this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. uk foreign secretary liz truss and former chancellor rishi sunak attack each other�*s policy on tax as they set out their pitch to the conservative party. the new leader will become the next prime minister. i think every day and when i get up in the morning, "what can i do to change things?" i'm impelled to do that. russia has restarted supplying gas

to europe through the nord stream one pipeline but at the same reduced level as before it was closed for repairs ten days ago. there had been concerns that moscow would not resume the deliveries. italy's prime minister, mario draghi, has arrived to meet president mattarella to hand in his resigantion after three main coalition allies snubbed him in a senate confidence vote. a new report suggests doctors have effectively cured the rare bleeding disorder haemophilia b. england's lionesses fight back to reach the semi—finals of the euros — an extra—time time winner from georgia stanway sees them come from behind to beat spain hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. two candidates are left in the race to replace borisjohnson, as rishi sunak and liz truss, go head to head to become the next prime minister. a key battle ground will be taxation, and in her first major broadcast interview of the race this morning, ms truss has insisted that the tax cuts she plans to introduce if she becomes prime minister

would decrease inflation. mr sunak says he would wait until inflation was under control before cutting tax. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. he's the former chancellor who quit borisjohnson�*s government, arguing now restraint is what's needed to get a grip on the economy. the question now for our members is, who is the best person to defeat keir starmer and the labour party at the next election? i believe i'm the only candidate who can do that.

she's the foreign secretary with a tough reputation, who reckons rapid tax cuts are the answer to the rising cost of living. i'm the person who can go into number ten, i can hit the ground running and i can get things done, and i think that's what colleagues have voted for and that's what i now want to take to conservative members around the country. the final pair were chosen in one last round of voting by mps. therefore, rishi sunak and liz truss will be i the candidates going forward. the trade minister, penny mordaunt, was eliminated after building significant support. allies blamed vicious media briefings against her. so what do we know about

the two finalists to be our next prime minister? the former chancellor, rishi sunak, became an mp in 2015, voted leave in the eu referendum, and has said he wants to cut taxes, but only when inflation�*s under control. the foreign secretary, liz truss, was first elected in 2010, became a cabinet minister in 2014, and voted remain in the eu referendum, but rapidly became an enthusiast for brexit. she is promising immediate tax cuts. over the next several weeks, conservative party members will vote to determine their new leader and the country's next prime minister. so what do these young tories make of the contenders? i think in particular promises are cheap, and i'm wanting to hear a candidate that is honest about the trade—offs that the country is facing. liz truss, i think, is very good for the kind of right wing of the party. but also i think rishi sunak has done a good job, as well. so i think you need to go in with an open mind to the hustings. these votes need to connect with absolutely everybody, i notjust ourselves. the fierce rivalry between the two candidates for number ten promises plenty of heated debate about what the conservatives want from their leader, and the course they should set to govern the uk. jonathan blake, bbc news. in herfirst broadcast interview since joining the race to become the next prime minister, liz truss has attacked the government's economic policy,

warning that it risks sending the uk into a recession. speaking on the today programme, the foreign secretary insisted that her plan to reverse increases in national insurance and corporation tax, and increase borrowing by around £30 billion, would not add to rising inflation. asked by host nick robinson about her borrowing plans, she criticised what she called the economic orthodoxy under her leadership rival, the former chancellor rishi sunak. look, we've got the highest taxes for 70 years. and we have got lower debt than the united states, than japan, then canada. that's what jeremy corbyn said in the last election. there are no other countries raising taxes. the 0ecd has described our current policy as contractionary, and contractionary essentially means policies that lead to a recession. so, understood, so you would make a gamble on growth. what i am saying, keep taxes low, do the supply side reforms, get growth going. that is the way to increase tax revenues. so, what i want to do is increase tax revenues by growing the economy. not choke off growth by raising taxes. will borrowing that sort of money...

no other country is... no other country is following that strategy. following this strategy. will borrowing billions of pounds, you say over £13 billion, increase or decrease inflation? my tax cuts will decrease inflation. really?! because what they do... can you point to a single chancellor, a single governor of the bank of england, a single leading economist who thinks that cutting taxes with borrowed money does anything other than increase inflation? patrick minford, who has written an article about it this weekend. there's one. he is distinguished in many ways, but he is not what ijust listed. he is not one of the leading economic thinkers in this country. nick, we have had a consensus of the treasury, of economists, of the financial times and other outlets peddling a particular type of economic policy for the last 20 years. here's conversion from....

you backed that policy when you were chief secretary to the treasury! it hasn't delivered growth. but you backed it... i controlled spending when i was chief secretary, and i was chief secretary for two years. but what i know about the treasury, from having worked there, is they are... they do have an economic orthodoxy, and they do resist change. and what people in britain desperately need now is change. earlier, our political correspondent helen catt told me it was interesting to watch the final two candidates clash on government policies. it is striking that she is their attacking their government for that record that she has been a part of the so long and has done. and part of the worry within the party i think this summer as we are going to see a lot more if this is the two of them slug this out over the next few weeks in front of the membership. if you have got people attacking the record of government, that in some sense as a gift to the opposition.

in some sense, in terms of the opposition the attacks on is there any other instances that could swing the vote of those who were previously backing penny mordaunt? there are a number of issues. the main focus so far from the candidates has been those issues and had to deal with the economy. we have this i liz truss painting her self as the tax cutter. she will reverse that national insurance rise that came earlier this year that was supposed to pay for the nhs backlog in something towards social care. as you heard nick robinson on the today programme talking about how she would fund that. she's talked about taking green levies off energy bills as well. she is very much painting herself as that low tax, tax cutting. she is talking about and low—tech stones. that's how she is

foaming the campaign. richey sooner because —— rishi sunak is framing his campaign and saying that he needs to grip inflation first. in he said he would bring in radical reforms. he said he hinted with the idea that he would have tougher policies on immigration and in crime, but as yet no further detail on that. we'll have to see what they come up with over coming weeks. i'm joined now by former conservative party member and penny mordaunt supporter, eliot wilson. good to have you with us. down to the final two. do you think it was the final two. do you think it was the right to to put to the party membership. ?_ the right to to put to the party membership. ? the right to to put to the party membershi. ? , ., , , , membership. ? obviously, with penny mordaunt not — membership. ? obviously, with penny mordaunt not through, _ membership. ? obviously, with penny mordaunt not through, i _ membership. ? obviously, with penny mordaunt not through, i don't - membership. ? obviously, with penny mordaunt not through, i don't know. l mordaunt not through, i don't know. i wish you'd been through to the final two to provide multitudes to the membership. i think the mps may have missed an opportunity here to

give members a wider choice of futures. , . , a, ., futures. given that penny mordaunt is no longer — futures. given that penny mordaunt is no longer in _ futures. given that penny mordaunt is no longer in the _ futures. given that penny mordaunt is no longer in the race, _ futures. given that penny mordaunt is no longer in the race, who - futures. given that penny mordaunt is no longer in the race, who will i is no longer in the race, who will you support? i is no longer in the race, who will you swoon?— is no longer in the race, who will you support?— you support? i really have not decided and _ you support? i really have not decided and it _ you support? i really have not decided and it is _ you support? i really have not decided and it is going - you support? i really have not decided and it is going to - you support? i really have not decided and it is going to be l you support? i really have not - decided and it is going to be quite a difficult choice. there is a problem for the party as a whole and that people are talking a lot about leading a change and a fresh start, and yet we are faced with the choice of two people who held major portfolios under borisjohnson for several years, so it is difficult to see where that fresh that is going to come from with any degree of conviction, but we will need to see how the candidates the hustings over the summer. in how the candidates the hustings over the summer-— the summer. in the economic arguments. — the summer. in the economic arguments, they _ the summer. in the economic arguments, they are - the summer. in the economic arguments, they are two - the summer. in the economic i arguments, they are two vastly different approaches being offered. liz truss on the one hand talking about cutting taxes sooner rather than later, and rishi sunak saying that that would simply stoke inflation and have a bigger impact on households. of those arguments, which defined to be the most

compelling? it which defined to be the most compelling?— which defined to be the most comellin-? , m , , compelling? it is difficult because, as a small state _ compelling? it is difficult because, as a small state free-market - as a small state free—market conservative, i am as a small state free—market conservative, iam in as a small state free—market conservative, i am in instinctively in favour of letting people keep hold of their money and taking less through taxation, but it seems to me that liz truss's campaign is taking a simplistic approach to the problem. it seemed she did not let nick robinson ask any question but was ploughing through a prepared speech. it would seem as it would not be useful to cut taxes at the moment. i think this idea that everybody is claiming an back to thatcher is something that the party needs to get beyond. we do need a fresh start in more ways than one. what do you think did it for penny mordaunt in the end and got her thrown out of the race?- thrown out of the race? where was she lacking? _

thrown out of the race? where was she lacking? i _ thrown out of the race? where was she lacking? i don't _ thrown out of the race? where was she lacking? i don't look— thrown out of the race? where was she lacking? i don't look at - thrown out of the race? where was she lacking? i don't look at it - thrown out of the race? where was she lacking? i don't look at it that l she lacking? i don't look at it that way. i look at it in the way that she did spectacularly well for people who had not been in the cabinet for a few years. the hardy a junior trace portfolio. i think the fact that she was on eight points away from being in the top two at the end, it was a huge credit to her. of course there are accusations that the camps were not playing fair and were perhaps pushing a line of attack on penny, and i think there is truth on that. i think penny can say that she fought a brave and a bird and an honest campaign, and i think that will stand her well in the future, but i think though overall she did a very good job at just wasn't good enough this time. looking at the figures, it suggests the picture of a party that is very divided on how it sees future. how easy will it be for whoever wins, whether rishi sunak or lives truss, to unite those divides and heal those rifts? i

to unite those divides and heal those rifts?— those rifts? i think it will be a challenge. — those rifts? i think it will be a challenge, but _ those rifts? i think it will be a challenge, but i _ those rifts? i think it will be a challenge, but i think - those rifts? i think it will be a challenge, but i think we - those rifts? i think it will be a challenge, but i think we also those rifts? i think it will be a - challenge, but i think we also have to remember that in any leadership contest of course whoever has the differences between the two candidates, that is how you win, but once we get to the end of the contest and a new leader is elected, there will be many people across all camps who are willing to say, yes, thatis camps who are willing to say, yes, that is the result of the election, we are willing to accept that. now we are willing to accept that. now we will pull together and spend the next years or so trying to win the next years or so trying to win the next general election. there is always the problem that leadership contest in any party can stoke personal divisions and engender bad feeling between senior members of different parties. i hope candidates and the remaining race will try to play a straight bat and try to emphasise their positive characteristics rather than do their opponent down. d0 characteristics rather than do their opponent down-— opponent down. do you think that will happen _ opponent down. do you think that will happen in _ opponent down. do you think that will happen in their _ opponent down. do you think that will happen in their televised - will happen in their televised debate that is scheduled for next week? it debate that is scheduled for next week? ., ., , ., , ,

week? it did not really happen in the last televised _ week? it did not really happen in the last televised debate - week? it did not really happen in the last televised debate on - week? it did not really happen in the last televised debate on itv| week? it did not really happen in i the last televised debate on itv end richey scenic made that rather unwise remark to liz truss asking whether she regretted being l remainder or a liberal democrat. that seemed a rather snide point. i think both candidates need to look at what they want to do after september if they are elected, because this campaign will seem long, but it really isn't. the run for the next general election is going to be a long one. we saw at boris johnson's we saw at borisjohnson's last prime minister's questions, some of those lines that were used among the candidates to attack each other in the televised debate provided fuel for the leader of the opposition to use cabinet members' own words as a line of attack against the current government. it line of attack against the current government-— line of attack against the current government. it is always difficult when ou government. it is always difficult when you have — government. it is always difficult when you have a _ government. it is always difficult when you have a leadership - government. it is always difficult. when you have a leadership election because inevitably you have to emphasise the differences between members of the same party and often

the same cabinet. that happens in all parties, it happened in the labour party and it is happening in the conservative party. but i do think particularly when you are in government, it places a particular responsibility on all of the candidates to be very responsible about how they go about it. what was interesting about, for example, tom tugendhat, when he was knocked out of the competition, he not only thanked his team, but he also was very positive about the other candidates. he took his defeat very graciously. that will stand him in good stead in the future. rishi sunak and liz truss really do need to remember that whatever else happens, at the end of this campaign, they are on the same team. and they both, ultimately, should have the same objective, which is winning a fifth term in 202a. but it is very easy to forget that in the heat of battle.— heat of battle. you say about obviously _ heat of battle. you say about obviously winning _ heat of battle. you say about obviously winning that - heat of battle. you say about obviously winning that next l heat of battle. you say about i obviously winning that next turn heat of battle. you say about - obviously winning that next turn in 2024, there will be a lot of people watching this who will feel that,

you know, how is it that the decision about who becomes the next prime minister rests with a relatively small portion of the population? we are talking, what, approximately 160,000, maybe 180,000 conservative party members, that is assuming they all take part in the vote that they are entitled to. do you think there is a case to be made for an early general election to give a fresh mandate for whoever wins the contest? ida. give a fresh mandate for whoever wins the contest?— wins the contest? no, absolutely not. we wins the contest? no, absolutely not- we have _ wins the contest? no, absolutely not. we have a _ wins the contest? no, absolutely not. we have a political - wins the contest? no, absolutely not. we have a political system l not. we have a political system whereby you don't elect a prime minister, we elect representatives of a party. let's remember, this process would be happening in one form or another, whichever party was in government. the labour party leader is elected by their members, the local liberal leader is also elected by their members —— the liberal democrat leader. we have a governing party selecting its leader whom the queen will invite to form a government because he or she can command a majority in the house of

commons. that is how the system has always worked. i would be very resistant towards moving to a presidential system where we put our support behind one charismatic candidate to the detriment of other members of parliament. fiifi candidate to the detriment of other members of parliament. ok, elliott wilson, conservative _ members of parliament. ok, elliott wilson, conservative party - members of parliament. ok, elliottj wilson, conservative party member and former clerk of the house of commons, thank you very much for your analysis on that story, thank you. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—bourke over a number of false and malicious tiggy legge—bourke over a number of serious allegations made against her. in order to obtain an interview with diana princess of wales in 1995. after a hearing at the high court, the corporation has also agreed to pay her a substantial sum in damages together with her legal costs. 0ur correspondent sean dilley is at the high court. tell us more about this. absolutely. independent. _ tell us more about this. absolutely. independent, impartial, _ tell us more about this. absolutely. independent, impartial, and - tell us more about this. absolutely. independent, impartial, and honest| independent, impartial, and honest were words literally etched into the bbc id that martin bashir would have carried around for those years as a

bbc journalist. carried around for those years as a bbcjournalist. we remember that bbc journalist. we remember that this bbcjournalist. we remember that this surrounds how the 1995 panorama interview was obtained by princess diana. many of our audience who are old enough will rememberjust how impactful that was and it rocked the royal family at the time. it has since emerged that the interview had been obtained by deception, deceitful tactics as described by bbc bosses. however, in this four page document i hold in my hand known as a pate statement, there are statements that had been agreed both ljy statements that had been agreed both by the claimants, lawyers, and also the bbc�*s lawyers. tiggy legge—bourke was the name she was known by. the bbc has apologised publicly and unreservedly for the hurt that they cause for shortcoming is in the investigation into the way the 1995 panorama interview was first obtained. they have agreed to pay legal damages. they accept, because it is agreed by both parties, that so much hurt could have been avoided and, indeed, the

hurt could have be minimised and certainly not drawn out, had the bbc have investigated this properly earlier on. the bbc director—general has issued a statement? the bbc director-general has issued a statement?— a statement? that's right. within the last few _ a statement? that's right. within the last few moments, _ a statement? that's right. within the last few moments, the - a statement? that's right. within the last few moments, the bbc's| the last few moments, the bbc's director—general, tim davie, has spoken about the deceitful tactics that we use. he said that we let down tiggy legge—bourke, the royal family and our audiences. this has come in recently and he said it is a matter of great regret that the bbc did not get the facts in the immediate aftermath where they were warning signs. he has apologised to both william and harry add to tiggy legge—bourke. it is a sad day for the corporation. —— and two. legge-bourke. it is a sad day for the corporation. -- and two. thanks very much- — the corporation. -- and two. thanks very much- -- _ the corporation. -- and two. thanks very much. -- apologised _ the corporation. -- and two. thanks very much. -- apologised to - the corporation. -- and two. thanks very much. -- apologised to both i very much. —— apologised to both william and harry and.

within the past hour or so — italy's prime minister, mario draghi, has resigned, after his government coalition splintered. his resignation has been accepted by the country's president, who will now decide the next step. i'm joined now by our correspondent mark lowen in rome. italian politics always has the potential to be quite fiery. this, by those standards, is still quite a shock. , ., , by those standards, is still quite a shock. , . , ., shock. yes, quite a dizzying and sudden end _ shock. yes, quite a dizzying and sudden end to _ shock. yes, quite a dizzying and sudden end to mario _ shock. yes, quite a dizzying and sudden end to mario draghi - shock. yes, quite a dizzying and sudden end to mario draghi wasj shock. yes, quite a dizzying and - sudden end to mario draghi was my coalition government. it was supported by the majority of italians, according to opinion polls. 0ver italians, according to opinion polls. over the last few days, some 2000 mayors, business leaders, and unions had issued a public call for mario draghi to remain. he had also been phoned by leaders from across the world in this huge international standing to try to stay in place. ultimately, the ten year and an average tenure of italian governments isjust average tenure of italian governments is just over a year. mario draghi has lasted about 18 months. he becomes the 67th

government to fall since the second world war in a country that is notoriously politically fractious. to give you a sense of what the newspapers are saying, this is one of the leading newspapers here with the single word "shame", talking about how the coalition partners in mario draghi's government brought it down. this is the centre—left newspaper "italy betrayed". that gives you a sense of the shock that many here are feeling, that mario draghi, this titan technocrat brought in last year to steady the ship, to lead italy through the post—pandemic recovery has suddenly collapsed, his government, after coalition partners wavered. ii collapsed, his government, after coalition partners wavered. if this triu cers coalition partners wavered. if this triggers elections, _ coalition partners wavered. if this triggers elections, as _ coalition partners wavered. if this triggers elections, as you - coalition partners wavered. if this triggers elections, as you suggest it will do, who could replace him? waiting in the wings is the far—right party brothers of italy. it is part of a right—wing coalition hit at the opinion polls suggest would emerge victorious in that slap

election if the president decides to call them. we would probably hear more on that later today and they would properly come in early october, snap elections. the leader 0ctober, snap elections. the leader of the far—right party and she would be the first female prime minister of italy if she were to win, giorgia meloni. it would send shivers down the spines of many in brussels since italy is a founding member of the european union and a central member of the transatlantic political community. it is a g7 member, of course. mario draghi had emerged as an important figure in the international coalition to support ukraine. parts of the right wing are quite close to vladimir putin. matteo salvini of the hard right lead the party who is close to... silvio berlusconi in his 80s still leader of the centre—right party and

a great body of vladimir putin. that would be a concern if the right wing were to take power. italian politics is notoriously hard to read. this is a very fractious and volatile political commentary, politically volatile country. all could change before elections if indeed they are called for the autumn.— before elections if indeed they are called for the autumn. thank you for demystifying — called for the autumn. thank you for demystifying all _ called for the autumn. thank you for demystifying all of _ called for the autumn. thank you for demystifying all of that _ called for the autumn. thank you for demystifying all of that for _ called for the autumn. thank you for demystifying all of that for us - called for the autumn. thank you for demystifying all of that for us in - demystifying all of that for us in rome. rising inflation led interest payments on uk government debt to hit £19.4 billion last month. that's the highest amount since records began in 1997. earlier, i spoke to our business correspondent on why these infliation figures are so high. the reason it is so high is because a lot of the government debt that the government is paying to deal with its day—to—day spending is linked to what we call the retail price index. that is a lot higher than the normal consumer price index. it's currently at 11.8%. that's the highest it

has been since 1982. interest payments are starting to bite. they are only heading in one direction. we can see it out there. we know that inflation is going to end up quite high, so these interest payments will end up being higher and higher as well. and to be clear, this is £19.4 billion. the interest on the debt, not even paying down the debt itself. just the interest on the debt. it is actually quite scary. the chancellor himself has acknowledged it is double the previous record set injune 2021. it is eye watering amounts of money that we are facing. i suppose some people will say that what we have been through over the last two years, the government has to has borrow. in order to sustain the economy. the chancellor is — in order to sustain the economy. iie: chancellor is confident in order to sustain the economy. "iie: chancellor is confident he in order to sustain the economy. i““ie: chancellor is confident he can in order to sustain the economy. iie: chancellor is confident he can get the debt down. these figures... but the overall amount of money that has been borrowed betweenjune 2021 and june 2022 is around £55 billion. that is actually, believe it or not, slightly less than predicted. but the interest payments are more

than what was predicted. that is only heading in one direction, as i said before. so, i think you just have to look at... this morning, we heard from liz truss. 0ne one of the candidates for the tory leadership party. these figures make whatever they decide to do on taxing and spending really difficult. it really puts them in a tight spot in terms of what they can actually do. they may say they can do a lot of things, but these figures limit what they can actually do. i suppose this may seem so far removed from people's daily lives. these kind of figures. the fact that it is government debt. but i suppose the knock—on effect is that if they are paying so much on interest there is less money to spend on other things. exactly. you say it is government debt. it is actually our debt because we pay taxes. it is our money they are looking after. it will impact on the amount the government can spend and the amount the government can tax as well. so it is quite worrying as to where we're heading and where inflation

is heading as well. as specially as a lot of debt that we pay, the government pay, is linked to inflation. the issues of tax and spending are playing such a central role in the leadership battle. yes, rishi sunak has been firm in his criticism of liz truss. he says you can't promise tax cuts, look at the state of the finances. he may have a point there. the government are confident they can get the debt down. they think inflation will start to ease off next year, and they are confident that the interest payments will come down. people with the bleeding disorder haemophilia b, have effectively been cured, according to british doctors. they say gene therapy — delivered through a single injection — could be available within the next three years. the treatment corrects a genetic defect that stops blood clotting. earlier i spoke to clive smith, chairman of the haemophilia society. he told me this was an important moment for people living

with the disorder. it's a significant breakthrough, not only for haemophilia b but it may well pave the way in the future for other rare bleeding disorders such as haemophilia a and other diseases. it is a new dawn for treatment within bleeding disorders. how does it work? as you've just mentioned, it is an injection, it takes about an hour and it goes into the liver. it into the liver. goes through an aav vector. it goes through the cold virus to you and me, it needs something to couple on to. it goes in that way. hopefully then the liver starts to express factor nine, which is what the person with haemophilia b can't express. this will be available for people with severe haemophilia b, we have around 1,300 people in the uk with haemophilia b generally and they are different degrees of haemophilia, so, severe, moderate, and mild and this will be available for around 370 people with severe haemophilia. some people are resistant

to the cold virus, won't be eligible for it but there are lots of other products in the pipeline coming to market, as well as this one. we hope that in the next few years, people with severe haemophilia b will have this opportunity, should they wish to take it. and what makes it such a big step? what are the realities, day—to—day, of living with haemophilia prior to this treatment becoming available? two significant changes. firstly, people currently have to take weekly injections and that their factor nine levels will go up and down, so there will be periods where they won't necessarily have particular good coverage in terms of preventing mainly internal bleeding. secondly, visits to hospital. as you can imagine, when this first happens, there's quite an intensive degree of surveillance. but after that, people will be able to not have to go to hospital as much for appointments and hopefully won't have to have internal bleeds and treat themselves at all. i know somebody who has been on one of these trials early on this year was travelling in south america and went to the rainforest which is something he never envisaged being able to do with this condition. i was just saying a moment ago,

it could be available within the next three years, why that time lag from it being discovered and saying that it works to it being widely available? the big issue and we challenge have at the moment is payment for this. at the moment, treatment for people with severe haemophilia costs about £150,000-£200,000 a year. gene therapy could cost anywhere between £1 million and two and a half million pounds. we need to work on the reimbursement funding model, that is something we are working on with a number of other people. it may be that it ends up being a mortgage payment, so the government or nhs wouldn't pay that money up front and would pay it over a few years depending on the results. we hope within the next 7—12 months we can get that funding model in place and that we can work out how this will be reimbursed so it comes to market and people do have the opportunity of this as a treatment option.

former chancellor rishi sunak and liz truss attack each other on tax. the new leader will become the next prime minister. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge bourke over a number of serious allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. italy's prime minister mario draghi is meeting president at a relative hand in his resignation after three main coalition ally snubbed him in a senate confidence vote. he will remain as caretaker. russian gas has started flowing again through the nordstream1 pipeline, after ten days of maintenance work. but the german government has speeded up efforts to find alternative sources of energy, wary that russia might close the tap for good. jenny hill reports from duisburg.

as russia restricts its gas, former chancellor rishi sunak and liz truss attack each other on tax. the new leader will become the next prime minister. germany thought this was the fuel of the past. now coal is keeping the country afloat. as russia restricts its gas, germany is seeking other sources of energy and that includes firing up old coal power stations. so, martina's barges are busy, but she sees the damage done by vladimir putin's gas war. translation: of course it's good for us that we are - transporting so much coal, but it's a fine line because industry here might have to shut down soon if the gas runs out. few here trust russia. but germany relied on its gas, it is painfully exposed. russian gas powered this country's economy. going without it, industry leaders warn, could have even as europe swelters through a heat wave, few here trust russia. but germany relied on its gas, it is painfully exposed.

russian gas powered this country's economy. going without it, industry leaders warn, could have catastrophic consequences, perhaps even trigger a recession. going without it, industry leaders warn, could have catastrophic consequences, perhaps even trigger a recession. just when they thought it couldn't get any worse, few here trust russia. but germany relied on its gas, it is painfully exposed. how germany could how face rationing. translation: if we don't get gas any more, we can't cook. - the kitchen closes. we won't be able to heat, either. i don't believe it will come to that but we have to act now. it would be the death of hospitality. even as europe swelters through a heat wave, experts are looking to the winter. germany's hoping to import liquefied natural gas to boost reserves. it doesn't have enough to get through the cold months. it could be bad, there could be - shortages if we don't prepare enough and that said we have to import gas from other sources as well, - we have to diversify - the import even further. we have to fill the storages as high as possible, - we need to get the gas demand down and also to increase _

renewables more. vladimir putin has forced germany's climate conscious government back to coal, at least in the short term. he wants to trigger political and economic chaos in the west but he may yet accelerate european efforts to abandon russian energy, or perhaps even fossil fuels altogether for good. jenny hill, bbc news, duisburg. sri lanka's new president, ranil wickremasinghe, has been sworn into office in colombo. he faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse and restoring order after months of mass protests. but many protest leaders have expressed disappointment at mr wickremasinghe's elevation, making it clear that they will continue with their demonstrations. 0ur correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan has been giving us the latest from the capital, colombo. a sense of disappointment and dismay by the protesters here, and as you can see, there are hardly any protesters that the main protest

site here in colombo. they had already urged the political parties not to support him, but despite that, he got 134 votes in parliament, with a 52—vote majority. that is quite a huge majority, and no one expected that he could get so many votes in such a short time. so, he managed it, but the irony is he came with the support of a governing alliance, which is rajapaksa's party, and so people are questioning how far he is linked with the rajapaksas, though last night he denied that he was linked to them, and he claimed that he had been doing politics all along against the rajapaksas, but not in favour of them. but many people would question that statement. at the same time, he also issued a stern warning that any attempt to topple the government or occupy the government buildings, they would be considered

as against the law, and those who break the law will face the consequences, and according to the law, they will be done with. —— dealt with. so these are his stern warnings with the protesters. they are again meeting today to decide what should be the next course of action because there are different opinions with this protest movement. the prime minister and the government's cost of living tsar david buttress are setting out details on a new cost of living partnership with businesses. the help for households' campaign aims to make deals and discounts to help families with rising food costs over the summer holidays. the government says this is part of their wider efforts to support families with retail deals to further help with the cost of living for families and consumers. but how will it affect small businesses who are also feeling the squeeze? let's speak now to jeff moody. he is commercial director at the british independent retailers association. this will help

businesses, won't it, if people are able to go out and spend? goad able to go out and spend? good mornin: , able to go out and spend? good morning. ben- _ able to go out and spend? good morning, ben. it— able to go out and spend? good morning, ben. it will— able to go out and spend? good morning, ben. it will help. - able to go out and spend? good morning, ben. it will help. it. able to go out and spend? (13mg. morning, ben. it will help. it will help consumers on low incomes, but it will not help small businesses who are not part of —— not part of this package of measures announced today. small businesses are the backbone of this country and there is no support for small businesses. it is small businesses that can really help the cost of living and how we can bring it down making retail prices competitive. so what sort of measures _ retail prices competitive. so what sort of measures would _ retail prices competitive. so what sort of measures would you - retail prices competitive. so what sort of measures would you like l retail prices competitive. so what | sort of measures would you like to have seen in this planned that you think would have helped to support small businesses? what think would have helped to support small businesses?— think would have helped to support small businesses? what we would like to see is the — small businesses? what we would like to see is the government _ small businesses? what we would like to see is the government looking - small businesses? what we would like to see is the government looking at i to see is the government looking at the real cost of retailing. and if they can stem the increases, which can quadruple increases in cars. none of that has been passed onto consumers. what has happened injune

is going to continue unless the government takes action taken to reduce the cost of retail especially on small businesses. there are three ways they can do that. they can look at physical intervention by putting more money in peoplepockets, ending with the burden of taxation on small businesses. an easy option would be if they saint gave the same support to retailers they give to hospitality. cut vat. they have seen a nominal increase in inflation, that means much higher vat earnings. they could reinvest that earning then lower prices and the high street, and consumers would be able to buy their products they want. rather than other products that would not necessarily be in the basket. ' . , ., , would not necessarily be in the basket. m basket. the difficulty as suppose is, we basket. the difficulty as suppose is. we were _ basket. the difficulty as suppose is, we were talking _ basket. the difficulty as suppose is, we were talking about - basket. the difficulty as suppose is, we were talking about it - basket. the difficulty as suppose is, we were talking about it thisl is, we were talking about it this morning, injune, the interest payments on the loan at the highest they have been, many billions of pounds, since 1987, and there are

all sorts of other areas that have a need for intervention and money, the nhs, the backlog, the waiting list. if they have limited amounts to give to each area, does it not make more sense to target the financial help directly at the most vulnerable and hard up households? i directly at the most vulnerable and hard up households?— directly at the most vulnerable and hard up households? i totally agree with that. hard up households? i totally agree with that- 19 _ hard up households? i totally agree with that. 19 port _ hard up households? i totally agree with that. 19 port 4p _ hard up households? i totally agree with that. 19 port 4p being - hard up households? i totally agree with that. 19 port 4p being spent i hard up households? i totally agree j with that. 19 port 4p being spent on interest charges for the government. reducing vat has an immediate impact allowing retailers to reduce pricing and hence getting people to buy at lower prices, hence trying to stop this cost of living increase. the government can do it as they have done it with hospitality. there are many other measures that smiled businesses need, but that is an instant. what you have to remember is the backbone of this country is built on small retailers, and a fish shop locally, sharpening it to where they live, can reduce fuel bills,

which today the government is saying fuel has has gone up. shop near to where you live, and you will reduce your fuel expenditure. brute where you live, and you will reduce your fuel expenditure.— where you live, and you will reduce your fuel expenditure. we believe it there. but thank _ your fuel expenditure. we believe it there. but thank you _ your fuel expenditure. we believe it there. but thank you very _ your fuel expenditure. we believe it there. but thank you very much - your fuel expenditure. we believe it there. but thank you very much for| there. but thank you very much for joining us this morning. jeffrey d from the british retailers association. president biden has used a visit to massachusetts to issue the latest stark warning on the threat posed by climate change. the us president is using executive powers to usher in measures including offshore wind farms and expanded flood control. with a heat dome now affecting 28 states, the us is the latest country to swelter with high temperatures. here's our north america correspondent peter bowes with searing temperatures across much of america, it feels like a climate emergency. from new york city to las vegas, more than 100 million people

are living under excessive heat warnings this week. in parts of texas and oklahoma, temperatures have topped 46 celsius. joe biden's comments came after a visit to a former coal—fired power plant in massachusetts now being used as a manufacturing facility for the offshore wind facility. i come here today with the message. as president i have responsibility to act with urgency and resolve when our nation faces clear and present danger. and that's what climate change is about. it is literally a clear and present danger. the health of our citizens and communities is literally at stake. with the president's special envoy for climate change looking fun and, at present biden said we are facing most clearance present present threats. extreme weather disrupts supply chains and shortages

for consumers and businesses, climate change is literally an extensional threat for our nation and the world. he has been under growing pressure to act but his plans are being derailed by congress with opposition from republicans and one prominent member of his own party. in the short term, more than $2 billion is being made available to help communities cope with the extreme heat to help low income families get zircon units and help deal with droughts, income families get aircon units and help deal with droughts, flooding and hurricanes, and tornadoes. butjoe biden stopped short of formally declaring a national emergency. a move that would have opened up new ways to pay for measures to tackle climate change. reporter: you talked a lot about climate being an emergency today. why notjust declare it an emergency? because there are traps on the totality of authority i have. i will make that decision soon.

like so many issues challenging the president, from government—control to abortion rights, long—term progress on climate change is mired in congressional politics. peter bowes, bbc news. dozens of families in the uk are dealing with the aftermath of losing their homes in wildfires that started during the record—breaking heatwave. 15 areas around the country declared a major incident when fires broke out. laura tra nt reports. what looks like scenes from a hollywood movie are real—life horror stories. across the country, communities, including here in dagenham, are coming to terms with the destruction of the wild fires. gutted. totally gutted. my daughter was born there. i've been there for nearly 27 years. it's first house i've actually sat down and settled in. i'm just totally gobsmacked. i don't know what i'm going to do now. you see this on tv, but you don't expect it to happen in real life. down the road in wennington

on the eastern edge of london, families are having to cope with the fire damage and having to explain to children about losing their homes. i waited until i got to my mum's and we knew that my husband was safe, and then i sat down with the children and told them that we'd lost our home. my kids are upset that they've lost their favourite teddy bears that they've had since they were babies. and if my children are feeling that, the other children of the fires in rainham and dagenham yesterday are going to be feeling it too. the charred remains that tell a chilling tale of a nursery in the walnut tree area of milton keynes. but staff say they are determined to rebuild. we are the heart of walnut tree. i've been at the nursery 23 years, so we are the heart, and we will be back, and we will find temporary accommodation in the meantime, which is what we're just dealing with with our parents at the moment. all of the children and staff were safely evacuated from their nursery, but it's a lot

for them to take in. some haven't really mentioned anything yet. others are sort of more concerned that they can't see their friends more than anything. and then others are, you know, just worried because they thought the staff lived at the nursery, bless them! in norfolk, housemates patrick and annabel are living amongst the destruction. their house escaped the flames, but the building next to them didn't. in the back of our gardens, it kind of seems like a war zone, to be honest. the police have cordoned off the road as well, making sure people are all right. just kind of everything is chaotic, really, and you come down in the morning, you think, "i hope it was a dream" but the reality, yeah, everything was a mess. in boston in lincolnshire, residents spent another night away from their homes after these flats were destroyed. although some flats escaped the worst of the damage, there are questions about how structurally sound they are. we have some kit inside the building, but we won't be able

to retrieve that because it's not safe to go in and fetch it. and so we have to look at then the impact of that on neighbouring buildings as well. in barnsley in south yorkshire, at least four homes on woodlands drive have been completely demolished by the fires, including dave cooper's parents' house. there's some personal things that we've lost that were sentimental to us. this was my parents' house. so, you know... but possessions, they can be replaced. but everybody�*s safe. that's the main thing. everybody�*s safe and everybody�*s well. i think the neighbours have all come together really good. fire brigades across the country are urging people not to light barbecues or bonfires, and to avoid dropping cigarettes. the ground is so dry, the smallest spark can cause a massive fire. laura trant, bbc news. let's return to the uk conservative leadership contest. the final two have been decided.

the former chancellor rishi sunak and the current foreign secretary liz truss will go head to head now to win over the party membership to become the next leader and prime minister. i'm joined now by conservative mp michael fabricant. were you pleased with the outcome of this, those final two going through? i was a little bit disappointment —— disappointed if i'm honest with you. i was back in penny mordaunt, she was a fresh base and i thought you would be attractive as well to the electorate, and a very good prime minister, but yes. you know, to good people have gone through, but i will be backing liz truss now. why is that? there are a number of reasons. first of all, i give some value to loyalty, if i'm honest with you. she stayed there till the very end, until burris decided to leave,

whereas you know, i thought rishi sunak was getting ready his campaign for the last 12 months. i think she's got some very good ideas on the economy, and in that respect, i hate to say that while rishi sunak try seems to have some good ideas, why did he not put them in place in the 12 months or he was chancellor of the exchequer. just the 12 months or he was chancellor of the exchequer.— the 12 months or he was chancellor of the exchequer. just on that point about loyalty. _ of the exchequer. just on that point about loyalty, liz _ of the exchequer. just on that point about loyalty, liz truss _ of the exchequer. just on that point about loyalty, liz truss has - of the exchequer. just on that point about loyalty, liz truss has been i of the exchequer. just on that pointj about loyalty, liz truss has been on the radio this morning criticising the radio this morning criticising the government record, a government that she has been part of. is the government record, a government that she has been part of.— that she has been part of. is that lo al ? that she has been part of. is that loyalty? i'm _ that she has been part of. is that loyalty? i'm afraid _ that she has been part of. is that loyalty? i'm afraid these - that she has been part of. is that loyalty? i'm afraid these sorts i that she has been part of. is that loyalty? i'm afraid these sorts of| loyalty? i'm afraid these sorts of elections always get rather messy. i think you could say she is being a bit disloyal to rishi sunak, but given the two of them are head—to—head in this leadership campaign, i'm afraid were going to see more of that. you campaign, i'm afraid were going to see more of that.— campaign, i'm afraid were going to see more of that. you mentioned her tax policies — see more of that. you mentioned her tax policies and _ see more of that. you mentioned her tax policies and her _ see more of that. you mentioned her tax policies and her aim _ see more of that. you mentioned her tax policies and her aim to _ see more of that. you mentioned her tax policies and her aim to reverse i tax policies and her aim to reverse the increase in national insurance and corporation tax. there are concerns and questions about whether

that would simply worsen inflation, the rise in average prices, and contribute to an even tighter squeeze on households that are already struggling.— already struggling. does that concern you? _ already struggling. does that concern you? i— already struggling. does that concern you? i think - already struggling. does that concern you? i think boris i already struggling. does that i concern you? i think boris johnson concern you? i think borisjohnson gave some very good advice in their final pm queues saying don't listen too closely to the treasury. 0ther too closely to the treasury. other countries such as the united states say it is safer for the debt to go up say it is safer for the debt to go up slightly in order to build yourself out of a recession. and it is interesting that the markets are saying that the dollar is now very valuable compared to the pound and the euro because of that policy. so, i am not sure that richey —— that rishi sunak�*s conservativism is the right way to deal with it. i understand you are backing liz truss. how do you square that the polling suggests that rishi sunak is actually more popular with the wider public than the conservative party members? ii public than the conservative party members? , .,

public than the conservative party members? y., ., ., members? if you look at the u got ole is members? if you look at the u got pole is one — members? if you look at the u got pole is one that _ members? if you look at the u got pole is one that i _ members? if you look at the u got pole is one that i particularly i members? if you look at the u got pole is one that i particularly take | pole is one that i particularly take care of, or other respect, that indicates that liz truss will be more popular. but at the end of the day, we will see who present themselves in the best way. 180,000 orso themselves in the best way. 180,000 or so conservatives will decide whether they want liz truss or rishi sunak, and as i say, i am originally backing penny but now i am backing liz. . ~ backing penny but now i am backing liz. . ,, , ., backing penny but now i am backing liz. . ~' , ., , backing penny but now i am backing liz. . ,, y., , . social media sites are now the number one source of news for teenagers, according to a survey by the uk broadcast regulator 0fcom. instagram is the most popular source for young people, but print, tv and radio news outlets still dominate in older age groups. here's more from our media correspondent, david sillito. young teenagers are not the biggest consumers of news,

but around a half say they are interested in what's going on. but where are they getting it from? the answer, of course — their phones, tablets and computers. even for those studying media, tv and newspapers are far from the first port of call. due to the fact that we have an accessible, like, phone which knows everything and we are able to find all the information we need at a click of a button, it's almost unnecessary to us to purchase something when it's for free on our mobiles. the top—three places helping to keep them up to date are instagram, tiktok and youtube. and this is new — last year, the number—one source was bbc one. it's now slipped to number five. teenagers don't appear to be going directly to news brands online, so just 5% say they use bbc news 0nline. fewer than one in ten say they use a newspaper website. so it's much more that news

is being pushed to them through their social feeds from a wide range of sources, and children do say that they recognise that they get a bigger range of opinion through their social media services than they do through other news organisations. however, tv as a whole is still bigger than any app or website, and the biggest overall source of news for teenagers? theirfamilies — and mum and dad are rather more likely to be getting their news from more traditional sources. david sillito, bbc news. it was the biggest domestic burglary in english legal history — a gang of thieves managed to evade 24—hour security on one of the world's most secure streets. they stole jewellery and watches valued at more than 26—million pounds from the model and daughter of an ex—formula—1 boss, tamara ecclestone. now a new bbc documentary looks at who was behind the crime and the manhunt to catch the suspects. let's find out more from thomas mackintosh.

within the space of a fortnight in december 2019, a gang of international jewellery thieves travelled to london, targeting the homes of three celebrities, and they made off with a haul worth £26 million. among the targets, a home belonging to chelsea legend frank lampard and his tv—presenter wife christine lampard, and a town house owned by the family of the late leicester city chairman vichai srivaddhanaprabha. but the biggest raid of them all was at tamara ecclestone's 57—room mansion. lots of things that were taken are basically irreplaceable to me because they have so much sentimental value. bracelets that jay had got me when i gave birth to sophia — one of them had her name and diamonds on it, which he gave to me in the hospital the day that she was born. there were diamond earrings that were my mum's that she gave to me when i was in my 20s. those are the things that i guess kind of hurt the most because they are memories of, like, the most special days of my life. i think we're never seeing

those things ever again, and i...have to make my peace with that. there's just now always worry, there's worry... about the one thing i didn't worry about, which was being safe in this house. located on billionaires row, it is one of the wealthiest streets in the world. it has 24—hour police patrols and is home to a number of embassies. just hours before the raid, tamara posted on instagram saying she was away for a family christmas holiday to lapland with her husband, jay rutland. he was the first to be told about the break—in. when you're woken up in the middle of the night and told to call someone, you obviously know it's going to be bad news, but... it gradually dawned on me in that conversation that, actually, they had been successful and they had been able to take quite a lot. they entered in via our back garden, hid behind a wendy house. apparently, they then break in via an extremely slim window! they then spend an hour in the house.

they go into every single room, on every single floor. every single room is locked, so they use a crowbar to open every single door. the burglars were eventually disturbed, but made off with the stolen items into the night. in their hurry, burner phones and screwdrivers were dropped. police saw cctv of the three men flagging down a taxi, and detectives had to call over 1,000 black—cab drivers in order to piece together their getaway. they were traced to southeast london, then later to italy. last year, jugoslav jovanovic, alessandro donati, and alessandro maltese were arrested, extradited, and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle. the trio were jailed for a total of 28 years. having seen their faces, it's kind of haunting in a way, knowing that that kind of person has been roaming around your house and helping themselves freely to my most treasured, valuable possessions. it's just... it's just a horrible feeling. i feel like i can't get those faces,

now, out of my mind. thomas mackintosh, bbc news. for viewers in the uk, who stole tamara ecclestone's diamonds? is on bbc three tonight at 9pm and is also available to watch on iplayer now. the whelp plasma cultus male candour in captivity has died in hong kong. he was euthanised at the age of 35, the equivalent of a human living to 105. the conclusion was reached after his showed steady signs of deterioration over the past few weeks. he was gifted to hong kong by china's central government in 1991. that isjust about china's central government in 1991. that is just about it for the moment, but you can get plenty my news on our website whenever you want. and also on the bbc news app.

thanks for watching. i will see you soon. hello again. the temperatures today are going to be a little bit lower than they were yesterday, but for some, they're still above average for the time of year. so a lot of cloud across parts of england, south east scotland, a lot of dry weather with a few showers. the sunniest conditions in the west where we've got this area of high pressure building in the front pushing off into the north sea. but we could still catch some showers today across the lake district and the pennines, for example. so still a fair bit of cloud south in scotland. much of england with the odd shower in it, brighterskies, southwest england, wales, northern ireland and much of scotland with a lower risk of a shower here.

as we go through the course of the afternoon, the temperatures we're expecting 12 in lerwick, 20 in hull, 22 in birmingham, and a top temperature of 25 in london. now, as we head on through the evening and overnight, we could see some early evening sunshine before the cloud becomes more widespread through the course of the night. and we see further showers develop, especially from central scotland through northern england, wales and into the midlands. and it's still going to be a warm night in the south, fresher as we push further north and west. so into tomorrow, more cloud around than today. we'll also have some showers. you could catch a shower almost anywhere, but the heaviest ones are likely to be across northern england, wales and the midlands. and we'll see some running through the english channel as well, which could clip southern england as well as the channel islands. some of them in wales in the midlands could prove to be thundery and also heavy and temperatures down a little bit on today 12 to 22 degrees. so as we head into friday, you can see a bit of a change happening. low pressure starts to come in from the atlantic with its various weather fronts. so the weather's going to turn

a bit more unsettled. still, to start the day, some sunshine in eastern areas staying mostly dry in the southeast. but then we've got showers or longer spells of rain coming in from the west and gusty winds, especially with exposure across the coast of northern ireland in south east scotland. the other thing that's happening is the wind is changing direction. it's going to have more of a southerly component to it. so you can see the temperatures starting to rise. and on sunday, we could see a temperature of 30 degrees once again somewhere in the southeast, but more rain showers in the north and the west and then it cools down again on monday.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11... foreign secretary liz truss and former chancellor rishi sunak go head to head on policy on tax as they set out their pitches to the members of the uk conservative party. the new leader will become the next prime minister. for the past two decades, there's been a consensus on our economic policy, and it hasn't delivered economic growth. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—bourke over a number of serious allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain tiggy legge—bourke over a number of serious allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. the number of young people consuming news through tiktok

—— russia restarts supplying gas to europe through the nord stream 0ne pipeline — but at the same reduced level as before it was closed for repairs: there had been concerns that moscow would not resume the deliveries. the number of young people consuming news through tiktok increased to 3.9m in 2022 as people aged 16 to 24 increasingly turn to social media for information rather than traditional outlets like the bbc. england's lionesses fight back to reach the semi—finals of the euros — an extra—time time winner from georgia stanway sees them come from behind to beat spain the head to head battle to succeed borisjohnson as prime minister has begun with a fierce attack on the government's economic policy from liz truss. ms truss used her first broadcast interview of the conservative leadership

campaign to argue her plan for immediate tax cuts would not push up inflation, drawing a clear dividing line with her rival rishi sunak. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake reports. he's the former chancellor who quit borisjohnson's government, arguing now restraint is what's needed to get a grip on the economy. the question now for our members is, who is the best person to defeat keir starmer and the labour party at the next election? i believe i'm the only candidate who can do that. she's the foreign secretary with a tough reputation, who reckons rapid tax cuts are the answer to the rising cost of living. i'm the person who can go into number ten, i can hit the ground running and i can get things done, and i think that's what colleagues have voted for and that's what i now want to take to conservative members around the country. the final pair were chosen in one last round of voting by mps. therefore, rishi sunak and liz truss will be i the candidates going forward.

the trade minister, penny mordaunt, was eliminated after building significant support. allies blamed vicious media briefings against her. so what do we know about the two finalists to be our next prime minister? the former chancellor, rishi sunak, became an mp in 2015, voted leave in the eu referendum, and has said he wants to cut taxes, but only when inflation's under control. the foreign secretary, liz truss, was first elected in 2010, became a cabinet minister in 2014, and voted remain in the eu referendum, but rapidly became an enthusiast for brexit. she is promising immediate tax cuts. over the next several weeks, conservative party members will vote to determine their new leader and the country's next prime minister. so what do these young tories make of the contenders? i think in particular promises are cheap, and i'm wanting to hear a candidate that is honest about the trade—offs that the country is facing. liz truss, i think, is very good for the kind of right wing of the party. but also i think rishi sunak has

done a good job, as well. so i think you need to go in with an open mind to the hustings. these votes need to connect with absolutely everybody, i notjust ourselves. the fierce rivalry between the two candidates for number ten promises plenty of heated debate about what the conservatives want from their leader, and the course they should set to govern the uk. jonathan blake, bbc news. speaking on the today programme in herfirst broadcast interview since entering the leadership contest, liz truss has attacked the government's economic policy, warning that it risks sending the uk into a recession. the foreign secretary insisted that her plan to reverse increases in national insurance and corporation tax, and increase borrowing by around £30 billion, would cut rather than add to inflation. asked by host nick robinson about her borrowing plans, she criticised what she called the economic orthodoxy under her leadership rival, the former chancellor rishi sunak. look, we've got the highest taxes for 70 years. and we have got lower debt than the united states,

than japan, then canada. that's what jeremy corbyn said in the last election. there are no other countries raising taxes. the 0ecd has described our current policy as contractionary, and contractionary essentially means policies that lead to a recession. so, understood, so you would make a gamble on growth. what i am saying, keep taxes low, do the supply side reforms, get growth going. that is the way to increase tax revenues. so, what i want to do is increase tax revenues by growing the economy. not choke off growth by raising taxes. will borrowing that sort of money... no other country is... no other country is following that strategy. following this strategy. will borrowing billions of pounds, you say over £13 billion, increase or decrease inflation? my tax cuts will decrease inflation. really?! because what they do...

can you point to a single chancellor, a single governor of the bank of england, a single leading economist who thinks that cutting taxes with borrowed money does anything other than increase inflation? patrick minford, who has written an article about it this weekend. there's one. he is distinguished in many ways, but he is not what ijust listed. he is not one of the leading economic thinkers in this country. nick, we have had a consensus of the treasury, of economists, of the financial times and other outlets peddling a particular type of economic policy for the last 20 years. here's conversion from.... you backed that policy when you were chief secretary to the treasury! it hasn't delivered growth. but you backed it... i controlled spending when i was chief secretary, and i was chief secretary for two years. but what i know about the treasury, from having worked there,

is they are... they do have an economic orthodoxy, and they do resist change. and what people in britain desperately need now is change. 0ur political correspondent helen catt is in westminster. economy very much front and centre for both these candidates. yes. economy very much front and centre for both these candidates.— for both these candidates. yes, liz truss frame _ for both these candidates. yes, liz truss frame in _ for both these candidates. yes, liz truss frame in her _ for both these candidates. yes, liz truss frame in her campaign i for both these candidates. yes, liz | truss frame in her campaign around the fact that she is immediate tax cutter, she will deregulate things. her big picture she will immediately do things like reversing the national insurance rise that was brought into force earlier this year to pay for the nhs backlog after covid in some parts of social care, so she will reverse that immediately and has an emergency budget to do that and said she will take green levies off of bills to bring down bills for consumers so that is how she is pitching herself while rishi sunak is framing his campaign as we will be responsible one who will grip on inflation, focus on gripping inflation first and then cut taxes

later so that has been the economic battleground that both of them have really sort of set out their pitches for in recent times and we got a bit more from rishi sunak writing in the telegraph giving hints of some of the other areas we might hear from him on over the coming weeks, he hints that he is looking at stronger immigration and crime, so if you hints there but no clear policies yet. hints there but no clear policies et. . ~' , ., , hints there but no clear policies et. . ,, , ., , . i'm joined now the conservative mp who was helping run penny mordaunt�*s leadership campaign, george freeman. thank you forjoining us and let me ask you first of all which of these two candidates you support now. i’m two candidates you support now. i�*“n talking to both today, this weekend and i will be deciding on the basis of this question about economics and for me at the heart of this we have to steer between, as your report very nicely covered, only one side, this post—pandemic, post—ukraine more global cost of which living

inflation crisis and on the other hand, making sure we drive growth into our economy and in penny mordaunt�*s campaign, we set out a campaign of four i's mordaunt�*s campaign, we set out a campaign of four 1's and i want a... having had a career in the private sector, in government, is growth that does not drive up inflation and the only growth that does that is a small business growth, helping the little businesses, the self—employed, survive the cost of living crisis but crucially science, technology and innovation. innovation increases productivity, innovation drives up... it creates newjobs innovation drives up... it creates new jobs and innovation drives up... it creates newjobs and growth, and there is a package of things we need and with respect it is not huge bending, big tax cuts do not drive innovation. what drives innovation is focused —— might not huge spending.

what drives innovation is focused -- might not huge spending.— what drives innovation is focused -- might not huge spending. looking at what these two _ might not huge spending. looking at what these two candidates _ might not huge spending. looking at what these two candidates stand i might not huge spending. looking atj what these two candidates stand for, there is a clear divide between what there is a clear divide between what the liz truss are saying about cutting taxes and rishi sunak about keeping inflation under control. where do you stand in terms of the economy? well do you believe the truth lies? m, economy? well do you believe the truth lies? ~ ., , ., , truth lies? most of your viewers will see that _ truth lies? most of your viewers will see that actually _ truth lies? most of your viewers will see that actually these i truth lies? most of your viewers will see that actually these two | will see that actually these two candidates will have to walk and chew gum. we have to control inflation. rishi sunak is absolutely right, margaret thatcher was right, all chances are right, inflation destroys wealth so we have to control inflation but equally i think this trust is right that we have to do a little bit more to support the small businesses, the self—employed and the innovation sector. i do not agree with liz truss that huge unfunded tax cuts to drive a consumer boom will work either in terms of seeing off

inflation can, as it's inflationary as your reportjust suggested, but unless those are targeted at small businesses, the high—growth companies, the tax cuts will not work so that is why for me the central conversation having today and tomorrow with the two candidates is, what are you prepared to do on science, technology, research and innovation? we are home to some extraordinary sectors, and we are not doing enough to support them. we are very good at discovery, terrible at the r and d. we put 10.9% gdp in, switzerland a 3.6, israel 4.2. we have got to do more. iuntil]! switzerland a 3.6, israel 4.2. we have got to do more.— switzerland a 3.6, israel 4.2. we have got to do more. will people at home be interested _ have got to do more. will people at home be interested in _ have got to do more. will people at home be interested in r— have got to do more. will people at home be interested in r and i have got to do more. will people at home be interested in r and d? i have got to do more. will people at l home be interested in r and d? what the should home be interested in r and d? what they should be _

home be interested in r and d? the“isgt they should be interested in home be interested in r and d? the“is.et they should be interested in is an economic prospect that creates revenues for the treasury and economic prospects and i think the budget has to be focused on those who are struggling with cost of living and that is why in the penny mordaunt campaign be put in the fuel cut and we have to help people get through this post—pandemic crisis. rishi sunak has good heritage on that side actually but we also have two lady foundations for a proper sustainable, prosperous economy and simply big tax cuts to trigger a consumer boom will not do it, no one will thank us for boom and bust what we have to do is make the country, use brexit freedoms, use the regulatory freedoms, the procurement freedoms to grow the company of tomorrow here. they are here but we are not supporting them enough and that will drive a really prosperous economy. 30 clusters, scotland, northern ireland, wales, and that is what people want, economic security and economic prosperity, and economic hope and that we've got the

industries of tomorrow here and we will grow them. industries of tomorrow here and we will grow them-— industries of tomorrow here and we will grow them. thank you once again for takin: will grow them. thank you once again for taking the — will grow them. thank you once again for taking the time _ will grow them. thank you once again for taking the time to _ will grow them. thank you once again for taking the time to speak- will grow them. thank you once again for taking the time to speak to i will grow them. thank you once again for taking the time to speak to us. i the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—bourke — now known as alexandra pettifer — over a number of serious, and false allegations made against her by former bbc panorama journalist martin bashir. after a hearing at the high court, the corporation has also agreed to pay her a substantial sum in damages together with her legal costs. 0ur correspondent sean dilley is at the high court. what has been said? it all unfolded on court number _ what has been said? it all unfolded on court number 76 _ what has been said? it all unfolded on court number 76 at _ what has been said? it all unfolded on court number 76 at the - what has been said? it all unfolded on court number 76 at the royal i on court number 76 at the royal court ofjustice behind me, a four page document, that has statements both from tiggy legge—bourke, known at the time, real name alexandra pettifer and counsel for the bbc. louise prince acting for the claimant said it is a huge relief to her client that the bbc has publicly apologised and will help repair some

of the damage because they've agreed to pay undisclosed substantial damages and her legal fee so it is quite upsetting, the bbc statement also acknowledges there were shortcomings in the corporation's original investigation, they were very malicious allegations made in this case of course and they say that had the investigation been more thorough, bbc sources describing that as the tough questions having not been asked, and had they been more thorough than princess diana in the lifetime would have known the truth of the matter and the great distress caused to the former royal nanny and if anyone does not remember of course the surrounds prince william and harry's nanny at the time known as tiggy legge—bourke and this all revolves around that 1995 panorama interview where, to quote the bbc director—general tim davie, they say the bbc used deceitful tactics to get that interview. more on that reaction in a moment but it's a fairly dynamic and direct document, admitting a

catalogue of issues and errors that the bbc had made a note asking those questions over 27 years. there the bbc had made a note asking those questions over 27 years.— questions over 27 years. there has been a statement _ questions over 27 years. there has been a statement from _ questions over 27 years. there has been a statement from the - been a statement from the director—general as well of the bbc. yes, and if you see points —— make a few key points within that, tim davie says there were deceitful tactics used, 27 years ago. but he says that had the bbc as the tough questions if there were not those issues historically with the investigation, that princess diana investigation, that princess diana in her lifetime would have known the truth of it. and he said, and these are quite dynamic words, he said they let her as in the princess of wales, the royalfamily and they let her as in the princess of wales, the royal family and the audience down, and he has apologised to tiggy legge—bourke of course and he has repeated the public apology. crucially, this is quite an important one, this has been floated before but the bbc saying now they know the shocking way, to quote tim

davie, that the interview was gained by martin bashir, that they will not be playing the programme in full or in part. there is one caveat in there, quite importantly, is it forms part of a historical record so there may be occasional exceptionally where it could be used in very narrow circumstances but not without the authority of the executive committee but we willjust quickly clarify again that the bbc has apologised publicly to tiggy legge—bourke, the former nanny to william and harry, and agrees to pay the legal costs and acknowledged historical failings the legal costs and acknowledged historicalfailings in the legal costs and acknowledged historical failings in previous investigations. the headlines on bbc news... foreign secretary liz truss and former chancellor rishi sunak attack each other�*s policy on tax — as they set out their pitches to the members of the uk conservative party. the new leader will become

the next prime minister. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—bourke over a number of serious allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. the number of young people consuming news through tiktok increased to 3.9 million in 2022 as people aged 16 to 24 increasingly turn to social media for information rather than traditional outlets like the bbc. surging inflation leading... the highest figure since figures began. just under £23 _ figure since figures began. just under £23 billion injune, are more than 4 billion from the year earlier. early on, set

—— surging inflation led interest payments on uk government debt on uk government debt to hit 19—point—4—billion pounds last month —— that's the highest amount since records began in 1997. official figures show government borrowing was just under 23 billion pounds injune — up more than 4 billion pounds from a year earlier. we'll get more on that with our business correspondent later in the hour. earlier, our business correspondent, ramzan karmali, explained why we've seen such a jump in inflation figures. this is quite worrying in terms of where we are heading, what you pay is linked to inflation. nhs bosses in england are warning that some services may have to be cut to fund the pay increase. the government has announced doctors will receive a 4—point—5 per cent pay rise — a rise backed by nhs england. the royal college of nursing has called for a 12—point—5 per cent pay rise, and said it would ballot members over industrial action. italy's prime minister, mario draghi, has resigned this morning, after his government coalition splintered. his resignation has been accepted by the country's president, who will now decide the next step. 0ur correspondent in rome, mark lowen, has been giving

us the latest reaction to today's developments. yes, it was supported by the majority of italians, according to opinion polls and of the last few days, some 2000 males, business leaders and unions had issued a public call for mario draggy to remain. —— mario draghi to remain. the average tenure of italian governments isjust the average tenure of italian governments is just over one year and mario draghi has lasted about 18 months and so he has become the 67th government to fall since the second world war in a country that is notoriously politically fractures. if you take a sense of what the newspapers who are saying, this is one of the leading newspapers here with the single word shame. some of the coalition papers and mario draghi's government brought it down and this is the centre that repubblica betrayed. this gives you a sense of the shock that many here

are feeling that mario draghi, the titan technocrat brought in to steady the ship and bring in the post—pandemic recovery, the government collapsed after coalition parties wavered. a report has found the home office response to dealing with migrant crossings is both ineffective and inefficient — exposing gaps in security procedures and leaving vulnerable migrants at risk. inspectors found the response to the challenge of dealing with increasing numbers of arrivals was �*poor�*. the report made four recommendations — all of which the home office has accepted. david neal — the chief inspector of borders and immigration — joins me now from our westminster studio. before we start talking about the report, it has taken a while to be published, hasn't it? how has that affected the recommendations you have made because they are time sensitive, are they not? thea;r have made because they are time sensitive, are they not?— sensitive, are they not? they are and if it takes _ sensitive, are they not? they are and if it takes five _ sensitive, are they not? they are and if it takes five months i sensitive, are they not? they are and if it takes five months to i and if it takes five months to release them which is

unsatisfactory, we put in an extra big team and focus, refocus resources so we can get a report out as soon as possible and it's a real shame it has been subsequently sat on for the subsequent five months. will it have an impact on how the recommendations can be implement it or not? . ., or not? having returned to the... in ma , it is or not? having returned to the... in may. it is clear _ or not? having returned to the... in may, it is clear the _ or not? having returned to the... in may, it is clear the home _ or not? having returned to the... in may, it is clear the home office i may, it is clear the home office were progressing many of the recommendations but it is the response from the home office today that assures the response of nothing to see here, delving in all the things that are historical. it was not historical, it was what was occurring was unsatisfactory. let’s occurring was unsatisfactory. let's look at the — occurring was unsatisfactory. let's look at the detail _ occurring was unsatisfactory. let's look at the detail in _ occurring was unsatisfactory. let's look at the detail in the _ occurring was unsatisfactory. let's look at the detail in the report, it shows those absconding from secure hotels where two to seven, 57 sent two thirds of those who were missing

had no photos and no fingerprints taken from them. that is really rather... of our border right now. it is and to add to that, those individuals were in those hotels for 16 days on average, so that is 16 days worth of opportunities for the system to take fingerprints and to record photographs. what system to take fingerprints and to record photographs.— system to take fingerprints and to record photographs. what you think has wron: record photographs. what you think has wrong here? _ record photographs. what you think has wrong here? what _ record photographs. what you think has wrong here? what has - record photographs. what you think has wrong here? what has gone i record photographs. what you think i has wrong here? what has gone wrong is a refusal from _ has wrong here? what has gone wrong is a refusal from the _ has wrong here? what has gone wrong is a refusal from the home _ has wrong here? what has gone wrong is a refusal from the home office i has wrong here? what has gone wrong is a refusal from the home office to i is a refusal from the home office to transition from an emergency response into a steady, usual response. response into a steady, usual resnonse-_ response into a steady, usual resonse. ,, ,, la a, response into a steady, usual resonse. a, , , a, " a, a, response. you speak about the home office and of— response. you speak about the home office and of course _ response. you speak about the home office and of course the _ response. you speak about the home office and of course the secretary - office and of course the secretary has in the past seemed to deliberately be avoiding any statutory checks on performance, not appearing before the home affairs select committee on wonder or policing. do you have any idea where she is? �* ., ., she is? i've not met the home secretary. _ she is? i've not met the home secretary. i — she is? i've not met the home secretary, i could _ she is? i've not met the home secretary, i could not- she is? i've not met the homel secretary, i could not comment she is? i've not met the home - secretary, i could not comment on where she is. white might be find it

extraordinary you have not met her since being in thejob extraordinary you have not met her since being in the job since extraordinary you have not met her since being in thejob since march 2021? ifind it frustrating since being in thejob since march 2021? i find it frustrating that i've not met because publishing a report like today, and evidence they report, i think they are should be a good experience to offer, over 20 years in the military and she recruited me because my background, experience and ability to come to a view on what is occurring in the migration of border system and i'm surprised she has not chosen to speak to me. if surprised she has not chosen to speak to me-— surprised she has not chosen to speak to me. if you are sat here with her, _ speak to me. if you are sat here with her, what _ speak to me. if you are sat here with her, what would _ speak to me. if you are sat here with her, what would you - speak to me. if you are sat here with her, what would you say i speak to me. if you are sat here with her, what would you say to| speak to me. if you are sat here - with her, what would you say to her right now i with her, what would you say to her riaht no ., , with her, what would you say to her riuhtno ., , ,. ,, right now i would be discussing the re ort, the right now i would be discussing the report, the future, _ right now i would be discussing the report, the future, leadership - report, the future, leadership within the home office, and giving her my views on the report that was published yesterday and how a fix for the force, for example. i really appreciate — for the force, for example. i really appreciate you _ for the force, for example. i really appreciate you coming _ for the force, for example. i really appreciate you coming on - for the force, for example. i really appreciate you coming on the - appreciate you coming on the programme to talk to us today, thank

you. our home editor, mark easton, is here and he's been listening to what david neal had to say. it is quite extraordinary some of the things we have heard, having not met the home secretary and. it is extraordinary _ met the home secretary and. it 3 extraordinary and you've heard about how switching your home office rated over the past few years. as you said today in your questions, she was due today in your questions, she was due to a few before the home affairs committee which is a body there by parliament in order to keep an eye on what the home secretary is doing, supposed to be seeing them last week and said at the last minute she could not appear, she was then told she had to appear this week, did not appear and there are questions because this is the last day before parliament goes into recess for the summer, this was the very last opportunity, the last couple of days, for people to hold the home secretary to account and there are plenty of people saying we are is she, why is she not answering? there

are serious questions, you heard the reference to the report published yesterday, also commenting on the small boats crisis in the channel, also reflecting on the inefficiency of that system saying actually the actions of border force may have been counter—productive, in other words they may have made the situation worse. alexander downer was a former leader of australia was at liberal party hand—picked by priti patel to do this review of border force, priti patel to do this review of borderforce, someone priti patel to do this review of border force, someone who priti patel to do this review of borderforce, someone who is priti patel to do this review of border force, someone who is very much in favour of very strict migration controls and shoring in australia and his view of border force was that it is really not operating properly at all and needed proper leadership. the last few days, they received notices of the home office from both those who have

been hand—picked by the home office. and we've heard that he has still not met the home secretary despite being in office for 18 months. thank ou ve being in office for 18 months. thank you very much- _ social media sites are now the number one source of news for teenagers, according to a survey by the uk broadcast regulator ofcom. instagram is the most popular source for young people, but print, tv and radio news outlets still dominate in older age groups. here's more from our media correspondent, david sillito. what exactly does this tell us about how 16—24 —year—olds consume their news? how 16-24 -year-olds consume their news? . . how 16-24 -year-olds consume their news? , , ., ., news? ok, this is a regular report that comes _ news? ok, this is a regular report that comes out _ news? ok, this is a regular report that comes out about _ news? ok, this is a regular report that comes out about how - news? ok, this is a regular report that comes out about how britain | that comes out about how britain consumes news. it has always surprised me over the years that 12-15 surprised me over the years that 12—15 —year—olds, 60% of them say they are interested in news and up until last year, the number one

source of news that they talked about was bbc one. we've always thought, over the last ten years or so, that all teenagers had their noses on their phones all the time but it has finally changed and now instagram is at number one and bbc one is down at number five. they are all pretty much bunched together, not much of a big change there but definitely instagram, tiktok, big increase in tiktok, and also youtube as well as a source for teenagers. but still bbc is a big, big provider because of course bbc is on instagram, it's on the radio, all the biggest source of news for 12—15 —year—olds but there was a wider issue happening here which is quite fascinating, really, which is that the social media is increasing but if you look at, say, traditional news providers, print and of course the websites, they've seen a big drop of people going directly to

them and we know print has been going down but online has also seen a small drop as well, so people are finding the use and often these are new stories that come from what we use the coal sleet street or the big broadcasters what they are finding them in very different platforms these days one way or another and also interesting to note to the fact is, a big drop in facebook for teenagers, 34% in 2018 down to 22%, actually finding any news on facebook these days and the number one source of news for teenagers... theirfamilies, and theirfamilies their families, and their families probably theirfamilies, and theirfamilies probably going more likely to traditional news sources for their news. ., ~' traditional news sources for their news. ., ~ , ., y traditional news sources for their news. ., ~ , . let's now speak to chris stokel—walker, who is a technologyjournalist at wired magazine. is this a big surprise? know, and as

hirrhlihted is this a big surprise? know, and as highlighted there, _ is this a big surprise? know, and as highlighted there, socialmedia - is this a big surprise? know, and as highlighted there, socialmedia is i is this a big surprise? know, and as highlighted there, socialmedia is a | highlighted there, socialmedia is a public forum, it is where we... loss of sound. so it seems sensible that it is get news from. and it does seem since a goal that we get news from those platforms. == goal that we get news from those latforms. ., , , , ., ~ platforms. -- does seem sent to kill her -- sensical- _ platforms. -- does seem sent to kill her -- sensical. how _ platforms. -- does seem sent to kill her -- sensical. how it _ platforms. -- does seem sent to kill her -- sensical. how it always i platforms. -- does seem sent to kill her -- sensical. how it always been | her —— sensical. how it always been thus that... ? her -- sensical. how it always been thus that- -- ?_ thus that... ? the formal ways that eo - le thus that... ? the formal ways that people get — thus that... ? the formal ways that people get their — thus that... ? the formal ways that people get their news, _ thus that... ? the formal ways that people get their news, is _ thus that... ? the formal ways that people get their news, is not i thus that... ? the formal ways that| people get their news, is not always the six o'clock and ten o'clock news, it is through word—of—mouth and what has happened as word—of—mouth has been transplanted from being the physical workspace or physical workplace or the six

o'clock and ten o'clock news, it has often been the digital so what you're seeing on tiktok and instagram user generated content to see individuals passing comment on social media, we sought any rise of thejohnny depp and amber heard case which had a huge... in tiktok. something like1 million views per minute in the early days of the invasion or content around ukraine. there is an appetite therefore this sort of information and people are seeking it out wherever they can. 15 seeking it out wherever they can. is there a worry that the information is not verified? so we verify things. is not verified? so we verify thin . s. ~ is not verified? so we verify thins. ~ ., , things. the thing i think about is the traditional— things. the thing i think about is the traditional news _ things. the thing i think about is the traditional news sources i things. the thing i think about is the traditional news sources like i the traditional news sources like bbc and others, things go through layers of bureaucracy almost designed to prevent mistakes happening. when you got user generated content on tiktok on instagram and other social media

platforms, is usually one person and they may not be doing bureaucracy almost, designed to prevent the mistakes happening, when you have them collating what they seem, it can be misinterpreted and i saw videos go viral on tiktok of people reading out wikipedia pages which can be edited by anyone under the sun. there is concern about that on the platforms are conscious of misinformation, disinformation, fake news being spread, they can be quoted by anyone under the sun so there is that slip under the radar, for a lesser—known new stories. apologies for a few issues with the sound there. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. today is going to be a little bit cooler for most than it was yesterday. we've got quite a lot of cloud lingering across south—east scotland and the bulk of england,

and that's going to be thick enough for the odd shower. whereas out towards the west — south—west england, wales, northern ireland and into scotland — it will be more sunshine and just the odd shower. temperatures today — 12 to about 25 degrees, north to south. we could see some of that cloud break and some early evening sunshine before it becomes more widespread through the course of the night. and we'll have further showers through the central belt, northern england, wales and the midlands. still warm in the south tonight but fresher as we push further north. now, into tomorrow, it's going to be a fairly cloudy day generally. one or two brighter breaks in the west and the south. you could catch a shower almost anywhere, the heaviest of which will be across the midlands and wales and northern england. temperatures tomorrow up to about 23 degrees but cooler in the breeze along the north sea coastline. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... foreign secretary liz truss

and former chancellor rishi sunak go head to head over tax policy — as they set out their pitches to the members of the conservative party. the new leader will become the next prime minister. for the past two decades, there's been a consensus on our economic policy, and it hasn't delivered economic growth. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—bourke over a number of serious allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. russia restarts supplying gas to europe through the nord stream one pipeline — but at the same reduced level as before it was closed for repairs. there had been concerns that moscow would not resume the deliveries. the home office response to the surge in people arriving in small boats across the english channel is "poor" and the "system is overwhelmed", a report has warned.

sport, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. here's paul. the euro �*22 quarter—finals continue this evening with germany taking on austria in brentford. england are already through to the semis. they'll play the winner of tomorrow's match between sweden and belgium, after the lionesses produced a dramatic fightback to beat spain in brighton last night. after a goalless first half, it was the spaniards who deservedly went ahead 10 minutes into the second half, through esther gonzalez. with hope and time running out, ella toone levelled matters in the final 10 minutes but the goal of the match was in extra time — georgia stanway with a right—footed rocket that sealed her team's place in the last four. crazy day, especially today was a crazy day.

came with the team late, prepared. trying to stay calm myself because you know you want to be here. but we had plan b, i would watch it from a distance and then coming from behind. well, just a crazy day. i don't think i'll forget this day any more. a peak television audience of 7.6 million people watched england's dramatic extra—time win last night. the former england international, rachel yankey, spoke to us earlier and believes the increased exposure of the women's game is a huge plus. the visibility, the ability to change perceptions. you know, we have now got visible role models for young kids and for everybody else. so that's exactly what we want. there are many other teams that are fantastic that are still in this competition. it is going to be tough. but they have got a good side and good momentum and definitely have the home support, fan support. so we are all behind them.

it was a mixed day for britain on day six of the world athletics championships in oregon. medal hope max burgin withdrew from the men's 800m with injury, but eilish mccolgan and jessica judd are through to the women's 5,000m final. rounding up all the action, here's our correspondent andy swiss. the british performance of the day was no doubt from matthew hudson smith. he qualified second fastest for the final of the men 400 metres. he broke the long—standing british record on this very track earlier this summer. he has been in great form. so he will certainly be eying a medal in the final on friday. there was disappointment for another big british hope. the 800 metre runner max burgin had to pull out of his heat because of a calf injury. he is the fastest man in the world this year over 800 metres. he was a big british medal hope so that is a huge shame for him and for the british team. only two gold medals were decided.

kazakhstan won the women's 3,000 metres steeplechase. there was a big shock in the women's discus. china's contestant beat her personal best by more than three metres. novak djokovic looks set to miss next month's us open because of his vaccination status against covid—19. tournament organisers say they'll respect the us government's rules, which require non—citizens to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus in order to enter the country, meaning the three—time winner at flushing meadows would be denied entry into the us. the serb is a 21—time grand slam champion and isjust one behind rafael nadal. the last high—altitude test of the tour de france takes place in the pyrenees later today with denmark'sjonas vingegaard still favourite to win the race with four stages to go. defending champion tadej pogacar gained four seconds

by winning stage 17 but vingegaard is 2 minutes 18 seconds ahead in the standings. britain's geraint thomas is still third — he lost over two minutes on the leading pair, but is nearly three minutes clear of fourth place. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. let's return to the conservative leadership contest. the final two have been decided. the former chancellor rishi sunak and the current foreign secretary liz truss will go head to head to win over the party membership to become the next leader and prime minister. i'm joined now by former the former conservative cabinet minister, david mellor. thanks forjoining us on bbc news. what you make of the final two? n what you make of the final two? i suppose it is a predictable final two and probably not the wrong final two and probably not the wrong final two because both of them have experience in the cabinet and i do think that is quite important. if you want to be prime minister, you

should have some experience of running a department of rating at the highest level. what bothers me is why are they going to the membership? the conservative party membership? the conservative party membership has shrunk appallingly from what it was when i was a member of parliament. we had a membership of parliament. we had a membership of 3-5000. of parliament. we had a membership of 3—5000. just one octave... now they keep changing the numbers so they keep changing the numbers so they obviously don't know themselves. they have in ship of 160,000. we don't know how politically active these people are, but i think it is wrong that they should be choosing the leader when the people who really know what the leader has to do and have watched that person trying to do it over months and sometimes years are the members of parliament. but is it not a worry that mps alone elect a new leader and new prime minister then there could perhaps be a deal

backroom chats. it there could perhaps be a deal backroom chats.— there could perhaps be a deal backroom chats. ._ ., ._ ., backroom chats. it may or may not ha en, backroom chats. it may or may not happen. but _ backroom chats. it may or may not happen. but it _ backroom chats. it may or may not happen. but it is — backroom chats. it may or may not happen, but it is more _ backroom chats. it may or may not happen, but it is more open i backroom chats. it may or may not happen, but it is more open to i backroom chats. it may or may not. happen, but it is more open to that. isn't it better to at least open it up isn't it better to at least open it up to conservative members? but why should 0-2% — up to conservative members? but why should 0-2% of— up to conservative members? but why should 0.296 of the _ up to conservative members? but why should 0.296 of the british _ up to conservative members? but why should 0.296 of the british public i should 0.2% of the british public determine who the next prime minister is. most of them are white men of a certain age as well. i would be an ideal conservative party member, but i'm not proud of that fact. in member, but i'm not proud of that fact. ., . ., , member, but i'm not proud of that fact. ., , , member, but i'm not proud of that fact. ., , ., fact. in that case, maybe you are advocating _ fact. in that case, maybe you are advocating for — fact. in that case, maybe you are advocating for a _ fact. in that case, maybe you are advocating for a general - fact. in that case, maybe you are| advocating for a general election? it's perfectly clear what i'm advocating. i'm advocating that the people who have most experience of the cut and thrust of politics, namely members of parliament, should determine who the leader is. what i think would be strange is when you think would be strange is when you think that rishi sunak has headed up every one of these elections they have held amongst members of parliament, and if he then lost.

what do you think about the time it is taken to get through this? some people criticising the fact it is taken so long. that in itself is damaging to the tory party? it is damauuin damaging to the tory party? it is damaging to _ damaging to the tory party? it 3 damaging to the tory party? it 3 damaging to the country, forget about the tory party. look, at the end of the day, borisjohnson drew a way a wonderful opportunity to be a reforming opportunity. he threw that all away, he had to be removed from office because he wasn't fit to be prime minister. against that background, the conservative party must not trespass too much on the good nature of the british people. they should get on choosing a new leader in the most expeditious way. i think this almost a month that we have now got of messing around with membership is to nobody�*s advantage. it's not as though this is a straightforward situation for the country. serious issues, both at home and abroad, and i think what they should have done is treated yesterday's result or had a further

ballot where only the first two went head to head amongst members of parliament. that would be the best way of doing it. it is not perfect but it really is better. they don't even know how many people they have got. 160,000. by theirvery even know how many people they have got. 160,000. by their very nature will be not people of great excitement.— will be not people of great excitement. ~ ., ., , ., ~' will be not people of great excitement. ~ ., ., ~ ., excitement. what do you think of the fact that both — excitement. what do you think of the fact that both of— excitement. what do you think of the fact that both of these _ excitement. what do you think of the fact that both of these potential i fact that both of these potential leaders are making themselves move closer and closer to margaret thatcher? rishi sunak mentioning that you write three or four times in one sentence. liz truss many people say modelling herself on margaret thatcher, literally. i think that is what she has done. one of the reasons i'm suspicious of liz truss is, who is liz truss? it is rather like watching a students union play about margaret thatcher with liz truss in the title role. i served in margaret thatcher's cabinet, i had issues with margaret

thatcher. one thing i never doubted was that she knew what she wanted from the asian and she got on with it. whether she took the nation in the right direction as i was going to be a matter of controversy. margaret thatcher never thought "i'm going to model myself on winston churchill, or whatever." shejust got on and did it. the worrying thing is the insecurities of the present generation of politicians who don't really have big enough personalities to fill the boots of someone like margaret thatcher, so they either have to keep saying her name in vain or pretending they are her. ., ~ , ., name in vain or pretending they are her. ., ~ i. ., ., ~ her. thank you for taking the time to seak her. thank you for taking the time to speak to _ her. thank you for taking the time to speak to us _ her. thank you for taking the time to speak to us on _ her. thank you for taking the time to speak to us on bbc— her. thank you for taking the time to speak to us on bbc news. i dozens of families in the uk are dealing with the aftermath of losing their homes in wildfires that started during the record—breaking heatwave. 15 areas around the country declared a major incident when fires broke out. laura tra nt reports.

what looks like scenes from a hollywood movie are real—life horror stories. across the country, communities, including here in dagenham, are coming to terms with the destruction of the wild fires. gutted. totally gutted. my daughter was born there. i've been there for nearly 27 years. it's the first house i've actually sat down and settled in. i'm just totally gobsmacked. i don't know what i'm going to do now. you see this on tv, but you don't expect it to happen in real life. down the road in wennington on the eastern edge of london, families are having to cope with the fire damage and having to explain to children about losing their homes. i waited until i got to my mum's and we knew that my husband was safe, and then i sat down with the children and told them that we'd lost our home. my kids are upset that they've lost their favourite teddy

bears that they've had since they were babies. and if my children are feeling that, the other children of the fires in rainham and dagenham yesterday are going to be feeling it, too. the charred remains that tell a chilling tale of a nursery in the walnut tree area of milton keynes. but staff say they are determined to rebuild. we are the heart of walnut tree. i've been at the nursery 23 years, so we are the heart, and we will be back, and we will find temporary accommodation in the meantime, which is what we're just dealing with with our parents at the moment. all of the children and staff were safely evacuated from their nursery, but it's a lot for them to take in. some haven't really mentioned anything yet. others are sort of more concerned that they can't see their friends more than anything. and then others are, you know, just worried because they thought the staff lived at the nursery, bless them! in norfolk, housemates patrick and annabel are living amongst the destruction. their house escaped the flames, but the building

next to them didn't. in the back of our gardens, it kind of seems like a war zone, to be honest. the police have cordoned off the road as well, making sure people are all right. just kind of everything is chaotic, really, and you come down in the morning, you think, "i hope it was a dream" but the reality, yeah, everything was a mess. in boston in lincolnshire, residents spent another night away from their homes after these flats were destroyed. although some flats escaped the worst of the damage, there are questions about how structurally sound they are. we have some kit inside the building, but we won't be able to retrieve that because it's not safe to go in and fetch it. and so we have to look at then the impact of that on neighbouring buildings as well. in barnsley in south yorkshire, at least four homes on woodlands drive have been completely demolished by the fires, including dave cooper's parents' house. there's some personal things

that we've lost that were sentimental to us. this was my parents' house. so, you know... but possessions, they can be replaced. but everybody�*s safe. that's the main thing. everybody�*s safe and everybody�*s well. i think the neighbours have all come together really good. fire brigades across the country are urging people not to light barbecues or bonfires, and to avoid dropping cigarettes. the ground is so dry, the smallest spark can cause a massive fire. laura trant, bbc news. people with the bleeding disorder haemophilia b have effectively been cured, according to british doctors. they say gene therapy — delivered through a single injection — could be available within the next three years. the treatment corrects a genetic defect that stops blood clotting. i'm nowjoined by our health reporter, smitha mundasad. how does it impact people? it can be

quite a serious condition. it is a group of conditions that because of a genetic fault me that people don't have a certain clotting factor, a protein, and this can be crucial if you have a small cut or you bump into something. these proteins help you stop bleeding. with people who have the most severe form of haemophilia, this means they have to have weekly injections at the moment. sometimes three times a week. two help prevent severe bleeds. but even with these injections, some people still get really bad bleeding in theirjoints, really bad bleeding in theirjoints, really painful arthritis, and have to live with his everyday risk of what activities they might do, what once might be too risky for them. so this small trial is going to be really welcome news for these particular people with a severe form of haemophilia. it particular people with a severe form of haemophilia.— of haemophilia. it sounds horrible. what exactly _ of haemophilia. it sounds horrible. what exactly is _ of haemophilia. it sounds horrible. what exactly is this _ of haemophilia. it sounds horrible. what exactly is this cure _ of haemophilia. it sounds horrible. what exactly is this cure going i of haemophilia. it sounds horrible. what exactly is this cure going to l what exactly is this cure going to do? . what exactly is this cure going to do? , ., , , ,

what exactly is this cure going to do? , ., _ , ., do? this gene therapy, in this trial there were — do? this gene therapy, in this trial there were nine _ do? this gene therapy, in this trial there were nine out _ do? this gene therapy, in this trial there were nine out of _ do? this gene therapy, in this trial there were nine out of ten - do? this gene therapy, in this trialj there were nine out of ten patients who had this single shot of gene therapy, no longer needed these weekly injections. doctors are saying that is hugely transformative. half of gene therapy works, it is an inactivated virus is a postman to deliver the gene that they are missing into the body, into they are missing into the body, into the liver. once there, it acts as a set of instructions to make that missing protein. for nine out of these ten people, they were making enough of this protein that they no longer needed these injections and many of them could go about their life as normal. but it is just a trial of ten people, so now they are going to have to do a larger trail involving more people, and there are still some questions with whether it is going to end up in the nhs. first of all, they will have to think about the side—effects. if this trial is successful, they will also want to think about cost. this could be quite an expensive medication. that obviously will have to be

balanced against these weekly injections, which are very costly in themselves. russian gas has started flowing again through the nord stream 1 pipeline, after ten days of maintenance work. but the german government has speeded up efforts to find alternative sources of energy, wary that russia might close the tap for good. jenny hill reports from duisburg. germany thought this was the fuel of the past. now coal is keeping the country afloat. as russia restricts its gas, germany is seeking other sources of energy and that includes firing up old coal power stations. so, martina's barges are busy, but she sees the damage done by vladimir putin's gas war. translation: of course it's good for us that we're i transporting so much coal, but it's a fine line because industry here might

have to shut down soon if the gas runs out. few here trust russia. but germany relied on its gas, it's painfully exposed. russian gas has powered this country's economy. going without it, industry leaders warn, could have catastrophic consequences, perhaps even trigger a recession. and if germany struggles economically, so does europe. just when they thought it couldn't get worse, this hotel is still recovering from covid shutdowns. now its energy bills are soaring and if gas supplies aren't secured, germany could how face rationing. translation: if we don't get gas any more, we can't cook. - the kitchen closes. we won't be able to heat, either. i don't believe it will come to that but we have to act now. it would be the death of hospitality. even as europe swelters through a heat wave, experts are looking to the winter.

germany's hoping to import liquefied natural gas to boost reserves. it doesn't have enough to get through the cold months. it could be bad, there could be - shortages if we don't prepare enough and that said we have to import gas from other sources as well, - we have to diversify i the import even further. we have to fill the storages as high as possible, - we need to get the gas demand down and also to increase _ renewables more. vladimir putin has forced germany's climate conscious government back to coal, at least in the short term. he wants to trigger political and economic chaos in the west but he may yet accelerate european efforts to abandon russian energy, or perhaps even fossil fuels altogether for good. jenny hill, bbc news, duisburg. it was the biggest domestic burglary

in british legal history. they stole jewellery and watches valued at more than £26 million from the model and daughter of a x formula 1 boss. now, a bbc documentary looks at who was behind the crime and the manhunt to catch the suspects. within the space of a fortnight in december 2019, a gang of international jewellery thieves travelled to london, targeting the homes of three celebrities, and they made off with a haul worth £26 million. among the targets, a home belonging to chelsea legend frank lampard and his tv—presenter wife christine lampard, and a town house owned by the family of the late leicester city chairman vichai srivaddhanaprabha. but the biggest raid of them all was at tamara

ecclestone's 57—room mansion. lots of things that were taken are basically irreplaceable to me because they have so much sentimental value. bracelets that jay had got me when i gave birth to sophia — one of them had her name and diamonds on it, which he gave to me in the hospital the day that she was born. there were diamond earrings that were my mum's that she gave to me when i was in my 20s. those are the things that i guess kind of hurt the most because they are memories of, like, the most special days of my life. i think we're never seeing those things ever again, and i...have to make my peace with that. there's just now always worry, there's worry... ..about the one thing i didn't worry about, which was being safe in this house. located on billionaires row, it is one of the wealthiest streets in the world. it has 24—hour police patrols and is home to a number of embassies. just hours before the raid, tamara posted on instagram saying she was away for a family christmas holiday to lapland with her husband, jay rutland. he was the first to be told about the break—in. when you're woken up in the middle of the night and told to call someone, you obviously know it's going to be bad news, but...

..it gradually dawned on me in that conversation that, actually, they had been successful and they had been able to take quite a lot. they entered in via our back garden, hid behind a wendy house. apparently, they then break in via an extremely slim window! they then spend an hour in the house. they go into every single room, on every single floor. every single room is locked, so they use a crowbar to open every single door. the burglars were eventually disturbed, but made off with the stolen items into the night. in their hurry, burner phones and screwdrivers were dropped. police saw cctv of the three men flagging down a taxi, and detectives had to call over 1,000 black—cab drivers in order to piece together their getaway. they were traced to southeast london, then later to italy. last year, jugoslav jovanovic, alessandro donati and alessandro maltese were arrested, extradited, and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle.

the trio were jailed for a total of 28 years. having seen their faces, it's kind of haunting in a way, knowing that that kind of person has been roaming around your house and helping themselves freely to my most treasured, valuable possessions. it's just... it's just a horrible feeling. i feel like i can't get those faces, now, out of my mind. thomas mackintosh, bbc news. for viewers in the uk — who stole tamara ecclestone's diamonds? is on bbc three tonight at 9pm and is also available to watch on iplayer now. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz shafernacker.

it is very dry out there. the land is very scorched in many areas. here are the temperatures this afternoon. mid 205 are the temperatures this afternoon. mid 20s there in the south—east, typically high teens, perhaps 21 in the lowlands of scotland. showers, perhaps thunderstorms, may occur in a few areas, but more especially tomorrow from morning onwards across parts of wales, the midlands. quite a muggy start to friday, around six or 7am temperatures will be 70 degrees in cardiff and london, around 15 in the north—west of england. let's pick up on those showers tomorrow. you can see around wales, parts of england, areas that are very dry and miss them all together. very difficult to pinpoint where they are actually going to be. tomorrow's temperatures will be a little lower, perhaps the low 20s across the south of the country, and

no higher than 17 in newcastle and 15 in aberdeen. the forecast for the weekend, here is an area of low pressure that will be approaching us. more unsettled weather conditions here and some welcome rain. to the south, high pressure. what this low is going to do is tap into some warmer air across the continent here and push it in our direction. through the weekend, there will be a gradual rise in the temperatures across the south and east while many western and northern areas are in this more unsettled speu areas are in this more unsettled spell of weather. so clout and welcome rain. temperatures on saturday, 26 in london, easily high 20s across parts of east anglia, and this process increases into sunday. i think the wettest of the weather will be in the north—west of the uk. we really need more rain further south. temperatures could reach 30 degrees in east anglia by the time we get to sunday. wherever you are,

have a great day.

this is bbc news, the headlines... foreign secretary liz truss and former chancellor rishi sunak go head to head over tax policy — as they set out their pitches to the members of the conservative party. the new leader will become the next prime minister. for the past two decades, there's been a consensus on our economic policy, and it hasn't delivered economic growth. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—burke over a number of serious allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. the home office response to the surge in people arriving in small boats across the english channel is "poor" and the "system is overwhelmed" — a report has warned.

what's gone wrong is a refusal from the home office to transition from an emergency response into a steady—state or business as usual response. steady-state or business as usual resonse. ., �* , steady-state or business as usual resonse. ., �*, ., ,, , response. england's lioness is fi . htback response. england's lioness is fightback to — response. england's lioness is fightback to go _ response. england's lioness is fightback to go into _ response. england's lioness is fightback to go into the i response. england's lioness is i fightback to go into the semifinals of the euros as georgia stanway scores in extra time. —— england's lionesses. the head to head battle to succeed borisjohnson as prime minister has begun with a clash over economic policy, as rishi sunak and lis truss begin their campauign to win over

conservative party members. both candidates are now taking their message to grassroots conservatives across the country. ms truss used her first broadcast interview of the conservative leadership campaign to argue her plan for immediate tax cuts would not push up inflation, drawing a clear dividing line with her rival rishi sunak. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. he's the former chancellor who quit borisjohnson's government, arguing now restraint is what's needed to get a grip on the economy. the question now for our members is, who is the best person to defeat keir starmer and the labour party at the next election? i believe i'm the only candidate who can do that. she's the foreign secretary with a tough reputation, who reckons rapid tax cuts are the answer to the rising cost of living. i'm the person who can go into number ten, i can hit the ground running and i can get things done, and i think that's what colleagues have voted for and that's what i now want to take to conservative members around the country.

the final pair were chosen in one last round of voting by mps. therefore, rishi sunak and liz truss will be i the candidates going forward. the trade minister, penny mordaunt, was eliminated after building significant support. allies blamed vicious media briefings against her. so what do we know about the two finalists to be our next prime minister? the former chancellor, rishi sunak, became an mp in 2015, voted leave in the eu referendum, and has said he wants to cut taxes, but only when inflation's under control. the foreign secretary, liz truss, was first elected in 2010, became a cabinet minister in 2014, and voted remain in the eu referendum, but rapidly became an enthusiast for brexit. she is promising immediate tax cuts. over the next several weeks, conservative party members will vote to determine their new leader and the country's next prime minister. so what do these young tories make of the contenders? i think in particular promises are cheap, and i'm wanting to hear a candidate that is honest about the trade—offs that the country is facing.

liz truss, i think, is very good for the kind of right wing of the party. but also i think rishi sunak has done a good job, as well. so i think you need to go in with an open mind to the hustings. these votes need to connect with absolutely everybody, i notjust ourselves. the fierce rivalry between the two candidates for number ten promises plenty of heated debate about what the conservatives want from their leader, and the course they should set to govern the uk. jonathan blake, bbc news. speaking on the today programme in herfirst broadcast interview since entering the leadership contest, liz truss has attacked the government's economic policy, warning that it risks sending the uk into a recession. the foreign secretary insisted that her plan to reverse increases in national insurance and corporation tax, and increase borrowing

by around £30 billion, would cut rather than add to inflation. asked by host nick robinson about her borrowing plans, she criticised what she called the economic orthodoxy under her leadership rival, the former chancellor rishi sunak. look, we've got the highest taxes for 70 years. and we have got lower debt than the united states, than japan, then canada. that's what jeremy corbyn said in the last election. there are no other countries raising taxes. the 0ecd has described our current policy as contractionary, and contractionary essentially means policies that lead to a recession. so, understood, so you would make a gamble on growth. what i am saying, keep taxes low, do the supply side reforms, get growth going. that is the way to increase tax revenues. so, what i want to do is increase tax revenues by growing the economy. not choke off growth by raising taxes. will borrowing that sort of money... no other country is... no other country is following that strategy. following this strategy.

will borrowing billions of pounds, you say over £13 billion, increase or decrease inflation? my tax cuts will decrease inflation. really?! because what they do... can you point to a single chancellor, a single governor of the bank of england, a single leading economist who thinks that cutting taxes with borrowed money does anything other than increase inflation? patrick minford, who has written an article about it this weekend. there's one. he is distinguished in many ways, but he is not what ijust listed. he is not one of the leading economic thinkers in this country. nick, we have had a consensus of the treasury, of economists, of the financial times and other outlets peddling a particular type of economic policy for the last 20 years. here's conversion from.... you backed that policy when you were chief secretary to the treasury! it hasn't delivered growth. but you backed it... i controlled spending when i was chief secretary, and i was chief secretary

for two years. but what i know about the treasury, from having worked there, is they are... they do have an economic orthodoxy, and they do resist change. and what people in britain desperately need now is change. our political correspondent helen catt has the latest on both candidates and liz truss' tax plan. her big pitch is that she will immediately do things like reversing the national insurance rise that was brought into force earlier this year to pay for the nhs backlog after covid and some parts of social care. she says she will reverse that immediately. she'll have an emergency budget to do that. she's also said that she would take green levies off of bills to bring down bills for consumers. so that's very much how she is pitching herself. rishi sunak, on the other hand, is framing his campaign as he will be the responsible one who will grip inflation, focus on gripping inflation first and then cut taxes later. so that has been the economic battleground that both of them have really sort of set out their their pitches

for. in recent times. we've got a bit more from from rishi sunak this morning writing in the telegraph, also giving some hints about some of the other areas we might hearfrom him on over the coming weeks. he hints in the telegraph that he's looking at stronger immigration and crime. so i think a few hints there, but no clear policies yet. i'm joined now by conservative mp and rishi sunak supporter, laura trott. thank you for talking to us on bbc news. let me ask, how do you feel about how rishi sunak has done so far in the race? he about how rishi sunak has done so far in the race?— far in the race? he has had an incredibly _ far in the race? he has had an incredibly strong _ far in the race? he has had an incredibly strong campaign i far in the race? he has had an incredibly strong campaign so| far in the race? he has had an i incredibly strong campaign so far and i was delighted by the support he gained, he is clearly ahead in every single opinion poll with the country as to who they want to be prime minister so i think it is now just making the case to members and i'm confident he can do that. crucially, in terms of poles, this crosses ahead of him with conservative party members which is

the key thing. how you get that, get those people, those membership members to support him in a way that you are saying the country would. you're right, he is the underdog in this race but the country as a whole is firmly behind rishi sunak, he's the only person who could beat keir starmer in an election and we have growing conservative party members in this country and ultimately they know that if they want to keep our conservative values as the governing party of this country, we have to support rishi sunak and that is the case i will make to my members and that rishi sunak will make to all conservative party members. mira; that rishi sunak will make to all conservative party members. why do ou think conservative party members. why do you think he — conservative party members. why do you think he is _ conservative party members. why do you think he is not _ conservative party members. why do you think he is not as _ conservative party members. why do you think he is not as popular- conservative party members. why do you think he is not as popular with i you think he is not as popular with the conservative party members as he is with the population?— is with the population? people are chanauin is with the population? people are changing over— is with the population? people are changing over time _ is with the population? people are changing over time and _ is with the population? people are changing over time and he - is with the population? people are changing over time and he has i is with the population? people are i changing over time and he has been given the opportunity to make his case about how we will control inflation, grow the economy and cut

taxes. and the best person to reunite the party and beat keir starmer in an election and once he has given the opportunity to do that, once people see rishi sunak in action, they will back him, i think, in overwhelming numbers. in action, they will back him, i think, in overwhelming numbers.- in overwhelming numbers. in the telegraph. _ in overwhelming numbers. in the telegraph, rishi _ in overwhelming numbers. in the telegraph, rishi sunak— in overwhelming numbers. in the telegraph, rishi sunak wrote i in overwhelming numbers. in the i telegraph, rishi sunak wrote about his values being thatcherite anti—goes on to say at a further three times. will aligning himself to margaret thatcher get him the votes you say we will get particularly with, for example, voters in the red wall areas of the uk? it voters in the red wall areas of the uk? , ,., ., ., ., ., uk? it is important, we are having a conversation — uk? it is important, we are having a conversation which _ uk? it is important, we are having a conversation which you _ uk? it is important, we are having a conversation which you covered i conversation which you covered earlier about tax and a number of commentators have said clearly that the policy is what margaret thatcher would have done. that public spending and inflation are under public control. and that is

important. and it's crucial we get that under control. they are being honest with the public, making those decisions and showing the leadership and i think once we said they have the opportunity to explain that to people, take the case to members, i think they will understand that and that as well the comparisons with thatcher are important because it explains why we are doing what you're doing. explains why we are doing what you're doing-— you're doing. and liz truss are sa inc you're doing. and liz truss are saying about — you're doing. and liz truss are saying about change, - you're doing. and liz truss are saying about change, i - you're doing. and liz truss are saying about change, i guess l you're doing. and liz truss are i saying about change, i guess that is about rishi sunak having control of the economy are not doing anything like what he said he would do. he has like what he said he would do. he: has been in control of the economy and fit set by fellow scheme in a matter of weeks that saved 11 million people was myjob is and giving people a massive cut in their energy bills, £400 for each

household, £1200 for the poorest. he has done a huge amount i don't think anyone could be watching this and say that he has not been a hugely influential chancellor and that is one of the reasons why i am backing him. we are undoubtedly looking at a very difficult winter. it will be tough for a lot of families and i know that rishi sunak has the experience and track record to be able to take us through that difficult time and we does as a country and make sure as many families as possible are protected. will people remember that all remember the non—dom status of his wife and the party gate finds and all the things over the past year which may have changed the way he has been perceived by many people, it has taken a knock, hasn't it? these are really serious times and i think what we have to be taught about is people who have the character and track record to lead us through this and i've seen first—hand how rishi sunak connects

with the public and the type of person he is. during the pandemic, he did a maths lesson with some of my primary school kids and he was just incredible, it speaks to the type of person he is that he took the time out to do that, to emphasise what he cares about which is giving children the best start in life and so again this is the case we have to be making, and there is a right to ask questions but i know from my experience with him in my parliament and —— from my experience with him in my parliamentand —— in from my experience with him in my parliament and —— in parliament and in my constituency that people really like him, they respond to him and he has a track record that i know he can deliver.— and he has a track record that i know he can deliver. good to talk to ou and i know he can deliver. good to talk to you and i appreciate _ know he can deliver. good to talk to you and i appreciate you _ know he can deliver. good to talk to you and i appreciate you taking i know he can deliver. good to talk to you and i appreciate you taking the l you and i appreciate you taking the time to talk to us.— surging inflation led interest payments on uk government debt to hit 19.4 billion pounds last

month — that's the highest amount since records began in 1997. official figures show government borrowing was just under 23 billion pounds injune — up more than 4 billion pounds from a year earlier. you're watching bbc news. and it's time to say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. for and it's time to say goodbye to viewers on bbc two.— and it's time to say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. for those of you still with us... _ nhs bosses in england are warning that some services may have to be cut to fund the pay increase. the government has announced doctors will receive a 4.5 per cent pay rise — a rise backed by nhs england. the royal college of nursing has called for a 12.5 per cent pay rise, and said it would ballot members over industrial action. the headlines on bbc news... foreign secretary liz truss and former chancellor rishi sunak go head to head over tax policy — as they set out their pitches to the members of the conservative party. the new leader will become the next prime minister. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—burke over a number of serious and false allegations

made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. the home office response to the surge in people arriving in small boats across the english channel is "poor" and the "system is overwhelmed", a report has warned. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's paul. good of —— good afternoon. the euro �*22 quarter—finals continue this evening with germany taking on austria in brentford. england are already through to the semis. they'll play the winner of tomorrow's match between sweden and belgium, after the lionesses produced a dramatic fightback to beat spain in brighton last night. after a goalless first half it was the spaniards who deservedly went ahead 10 minutes into the second half, through esther gonzalez. with hope and time running out ella toone levelled matters in the final 10 minutes.

but the goal of the game was in extra time — georgia stanway with a right footed rocket that sealed her team's place in the last four. it was a mixed day for britain on day 6 of the world athletics championships in oregon. medal hope max burgin withdrew from the men's 800m with injury, but eilish mccolgan and jessica judd are through to the women's 5000m final. rounding up all the action here's our correspondent andy swiss. the british performance of the day was no doubt from matthew hudson smith. he qualified second fastest for the final of the men 400 metres. he broke the long—standing british record on this very track earlier this summer. he has been in great form. so he will certainly be eyeing a medal in the final on friday.

there was disappointment for another big british hope. the 800 metre runner max burgin had to pull out of his heat because of a calf injury. he is the fastest man in the world this year over 800 metres. he was a big british medal hope so that is a huge shame for him and for the british team. only two gold medals were decided. kazakhstan won the women's 3,000 metres steeplechase. there was a big shock in the women's discus. china's contestant beat her personal best by more than three metres. novak djokovic looks set to miss next month's us open because of his vaccination status against covid—19. tournament organisers say they'll respect the us government's rules, which require non—citizens to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus in order to enter the country, meaning the three—time winner at flushing meadows would be denied entry to the us. the serb is a 21—time grand slam champion and isjust one behind rafael nadal.

that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. including on the world athletics championships in oregon. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. thank you. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—bourke — now known as alexandra pettifer — over a number of serious and false allegations made against her by former bbc panorama journalist martin bashir. after a hearing at the high court, the corporation has also agreed to pay her a substantial sum in damages together with her legal costs. earlier our correspondent sean dilley gave us this update from the high court. it all unfolded in court number 76 at the royal court ofjustice behind me, a four page document, that has got statements both from the claimant tiggy legge—bourke, known at the time, real name alexandra pettifer and counsel for the bbc.

louise prince acting for the claimant said it is a huge relief to her client that the bbc has publicly apologised and will help repair some of the damage because they've agreed to pay undisclosed substantial damages and her legal fee so it is quite upsetting, the bbc statement also acknowledges there were shortcomings in the corporation's original investigation, there were very malicious allegations made in this case of course and they say that had the investigation been more thorough, bbc sources describing that as the tough questions having not been asked, then had they been more thorough then princess diana in the lifetime would have known the truth of the matter and the great distress caused to the former royal nanny and if anyone does not remember of course the surrounds prince william and harry's nanny at the time known as tiggy legge—bourke and this all revolves around that 1995 panorama interview where, to quote the bbc director—general tim davie, they say the bbc used deceitful tactics to get that

interview. more on that reaction in a moment but it's a fairly dynamic and direct document, admitting a catalogue of issues and errors that the bbc had made in not asking those questions over 27 years. there has been a statement from the director—general of the bbc. yes, and there are a few key points within that, tim davie says there were deceitful tactics used, 27 years ago. but he says that had the bbc asked the tough questions if there were not those issues historically with the investigation, then princess diana in her lifetime would have known the truth of it. he said, and these are quite dynamic words, he said they let her, as in the princess of wales, the royal family and the audiences down, and he has apologised to tiggy legge—bourke of course and he has repeated the public apology.

crucially, this is quite an important one, this has been floated before but the bbc saying now they know the shocking way, to quote tim davie, that the interview was obtained by martin bashir, former panorama reporter and former bbc employee, that they will not be playing the programme in full or in part. there is one caveat in there, quite importantly, is it forms part of a historical record so there may be occasional exceptionally where it could be used in very narrow circumstances but not without the authority of the executive committee but we willjust quickly clarify again that the bbc has apologised publicly to tiggy legge—bourke, the former nanny to william and harry, and agreed to pay the legal costs and acknowledged historical failings in previous investigations. social media sites are now the number one source of news for teenagers, according to a survey by the uk broadcast regulator 0fcom.

instagram is the most popular source for young people, but print, tv and radio news outlets still dominate in older age groups. let's now speak to is matt navarra, a social media consultant. thank you so much forjoining us. let me ask you first of all, surprised or not by these findings? i do not think there should be any surprise with the findings. using social media usage continue to grow year on year, tiktok in particular being explosive in terms of its growth and in terms of how younger generations are finding and discovering news, these platforms for the last few years have shown a growing trend towards being the destination they had to to seek out the stories. destination they had to to seek out the stories-— destination they had to to seek out the stories. ., ., , ., ~ ~ ., ~' the stories. how do you think tiktok is ennuain the stories. how do you think tiktok is engaging young — the stories. how do you think tiktok is engaging young people _ the stories. how do you think tiktok is engaging young people and i the stories. how do you think tiktok is engaging young people and how i the stories. how do you think tiktok i is engaging young people and how can news organisations harness that? it is a tricky time for some news publishers because the bbc are cutting back on some areas in terms of spend on news and i think there should be significant prominence given to this report in terms of where they direct the resources

because this is where the younger generations are finding and seeking out news content and picking out stories that are culturally relevant to that demographic, not necessarily big main stories on the main outlets and the one young people are interested in seeing.- interested in seeing. older generations _ interested in seeing. older generations who _ interested in seeing. older generations who make i interested in seeing. older generations who make a i interested in seeing. older. generations who make a big, interested in seeing. older- generations who make a big, big portion of this country, are still very much interested in the news, traditional news from the traditional news from the traditional outlets, are they not? yes, and that there is why there has to be a multipronged approach, with different sources in different formats for different age groups but this is why news publishers are bringing on younger generations to be an audience for the future and certainly social media and platforms like tiktok are places where they need to spend more time and put more effort into understanding our audience and producing content for those platforms. the audience and producing content for those platforms.— those platforms. the worry is you send those platforms. the worry is you spend money _ those platforms. the worry is you spend money in _ those platforms. the worry is you spend money in the _ those platforms. the worry is you spend money in the platforms i those platforms. the worry is you | spend money in the platforms and those platforms. the worry is you i spend money in the platforms and the case is they become like facebook in

a few years were no young people go on them. ., . a few years were no young people go on them. ., , ., on them. that is true and with the wa of on them. that is true and with the way of the — on them. that is true and with the way of the world, _ on them. that is true and with the way of the world, the _ on them. that is true and with the way of the world, the pace - on them. that is true and with the way of the world, the pace of- on them. that is true and with the i way of the world, the pace of change in technology is fast and these things will change but unfortunately platforms are news publishers need to head to these platforms while they are caught because this is where, as this report show, young people are hanging out and consuming news content but it is a tricky place for young people to use because trust in news is at an all—time low so that is a challenge that news publishers will battle again. that news publishers will battle aaain. �* ., . that news publishers will battle a.ain_ �* ., , ., that news publishers will battle aaain. �* ., ,., ., , that news publishers will battle a.ain_ �* ., ., , ., , again. and that is a worry that they aet news again. and that is a worry that they get news from _ again. and that is a worry that they get news from places _ again. and that is a worry that they get news from places which - again. and that is a worry that they get news from places which do i again. and that is a worry that they get news from places which do not| get news from places which do not have verified news which could have an impact and i suppose young people evenin an impact and i suppose young people even in generations gone by, potentially have not even been that interested in use anyway so what is the difference between generations 40 the difference between generations a0 years ago and today? the the difference between generations 40 years ago and today? the younger uenerations 40 years ago and today? the younger generations are _ 40 years ago and today? the younger generations are more _ 40 years ago and today? the younger generations are more than _ 40 years ago and today? the younger generations are more than ever - generations are more than ever interested in news content and i think this sort of news, as i mentioned, is different to them in terms of what their interest are. the compounding issues of

disinformation, misinformation, trust in news in general and these platforms, trust and the platforms themselves, has made it very challenging for people to be interested, particularly younger people in news content and there is a healthy level of scepticism now and they are more conscious than ever than what they can trust and what they cannot trust but platforms need to do a lot more which is what we are hopefully seeing with some of the regulations coming on in the years ahead. 50 the regulations coming on in the years ahead-— the regulations coming on in the ears ahead. ., ., ~ ., years ahead. so good to talk to you, thank ou years ahead. so good to talk to you, thank you for— years ahead. so good to talk to you, thank you for taking _ years ahead. so good to talk to you, thank you for taking the _ years ahead. so good to talk to you, thank you for taking the time - years ahead. so good to talk to you, thank you for taking the time to - thank you for taking the time to speak to us. italy's prime minister mario draghi has resigned. 0ur correspondent in rome has been given us the very latest reaction to today's developments. it latest reaction to today's developments.— latest reaction to today's develoments. ., , , , _ developments. it was supported by the majority _ developments. it was supported by the majority of _ developments. it was supported by the majority of italians, _ developments. it was supported by the majority of italians, one - developments. it was supported by the majority of italians, one or- developments. it was supported by the majority of italians, one or two| the majority of italians, one or two opinion polls and over the last few days, some 2000 mayors, business

leaders and unions had issued calls for mario draghi to remain, he had been found by leaders to give an under national standing —— international standing to remain. mario draghi has lasted 18 months, which is longer than the one year you normally expect. he becomes the 67th government to fall since the second world war in a country that is notoriously politically fracture sound a sense of what the newspapers here are saying, this is la stampa with the simple... single word shame talking about how some of the coalition partners in mario draghi's government brought it down and it is is the centre left newspaper la republica saying italy betrayed which gives a sense of the shock that many are feeling that this titan technocrat brought in last year to steady the ship, lead it to italy was my post pandemic recovery, his government suddenly has

collapsed after coalition partners wavered. �* ., ., �*, collapsed after coalition partners wavered. �* ., ., ., wavered. before we go, let's show ou some wavered. before we go, let's show you some pictures _ wavered. before we go, let's show you some pictures we _ wavered. before we go, let's show you some pictures we getting - wavered. before we go, let's showi you some pictures we getting from sri lanka. these are pictures of the new sri lankan prime minister being sworn in, ranilwickremesinghe. rising in, ranil wickremesinghe. rising fuel and in, ranilwickremesinghe. rising fuel and food prices have caused unrest in the country. the former prime minister has fled the country, mahinda rajapaksa, and is now in the maldives. the country now wants to negotiate with the imf to try and get money to get back on its feet. they have been so badly hit that the people there are absolutely desperate and this is the latest we are getting from sri lanka. and one more story to tell you before you go

and this is the coronavirus inquiry. we had a statement from baroness heather hallett who is conducting the inquiry and she has made a statement about the way in which she will do so saying the inquiry will be conducted as speedily as possible, so lessons can be learned before another pandemic strikes, she is of course the chairwoman of the probe and there will be some preliminary hearings in september, public hearing start in late spring 2023. she said she wishes anyone who wants to apply to become a core participant in that first module by august 16 with the first film no hearing set for september the 20th. she has given a statement and said given the breadth of my investigations, it will not be completed as quickly as some might like and that they will have time to analyse the evidence. that is the

covid inquiry in the uk getting off a start after many delays. more on that and so much soon but first let's get a look at the weather. tomasz schafernaker. the sunnier skies across northern, western and southern areas but even here hazy at times, perhaps one or two showers as well. temperatures in the middle of the afternoon around the middle of the afternoon around the middle of the afternoon around the mid 20s in the south are typically high teens, nudging to 20 celsius, so pleasant conditions out there but i mentioned a few showers, certainly over the course of the night, the south of the uk, spreading northwards, it will be quite muggy first thing on friday morning, 1a—17 c in many major towns and cities and then tomorrow the

possibility of thunderstorms developing in the south and in wales, the midlands, perhaps further north, too, but very hit and miss and of course we really do need the rain so any rainfall is good news, just not too much on a short space of time.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... foreign secretary liz truss and former chancellor rishi sunak go head to head over tax policy — as they set out their pitches to the members of the conservative party. the new leader will become the next prime minister. for the past two decades, there's been a consensus on our economic policy, and it hasn't delivered economic growth. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—burke over a number of serious and false allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order

to obtain an interview with princess diana. the home office response to the surge in people arriving in small boats across the english channel is "poor" and the "system is overwhelmed" — a report has warned. what has gone wrong is a refusal from the home office to transition from the home office to transition from an emergency response into a steady state of business as usual response. england's lionesses fight back to reach the semifinals of the euros — an extra—time time winner from georgia stanway sees them come from behind to beat spain. let's return to the conservative leadership contest. the final two have been decided. the former chancellor rishi sunak and the current foreign secretary liz truss will go head to head to win over the party membership to become the next leader and prime minister. earlier, i spoke to conservative mp george freeman who was helping run

penny mordaunt�*s leadership campaign about who he'll be backing now. i about who he'll be backing now. will be deciding or this i will be deciding on the basis of this core question about economics. and for me, at the heart of this, we have got to steer between, as your vote very nicely covered, this post—pandemic, post—ukraine work, global cost of living crisis across all supplies, and on the other hand mixer that we drive growth into our economy. in penny mordaunt�*s campaign, infrastructure, incentives, infrastructure and investment. for me, the absolute key is growth that doesn't drive up inflation. and the only growth that does that is small business growth, helping the little businesses, the survive this cost of living crisis

stop innovation increases productivity, innovation drives up, innovation creates the companies and growth. as a package of things we need,it growth. as a package of things we need, it isn't i don't think huge spending. tax cuts that drive innovation. what drives innovation is science and technology, supporting r entity. innovation is imortant supporting r entity. innovation is important to _ supporting r entity. innovation is important to you, _ supporting r entity. innovation is important to you, clearly. - supporting r entity. innovation is important to you, clearly. taking | supporting r entity. innovation is. important to you, clearly. taking a look at what these two candidates stand for, there is a clear divide between liz truss and what she is saying about cutting taxes and rishi sunak and what he is saying about how he will keep inflation under control. where do you stand in terms of the economy? where do you believe the truth lies? i of the economy? where do you believe the truth lies?— the truth lies? i think most of your viewers will _ the truth lies? i think most of your viewers will see _ the truth lies? i think most of your viewers will see that _ the truth lies? i think most of your viewers will see that actually - the truth lies? i think most of your| viewers will see that actually these two candidates are going... we are going to have to control inflation. rishi sunak is right, margaret thatcher is right. we have to

control inflation. but equally, i think liz truss is right that we have got to do a little bit more to support the small businesses, the self employed and the innovation sector. i don't agree with liz truss that huge unfunded tax cuts to drive some sort of consumer boom is going to work, either in terms of seeing off inflation. as your purchased suggested. unless it is targeted at small businesses, the innovators and high—growth companies, it won't work. that is why for me the central conversation i'm having today and tomorrow with the two candidates is what are you prepared to do on science and technology and research and innovation. we are home to some extraordinary sectors. from al to quantum to fusion, two life science in, agri— tech, but we are not doing enough to support them. we are very good at discovery, terrible at our

entity. we have 1.5% of gdp into our entity. we have 1.5% of gdp into our entity. switzerland, 3.6. israel, a.2. we have got to do more... do 4.2. we have got to do more... do ou 4.2. we have got to do more... do you think the people at home struggling to pay for petrol and food are going to be interested in our entity right now? what food are going to be interested in our entity right now?— our entity right now? what they should be interested _ our entity right now? what they should be interested in - our entity right now? what they should be interested in is - our entity right now? what they should be interested in is an - should be interested in is an economic model that creates jobs and prosperity is and revenues for the treasury. and that is why this autumn i think the budget needs to be focused on those that are most struggling with cost of living. that is why in the penny budget campaign we put in that fuel duty cut. we have to help people get through this crisis. rishi sunak has good heritage on that site actually. but we have two lady foundations for a prosperous stable economy. let’s prosperous stable economy. let's brina ou prosperous stable economy. let's bring you some — prosperous stable economy. let's bring you some breaking news in the past few minutes. this is official figures released today from the

official office of national statistics showing that the number of rapes recorded by the police in england and wales from the year to march 2022 was the highest ever at 70,333. in the three month period to march 2022, that is three months, the number of people charged with rape in england and wales rose from 550 to 6a3, an increase of nearly 17% according to the crown prosecution service. it says that over the years there has been a rise of almost 63% in rape prosecutions, at 2537. there was a drop of nearly 2.5% in the conviction rate. it was down to 68%. the other figures i told you earlier shows that the number of rapes recorded reached its highest ever level. those figures coming in from the cps and the office for national statistics. more of that on our website, and we will bring you more of that later in the

programme as well. a report has found the home office response to dealing with migrant crossings is both ineffective and inefficient — exposing gaps in security procedures, leaving vulnerable migrants at risk. inspectors found the response to the challenge of dealing with increasing numbers of arrivals was "poor". the report by the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, david neal, made four recommendations — all of which the home office has accepted. he'd previously said he was "increasingly frustrated" that the home office had been sitting on his findings for months. a little earlier, i asked mr neal if the delay in the report's publication would impact his recommendations, which he said were time sensitive. if it is taking five months to repeat the report, which is pretty unsatisfactory. it's a real shame that it has been subsequently sat on from the subsequent five months.

having returned to westernjett foil in may, it is quite clear that the home office were progressing many of the recommendations. but the response from the home office today rather shows a response of there is nothing to see here, we have dealt with all of the things, it is all historical. the detail showing that those absconding from hotels, 57 missing arejust absconding from hotels, 57 missing are just a few weeks. two thirds of those who were missing had no photos and no fingerprints taken from them. i mean, that is really rather worrying, isn't it? given that we are supposed to be controlling their own borders right now. just are supposed to be controlling their own borders right now.— own borders right now. just to add to that, own borders right now. just to add to that. on — own borders right now. just to add to that, on average _ own borders right now. just to add to that, on average those -

to that, on average those individuals were in those hotels for 16 days on average. what do you think has gone wrong here? well, i think what's gone wrong is a refusal from the home office to transition from an emergency response into a steady state of business as usual response. you talk about the home office, and of course the home secretary has in the past been seen to deliberately avoid any statutory checks on her performance. she didn't appear before the home affairs select committees on rwanda or policing. do you have any idea where she is? i've not met the home secretary and i couldn't comment on where she is. do you find it extraordinary that

you have not met her, being in the job since march 2021? i find it frustrating that i've not met her because i think, you know, publishing a report like we've done today, an evidence—based report, i think that the home secretary should speak to me and i think, you know, i have good experience to offer. i spent over 20 years in the military. and i think she recruited me because of my background and because of my experience and my ability to come to a view on what's occurring in the migration and borders system. and i'm surprised that she has not chosen to speak to me. if you were sat here with her, what would you be saying to her right now? i would be discussing the report, i would be discussing the future, i would be discussing leadership within the home office, i would be giving her my views on the alexander downer report that was published yesterday and how that affects border force, for example. our home editor, mark easton, said this report raises a number of serious concerns about how the home office operates. i think there are questions about how the — i think there are questions about how the independent scrutiny of the home _ how the independent scrutiny of the home office has been operating over the past _ home office has been operating over the past few years. as you said in

your— the past few years. as you said in your questions, she was due to appear— your questions, she was due to appear before the home affairs committee, which is a body they are setup _ committee, which is a body they are set up by— committee, which is a body they are set up by parliament in order to keep— set up by parliament in order to keepan— set up by parliament in order to keep an eye on what the home secretary— keep an eye on what the home secretary is doing. she was supposed to be seeing them last week, she had the last— to be seeing them last week, she had the last minute said she couldn't appean — the last minute said she couldn't appear. she was then told she should appear— appear. she was then told she should appear this _ appear. she was then told she should appear this week. she didn't appear on that _ appear this week. she didn't appear on that. and i think there are questions. _ on that. and i think there are questions, because obviously this is the last— questions, because obviously this is the tast day— questions, because obviously this is the last day before parliament goes into recess for the summer. this was the very— into recess for the summer. this was the very last — into recess for the summer. this was the very last opportunity, in the last couple of days, for people to hold the — last couple of days, for people to hold the home secretary to account. and there _ hold the home secretary to account. and there are plenty of people saying — and there are plenty of people saying where is she? why is she not answering _ saying where is she? why is she not answering some really quite serious questions _ answering some really quite serious questions. you heard david neil refer— questions. you heard david neil refer to — questions. you heard david neil refer to the alexander downer report which _ refer to the alexander downer report which was _ refer to the alexander downer report which was released yesterday. also covering _ which was released yesterday. also covering the small boats crisis in the channel, also reflecting on the inefficiency of that system and saying — inefficiency of that system and saying that actually the actions of border— saying that actually the actions of border force may have been counter—productive. in other words, you may— counter—productive. in other words,

you may have made the situation worse _ you may have made the situation worse. alexander downer was a former leader— worse. alexander downer was a former leader of— worse. alexander downer was a former leader of australia's liberal party, hand—picked by priti patel to do this review, and he was very much in favour— this review, and he was very much in favour of— this review, and he was very much in favour of very — this review, and he was very much in favour of very strict migration controls — favour of very strict migration controls and off shoring in australia, and yet his view of border— australia, and yet his view of border force was that it was really not operating properly at all and needed — not operating properly at all and needed proper leadership from the top. needed proper leadership from the top in _ needed proper leadership from the top in the — needed proper leadership from the top. in the last few days, i think we have — top. in the last few days, i think we have seen very significant criticism _ we have seen very significant criticism of the home office and its systems— criticism of the home office and its systems and what has been going on. from those _ systems and what has been going on. from those that have been hand—picked by the home office to offer words of wisdom, and indeed the chief— offer words of wisdom, and indeed the chief inspector who, as we have heard, _ the chief inspector who, as we have heard, has— the chief inspector who, as we have heard, has still not met the home secretary— heard, has still not met the home secretary despite having been in office _ secretary despite having been in office for— secretary despite having been in office for 18 months. people with the bleeding disorder haemophilia b have effectively been cured,

according to british doctors. they say gene therapy — delivered through a single injection — could be available within the next three years. the treatment corrects a genetic defect that stops blood clotting. i asked our health reporter smitha mundasad to explain the impact of haemophilia on people's lives. haemophilia can be quite a serious condition. it's really a group of conditions that, because of a genetic fault, mean that people don't have a certain clotting factor, a protein in their blood — and this protein can be crucial. say, if you have a small cut or you bump into something. these proteins help you stop bleeding, stop that excessive bleeding. now, with people who have the most severe form of haemophilia, this means they have to have weekly injections at the moment. sometimes twice a week, three times a week. to help prevent severe bleeds. but even with these injections, some people still get really bad bleeding in theirjoints, really painful arthritis, and really have to live with his everyday risk of thinking about what activities

they might do, what ones might be too risky for them. so this small trial is going to be really welcome news for these particular people with a severe form of haemophilia. it sounds horrible. what exactly is this cure going to do? this gene therapy — in this trial there were nine out of ten patients who had this single shot of gene therapy, no longer needed these weekly injections. so doctors are saying that is hugely transformative. how the gene therapy works — it uses inactivated virus, a harmless virus, as a kind of postman to deliver the gene that they're missing into the body, into the liver. once there, it acts as a set of instructions to make that missing protein. so, for nine out of these ten people, they were making enough of this protein that they no longer needed these injections and many of them could go about their life as normal. but it is just a trial of ten people, so now they're going to have to do a larger trail involving more people, and there are still some

questions with whether it's going to end up in the nhs. first of all, they will have to think about the side—effects. if this trial is successful in the next 3—a years, they'll also have to think about cost. this could be quite an expensive medication. that obviously will have to be balanced against these weekly injections, which are very costly in themselves. the headlines on bbc news... foreign secretary liz truss and former chancellor rishi sunak go head to head over tax policy — as they set out their pitches to the members of the conservative party. the new leader will become the next prime minister. the bbc has apologised to the former royal nanny tiggy legge—burke over a number of serious and false allegations made against her by panorama reporter martin bashir in order to obtain an interview with princess diana. the home office response to the surge in people arriving in small boats across the english channel is "poor" and the "system is overwhelmed" —

a report has warned. russia says its military focus in ukraine is no longer only in the east of the country. it comes as the us announced it would provide ukraine with more long—range weapons. james waterhouse reports from kyiv. many will argue that this has been vladimir putin's goal all along by the very fact that he wanted to take the whole of ukraine in this so—called "special military operation" back in february. he was forced to revise his objectives when invading forces were both overstretched, plagued with supply issues, but met with stiff ukrainian resistance. then the kremlin said, "right, our priority is going to be the eastern donbas region". but this week i think we've learned that russia's ambitions have not shrunk by any stretch. vladimir putin's number two, sergei lavrov, russia's foreign minister, has said their geographical goals could expand beyond

the donbas region into regions like zaporizhzhia or kherson, which have been long occupied during this war. he blames the supply of western long—range weapons like missiles, but i think you just need to look at what russia has taken — a fifth of ukraine and counting. they seem to be retaining a tight grip. the warning from the west is that they're trying to consolidate by staging sham referendums around issues like independence, and it's clear that they don't want to take a backward step in that regard. and as ever, the overarching question of whether vladimir putin will stop at 20% still isn't clear. for now, the margins of gain, the gains that russia are making are slim and they are costly — also for the ukrainians, so while the war is getting static, the ambitions remain. dozens of families around

the uk are dealing with the aftermath of losing their homes in wildfires that started during the record—breaking heatwave. 15 areas around the country declared a major incident when fires broke out. laura tra nt reports. what looks like scenes from a hollywood movie are real—life horror stories. across the country, communities, including here in dagenham, are coming to terms with the destruction of the wildfires. gutted. totally gutted. my daughter was born there. i've been there for nearly 27 years. it's the first house i actually sat down and settled in. i'm just totally gobsmacked. i'm gutted. i don't know what i'm going to do now. you see this on tv, but you don't expect it to happen in real life. down the road in wennington on the eastern edge of london, families are having to cope with the fire damage and having to explain to children about losing their homes. i waited until i got

to my mum's and we knew that my husband was safe, and then i sat down with the children and told them that we'd lost our home. my kids are upset that they've lost their favourite teddy bears that they've had since they were babies. and if my children are feeling that, the other children of the fires in rainham and dagenham yesterday are going to be feeling it, too. the charred remains that tell a chilling tale of a nursery in the walnut tree area of milton keynes. but staff say they are determined to rebuild. we are the heart of walnut tree. i've been at the nursery 23 years, so we are the heart, and we will be back, and we will find temporary accommodation in the meantime, which is what we're just dealing with with our parents at the moment. all of the children and staff were safely evacuated from their nursery, but it's a lot for them to take in. some haven't really mentioned anything yet. others are sort of more concerned that they can't see their friends more than anything. and then others are, you know, just worried because they thought the staff lived

at the nursery, bless them! in norfolk, housemates patrick and annabel are living amongst the destruction. their house escaped the flames, but the building next to them didn't. in the back of our gardens, it kind of seems like a war zone, to be honest. the police have cordoned off the road as well, making sure people are all right. just kind of everything is chaotic, really, and you come down in the morning, you think, "i hope it was a dream" but the reality, yeah, everything was a mess. in boston in lincolnshire, residents spent another night away from their homes after these flats were destroyed. although some flats escaped the worst of the damage, there are questions about how structurally sound they are. we have some kit inside the building, but we won't be able to retrieve that because it's not safe to go in and fetch it. and so we have to look at then the impact of that on neighbouring buildings as well.

in barnsley in south yorkshire, at least four homes on woodlands drive have been completely demolished by the fires, including dave cooper's parents' house. there's some personal things that we've lost that were sentimental to us. this was my parents' house. so, you know... but possessions, they can be replaced. but everybody�*s safe. that's the main thing. everybody�*s safe and everybody�*s well. i think the neighbours have all come together really good. fire brigades across the country are urging people not to light barbecues or bonfires, and to avoid dropping cigarettes. the ground is so dry, the smallest spark can cause a massive fire. laura trant, bbc news. pebbled, stony beaches aren't necessarily great for wheelchair users — but seaton in devon is leading the way when it comes to disabled access. a track has been built on the beach for wheelchair and mobility scooter users to get closer to the water. kirk england has been

to see how it works. i don't feel different. i feel like everybody else. if i want to go to the beach and read a book and have a coffee, then i can get on the beach and do that, and i haven't got to think about it. well, it's an amazing location, but seaton beach hasn't always been accessible for everybody. but it is now, because of this. this special track that has just been put down, and it was the idea of nicki. nicki, why did you want to do it? i wanted something for everybody to get on the beach and be able to use. coming down to the beach, you know, with my family, i was stuck up on the promenade while they were on the beach. so, you were up here while they were down there? yeah. how did that feel? it made me feel not part... i wanted to be part of it.

nicki, who has multiple sclerosis, started her campaign for better beach access at seaton just a year ago. it'sjust amazing, and to get her down on the beach... we always walk along the promenade, didn't we? but to get her down on the beach, it'sjust special. itjust feels warming. it's heart—warming. she'sjust amazing, what she's done, as well. the scheme has been paid for by the local district and town councils. we recognise that the demographic in seaton is such that we have got lots of people that have mobility issues or are disabled, and i think it's really important that they should have the same opportunity to use and enjoy the beach as able—bodied people can. it's a pilot project for the summer, but there's already talk of it becoming a permanent feature. if the scheme's well used and we get good feedback from everyone, then, yeah, i can't see why not, and maybe even extend it even further. nicki is seaton born and bred, and she loves where she lives. and thanks to her new track,

she and others can now enjoy even more of it. kirk england, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz schafernaker. afairamount of a fair amount of cloud today but still quite warm. one thing many of us are hoping for is rain bearing clouds, and there is not enough a lot of rain in the forecast for today or tomorrow apart from hit and miss showers, perhaps thunderstorms with local downpours. but nothing widespread. it is very dry out there, the land is very scorched in many areas. here are the temperatures this afternoon. mid 20s in the south—east, typically high teens, perhaps 21 in the lowlands of scotland. showers, perhaps thunderstorms may occur in a few areas through the course of this evening. but more especially tomorrow, from morning onwards across parts of wales, the midlands.

and quite a muggy start to friday, around six or7am. and quite a muggy start to friday, around six or 7am. temperatures will be 17 degrees in cardiff and london, around 15 in the north—west of england. let's pick up on the showers tomorrow. you can see around wales, parts of the midlands, but many areas that are very, very dry miss them all together. very difficult to pinpoint where they are actually going to be. to my�*s temperatures will be a little lower, perhaps the low 20s across the south of the country. and no higher than 17 in newcastle and 15 in aberdeen. the forecast for the weekend, then. an area of low pressure that will be approaching us, more unsettled conditions here and some welcome rain. to the south, high pressure. what this know is going to do is tap into some warmer air across the continent here and push it in our direction. through the weekend, there will be a gradual rise in the temperatures across the south and the east whilst many western and northern areas are in this more

unsettled spell of weather. so cloud and welcome rain, of course. the temperatures on saturday, 26 in london, easily high 20s across parts of east anglia as well. and this process continues into sunday with the low pressure moving in. i think the low pressure moving in. i think the wettest weather will be in the north—west of the uk. we really need more rain in further south. wherever you are, have a great day.

today at 1:00pm, liz truss pledges to cut taxes she criticised the economic policies of her leadership rival when he was chancellor and says they were not good for the country. i also think it's very wrong to raise corporation taxes just at the time we need to be attracting investment into our country, getting more businesses going, levelling up all parts of the united kingdom. we should not be raising taxes. we'll have all the latest from westminster. also this lunchtime... the bbc is to pay damages to prince charles' former personal assistant over claims made about her to secure a panorama interview with princess diana. families across the uk count the cost of losing their homes in this week's wildfires. no ordinary telescope — for the first time, scientists will be able to detect the smashing

together of neutron stars.