russia is the aggressor.

singing but now, a call for peace from the orthodox church. metropolitan ioann of belgorod has issued a statement saying it's time to turn swords into ploughshares and that he's praying for an end to the bloodshed in ukraine that has now come to russian homes, too. prayers are one thing, the political will to make peace, well, that's another. steve rosenberg, bbc news, belgorod. an 85—year—old dr admitted gross negligence after using the wrong needle in the wrong place at the royal 0ldham hospital in 2018.

a public inquiry into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man during a foiled prison break has found that he was "lawfully killed". 28 year old jermaine baker died while trying to free an inmate from a prison van in north london in december 2015. a former top civil servant says borisjohnson was briefed in person about a formal complaint concerning inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher — directly contradicting the account from downing street. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois — after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. italy has declared a state of emergency in five northern regions amid the worst drought in 70 years. several municipalities have already announced water rationing. the affected areas include

lombardy and piedmont. unusually hot weather and low rainfall across winter and spring have compounded the issue in northern italy. around 50,000 people have been told to leave their homes in australia's largest city, sydney, as river levels continue to rise after days of torrential rain. parts of the city have received about eight months of rain in four days. roads have been cut off, some houses are underwater, and thousands have been left without power. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil has this report. in some parts of windsor, roads have turned into small rivers and the only way to get around is by boat. a once—in—a—century weather event has now happened twice — just this year. melissa and her family have been without power for nearly 2a hours. now they've been told to evacuate. this time, because the water's over the road now, yeah, i'm a little bit worried. but, yeah... and as soon as the power got cut off

yesterday as well, that was... yeah, had to go, because we had no power. some residents in this neighbourhood have been rescued by the emergency services and others have evacuated. some are waiting in their homes, praying that they don't get stuck and that the water doesn't rise even further. the thing you keep hearing time and time again is how exhausting it's all been for them. 0ne local told me that facing one catastrophic flood is hard enough, but having to deal with three or four in less then two years is just devastating. sam lives just across the road but can't get to her house. this is the second time it's been flooded in three months. so did you just clean up your property, then? yeah. we kind ofjust had everything back sorted, like, cleaned up, fixed up, and then, yeah... and you can mix this with water, it's protein powder.

linda has been helping people here for years. she herself has had to evacuate the night before and tells me she's never seen floods this bad. the community's still recovering from the last flood and the one before. actually, some people are still recovering from the fires. you know, we're just all in shock and everybody is traumatised. the wet weather has been relentless and with many roads cut off, authorities have urged people to heed evacuation warnings. this event is far from over. please don't be complacent. wherever you are, please be careful, when you're driving on our roads. obviously, there is still substantial risk for flash the wet weather has been relentless and with many roads cut off, authorities have urged people to heed evacuation warnings. this event is far from over. please don't be complacent. wherever you are, please be careful, when you're driving on our roads. obviously, there is still substantial risk for flash flooding across our state. experts say the flooding emergency has been worsened by climate change

and a la nina weather phenomenon. it'll take months if not years for communities here to rebuild and in the back of everyone's mind is the fear of when they will have to go through this again. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. children as young as 11 have been housed in aianbs and other temporary accommodation, as councils face serious challenges in finding suitable placements, a bbc investigation in wales has found. local authorities insist it is a last resort for children in care, and that support workers are in place round the clock for those under the age of 16. but charities say many young people in care in the uk feel they're not getting the support they need. paul heaney has this report. so these are all the photos i've got from the majority of my childhood. hope's mum wasn't able to look after her, but she has really good memories growing up with her grandparents. i think, at that point, i really wanted to be in the police when i was... when i was little. things changed when she was 13. exploited by older people, nan and granddad agreed foster care was best for her own safety.

but that placement later broke down. i'm just an excess piece. my mum didn't want me and now my grandparents can't look after me and now my foster carers don't want me. the state doesn't know what it wants to do with me. what's. .. what's the point, you know? hope ran away and slept rough before the council offered her a place in a hostel. she says it was under the same roof as someone who'd assaulted her. i had clothes stolen from me, i had bus passes stolen from me. the girls used to gang up. wrexham council said it always aimed to keep children safe, that its children's services had since been transformed and it would use hope's comments to improve things further. we asked councils in wales, using the freedom of information act, what kind of places they were using to house young people. our investigation has found that even now, children are still being placed

in bed and breakfasts and other temporary accommodation here in wales. that's despite the welsh government saying it wanted to stop that six years ago. most are 16 or 17 years old, but some are even younger. one example was an 11—year—old placed in an airbnb with support workers because there was nowhere else for them to go. the actor michael sheen presented a petition to the welsh government calling for unregulated accommodation for children to be banned. in a bbc documentary tonight, he hears from hope and others in care who say they were let down by the system designed to protect them. it'sjust heart... it's heartbreaking and... and infuriating that we, as a society, are allowing this to happen to children. 0ne children's charity now wants more fundamental changes to the care system. young people say, "well, why... "why are we not loved? "why doesn't the care system love us? - "what does love look like for us?"

and these are the questions we're asking government to kind - of think about, really. the body representing councils in wales told us that, in the face of growing demand and more complicated cases, they're doing their best but they need more money. the welsh government says children should not be placed in b&bs. most children in care, it says, do have a positive experience and it is investing more in foster care and specialist accommodation while trying to help families sooner. hope is now trying to move on from a difficult time in care. rock climbing helps her mental health. there's no room for anything else to come into your mind when you're climbing. she's determined to improve the care system for those who come after her. i will fight to make sure that this process doesn't happen in the same way it happened to me. paul heaney, bbc news. you can watch michael sheen: lifting the lid on the care system

on bbc iplayer now — or on bbc one wales at 9pm tonight. and details of help and support for some of the issues raised in this film are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline. royal mail managers are to strike later this month in a dispute overjobs and pay. the unite union announced that 2,400 managers will work to rule from the 15th to the 19th ofjuly, followed by strike action from the 20th to 22nd ofjuly, and said that the action would impact the postal and parcel service. would impact the postal the number of patients at scotland's accident and emergency departments, waiting longer than four hours, has grown to the highest on record. let's get more details from our correspondent in glasgow — james shaw. it is the case that in the week

ending the 26th ofjune, last month, there were 8993 patients who waited more than four hours to be seen at a&e and that is higher than the previous peak which was around the middle of march. what this means is that around a third a little less than a third of people, who were going to a&e in that week at the end ofjune were waiting more than four hours. 95% of people should be seen within four hours was the target from the scottish government, and it is also the case that the numbers having to wait 8—12 hours, those have reduced over the last few weeks, so that is a positive sign. the scottish government says that with the increase in cases of the new variants of coronavirus, that is putting extra pressure on a&e departments including staff absences

which reduces their capacity to deal with more patience and it is also true that the levels of people going to a&e is getting close to where it was before the pandemic so that also increases the pressure and it is also true that this is just the most obvious symptom of the problem is that there are in the health service in the uk, all sorts of issues with gp surgeries, and in particular situations with the general hospital in the borders in scotland which has cancelled all routine operations this week. the most high—level symptom of problems are right across the board with the health service in the board with the health service in the wake of the pandemic. ianthem the board with the health service in the wake of the pandemic. when the government — the wake of the pandemic. when the government of _ the wake of the pandemic. when the government of scotland _ the wake of the pandemic. when the government of scotland tries - the wake of the pandemic. when the government of scotland tries to - government of scotland tries to paint a path out of this particular situation, and promise something that will get better, what are they saying? that will get better, what are they sa in: ? ~ . , . that will get better, what are they sa in? . that will get better, what are they sa in? ~ . ,~ , , saying? what they are saying broadly is that it is going _

saying? what they are saying broadly is that it is going to _ saying? what they are saying broadly is that it is going to take _ saying? what they are saying broadly is that it is going to take a _ saying? what they are saying broadly is that it is going to take a long - is that it is going to take a long time and the health secretary here has said these problems which they are seeking to address with their covid recovery plan will take not months but years and that gives a sense i suppose of how much work needs to be done, but on the other hand the opposition parties, including the conservatives in particular, they say the plans are not sufficient to deal with the problem. 0ther not sufficient to deal with the problem. other parties point to what they say is a lack of funding, a long—term lack of funding even before the pandemic, so a debate about why the problem is as deep as it is but no question that it will take a long time to solve. thanks for “oininu take a long time to solve. thanks forjoining us- — a premier league and international footballer has been arrested in north london on suspicion of rape. 0ur correspondent louisa pilbeam was outside scotland yard this morning.

the 29—year—old man is a premier league and international footballer. he was arrested in barnet, in north london, yesterday on suspicion of rape. now, police haven't named the man for legal reasons and they haven't said what club or what country he plays for. officers have been questioning the man over an allegation of rape of a woman in her 20s. the rape allegedly happened last month. the man was taken into custody and police say inquiries into the circumstances are ongoing. now it's time for a look at the weather. for many another fine day with lots of sunny spells across england and wales, variable cloud and the thickest across scotland and northern ireland, and this cloud will thicken up further as we move into this evening and overnight, the weather front approaching from the west will bring outbreaks of rain especially in the north and west of scotland where the rain will be a bit heavy and more persistent as we head through the night. it could

drier in northern ireland through the night and may be a few showers in the north of england but south will have clear skies and light winds and another recipe for a fairly cool night out of town but further north and west 1a is the lowest so feeling quite warm and muggy. when state stays quite cloudy and misty and murky in northern and western areas —— wednesday stays. best of the sunshine in much of england and wales with temperature starting to climb into mid 20s here, further north we are looking at the mid to high teens.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a former top civil servant says borisjohnson was briefed in person about a formal complaint concerning inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher — directly contradicting the account from downing street. i know that the senior official briefed the prime minister in person, because that official told me so at the time. trying to move on from the issue in cabinet this morning — but questions are now swirling about the account given to senior ministers who've defended the prime minister in public. the distinction that is being drawn is awareness of a complaint that may have been. _ is awareness of a complaint that may have been, oran is awareness of a complaint that may have been, or an allegation that may have been, or an allegation that may

have been_ have been, or an allegation that may have been made, and something that trips the _ have been made, and something that trips the wire or meet the threshold for formal_ trips the wire or meet the threshold for formal disciplinary action. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois — after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. sport now. it's a lively day today with 0lly foster. where are you starting? i am startin: foster. where are you starting? i am starting with — foster. where are you starting? i am starting with the _ foster. where are you starting? i —.n starting with the cricket. the england capatin ben stokes says they are trying to rewrite how test cricket is being played. they completed a sensational 7 wicket victory over india in the rearranged final test

to level the series. they easily reached the 378 runs required, their highest successful run chase in tests. they resumed this morning on 259 for three withjoe root and jonny bairstow at the crease and they saw england home, root unbeaten on 142, bairstow11li, his second century of the match and fourth in three tests. it's been a brilliant start under new coach brendon mcullum and captain ben stokes, after the whitewash against new zealand. this is their 11th test win in a row. it's the first of the wimbledon quarterfinals today. the action on centre court is just getting under way but british tennis fans will be focussing on number one court later on this afternoon, that's where cameron norrie is playing. let's cross live to the all england club, chethan pathak is there, he's seeded ninth, but this is uncharted territory for norrie. it was roger federer who was bigging up it was roger federer who was bigging upjannik sinner before he made it big? it up jannik sinner before he made it bi ? . , . .

up jannik sinner before he made it bi? ., ., ., up jannik sinner before he made it bi ? ., . . . ., , big? it was, and what an endorsement that is. big? it was, and what an endorsement that is- roger — big? it was, and what an endorsement that is. roger has _ big? it was, and what an endorsement that is. roger has been _ big? it was, and what an endorsement that is. roger has been skiing - big? it was, and what an endorsement that is. roger has been skiing with - that is. roger has been skiing with jannik_ that is. roger has been skiing with jannik sinnerand that is. roger has been skiing with jannik sinner and it is that is. roger has been skiing with jannik sinnerand that is. roger has been skiing with jannik sinner and it is that ski-like _ jannik sinner and it is that ski-like 's_ jannik sinner and it is that ski—like 's quality that makes a very— ski—like 's quality that makes a very good _ ski—like 's quality that makes a very good on gas. it is the tenth seed _ very good on gas. it is the tenth seed hare, _ very good on gas. it is the tenth seed hare, the 20—year—old italian who is_ seed hare, the 20—year—old italian who is taking on the title himself, novak— who is taking on the title himself, novak djokovic, the defending champion. you will see that sinner has broken — champion. you will see that sinner has broken first. he is two points away— has broken first. he is two points away from — has broken first. he is two points away from this first set, which would — away from this first set, which would be _ away from this first set, which would be significant. he has clearly given— would be significant. he has clearly given djokovic more to think about than anyone else that this man on your screen— than anyone else that this man on your screen has faced thus far at the championships. djokovic has dropped — the championships. djokovic has dropped two sets en route to the last day~ — dropped two sets en route to the last day. look at that fist pump from _ last day. look at that fist pump from jannik sinner. let's hang in and see — from jannik sinner. let's hang in and see if— from jannik sinner. let's hang in and see if he can get himself over the line — and see if he can get himself over the line. sinner had beaten carlos alcaraz— the line. sinner had beaten carlos alcaraz in— the line. sinner had beaten carlos alcaraz in the prior round, which surprised — alcaraz in the prior round, which surprised if— alcaraz in the prior round, which surprised if you, alcaraz, the fifth seed _ surprised if you, alcaraz, the fifth seed we — surprised if you, alcaraz, the fifth seed. we have got cam norrie to come _ seed. we have got cam norrie to come he — seed. we have got cam norrie to come. he will follow on court one. the british— come. he will follow on court one. the british number one has a great chance _ the british number one has a great chance to _ the british number one has a great chance to potentially play the winner— chance to potentially play the winner of this match if norrie can

-et winner of this match if norrie can get past — winner of this match if norrie can get past david goffin. but it is sinner— get past david goffin. but it is sinner serving for this first step to try— sinner serving for this first step to try and — sinner serving for this first step to try and get his nose out in front against _ to try and get his nose out in front against novak djokovic, who is hoping — against novak djokovic, who is hoping to— against novak djokovic, who is hoping to make it four consecutive wimbledon titles. that is extraordinary in itself. it would be seven _ extraordinary in itself. it would be seven in _ extraordinary in itself. it would be seven in total if he could do it. and _ seven in total if he could do it. and that — seven in total if he could do it. and that is _ seven in total if he could do it. and that is why it is not going to be as— and that is why it is not going to be as easy— and that is why it is not going to be as easy as that for me! it has gone _ be as easy as that for me! it has gone to deuce. we will keep you up—to—date with that and howjannik sinner— up—to—date with that and howjannik sinner gets — up—to—date with that and howjannik sinner gets in. we have two women's quarterfinals too. 0nsjabeur will quarterfinals too. 0ns jabeur will step out — quarterfinals too. 0nsjabeur will step out. she is playing marie buzz cover— step out. she is playing marie buzz cover from — step out. she is playing marie buzz cover from the czech republic. 0ns jabeur— cover from the czech republic. 0ns jabeur is— cover from the czech republic. 0ns jabeur is the favourite at the moment— jabeur is the favourite at the moment because the other favourites are out _ moment because the other favourites are out. there is an all—german much going _ are out. there is an all—german much going on— are out. there is an all—german much going on at— are out. there is an all—german much going on at the moment in the quarterfinal on court number one. tatiana _ quarterfinal on court number one. tatjana maria is playing julie niemeyer. niemeyertook the tatjana maria is playing julie niemeyer. niemeyer took the first set convincingly by 6—4. she was the

woman— set convincingly by 6—4. she was the woman who — set convincingly by 6—4. she was the woman who knocked out heather watson earlier— woman who knocked out heather watson earlier this _ woman who knocked out heather watson earlier this week. big serve, woman who knocked out heather watson earlierthis week. big serve, power hitter. _ earlierthis week. big serve, power hitter, 22—year—old, first time playing — hitter, 22—year—old, first time playing at— hitter, 22—year—old, first time playing at a grand slam. and how significant — playing at a grand slam. and how significant a take that first set against — significant a take that first set against tatjana maria, the older piaver~ — against tatjana maria, the older player. the 34—year—old mum of two talked _ player. the 34—year—old mum of two talked about — player. the 34—year—old mum of two talked about the challenges of coming — talked about the challenges of coming back from second maternity leave _ coming back from second maternity leave. maria has fought back in that second _ leave. maria has fought back in that second set — leave. maria has fought back in that second set. she was 5—2 up and i think— second set. she was 5—2 up and i think she — second set. she was 5—2 up and i think she has taken it. it is finely poised _ think she has taken it. it is finely poised. they are going to go into a decider, _ poised. they are going to go into a decider, the — poised. they are going to go into a decider, the two germans. not two names— decider, the two germans. not two names we — decider, the two germans. not two names we were expecting in the quarterfinals, which shows you how open _ quarterfinals, which shows you how open the _ quarterfinals, which shows you how open the women's draw is at the moment — open the women's draw is at the moment. ., open the women's draw is at the moment. . ., , ., , open the women's draw is at the moment. . . , ,., ., , ., ~', moment. chetan passat, many thanks. jannik sinner — moment. chetan passat, many thanks. jannik sinner has _ moment. chetan passat, many thanks. jannik sinner has just _ moment. chetan passat, many thanks. jannik sinner has just taken _ moment. chetan passat, many thanks. jannik sinner hasjust taken that - jannik sinner has just taken that first set against novak djokovic. the women's european championship starts tomorrow with england facing austria at a sold out old trafford. england also face norway and northern ireland in their group, the top two go through to the quarterfinals.

with home advantage many are backing the lionesses to go a long way, england's most capped player fara williams, is working for bbc sport throughout the tournament and is excited about the team. they are one of the favourites. they are in fantastic form. they have a fantastic manager and they have got a good balance throughout the squad with some experienced players and some good young, exciting players, which i think brings the balance to the team that is needed in this tournament. now the team is full of confidence. in previous games, we could see how confident they are. now, we have been expecting this for a while. mauricio pochettino has finally left paris sentimental is that the former spurs manager had 18 months in paris, during which he won his first trophy.

but it was their failure in the champions league that proved to be his undoing despite an array of attacking talents at his disposal, neymar, mbappe and messi. former nice boss christophe galtier is expected to take over. england wing jonny may looks likely to miss the second rugby union test he was ruled out of the first test with covid and after seven days in isolation, he is yet to resume full training. england are one down in the series and eddiejones is already without tom curry, who has been ruled out of the rest of the tour with concussion. that's all the sport for now. lots more on the bbc sport website and i will have an update in the next hour. thank you, 0llie. back now to our top story here in the uk — borisjohnson is facing further scrutiny over what he knew about mp, chris pincher, when he appointed him as deputy chief whip in february. a former top civil servant at the foreign office, lord mcdonald, now says mrjohnson was briefed in person about a formal complaint and investigation

into mr pincher�*s behaviour. mr pincher resigned as deputy chief whip last thursday and was suspended as a conservative party mp after being accused of groping two men. speaking in the house of commons earlier, the deputy leader of the labour party, angela rayner, claimed there was an "ethical vacuum" in downing street. this goes to the heart of wider issues here and the public have had enough. since the resignation of yet another of the prime minister's ethics advisors last month, there has been an even bigger ethical vacuum in downing street, with no accountability in place. how can the minister come here today and say that they simply wouldn't happen again? the prime minister was personally

informed about these allegations, and yet he was either negligent or complicit. what message, mr speaker, does this send about the standards of this government and what they set? what message does this send to the british people facing a cost of living crisis while their government is paralysed with scandal? when will this minister stop defending the indefensible and say enough is enough? some of the prime minister's own mps were also critical today in the commons. the question that faces the government, and i would suggest to my honourable and right honourable friends sat on the front bench, and i notice a greater degree of propensity of government whips rather than other ministers at this

time, is for them to consider what they are being asked to say in public, which changes seemingly by the hour. and i would ask them to consider, mr speaker, the common sense of decency that i know the vast, vast majority of them have, and ask themselves if they can any longer tolerate being part of a government which, for better or worse, is widely regarded as having lost its sense of direction. it is for them to consider their positions. it's not a question of systems. it is a question of political judgment, and that political judgment cannot be delegated. i'm joined now by professor willjennings, who researches public opinion and trust in politics at the university of southampton.

what an interesting time to be doing that kind of work. what strikes you about this latest development? itrui’eiii. about this latest development? well, i think it's important _ about this latest development? well, i think it's important to _ about this latest development? -ii i think it's important to keep in mind that even before the latest revelations, borisjohnson had terrible ratings with the british public. his approval ratings had beenin public. his approval ratings had been in freefall since the autumn of last year around the initial partygate allegations in december. and despite some of the westminster chatter, he doesn't have electoral superpowers. he is deeply unpopular in terms of his job approval. and pollsters yougov asked a question about whether the prime minister is seen as trustworthy by the british public, and three quarters of the public, and three quarters of the public say he is trustworthy. so the latest revelations are not necessarily game changers, but they are really reinforcing an incredibly negative image of the prime minister. and i think the concerns of the conservative party and the government and british politics more

generally is the potential for that to seep through and talks of the conservative party and trust in politics more generally. the difficulty for _ politics more generally. the difficulty for a _ politics more generally. the difficulty for a lot _ politics more generally. the difficulty for a lot of - politics more generally. the difficulty for a lot of conservative mps and ministers is that they will have had drummed into their heads, not least by the bitter experience of the last period when the conservatives were in power before they faced a long period in opposition, which was 1992 to 1997, that divided parties put off voters and cut themselves elections. what is the counterargument to that, or is the counterargument to that, or is there a counter argument? is that just factually true, that if a party is divided, it puts off voters and they don't vote for it? fine is divided, it puts off voters and they don't vote for it?— is divided, it puts off voters and they don't vote for it? one of the dancers they don't vote for it? one of the dangers here _ they don't vote for it? one of the dangers here is _ they don't vote for it? one of the dangers here is that _ they don't vote for it? one of the dangers here is that this - they don't vote for it? one of the dangers here is that this can - they don't vote for it? one of the | dangers here is that this can work both ways. for example, parties can be divided because they have genuine policy divisions because things are going badly. and a party being divided can also make things go badly. we have to step back from the

current situation with the prime minister. it seems to me that the leadership of the party is struggling despite having a large majority to get its mps in line. and it is limiting the ability of the government to deliver its agenda. i don't think we can say the party being divided is causing boris johnson the problems. the party is divided because it has seen a series of revelations that have gone beyond some of the norms of politics about telling the truth. and this is a real problem in terms of the last 2a hours, with the gradual walking back up hours, with the gradual walking back up claims about what was known. we saw the same situation with partygate, where initial claims that there had been no parties were gradually walked back. the reason the conservative party is divided is because for some of its mps, this has gone too far. it's easy for us to say a divided party is going to struggle in an election and that is true, but it's also true that parties that go to election with a

leader who is deeply distrusted also tend to fare badly. an important example of this would be in 2019, when labour went into a general election withjeremy corbyn, who had very poor ratings, similar to boris johnson. he wasn't a trusted messenger on brexit. and he did particularly badly. so i think one of the meter readings of the 2019 election was that borisjohnson had some sort of special, unique appeal to voters in particular parts of the country. he certainly had an appeal to the leave voters, who were in important constituencies in the red wall, especially in the north of england and the midlands. but we should never treat anything in politics is permanent. the challenge to the conservative party is whether borisjohnson can restore those former glories. but it is important former glories. but it is important for the conservatives to realise they are not going to be facing jeremy corbyn in the next election, they will be facing an opposition leader who has better ratings, a

public that is growing tired of the government. and the dilemma for conservative mps is whether changing leader will see a change in their electoral fortunes.— leader will see a change in their electoral fortunes. what about the dilemma for— electoral fortunes. what about the dilemma for the _ electoral fortunes. what about the dilemma for the cabinet? - electoral fortunes. what about the dilemma for the cabinet? prime i dilemma for the cabinet? prime ministers are supposed to be first among equals. in other words, they are the top dog but actually, they are the top dog but actually, they are surrounded by a group of people who are equally capable of doing the job. you can read a lot into pictures. nobody looks very cheerful this morning in the cabinet. that mayjust be because they were fed up with being photographed, i have no idea. they might want to get onto important matters. nonetheless, the public image presented is a rather despondent looking bunch of people around the prime minister, on the same day as the story emerges that suggests some of them have been sent out to defend him and were given information that was wrong. and yet they seem happy to continue in that situation, with the exception of oliver dowden, who resigned just 0liver dowden, who resigned just after the bye elections and

published a very loaded letter that appeared to point the finger at the prime minister, not in so many words but it was noticeable in not pledging any loyalty to him personally. 0ne pledging any loyalty to him personally. one might be surprised that no other cabinet minister appears to be expressing publicly, or even implying publicly how unhappy they are. do you think that is a sustainable situation?— is a sustainable situation? whether it is a sustainable _ is a sustainable situation? whether it is a sustainable situation - is a sustainable situation? whether it is a sustainable situation is - is a sustainable situation? whether it is a sustainable situation is the l it is a sustainable situation is the $64,000 question. but it's important to remember that political parties are founded on loyalty, and it is difficult for cabinet ministers who are loyal to the prime minister and the conservative party to take a decision as big as resigning, which could have serious political consequences. in that regard, it is perhaps not surprising that no one wants to be the person who moves first, who is blamed for bringing down the prime minister. i think the conservative party need to look back

to the removal of mrs thatcher as prime minister in 1990 to see the long rancour that has gone on in the conservative party ever since. the people involved have never been forgiven by some of mrs thatcher's supporters. you can imagine that cabinet ministers would feel deeply uneasy about being wheeled out to get the party line only to find that number ten undercuts it a few hours later. they would be unhappy and one wouldn't want to be the person who is responsible for bringing down the prime minister and causing a real divide within the party.— divide within the party. professor willjennings _ divide within the party. professor will jennings at _ divide within the party. professor will jennings at the _ divide within the party. professor willjennings at the university - divide within the party. professor willjennings at the university of| willjennings at the university of southampton, thank you very much. the uk is hosting an international conference, aimed at promoting religious freedoms and preventing the persecution of people on the basis of their beliefs. more than 600 delegates will gather in london over the next two days. let's talk about the conference and the current state of religious freedom around the world — with professor mariz tadros, who's director of

the coalition for religious equality and inclusive development. professor, it's an important conference. the foreign secretary opened the conference this morning, which was an attempt by the government to show how seriously it takes this. but in a sense, our interest in religious freedom collectively as country seems to have come late in the day because they have been multiple examples in they have been multiple examples in the last ten years of countries diminishing religious freedom and prosecuting religious minorities. that is absolutely right. we have seen several genocides in the last few years. we have had a genocide in iraq. we had a genocide in myanmar. we saw crimes against humanity in china against the uighurs. so now is the time for us to look for the signals, when violence is increasing and there are risks of atrocities

and there are risks of atrocities and think, how can we prevent this violence from occurring again? what violence from occurring again? what is our violence from occurring again? what is your sense — violence from occurring again? what is your sense of _ violence from occurring again? what is your sense of the _ violence from occurring again? what is your sense of the sorts _ violence from occurring again? what is your sense of the sorts of signals that start to appear early? presumably, there are patterns. there might be different religious groups and different politicians in power, but there are presumably common factors where you see that they start doing that and you suddenly realise it has become either ethnic or religious in character. either ethnic or religious in character-— either ethnic or religious in character. . , ., , , character. that is absolutely right. sometimes _ character. that is absolutely right. sometimes it _ character. that is absolutely right. sometimes it is _ character. that is absolutely right. sometimes it is a _ character. that is absolutely right. sometimes it is a combination - character. that is absolutely right. sometimes it is a combination of l sometimes it is a combination of ethnic and religious, but there are patterns and history tells us that, as you said, independently of the group or the faith or the context, there are patterns. first of all, we see a great deal of increasing hate speech, speech accusing the person who is different to the majority of spreading rumours, of being responsible for things happening in

society for which they have no role. a lot of time we see the mobilisation of hate on the street. people start to be picked on in classrooms. they start to be thrown off public buses. people start to be not served in marketplaces, boycotts. so there are else of signals in day—to—day life when we see these signals go from individual cases to suffering in the whole community, and then this escalates into more violence and forms of exclusion and what we call religious otherisation, seeing the difference not as a source of strength in our society, but as a reason to vilify the person who is different from us. you mentioned iraq and burma. the foreign secretary liz truss talked today about ukraine. she also talked about xinjiang in china and what she called the extraordinary scale of

china's targeting of uighur muslims and other ethnic minorities. and also in afghanistan, many have been forced to flee for their safety. she didn't mention india, and there has been an increasing concern internationally about the number of incidents in which the religious minorities, whether they are muslims or christians, have been attacked in india by the hindu majority and whether the government of narendra modi is at the very least indifferent to these attacks or may even be encouraging them to hate speech. what more do you think the government should be doing in that case? it government should be doing in that case? , ., ., , ., case? it is important generally for governments _ case? it is important generally for governments to _ case? it is important generally for governments to be _ case? it is important generally for governments to be consistent - case? it is important generally for governments to be consistent and coherent in the policy messages they send. we should never suggest to any government, be it indian or chinese or otherwise, that in the name of trade or security, religious diversity and its preservation isn't important. it's important to take a

consistent and coherent position against any government, political party or movement that seeks to homogenise politics and society. and by homogenised, we mean that only one particularfaith or by homogenised, we mean that only one particular faith or one particular group's interpretation of faith is seen as the acceptable one and anyone who diverts, be they from within the majority or minority, are vilified and penalised. that consistency is important and we need to see it across the board. we also need to have a development policy that encourages us to see freedom of religion as part and parcel of social and economic rights. we need a strong aid policy that supports people who are poor while also helping strengthen their social and economic rights as well as their freedom of belief is part of those rights. freedom of belief is part of those riahts. ., ,,., freedom of belief is part of those riahts. ., , freedom of belief is part of those riahts. ., ., rights. professor mariz tadros, director of _ rights. professor mariz tadros, director of the _ rights. professor mariz tadros,

director of the coalition - rights. professor mariz tadros, director of the coalition for - director of the coalition for religious equality and inclusive development, thank you. i hope the conference is productive. some cinemas have banned young people from wearing from suits to watch the new minions: the rise of gru film after a tiktok trend is said to be causing rowdy behaviour. teenagers following the #gentleminions trend have been accused of making noise and throwing things during the film, causing some cinemas to stop screening the movie all together. joining me now is technology journalist chris stokel—walker. chris, give us a quick summary of what it is on tiktok that appears to have encouraged interest youngsters in behaving in this way in cinemas and what they are trying to achieve? this trend towards gentle minions, as they are described, seems to be

involving young kids, teenagers and young adults going along to cinemas just a bit like you, to be honest. you could be going to see the minions after this, and just misbehaving a bit. i guess this is what we would call an internet mean, someone just acting silly to try and gain attention. but it has snowballed from there. we saw people posting videos from cinemas of them doing this on tiktok and then suddenly, because of the power of social media, it starts to get picked up and others decide this is fun and they do the same. it is an unusual way of the internet operating, but i suppose the minions themselves, for people who haven't seen it, are an unusual character. they are troublemakers, they are a bit clueless. they are always the butt of the joke, and i suppose this is meant to be taken in that spirit. that is the irony of it, that they are the butt of the joke and these boys and girls are making themselves

the but of humour or offence, and maybe aren't doing themselves any favours. but the obvious cry will go up favours. but the obvious cry will go up for tiktok to do something. but evenif up for tiktok to do something. but even if tiktok were to ban these videos, even if they could, presumably you wouldn't expect it to disappear because it has become so well established on social media is a trend. is the best hope that the trend just burns out because something else takes its place? several of the cinema chains have decided to put out statements and ban people from wearing suits while watching this. that is feeding the fire. it is probably best, as anyone knows when kids or teenagers are doing something silly, tojust ignore it and it will peter out. we can't necessarily lay the blame with tiktok or social media. there were examples of people acting up in films long before the minions. i

remember in the 1990s, a cult classic film called the room, where people would go to the cinema and watch it and it was notoriously bad acting, and they would sort of throw spoons and shout along with the lines, which is a bit of what is happening here. we have seen reports of people rampaging down aisles and carrying and clapping along to the lines in the movie. this is something that predates social media, but it is something which has been given more fuel thanks to it. i get thejoke and been given more fuel thanks to it. i get the joke and i find been given more fuel thanks to it. i get thejoke and i find it been given more fuel thanks to it. i get the joke and i find it funny, but i probably wouldn't be interested in seeing the minions film alongside people in suits. chris stokel—walker, i will wait until it is streaming! thanks very much. chris stokel—walker with a reason not to go to the cinema to see the minions film. i am sure lots of people are loving it. time for the weather. it has continued to warm up this

week, particularly across england and wales. today is pretty similar, with most of the cloud across the north and west of the country. the best of the dry and sunny weather is across england and wales. we have this weatherfront working its way in to northern ireland and western scotland this evening. that will bring thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain, some of it turning heavy and persistent for the north—west of scotland. could turn drier by the end of the night across northern ireland. the clearest skies will be across the south and south—east, where we could again see temperatures in single digits out of town. but a warm and muggy night for the north and west. wednesday is a similar story, thicker cloud across the northern half of the country. spots of rain across scotland. england and wales are seeing the lion's share of the sunshine and the best of the temperatures. there will best of the temperatures. there will be more of a breeze further north. pollen levels were below across the north of the uk than further south.

but one or two spots in the sunshine could see very high pollen levels. play continues on wednesday pretty much uninterrupted. there will be variable cloud and some sunshine. feeling that bit more humid. thursday, a similar story. there will be plenty of sunshine again in england and wales. maybe the odd spot of rain across western hills. temperatures creeping up. friday, similar story. temperatures creeping up. friday, similarstory. could temperatures creeping up. friday, similar story. could see thicker cloud with outbreaks of rain and more of a breeze across the north and west of scotland. but temperatures are up a notch across the board. this area of high pressure continues to win out as we move into the weekend. but weatherfronts are plaguing the north of the country, with rain and a

stronger breeze. a bit more cloud generally across scotland and northern ireland over the weekend. it will still be warm, but further south, with more sunshine, it will be a lot warmer, particularly in the south—east. wilk

this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 3: a former top civil servant says borisjohnson was briefed in person about a formal complaint concerning inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher. i know that the senior official briefed the prime minister in person, because that official told me so at the time. trying to move on from the issue in cabinet this morning — questions are now swirling about the account given to senior ministers who've defended the prime minister in public. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois — after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade on monday. 50,000 people have been put

on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. in sport — root and bairstow are the heroes — as england pull off a record—breaking victory in the fifth test against india. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson's decision to appoint chris pincher as deputy chief whip is facing further scrutiny after a former top civil servant said the prime minister was briefed "in person" about an investigation into the mp's conduct when he was a foreign office minister. downing street's account

of what happened has shifted in the past few days. yesterday it said mrjohnson was aware of "some" allegations which were either resolved or not part of a formal complaint — this was before he appointed mr pincher as deputy chief whip. but in a letter to the parliamentary standards commissioner, lord mcdonald — the former permanent secretary at the foreign office said the account given by number 10 was "not true". in the last few hours, conservative minister michael ellis confirmed borisjohnson was aware of a formal complaint against mr pincher in late 2019, but said that the prime minister "did not immediately recall this conversation" when allegations emerged last week. mr pincher has been suspended as a conservative party mp over allegations of sexual misconduct. 0ur political correspondent

ben wright has this report. are we good? not according to the former top official at the foreign office. lord macdonald's dynamite claim this morning came just before cabinet met. these days, the cameras are let in but there are no questions from reporters. it did not look like the jolliest meeting of ministers. there is a key question at the heart of all of this — what did borisjohnson know about chris pincher�*s alleged past behaviour when he was appointed deputy chief whip in february? number ten's line has shifted over recent days. i briefed the relevant senior official... and speaking this morning, lord mcdonald said it had made inaccurate claims. i think they need to come clean. i think that the language is ambiguous, it's sort of telling the truth and crossing your fingers at the same time and hoping the people are not too forensic in their subsequent questioning and i think that is not working. in an extraordinary letter to parliament's standards watchdog, lord mcdonald said contrary

to claims by number ten, borisjohnson was briefed in person about the initiation and outcome of an investigation into chris pincher�*s behaviour in 2019, when he was a foreign office minister. he says there was a formal complaint and mr pincher was not exonerated. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, was foreign secretary at the time. you don't believe, then, the word of lord mcdonald who said mrjohnson was briefed in person about the initiation and outcome of the investigation? so, that's news to me, i wasn't aware of that and it's not clear to me that is factually accurate. chris pincher resigned from hisjob as deputy chief whip last thursday. he has denied the misconduct allegations against him and is seeking professional medical support. number ten's line has changed several times since then. first, it said the prime minister was not aware of allegations involving mr pincher when he was

given thejob in february. but yesterday, downing street said borisjohnson was aware of some allegations that were either resolved or did not turn into a formal complaint. lord mcdonald's intervention contradicts that claim and some of borisjohnson's own backbenchers are exasperated. it does appear that ministers of the crown have been lied to by people in downing street before being sent out onto the media. i call the deputy- leader, angela ranger. in the commons this lunchtime, labour said this was all about borisjohnson's judgment. what message, mr speaker, does this send about the standards of this government and what they set? what message does this send to the british people facing a cost—of—living crisis while their government is paralysed with scandal? when will this minister stop defending the indefensible and say enough is enough? the position is that

the prime minister acted with probity at all times. borisjohnson boris johnson apparently could borisjohnson apparently could not remember the conversation. the boris johnson apparently could not remember the conversation. the prime minister did not _ remember the conversation. the prime minister did not record _ remember the conversation. the prime minister did not record the _ minister did not record the conversation that took place in 2019 but as— conversation that took place in 2019 but as soon— conversation that took place in 2019 but as soon as he was reminded, the number— but as soon as he was reminded, the number ten — but as soon as he was reminded, the number ten press office correct their— number ten press office correct their public lines so the position is quite — their public lines so the position is quite clear, further inquiries will be — is quite clear, further inquiries will be made in the position is that the prime — will be made in the position is that the prime minister acted with probity— the prime minister acted with probity at all times. conservative backbench critics _ probity at all times. conservative backbench critics of _ probity at all times. conservative backbench critics of boris - probity at all times. conservative | backbench critics of boris johnson backbench critics of borisjohnson did not hold back. can backbench critics of boris johnson did not hold back.— backbench critics of boris johnson did not hold back. can he confirm if the allegations _ did not hold back. can he confirm if the allegations made _ did not hold back. can he confirm if the allegations made in _ did not hold back. can he confirm if the allegations made in 2019 - did not hold back. can he confirm if the allegations made in 2019 were | did not hold back. can he confirm if. the allegations made in 2019 were of sexual— the allegations made in 2019 were of sexual assault — the allegations made in 2019 were of sexual assault and _ the allegations made in 2019 were of sexual assault and if _ the allegations made in 2019 were of sexual assault and if they— the allegations made in 2019 were of sexual assault and if they were - the allegations made in 2019 were of sexual assault and if they were and l sexual assault and if they were and they were —

sexual assault and if they were and they were upheld _ sexual assault and if they were and they were upheld and _ sexual assault and if they were and they were upheld and apologised, i sexual assault and if they were and i they were upheld and apologised, why they were upheld and apologised, why the police _ they were upheld and apologised, why the police were — they were upheld and apologised, why the police were not _ they were upheld and apologised, why the police were not involved _ they were upheld and apologised, why the police were not involved and - they were upheld and apologised, why the police were not involved and why. the police were not involved and why he was _ the police were not involved and why he was not _ the police were not involved and why he was not sacked _ the police were not involved and why he was not sacked at _ the police were not involved and why he was not sacked at the _ the police were not involved and why he was not sacked at the time - the police were not involved and why he was not sacked at the time let - he was not sacked at the time let alone _ he was not sacked at the time let alone given — he was not sacked at the time let alone given another— he was not sacked at the time let alone given anotherjob? - yet again, borisjohnson's ministers find themselves trying to defend their boss and explain what the prime minister knew and when. we can speak tojonathan blake now. that is the place where mps are hurrying through on their way backwards and forwards from the chamber and occasionally theyr backwards and forwards from the chamber and occasionally they will meet constituents _ chamber and occasionally they will meet constituents and _ chamber and occasionally they will meet constituents and sometimes | chamber and occasionally they will. meet constituents and sometimesjust meet constituents and sometimes just each other, how would you characterise the mood in the last couple of days? characterise the mood in the last coople of days?— characterise the mood in the last coule ofda s? �* ., , ., , ., couple of days? amongst conservative mps re couple of days? amongst conservative mps pretty grim. _ couple of days? amongst conservative mps pretty grim. they _ couple of days? amongst conservative mps pretty grim, they are _ couple of days? amongst conservative mps pretty grim, they are fed - couple of days? amongst conservative mps pretty grim, they are fed up, - mps pretty grim, they are fed up, not only with borisjohnson and what many of them at sea as his leadership turning into something of a liability, but the fact that these things keep happening and downing street has to fight fires on a daily

basis and deal with crises as they come along rather than getting on with the business of government. what we have seen over the last few daysis what we have seen over the last few days is something which was serious enough to begin with, a minister facing accusations of sexual misconduct, slowly turning into more accusations being made and more revelations coming out as the days wore on and alongside that, downing street's response shifting day by day, sometimes by the hour, according to what people were prepared to say about what the prime minister knew in terms of the accusations against his former deputy chief whip chris pincher. where does this leave borisjohnson and the conservative party? is critics remain his critics and his supporters remain for the most part his supporters but having spoken to a good few tory mps today, there are those who are questioning their support for the prime minister and who have been loyal publicly until

now but are asking themselves how much can they put up with. it is the issue of trust that is central to all of this. issue of trust that is central to all of this-— issue of trust that is central to all of this. , , . ~', all of this. just a few weeks left before the _ all of this. just a few weeks left before the summer _ all of this. just a few weeks left before the summer recess - all of this. just a few weeks left before the summer recess at i all of this. just a few weeks left | before the summer recess at the house of commons, and there are these elections next week to the executive of the 1922 committee and chris mason said earlier at lunchtime that he could see a couple of scenarios, one is these people win who want to change the rules to the executive elections and effectively change the rules so the prime minister could face another challenge or tory mps could effectively engage in industrial action, in other words a work to rule, how might that work? it’s action, in other words a work to rule, how might that work? it's a tric to rule, how might that work? it's a tricky to one _ rule, how might that work? it's a tricky to one and _ rule, how might that work? it's a tricky to one and not _ rule, how might that work? it's a tricky to one and not a _ rule, how might that work? it's a tricky to one and not a scenario l rule, how might that work? it�*s a. tricky to one and not a scenario we cant really remember but what he is getting out there is the suggestion that conservatives, if they are not on the government payroll and don't

have a job as a minister, they won't be going out in public to defend and speak up in support of their leader. so that would make things pretty difficult for the prime minister and i think you have had a flavour of that this afternoon in the exchanges we saw in the house of commons, hardly any conservatives standing up in support of the prime minister and a good few interjections from tory backbenchers not necessarily those who are often quickest to criticise the prime minister, questioning his judgment and his actions with regards to this whole affair. you can tell there is discontent and there is frustration and exasperation amongst conservative mps and that election to the 1922 backbench committee will be key, and as one mp said to me, number ten is as one mp said to me, number ten is a walking talking advert for rebels to get themselves elected to that in the hope they can change the rules and somehow orchestrate a leadership

battle. ~ , �* , and somehow orchestrate a leadership battle. ~ , �*, . battle. prime minister's questions tomorrow, battle. prime minister's questions tomorrow. an _ battle. prime minister's questions tomorrow, an opportunity - battle. prime minister's questions tomorrow, an opportunity for- battle. prime minister's questions tomorrow, an opportunity for the l tomorrow, an opportunity for the prime minister to regain control? he: will try, you will have a sustained period of questioning also in front of the liaison committee, made up of all of the parties at westminster, and that will also be an opportunity for his opponents to question him at length about his response to all this but i would imagine tomorrow lunchtime in the house of commons will be one of those prime minister's questions that you will not want to miss. you minister's questions that you will not want to miss.— minister's questions that you will not want to miss. you won't have to miss it if you _ not want to miss. you won't have to miss it if you watch _ not want to miss. you won't have to miss it if you watch the _ not want to miss. you won't have to miss it if you watch the bbc. - miss it if you watch the bbc. jonathan, thanks forjoining us. shameless bit of advertising there! we can speak now to seb payne, whitehall editor for the financial times. chris mason said cabinet ministers are boiling with rage over what has happened, what is your impression from the conversations you are

having about how the chris pincher affair if i can call it that, is messing up what people thought might optimistically happen over the next few weeks, in other words, the government getting back onto the front foot after the terrible period, not least the big by—election defeats? period, not least the big by-election defeats? period, not least the big b -election defeats? ., ., �* by-election defeats? you don't need to listen to me _ by-election defeats? you don't need to listen to me to _ by-election defeats? you don't need to listen to me to look _ by-election defeats? you don't need to listen to me to look at _ by-election defeats? you don't need to listen to me to look at the - to listen to me to look at the pictures that came out of the cabinet meeting this morning, the cameras were let in, and you could see the faces of jacob rees—mogg and nadine dorries, they were stony at the situation, because many of them have gone out over the past couple of days to defend borisjohnson over the chris pincher affair, lines which have not been true in terms of what the prime minister knew about the affair before he was appointed deputy chief whip, and downing street has confirmed today that the prime minister was informed about some of the allegations towards the end of 2019 and so the mood in the cabinet is really dire as you would expect, that these people are seeing

their departments and getting their policies and their own personal reputations have taken a hit as well as the prime minister and the rest of the government. it is as the prime minister and the rest of the government.— of the government. it is all very well to feel _ of the government. it is all very well to feel hurt _ of the government. it is all very well to feel hurt and _ of the government. it is all very well to feel hurt and engraved l of the government. it is all very i well to feel hurt and engraved but they have been multiple occasions when they have defended the prime minister and this is not the first time when the story from downing street has changed about something, so does there come a point where cabinet ministers have to account for their own behaviour in tolerating the situation given the prime minister is first amongst equals but they are all supposed to be the most senior people in their party? they are there because of their merit and notjust because the prime minister has given them a job. many people in the cabinet will be having those thoughts, as they consider about whether they are going to stay in their position because that is where all eyes are, westminster this afternoon, does anyone in the cabinet or any more

junior ministers decide they have had enough of the situation, especially those who have defended borisjohnson, and if someone quit the cabinet, especially someone senior, that could start a domino effect very quickly and start to make things very difficult for boris johnson. untilthat make things very difficult for boris johnson. until that happens, we are very much in this waiting game and we know 148 mps voted against boris johnson in the confidence vote last month and if there was another confidence vote today it would be a lot higher and i'm not sure boris johnson would survive but fundamentally these ministers are weighing up the balance. they want to get on with their portfolios and running the country and doing the things they came into politics for but they are also aware that if they were to... . a were to... inaudible the fact _ were to... inaudible the fact it _ were to... inaudible the fact it could - were to... inaudible the fact it could bring were to... inaudible - the fact it could bring down were to... inaudible _ the fact it could bring down boris johnson, the conservatives will say... the party is getting addicted to regicide, it could be said, and

thatis to regicide, it could be said, and that is what is holding them back, but fundamentally, no one has quit as of yet. but fundamentally, no one has quit as of et. ., ., ., ., as of yet. one of a downed and re-signed _ as of yet. one of a downed and re-signed a — as of yet. one of a downed and re-signed a few— as of yet. one of a downed and re-signed a few weeks - as of yet. one of a downed and re-signed a few weeks ago - as of yet. one of a downed andl re-signed a few weeks ago after as of yet. one of a downed and - re-signed a few weeks ago after the re—signed a few weeks ago after the tiverton by—election and his letter was fairly loaded. he notably did not pledge loyalty to the prime minister and only to the conservative party and he did say enough is enough and somebody must take responsibility. the implication was somebody else more senior needs to take responsibility and there was complete silence from his cabinet colleagues and nobody came to his support. nobody echoed his words and nobody followed his example. in that sense, borisjohnson is sitting pretty, isn't it? he has a year's grace from a rebellion by backbenchers that could bring him down and his cabinet colleagues seem incapable or unwilling or maybe both, to move against him. there is a strong argument to say that the prime minister is actually in a relatively strong position, nobody else looks more attractive and there

is no bandwagon building against any other individual and he is surviving that most other prime ministers would been finished off by. so easy as weak as people suggest? —— is he as. as weak as people suggest? -- is he as. ., as weak as people suggest? -- is he as, ., ., as weak as people suggest? -- is he as. . . ., , as weak as people suggest? -- is he as. . ., .,, ,., as weak as people suggest? -- is he as. . ., ., , ,., ., as. that argument has some merit and on the oliver — as. that argument has some merit and on the oliver dowling _ as. that argument has some merit and on the oliver dowling point _ as. that argument has some merit and on the oliver dowling point he - as. that argument has some merit and on the oliver dowling point he was - on the 0liver dowling point he was not a full cabinet minister, he was merely attending cabinet as chairman of the party, so his resignation did not have the weight... of the party, so his resignation did not have the weight. . ._ not have the weight... inaudible of course. — not have the weight... inaudible of course. he _ not have the weight... inaudible of course, he went _ not have the weight. .. inaudible of course, he went after- not have the weight... inaudible of course, he went after the - of course, he went after the by—election defeats and it was a very carefully coded letter that made it clear he was not happy with where the prime minister was going and where things were heading. if the cabinet stays as it is the question is, rule change, so under the rules, borisjohnson cannot be challenged for another 12 months but the same was said of theresa may

when she was challenged in december 2018 and everybody said that visit, she is safe, and yet she was out of office six months later. if there is a head of steam that builds amongst tory mps, graham brady who chairs the 1922 committee would do something about it. he would very much change the rules or allow a different kind of vote because he is there to represent the conservatives mps and he would say things need to change and the prime minister needs to go so they could be a potential rule change. at the moment they are broadly sceptical of borisjohnson broadly sceptical of boris johnson but they don't want a change to the leadership rules... but they don't want a change to the leadership rules. . ._ leadership rules... inaudible this could _ leadership rules... inaudible this could give _ leadership rules... inaudible this could give a _ leadership rules... inaudible this could give a very - leadership rules... inaudible this could give a very good . this could give a very good indication about whether there could be a real change and if that happened, he could go, and the

phrase used is gradually and then suddenly, and that could happen with borisjohnson, he is going to survive, not going anywhere, but the rules do kick in and at the moment i do think that might be about to happen but again we have all been here and predicted his demise many times before so you should never bet against him but things have taken a significant turn for the worst to date ., , , significant turn for the worst to date . , , . ., significant turn for the worst to date . , ,~ ., ., ., date that is very clear today and that is true _ date that is very clear today and that is true at _ date that is very clear today and that is true at the _ date that is very clear today and that is true at the top _ date that is very clear today and that is true at the top of - that is true at the top of government.— that is true at the top of rovernment. . ., ., , government. thanks for “oining us. we had a government. thanks for “oining us. we had a felt government. thanks for “oining us. we had a few technical_ government. thanks forjoining us. we had a few technical gremlins i government. thanks forjoining us. | we had a few technical gremlins on the line but your message came across loud and clear. thanks for joining us. police in the us have arrested a man in his 20s after six people were killed in a mass shooting at an independence day parade near chicago. more than 20 others are in hospital after a high—powered rifle was fired multiple times from a rooftop. the suspect has been named as robert e crimo iii. 0ur correspondent nomia

iqbal has this report. the streets where celebrations had been taking place quickly turned into a hunting ground, as police searched for a killer. a man who brought terror to an independence day parade. americans in this wealthy chicago suburb had been out in the sunshine for the symbolic day of the 4th ofjuly. a few minutes into the parade, shots rang out, creating shock, confusion and panic. people moved quickly for safety. i thought that it was the navy that was saluting the flag with rifles, but then when i saw people running, um, i picked up my son, and i started running. at first, the police found the gun but not the gunman. it took until the evening for them to eventually arrest robert crimo iii.

the person of interest is now being taken to the highland park police department where we're going to begin the next phase of the investigation and speak with this person to make sure or see if, in fact, he is connected to this incident. social media firms have suspended accounts apparently owned by him. all events were cancelled as police spent hours looking for the 22—year—old. and so another address to the nation, on yet another mass shooting. president biden cautiously questioned the direction his country is heading in. there's nothing guaranteed about our democracy, nothing guaranteed about our way of life. we have to fight for it, defend it and earn it by voting. once again, americans are dealing with gun violence. not a week has gone by without a mass shooting in america this year. it happens everywhere — in their schools, supermarkets, and even on independence day.

the mayor of slovyansk in eastern ukraine says the city is being hit by salvoes of russian artillery from closer positions — as it becomes the latest frontline in the conflict. he confirmed that recent shelling had left at least six people dead and said it was now important to move out as many civilians as possible. over the weekend, the city of belgorod, 40km from ukraine's northern border, was hit by what russia says was a ukrainian missile strike. it was the first time the city had been damaged since the start of the war. but, as our russia editor steve rosenberg found out, few people there are linking the two events. the kremlin promised its "special operation" in ukraine would make russia safer. but in belgorod, there's little sign of safer. explosion this was the city early on sunday. russia accused ukraine of a missile attack. ukrainian officials deny it.

but at least four civilians were killed in an explosion. and many buildings were damaged. this is not destruction on the scale of ukraine, where thousands of civilians have been killed since russia invaded, but there is anger here. "we should have fired a missile right back at kyiv", vadim says. "that would have made them think." i asked knarik if this had happened before. "what — in the city centre?! of course not", she says. "we need to take harsher measures." i've been wondering — why is it that so many people here don'tjoin the dots? they don't make the connection between russia invading ukraine and their lives here becoming less safe. i think it's partly because the russian state media does

all it can to prevent those dots from being joined in people's minds, but also many russians simply don't want to believe that their country started this, that russia is the aggressor. singing but now, a call for peace from the orthodox church. metropolitan ioann of belgorod has issued a statement saying it's time to turn swords into ploughshares and that he's praying for an end to the bloodshed in ukraine that has now come to russian homes, too. prayers are one thing, the political will to make peace, well, that's another. steve rosenberg, bbc news, belgorod. a public inquiry into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man during a foiled prison break — has found that he was "lawfully killed". 28 year old jermaine baker died while trying to free an inmate from a prison van in north london in december 2015.

children as young as 11 have been housed in aianbs and other temporary accommodation, as councils face serious challenges in finding suitable placements, a bbc investigation in wales has found. local authorities insist it is a last resort for children in care, and that support workers are in place round the clock for those under the age of 16. but charities say many young people in care in the uk feel they're not getting the support they need. paul heaney has this report. so these are all the photos i've got from the majority of my childhood. hope's mum wasn't able to look after her, but she has really good memories growing up with her grandparents. i think, at that point, i really wanted to be in the police when i was... when i was little. things changed when she was 13. exploited by older people, nan and granddad agreed foster care was best for her own safety. but that placement later broke down.

i'm just an excess piece. my mum didn't want me and now my grandparents can't look after me and now my foster carers don't want me. the state doesn't know what it wants to do with me. what's... what's the point, you know? hope ran away and slept rough before the council offered her a place in a hostel. she says it was under the same roof as someone who'd assaulted her. i had clothes stolen from me, i had bus passes stolen from me. the girls used to gang up. wrexham council said it always aimed to keep children safe, that its children's services had since been transformed and it would use hope's comments to improve things further. we asked councils in wales using the freedom of information act what kind of places they were using to house young people. our investigation has found that even now, children are still being placed

in bed and breakfasts and other temporary accommodation here in wales. that's despite the welsh government saying it wanted to stop that six years ago. most are 16 or 17 years old, but some are even younger. one example was an 11—year—old placed in an airbnb with support workers because there was nowhere else for them to go. the actor michael sheen presented a petition to the welsh government calling for unregulated accommodation for children to be banned. in a bbc documentary tonight, he hears from hope and others in care who say they were let down by the system designed to protect them. it'sjust heart... it's heartbreaking and... and infuriating that we, as a society, are allowing this to happen to children. 0ne children's charity now wants more fundamental changes to the care system. young people say, "well, why... why are we not loved? - "why doesn't the care system love us? - "what does love look like for us?"

and these are the questions we're asking government to kind - of think about, really. the body representing councils in wales told us that, in the face of growing demand and more complicated cases, they're doing their best but they need more money. the welsh government says children should not be placed in b&bs. most children in care, it says, do have a positive experience and it is investing more in foster care and specialist accommodation while trying to help families sooner. hope is now trying to move on from a difficult time in care. rock climbing helps her mental health. there's no room for anything else to come into your mind when you're climbing. she's determined to improve the care system for those who come after her. i will fight to make sure that this process doesn't happen in the same way it happened to me. paul heaney, bbc news. you can watch michael sheen: lifting the lid on the care system on bbc iplayer now — or on bbc one wales at 9pm tonight.

and details of help and support for some of the issues raised in this film are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline. around 50,000 people have been told to leave their homes in australia's largest city, sydney, as river levels continue to rise after days of torrential rain. parts of the city have received about eight months of rain in four days. roads have been cut off, some houses are underwater, and thousands have been left without power. 0ur correspondent shaimaa khalil has this report. in some parts of windsor, roads have turned into small rivers and the only way to get around

is by boat. a once—in—a—century weather event has now happened twice — just this year. melissa and her family have been without power for nearly 24 hours. now they've been told to evacuate. this time, because the water's over the road now, yeah, i'm a little bit worried. but, yeah... and as soon as the power got cut off yesterday as well, that was... yeah, had to go, because we had no power. some residents in this neighbourhood have been rescued by the emergency services and others have evacuated. some are waiting in their homes, praying that they don't get stuck and that the water doesn't rise even further. the thing you keep hearing time and time again is how exhausting it's all been for them. 0ne local told me that facing one catastrophic flood is hard enough, but having to deal with three or four in less then two years is just devastating.

sam lives just across the road but can't get to her house. this is the second time it's been flooded in three months. so did you just clean up your property, then? yeah. we kind ofjust had everything back sorted, like, cleaned up, fixed up, and then, yeah... and you can mix this with water, it's protein powder. linda has been helping people here for years. she herself has had to evacuate the night before and tells me she's never seen floods this bad. the community's still recovering from the last flood and the one before. actually, some people are still recovering from the fires. you know, we're just all in shock and everybody is traumatised. the wet weather has been relentless and with many roads cut off, authorities have urged people to heed evacuation warnings. this event is far from over. please don't be complacent. wherever you are, please be careful, when you're driving on our roads. obviously, there is still

substantial risk for flash flooding across our state. experts say the flooding emergency has been worsened by climate change and a la nina weather phenomenon. it'll take months if not years for communities here to rebuild and in the back of everyone's mind is the fear of when they will have to go through this again. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. for many, anotherfine day with lots of sunny across england and wales, variable cloud here and there. the thickest across scotland and northern ireland, and this cloud will thicken up further as we move into this evening and overnight. this weather front approaching from the west will bring outbreaks of rain especially in the north and west of scotland where the rain will be a bit heavy and more persistent as we head through the night. it could dry up in northern ireland through the night and may be a few

showers in the north of england but the south will have clear skies and light winds and another recipe for a fairly cool night out of town but further north and west 14 is the lowest so feeling quite warm and muggy. wednesday stays quite cloudy and misty and murky in northern and western areas. best of the sunshine in much of england and wales with temperature starting to climb into mid 20s here. further north we are looking at the mid to high teens. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a former top civil servant says borisjohnson was briefed in person about a formal complaint concerning inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher — directly contradicting the account from downing street.

the prime minister did not immediately recall the conversation in late 2019 about this incident. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. sport now, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly foster. let's get the latest on the prospects at wimbledon and the cricket. good afternoon. there's a huge upset on the cards at wimbledon. the six—time champion novak djokovic is two sets down in his quarterfinal against jannik sinner. the 20—year—old italian, who is seeded 10th at the championships,

came from a break down to take the first set 7—5, and he powered through the second 6—2. he also reached the quarterfinal at the australian open this year. he's only played djokovic once before, losing to him on clay at monte carlo last year. these are live pictures from centre court. this match is over on bbc one and djokovic is a break—up in third set. but he has been really out of sorts. he has won the last three wimbledons, novak djokovic. he is really using the crowd now to try and get himself back into this match if he can. sinner has been serving relevantly if he can. sinner has been serving releva ntly and has if he can. sinner has been serving relevantly and has been really resilient. the serbian 20 time grand slam winner is now using all his powers, but he is 4—1 up, so it

looks like he mightjust pull a set back. the winner will face either cameron norrie, the british number one, or belgian david goffin. they are due on court shortly. that is because this match has onlyjust finished. let's take you to what happened in this one. there's also been an upset in the first of the women's semi—finals, the 34—year—old mum of germanjule niemeier in three sets to reach the semi—finals really emotionalfor really emotional for her. she only returned to the spot lastjuly following the birth of her second child. the world number 103 is now into the semis, quite an achievement. now the cricket. the england captain ben stokes says they are trying to rewrite how test cricket is being played. they completed a sensational 7—wicket victory over india in the rearranged final test to level the series. they easily reached the 378 runs

required, their highest successful run chase in tests. they resumed this morning on 259 for three withjoe root and jonny bairstow at the crease and they saw england home, root unbeaten on 142, bairstow 114, his second century of the match and fourth in three tests. it's been a brilliant start under new coach brendon mcullum and captain stokes. after the 3—0 series win against new zealand, this is their 4th test win in a row. it gets boring talking about how good a player rooty is. he is always the man to stand up and be there. i would love to see how many of his 28 test hundreds has been the winning cause for england. johnny is on fire at the moment. he is on a different planet. it is the runs he is scoring, but also the manner he is doing. he is so dominant in everything he is doing, whether it

be defending the ball or hitting the ball over the head. it's incredible to watch. it ball over the head. it's incredible to watch. ., , ., ~ ball over the head. it's incredible to watch. . , ., ,, ., ball over the head. it's incredible to watch. .,~ ., , ., to watch. it has taken a couple of da s to to watch. it has taken a couple of days to process — to watch. it has taken a couple of days to process it, _ to watch. it has taken a couple of days to process it, but _ to watch. it has taken a couple of days to process it, but delighted | days to process it, but delighted and proud — days to process it, but delighted and proud of the way the lads have gone _ and proud of the way the lads have gone about it. when we played against — gone about it. when we played against them last summer and the game _ against them last summer and the game was — against them last summer and the game was cancelled, they were on top of the _ game was cancelled, they were on top of the series, playing really well. so sitting — of the series, playing really well. so sitting around and drawing a series— so sitting around and drawing a series against a top class side is really— series against a top class side is really pleasing. it�*s series against a top class side is really pleasing-— series against a top class side is really pleasing. it's going to be a bus few really pleasing. it's going to be a busy few weeks _ really pleasing. it's going to be a busy few weeks ahead. - the women's european championship starts tomorrow with england facing austria at a sold out old trafford. england also face norway and northern ireland in their group, the top two go through to the quarterfinals. with home advantage, many are backing the lionesses to go a long way, england's most capped player, fara williams, is working for bbc sport throughout the tournament and is excited about the team. they are one of the favourites. they are in fantastic form. they have a fantastic manager and they have got a good balance

throughout the squad with some experienced players and some good young, exciting players, which i think brings the balance to the team that is needed in this tournament. now the team is full of confidence. in previous games, we could see how confident they are. this has been expected for a long time — mauricio pochettino has finally left paris saint—germain. the former spurs manager had 18 months in paris, during which he won his first trophies as a manager including the ligue 1 title, but it was their failure in the champions league that proved to be his undoing despite an array of attacking talents at his disposal, neymar, mbappe and messi. former nice boss christophe galtier has taken over on a two year deal. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website.

you can also keep across the tennis, jannik sinner looking to pull a game backin jannik sinner looking to pull a game back in that third set, but he leads novak djokovic 2—0. 0llie, i know you are going to keep us up—to—date with that. i you are going to keep us up-to-date with that. , . ~ with that. i will be back in the next hour- — with that. i will be back in the next hour. brilliant, - with that. i will be back in the next hour. brilliant, that - with that. i will be back in the next hour. brilliant, that is i next hour. brilliant, that is fascinating. _ next hour. brilliant, that is fascinating. people - next hour. brilliant, that is fascinating. people can - next hour. brilliant, that is i fascinating. people can keep next hour. brilliant, that is - fascinating. people can keep half an eye on it by listening to 5 live for the coverage, blow by blow account, or ball by ball, otherwise it would be a different spot, not tennis. let me bring you up—to—date on some breaking news from the 0rkney breaking news from the orkney islands. there's been an incident involving the ferry the alfred off the 0rkney island of swona. passengers onboard are reporting that the boat has run aground. the vessel, which is owned by pentland ferries, had been due to arrive in st margaret's hope at around about 2.30 this afternoon.

it's understood that the longhope and thurso lifeboats are on their way to the scene as well as the coastguard tug and tugs operated by orkney islands council. the coastguard and pentland ferries have been approached for comment but no further details are available at this time. that is on the 0rkney that is on the orkney islands of swona, not far from the mainland. that is on the orkney islands of swona, not farfrom the mainland. it is the alfred, which had been due to dock at 2.30, but passengers on board are saying on social media that the vessel has run aground. but thugs and lifeboats are on the way to the scene. we will bring you more as soon as we get it. president putin has ordered his forces to push ahead with their offensive in eastern ukraine, after seizing control of the entire luhansk region following the withdrawal of ukranian troops from lysychansk. russian troops are now stepping up their bombardment of cities in the neighbouring donetsk region, as our security correspondent gordon corera explains. the fighting in recent months has been concentrated in the east of the country, the region known as the donbas. over the weekend, ukrainian forces withdrew from lysychansk in the luhansk region.

that came after the fall of another strategic city, severodonetsk, a few weeks ago. that's given the russians effective control of the whole of luhansk. their sights are now thought to be set on taking the neighbouring donetsk region, with the towns of slovyansk and kramatorsk likely their next targets. overall, it now means russia controls more than a fifth of ukraine and looks to be seeking more. russia might still want to take the coast, building on its seizure of crimea in 2014 by taking 0desa and cutting off ukraine from the black sea. but that may be a step too far since they were recently pushed off the symbolically important snake island. so, is russia now winning the war? despite early setbacks, russia certainly has had real tactical victories in recent weeks in the east, but it has been slow going with significant losses.

and the real question is, will russia be able to maintain this progress? it certainly has the manpower and firepower to keep going, but ukraine is hoping it can slow the russians and then launch counter—offensives to push back. crucial to that is the arrival of weaponry from the west, like this and other long—range artillery systems which are now slowly making their way to the battlefield. they could help shift the balance. so, russia has made gains recently, but we may now be entering a new phase in the war where the outcome is less clear and it may depend on each side's ability to sustain the fight for the long haul. meanwhile, the nato secretary—generaljens stoltenberg has said that the process to ratify sweden and finland as members of nato has been formally launched. it marks a historic step brought on by russia's invasion of ukraine.

last week in madrid, allied leaders agreed to invite finland and sweden to join the alliance following the agreement of a trilateral memorandum between turkiye, finland and sweden. so today we will formally sign the protocols of accession. this marks the start of the ratification process. nato's door remains open to european democracies who are ready to and willing to contribute to our shared security. this is a good day for finland and sweden and a good day for nato. with 32 nations around the table, we will be able to be even stronger and our people will be even safer as we face the biggest security crisis in decades. the pandemic sciences institute launches today

at the university of oxford and aims to combat future pandemics. i'm joined now by professor sir peter horby, director of this institute. he's right now at the blavatnik school of government for the launch of this new project. professor, thank you for being with us. tell us what the thinking is behind having a new institute? what behind having a new institute? what we saw during _ behind having a new institute? what we saw during the _ behind having a new institute? twat we saw during the covid—19 pandemic was exceptional. we saw a lightning speed of element of diagnostics. we are all familiar with the rapid tests for use at home now. we saw vaccines available within a year and we saw new treatments available within a few months. now we want to make sure we embed that learning so that we can make those exceptional achievements part of the routine. there is no reason we can't do this all the time. we have lots of

ongoing infectious disease health threats, many of which we don't have drugs or vaccines for. let's change that and make sure we are better prepared so that we don't have to go through another two years like we have just been through. this through another two years like we have just been through.— have just been through. this is really interesting. _ have just been through. this is really interesting. the - have just been through. this is - really interesting. the government did a pandemic preparation exercise in 2016. a lot of the subsequent criticism was that they were fighting the last war, as it were. they assumed it was going to be a flu epidemic. isn't that always the danger with these things. they assumed a flu epidemic. you and your colleagues will assume a covid—type epidemic, and the nature of the beast is that it will be something completely unpredicted? brute beast is that it will be something completely unpredicted?- beast is that it will be something completely unpredicted? we will not make that mistake. _ completely unpredicted? we will not make that mistake. i _ completely unpredicted? we will not make that mistake. i have _ completely unpredicted? we will not make that mistake. i have been - make that mistake. i have been through enough of these to know that the first thing you do is ignore what happened in the last two years. the institute will be multidisciplinary. that's why we are launching it here. those pandemic preparedness metrics were obviously

wrong. many countries that came out well on those metrics did badly in reality, so it is much more complex than that. a lot of it is about the resilience of systems within the country, it's about political decision—making methods and risk appetite. so there are many dimensions. there is the basic science, the development of the drugs and medicines and diagnostics, but there is also the development of the culture and mechanisms within government and decision—making in many parts of society to make sure we are resilient to threats like this. ., ,., ., we are resilient to threats like this. ., ., , . , ,, this. how important is decisiveness in the middle _ this. how important is decisiveness in the middle of _ this. how important is decisiveness in the middle of a _ this. how important is decisiveness in the middle of a crisis _ this. how important is decisiveness in the middle of a crisis of - this. how important is decisiveness in the middle of a crisis of this - in the middle of a crisis of this kind? the reason i raise it is that a body told me years ago a story of the preparations for the second world war. and they said the man who was put in charge of civil defence in london after an exercise wasn't the man who came up with the best answers or the person who was best prepared, it was the man who basically got things done. in other words, it was the person who made

rapid decisions, even if they were not always necessarily, with hindsight, the best ones. you have hit the nail — hindsight, the best ones. you have hit the nail on _ hindsight, the best ones. you have hit the nail on the _ hindsight, the best ones. you have hit the nail on the head. _ hindsight, the best ones. you have hit the nail on the head. that - hindsight, the best ones. you have| hit the nail on the head. that might be our mantra — get things done. we ran the recovery trial, the biggest trial in treatments in the world, and got definitive answers for ten drugs which work. we started that in nine days. if we had delayed it by even a couple of weeks, the answers would have been delayed by many months and lives would have been lost. you have got to act incredibly quickly. days, not weeks or months. that means you have to be decisive. you won't always be right. you sometimes have to do things at risk, but it is critical that you take the best evidence you have got, take the decision after consultation, but not too much, and get moving.- decision after consultation, but not too much, and get moving. oxford is the obvious — too much, and get moving. oxford is the obvious place _ too much, and get moving. oxford is the obvious place for— too much, and get moving. oxford is the obvious place for this, _ too much, and get moving. oxford is the obvious place for this, given - the obvious place for this, given their performance during the covid pandemic thus far and obviously the discovery of the new vaccine

treatment and the other support that has been provided for those working in the field. given that you have lived through it, where do you think we are now? the pandemic is still officially ongoing worldwide. yeah. this is often _ officially ongoing worldwide. yeah. this is often a _ officially ongoing worldwide. yeah. this is often a longer— officially ongoing worldwide. yeah. this is often a longer game - officially ongoing worldwide. yeah. this is often a longer game than i this is often a longer game than people think. we are now in a situation where we have a virus that we are going to have to live with, but we are still learning. we have got the ba for mb! five —— the ba point for an ba.5 strains which are ongoing. and we had cancellations for our launch today because of covid. there are still a lot of work to be done. we need better treatments and vaccines, because we have lots of diversity of the virus and we don't have vaccines that stop transition. they are good at preventing severe illness and death, but without preventing transmission,

we will still see substantial infections happening. ih we will still see substantial infections happening. in the end, it is down to us? _ infections happening. in the end, it is down to us? it's _ infections happening. in the end, it is down to us? it's down _ infections happening. in the end, it is down to us? it's down to - infections happening. in the end, it is down to us? it's down to all - infections happening. in the end, it is down to us? it's down to all of i is down to us? it's down to all of us. is down to us? it's down to all of us- there _ is down to us? it's down to all of us- there are — is down to us? it's down to all of us. there are a _ is down to us? it's down to all of us. there are a lot _ is down to us? it's down to all of us. there are a lot of _ is down to us? it's down to all of us. there are a lot of lessons - is down to us? it's down to all of us. there are a lot of lessons to | is down to us? it's down to all of i us. there are a lot of lessons to be learned from covid. i am worried that memories are short and that all the talk about being better prepared might not be followed up with the actions we need.— might not be followed up with the actions we need. professor sir peter horb at actions we need. professor sir peter horby at the — actions we need. professor sir peter horby at the emerging _ actions we need. professor sir peter horby at the emerging infectious - horby at the emerging infectious diseases from the university of oxford, launching the new pandemic 0xford, launching the new pandemic sciences centre, thank you for breaking off from a busy day to tell us about it. we look forward to talking to you again in the coming weeks and months. let me bring you some breaking news, not terribly happy news if you are an investor of any kind. it is from the new york stock exchange. there has been a grim performance on the us stock exchange. wall street's main indices fell, investors are fretting at the possibly of

recession. central banks tried to tighten monetary policy, but stocks have been under relentless selling pressure this year and it looks like that has intensified today. you can see the minor symbols on the screen —— the minus symbols. the dowjones indexis —— the minus symbols. the dowjones index is down. it is a changing figure all the time, but it gives you a sense that all the stocks appear to be falling. concerns about recessions involve the emerging markets. if the economy slowing, the is by how much. people are waiting until they get some news that could serve as a catalyst. and the implication of that is of course that it could be a catalyst for a further sell—off. that is the picture of the new york stock exchange so far today. of course, it

is late morning in new york, so the exchange has only been open for a couple of hours. basically, they have taken a dive all morning and we will see if they make a recovery during the afternoon session. we will update you on that on bbc news. in a sense, the nervousness of the market is no surprise and there are always going to be records broken in that environment, but it is a reminder of how uncertain the picture is at the moment and how lacking in reinsurance the investors are, and that tends to get them to behave in ways that zigzag. so you get extreme losses and then big recoveries and their losses again, and that volatility is not good for anyone. the number of patients at scotland's accident and emergency departments waiting longer than four hours has grown to the highest on record. ! i spoke to our correspondentjames shaw earlier. it is the case that

in the week ending 26thjune, the 26th of last month, there were 8,993 patients who waited more than four hours to be seen at a&e and that is higher than the previous peak, which was around the middle of march. what this means is that around a third, a little less than a third of people who were going to a&e in that week at the end ofjune were waiting more than four hours. 95% of people should be seen within four hours, was the target from the scottish government, and it is also the case that the numbers having to wait 8—12 hours, those have reduced over the last few weeks, so that is a positive sign. but the scottish government says that with the increase in cases of the new variants of coronavirus, that is putting extra pressure on a&e departments including staff absences, which reduces their capacity to deal

with more patients, and it is also true that the levels of people going to a&e is getting close to where it was before the pandemic, so that also increases the pressure and it is also true that this is just the most obvious symptom of the problems that there are in the health service in scotland, like in the whole of the uk. there are all sorts of issues with gp surgeries, and in particular the situation with the general hospital in the borders in scotland, which has cancelled all routine operations this week. it's the most high—level symptom of problems right across the board with the health service in the wake of the pandemic. james, when the government of scotland tries to paint a path out of this particular situation, and promise something that will get better, what are they saying? what they are saying broadly is that it is going to take a long time.

the health secretary humza yusaf has said these problems which they are seeking to address with their covid recovery plan will take not months, but years and that gives a sense, i suppose, of how much work needs to be done, but on the other hand the opposition parties, including the conservatives in particular, they say the plans are not sufficient to deal with the problem. other parties point to what they say is a lack of funding, a long—term lack of funding even before the pandemic, so a debate about why the problem is as deep as it is, but no question that it will take a long time to solve. have you seen the hashtag #gentleminions? some cinemas have banned young people from wearing from suits to watch the new minions: the rise of gru film after a tiktok trend is said to be causing rowdy behaviour. teenagers following the #gentleminions trend have been

accused of making noise and throwing things during the film causing some cinemas to stop screening the movie all together. david marsh, a cinema manager in stowmarketjoins me now. tell me what you and your colleagues at your cinema have experienced? fiur at your cinema have experienced? our cinema has at your cinema have experienced? oi" cinema has been good—natured but exuberant. the first thing we knew about it was on friday afternoon, when we had an afternoon screening before kids would have finished school, so we were not anticipating being a busy one. and before we knew it, we had sold out and probably could have had in another 100 people. and they were dressed either as minions or as the gentle minions, wearing a suit etc. so it was a bit of a shock. wearing a suit etc. so it was a bit of a shock-— of a shock. and what did they do inside that _ of a shock. and what did they do inside that might _ of a shock. and what did they do inside that might have _ of a shock. and what did they do inside that might have upset - of a shock. and what did they do i inside that might have upset you of a shock. and what did they do i inside that might have upset you or other patrons or was potentially disruptive? it other patrons or was potentially disruptive?_ other patrons or was potentially disrutive? �* , ., .

disruptive? it hasn't been to that. as i said, disruptive? it hasn't been to that. as i said. they — disruptive? it hasn't been to that. as i said, they have _ disruptive? it hasn't been to that. as i said, they have been - disruptive? it hasn't been to that. as i said, they have been kind i disruptive? it hasn't been to that. as i said, they have been kind ofl as i said, they have been kind of excitable. we lead our members of staff in the auditorium, so it is supervised. but there were certainly clapping and applauding when the film starts and when gru makers —— makes an appearance and when bob makes an appearance and when bob makes an appearance and when bob makes an appearance. that makes an appearance and when bob makes an appearance.— makes an appearance. that doesn't sound too bad. _ makes an appearance. that doesn't sound too bad. it _ makes an appearance. that doesn't sound too bad. it may _ makes an appearance. that doesn'tl sound too bad. it may inconvenience people, but there are people who don't like clapping and cheering in the middle of a play. they get irritated by that. but that sounds quite mild. it irritated by that. but that sounds uuite mild. .,, , , quite mild. it has been ok with us. we had an — quite mild. it has been ok with us. we had an interesting _ quite mild. it has been ok with us. we had an interesting one - quite mild. it has been ok with us. we had an interesting one on i quite mild. it has been ok with us. l we had an interesting one on sunday night, when in the last five minutes, they started throwing bananas and food around. and what was usually a 15 minute cherub took an hour. but that was our one bad one. and from what i have read on social media about other cinemas, they have had confrontations etc, but we haven't had that. on balance,

it has been a positive thing for us and that is probably why it is now the number one film in the uk charts for the weekend and has taken £10.5 million, way above what they expected it to take. the film at number two, expected it to take. the film at numbertwo, elvis, expected it to take. the film at number two, elvis, took 3 million. so it is smashing the box office. have you given any thought to taking the film of? irlat have you given any thought to taking the film of? ., ., ., . ., the film of? not at all. we would look at every _ the film of? not at all. we would look at every case _ the film of? not at all. we would look at every case on _ the film of? not at all. we would look at every case on a _ the film of? not at all. we would i look at every case on a case-by-case look at every case on a case—by—case basis. 0nce look at every case on a case—by—case basis. once we have spoken to people who have been getting a bit excitable, it is difficult sometimes because we have got young people there also with their families. but we have found the audience to be respectful once they have been spoken to. so far, so good. it has been good for the local cinema. david marsh at the regal in stowmarket, thank you. if you are going to the regal to watch the minions, please show some respect for the people who have to work there as well as the other patrons. it is no fun having to clear up the

carpet after people have been misbehaving. they don't get paid enough, so i'm a bit of slack! time for a look at the weather. it has been another fine day for many today, the thickest of the cloud across scotland and northern ireland. this cloud will thicken up further this evening and overnight, this weatherfront approaching in the west will bring outbreaks of rain, particularly to the north and west of scotland, where some of the rain will become more heavy and persistent. it could dry up across northern ireland through the night. maybe one or two showers in the north of england. but south of here, clear skies and light winds. another recipe for a cooler night out of town, but further north and west, 14 degrees will be the lowest, feeling warm and muggy. 0n degrees will be the lowest, feeling warm and muggy. on wednesday, it is cloudy, misty and murky across western areas. further spots of rain

across scotland. the best of the sunshine will be across england and wales. we will see temperatures climb into the mid 20s here. further north, the mid to high teens.

this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 4: a government minister tells the commons, borisjohnson "did not immediately recall" being told by a top senior civil servant about a 2019 complaint over mp chris pincher. the prime minister did not immediately recall the conversation in late 2019 . , .

a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois — after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. in sport — root and bairstow are the heroes — as england pull off a record—breaking victory in the fifth test against india. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. sorry for that rather dramatic pause

at the start of the hour, we were struggling with the microphone, which is why i was waiting to say hello. the cabinet office minister, michael ellis, has confirmed that borisjohnson was aware of a complaint about alleged inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher before appointing him deputy chief whip — but had forgotten he was told about it. lord mcdonald, the former top civil servant in the foreign office said downing street had not told the truth when it said the prime minister was not aware of any formal complaints. labour's deputy leader, angela rayner, told mps mrjohnson had been "either negligent or complicit". here's our political correspondent ben wright. are we good? not according to the former top official at the foreign office. lord mcdonald's dynamite claim this morning came just before cabinet met. these days, the cameras are let in but there are no questions from reporters. it did not look like the jolliest meeting of ministers. there is a key question

at the heart of all of this — what did borisjohnson know about chris pincher�*s alleged past behaviour when he was appointed deputy chief whip in february? number ten's line has shifted over recent days. i briefed the relevant senior official... and speaking this morning, lord mcdonald said it had made inaccurate claims. i think they need to come clean. i think that the language is ambiguous, it's sort of telling the truth and crossing your fingers at the same time and hoping people are not too forensic in their subsequent questioning and i think that is not working. in an extraordinary letter to parliament's standards watchdog, lord mcdonald said contrary to claims by number ten, borisjohnson was briefed in person about the initiation and outcome of an investigation into chris pincher�*s behaviour in 2019, when he was a foreign office minister. he says there was a formal complaint and mr pincher was not exonerated. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab,

was foreign secretary at the time. you don't believe, then, _ the word of lord mcdonald who said mrjohnson was briefed in person | about the initiation and outcome| of the investigation? so, that's news to me, i wasn't aware of that and it's not clear to me that is factually accurate. chris pincher resigned from hisjob as deputy chief whip last thursday. he has denied the misconduct allegations against him and is seeking professional medical support. number ten's line has changed several times since then. first, it said the prime minister was not aware of allegations involving mr pincher when he was given thejob in february. but yesterday, downing street said borisjohnson was aware of some allegations that were either resolved or did not turn into a formal complaint. lord mcdonald's intervention contradicts that claim and some of borisjohnson's own backbenchers are exasperated.

it does appear that ministers of the crown have been lied to by people in downing street before being sent out onto the media. i call the deputy- leader, angela ranger. in the commons this lunchtime, labour said this was all about borisjohnson's judgment. what message, mr speaker, does this send about the standards of this government and what they set? what message does this send to the british people facing a cost—of—living crisis while their government is paralysed with scandal? when will this minister stop defending the indefensible and say enough is enough? number ten has confirmed boris johnson was briefed about the 2019 investigation into chris pincher but could not remember it. last investigation into chris pincher but could not remember it.— could not remember it. last week when fresh _ could not remember it. last week when fresh allegations _ could not remember it. last week when fresh allegations arose i could not remember it. last week when fresh allegations arose the l when fresh allegations arose the prime _ when fresh allegations arose the prime minister did not immediately recall— prime minister did not immediately recall the _ prime minister did not immediately recall the conversation in late 2019 about _ recall the conversation in late 2019 about this — recall the conversation in late 2019

about this incident. as soon as he was reminded, the numberten about this incident. as soon as he was reminded, the number ten press office _ was reminded, the number ten press office corrected their public lines so the _ office corrected their public lines so the position is quite clear, further— so the position is quite clear, further inquiries will be made but the position is that the prime minister— the position is that the prime minister acted with probity at all times _ conservative backbench critics of borisjohnson did not hold back. can he confirm if the allegations- made in 2019 were of sexual assault and if they were and they were upheld and apologised, - why the police were not involved and why he was not sacked - at the time let alone given anotherjob? l yet again, borisjohnson's ministers find themselves trying to defend their boss and explain what the prime minister knew and when. earlier i spoke to our political correspondent, jonathan blake

on the feeling among conservatives and where this leaves the party following today's news. they are fed up, not only with boris johnson and what many of them see as his leadership turning into something of a liability, but the fact that these things keep happening and downing street has to fight fires on a daily basis and deal with crises as they come along rather than getting on with the business of government. what we have seen over the last few days is something which was serious enough to begin with, a minister facing accusations of sexual misconduct, slowly turning into more accusations being made and more revelations coming out as the days wore on and alongside that, downing street's response shifting day by day, sometimes by the hour, according to what it was prepared to say about what the prime minister knew

in terms of the accusations against his former deputy chief whip chris pincher. where does all this leave boris johnson and the conservative party? his critics remain his critics and his supporters remain for the most part his supporters but having spoken to a good few tory mps today, there are those who are questioning their support for the prime minister. and who have been loyal publicly until now, but are asking themselves how much can they put up with. it is the issue of trust that is central to all of this. just a few weeks left before the summer recess at the house of commons, and there are these elections next week to the executive of the 1922 committee. chris mason said earlier at lunchtime that he could see a couple of scenarios, one is these people win who want to change the rules to the executive elections and effectively change the rules

so the prime minister could face another challenge or tory mps could effectively engage in industrial action, in other words a work to rule. how might that work? it's a tricky one and not a scenario we can really remember but what he is getting at there is the suggestion that conservatives, if they are not on the government payroll and don't have a job as a minister, they won't be going out in public to defend and speak up in support of their leader. so that would make things pretty difficult for the prime minister and i think you have had a flavour of that this afternoon in the exchanges we saw in the house of commons. hardly any conservatives standing up in support of the prime minister and a good few interjections from tory backbenchers, not necessarily those who are often quickest to criticise the prime minister, questioning hisjudgment and his actions with regard to this whole affair.

you can tell there is discontent and there is frustration and exasperation among conservative mps and that election to the 1922 backbench committee will be key. as one mp said to me, number ten is a walking talking advert for rebels to get themselves elected to that in the hope they can change the rules and somehow orchestrate a leadership challenge. prime minister's questions tomorrow, an opportunity for the prime minister to regain control? he will try, certainly. he also has a sustained period of questioning in front of the liaison committee, made up of all of the parties at westminster, and that will also be an opportunity for his opponents to question him at length about his response to all this but i would imagine tomorrow lunchtime in the house of commons will be one of those prime minister's questions that you will not want to miss.

you won't have to miss it if you watch it on the bbc. police in the us have arrested a man in his 20s after six people were killed in a mass shooting at an independence day parade near chicago. more than 20 others are in hospital after a high—powered rifle was fired multiple times from a rooftop. the suspect has been named as robert e crimo iii. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal has this report. the streets where celebrations had been taking place quickly turned into a hunting ground, as police searched for a killer. a man who brought terror to an independence day parade. americans in this wealthy chicago suburb had been out in the sunshine for the symbolic day of the 4th ofjuly.

a few minutes into the parade, shots rang out, creating shock, confusion and panic. people moved quickly for safety. i thought that it was the navy that was saluting the flag with rifles, but then when i saw people running, um, i picked up my son, and i started running. at first, the police found the gun but not the gunman. it took until the evening for them to eventually arrest robert crimo iii. the person of interest is now being taken to the highland park police department where we're going to begin the next phase of the investigation and speak with this person to make sure or see if, in fact, he is connected to this incident. social media firms have suspended accounts apparently owned by him. all events were cancelled as police spent hours looking for the 22—year—old. and so another address to the nation, on yet another mass shooting. president biden cautiously questioned the direction his country is heading in. there's nothing guaranteed about our democracy, nothing

guaranteed about our way of life. we have to fight for it, defend it and earn it by voting. once again, americans are dealing with gun violence. not a week has gone by without a mass shooting in america this year. it happens everywhere — in their schools, supermarkets, and even on independence day. the mayor of slovyansk in eastern ukraine says the city is being hit by salvoes of russian artillery from closer positions as it becomes the latest frontline in the conflict. he confirmed that recent shelling had left at least six people dead and said it was now important to move out as many civilians as possible. over the weekend, the russian city of belgorod, 40km from ukraine's northern border, was hit by what russia says was a ukrainian missile strike. it was the first time the city had been damaged since the start of the war. but, as our russia editor steve rosenberg found out, few people there are linking the two events.

the kremlin promised its "special operation" in ukraine would make russia safer. but in belgorod, there's little sign of safer. explosion this was the city early on sunday. russia accused ukraine of a missile attack. ukrainian officials deny it. but at least four civilians were killed in an explosion. and many buildings were damaged. this is not destruction on the scale of ukraine, where thousands of civilians have been killed since russia invaded, but there is anger here. "we should have fired a missile right back at kyiv", vadim says. "that would have made them think." i asked knarik if this had happened before. "what — in the city centre?! of course not", she says. "we need to take harsher measures."

i've been wondering — why is it that so many people here don'tjoin the dots? they don't make the connection between russia invading ukraine and their lives here becoming less safe. i think it's partly because the russian state media does all it can to prevent those dots from being joined in people's minds, but also many russians simply don't want to believe that their country started this, that russia is the aggressor. singing but now, a call for peace from the orthodox church. metropolitan ioann of belgorod has issued a statement saying it's time to turn swords into ploughshares and that he's praying for an end to the bloodshed in ukraine that has now come to russian homes, too. prayers are one thing,

the political will to make peace, well, that's another. steve rosenberg, bbc news, belgorod. an 85—year—old doctor, who killed a patient after botching a routine procedure, has been jailed for three years. dr isyaka mamman admitted gross negligence manslaughter, after he used the wrong needle in the wrong place on shahida parveen at the royal 0ldham hospital in 2018. a public inquiry into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed man during a foiled prison break has found that he was "lawfully killed". 28 year old jermaine baker died while trying to free an inmate from a prison van in north london in december 2015. a premier league footballer arrested on suspicion of rape is facing further allegations relating to a second woman. the metropolitan police hasn't named the player. the 29—year—old man detained in barnet in north london yesterday. he's been further arrested this

afternoon while in custody over additional claims. breaking news. this is on the ferry vessel, _ breaking news. this is on the ferry vessel, the — breaking news. this is on the ferry vessel. th— vessel, the alfred, reported as havin: vessel, the alfred, reported as having run _ vessel, the alfred, reported as having run aground, _ vessel, the alfred, reported as having run aground, we - vessel, the alfred, reported as having run aground, we are i vessel, the alfred, reported as| having run aground, we are told vessel, the alfred, reported as i having run aground, we are told it is making its way back to st margaret is in 0rkney after the incident. this is one of the most southern the points in the 0rkney southern the points in the orkney islands. —— suddenly. the lifeboat was in attendance. the coast guard has been approached for comment but no further details are available. we reported an hour ago that the ferry that had run aground, but we think they have got it floating off again and hopefully back to a destination where the passengers can be unloaded

safely. the headlines on bbc news... a government minister tells the commons, borisjohnson �*did not immediately recall�* being told by a top senior civil servant about a 2019 complaint over mp chris pincher the prime minister did not immediately recall the conversation in late 2019 about this incident. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois — after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. children as young as 11 have been housed in aianbs and other temporary accommodation, as councils face serious challenges in finding suitable placements, a bbc investigation in wales has found. local authorities insist it is a last resort for children

in care, and that support workers are in place round the clock for those under the age of 16. but charities say many young people in care in the uk feel they're not getting the support they need. paul heaney has this report. so these are all the photos i've got from the majority of my childhood. hope's mum wasn't able to look after her, but she has really good memories growing up with her grandparents. i think, at that point, i really wanted to be in the police when i was... when i was little. things changed when she was 13. exploited by older people, nan and granddad agreed foster care was best for her own safety. but that placement later broke down. i'm just an excess piece. my mum didn't want me and now my grandparents can't look after me and now my foster carers don't want me. the state doesn't know what it wants to do with me.

what's... what's the point, you know? hope ran away and slept rough before the council offered her a place in a hostel. she says it was under the same roof as someone who'd assaulted her. i had clothes stolen from me, i had bus passes stolen from me. the girls used to gang up. wrexham council said it always aimed to keep children safe, that its children's services had since been transformed and it would use hope's comments to improve things further. we asked councils in wales using the freedom of information act what kind of places they were using to house young people. our investigation has found that even now, children are still being placed in bed and breakfasts and other temporary accommodation here in wales. that's despite the welsh government saying it wanted to stop that six years ago. most are 16 or 17 years old,

but some are even younger. one example was an 11—year—old placed in an airbnb with support workers because there was nowhere else for them to go. the actor michael sheen presented a petition to the welsh government calling for unregulated accommodation for children to be banned. in a bbc documentary tonight, he hears from hope and others in care who say they were let down by the system designed to protect them. it'sjust heart... it's heartbreaking and... and infuriating that we, as a society, are allowing this to happen to children. 0ne children's charity now wants more fundamental changes to the care system. young people say, "well, why... why are we not loved? - "why doesn't the care system love us? - "what does love look like for us?" and these are the questions we're asking government to kind - of think about, really. the body representing councils in wales told us that, in the face of growing demand and more complicated cases, they're doing their best but they need more money. the welsh government says children should not be placed in b&bs.

most children in care, it says, do have a positive experience and it is investing more in foster care and specialist accommodation while trying to help families sooner. hope is now trying to move on from a difficult time in care. rock climbing helps her mental health. there's no room for anything else to come into your mind when you're climbing. she's determined to improve the care system for those who come after her. i will fight to make sure that this process doesn't happen in the same way it happened to me. paul heaney, bbc news. joining me now is darren bishton, who is the practice lead of national leaving care benchmarking forum at charity catch22. explain what you do at the charity. we work with over 130 local authorities to develop services for

young people who are in the care experience, right across england, to make sure we are sharing best practice and developing new services and trying to plug the gaps that we have identified already in those presentations. we work very hard with local authorities who are working very hard in difficult circumstances to provide the right support for young people. is it fair to say that — support for young people. is it fair to say that what _ support for young people. is it fair to say that what bbc _ support for young people. is it fair to say that what bbc wales - support for young people. is it fair to say that what bbc wales have l to say that what bbc wales have found is not an untypical situation? it is not untypical. accommodation for young people that have staffing support around them is sometimes difficult to find and sometimes that provision is further away from their homes for that young person, and these are the challenges that local authorities face, but there are lots of excellent practice going on and lots of new initiatives running but essentially there are some groups of young people who are hard to place in a home environment that provides them with the love and care and

stability they need and local authorities are battling with that in order to make sure they can find something that actually meets the needs of those young people that needs of those young people that need our support. is needs of those young people that need our support.— need our support. is the biggest roblem need our support. is the biggest problem when — need our support. is the biggest problem when children - need our support. is the biggest problem when children hit i need our support. is the biggest problem when children hit the i need our support. is the biggest l problem when children hit the age when in a sense they cease to be anybody�*s responsibility legally, in other words they become adults? even if they are adults coming out of a very difficult situation, may be having had a lifetime in care or fosterfamilies, and yet having had a lifetime in care or foster families, and yet they are kind of cut loose, and arguably local authorities have a responsibility to house people in an emergency situation but that there is no continuity and they might get picked up by the system later or they might not? that picked up by the system later or they might not?— picked up by the system later or the miaht not? �* ., they might not? at the moment there is a cliff edge — they might not? at the moment there is a cliff edge at _ they might not? at the moment there is a cliff edge at 18 _ they might not? at the moment there is a cliff edge at 18 and _ they might not? at the moment there is a cliff edge at 18 and it _ they might not? at the moment there is a cliff edge at 18 and it is _ is a cliff edge at 18 and it is something that local authorities are working harder with. since 2014 they have developed a policy for young people that were in foster care at

18 to carry on until 21 and the uk review is looking at extending this to 23 and there is a need for local authorities to develop services that prevent those cliff edges but also work with key partner agencies like housing and the nhs, a range of other people, to make sure that it all works effectively together to make sure we are helping to support young people through that transition. it is not there yet. let's be honest.— transition. it is not there yet. let's be honest. the aspiration to do 21 is there _ let's be honest. the aspiration to do 21 is there and _ let's be honest. the aspiration to do 21 is there and even _ let's be honest. the aspiration to do 21 is there and even to - let's be honest. the aspiration to do 21 is there and even to go i do 21 is there and even to go further up to 23 but the brutal truth is that kids at 18, for many of them, they are out? for some ounu of them, they are out? for some young people _ of them, they are out? for some young people it _ of them, they are out? for some young people it does _ of them, they are out? for some young people it does happen i of them, they are out? for some young people it does happen like that, and the local authorities still have responsibility until 21 and 25 in order to make sure they can support those young people but there is a restriction in funding for that and a responsibility does change and we do need to work with those key partner agencies to make

sure those young people don't fall through. in the west midlands, we are working effectively with local authorities to fill the gap. that is somethin: authorities to fill the gap. that is something we — authorities to fill the gap. that is something we should _ authorities to fill the gap. that is something we should say, i authorities to fill the gap. that is something we should say, there| authorities to fill the gap. that is i something we should say, there are lots of voluntary and charity organisations and individuals who do incredible work that often goes unsung and i note you and your colleagues appreciate that —— i know. you know how much local authorities help with some of the strain but in a sense one of the difficulties is that youngsters, if they have had a not very good experience of care or if it feels like they haven't had it to them, they are not exactly motivated to reach out to those selfsame organisations and councils to ask for help? it organisations and councils to ask for hel ? , organisations and councils to ask for hel? _, organisations and councils to ask forhel? ,., . ., , ,, for help? it is about relationships and that is _ for help? it is about relationships and that is for _ for help? it is about relationships and that is for everybody, - for help? it is about relationships and that is for everybody, in i for help? it is about relationships and that is for everybody, in all. for help? it is about relationships| and that is for everybody, in all of our communities and societies, we have got to work better to build that trusting relationship with young people to make sure that they feel as though people care and love for them and the care review

identifies this and it looks at the importance of relationships and identifies the real need to help and support young people, notjust whether they are 18 or 21, but 25 and above, because that is what families do and what we are trying to do and i know local authorities work very hard to do and personal advisers, is to build those relationships. but it is very difficult and there is a high turnover of staff and sometimes young people don't engage well with some young people —— don't engage well with some people but we need flexibility and the capability in the workforce to make sure that young people feel their voices are heard, they are loved and actually appreciated, then we can build bridges in order to make sure they don't fall down any gaps. pare bridges in order to make sure they don't fall down any gaps.— don't fall down any gaps. are you still optimistic _ don't fall down any gaps. are you still optimistic about _ don't fall down any gaps. are you still optimistic about the - don't fall down any gaps. are you still optimistic about the future i don't fall down any gaps. are you | still optimistic about the future of the service?— the service? absolutely. i am not pessimistic _ the service? absolutely. i am not pessimistic because _ the service? absolutely. i am not pessimistic because i _ the service? absolutely. i am not pessimistic because i note - the service? absolutely. i am not pessimistic because i note the i pessimistic because i note the commitment at the dedication from local authority officers and those

in charities is there. there is a passion and we saw that this morning with michael sheen, and he was moved to tears and very often local authority officers are in the same situation, they work so hard to support young people. it is just having good systems that allow us to do that because i think the workforce is committed and dedicated for this group of young people. darren, a pleasure to speak to you. thanks forjoining us. you can watch michael sheen: lifting the lid on the care system on bbc iplayer now — or on bbc one wales at 9pm tonight. and details of help and support for some of the issues raised in this film are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

royal mail managers are to strike later this month in a dispute overjobs and pay. the unite union announced that 2,400 managers will work to rule from the 15th to the 19th ofjuly, followed by strike action from the 20th to 22nd ofjuly, and said that the action would impact the postal and parcel service. now it's time for a look at the weather. there was a glorious morning in devon today, how is it looking over the next few hours and indeed the next couple of days?— the next few hours and indeed the next couple of days? good afternoon. a lot of good — next couple of days? good afternoon. a lot of good weather _ next couple of days? good afternoon. a lot of good weather out _ next couple of days? good afternoon. a lot of good weather out there i a lot of good weather out there as high pressure is dominating the scene for most, and the only fly in the ointment is across more northern parts especially scotland which will have a weather front working its way in this evening and overnight. that will bring some rain some of which will bring some rain some of which will be persistent. this is the weather front that will bring the wet weather into this evening and overnight, and some of the rain will

be heavy over the north west of scotland and quite murky and misty conditions, more humid air mass in with the front, start to turn windy, as well, over scotland, the breeze less prominent down across southern areas and clear spells, single figures out of town here and elsewhere it would be a muggy night. wednesday, it will feel warmer and a bit more humid, the best of the sunshine over southern areas once again, more cloud further north and it will be quite windy through the day. top temperatures of 25 in the south and mid to high teens further north.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a government minister tells the commons, borisjohnson �*did not immediately recall�* being told by a top senior civil servant about a 2019 complaint over mp chris pincher come other than foreign office minister. —— the then foreign office minister. the prime minister did not immediately recall the conversation in late 2019 about this incident. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year.

a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. now, what's been happening to novak djokovic? spin many thanks, yes, it's all going on at wimbledon, cameron norrie is in court right now, we have ourfirst cameron norrie is in court right now, we have our first woman's semifinalist and there an upset in the making. i don't have all the answers. i am torn as to which match to watch, and viewing towards centre court. let's take you straight to pictures on centre court, you will see a rally between novak djokovic who has

lost two sets to this man, who has taken a nasty fall, you will see it more in detail here. fighting the biggest match of his life, quarterfinals of wimbledon, took the first two set, as i said, but what you haven't seen is that novak djokovicjumped over the net and helped his opponent up, and he looks as though he will be happy to continue worrying for a few seconds you never can tell who dub about how serious those falls are but it looks as though sinner will be ok, he won't have time to catch his breath because novak djokovic from going two sets down has turned on the aggression levels. we have seen the six time champion here do that so many times and you can see he is in charge now and starting the server the set. if he does this we will be at two set all and you would fancy that he would then get the job five. but hang on for a moment if we can

we might as well see if he can get himself to two sets, he has done this time and again, he will hang on a bit longer, but the break there, novak djokovic, fighting back the defending champion here. we are torn at the moment, trying to watch two screens because the british number one, cameron norrie, ninth seed here, is playing a quarterfinal on court number one, the winner of this match will play djokovic or sinner. i show you court number one, david goffin, there he is, he has taken the first set 6—3. cameron norrie's never reached the quarterfinal of a grand slam before and it was a little tight at the bit heavy with his racket in the first set, but he's got a chance here at least to in the opening game of this second set, and he has done that with a fist pump, so cameron norrie in front in the second set.

0ne front in the second set. one line to bring you from the men's draw, nick kumuls was warming up —— kyrgios, and we have heard he will appear in court in australia next month relating to an allegation of assault in a domestic relationship, the nature of the allegation is serious and his barrister says he takes the allegation very seriously. and briefly, fantastic story in the women's draw.— and briefly, fantastic story in the women's draw. tatiana maria, an incredible story, _ women's draw. tatiana maria, an incredible story, a _ women's draw. tatiana maria, an incredible story, a mum - women's draw. tatiana maria, an incredible story, a mum of- women's draw. tatiana maria, an incredible story, a mum of two i women's draw. tatiana maria, an i incredible story, a mum of two into the semifinals of wimbledon, right outside of the top 100, she talked about her struggles coming back from her second maternity leave, an astonishing story. no one was writing her to get this far but she has knocked out her german compatriots in three sets. what a

win for her, into the semifinals. many thanks indeed, will be back with you for an update in the next hour. the england captain ben stokes says they are trying to rewrite how test cricket is being played at the moment. they completed a sensational 7 wicket victory over india in the rearranged fifth test to level the series. they easily reached the 378 runs required, their highest successful run chase in tests. they resumed this morning on 259 for three withjoe root and jonny bairstow at the crease and they saw england home, root unbeaten on 142, bairstow114, his second century of the match and fourth in three tests. the skipper was full of praise for his centurions root just, yeah, it rootjust, yeah, it gets boring talking about how good a player he is! he is always the man to stand up and be there. i would love to see how many of his 28 test hundreds had

been winning for england, that's where those count. at the moment he is on fire, a different planet at the moment, it's not the runs does make it is the runcie scoring but it's the manager is doing it in, dominant. —— it is the runs he is a scoring but it's the manner he is doing it in. it's incredible to watch. the women's european championship starts tomorrow with england facing austria at a sold out old trafford. england also face norway and northern ireland in their group, the top two go through to the quarterfinals. with home advantage many are backing the lionesses to go a long way, england's most capped player fara williams, is working for bbc sport throughout the tournament and is excited about the team. it should be a comfortable victory for england, i think, but always the first game in a tournament is difficult, ithink first game in a tournament is difficult, i think austria will certainly try to make it difficult for us going into the game. but i think the level of skill in our team will certainly stand out and you will see that, and it will be england victory. —— a comfortable

england victory. the premier league and international player who was arrested yesterday on suspicion of rape has been questioned over two further rape allegations. the 29—year—old, who has not been named, was taken into custody yesterday over an attack injune. the metropolitan police say the man had been further arrested on suspicion of two incidents of rape against another woman last year. he has been bailed until august. this has been expected for a long time — mauricio pochettino has finally left paris saint—germain. the former spurs manager had 18 months in paris, during which he won his first trophies as a manager, inclduing the ligue 1 title, but it was their failure in the champions league that proved to be his undoing despite an array of attacking talents at his disposal, neymar, mbappe and messi. former nice boss christophe galtier has taken over on a two year deal. lots more football stories on the bbc sport website, a couple of transfers have gone through today and you can keep an eye on the

tennis, as well, novak djokovic fighting back to take that match to a decider against sinner in the quarterfinals, that's all for now. iam i am breathless with all of that, goodness me! it's all fast moving stuff. to keep up with everything on the website, and of course live commentary on the tennis. president putin has ordered his forces to push ahead with their offensive in eastern ukraine, after seizing control of the entire luhansk region — following the withdrawal of ukranian troops from lysychansk. russian troops are now stepping up their bombardment of cities in the neighbouring donetsk region. these are the two self—declared independent republics, parts of which are still supposed to be ukrainian. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera explains. the fighting in recent months has been concentrated in the east of the country, the region known as the donbas. over the weekend, ukrainian forces

withdrew from lysychansk in the luhansk region. that came after the fall of another strategic city, severodonetsk, a few weeks ago. that's given the russians effective control of the whole of luhansk. their sights are now thought to be set on taking the neighbouring donetsk region, with the towns of slovyansk and kramatorsk likely their next targets. overall, it now means russia controls more than a fifth of ukraine and looks to be seeking more. russia might still want to take the coast, building on its seizure of crimea in 2014 by taking 0desa and cutting off ukraine from the black sea. but that may be a step too far since they were recently pushed off the symbolically important snake island. so, is russia now winning the war? despite early setbacks, russia certainly has had real tactical victories in recent weeks in the east, but it has been slow going with significant losses.

and the real question is, will russia be able to maintain this progress? it certainly has the manpower and firepower to keep going, but ukraine is hoping it can slow the russians and then launch counter—offensives to push back. crucial to that is the arrival of weaponry from the west, like this and other long—range artillery systems which are now slowly making their way to the battlefield. they could help shift the balance. so, russia has made gains recently, but we may now be entering a new phase in the war where the outcome is less clear and it may depend on each side's ability to sustain the fight for the long haul. meanwhile, nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg

welcomed sweden and finland as the formal process to bring them into nato has begun. they are attending a meeting which would mark a historic step, brought on by russian's invasion of ukraine. here is what jens stoltenberg had to stay. last week in madrid, allied leaders agreed to invite finland and sweden to join the alliance following the agreement of a trilateral memorandum between turkiye, finland and sweden. so today we will formally sign the protocols of accession. this marks the start of the ratification process. nato's door remains open to european democracies who are ready to and willing to contribute to our shared security. this is a good day for finland and sweden and a good day for nato. with 32 nations around the table, we will be able to be even stronger and our people will be even safer as we face the biggest security crisis in decades.

jens stoltenberg, notes were saying that at the madrid conference last week recep tayyip erdogan was again saying he might exercise to keep as veto which would stop finland and sweden's applications, though we will see what happens with that. the number of patients at scotland's accident and emergency departments waiting longer than four hours has grown to the highest on record. 0ur scotland correspondent james shaw reports. it is the case that in the week ending the 26th ofjune, so the 26th of last month, there were 8993 patients who waited more than four hours to be seen at accident and emergency, and that is higher than the previous peak, which was around about the middle of march. what it essentially means is that around about a third, a little less than a third of people

who were going to a&e in that week at the end ofjune were waiting more than four hours. it's the scottish government's target that 95% of people should be seen within four hours. it is also the case in facts that number is having to wait eight or 12 hours, those have reduced over the last few weeks, so that is a positive sign. but the scottish government says that with the increase in cases of the new variants of coronavirus, that is putting extra pressure on a&e departments, including staff absences, which reduces their capacity to deal with more patients, and it's also true that the levels of people going to a&e is getting close to where it was before the pandemic, so that also increases the pressure. and i think it's also true that this is just the most obvious symptoms of the problem is that there are in the health service in scotland, like other parts of the united kingdom, there are all sorts of issues as well, for example, with gp surgeries, a particular situation with the general hospital

down in the borders in scotland which has cancelled all routine operations this week. it's just the most high—level level symptom of problems right across the board with the health service in the wake of the pandemic. and when the government of scotland tries to kind of paint on a path out of this particular situation, and promised something that will get better, what are they saying? i think what they're saying, broadly, is that it is going to take a long time. the health secretary humza yousaf has said that these problems, which they are seeking to address with their covid recovery plan, will take not months but years, and that gives a sense i suppose of how much work needs to be done. but on the other hand, the opposition parties, in particular the conservatives, have said that these plans are not sufficient to deal with the problem.

other parties will point to what they say is a lack of funding, a long—term lack of funding even before the pandemic happened. so a debate certainly, about why this problem is as deep as it is, but no question that it's going to take a long time to solve. it's 14 minutes to five, reach will be here with the main story is at five o'clock. let me give you a summary of the headlines. —— rita will be here. a government minister tells the commons, borisjohnson �*did not immediately recall�* being told by a top senior civil servant about a 2019 complaint over mp chris pincher the prime minister did not immediately recall the conversation in late 2019 about this incident. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois — after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put

on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. just some breaking news. more than 300 staff at bryn�*s cross and east midlands railway have voted to take strike action, according to the transport union the tssa. 300 staff at cross—country and east midlands railway, yet another rail strike on top of the drivers who have voted for industrial action and of course that continuing dispute involving the rmt for which we are awaiting news, eyes of progress in the negotiation it with management or a fresh set of dates for industrial action. a yorkshire charity supporting children with disabilities says more than 90% of the families it helps are struggling to pay bills. many of them were already paying

more for electricity because of the medical equipment needed for their children. 0ur correspondent emma glasbey has been to meet charlie in bingley to talk about some of the sacrifices his family are having to make. i�*m charlie conway. i love to sing, i love to edit videos. i am 11 years old. i am obsessed with the area i live in. everyone is like, "you�*re talking about it again!" charlie was born with quite a lot of needs. he had a brain injury at birth which left him really delayed. so it's always been a struggle and then at three year old, he were diagnosed with autism, and most recently he's been diagnosed with learning disabilities. for charlie�*s family in bingley, the electricity bills for their flat have more than doubled this year. his mum has a chronic lung condition and medical equipment needs to be charged. charlie�*s sensory lights push up the bills even more. they�*re just really relaxing, i love watching them. they make me feel safe, happy. theyjust make me feel really good.

the rising cost of living makes me have to turn them off a lot more. as well as his sensory lights, charlie gets comfort from using an ipad that was provided through the charity family fund. i am doing a little video of all the flowers and i�*ll make it into like, a little cinematic video and then i video edit it. but again, charging it is getting more and more expensive. i can�*t use them anywhere near as much because it is so much more expensive 110w. another thing is that we can�*t go on as many car trips because of how much the price of fuel has risen. it�*s very, very... i wish none of this would have happened because i absolutely love going on car trips. we are really quite affected with the electricity because we use a lot of electricity with medical equipment. we've got less for food. the fuel prices, it's really quite limiting. we have a lot of hospital appointments and come winter,

i am scared we won't be able to afford to have our heating as and when we need to keep both myself and charlie healthy with our lung problems. this is where i grew up. i really love it. charlie and his parents have already faced many challenges since he was born. the cost of living crisis is another. they know more sacrifices will need to be made in the months ahead. the uk is hosting an international conference aimed at promoting religious freedom and preventing the persecution of people on the basis of their beliefs. more than 600 delegates will gather in london over the next two days. for more on it and the current state of religious freedom around the world, i spoke with professor mareez tadros who�*s director of the coalition for religious equality and inclusive development. we have seen several genocides in the last few years.

we have had a genocide in iraq, we have had a genocide in myanmar, we saw crimes against humanity in china against the uighurs. so now is the time for us to look for the signs and signals when violence is increasing, when there are risks of atrocities, and think, how can we prevent this violence from occurring again? what�*s your sense then of the sorts of signals that started to appear early on? because presumably there are patterns, are there? there might be different religious groups and different political politicians in power at the time, but there are presumably common factors where you say, well, hang on, they start going for that and then they go for that and then you suddenly realise it�*s become either ethnic or religious in character. that�*s absolutely right, and sometimes it�*s a combination of ethnic religious, but there are patterns, and history tells us that exactly as we�*ve said, independently of the group, independently of the faith, independently of the context, there are patterns and these patterns are that we see first of all a great deal of increasing

hate speech, speech accusing the person who is different to the majority of spreading rumours, of being responsible for things happening in society for which they have absolutely no role. a lot of the time, we see a mobilisation of hate on the street, people start to be picked on in classrooms, they start to be thrown off buses, public buses. people start to be not served in marketplaces, boycotts. so there are a lot of signals in day—to—day life, when we see these signals go from individual cases to suffering the whole community and then this escalates into more and more violence and more and more forms of exclusion, and what we call religious otherisation. in other words, seeing the difference not as a source of strength in our society but the difference is a source to vilify the person who is different from us.

you mentioned the yazidi in iraq, rohingya in burma. the foreign secretary, liz truss, in her speech today talked about, in particular talked about ukraine. she also talked about xinjiang in china and what she called the extraordinary scale of china�*s targeting of uighur muslims and other ethnic minorities, and also in afghanistan, many of those with beliefs the taliban does not condone are forced to follow it in secret or flee for their safety. she didn�*t mention india, and there has been an increasing concern internationally about the number of incidents in which religious minorities, whether they are muslims or christians in india, have been attacked by the hindu majority, and whether the government of narendra modi is at the very least indifferent to these attacks, or may even be encouraging them by some of the hate speech of talked about. what more do you think the government should be doing in that case? so it�*s very important, generally, for governments to be consistent and coherent in the policy messages that they send, that we should never

ever suggest to any government, be it indian or chinese or otherwise, that in the name of trade or security, that religious diversity and its preservation is not important. and i think it is very important for us to take a consistent and coherent position against any government, political party or movement that seeks to homogenise politics and society, and by homogenise, what we mean is that only one particular faith or only one particular group�*s interpretation of faith is seen as the acceptable one, anyone who diverts, be they from within the majority or minority, are vilified and penalised. and that consistency is very important and we need to see it across the board. we also need to have a development policy that encourages us to see freedom of religion or belief as part and parcel of social and economic rights, and that�*s why again we say that we need a strong aid policy

that supports people who are poor while also helps strengthen their social economic rights, as well as their freedom of religion or belief as part of those rights. that religious freedom conference taking place today and tomorrow. time for a look at the weather. it has been in part, i was saying earlier, in the west country a beautiful day. is it steady as she goes for the uk in the coming days? absolutely, it is a steady rise in temperature. it won�*t affect the whole of the uk, i have a point that out, it is mostly england and wales that will see temperatures climb through the weekend and into next week. there will always be more of a breeze, more cloud, and rain at times across the north of the uk, in

particular across the north and west of scotland, northern ireland not doing too badly. tonight a weather front is working its way in across scotland, which will bring some heavy and persistent rain, a warm front which will also produce some warm and muggy air. further south we will hold onto dry weather with clear skies. you can see this rolling in across the north and west, rain petting up to be moderate and persistent, one or two splashes for the north of england. across the south—east, clear skies, temperatures out of town could dip into single figures. further north and west, no lower than 12—14. a muqqy and west, no lower than 12—14. a muggy start to the north and west of the country for tomorrow. it�*ll stay quite cloudy and murky across scotland in particular, with outbreaks of rain across western areas, quite windy here as well. england and wales being the best of the dry weather, bright weather, some sunshine, temperatures creep creeping up a bit higher, 24, 25. mid to high teens further north. cloud and some rain in the north, pollen levels not quite as bad as

further south, where we have sunshine. the brightest places, pollen levels could be very high. it looks good across the wimbledon area, should not be any disruptions to play there. should stay dry, variable power, some sunshine, top temperatures around 20, it will feel more humid as well. similar story on thursday, perhaps more cloud to start with and then sunshine break through across england and wales, but staying rather great for parts of scotland and northern ireland. temperatures creeping up higher, 26 in one or two locations in the south. same story on friday, could be even warmer across england and wales, more sunshine then we will have further north. again, scotland could see a weather from bringing more of a breeze and spots of rain. at warmer here, as you can see. edinburgh 21 and we could see 20 or so in belfast, 27 could be the high across the south—east. eye pressure dominating through saturday and sunday, againjust dominating through saturday and sunday, again just the chance this weather front could see more of a

breeze impacting northern and western scotland. a bit more cloud generally for scotland and northern ireland through the week, i think northern ireland seeing some sunshine in the weekend, further south much warmer, or even hot. temperatures reaching the upper 20s. so certainly warming up as we move through the week, especially across southern areas. see you later.

this is bbc news. the headlines at five... a government minister tells the commons, borisjohnson forgot being told about a complaint over mp chris pincher�*s conduct before appointing him. the prime minister did not immediately recall the conversation in late 2019 about this incident. that was after a former top civil servant at the foreign office, lord mcdonald, said the prime minister had been briefed "in person" and told the bbc the original number ten account was "not true". they need to come clean. i think that the language is ambiguous — the sort of telling the truth and crossing your fingers at the same time and hoping that people are not too forensic in their subsequent question — and i think that is not working.