this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. indefensible — a congressional committee condems the inactions of former us president donald trump after hearing evidence that he made no attempt at calming rioters who stormed capitol hill last january. donald trump made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office, to ignore the ongoing violence against law enforcement, to threaten our constitutional order. it was essentially him giving the green light to these people, telling them that what they were doing at the steps of the capitol and entering the capitol was ok, that they were justified in theiranger.

he shouldn't have been doing that. a critical incident is declared at the british port of dover as holiday—makers face queues for hours for border checks, with the uk blaming french staff for the delays. the french border officers, they didn't turn up to work. they were supposed to be fully manning all of the passport control booths to meet at the holiday surge. hundreds of police in riot gear storm the main anti—government protest camp in the sri lankan capital, colombo, tearing down tents and beating demonstrators. turkey says a deal has been agreed by ukraine and russia which will allow the resumption of grain to be exported from the black sea. tens of thousands of patients in england turned to private treatment late last year as hospital waiting lists started to climb with some even taking out loans pay for procedures. also coming up: despite a tough year, team gb�*s dina asher—smith makes it back onto the podium after winning bronze at the world athletics championships in an incredible 200 metres final.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. i'm chris rogers. an inquiry has heard ex—us president donald trump watched last year's capitol riot on tv at the white house, ignoring his aides who begged him to rebuke the mob. the house of representatives select committee used its eighth hearing of the summer to draw a timeline of the former president's activities on the day. they heard mr trump did not place a single call to law enforcement, was motivated by a selfish desire to stay in power, and ignored advice from his team and children who wanted him to call off the rioters.

but mr trump has described the hearings as illegally—constituted. he's also accused the committee of unfairly targeting him — and made up stories". our washington correspondent, nomia iqbal, has more. the election is now over. congress has certified the results. i don't want to say. the election's over... this is a president struggling to condemn an attack on us democracy. donald trump appears frustrated as he gives a scripted speech to americans the day after the deadly riots. it was shown at the committee's latest hearing. they say mr trump was reluctant to condemn his supporters who swarmed the capitol. they focused on a crucial time period, 187 minutes, the moment mr trump told his supporters to challengejoe biden�*s election victory. .. we're going to walk| down to the capitol. ..to when he told them to go home. we love you. you're very special.

the committee says he should have done something sooner. president trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes between leaving the ellipse and telling the mob to go home. he chose not to act. the whole number of electors appointed... when he did act, they say it was to criticise his vice president, mike pence, for not backing him. he had to be evacuated from the capitol. if we're going to leave, we need to do it now. that led to two of his loyal aides quitting theirjobs shortly after the riots. the resignation statement that i drafted, i referenced this and i said, "our nation needs a peaceful transfer of power," in hopes that it would put some sort of public pressure on the white house and president trump to publicly agree to an orderly transition. the committee will return in september, but they can't bring any charges against mr trump. only the department ofjustice can do that. will these hearings ultimately

damage donald trump? some polls suggest that more americans do partly blame him for what happened that day, but he is widely tipped to run again for the white house in 2024, and there's no concrete evidence yet that his supporters are ready to turn their back on him. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. earlier i spoke to lord darroch, who's a former uk ambassador to the us, and was in washington during the obama and trump administrations. i began by asking him how likely a prosecution could be. some of the members of this congressional committee are arguing there is enough to bring a criminal case against the former president for conspiracy to defraud the american people. there is enough evidence. i think the department ofjustice will have to be very cautious about this. the worst outcome would be to bring a prosecution and then to fail, turning the former president

into a martyr. this is the biden administration, or it would be them launching a criminal case against the president of the previous administration. this is unprecedented and bound to be deeply divisive. i'm not saying it would happen but i think they would want to be very careful about this. it is strongly suspected by commentators that donald trump will say he wants to run for president again. that is a bit of a way off but the midterms are coming very soon. this is all about timing, isn't it? there are hints from the former president that he might declare as early as this autumn, which would be exceptionally early for a candidate to declare for 2024, but i think he has two problems — one about whether this does turn into a criminal prosecution for him and secondly there is a younger potential republican candidate called ron desantis, governor of florida,

who according to opinion polls is now level pegging, neck and neck with the former president and i think what trump wants is an unopposed nomination. i'm not sure it will be like that. i'm personally sceptical he will be the republican 2024 candidate but there is no question he is interested and thinks he would have a chance of a second term at the presidency. does it concern you if he does that, what that might mean for the war in ukraine, should it sadly still be continuing by the time he is back in power, and what it might mean for nato and the security of the world? it does concerns me. he was on public record as strongly critical of nato, saying it was essentially a scam by europe to get america to pay for its defence.

there are reports that were he to win a second term, one of his objectives would be to take the us out of nato. now, just reports, i don't know if they're true but he was certainly deeply critical of it. he also avoided ever criticising vladimir putin while he was president and his first reaction to putin's invasion of ukraine was that he was doing it in a very smart way. that was how he first reacted although he has wound back on this a bit. i think a second trump presidency would be potentially very damaging for the western alliance and the western position in ukraine. former uk ambassador to the us, lord darroch, speaking to me earlier. a critical incident has been declared at the uk port of dover and officials are urging passengers to stay away because of long delays at border control. holidaymakers are facing hours of queues and freight is being stacked up on the main approach routes to dover.

bosses at dover say they are deeply frustrated, and that resources at the french border overnight and early this morning have been woefully inadequate to meet predicted demand. they say they will continue to work with all kent partners to look after those caught up in the current situation — and play our part in resolving it as soon as possible. earlier our correspondent, simonjones, explained why british travellers are facing such long delays. the situation, as i understand, is this morning only six of the 12 passport booths run by french authorities have been opened and we expect thousands of holiday—makers through the port today. it was always going to be a hugely busy day given it is the start of the school holidays for many families. the port of dover says french authorities simply have not stepped up. i understand from sources that there are potentially issues with covid sickness which is why not all the passport booths are open but the

report says it has been planning with the french over a course of months about how best to cope with the influx of tourists, many people wanting to get away for the first time since travel restrictions have been lifted in the wake of the pandemic, which is why purported so furious the situation has become so chaotic this morning. it is very, very unusualfor the port chaotic this morning. it is very, very unusual for the port to declare a major incident because at the moment once people actually get to the port they face queues of around four hours to get through border checks because the french border checks because the french border checks take place on uk soil before people make the journey to france. then there are queues of miles for people trying to get to the port in the first place. lorry drivers are being caught up in this, part of the m20 has to be used as a giant lorry park for all the freights that cannot get over because tourist traffic gets prioritised in a

situation like this which is why there is so much anger in dover because this was expected in terms of the numbers but it seems that the preparation has not been there all has simply been ignored.- preparation has not been there all has simply been ignored. either way one wonders — has simply been ignored. either way one wonders whether _ has simply been ignored. either way one wonders whether we _ has simply been ignored. either way one wonders whether we will - has simply been ignored. either way one wonders whether we will see i has simply been ignored. either way i one wonders whether we will see more and more of this, we have had problems at the airports too and it is simply due to a lack of staff following so many people leaving companies and various border controls and what have you because they moved on, they found another job, they were furloughed, there was nothing for them to do and what wonders how long this will continue, especially over the summer. == wonders how long this will continue, especially over the summer.- especially over the summer. -- and one wonders- _ especially over the summer. -- and one wonders. you _ especially over the summer. -- and one wonders. you have _ especially over the summer. -- and one wonders. you have to - especially over the summer. -- and one wonders. you have to add - one wonders. you have to add particular factors, one wonders. you have to add particularfactors, p&0 ferries are still not running at full capacity. you may recall they fired 800 staff earlier this year, replacing them with cheaper agency staff and one of the ferries is still not running. and you now have extra checks after

brexit so anyone going through those french border controls has to have their passports stamped, that was not the case before brexit so that is adding to the time it takes to get through the port and a few seconds stamping those passports can lead to queues building. we have seen a similar situation, we saw it at half term and easter, when we had at half term and easter, when we had a couple of days of chaos at east because when you add the tourist traffic, a certain influx of people wanting to go on holiday, you add that to the daily freight traffic thenit that to the daily freight traffic then it seems the port, with these extra checks, simply cannot cope with numbers. there is not much space at dover so when there are problems there is not much land to stack these cards wanting to get across, you don't really have space to stack lorries, which is why it takes a small thing to go wrong such as today, such as not be of staff in

the passport control booths, then simply things grind to a halt and you get a situation of miles miles of tailbacks which starts to affect not just the of tailbacks which starts to affect notjust the port but of tailbacks which starts to affect not just the port but the of tailbacks which starts to affect notjust the port but the whole surrounding area.— surrounding area. simon jones re ”ortin surrounding area. simon jones reporting earlier— surrounding area. simon jones reporting earlier as _ surrounding area. simon jones reporting earlier as that - surrounding area. simon jones i reporting earlier as that incident unfolded in dover. earlier, i spoke to the mp for dover, natalie elphicke, about what was happening. this is the busiest holiday getaway weekend, everybody has been planning really hard for it to try to make sure we do not have these delays which have now occurred. what has happened is quite simply french border officers did not turn up to work, they were meant to be fully manning all of the passport control booths to meet the holiday surge and they did not, so that is why we have these huge delays and why we are seeing people stuck in traffic when they should be on their way to enjoy a much deserved getaway break. what usually happens on this big weekend getaway? it is notjust this year, it happens all the time. does this happen every year?

there have been weeks of planning, with the kent resilience forum, the kent police, the port of dover and the french. at the most senior level, the transport secretary has spoken to his counterpart and rightly everybody has been gearing up for what we knew would be a huge getaway weekend, particularly with the problems we have seen at airports, so this has been planned for and the french had agreed they would make sure there was a proper capacity at the border control posts at the port of dover, this has not happened, they did not turn up to work in the numbers they were meant to and as i understand right now after pressure has been put on them by the foreign office and the transport secretary, the french are bringing emergency border police direct to the port of dover to try to start to man those booths and start to clear that backlog. this isjust a nightmare, families who have had a really tough couple of years because of the pandemic,

many saving hard to go on holiday, they are with their kids, they have broken up from school and they cannot get anywhere by plane, boat or even rail over the last few days. has grant shapps really got this under control? how will he get families notjust to holidays but maybe weddings and funerals and to see loved ones that they have not seen for a while, it is really important for people. absolutely. it has been such a tough year and people really want those holidays, but i would encourage people to enjoy our white cliffs and heritage coast and enjoy all we have to offer in the uk. for people who want that special trip abroad it is vital they are prepared for the traffic situation. help is being deployed along the kent roads, but people should be making precautions, taking water with them, make sure they stop at regular

intervals where they can with young and elderly people who need particular care. it is a very serious situation, a critical incident and it is vital people look after themselves and their families. at dover itself, as i understand, the french are putting emergency border people, they are deploying them to dover but it will take time to ease through these traffic delays of what we knew was going to be the busiest weekend of the year so far. i willjust bring you some breaking news reaching us, we are hearing prince harry, the duke of sussex, has won a bid to bring part of his high court claim against the government and the home office over his security arrangements while in the united kingdom. to give you background, prince harry has been taking legal action over a decision

not to allow him to pay for metropolitan police protection while on a visitor from america, north america, to the uk, protection for him and his family. he argues he is at risk from far right extremists, possibly terror attacks as well. this overturns a decision in february 2020 that the protection of royal and public figures would no longer be given at the same degree while visiting the uk. this of course stems back to prince harry's decision to quit official royal duties and to start a new life with his family abroad. there has been lots of arguments and disagreements over how and if security of any height should be funded for the couple and to buy, but this is particularly about his security —— it security of any kind should be

funded. so prince harry has in part had some success in his legal challenge over whether his police protection should go ahead while in the uk and he should be allowed to pay for that, he will now be allowed to challenge the british government. we will get more reaction to that in the course of the day on bbc news. let's turn our attention to grain, we all needed to wherever we live, and it is in short supply. —— we all need it, wherever we live. turkey says a deal has been reached to allow ukraine to resume exports of grain through the black sea. it it is expected to be signed later today in istanbul by ukraine, russia, turkey and the un secretary general antonio guterres. russia is currently blocading ports along the southern ukrainian coast line — leading to a worldwide rise in food prices. under the deal, russia would agree to a truce at sea to allow grain to be moved — and turkey would inspect ships to ensure they are not carrying any weapons. 0ur correspondent anna foster has been giving us more details.

i think a lot of people will ask the same question, that is why when this deal is signed, and i say "when" with a bit of hesitation because the ukrainians had said they are unsure that this will go ahead until pen and paper have met, but the turks are very confident the deal will be signed this afternoon and i think when people look at the details they will be looking for a framework, looking for conditions and crucially looking to see what is in place in terms of sanctions or punishment if one party breaks their side of the deal. we are told these details have been discussed and when the deal�*s signed that we will be told more information, but that is what a lot of people have been looking at. this conflict is into its sixth month and understandably there is not a great deal of love lost between the countries involved, so there is a lot of nervousness and tension and those things will need to be taken into account in the body and text of this deal.

there is a terrible famine in eastern africa at the moment, here in the uk we can see the cost of so little grain and how that is affecting food prices, this is critical, the need for this grain, is that why russia is needed for this or do they hope to get something else out of it? -- is —— is this why russia has agreed to this? i think there has been a lot of pressure from the un on russia to make this deal happen, as you identify this is unexpected. —— as you identify, this is on a spectrum. looking at the uk and the prices we are paying in supermarkets, things are becoming much more expensive than a cost of living crisis but looking at africa and the middle east where grain is made into bread, it is a staple food, the only food really which feeds the very poorest in society, it is notjust the cost but the supply. looking at countries like syria, lebanon and egypt, they are not in a position to replace that grain and get it from somewhere else because they do not have the spending power to bring it in now it is more expensive, it is the difference of not

being able to eat at all so this is crucial on so many levels and why so much effort has been put in to hopefully make it a success. you might not have the answer to this but i have to ask, how much of a difference to you think this deal, should it go through, should it work, how much of a difference do you think it will lead to? it should potentially make a huge difference, you talk about the grain sitting in 0desa, 20 million tonnes of it. ukraine provides about 10% of the world's grain, it is a big player in the market and before the war began many people did not realise quite how crucial it was when it came to that supply, if that can be unlocked and we are led to believe that they really want to try to get things moving as fast as they possibly can, we are talking about ships and they do not move quickly but if we know the suppliers are on their way, it might lower the prices and have a really significant impact.

0ur diplomatic correspondent paul adams is in kyiv and gave us his assessment of how negotiations might go. well, i think there's a high level of scepticism and anxiety about whether this thing will be signed in istanbul today. as the turks are promising. i think it looks likely that it will go ahead. but i think, you know, such is the nature of this conflict, which is now in its sixth months that no one is going to really count on it happening until it is actually ink drying on the paper and until, frankly, they see it working out in practice, because this is going to be a highly complex set of arrangements involving lots of players and crucially, a high level of trust and faith on the part of warring parties, russia and ukraine, to make sure that it actually works. there is plenty in it for both sides.

ukraine obviously has a vested interest in being able to export the 20 million tonnes of grain that is stuck in silos in and around the 0desa region. russia also has an interest in making the export of its own agricultural products through the black sea easier than it is right now. and so there is plenty in it for both sides, but they are two countries at war and that war is not pausing, it is not stopping. and so there's plenty that could still go wrong. the public accounts committee — which examines the value for money of government projects in the uk — has raised concerns about the home office's aim to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers for england and wales. the uk government promised that the additional 20,000 officers would help to cut crime, get criminals off the street and keep people safe — but the committee says the focus to date has just been "on getting people through the door." let's now speak to rick muir, director of the uk police foundation, an independent

policing think tank. thanks forjoining us, rick. what they mean byjust getting people through the door? i they mean byjust getting people through the door?— they mean byjust getting people through the door? i think the rush has been on _ through the door? i think the rush has been on the _ through the door? i think the rush has been on the numbers, - through the door? i think the rush has been on the numbers, the - through the door? i think the rush l has been on the numbers, the focus of this recruitment campaign, everybody welcomes the additional officers but really the prime minister set a target of an extra 20,000 to replace the 20,000 since 2010, they set a three to four year timetable and there has been a rush to get the numbers recruited and relatively little thought, i think, given to the mix of skills and people that we actually need. i think it has turned into a bit of a numbers game. but think it has turned into a bit of a numbers game-— numbers game. but you are not suggesting — numbers game. but you are not suggesting they _ numbers game. but you are not suggesting they are _ numbers game. but you are not suggesting they are not - numbers game. but you are not suggesting they are not sticking numbers game. but you are not i suggesting they are not sticking to the promise, they will not reach that target? it is a good thing, we will have more police officers, right? it will have more police officers, riuht? , . will have more police officers, ritht? , ., will have more police officers, riuht? , ., ., right? it is a good thing and i think the government - right? it is a good thing and i think the government will. right? it is a good thing and i i think the government will reach right? it is a good thing and i - think the government will reach the targets, i always felt the target

was a bit wrong—headed, i think firstly we should have had a review of what mix of skills and people we needin of what mix of skills and people we need in the police work. before rushing to recruit 20,000 by the deadline, —— we need in the police work force before rushing to recruit. to be want them to patrol the streets, to deal with serious and organised crime, to investigate online child sexual abuse? to answer that question you need to recruit different people with different skills, we should have asked that question first rather than rushing to meet a numerical target. bare question first rather than rushing to meet a numericaltarget. to meet a numerical target. are you su: atestin to meet a numerical target. are you suggesting these — to meet a numerical target. are you suggesting these officers _ to meet a numerical target. are you suggesting these officers might - to meet a numerical target. are you suggesting these officers might not| suggesting these officers might not be trained enough or we are not getting officers trained in particular areas where we need to learn? i particular areas where we need to learn? ~ ., learn? i think we need more generalist — learn? i think we need more generalist entry-level - learn? i think we need more - generalist entry-level constables, generalist entry—level constables, thatis generalist entry—level constables, that is true, because there are lots of police functions, responding to 999 calls, neighbourhood policing where we need generalist constables and we need the numbers dealing with

emergencies, but there are skills gaps in other parts of the police workforce, we are 7000 detective short of where we need to be at this recruitment campaign will not help with that because it will take a long time for constables to specialise into investigatory work, for example, so we need to do more to see if we can get in more detectives are my criticism is we are not focused on other more specialist skills gaps that currently exist. [30 specialist skills gaps that currently exist.— specialist skills gaps that currently exist. specialist skills gaps that currentl exist. ., ., , currently exist. do you have any concerns about _ currently exist. do you have any concerns about diversity? - currently exist. do you have any concerns about diversity? this l currently exist. do you have any i concerns about diversity? this was a olden concerns about diversity? this was a golden opportunity to try _ concerns about diversity? this was a golden opportunity to try to - concerns about diversity? this was a golden opportunity to try to make i golden opportunity to try to make sure the police workforces more representative of the population and generally it has not achieved that so far. there is a bit of improvement, we have seen some success recently in recruiting more asian officers but no progress in terms of recruiting more black officers, the black community has released trust and confidence in the police compared to other groups in society so therefore we really need to recruit more black officers, that

will really take time and because we have been rushing to meet this target we have not been able to do the focused outreach we need to recruit those from underrepresented groups. the recruit those from underrepresented irou s. ., , . ., groups. the home office might argue dan if ou groups. the home office might argue danty if you do. _ groups. the home office might argue danty if you do, damned _ groups. the home office might argue danty if you do, damned if _ groups. the home office might argue danty if you do, damned if you - danty if you do, damned if you don't, we have had years of cuts and now we are talking about reaching a target of 20,000 but it is still not right —— damned if you do, damned if you don't. do you have concerns about whether people want to work for the police. couldn't wejust about whether people want to work for the police. couldn't we just do it again, recruit another ten or 20,000 that look at those areas? there are limits to the numbers you can recruit, there are financial factors but also the police is competing with other sectors in a tight labour market. so competing with other sectors in a tight labour market.— tight labour market. so you think this is a missed _ tight labour market. so you think this is a missed opportunity? i i this is a missed opportunity? i think we should have looked hard at the skills gaps we need to, at the diversity issue, we should have taken more time rather than rushing

to recruit 20,000 by a date. it is a bit rushed. we had to get away from this famine to feast, we had 20,000 cut ten years ago and now we are recruiting 20,000 quickly, we need to be in a position where we are not seesawing between sucking a load of people or recruitment freezes and then bringing lots of people in very quickly —— between uk police foundationsacking lots of people. rick muir, thank you for your time and commentary. in sri lanka police have been dismantling protest camps in the capital, colombo. they were occupied by groups demonstrating against the economic crisis — and the appointment of ranil wickremesinghe as the new president. he swore his oath of office on thursday. 0ur south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan has the latest. dozens of sri lankans security forces have lined up on the main road, very close to the side, and many protesters from the other side are coming and talking with the officials.

this was an active protest site about 24 others ago. early in the morning the soldiers came in and cleared all the makeshift tents, the banners and tables and chairs from this protest site and they were moved away. i can see another barrier about 100 metres from where i am now, barrier about 100 metres from where iam now, people barrier about 100 metres from where i am now, people have been stopped, the protesters have been pushed to a designated area where they can protest and the soldiers also took control of the presidents office, this was stormed by huge crowds last week and the protesters have said they will hand over this building to they will hand over this building to the government this afternoon, then this operation came early in the morning and i saw villagers coming from two directions and forcing protesters and journalists away from here, i have seen a number of military vehicles, police water

cannon, fans and heavily armed troops, i also saw about 50 soldiers walking in so the government is sending out a clear message we are not encouraging this protests, they are pushing them to the other side where there is a dedicated protest area. this has triggered lots of angen area. this has triggered lots of anger, on social media i could see people talking about why the government have done this, why the new leader took over on the same night as cracked and was ordered. protesters say some people are injured and even bbcjournalists, my colleagues, were attacked by some of the troops and one of them went to the troops and one of them went to the hospital for the troops and one of them went to the hospitalfor a checkup. there is a lot of criticism over the way the raid was conducted overnight in kalombo. in the uk, the number of people paying for their own surgeryjumped by 40% in the last three months

of 2021, compared to the same period before the pandemic. new figures from private hospitals show that more than a quarter of a million patients paid for operations like hip replacements or cataract removal, as nhs waiting lists started to climb sharply. 0ur health correspondent jim reed reports. rob weston with his newest daughter, charlotte. rob has been diagnosed with a genetic heart condition. he's been told he needs surgery, but he's been on an nhs waiting list since the start of the pandemic. i've got to a point sometimes where — because you call the hospital to try and get the ball rolling and you end up pulling your hair out. going private for heart surgery could cost well over £50,000, so this year rob started raising money online to pay for it. i can't wait on the nhs any more. i've waited too long. so it is... it is a case of, it goes on my credit card or i raise some money. before the pandemic, the number of people spending money on private hospital treatment was holding steady. lockdown caused a sudden drop.

since then, though, demand has been well above pre—covid levels. part of that could be the system catching up. the other main driver is what's going on in nhs hospitals. there are now six and a half million people on the waiting list for a routine operation in england — that's one in nine of the entire population — with other parts of the uk under similar pressure. the biggest rise we're seeing is in the poorest households, and they're quite often having to take out loans, they might be crowdfunding the money to be able to pay for that private treatment, so it can be a really difficult choice for those families. 0h. i can't live with this pain. this time last year, brenda was struggling. she was filmed for the bbc, waiting for surgery for severe osteoarthritis. i can't carry on like this. my life just isn't worth living, quite frankly. l this is the difference that surgery can make. brenda's now back on her

feet after a private operation in february — but that only came about after a complete stranger saw her on television and paid for one of her hips to be replaced. her reaction to that? i burst into tears. the next day, the money- was in my account, ready to go. then, last month, a sudden cancellation meant brenda had her second hip replaced — this time on the nhs. she's grateful, but had to wait far longer than she should have. we've all paid our national insurance contributions, i we've all paid our dues, l and to not be able to get the treatment is just... immoral is probably quite a strong word, but i'll use it! _ families are having to make some difficult decisions as waiting lists rise. the government and nhs england say they are making progress trying to tackle the worst treatment backlogs. the plan is still for no patient to be waiting more than a year for surgery by march 2025. jim reed, bbc news.

tim mitchell is from the royal college of surgeons in england — he said it was very important the nhs gets back to providing timely surgery as soon as possible the pandemic�*s had a massive impact on the nhs's ability to provide routine surgery, and that's on the background of difficulties prior to covid. there have been significant inroads made into those patients waiting for a very long period of time, and as you've heard the number of patients waiting for over two years for surgery has come down dramatically this year. but we do have an increase in total number of people waiting, 6.6 million in england, with projections that that will actually increase over the next few years as the hidden waiting list of people waiting to come forward do so as the pandemic declines. so it's a very difficult situation, the department of health itself recognises it probably will take some years to clear the backlog. nhs staff are working incredibly

hard to deal with the backlog, and that the private activity is not interfering with that. it has been very difficult, not least because of a recent increase in the number of people with covid, which has had an impact upon the number of beds available in hospitals and also that staff have been off with covid, and one of the things that we've pushed at the royal college of surgeons of england is the establishment of surgical hubs which are centres which are dedicated to routine surgery and ring—fenced so that surgery can continue even when the service is under enormous pressure from emergency cases. firefighters in spain are still battling to contain dozens of wildfires — and authorities there say they fear the worst is yet to come. nearly 200,000 hectares of land have been destroyed so far this year. one of the latest towns to be evacuated is ateca in north—east spain — from where our europe correspondent nick beake sent this report.

the nightmare of confronting the people here. the danger drawing ever closer. hundreds forced to flee the now luminous landscape. we found fire teams battling to contain new outbreaks. this is a perfect illustration of the challenge they face. the smouldering pocket has just sprung up out of nowhere and it's now a race to contain it, but the ground is so dry and every now and then, the wind is picking up. scorched earth lined our route through this community. the irony here the fire was started by machinery used by a company planting trees. down the road, we find anna trying to salvage her orchard. she had refused to leave.

translation: we have our trees, our land, our house, _ so after we evacuated the elderly from the village, we decided to stay. jose felix rallied his friends to try to stop the fire and save their homes. you know this land and climate so well, how much hotter and drier is it now compared with 20, 25 years ago? translation: it's hotter and it rains less. - it rains when it shouldn't rain and it's cold when it shouldn't be cold. climate change is a reality. the spanish are experiencing their worst fires in 15 years. this is the island of tenerife today. so, across the country, including in ateca,

although they hope they've won this battle for now. but everywhere you look, there are vivid reminders ofjust how quickly things can change. nick beake, bbc news in north—east spain. italy will hold a general election on september 25th. the vote was announced following the prime minister, mario draghi's, resignation, prompting the president to dissolve parliament. mr draghi was seen both at home, and abroad as a stabilising force, but italy will now face two months of what's expected to be a fractious campaign. 0ur correspondent mark lowen is in rome. he says the country is once again gearing up for another election. it would become the 70th government in this country since the second world war. thatjust shows you what a politically volatile country italy is. and it was a surprise that mario draghi's national unity government collapsed. he was... he is a towering figure on the international stage. he was thought to be the only person

really in italy who could bring together this country's squabbling politicalfactions. and he had a lot of success in terms of big economic growth last year, 6.5% growth in the economy pushing through a vast, vast program of reforms to rebuild the italian economy after the pandemic, particularly with the exit of angela merkel in germany, with the problems that president macron has back in france, mario draghi had emerged as a sort of grown up in the room, really. and yet italy's coalition is just always so bickering and three coalition parties in the end refused to heed his call to work together. so the coalition collapsed yesterday in a confidence vote and mario draghi resigned. and now there will be early elections and a hot summer of campaigning ahead. britain's national health service is stepping up its vaccination programme against monkeypox as more supplies of a jab come on the market. since may, there has been

14,000 cases globally. experts are meeting today to decide whether the world health 0rganization should call a health emergency over rising cases. a warning that naomi grimley�*s report contains some graphic pictures. ijust wanted to get to the bottom of it. i just... 0k, what are we going to do? am i going to die? what is this condition? it is a huge unknown. after days with a high fever and then a strange rash, harun pressed his doctors for help. he was told he had a severe case of monkeypox, and so began a fortnight in hospital. the scar on my nose was starting to pound, and my heart was suddenly coming here and then pounding on my face. it was so painful, and without any opioids that were given to me — i wasn't able to sleep, i wasn't able to do anything. i even told my consultant that, you know, whatever you want to do,

you have my full consent because i am feeling like i am going to die. monkeypox had mainly been circulating in west and central africa — until now, that is. 0n the 7th of may this year, the uk announced it had found a case of monkeypox in someone travelling back from nigeria. but look what happens next — cases both here in the uk and globally continue to rise, and the policy of containing the cases doesn't seem to be working. 0n the infectious diseases ward where harun was treated, they've seen 30 patients — mainly gay and bisexual men. the virus, if you like, has seized an opportunity to get into a social network where people have shared characteristics — in this case, it's men who have sex with men. there is concern that if we see continued waves of infection through multiple populations,

and then including people perhaps who've got weaker immune systems, that that could help the virus evolve further. i am going home today and i'm so lucky. harun has now fully recovered, but wants others to take the virus seriously. ijust wanted to tell people, if you don't isolate or if you don't watch out the symptoms and be considerate to others, some people may become in this position. sojust be kind — just think about other people and take some responsibility. naomi grimley, bbc news. countries where it's illegal to be gay will be less likely to host the commonwealth games in the future. that's according to the head of the games federation. in about half of the 72 nations competing at birmingham 2022, homosexuality is outlawed — but the host city is rolling out a special welcome for gay athletes.

0ur midlands correspondent phil mackie went to find out more. tom daley�*s probably the best—known openly gay athlete to have competed at the commonwealth games. he's made it easier for some to take the plunge, but for most it's simply not possible. there's 37 countries in the commonwealth that are competing that currently criminalise lgbt people, which... i feel extremely lucky to be able to compete openly and truly who i am and not worry about ramifications. the numbers have fallen since then — but only slightly. although anti—gay laws are not always enforced, in around two thirds of competing countries homosexuality remains illegal. michael gunning was a 200—metre swimmer who grew up in england but competed forjamaica — one of the countries where there are prohibitive laws. he's retired now, but will be working in birmingham during the games. it's a human right. you know, being gay, it's not... you shouldn't be segregated,

we shouldn't feel so isolated. you know, for a long time in my swimming career, i felt lonely, i felt isolated, i felt so different to my team—mates. but, ultimately, when they kind of start stepping out and they support me, they show allyship — you know, it kind of unites us together. and i think that is what a games is all about. birmingham 2022 is expected to be the most inclusive games yet. for the first time, athletes will be able to wear pride logos, if they choose. the games federation's ambition is for the event to be hosted in future in africa or the caribbean — but that could be difficult. we cannot change the laws in those countries. what we can do is create a better understanding about the issues, and so that we bring them up to actually discuss them. if we took a games to africa, we would be wanting to work with countries that actually... also believed in the values that we think is really important, and that would be part of the bid process to where we would actually host a games. so if a country had prohibitive laws, they would be less likely to win the bid process.

well, what i can say is that our membership absolutely values the values that we have, and they were central to our bidding process — so that would definitely be taken into consideration. the rainbow colours signify that we're now in birmingham's gay village, and they're promoting the commonwealth games. but for lots of the athletes who might be gay, they can't be openly so in their home countries. so there's a safe space here for them to come to. so pride house birmingham will be a safe and inclusive space for lgbtiq+ athletes, spectators and allies... pride house opens today. it's where lgbtiq+ athletes who can't be themselves at home can come for support. for them to be able to have this safe space here in birmingham, they can just come and bring their true, authentic selves and they can celebrate who they are, be proud of who they are, and then we make sure we have the education, the right support is in place for them when they do return to their home countries, that they're fully supported. there were only 13 openly gay competitors in 2018. this time it's 43, but even then the real number is likely to be far higher.

phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. at the world championship athletics in the united states, jamaica took first and second places in the women's 200 metres. shericka jackson won gold in a championship record of 21.45 seconds, ahead of her teammate shelly—ann fraser price. meanwhile the british sprinter, dina asher—smith — the defending champion, whose 2021 olympics campaign was ruined by a hamstring injury, took the bronze medal. cycling fans will be lining the streets of paris on sunday to witness the climax of this year's tour de france — but this year — for the first time in more than 30 years, they'll be able to see an official women's tour de france. zoe conway takes a look at the history of the sport and the long fight for female cycling to get the credit it feels it deserves. alfonsina strada, beryl burton, marianne vos — to name some

of the world's greatest ever athletes you've probably never heard of. the female cyclists who for too long have felt unrecognised. but perhaps that's about to change. dramatic music. we shall tackle the most challenging route. - defy the most iconic climbs. we are going to own the roads- and share our passion in a new way. for the first time in more than 30 years, there will be a tour de france for women. starting at the eiffel tower in paris, over eight days, the women will cycle for 1000 kilometres. britain will set a new fastest time in this mixed relay... one of the riders will be 23 year old anna henderson, seen here competing in a world championship. the tour de france often represents what cycling is, bike racing is.

so i guess to have our own race is quite special. and yeah, you always get kind of yourfamily, friends and your relatives saying and asking if you've done the tour de france. so now i can officially say i'm going to do the tour de france. stage 20. i'm here with my best climbing pal, carmen. we've got 9k left. three years ago, a group of female amateur cyclists rode the men's tour de france route to prove that women could do it and to campaign for a women's race. amongst them was julianne and louise. it means everything. we campaigned really hard for women to have an opportunity to race in something incredible like the tour de france three years ago when we rode the whole route of the men's race the day before. so the fact that there is finally something for the women to race in and of similar prestige, it means everything to me. later today, they'll be riding from london to paris to cheer on the women.

they're confident that the race is here to stay. i think the world has changed. there's a lot more support for women in sport. - we're stronger. we are getting involved in everything. - england won the football on wednesday. - what a great game that was. and i think it's here to stay and i think. the support will be there. it's a really exciting i time for women in sport. sammie stewart would love to compete in the tour de france one day. she might be a professional cyclist, but she still has to do her day job as a firefighter. ok, so we can see how much space we've got already created in this area. here she is teaching how to rescue people from their cars. i'll come into work. i'll probably put a breathing apparatus set on my back and walk into like, well, we can have temperatures up to 300 degrees. we'll train some of the recruits that we've got in or some of the staff that come in from different stations.

and then, yeah, i'll have to put in well, i'll do an hour's intense training because my coach is really good who he'll tailor it to fit the demands of myjob. the women's race is shorter than the men's and the prize money a lot less. but it's a start. and it could inspire so many more women to believe that they can wear the yellow jersey. if you've got a dream, go out and get it. that's what you've got to do. you never give up. that's kind of my slogan. i've finished racing on broken collarbones. i've nevergiven up. but yeah, i mean, if you want it, it's there. you've got to go out and get it. zoe conway, bbc news. keeping women safe is now at the heart of the world's largest dating app tinder — that's according to its first female ceo. renate nyborg has been speaking to the bbc�*s shiona mccallum about the company's new partnership with domestic violence charity "no more" and the safety measures they want people to know about.

my name is renate nyborg. i'm the ceo of tinder. and i have the honour of allowing people all over the world to experience the magic of human connection. i actually met my future husband on tinder. i was on tinder six years ago i until i found my boyfriend in 2017. as the first female ceo of tinder, do you feel a more of a responsibility towards women on the app? i thought that we could do more to specifically focus on the experiences women were having. we increased the number of women on the product team, so the people designing the experiences the technologies on the app by 30%. does more need to be done to increase the awareness of the safety features on tinder? since i became ceo, we started making trust and safety the heart of some of our marketing campaigns. i think that safety features could be a bit better. i personally didn't have any.

negative safety experiences. i feel like i have to be extra cautious about my safety. i mean, being a south african woman, south africa is not the safest country for women already. 0n tinder, we encourage everyone to be verified. and just in the months that it's been live, we've seen that almost half of our members will self select to verify themselves. ultimately, i don't think it's tinder's100% responsibility to look after us. i think we have to put some personal measures in place to keep ourselves safe. before i go on a date, there are all these i funny measures i take. i have to tell like two friends, you know, i i'll have to have a codeword. i have to have like my live location on whatsapp. i it's a whole lot of admin. i would make sure that i facetime with these guys before i met them. i wouldn't just go out with them not having actually seen their their photo match, the person that they were. we have a feature called does this bother you? which makes it really easy to report something that you may not feel entirely comfortable with.

we've seen an increase of 50% in people reporting things that they may not like. there's been an increase of crimes like sexual violence reported starting on dating apps. how does tinder plan to tackle this for women? we're partnering with a uk ngo called no more, whose mission it is to end domestic violence and assault. the way that you interact with someone literally from the very first message may set the tone for the relationships that you have. what's your future vision for tinder? i believe that from the next decade onwards, most new connections, most new relationships, will start online. and so we see it as our responsibility to really ensure that those connections that start on tinder, that start with that first swipe, are positive relationships. i've had the most adventurous romantic encounters from partners i've made on tinder. it is a good way to meet people. so i recommend it, but with some

safety caveats that you take - yourself and obviously the features that tinder's introduced. _ tinder used to be the sort of like hookup app, but i've been hearing more and more success stories of couples staying together. and so if we can, you know, if, if your app can create those sorts of relationships by saying, hey, we're going to make it really safe for you guys, people might stay in touch a lot longer. they might feel more comfortable going out and meeting people they normally never would. people will come up to me and tell me all kinds of stories. sometimes they found their best friend on tinder, sometimes they found their business partner. but most of the time it's the romantic stories that they have to tell. the duke and duchess of cambridge have released a new picture of their son prince george to celebrate his ninth birthday. the image was captured by the duchess earlier this month during a family holiday. kensington palace said catherine and prince william are delighted to share the snap. the monarch butterfly — one of the world's most distinctive insects — has been officially classified as an endangered species.

the international union for conservation of nature say the migratory butterfly is rapidly declining due to the use of pesticides, climate change and loss of habitat. monarchs undertake one of the longest insect migrations known to science — moving from their breeding grounds in the us and canada to mexico for winter. its numbers are estimated to have dropped about 85% in the past few decades. don't forget, you can keep up—to—date with all of the new stories that we are covering, including that grain to be exported from the wider world from the ukrainian ports on the black sea, that's after months of blockading by russia. we will keep you updated on all the main stories of the day.

from me and the team, thank you for watching. hello. there are signs things will turn a bit more humid across the country this weekend. not necessarily dry, though. today, however — well, for the week as a whole and the uk as a whole, probably one of the coolest days, even if temperatures are actually closer to the july average. and with it there are some showers around which could become heavy and thundery through the afternoon. it's mainly across parts of east wales, good part of england, maybe south—west scotland. north of scotland, northern ireland should be largely dry, some sunny spells and much sunnier this afternoon towards the south—west and the channel islands. light winds across the country. so once the sun is on your back, you'll actually feel pretty warm out there. but for most, as i said, temperatures down on where we've been all week long. some of the showers, thunderstorms will gradually fade from the west

through the night. a zone of clearer weather coming in. and then by the end of the night, some wet weather returns towards ireland. temperatures around 11 to 15 degrees, a little bit down on recent nights. so another good morning to open the windows. but, as i said, there is something milder coming in. that's because low pressure is set to swing in this weekend, with it outbreaks of rain in the north and west. and as it moves in, we start to drag in our air again off the atlantic, so that will boost the temperatures, and also that slightly more humid feel. so let's start with saturday, first of all. cloudy, maybe showery start for some in the east, turning drier and sunnier here. in the west, a bit of sunshine and then clouding over outbreaks of rain, fairly showery in nature, heaviest, most persistent across parts of western scotland. more of a breeze around through tomorrow, more especially in the west. but that breeze is coming from a more southerly direction. so even with the cloud and some outbreaks of rain, temperatures will be higher than today's values, up to around 25, 26 across parts of east anglia and the south—east. as we go through into saturday evening, further rain at times in scotland, more in the way of showers towards wales and western parts of england. they'll edge a bit further

southwards into the start of sunday, never quite reaching the south—east corner, and then move their way back northwards. a sunshine and showers day for most on sunday, heaviest with risk of thunder to the north and the west. and maybe a cloudier day though for parts of wales and the south—west of england, once again we'll see temperatures on the rise and we could get what would have been a hot category had it not been for this week, but 27 to 30 celsius will still feel pretty warm. temperatures take a little bit of a drop through this coming week, the middle part of the week, a lot more on the way of dry weather around, but it looks like it could get warmer again towards the end of next week. take care.

this is bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri and these are the latest headlines at 11.00am: a "critical incident" is declared at the port of dover as holiday—makers face queues for hours for border checks, with the uk blaming french staff for the delays. the french border officers, they didn't turn up to work. they were supposed to be fully manning all of the passport control booths to meet at the holiday surge. prince harry has won his bid to bring part of his high court claim against the home office over his security arrangements while in the uk. indefensible — a congressional committee condems the inactions of former us president donald trump after hearing evidence that he made no attempt at calming rioters who stormed capitol hill last january. donald trump made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office, to ignore the ongoing violence against law enforcement, to threaten our

constitutional order. tens of thousands of patients turned to private treatment late last year as hospital waiting lists started to climb with some even taking out loans pay for procedures. turkey says a deal has been agreed by ukraine and russia which will allow the resumption of grain to be exported from the black sea. coming up in sport this hour: despite a tough year, dina asher—smith makes it back onto the podium after winning bronze at the world athletics championships in an incredible 200 metres final. and soggy bottoms or a showtopper? expect aprons, rolling pins and tea towels galore at tomorrow's opening night of great british bake 0ff — the musical.

a "critical incident" has been declared at the port of dover and officials are urging passengers to stay away because of long delays at border control. holiday—makers are facing hours of queues and freight is being stacked up on the main approach routes to dover. bosses at dover say they are deeply frustrated that the resource at the french border overnight and early this morning has been woefully inadequate to meet our predicted demand. they say they will continue to work with all kent partners to look after those caught up in the current situation and play our part in resolving it as soon as possible. the conservative mp for dover, natalie elphicke, said french workers did not turn up

in the numbers needed this weekend. there have been weeks of planning, with the kent resilience forum, the kent police, the port of dover and the french. at the most senior level, the transport secretary has spoken to his counterpart and rightly everybody has been gearing up for what we knew would be a huge getaway weekend, particularly with the problems we have seen at airports, so this has been planned for and the french had agreed they would make sure there was a proper capacity at the border control posts at the port of dover. this has not happened, they did not turn up to work in the numbers they were meant to and as i understand right now after pressure has been put on them by the foreign office and the transport secretary, they are bringing emergency border police direct to the port of dover to try to start to man those booths and start to clear that backlog. and we've just had this

statement from the leader of dover district council, councillor trevor bartlett, who says there is dismay, desperation and anger in dover today. he says: "hours of planning by the kent resilience forum for the busiest weekend of the year for cross—channel travel have gone out of the window within hours, with the port of dover calling a critical incident. alongside the delays for tens of thousands of tourists, the local community is the biggest loser. residents can't get to work, children are stranded on school buses stuck in the mayhem and businesses are suffering. stagecoach has suspended bus services in dover altogether. i wrote to the kent resilience forum three weeks ago to express my concerns and to call for a more proactive approach to keep dover clear. those calls were not heeded. serious questions need to be asked about how the emergency services would be able to respond to a major incident in dover when it is completely grid locked, and how this situation has been allowed to develop yet again?

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operation rock to try to ease this freight traffic, and tourist —— tourist traffic will be prioritised at the port. lorry drivers have been queueing since 6pm last night. the kent resilience forum say they have put as many resources as they can towards the situation, but there are only expecting these queues to get worse. . , , only expecting these queues to get worse. ., , , ., . worse. has there been advice given to --eole worse. has there been advice given to peeple who _ worse. has there been advice given to people who wish _ worse. has there been advice given to people who wish to _ worse. has there been advice given to people who wish to travel - worse. has there been advice given to people who wish to travel to i worse. has there been advice given to people who wish to travel to the | to people who wish to travel to the area were from dover? figs to people who wish to travel to the area were from dover? $51 to people who wish to travel to the area were from dover?— area were from dover? as i say, those very — area were from dover? as i say, those very companies _ area were from dover? as i say, those very companies are i area were from dover? as i say, l those very companies are warning area were from dover? as i say, i those very companies are warning of five hour delays, warning people to stay away. it is expected to be one of the busiest weekends of the year. school holidays are just starting for many. people are expecting to make their getaway, many for the first time since covid restrictions have been lifted. the report says they have been preparing for months for this and i think this is where this anger is. they have installed

more passport booth since brexit. passports need to be stamped on the way out and the way back in now. six of the 12 booths are being man, but six aren't about the french authorities. the government importer blaming the french authorities for this. this is not the first time we have seen queues at dover. we stopped at the half term holiday, the easter getaway, we saw queues then come as well. it is going to be a long weekend for many trying to reach the port of dover. do a long weekend for many trying to reach the port of dover.— a long weekend for many trying to reach the port of dover. do we have an idea reach the port of dover. do we have any idea over _ reach the port of dover. do we have any idea over this _ reach the port of dover. do we have any idea over this situation - reach the port of dover. do we have any idea over this situation may i reach the port of dover. do we have any idea over this situation may be l any idea over this situation may be resolved? i heard earlier someone mentioned that the french are sending an emergency border patrol police demand more of those border patrol areas?— patrol areas? well, it is difficult to tell. patrol areas? well, it is difficult to tell- we _ patrol areas? well, it is difficult to tell. we will _ patrol areas? well, it is difficult to tell. we will see _ patrol areas? well, it is difficult to tell. we will see thousands i patrol areas? well, it is difficult i to tell. we will see thousands upon thousands of people heading towards dover for that getaway this week.

we understand that what kent authorities want to do is clear the area around the port first before looking at the areas further away. this will take some time. more people are heading to the porch. it is as more people try to make that getaway this weekend, it could be a very difficult one for kents, for dover, and the port itself. prince harry has won a bid to bring a high court challenge against the home office, over his security arrangements while he's in the uk. the duke of sussex is taking legal action over a decision not to allow him to pay for police protection for himself and his family when they visit from the united states. prince harry lost full protection after he stepped back from royal duties in 2020. an inquiry has heard ex—us president donald trump watched last year's capitol riot on tv at the white house, ignoring his aides who "begged him" to rebuke the mob. the house of representatives select committee used its eighth hearing

of the summer to draw a timeline of the former president's activities on the day. they heard mr trump did not place a single call to law enforcement, was motivated by a "selfish desire to stay in power" and ignored advice from his team and children who wanted him to call off the rioters. but mr trump has described the hearings as "illegally—constituted". he's also accused the committee of unfairly targeting him and dismissed past witness testimonies as "fake and made—up stories". 0ur washington correspondent nomia iqbal has more. the election is now over. congress has certified the results. i don't want to say. the election's over... this is a president struggling to condemn an attack on us democracy. donald trump appears frustrated as he gives a scripted speech to americans the day after the deadly riots. it was shown at the committee's latest hearing. they say mr trump was reluctant to condemn his supporters

who swarmed the capitol. they focused on a crucial time period, 187 minutes, the moment mr trump told his supporters to challengejoe biden's election victory. .. we're going to walk| down to the capitol. ..to when he told them to go home. we love you. you're very special. the committee says he should have done something sooner. president trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes between leaving the ellipse and telling the mob to go home. he chose not to act. the whole number of electors appointed... when he did act, they say it was to criticise his vice president, mike pence, for not backing him. he had to be evacuated from the capitol. if we're going to leave, we need to do it now. that led to two of his loyal aides quitting theirjobs shortly after the riots. the resignation statement that i drafted, i referenced this and i said, "our nation needs

a peaceful transfer of power," in hopes that it would put some sort of public pressure on the white house and president trump to publicly agree to an orderly transition. the committee will return in september, but they can't bring any charges against mr trump. only the department ofjustice can do that. will these hearings ultimately damage donald trump? some polls suggest that more americans do partly blame him for what happened that day, but he is widely tipped to run again for the white house in 2024, and there's no concrete evidence yet that his supporters are ready to turn their back on him. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. the number of people paying for their own surgeryjumped by 40% in the last three months of 2021, compared to the same period before the pandemic. new figures from private hospitals show that more than a quarter of a million patients paid for operations like hip replacements or cataract removal, as nhs waiting lists started to climb sharply.

our health correspondent jim reed reports. rob weston with his newest daughter, charlotte. rob has been diagnosed with a genetic heart condition. at the moment, he has a small device — an icd — implanted in his chest, just in case he goes into cardiac arrest. i've got to a point sometimes where — because you call the hospital to try and get the ball rolling and you end up pulling your hair out. going private for heart surgery could cost well over £50,000, so this year rob started raising money online to pay for it. i can't wait on the nhs any more. i've waited too long. so it is... it is a case of, it goes on my credit card or i raise some money, so... before the pandemic, the number of people spending money on private hospital treatment was holding steady. lockdown caused a sudden drop. since then, though, demand has been well above pre—covid levels. part of that could be the system catching up. the other main driver is what's

going on in nhs hospitals. there are now six and a half million people on the waiting list for a routine operation in england — that's one in nine of the entire population — with other parts of the uk under similar pressure. the biggest rise we're seeing is in the poorest households, and they're quite often having to take out loans, they might be the biggest rise we're seeing is in the poorest households, and they're quite often having to take out loans, they might be crowdfunding the money to be able to pay for that private treatment, so it can be a really difficult choice for those families. 0h. i can't live with this pain. this time last year, brenda was struggling. she was filmed for the bbc, waiting for surgery for severe osteoarthritis. i can't carry on like this. my life just isn't worth living, quite frankly. l this is the difference that surgery can make. brenda's now back on her feet after a private operation in february — but that only came about after a complete stranger saw her on television and paid for one of her hips to be replaced. her reaction to that?

i burst into tears. the next day, the money- was in my account, ready to go. then, last month, a sudden cancellation meant brenda had her second hip replaced — this time on the nhs. she's grateful, but had to wait far longer than she should have. we've all paid our national insurance contributions, i we've all paid our dues, l and to not be able to get the treatment is just... immoral is probably quite a strong word, but i'll use it! _ families are having to make some difficult decisions as waiting lists rise. the government and nhs england say they are making progress trying to tackle the worst treatment backlogs. the plan is still for no patient to be waiting more than a year for surgery by march 2025. jim reed, bbc news. tim mitchell is from the royal college of surgeons in england. he said it was very important the nhs gets back to providing timely surgery as soon as possible.

the pandemic�*s had a massive impact on the nhs's ability to provide routine surgery, and that's on the background of difficulties prior to covid. there have been significant inroads made into those patients waiting for a very long period of time, and as you've heard the number of patients waiting for over two years for surgery has come down dramatically this year. but we do have an increase in total number of people waiting, 6.6 million in england, with projections that that will actually increase over the next few years as the hidden waiting list of people waiting to come forward do so as the pandemic declines. so it's a very difficult situation, the department of health itself recognises it probably will take some years to clear the backlog. nhs staff are working incredibly hard to deal with the backlog, and that the private activity is not interfering with that. it has been very difficult, not least because of a recent increase in the number of people with covid, which has had an impact

upon the number of beds available in hospitals and also that staff have been off with covid, and one of the things that we've pushed at the royal college of surgeons of england is the establishment of surgical hubs which are centres which are dedicated to routine surgery and ring—fenced so that surgery can continue even when the service is under enormous pressure from emergency cases. i'm joined now by the ceo of the patient champion group healthwatch stoke—0n—trent, simon fogell. simon, it is good to talk to you. let me ask you first of all, this is an option, private health care, but it is an option for the very few people with the money to do it. yes. people with the money to do it. yes, it's alwa s people with the money to do it. yes, it's always going _ people with the money to do it. yes, it's always going to _ people with the money to do it. yes, it's always going to be _ people with the money to do it. yes it's always going to be an option, but when you think, do i have a spare £11,000 for a hip operation? no exclamation mark it is not the case. when you look at areas of the

country that live with greater health inequalities and less income, you will sit and listen to this and think, what hope of i got? i worry about the impact this is going to cause mental health, their overall well—being. it is a whole system issue. 50 well-being. it is a whole system issue. ., ., ., issue. so there are regional variations? _ issue. so there are regional variations? there _ issue. so there are regional variations? there are i issue. so there are regional. variations? there are indeed. issue. so there are regional- variations? there are indeed. if you look at the — variations? there are indeed. if you look at the statistics _ variations? there are indeed. if you look at the statistics that _ variations? there are indeed. if you look at the statistics that have i look at the statistics that have come out, some areas of the country people are getting seen much quicker and they have quite low waiting lists. that interest me. is it the big hospitals are victims of their own success by trying to serve too many members of the population? it is trying to drill down to what are the underlying reasons and all of this. do the underlying reasons and all of this. , ., the underlying reasons and all of this. ,, ., the underlying reasons and all of this. ., ., , the underlying reasons and all of this. ., ., , this. do you have any hope that this can be tackled _ this. do you have any hope that this can be tackled over _ this. do you have any hope that this can be tackled over the _ this. do you have any hope that this can be tackled over the next - this. do you have any hope that this can be tackled over the next year i this. do you have any hope that this can be tackled over the next year orj can be tackled over the next year or two? ~ . , can be tackled over the next year or two? ~ ., , ., , ., two? well, we are seeing lots of government _ two? well, we are seeing lots of government initiatives. - two? well, we are seeing lots of government initiatives. the i two? well, we are seeing lots of government initiatives. the nhsj

government initiatives. the nhs itself, you can't fault it, it's brilliant. they are human like the rest of us. they are catching covid. we are pretty much at the peak of the sixth wave, even though people are talking about it in that way. this is going to have that rebound effect of more and more people waiting because there aren't the people there to care for them. looking at the regional differences, and i invite yourself to do that, have a look at the statistics because i don't want to scaremonger, but there are questions why in some areas of the country you are having to wait much longer but other areas you are not. as we heard prince harry has won a bid to bring a high court challenge against the home office, over his security arrangements while he's in the uk. i'm joined in the studio by our correspondent sean coughlan. talk me through what is happening here. , , ., , . ., here. this is the latest incremental ste - here. this is the latest incremental ste in the here. this is the latest incremental step in the challenge _ here. this is the latest incremental step in the challenge by _ here. this is the latest incremental step in the challenge by prince i step in the challenge by prince

harry against the home office. he is no myth —— no longer a working member of the royal family, no myth —— no longer a working member of the royalfamily, he lives in california with his family. he has challenged the sort of security he can expect when it comes to the uk. he has challenge for the home office has provided. this does not mean he has managed to win, it means he is allowed to challenge the ruling. it takes it one step forward. he has won his next step in his legal battle. this forward. he has won his next step in his legal battle.— his legal battle. this all stems from when _ his legal battle. this all stems from when he _ his legal battle. this all stems from when he left _ his legal battle. this all stems from when he left the - his legal battle. this all stems from when he left the country| his legal battle. this all stems i from when he left the country and left royal duties behind him. that's riiht. left royal duties behind him. that's riht. it left royal duties behind him. that's riiht. it is left royal duties behind him. that's right. it is related _ left royal duties behind him. that's right. it is related to _ left royal duties behind him. that's right. it is related to his _ left royal duties behind him. that's right. it is related to his status. i right. it is related to his status. he is no longer a member of the working royals, so what security should he have? should he be treated as a politician or a celebrity? what sort of security should he have? a disputed how was decided. he wants more transparency over how it is funded. he can now take this to court. we don't know if he will win,

obviously, but he can have his day in court. . ~ obviously, but he can have his day in court. ., ,, i. obviously, but he can have his day in court. . ~' ,, , obviously, but he can have his day in court. ., ,, i. , . in court. thank you very much indeed. a critical incident has been declared at the port of dover, with holiday—makers and lorry drivers facing queues of several miles. it is understood that the disruption is caused by the fact that only six of the 12 passport booths run by the french authorities at dover are currently open. the port has accused the french authorities of ruining the summer getaway for thousands of families. for more on the disruption, i'm joined by doug bannister, ceo of the port of dover. this is deeply upsetting for so many families who have saved for so long and waited for so long to have their summer holidays ruined by this disruption. summer holidays ruined by this disruption-— disruption. yes, first of all, i have to say _ disruption. yes, first of all, i have to say that _ disruption. yes, first of all, i have to say that i _ disruption. yes, first of all, i have to say that i share i disruption. yes, first of all, i have to say that i share theirj have to say that i share their frustration and i am so sorry that the travellers that we have going through the port today are being impacted by so much, but also our community, the town of dover is also

experiencing significant problems this morning. we have been planning for this for months. this day, we have installed new infrastructure, trained up more people and to be let down in the way that we have with inadequate resourcing and slow processing through the border authorities is so immensely frustrating. that authorities is so immensely frustrating.— authorities is so immensely frustrating. authorities is so immensely frustratina. �* ., frustrating. at what point did you know that these _ frustrating. at what point did you know that these french _ frustrating. at what point did you know that these french border i know that these french border authorities men and women were not going to turn up to work in the numbers they were expecting? about four o'clock this morning it _ numbers they were expecting? .�*5.j�*,f7l,,ii four o'clock this morning it became clear we were going to have a challenge. i was alerted just a little bit after five. challenge. i was alerted just a little bit afterfive. i made my way down the porch. we have had such great support, been working very collaboratively with all the authorities in kent, in central government and in france to make sure were prepared. we shared in granular detail the amount of traffic on an hour by hour basis that we were anticipating, so it was completely known what we needed to

have in place. completely known what we needed to have in place-— have in place. what i'm struggling to understand _ have in place. what i'm struggling to understand is _ have in place. what i'm struggling to understand is how— have in place. what i'm struggling to understand is how could - have in place. what i'm struggling to understand is how could the i to understand is how could the french authorities not have communicated to you that this was going to be a problem if you did have this planning that you say you had that involve the french authorities, as well? i had that involve the french authorities, as well?- had that involve the french authorities, as well? iwish i could tell ou, authorities, as well? iwish i could tell you. but _ authorities, as well? iwish i could tell you, but we _ authorities, as well? iwish i could tell you, but we don't _ authorities, as well? iwish i could tell you, but we don't know. i authorities, as well? iwish i could tell you, but we don't know. at i authorities, as well? iwish i could| tell you, but we don't know. at the moment our intention is to get the traffic moving. we have had more officers turned up. the traffic is beginning to flow. it will take us a while to clear the backlog. things are happening. we also need to make certain that this resourcing and throughput is managed from this point forward for the rest of the weekend. it is a busy weekend in front of us, tomorrow will be busy as well and this is just the start of a very busy summer for us. we need to keep our concentration on this all the way through the summer.

do you have plans in place if covid hits these french border patrol people again?— hits these french border patrol people again? there is little that we can do- _ people again? there is little that we can do- all— people again? there is little that we can do. all we _ people again? there is little that we can do. all we can _ people again? there is little that we can do. all we can do - people again? there is little that we can do. all we can do is i people again? there is little thatj we can do. all we can do is make sure we share the right information with the right people our demands. 0nce with the right people our demands. once you are through the border controls you don't stop at the other side, you canjust get controls you don't stop at the other side, you can just get off the ferry and get on your way, but it is this critical bottleneck that we have come of this pinch point that we need to make sure it is resourced appropriately. after this point we have been receiving word that they knew what was needed and they were planning accordingly. what knew what was needed and they were planning accordingly.— planning accordingly. what advice do ou iive to planning accordingly. what advice do you give to passengers _ planning accordingly. what advice do you give to passengers watching i planning accordingly. what advice do you give to passengers watching this j you give to passengers watching this who plan to leave their home in the next few hours to get to dover? i(eep next few hours to get to dover? keep tuned in, i would _ next few hours to get to dover? keep tuned in, i would say. _ next few hours to get to dover? iron tuned in, iwould say. clearly next few hours to get to dover? iron tuned in, i would say. clearly there will be a lot of media around what is happening on the ground today. before you set up, check with your

operator, yourferry before you set up, check with your operator, your ferry company. before you set up, check with your operator, yourferry company. also make sure you come prepared, have plenty of water in the car, some food, entertainment for the kids and i am really sorry that the start of your holiday is being impacted in this way. your holiday is being impacted in this wa . ., ., ., your holiday is being impacted in thiswa. ., ., ., ,, , this way. tomorrow, sunday, they will also be _ this way. tomorrow, sunday, they will also be extremely _ this way. tomorrow, sunday, they will also be extremely busy. i this way. tomorrow, sunday, they will also be extremely busy. can l this way. tomorrow, sunday, they l will also be extremely busy. can you give any reassuring to people that things will be sorted out by them? i really wish i could. we are putting all of the attention we can do in ensuring we have enough resources in place to manage through this busy first weekend of the summer. we have been doing that for weeks, four months and we will continue to do that and work very hard at doing that. . ~ that and work very hard at doing that. ., ,, , ., that and work very hard at doing that. ., ~' , ., , that and work very hard at doing that. ., ,, i. , . that and work very hard at doing that. . ~ , ., , . ., that. thank you very much indeed for talkin: to that. thank you very much indeed for talking to us- — that. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. thank— that. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. thank you _ that. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. thank you for - talking to us. thank you for answering our questions today. thank you for answering our questions today. turkey says a deal has been reached to allow ukraine to resume exports

of grain through the black sea. it it is expected to be signed later today in istanbul by ukraine, russia, turkey and the un secretary general, antonio guterres. russia is currently blocading ports along the southern ukrainian coast line meaning there is grain sitting in 0desa unable to be shipped out, leading to a worldwide rise in food prices. under the deal, russia would agree to a truce at sea to allow grain to be moved and turkey would inspect ships to ensure they are not carrying any weapons. i'm joined now by our middle east correspondent anna foster in istanbul. just reading out the names of those countries, everybody else has signed this deal, a lot of this tale is predicated on everyone trusting each other. will they? i guess they have to do. , ., ., other. will they? i guess they have todo. , ., ., other. will they? i guess they have to do. , ., ., ~' to do. they have to say, i think ou're to do. they have to say, i think you're right- — to do. they have to say, i think you're right. they _ to do. they have to say, i think you're right. they don't - to do. they have to say, i think i you're right. they don't necessarily want to. turkey will play a really important role in this. when it comes to the implementation of this deal, istanbulwill comes to the implementation of this deal, istanbul will be vital because

you talked about some of the issues that you're going to face this potential plan once it gets under the need for their ships to move, the need for their ships to move, the fact that large areas of the black sea now have mines in them because of the war, and this distrust that weapons might be smuggled in the ships. when we see the details of that plan, and we don't expect to see them until it is signed, but we are told once it is then they will tell us more of the technical details of how it will work. people will be looking very closely to see what it is in it for both sides and what safeguards their art to make sure that everybody involved sticks to what they are promising to do. it is involved sticks to what they are promising to do.— promising to do. it is crucial for food globally — promising to do. it is crucial for food globally that _ promising to do. it is crucial for food globally that this - promising to do. it is crucial for food globally that this deal - promising to do. it is crucial for food globally that this deal is l food globally that this deal is struck, signed and adhered to. it is vital. struck, signed and adhered to. it is vital- there — struck, signed and adhered to. it is vital. there is _ struck, signed and adhered to. it 3 vital. there is something like struck, signed and adhered to. it 2 vital. there is something like 20 million tonnes of grain sitting in 0desa. it needs to be moved on to people who desperately needed. it is a question of bringing down world

prices, but also physically getting back grain out to places that are reliant on it. also, bear in mind as well that we are moving ever closer towards a new ukrainian harvest, and if those silos aren't empty, where does that harvest go? there are lots of moving parts here. one of the reasons why so much effort has been put into trying to make this deal happen is because millions of people since the war began, notjust in ukraine but in other parts of the world, are suffering because of the impact it has had because that grain is not being moved on and there are real hopes that this will unlock that and helped so many people who are desperately in need and who are approaching famine. what are desperately in need and who are approaching famine.— approaching famine. what is the timeline on _ approaching famine. what is the timeline on this? _ approaching famine. what is the timeline on this? we _ approaching famine. what is the timeline on this? we are - approaching famine. what is the timeline on this? we are told i approaching famine. what is the timeline on this? we are told it| timeline on this? we are told it would be signed _ timeline on this? we are told it would be signed this _ timeline on this? we are told it| would be signed this afternoon, early afternoon. they want to get it going as soon as possible. there are

lots of logistics to be considered. bearin lots of logistics to be considered. bear in mind that those ukrainian ports have not been working since the war began, so i think there is definitely an urge to get this done quickly, but there will be a few different things that they will have to establish before they can get a working as planned. puma to establish before they can get a working as planned. anna foster, thank yom _ the duke and duchess of cambridge have released a new picture of their son prince george to celebrate his ninth birthday. the image was captured by the duchess, who is a keen photographer, earlier this month during a family holiday. kensington palace said catherine and prince william are delighted to share the photo. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. there'll continue to be some sunshine around at times this weekend, especially to the south and the east of the country, but, overall, a lot more cloud, snd there will be some rain around as we've got today, particularly across parts of east wales and across england. a scattering of showers, some of those heavy and thundery at times, although brightening up towards south—west wales, south—west england, channel islands later. not a bad day for parts of northern ireland, northern parts of scotland,

feeling pleasant in the sunshine, but overall the coolest day of the week, even if temperatures are actually close to the july average. now, this evening and overnight showers to begin with. we'll have weseen some heavy ones in southern scotland, too, but they'll become more confined to eastern districts later on. a zone of of clearer weather and then more wet weather in towards ireland towards tomorrow morning, temperatures 11 to iii degrees, a little bit lower than recent nights. now, tomorrow, cloudy starts across eastern areas with some showers brightening up to sunny spells. here in the west, early morning sunshine gives way to plenty of cloud outbreaks, a fairly showery rain, especially across western scotland. but even with it, it's going to start to feel a bit more humid. bye for now.

hello. this is bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri and these are the headlines. a critical incident is declared at the port of dover as holidaymakers face queues for hours for border checks —— with the uk blaming french staff for the delays. prince harry has won his bid to bring part of his high court claim against the home office over his security arrangements while in the uk. indefensible: a congressional committee condems the inactions of former us president donald trump after hearing evidence that he made no attempt at calming rioters who stormed capitol hill last january. tens of thousands of patients turned to private treatment late last year as hospital waiting lists

started to climb with some even taking out loans pay for procedures. started to climb with some even turkey says a deal has been agreed by ukraine and russia which will allow the resumption of grain to be exported from the black sea. last year as hospital waiting lists started to climb with some even taking out loans pay for procedures. turkey says a deal has been agreed by ukraine and russia which will allow the resumption of grain to be exported from the black sea. and coming up in sport injust a moment: despite a tough year, dina asher—smith makes it back onto the podium after winning bronze at the world athletics championships in an incredible 200 metres final. sport and for a full round.up, from the bbc sport centre, good morning. it was a night to celebrate after a difficult year for britain's dina asher—smith. she won a bronze medal in the women's 200m at the world athletics championships. jamaica's shericka jackson took gold with the second fastest time in history. our correspondent andy swiss reports. the dazzling dina asher—smith,

a world champion medallist again. after a difficult season, muted expectations. could she really rival the very best? there was no catching jamaica's shericka jackson, hurtling towards history, or shelly—ann fraser—pryce. but behind them, asher—smith held on, and she held on for bronze. jackson, 21.1i5. for asher—smith, who came an agonising fourth in the 100 metres, this time a medal. she dedicated it to her grandmother, who died earlier this year, and how she had had to work for it. i knewjust had to run as fast as my legs were going to carry me. ijust had to hope it was enough to get on the podium, and i was so happy to have got it. i thought i got it, but let mejust see, there's nothing more embarrassing than celebrating without seeing it in writing. it is not the gold she won at the last world championships, but it is a battling bronze for dina asher—smith,

and in such a remarkable race, that is some feat. the men's 200 metres meanwhile also produce something special, noah lyles becoming the third fastest man in history, 19.31 seconds as he led an american one, two, three. a truly ripping run on a night of speeding success! england will find out their euro �*22 semifinal opponents later. they will take on either sweden or belgium, who meet this evening in manchester. germany will play either france or the netherlands in the other semi after they beat austria 2—0 in brentford last night. lina magull opened the scoring midway through the first half. it was a night to forget for austria goalkeeper manuela zinsberger, whose mistake allowed alexandra popp to get her fourth goal in four games. eight—time champions germany through to the semifinal in milton keynes on wednesday.

manchester united manager erik ten hag says there's no change to cristiano ronaldo's situation at the club. the portuguese star hasn't started pre—season training due to a "personal issue" and it's thought he wants to play champions league football next season. meanwhile, ten hag has also reacted to harry maguire being booed by some fans on the club's pre—season tour. we heard that the pc and it slows down, i think harry maguire, and they are impressed by the way they play, it's about how committed the team and harry himself or by performing. there are just three stages left in the tour de france.

jonas vingegaard won the final mountain stage and, barring incident or illness, should be crowned champion in paris on sunday. there was a great moment of sportsmanship between the leading pair. defending champion tadej pogacar crashed while racing wheel to wheel with vingegaard. the dane waited until his rival was back on his bike. there are just three stages left in the tour de france. jonas vingegaard won the final mountain stage and, barring incident or illness, should be crowned champion in paris on sunday. was back on his bike. he then rode away on the slopes to extend his lead to nearly 3.5 minutes. britain's geraint thomas is still third, more than three minutes clear of fourth place. in cricket, england have won the first match of their women's t20 series against south africa by six wickets. katherine brunt took four wickets at chelmsford, including one in the first over, as england limited the toursits to just 111. england needed just 15 overs to reach their target, with sophia dunkley getting her maiden t20 half century. meanwhile, england men are due to start their second odi

against south africa at old trafford at one o'clock, weather permitting. south africa can wrap up the series with a win. you can find more on that and all our stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. the european has announced it is launching fresh legal action against uk forfailing to launching fresh legal action against uk for failing to comply with the northern ireland protocol. a statement said despite repeated calls by the european parliament the 27 eu member states and the commission to implement the protocol the upa government has failed to do so. in a spirit of cooperation the eu will refrain from imposing certain restrictions for a year but the failure of the uk to deal with it has gone against the spirit of

the agreement. the northern ireland political bill was introduced in the house of lords yesterday. it is special provisions for northern ireland because of the land ireland because of the [and bordering with ireland. the eu wants to change it and that the uk wants it to stay the same and the eu says it to stay the same and the eu says it will launch fresh legal action against the uk for failing to comply with this agreement. we will have more of this as and when we get it. we've been hearing about disruption at the port of dover. motoring organisations are expecting uk roads to be significantly busier from today. it's being dubbed �*frantic friday�* . it's expected that more than 18 million leisure trips will be made by car this weekend alone. the advice is to check the latest updates before you travel. and what about getting your car ready for the big journey? hannah miller has been to a garage in wilmslow, greater manchester, to find out more.

yeah, some cars are in here for their safety checks already ahead of what's expected to be a really busy weekend out on the roads. nearly 19 million of us expected to make non—workjourneys over the next few days. and as well as being busy out on the roads, that means that it's busy for people like ben, who's here from the aa. you'll be going out to breakdowns, things that happen. how much more of that kind of thing are you expecting we're expecting to see a massive increase in

with people looking to get away on day trips and obviously trips away. what kind of things do you see going wrong in cars? are they generally things that people could prevent? yes, there's obviously a lot of pre checks you can do before you make thatjourney. and the main cause is racing and also with tyre related bolts overheating fault, especially the weather conditions. and obviously budget related issues. we've got a car over here handily so that you can talk us through some of the things that people should be looking for when they check their own cars. what should you do when you lift up the bonnet? what are you looking for? initially, it looks unusual. so any sort of residue or any signs of any leaks, that's the first thing to look for. that's all. fine. then we're going for the levels. so initially straightaway oil level on this particular vehicle, which is done through the dash or electronically. so you check it on the dash, but a lot of vehicles on the dipstick as well. well, we'll check.

so once you decided that's all right, i'd definitely move on to the current system then. so we need to keep that a maximum. like i said previously, we do have a lot of breakdowns and especially trafficjams on busy roads, so it's well worth checking. we've got brake fluid as well, which is all real, fortunately. but that's a little scary to check because obviously we need brakes to slow the vehicle to stop safely. once you've got all that, if you see anything at all that could indicate a problem. so always worth having a quick look around on the floor, make sure you've got no leaks and obviously get some advice straightaway if you do. and the tyres, of course. yes. don't forget the tyres. one of the most important things on the vehicle is the tyres. so you want to be looking at them straight. that's making sure you've got good tread bent, but you're also looking for anything unusual on the course bulges, anything that looks like normal. get that checked as well straightaway. thank you very much, ben. hopefully that will be some handy tips and advice that we can do all all do our bit, as they say, to make sure that there are fewer breakdowns this weekend. the former smith, a ao—year—old mother of one from don goalk —— dundalk, lisa smith,, has been convicted of being a member of islamic estate. she since returning

to ireland and was tried, convicted and tens now been sentenced to 15 months in prison by a court in dublin. in sri lanka, police have been dismantling protest camps in the capital, colombo. they were occupied by groups demonstrating against the economic crisis — and the appointment of ranil wickremesinghe as the new president. he swore his oath of office on thursday. our south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan, has the latest. hundreds of sri lankan soldiers have been deployed here. early in the morning the soldiers came in and the cleared all the barriers away from this protest site and i can see another barrier away from where i am now and the soldiers have pushed

them to a designated area where they can protest. the soldiers also took control of the presidents office which was stolen by large crowds last week. they said they would hand over the building to the government this afternoon but then this operation came early in the morning and i saw soldiers coming from two different directions and forcing the protesters as well as journalists away from here and now i see a number of military vehicles and police water cannon and cars and vans and heavily armed troops i also saw about 50 soldiers walking so the government is sending out a very clear message that we are not encouraging these protests here and they have pushed them to the other side where there is a designated protest area. this has created a lot of anger and i can see the reaction

social media, people talking about why the government took over on the same night as this crackdown, this raid was ordered and some people are injured and even bbcjournalist, my colleagues, were attacked by some of the troops there and one of them went to the hospital to have a checkup so there's a lot of criticism over the way it was conducted overnight here in colombo. the nhs is stepping up its vaccination programme against monkeypoxas more supplies of a jab come on the market. since may there has been ili,000 cases globally. experts are meeting today to decide whether the world health organisation should call a health emergency over rising cases. a warning that naomi grimley�*s report contains some graphic pictures. ijust wanted to get to the bottom of it. i just... ok, what are we going to do? am i going to die? what is this condition? it is a huge unknown.

after days with a high fever and then a strange rash, harun pressed his doctors for help. he was told he had a severe case of monkeypox, and so began a fortnight in hospital. the scar on my nose was starting to pound, and my heart was suddenly coming here and then pounding on my face. it was so painful, and without any opioids that were given to me — i wasn't able to sleep, i wasn't able to do anything. i even told my consultant that, you know, whatever you want to do, you have my full consent because i am feeling like i am going to die. monkeypox had mainly been circulating in west and central africa — until now, that is. on the 7th of may this year, the uk announced it had found a case of monkeypox in someone travelling back from nigeria. but look what happens next — cases both here in the uk and globally continue to rise, and the policy of containing the

cases doesn't seem to be working. on the infectious diseases ward where harun was treated, they've seen 30 patients — mainly gay and bisexual men. the virus, if you like, has seized an opportunity to get into a social network where people have shared characteristics — in this case, it's men who have sex with men. there is concern that if we see continued waves of infection through multiple populations, and then including people perhaps who've got weaker immune systems, that that could help the virus evolve further. i am going home today and i'm so lucky. harun has now fully recovered, but wants others to take the virus seriously. ijust wanted to tell people, if you don't isolate or if you don't watch out the symptoms and be considerate

to others, some people may become in this position. sojust be kind — just think about other people and take some responsibility. naomi grimley, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: a "critical incident" is declared at the port of dover as holidaymakers face queues for hours for border checks, with the uk blaming french staff for the delays. prince harry wins his bid to bring part of his high court claim against the home office over his security arrangements while in the uk. indefensible — a congressional committee condems the inactions of former us president donald trump after hearing evidence that he made no attempt at calming rioters who stormed capitol hill last january. firefighters in spain are still battling to contain dozens of wildfires and authorities fear the worst is yet to come. nearly 200,000 hectares of [and have been destroyed so far this year. one of the latest towns to be evacuated is ateca in north—east spain,

from where our europe correspondent nick beake sent this report. the nightmare confronting the people of ateca. flames lighting up and ripping through the bone—dry hillside. the danger drawing ever closer. hundreds forced to flee the now luminous landscape. we found fire teams battling to contain new outbreaks. well, this is a perfect illustration of the challenge they face. this smouldering pocket has just sprung up out of nowhere, and it's now a race to contain it. but the ground is so dry, and every now and then the wind is picking up. scorched earth lined our route

through this community. the irony here — the fire was started by machinery used by a company planting trees. down the road, we find anna trying to salvage her orchard. she had refused to leave. translation: we have our trees, our land, our house. _ so after we evacuated the elderly from the village, we decided to stay. jose felix rallied his friends to try to stop the fire and save their homes. you know this land and climate so well. how much hotter and drier is it now compared with 20, 25 years ago? translation: it's hotter and it rains less. - it rains when it shouldn't rain, and it's cold when it shouldn't be cold. climate change is a reality. the spanish are experiencing

their worst fires in 15 years. this, the island of tenerife. so across the country, including in ateca, there's no let—up — although they hope they've won this battle, for now. but, everywhere you look, there are vivid reminders... ..ofjust how quickly things can change. nick beake, bbc news, in northeast spain. keeping women safe is now at the heart of the world's largest dating app, tinder, that's according to its first female ceo. renate nyborg has been speaking to the bbc�*s shiona mccallum about the company's new partnership with domestic violence charity no more and the safety measures they want people to know about. my name is renate nyborg. i'm the ceo of tinder. and i have the honour of allowing people all over the world to experience the magic

of human connection. i actually met my future husband on tinder. i was on tinder six years ago - until i found my boyfriend in 2017. as the first female ceo of tinder, do you feel a more of a responsibility towards women on the app? i thought that we could do more to specifically focus on the experiences women were having. we increased the number of women on the product team, so the people designing the experiences the technologies on the app by 30%. does more need to be done to increase the awareness of the safety features on tinder? since i became ceo, we started making trust and safety the heart of some of our marketing campaigns. i think that safety features could be a bit better. i personally didn't have any. negative safety experiences. i feel like i have to be extra cautious about my safety. i mean, being a south african woman, south africa is not the safest country for women already.

on tinder, we encourage everyone to be verified. and just in the months that it's been live, we've seen that almost half of our members will self select to verify themselves. ultimately, i don't think it's tinder's 100% responsibility to look after us. i think we have to put some personal measures in place to keep ourselves safe. before i go on a date, there are all these - funny measures i take. i have to tell like ton friends, you know, i'll have to have a codeword. i have to have like my life location on whatsapp. . it's a whole lot of admin. i would make sure that i facetime with these guys before i met them. i wouldn't just go out with them not having actually seen their their photo match, the person that they were. we have a feature called does this bother you? which makes it really easy to report something that you may not feel entirely comfortable with. we've seen an increase of 50% in people reporting things that they may not like. there's been an increase of crimes like sexual violence reported starting on dating apps.

how does tinder plan to tackle this for women? we're partnering with a uk ngo called no more, whose mission it is to end domestic violence and assault. the way that you interact with someone, literally from the very first message, may set the tone for the relationships that you have. what's your future vision for tinder? i believe that from the next decade onwards, most new connections, most new relationships, will start online. and so we see it as our responsibility to really ensure that those connections that start on tinder, that start with that first swipe, are positive relationships. i've had the most adventurous romantic encounters from partners i've met on tinder. it is a good way to meet people, so i recommend it, but with some safety caveats that you take - yourself and obviously the features that tinder's introduced. _ tinder used to be the sort

of like hookup app, but i've been hearing more and more success stories of couples staying together. and so if we can, you know, if your app can create those sorts of relationships by saying, hey, we're going to make it really safe for you guys, people might stay in touch a lot longer. they might feel more comfortable going out and meeting people they normally never would. people will come up to me and tell me all kinds of stories. sometimes they found their best friend on tinder, sometimes they found their business partner. but most of the time it's the romantic stories that they have to tell. the great british bake—off is never short of drama. every episode is packed with tears, triumphs and the occasional soggy bottom, so perhaps it's no surprise that the tv series has now been turned into a musical. it starts tomorrow in cheltenham. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson went for a sneak preview. welcome to the great british bake off. - theme plays. five years in the making, or should that be in the baking? great british bake off the musical has arrived. # now we're here. # the famous tent.#

the musical is fully endorsed by love productions who make the tv show. # get ready to man your bench in the bake off tent.# they've even helped out by [ending the real bake off food mixers. and although the names of the judges have been slightly changed, they're very familiar. my character's is called pam lee. yeah. and i'm phil hollinghurst, _ and any resemblance to anyone living or dead is purely coincidence. yes, fictional. yeah. i think it's important to say it's not a parody, is it? oh, no. very much not. no, no. it's an affectionate homage to the world of bake off. . we poke fun at the show. a little bit here and there, but there's a lot of love on stage, you know, and i think— that will reflect... a little bit of innuendo every now and then. only a little bit. very gentle.

i mean, there might even be a handshake moment, j you never know. and backstage, we can meet the other stars of the show — the cakes. more than 70 of these have been created, especially, and there's not a soggy bottom in sight. # let's meet this. year's contestants. # did you know my baking style is best described as shabby chic? # the story follows the making of a whole bake off series, including what happens between episodes. the writers believe it's an ideal subject for a show. it's the perfect musical. like, you know, if you think about a musical, it's a group of characters arriving. they form friendships, relationships and bonds. and then by the end, something has happened to them as a group, and they all leave in a very happy way. how many episodes have you watched, then? 0h, all of them, more than once. and also what was lovely is going through the episodes, because we have permission to take actual bake off moments going, oh, you know, this is a seminal bake off moment. how can we are we going to do this and how are we going to do it differently? and how can we affectionately get it into the show?

i'm thinking baked alaska. well, i won't say anything about that. there may or may not be. there may or may not be, i couldn't possibly say. but for example, there's a sequence where paul hollywood shows everybody how to slap down strudel dough, which we have maybe turned into a song. the best cake i've - ever eaten in my life. your grandma is a genius. get in! the bake off tv series has been a massive success story, giving channel four its highest ratings for more than 35 years. and the format has been sold all around the globe. there are versions injapan, kenya and uruguay, and there are big ambitions for the musical. so what's the dream for the show? how big could this go? global cake domination. the thing about bake off is people really love it. they feel strongly about it. i think there's a huge sense of ownership from the public about it, and i really hope that people who love the tv programme and people who even don't know the tv programme love the musical. sorry, guys. technical difficulties. we're going to have to do that all again. yes, bake off is known for its showstoppers. now they're hoping for showstoppers of a different kind. colin paterson, bbc

news, cheltenham. hello. there are signs things will turn a bit more humid across the country this weekend. not necessarily dry, though. today, however — well, for the week as a whole and the uk as a whole, probably one of the coolest days, even if temperatures are actually closer to the july average. and with it there are some showers around which could become heavy and thundery through the afternoon. it's mainly across parts of east wales, good part of england, maybe south—west scotland. north of scotland, northern ireland should be largely dry, some sunny spells and much sunnier this afternoon towards the south—west and the channel islands. light winds across the country. so once the sun is on your back, you'll actually feel pretty warm out there. but for most, as i said, temperatures down on where we've been all week long. some of the showers, thunderstorms will gradually fade from the west through the night. a zone of clearer weather coming in. and then by the end of the night, some wet weather returns towards ireland. temperatures around 11 to 15 degrees, a little bit

down on recent nights. so another good morning to open the windows. but, as i said, there is something milder coming in. that's because low pressure is set to swing in this weekend, with it outbreaks of rain in the north and west. and as it moves in, we start to drag in our air again off the atlantic, so that will boost the temperatures, and also that slightly more humid feel. so let's start with saturday, first of all. cloudy, maybe showery start for some in the east, turning drier and sunnier here. in the west, a bit of sunshine and then clouding over outbreaks of rain, fairly showery in nature, heaviest, most persistent across parts of western scotland. more of a breeze around through tomorrow, more especially in the west. but that breeze is coming from a more southerly direction. so even with the cloud and some outbreaks of rain, temperatures will be higher than today's values, up to around 25, 26 across parts of east anglia and the south—east. as we go through into saturday evening, further rain at times in scotland,

more in the way of showers towards wales and western parts of england. they'll edge a bit further southwards into the start of sunday, never quite reaching the south—east corner, and then move their way back northwards. a sunshine and showers day for most on sunday, heaviest with risk of thunder to the north and the west. and maybe a cloudier day though for parts of wales and the south—west of england, once again we'll see temperatures on the rise and we could get what would have been a hot category had it not been for this week, but 27 to 30 celsius will still feel pretty warm. temperatures take a little bit of a drop through this coming week, the middle part of the week, a lot more on the way of dry weather around, but it looks like it could get warmer again towards the end of next week. take care.

this is bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri and these are the latest headlines: a "critical incident" is declared at the port of dover as holiday—makers face queues for hours for border checks, with the uk blaming french staff for the delays. we set off yesterday thinking we'd beat the traffic and stayed in a hotel three miles away from here. we've have been travelling for three hours to do three miles. i share their frustration and i am so sorry that the travellers that we have going through the port today are being impacted by so much. the european union launches fresh legal action against the uk for failing to comply with the post—brexit northern ireland protocol. prince harry has won his bid to bring part of his high court claim against the home office over his security arrangements while in the uk. indefensible — a congressional committee condems the inactions

of former us president donald trump after hearing evidence that he made no attempt at calming rioters who stormed capitol hill last january. donald trump made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office, to ignore the ongoing violence against law enforcement, to threaten our constitutional order. tens of thousands of patients turned to private treatment late last year as hospital waiting lists started to climb with some even taking out loans pay for procedures. soggy bottoms or a show—stopper? expect aprons, rolling pins and tea towels galore. we go behind the scenes ahead of tomorrow's opening night of great british bake off — the musical.

a "critical incident" has been declared at the port of dover and officials are urging passengers to stay away because of long delays at border control. holiday—makers are facing hours of queues and freight is being stacked up on the main approach routes to dover. you can see the lorries stacking up here on the m20, some of those drivers will be waiting over 12 hours to get through the system. holiday—makers are currently facing delays of upto six hours to clear all security checks. ferry operator p&o ferries has tried to reassure customers tweeting, "if you miss your sailing, you'll be on the first available once at check—in". dover council says residents are dismayed, desperate and angry because the town is gridlocked with children not being able to get to school because they are stranded on buses. bosses at dover are blaming a lack

of staff at french border controls. in a statement, the port of dover says it is "deeply frustrated that the resource at the french border overnight and early this morning has been woefully inadequate to meet our predicted demand". they say they will "continue to work with all kent partners to look after those caught up in the current situation and play our part in resolving it as soon as possible". earlier, i spoke to doug bannister, the ceo of the port of dover, and asked him what his message was for the travellers affected by today's delays. yes, first of all, i have to say that i share their frustration and i am so sorry that the travellers that we have going through the port today are being impacted by so much, but also our community, the town of dover is also experiencing significant problems this morning. we have been planning for this for months. this day, we have installed new infrastructure, trained up more people and to be let down in the way that we have with

inadequate resourcing and slow processing through the border authorities is so immensely frustrating. at what point did you know that these french border authorities men and women were not going to turn up to work in the numbers you were expecting? about four o'clock this morning it became clear we were going to have a challenge. i was alerted just a little bit after five. i made my way down the port. we have had such great support, been working very collaboratively with all the authorities in kent, in central government and in france to make sure were prepared. we shared in granular detail the amount of traffic on an hour by hour basis that we were anticipating, so it was completely known what we needed to have in place. what i'm struggling to understand is how could the french authorities not have communicated to you that this was going to be a problem if you did have this

planning that you say you had that involved the french authorities, as well? i wish i could tell you, but we don't know. at the moment our intention is to get the traffic moving. we have had more officers turned up. the traffic is beginning to flow. it will take us a while to clear the backlog. things are happening. we also need to make certain that this resourcing and throughput is managed from this point forward for the rest of the weekend. it is a busy weekend in front of us, tomorrow will be busy as well and this is just the start of a very busy summer for us. we need to keep our attention on this all the way through the summer. do you have plans in place if covid hits these french border patrol people again? there is little that we can do. all we can do is make sure we share the right information

with the right people so they know our demands. once you are through the border controls you don't stop at the other side, you canjust get off the ferry and get on your way, but it is this critical bottleneck that we have, this pinch point, that we need to make sure it is resourced appropriately. up to this point we have been receiving word that they knew what was needed and they were planning accordingly. what advice do you give to passengers watching this who plan to leave their home in the next few hours to get to dover? keep tuned in, i would say. clearly, there will be a lot of media around what is happening on the ground today. before you set off, check with your operator, your ferry company. also make sure you come prepared, have plenty of water in the car, some food, entertainment for the kids and i am really sorry that the start of your holiday is being impacted in this way.

tomorrow, sunday, they will also be extremely busy. can you give any reassurance to people that things will be sorted out by them? things will be sorted out by then? i really wish i could. we are putting all of the attention we can do in ensuring we have enough resources in place to manage through this busy first weekend of the summer. we have been doing that for weeks, for months and we will continue to do that and work very hard at doing that. doug bannister trying to explain that the french side of the issue did not deliver in terms of patrol staff. let's get more from our business correspondent

carrie davies, whojoins me now. according to dover, this is because they did not have the number of french officials coming in to be able to do the passport checks. going into dover, you have the french officials check on the uk site going out, and coming back, you have to checks done in france. only six out of the 12 passport boots were opened this morning. as you can see from that interview with doug bannister, there is real angerfrom the port authorities saying they have been sharing all their information, planning with the uk authorities, the french authorities, giving them details about how many people they were expecting to be travelling through. they say they feel very let down by the french authorities not sending of people over. why they were not is not

entirely clear. some reports talking about covid related illness. we haven't heard from french authorities. we are hearing from doug bannister but also the kent resilience forum is that there are more people coming over to start that. doug bannister suggesting some of these people are already in place and things are getting going in a more fluid way. it is not clear how long this could last for, how many hours it will take to get through the amount of traffic starting to build up. so many people are travelling at the moment because it is the start of the school holidays. that would always mean that there were going to be a large number of people travelling. with something like this, it has such a large knock—on effect. to get all the people through and onto the fairies, we don't know how long those backlogs will take to clear. we have s-ueakin to backlogs will take to clear. we have speaking to a _ backlogs will take to clear. we have speaking to a lot — backlogs will take to clear. we have speaking to a lot of _ backlogs will take to clear. we have speaking to a lot of people - backlogs will take to clear. we have speaking to a lot of people down . speaking to a lot of people down there who have been queueing for hours and hours just to move a mile forward towards the port. is there

any kind of statement that has been made about how long this will take to clear? .. , .. , made about how long this will take to clear? ~ , ~ , ., to clear? the weekend is likely to be bus , to clear? the weekend is likely to be busy. as _ to clear? the weekend is likely to be busy, as well. _ to clear? the weekend is likely to be busy, as well. this _ to clear? the weekend is likely to be busy, as well. this is - to clear? the weekend is likely to i be busy, as well. this is something that dover has been talking about, that dover has been talking about, that they don't just want these officials to be coming in today for an emergency moment, but saying it is important to keep the staffing levels high over the weekend and over the course of the summer. this is the first time many people have felt able to book a summer holiday, to go abroad because of the last few years there has been so much uncertainty over the pandemic. it does seem that some of covid are still having an effect here. many people want to know exactly how long this is going to last four, when it will clear. the clear message from dover is to keep an eye on those movements, the media. at the moment, there are still queues of four or

five hours at the moment. the european commission has launched four new legal procedures against britain, accusing london of failing to comply with significant parts of the protocol governing post—brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland. the move follows the clearance by the house of commons of the northern ireland protocol bill, which would scrap some of the rules governing those arrangements. let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley. the european commission has said that they have given over a year for uk to come to terms with this. thea;a uk to come to terms with this. they think uk is not _ uk to come to terms with this. they think uk is not taking _ uk to come to terms with this. ii;e: think uk is not taking this seriously enough. this is not the same as the legislation going through parliamentjust now which would give ministers in london to to override the brexit deal. this is

about implementing key parts of the brexit deal that borisjohnson site with the european union a couple of years ago. what the european union is saying that is that the uk is not taking its obligations to the northern ireland protocol seriously enough. it is not collecting the data it needs to about what is being transported between the uk and northern ireland. it is not making sure that some goods are being smuggled into the single market through northern ireland. what it is done today is written to the uk government saying you need to deal with this, start taking it more seriously or we will go further, the threats is to take it to the european court. the uk has always said it wants to try and make the brexit deal work, but the protocol as it stands just isn't working. although the european union is writing this strongly worded letter

today and is threatening more action, it doesn't look likely from london personal point of view that this is going to be resolved anytime soon. it looks more likely that some of the tensions over the protocol will escalate rather than tied down. it is one of those things that the uk's it is one of those things that the uk's new prime minister, whoever takes over from boris uk's new prime minister, whoever takes overfrom borisjohnson in september, will have to deal with. rishi sunak and liz truss are on a path where they seem pretty clear that they want to change the brexit deal. liz truss is the author of the legislation that would allow london to unilaterally overwrite parts of the brexit deal. although the european union is writing this letter today saying please can we try and sort this out, the prospects of that happening are pretty slim. these tensions are likely to escalate long before they start to dissipate.

if you want more on any of these stories, go to our website. plenty more on every story, including the incident at dover. joining me now is glenn carpenter who, along with his wife, charlotte, and four children is stuck in the traffic at dover. talkie through your day so far. how did this begin? we talkie through your day so far. how did this begin?— talkie through your day so far. how did this begin? we got up at 4:45am and we left windsor _ did this begin? we got up at 4:45am and we left windsor at _ did this begin? we got up at 4:45am and we left windsor at 5:30am. - and we left windsor at 5:30am. arrived in dover at 730 am and have just been in traffic since. did arrived in dover at 730 am and have just been in traffic since.— just been in traffic since. did you have any communication - just been in traffic since. did you have any communication from i just been in traffic since. did you l have any communication from the ferry company or the port that this was going to happen? i had ferry company or the port that this was going to happen?— was going to happen? i had a text messaue was going to happen? i had a text message at _ was going to happen? i had a text

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there, whether they will let you end if you get there is too late. that is concerned — if you get there is too late. that is concerned because _ if you get there is too late. that is concerned because it - if you get there is too late. “i�*isgit is concerned because it says the cap locks up at 11 o'clock at night. what do you feel about what is happening? it is the end of the school term, the beginning of the school term, the beginning of the school holidays. he knew things would be busy but this is something else. it would be busy but this is something else. , , ., ~ would be busy but this is something else. , , ., . ., �* else. it is frustrating. we haven't heard too much. _ else. it is frustrating. we haven't heard too much. we _ else. it is frustrating. we haven't heard too much. we heard - else. it is frustrating. we haven't heard too much. we heard it - else. it is frustrating. we haven't heard too much. we heard it wasj else. it is frustrating. we haven't i heard too much. we heard it was at the french— heard too much. we heard it was at the french end, is that right? it the french end, is that right? [11 looks the french end, is that right? looks like the french end, is that right? it looks like french border patrol staff, there are too few of them basically at work today. this is what we have been hearing. does it make a difference to you why it is happening? you have gone beyond caring, i imagine.— happening? you have gone beyond caring, i imagine. yes, we are both niiht at caring, i imagine. yes, we are both night at the — caring, i imagine. yes, we are both night at the point _ caring, i imagine. yes, we are both night at the point where _ caring, i imagine. yes, we are both night at the point where we - caring, i imagine. yes, we are both night at the point where we have i night at the point where we have done this far. we can see the port now. we can just see the port. we want to get on. we don't know what will be like on the other end. i

wish you the best of luck. drop us a line and let us know you have arrived there safely at your campsite. arrived there safely at your campsite-— arrived there safely at your camsite. ~ ., ., ,, i. campsite. will do. thank you. goodbye. _ campsite. will do. thank you. goodbye, kids! _ campsite. will do. thank you. goodbye, kids! amazing. i campsite. will do. thank you. goodbye, kids! amazing. myl campsite. will do. thank you. i goodbye, kids! amazing. my kids campsite. will do. thank you. - goodbye, kids! amazing. my kids will not last ten minutes in a car like that. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. britain's dina asher—smith won 200m bronze at the world athletics championships this morning after battling to return to the podium. the defending champion lost the title she won three years ago, but ran 22.02 seconds to earn great britain's third medal in oregon. an incredibly fast race — won byjamaican shericka jackson who recored the second quickest time in history, 21.45 seconds. her compatriot shelly ann fraser pryce was second. asher—smith dedicated the medal to her grandmother, who died earlier this year.

irun i run very emotionally. it's probably quite strange to some of the viewers, but i have to be very vibrant, happy, feeling good, feeling strong and feeling positive. obviously, that is impossible for half of the season. impossible. i also generally profoundly sad and working just to be ok, but to perform you need to be more than ok, you need to be 100. that was completely not possible for most of the season, so i'm probably still not a hundred now, but i am still happy that i got this. the weather looks like it might affect england's cricketers in their efforts to avoid consecutive home series defeats. they're due to take on south africa in the second one—day international in around 45 minutes, but there's been persistent drizzle at old trafford. it's a period of transition for england's white ball squad, having seen world cup winning captain eoin morgan and the influential ben stokes retire in recent weeks.

they lost the first series under new captainjos buttler to india. batter phil salt believes they can turn things around. decided, as a unit, we have set the barfor so many years, whether they have been in or of the squad, i don't think there is any turned up pressure in the dressing room at all. we know what we need to do, we know how good we are. it is a case of getting your chest out, crossing the line and doing it again and again because that is what made this squad world champions. sweden have suffered a blow ahead of their quarter—final against belgium — with the news that defenders hanna glas and emma kullberg have both tested positive for covid—19. ranked 2 in the world, sweden are the highest—ranked team in the tournament. they were olympic silver medallists last year. glas and kullberg will be separated from the rest of the squad and monitored to determine

if and when they can return. the winners of friday's match against belgium will face hosts england in the semi—finals. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. we have some break and travel news. some good news for people hoping to travel on british airways. hundreds of british airways workers voted today to call off strike action after accepting a pay offer, according to the gmb union. they said that no one wanted a summer strike at heathrow, but our members had to fight for what is right. the pay deal apparently was backed by 75% of workers, so there will not be summer strikes at heathrow by ba workers over and you pay offer, it was accepted by workers.

prince harry has won a bid to bring a high court challenge against the home office over his security arrangements while he's in the uk. the duke of sussex is taking legal action over a decision not to allow him to pay for police protection for himself and his family when they visit from the united states. prince harry lost full protection after he stepped back from royal duties in 2020. our royal correspondent sean coughlan gave me this update. he is no longer a working member of the royalfamily, he lives in california with his family. he has challenged the sort of security he can expect when it comes to the uk. he has challenged what the home office has provided. this does not mean he has managed to win, it means he is allowed to challenge the ruling. it takes it one step forward. he has won his next step in his legal battle. this all stems from when he left the country and left royal duties behind him. that's right. it is related to his status. he is no longer a member

of the working royals, so what security should he have? should he be treated as a politician or a celebrity? what sort of security should he have? he has disputed how was decided. he wants more transparency over how it is funded. he can now take this to court. we don't know if he will win, obviously, but he can have his day in court. the number of people paying for their own surgeryjumped by 40% in the last three months of 2021, compared to the same period before the pandemic. new figures from private hospitals show that more than a quarter of a million patients paid for operations like hip replacements or cataract removal as nhs waiting lists started to climb sharply. our health correspondent jim reed reports. rob weston with his newest daughter, charlotte. rob has been diagnosed

with a genetic heart condition. going private for heart surgery could cost well over £50,000, so this year rob started raising money online to pay for it. i can't wait on the nhs any more. i've waited too long. so it is... it is a case of, it goes on my credit card or i raise some money, so... before the pandemic, the number of people spending money on private hospital treatment was holding steady. lockdown caused a sudden drop. since then, though, demand has been well above pre—covid levels. part of that could be the system catching up. the other main driver is what's going on in nhs hospitals. there are now six and a half million people on the waiting list for a routine operation in england — that's one in nine of the entire population — with other parts of the uk under similar pressure.

the biggest rise we're seeing is in the poorest households, and they're quite often having to take out loans, they might be crowdfunding the money to be able to pay for that private treatment, so it can be a really difficult choice for those families. 0h. i can't live with this pain. this time last year, brenda was struggling. she was filmed for the bbc, waiting for surgery for severe osteoarthritis. i can't carry on like this. my life just isn't worth living, quite frankly. l this is the difference that surgery can make. brenda's now back on her feet after a private operation in february — but that only came about after a complete stranger saw her on television and paid for one of her hips to be replaced. her reaction to that? i burst into tears. the next day, the money- was in my account, ready to go. then, last month, a sudden cancellation meant brenda had her second hip replaced — this time on the nhs.

she's grateful, but had to wait far longer than she should have. we've all paid our national insurance contributions, i we've all paid our dues, l and to not be able to get the treatment is just... immoral is probably quite a strong word, but i'll use it! _ families are having to make some difficult decisions as waiting lists rise. she the government and nhs england say they are making progress trying to tackle the worst treatment backlogs. the plan is still for no patient to be waiting more than a year for surgery by march 2025. jim reed, bbc news. i'm joined now by someone who was forced to use private healthcare, pauljardine. tall, i'm so grateful to you for joining us. tell us your story. what procedure did you need and why did you decide to go private? i procedure did you need and why did you decide to go private?— you decide to go private? i needed act cardiac version, _ you decide to go private? i needed act cardiac version, which - you decide to go private? i needed act cardiac version, which is i you decide to go private? i needed act cardiac version, which is to i act cardiac version, which is to

stop the heart and restarted, get the valves working in synchronisation. when i was initially ill, when i went to visit a&e i couldn't get an appointment with your gp for the follow—up, so i thought, and obviously ill, i didn't know what i was wrong —— what was wrong with me. i went to a private gp and we took the route that way. hence we are going to the cardiologist on a private basis. you finance this — cardiologist on a private basis. you finance this yourself. if you don't mind me asking, did you have money set aside or did you take out a loan? i set aside or did you take out a loan? ., , ., ., ., , i'm loan? i had funds available. i'm lucky that _ loan? i had funds available. i'm lucky that way- _ loan? i had funds available. i'm lucky that way. how _ loan? i had funds available. i'm lucky that way. how did - loan? i had funds available. i'm lucky that way. how did she i loan? i had funds available. i'm| lucky that way. how did she feel about having to spend your own money on your own health care? i was about having to spend your own money on your own health care?— on your own health care? i was more concerned about _ on your own health care? i was more concerned about my _ on your own health care? i was more concerned about my own _ on your own health care? i was more concerned about my own health i on your own health care? i was more concerned about my own health and | concerned about my own health and the cost at the time. i was having difficulty breathing, my heart was all over the place. obviously, you

think i have worked all my life, why am i having to do this? at the time, it was needs must. like the gentleman in your trailer saying, i have to get this done. i felt very much in that predicament. you were obviously very _ much in that predicament. you were obviously very ill _ much in that predicament. you were obviously very ill at _ much in that predicament. you were obviously very ill at the _ much in that predicament. you were obviously very ill at the time. - much in that predicament. you were obviously very ill at the time. why i obviously very ill at the time. why would you not referred urgently to a cardiologist? what did your original gp say to you? i cardiologist? what did your original gp say to you?— gp say to you? i couldn't get in to see the gp _ gp say to you? i couldn't get in to see the gp because _ gp say to you? i couldn't get in to see the gp because i _ gp say to you? i couldn't get in to see the gp because i couldn't i gp say to you? i couldn't get in to see the gp because i couldn't get| see the gp because i couldn't get through on the phone. that's why i went to a private gp who saw me the next day. i had one—on—one communication, they were kicking things into care, starting the analysis. whereas i tried for ten days to get through to my nhs gp, but had been unsuccessful. you can

hold the phone all day. i did that for ten days and thought i'm not getting any better here, so ijust looked up at gp practice, went there and it moved along from there. what and it moved along from there. what was the treatment _ and it moved along from there. what was the treatment that _ and it moved along from there. what was the treatment that you receive privately? i was the treatment that you receive rivatel ? ., ., ., , ., privately? i had a cardio version, ou io privately? i had a cardio version, you go into _ privately? i had a cardio version, you go into hospital— privately? i had a cardio version, you go into hospital and - privately? i had a cardio version, you go into hospital and a - privately? i had a cardio version, you go into hospital and a stop i you go into hospital and a stop start your heart, trying to get it back to working in its proper sequence. i had arterial fibrillation, which means that the blood does not move around properly, you start to get fluid build—up on your ankles, your lungs. haifa you start to get fluid build-up on your ankles, your lungs.- you start to get fluid build-up on your ankles, your lungs. how do you feel now after _ your ankles, your lungs. how do you feel now after the _ your ankles, your lungs. how do you feel now after the treatments? i'm l feel now after the treatments? i'm doini all feel now after the treatments? in doing all right, yeah. we are starting the next phase, which is

doing some gentle physical exercise, continue with the weight loss programme, because i had 25 kilos river trent —— retain fluid in my body. they have got rid of that through medication and are continuing with the weight loss and exercise and we will review the condition again in a couple of months. i condition again in a couple of months. .., ., , condition again in a couple of months. ., , , months. i can only say i wish you all the very _ months. i can only say i wish you all the very best _ months. i can only say i wish you all the very best in _ months. i can only say i wish you all the very best in your- months. i can only say i wish you all the very best in your health i months. i can only say i wish you i all the very best in your health and thank you once more for telling us your story. thank you once more for telling us yourstory. it thank you once more for telling us your story. it is really important to get these stories out there. thank you. thank you very much. covid infections have been rising steadily in the uk. covid infections rose to 3.7 million, although the rate of increase is slowing slightly. to be specific about this. 3,760,200 people had coronavirus in the week ending the 13th ofjuly.

there is a slight lag in these figures. these are the latest estimates from the office for national statistics. this is up around 7% from the 3.5 million we saw the week before. that means, if you break it down, around 5.8% of the population of the uk has covid, thatis the population of the uk has covid, that is roughly one in 17 people. that is up roughly from one and 18 people the week before, that latest information coming in to us from the office for national statistics. last week it was one in 20 people. yes, the population was 5.4%, this week it has gone up to 5.8%, so a bigger proportion of the population now has coronavirus. parliament might be in recess, but it is shaping up to be a busy summer for the two mps vying to be the next leader of the conservative party and the next uk prime minister. rishi sunak and liz truss have been

outlining their tax plans in their bids to win over the wider membership. the 1922 committee is the group of conservative party backbenchers that acts as a governing body of the party. its executive committee took in letters of no—confidence in the prime minister borisjohnson, and is currently coordinating the leadership process. a member of that executive committee and conservative mp bob blackmanjoins me now. some home may argue why is it taking so long? we some home may argue why is it taking so loni ? ~ ., ., ., some home may argue why is it taking so loni ? . ., ., ., ., so long? we have had a mixture of somethini so long? we have had a mixture of something it _ so long? we have had a mixture of something it is _ so long? we have had a mixture of something it is too _ so long? we have had a mixture of something it is too quick _ so long? we have had a mixture of something it is too quick and i so long? we have had a mixture of| something it is too quick and others too long. the parliamentary process was completed within two weeks from the moment borisjohnson announced his resignation as leader of the conservative party. i personally make sure we revamped the rules and deliver the timeline that that achieved a position whereby yesterday we presented the party at

large with two candidates to make their decision. that meant administering five different ballots over successive days where parliament was sitting. it was quite a long list at one stage of candidates to become leader and of course with the party at large we will get the opportunity of a postal or electronic ballot, which they choose, to make that choice of the candidate to come leader of the party now for prime minister. it is important over this course of time that party members will get the opportunity to attend hustings sessions if they worship. there are currently 12 casting sessions planned across —— hustings sessions planned across —— hustings sessions planned across —— hustings sessions planned across the united kingdom. they are also able to be dialled in and the idea is the membership will get the maximum opportunity of holding those two candidates to account before they make the

decision. , ._ account before they make the decision. , , ., account before they make the decision. , ., decision. yesterday i spoke to david mellor who was _ decision. yesterday i spoke to david mellor who was criticising _ decision. yesterday i spoke to david mellor who was criticising the i decision. yesterday i spoke to david mellor who was criticising the fact i mellor who was criticising the fact the membership of the vote. he said why not let mps of the vote because they have experience of these two candidates and our elected officials and should have the board. how do you answer that? 1uteri; and should have the board. how do you answer that?— you answer that? very simply. we reformed the _ you answer that? very simply. we reformed the system _ you answer that? very simply. we reformed the system in _ you answer that? very simply. we | reformed the system in parliament and the party generally when william hague was elected as leader. that's quite a long time ago now. to allow the party membership to have a say. party members are the ones that tramped the streets, do all the fundraising, deliver the leaflets and encourage people to vote for the party. it is absolutely right that party. it is absolutely right that party members should have a say in who the leader should be and ultimately they are deciding who the leader will be because we have presented to candidates for the leadership and i think,

unfortunately, they used to be a way that mps were solely elected the leader of our party. i think our members would be extremely frustrated that having elected a borisjohnson as leader and then him taking us to a general election if we in parliament did not allow the party membership to choose his successor. its, party membership to choose his successor-— successor. a lot of people are complaining _ successor. a lot of people are complaining that _ successor. a lot of people are complaining that the - successor. a lot of people are complaining that the blue i successor. a lot of people are complaining that the blue on | successor. a lot of people are i complaining that the blue on blue attacks of the last few weeks have done irreparable damage to the tory party, do you agree? i done irreparable damage to the tory party. do you agree?— party, do you agree? i think it has been regrettable, _ party, do you agree? i think it has been regrettable, the _ party, do you agree? i think it has been regrettable, the format i party, do you agree? i think it has been regrettable, the format of. party, do you agree? i think it has. been regrettable, the format of the particular leadership contest hustings held on the media. the reality is at that time the electorate was members of parliament, not the wider public are not even members of the party. another position is up to the candidates to make sure they choose the format for any tv debate that is appropriate and wait for them. i

don't think it is helpful for candidates to be launching personal attacks on each other, that's not going to be helpful at all. we sought prime minister's questions keir starmer not asking any questions relevant to the country at the moment but about the attacks candidates had made on each other. thank you once again for talking to us. now it's time for a look at the weather. it does feel a bit more pleasant and about. the other feature forjuly you're perhaps not aware of is how dry the weather has been, particular southern wales and southern and eastern parts of england but we have some rain the forecast. it will be hit and mist today but shower is lining up across east wales into parts of somerset and dorset will bring the most reliable rainfall. showers are crossed south—east

england and sussex feeling the time and rain becoming less extensive across northern areas of england. there will be some dry and brighter areas that with temperatures into the low 20s overnight many areas will slowly become more dry with the exception northern ireland when a band of rain will move in off the atlantic. a end to the night here and widely 11 degrees to 15 degrees tonight. tomorrow this band of rain in bringing about weather —— wet weather to start the day and northern ireland. little if any rain forecast in southern and eastern england and southern parts of wales. you might want some rain but not that much in the forecast for these areas. hello, this is bbc news. i'm maryam moshiri and these are the headlines. a critical incident is declared at the port of dover

as holidaymakers face queues for hours for border checks, with the uk blaming french staff for the delays. hundreds of british airways workers have voted to call off summer strike action after accepting a pay offer. the european union launches fresh legal action against the uk for failing to comply with the post—brexit northern ireland protocol. prince harry has won his bid to bring part of his high court claim against the home office over his security arrangements while in the uk. indefensible: a congressional committee condems the inactions of former us president donald trump after hearing evidence that he made no attempt at calming rioters who stormed capitol hill last january. tens of thousands of patients turned to private treatment late last year as hospital waiting lists started to climb with some even taking out loans pay for procedures.

the public accounts committee — which examines the value for money of government projects in the uk — has raised concerns about the home office's aim to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers for england and wales. the uk government promised that the additional 20,000 officers would help to cut crime, get criminals off the street and keep people safe — but the committee says the focus to date has just been "on getting people through the door." joining me now is paul wilson, a former police superintendent and one of the co—founders of the first black police association. he has also written a book called rocking the boat which describes his experiences within the police force. what do you think is needed to bring about change, 20,000 new officers? it is a laudable target but it is not all about getting bodies through the door as has been alluded to by the door as has been alluded to by the accounts committee. for me this is about changing culture. these

things have begun in tandem, we get bodies through the door and lose them. we have a huge issue with retention, particularly of black police officers. when you consider the demographic that is least trusting we need to get more black officers into the police service. it is widely acknowledged no that we have a problem with our police culture and its bearing on the retention, progression and recruitment of black officers so there is a correlation with all these issues, it is not about getting bodies through the door, we have to address the internal culture. it have to address the internal culture. . ., have to address the internal culture. ., , have to address the internal culture. ., i, ., culture. it could potentially be a slow process — culture. it could potentially be a slow process and _ culture. it could potentially be a slow process and the _ culture. it could potentially be a slow process and the need i culture. it could potentially be a slow process and the need for i culture. it could potentially be a i slow process and the need for more police officers and tackling crime in this country something that will not handle slowness, needs to be done fast. ii not handle slowness, needs to be done fast. ., ., , , done fast. if we are happy with statistics that _

done fast. if we are happy with statistics that show _ done fast. if we are happy with statistics that show we - done fast. if we are happy with statistics that show we are i statistics that show we are recruiting x number of officers but when you look at retention figures we find we are haemorrhaging particularly black and minority officers, i would say that is unacceptable. for me, this is about leadership and not about videos and what you can expect when you join the police service, we need a touch of realism, particularly where black officers are concerned. we have seen that treatment is very different once they are in the police service, there is the inclusivity that we promised is not apparent, so leadership, commitment to change from the very top is needed. at the same time is doing all we can to recruit more communities, we particularly need to recruit, retain and progress are black police officers. ., . . and progress are black police officers. ., ., ., , officers. you had a very distinguished _ officers. you had a very distinguished 31- officers. you had a very distinguished 31 year i officers. you had a very - distinguished 31 year career officers. you had a very _ distinguished 31 year career within the police force. have you seen any

change in the way things are done? i thought change in the way things are done? i thought i had and i have lived abroad since retiring but have come back to england now to discuss with various black police association has run the country and unfortunately i feel we are going backwards in some respects. we have seen a considerable number of videos of late that depict the appalling treatment of black people on the street by police officers. this does not aid recruitment. we are going backwards where recruitment is concerned. backwards where recruitment is concerned-— backwards where recruitment is concerned. ., ~ ., backwards where recruitment is concerned. . ~ . concerned. paul wilson, thank you so much. an inquiry has heard ex—us president donald trump watched last year's capitol riot on tv at the white house, ignoring his aides who begged

him to rebuke the mob. the house of representatives select committee used its eighth hearing of the summer to draw a timeline of the former president's activities on the day. they heard mr trump did not place a single call to law enforcement, was motivated by a selfish desire to stay in power and ignored advice from his team and children, who wanted him to call off the rioters, but mr trump has described the hearings as illegally—constituted. he's also accused the committee of unfairly targetting him and dismissed past witness testimonies as "fake and made—up stories". our washington correspondent nomia iqbal has more. the election is now over. congress has certified the results. i don't want to say. the election's over... this is a president struggling to condemn an attack on us democracy. donald trump appears frustrated as he gives a scripted speech to americans the day

after the deadly riots. it was shown at the committee's latest hearing. they say mr trump was reluctant to condemn his supporters who swarmed the capitol. they focused on a crucial time period, 187 minutes, the moment mr trump told his supporters to challengejoe biden�*s election victory. .. we're going to walk| down to the capitol. ..to when he told them to go home. we love you. you're very special. the committee says he should have done something sooner. president trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes between leaving the ellipse and telling the mob to go home. he chose not to act. the whole number of electors appointed... when he did act, they say it was to criticise his vice president, mike pence, for not backing him. he had to be evacuated from the capitol. if we're going to leave, we need to do it now. that led to two of his loyal aides quitting theirjobs shortly after the riots. the resignation statement that i drafted, i referenced this and i said, "our nation needs a peaceful transfer of power," in hopes that it would put some sort of public pressure on the white house and president trump to publicly agree to an orderly transition.

the committee will return in september, but they can't bring any charges against mr trump. only the department ofjustice can do that. will these hearings ultimately damage donald trump? some polls suggest that more americans do partly blame him for what happened that day, but he is widely tipped to run again for the white house in 2024 and there's no concrete evidence yet that his supporters are ready to turn their back on him. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. i think we can speak to the leader of kent county council. it is

certainly — of kent county council. it is certainly a _ of kent county council. it is certainly a very _ of kent county council. it is certainly a very serious - of kent county council. it 3 certainly a very serious situation and sadly we are used to similar situations in cancer because there is a very fundamental problem here. what has triggered it to date has been a combination of things. the first is we have seen the french border authorities have frequently been on demand —— undermanned although this is one of the busiest times of the year with the summer getaways having started and at certain points having carried out more elaborate checks. you certain points having carried out more elaborate checks.- certain points having carried out more elaborate checks. you see this as happened — more elaborate checks. you see this as happened in _ more elaborate checks. you see this as happened in the _ more elaborate checks. you see this as happened in the past? _ more elaborate checks. you see this as happened in the past? there - more elaborate checks. you see this| as happened in the past? there have been occasions _ as happened in the past? there have been occasions but _ as happened in the past? there have been occasions but my _ as happened in the past? there have been occasions but my wider- as happened in the past? there have been occasions but my wider point i as happened in the past? there have been occasions but my wider point is| been occasions but my wider point is these sorts of crises that boot enormous pressure particularly in certain parts of kent, dover gets severely but saw increasingly do many other parts of the county, these are issues you will find you

regularly report on because they are, quite a bit. today the initial issue was to do with the french border authorities and although i hear there are more paf border officers we will have to see how it works out and the nature of the checks they carry out. from the m20 there has been our significant accident and it is closed between junctions ii and i2 and that is on top of the normal traffic management will be do to deal with the situation.— will be do to deal with the situation. ., , ., , ., situation. there was a statement from the leader _ situation. there was a statement from the leader of _ situation. there was a statement from the leader of dover - situation. there was a statement from the leader of dover district| from the leader of dover district council where he said i wrote to the kent resilience forum three weeks ago to express my concern and i know kent county council is part of that forum. why is that those concerns were voiced releasable and yet we are seeing problems today? it is

unlikely nobody knew today would be the most difficulty of the year travel —wise. we the most difficulty of the year travel -wise._ the most difficulty of the year travel -wise. ~ ., ., , travel -wise. we have done extensive re aration travel -wise. we have done extensive preparation for _ travel -wise. we have done extensive preparation for this _ travel -wise. we have done extensive preparation for this and _ travel -wise. we have done extensive preparation for this and this _ travel -wise. we have done extensive preparation for this and this was - preparation for this and this was one of the busiest days of the year and we have been working towards dealing with it. clearly it puts a very sensitive situation when something like paf not playing our part in full has a huge impact. the challenge officers when we have these crises, and i am afraid they are all too frequent the cars we have a whole —— because we have a whole number of fragility is in our system which we have been pushing on along with our colleagues in dover for a very long time, under those circumstances it is very hard to keep all the traffic, particularly passenger traffic, out of dover. it is where the port is. at the moment we are seeing a very significant

impact on dover and on other parts of kent as well, precisely because of kent as well, precisely because of the scale of what seeing. you talked about _ of the scale of what seeing. you talked about the _ of the scale of what seeing. you talked about the fundamental problem here, that is because problems even before this weekend. what are you referring to? we before this weekend. what are you referring to?— before this weekend. what are you referring to? we have an enormous amount of both _ referring to? we have an enormous amount of both trade _ referring to? we have an enormous amount of both trade and _ referring to? we have an enormous amount of both trade and indeed i amount of both trade and indeed other activity and feudalism that goes through the port of dover. —— and the tourist trade. a large number of imports and exports passed through the short straights and you get a large number of passengers at this time of year. it takes very little increase to produce a crisis and what we are peaceful for a long time is a range of measures recognising some of things that need to be done should be considered as nationally significant infrastructure because what is

happening today as honestly affecting us in kent but affecting people across the country who are trying to get there, and also that we need to look very carefully at what can be generated in terms of fraud solutions, particularly in relation to lorries, and ensuring where you can both greater throughput at the port and being able to carry out activities, checking and so on, further back from the port. so all of these are important things that will help dover and help kent but there is a lot know that needs to be done on that. —— there is a lot more that needs to be done on that. a former irish soldier who was found guilty of being a member of the so—called islamic state group has been sentenced at a dublin court to 15 months in prison. lisa smith was found guilty in may of membership of the terror group, but was acquitted of a separate charge of financing terrorism after a nine—week trial at dublin's non—jury special criminal court. turkey says a deal has been reached

to allow ukraine to resume exports of grain through the black sea. it it is expected to be signed later today in istanbul by ukraine, russia, turkey and the un secretary general antonio guterres. russia is currently blocading ports along the southern ukrainian coastline meaning there is grain sitting in odessa unable to be shipped out — leading to a worldwide rise in food prices. under the deal, russia would agree to a truce at sea to allow grain to be moved — and turkey would inspect ships i spoke to our middle east correspondent anna foster who is in istanbul to explain more a little earlier. turkey will play a really important role in this. when it comes to the implementation of this deal, istanbul will be vital because you talked about some of the issues that you're going to face this

potential plan once it gets under way — the need for their ships to move, the fact that large areas of the black sea now have mines in them because of the war, and this distrust that weapons might be smuggled in the ships. when we see the details of that plan, and we don't expect to see them until it is signed, but we are told once it is then they will tell us more of the technical details of how it will work. people will be looking very closely to see what it is in it for both sides and what safeguards there are to make sure that everybody involved sticks to what they are promising to do. it is crucial for food globally that this deal is struck, signed and adhered to. it is vital. there is something like 20 million tonnes of grain sitting in silos in 0desa. it needs to be moved on to people who desperately need it. it is a question of bringing down world

prices, but also physically getting grain out to places like the middle east and africa that are reliant on it. also, bear in mind as well that we are moving ever closer towards a new ukrainian harvest, and if those silos aren't empty, where does that harvest go? there are lots of moving parts here. one of the reasons why so much effort has been put into trying to make this deal happen is because millions of people since the war began, notjust in ukraine but in other parts of the world, are suffering because of the impact it has had because that grain is not being moved on and there are real hopes that this will unlock that and helped so many people who are desperately in need and who are approaching famine. what is the timeline on this? we are told it would be signed this afternoon, hopefully early afternoon. they want to get it going as soon as possible. there are lots of logistics to be considered. bear in mind that those ukrainian ports have not been working since the war began, so i think there is definitely an urge

to get this done quickly, but there will be a few different things that they will have to establish before they can get it working as planned. the great british bake off is never short of drama. every episode is packed with tears, triumphs and the occasional soggy bottom.so perhaps it's no surprise that the tv series has now been turned into a musical. it starts tomorrow in cheltenham. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson went for a sneak preview. welcome to the great british bake off. - theme plays. five years in the making, or should that be in the baking? great british bake off the musical has arrived. # now we're here. # the famous tent.# the musical is fully endorsed by love productions who make the tv show. # get ready to man your bench

in the bake off tent.# they've even helped out by lending the real bake off food mixers. and although the names of the judges have been slightly changed, my character's called pam lee. yeah. and i'm phil hollinghurst, _ and any resemblance to anyone living or dead is purely coincidental. yes, fictional. yeah. i think it's important to say it's not a parody, is it? oh, no. very much not. no, no. it's an affectionate homage to the world of bake off. . we poke fun at the show. a little bit here and there, but there's a lot of love on stage, you know, and i think— that will reflect... a little bit of innuendo every now and then. only a little bit. very gentle. i mean, there might even be a handshake moment, j you never know. and backstage, we can meet the other stars of the show — the cakes. more than 70 of these have been created, especially, and there's not a soggy bottom in sight. # let's meet this. year's contestants. # did you know my baking style

is best described as shabby chic? # the story follows the making of a whole bake off series, including what happens between episodes. the writers believe it's an ideal subject for a show. it's the perfect musical. like, you know, if you think about a musical, it's a group of characters arriving. they form friendships, relationships and bonds. and then by the end, something has happened to them as a group, and they all leave in a very happy way. and this is exactly what bake off is. how many episodes have you watched, then? oh, all of them, more than once. and also what was lovely is going through the episodes, because we have permission to take actual bake off moments going, oh, you know, this is a seminal bake off moment. how can we are we going to do this and how are we going to do it differently? and how can we affectionately get it into the show? i'm thinking baked alaska. well, i won't say anything about that. there may or may not be, i couldn't possibly say. but for example, there's a sequence where paul hollywood shows everybody how to slap down strudel dough, which we have maybe turned into a song. the best cake i've - ever eaten in my life. your grandma is a genius.

get in! the bake off tv series has been a massive success story, giving channel four its highest ratings for more than 35 years. and the format has been sold all around the globe. there are versions injapan, kenya and uruguay, and there are big ambitions for the musical. so what's the dream for the show? how big could this go? global cake domination. the thing about bake off is people really love it. they feel strongly about it. i think there's a huge sense of ownership from the public about it, and i really hope that people who love the tv programme and people who even don't know the tv programme love the musical. sorry, guys, technical difficulties. we're going to have to do that all again. yes, bake off is known for its showstoppers. now they're hoping for showstoppers of a different kind. colin paterson, bbc news, cheltenham. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. there are signs things will turn a bit more humid across the country this weekend. not necessarily dry, though.

today, however — well, for the week as a whole and the uk as a whole, probably one of the coolest days, even if temperatures are actually closer to the july average. and with it there are some showers around which could become heavy and thundery through the afternoon. it's mainly across parts of east wales, good part of england, maybe south—west scotland. north of scotland, northern ireland should be largely dry, some sunny spells and much sunnier this afternoon towards the south—west and the channel islands. light winds across the country. so once the sun is on your back, you'll actually feel pretty warm out there. but for most, as i said, temperatures down on where we've been all week long. some of the showers, thunderstorms will gradually fade from the west through the night. a zone of clearer weather coming in. and then by the end of the night, some wet weather returns towards ireland. temperatures around 11 to 15 degrees, a little bit down on recent nights. so another good morning to open the windows. but, as i said, there is something milder coming in. that's because low pressure is set to swing in this weekend, with it outbreaks of rain in the north and west.

and as it moves in, we start to drag in our air again off the atlantic, so that will boost the temperatures, and also that slightly more humid feel. so let's start with saturday, first of all. cloudy, maybe showery start for some in the east, turning drier and sunnier here. in the west, a bit of sunshine and then clouding over, outbreaks of rain, fairly showery in nature, heaviest, most persistent across parts of western scotland. more of a breeze around through tomorrow, more especially in the west. but that breeze is coming from a more southerly direction. so even with the cloud and some outbreaks of rain, temperatures will be higher than today's values, up to around 25, 26 across parts of east anglia and the south—east. as we go through into saturday evening, further rain at times in scotland, more in the way of showers towards wales and western parts of england. they'll edge a bit further southwards into the start of sunday, never quite reaching the south—east corner, and then move their way back northwards. a sunshine and showers day for most on sunday, heaviest with risk of thunder to the north and the west. and maybe a cloudier day though for parts of wales and the south—west of england, once again we'll see temperatures on the rise and we could get

what would have been a hot category had it not been for this week, but 27 to 30 celsius will still feel pretty warm. temperatures take a little bit of a drop through this coming week, the middle part of the week, a lot more on the way of dry weather around, but it looks like it could get warmer again towards the end of next week. take care.

travel chaos — a critical incident is declared at dover. holidaymakers and lorry drivers are sitting in miles of queues. port bosses blame "inadequate" staffing at french border control, and are warning people to arrive five hours before their crossing. six hours before their crossing. it's been rather frustrating and distressing. i mean, iwas among hundreds and hundreds of people stuck in the queue in the town centre of dover, not knowing what was going to happen. as millions of families begin school holidays in england and wales, we'll be live in dover with the latest. also this lunchtime... long nhs waiting lists are driving more patients to pay for private treatment. we talk to some who say they felt they had no choice.

the fatal capitol hill riots last year.