this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones with the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. top us democrat nancy pelosi meets the taiwanese president , in a visit strongly condemned by china who warn of consequences. our delegation, of which i am very proud, came to taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan and we are proud of our enduring friendship. the parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee say they have submitted an application to the european court of human rights to stop his life support being withdrawn this morning. the first grain ship to have sailed from ukraine since the russian invasion in february has reached turkish waters. the delivery of ballots for the conservative leadership

election has been delayed, after concerns were raised that hackers could influence the outcome. and it's 50 years since nearly 30,000 ugandan asians began to arrive in the uk — after being forced to flee their homes by uganda's then military ruler. we've been hearing some of their stories. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi — has met the taiwanese president during a visit that's been strongly condemned by the chinese government. taiwan is self—ruled, but beijng sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually unite with it.

it's an island roughly 100 miles from the coast of south east china. china took the island from japan in 1945 after world war two, but after a civil war in china, defeated nationalist forces fled to taiwan. today it sees itself as an independent country, with its own constitution and democratically—elected leaders. only 13 nations recognise taiwan as sovereign and china exerts diplomatic pressure on other countries not to recognise taiwan. in response to nancy pelosi's trip, china has sent warships and warplanes right up to its dividing line with the island. taiwan says the military drills amount to a blockade and violate its sovereignty. taiwan's economy is hugely important to the global market as much of our everyday electronic equipment — including phones, laptops, watches and games consoles — is powered by computer chips made in taiwan.

our first report comes from our correspondent mark lobel. side by side with taiwan's president, america's third most powerful politician. an act of provocation or a necessary show of support. nancy pelosi's delayed high—profile visit was never without risk. china's anger has led to the us ambassador there being summoned, as pelosi is handed an award for her strong ties to taiwan. today our delegation, of which i'm very proud, came to taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan, and we are proud of our enduring friendship. president tsai thanking speaker pelosi for her unwavering support. translation: facing deliberately heightened military threats, - taiwan will not back down. we will firmly uphold our nation's sovereignty and continue to hold the line of defence for democracy. china insists the self—ruled democratic island is in fact part

of its territory. an increasing number of young taiwanese are learning basic gun skills. 0thers fear china may do as russia has done in ukraine. this is my home country, i want to live here, that is all. analysts say the risk of an imminent military conflict is low but point to significant military traffic around the taiwan strait, creating a risk of accident or miscalculation. explosion but despite china's less—than—subtle messaging in this military video, released ahead of the us speaker's visit, the biden administration wants to avoid this triggering a crisis. we said that we oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side. we said we do not support taiwan independence. and we said, as i said again

yesterday, that we expect cross—strait differences to be resolved by peaceful means. for these two key trading partners, then, not a trading of blows, but an immediate pause on goods. as a result of speaker pelosi's visit, bans on citrus fruits and some fish exports from taiwan, while exports of sand blocked the other way. low—level disapproval, awkward diplomacy and a threat of much worse. taiwan's status remains uncomfortable. mark lobel, bbc news. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes is the taiwanese capital taipei and explained why nancy pelosi's trip is proving so controversial. well, it's complicated, i think is the answer. i mean, taiwan is effectively, to all intents and purposes, an independent country. it has its own democratically elected government, it has its own military, it has its own economy, which is, you know, one of the most

advanced in the world. but it is not recognized as a country by most other countries in the world and is not a un member. and for i think for the us, which has always been the closest supporter of taiwan, going all the way back to the chinese civil war, there is a desire to have close relations with taiwan because it is a fellow democracy. it looks to america, it wants to be a close partner of america. but at the same time, the united states recognizes china, and china says this place is part of chinese territory and that it needs in the end, in the long run, to be reunified with the rest of china. and so, ms pelosi coming here is basically a huge breach of diplomatic protocol. she is coming to support a government that the us doesn't recognize and which china says is not legitimate. and that's why the chinese government has got so angry about this. and that's. .. they're basically saying this is in effect the us or a very us senior us politician coming here and openly supporting what they consider to be

a split east regime, a separatist regime that's taken a chunk of of chinese territory and split it away from the rest of china. jade guan is a lecturer in strategic studies at the centre for defence, deakin university, victoria, australia. shejoins us now. welcome to bbc news. there are, i suppose, two questions here. what can happen? and what may happen? first of all, i want to ask you how seriously you take these chinese threats, threats that america would pay the price for this visit, or whether you think there is a degree of bluster here? nice to speak to you. i categorise us china relations a movement from

tension to hypertension after the visit by nancy pelosi. this tension has intensified because of military movement around taiwan and increased us military presence in the region, including an aircraft carrier. such a state of affairs heightens... sorry, i think you were distracted as i was thereby hearing something come across the line there. let me pick up, given this state of hypertension you are describing, what in your view is likely to happen next because some analysts i have spoken to have suggested this could be a trigger for world war iii. would you go as far as that? no

no, certainly not. i think that the hypertension will continue for a while, but i do not think it will trigger third world war or even the forced taiwan crisis. i am trigger third world war or even the forced taiwan crisis.— forced taiwan crisis. i am cautious about that _ forced taiwan crisis. i am cautious about that- i _ forced taiwan crisis. i am cautious about that. i was _ forced taiwan crisis. i am cautious about that. i was reading - forced taiwan crisis. i am cautious about that. i was reading in - forced taiwan crisis. i am cautious about that. i was reading in the i about that. i was reading in the chinese news today that china has suspended importation of some types of food from taiwan and a three—day military exercise in the maritime area surrounding the island including the waters to the east of taiwan, however, if we compare that to the third taiwan crisis watch was in 1995 to 1996, i think that the area for military exercise is not that massive, compared this time to

the last time, also, i think the time china beijing announced this military exercise will only last for three days so far, while in 1996, it was the whole month of march 1996, the military exercise was undertaken. in this regard, i do not think that the scale and intensity of the military exercise is comparable.— of the military exercise is comparable. that is really interesting _ comparable. that is really interesting because - comparable. that is really interesting because there | comparable. that is really i interesting because there is comparable. that is really - interesting because there is some suggestion that these drills are encircling taiwan and dipping into taiwan's sovereign waters but you are suggesting it is not as intense as we perhaps have seen in the past. i suppose i do wonder how do you de—escalate the tension from where we are at? i

de-escalate the tension from where we are at? ~ , ' . we are at? i think it is difficult for the three _ we are at? i think it is difficult for the three parties _ we are at? i think it is difficult for the three parties meaning | we are at? i think it is difficult - for the three parties meaning djing, for the three parties meaning djing, taiwan and washington dc to appear soft for domestic and international reasons. i would like to explain some domestic political in those countries, if you like. in autumn, the us mid—term elections were predicted that the democrats are likely to lose and the democrats intended to appear tough on china, thatis intended to appear tough on china, that is the purpose of nancy pelosi's visit. so they will not appear soft on chinese policy, especially in front of its opposition party republicans. in terms of tiny, there will be the

party congress where xi jinping is supposed to continue his term, and cannot appear weak on taiwan. its domestic and international audience. and for the perspective of the taiwan government, this is a much—needed show of support from washington the face of increasing chinese diplomatic and military pressure on this island. for those reasons, i think it is very hard to play down the threat but even though, especially from china's perspective, the party congress, i don't anticipate the party will make strategic moves in the region. thank

ou ve strategic moves in the region. thank you very much- _ strategic moves in the region. thank you very much- very _ strategic moves in the region. thank you very much. very good _ strategic moves in the region. thank you very much. very good to - strategic moves in the region. thank you very much. very good to talk- strategic moves in the region. thank you very much. very good to talk to you. here in the uk, the mother of 12—year—old archie battersbee says the family's lawyers have submitted an application to the european court of human rights to try to postpone the withdrawal of his life support. the deadline for that to be filed was 9am bst which has now passed. archie has been in a coma since he was found unconscious in april in his home. his care had been due to end after a decision by the supreme court yesterday. conservative party members are facing delays in receiving postal ballots for the party's leadership election — due to security fears. it comes after the government's national cyber security centre gave the party advice about how to make online voting as secure as possible. the party's saying it has now enhanced security around the ballot process. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake says it's an issue which the conservative party had

to take extremely seriously. we do not understand there are specific concerns raised by those in the intelligence community, but clearly as a contest to choose not only the next leader but the next prime minister of the united kingdom this leadership election is something which could potentially be open to abuse or even manipulation, hence gchq getting involved and giving some advice to the conservative party as they put it, about how the to run the contest. it is all to do with whether individuals can vote online and by post. previously, people would have been able to issue a postal ballot and later amend that by voting again online if they were to have changed their mind. but an e—mail which went out to conservative party members seen by us here at bbc news has said there have been delays in sending out the ballots because they have added additional security to the voting process. in short, people will now not be

able to vote online if that's what they choose to do more than once, and if they choose to vote by post, they will then not be able to supersede that with another vote online. and the conservative party is saying that they consulted with the national cyber security centre which is part of the intelligence agency throughout the process and have decided to enhance the security around the ballot process and gchq for its part in saying that defending the democratic and electoral processes is a priority for them and that is why they have provided advice to the party on security considerations. it will delay people being able to vote, not the overall timeframe, the deadline is the 2nd of september, but some suggestion that liz truss is the early frontrunner among members was going to benefit from voting early having already made up their minds perhaps if the contest goes on a little longer and she makes any more mistakes along the lines of the one we saw yesterday with the u—turn

over public sector pay, that could affect her lead potentially as people make up their minds to vote. we will return to that story shortly. let's take you to taipei where nancy peloso — the speaker of the house of representatives in american is expected to leave taiwan after a controversial visit to the island. we are bringing you live pictures of nancy pelosi arriving at the airport. you can see her there. she is the speaker of the us house of representatives and during her controversial visit, she has met the taiwanese president, but that has provoked strong condemnation from the chinese government. taiwan, as you will know, is self ruled about

beijing sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually unite with it. nancy pelosi is on a trip around this part of the region and it was not clear this time yesterday as to whether she would actually make this visit to taiwan because it is so controversial. although it was not included on the official itinerary for her visit, she did touch down, and she met the taiwanese president. china has warned there will be consequences for this visit. indeed they have gone as far as to say america will pay the price. but we have been speaking to various analysts here at the bbc who differ slightly in their views as to what that response might

actually mean. some say this is a war of words and blustering on the part of the chinese authorities full. 0thers go so far as to say this could eventually trigger world war iii. as you can see, a visit of this size, scheduled or not scheduled, requires a huge entourage from the american side and the taiwanese side. the house speaker nancy pelosi has met different leaders fail she has been in taiwan. the purpose of her visit, well, there are obviously democratic elections back in the us later in the year, there will be an eye to how this will play at home with us voters. she insists as well that this is a way of america showing

they will not abandon their commitment to taiwan. she is the most senior us elected official to visit taiwan in more than 25 years. she has called on americans to remember their commitment to supporting democracy in taiwan. she is, i do not know how relevant it is to mention, but she is 82 years old. she is one of the most powerful politicians in the united states. she was re—elected to a fourth term as speaker of the house of representatives in 2021. in effect, she is second in line to the presidency after the vice president pamela harris. as i was saying, there are various theories put

forward as to why she felt it was so important to visit taiwan at this particular time, she had been due to go earlier in the year, but that visit was postponed because of covid—19. there are elections in america later this year, and this may well play well with her base. 0ther may well play well with her base. other suggestions that it may be a way of burnishing her political legacy in the twilight of what is a very long political career which is i suppose the point at which her age does become relevant. she has not, i should repeat, not announced her retirement in any shape or form, but a republican win in november's mid—term elections, could possibly usher her out of power. 0ne bbc correspondent has suggested that ending her tenure if it were to end

in the november mid—term elections as speaker with the historic trip, and there is no doubt that is what this has been, setting down basically a marker for democracy over what she would argue is autocracy, that is how she would frame it, could be her way of potentially exiting the stage with a flourish. as i say, her visit has been condemned by china and beijing has made no secret of its fury at us speaker nancy pelosi's visit to taiwan. china does claim that taiwan is part of its territory and its foreign minister has said that the visit violates china's sovereignty. if you are justjoining visit violates china's sovereignty. if you arejustjoining us, a reminder that we are seeing the speaker of the us house of

representatives, nancy pelosi, there she is in her white suit surrounded by american and taiwanese officials. she is about to leave taiwan to continue her tour of the region. he controversial visit, which has been strongly condemned by china, who warn of consequences and it is worth remembering that 16 minutes after she touched down on tuesday night, china announced it would hold these long military drills which have included firing a long—range ammunition the waters around taiwan. there we are, nancy pelosi, about to leave taiwan after that very significant visit there. let's

return to politics in the uk. we were telling you conservative party members are facing delays in receiving their postal ballots for the party's leadership election. this is due to security fears, it comes after the government national cyber security centre keep the party advice about how to make online voting as secure as possible. we can talk now to dr jessica barker, who runs a cyber security firm. very good of you to join us, thank you for waiting patiently while we watched nancy pelosi leaving taiwan. what do you think the national cyber security centre is concerned about? an interesting story we are learning about today, what has happened is that the ncsc have looked at this process, that conservative members are going through to appoint the next leader and they have identified

possible flaws in the process itself. the fact that members could vote notjust once but twice raises concerns around that authentication. i think the issue is really that someone could authenticate themselves as being a member if they are not, they could change the vault of a member and this could impact the integrity of the votes. iuntimely of a member and this could impact the integrity of the votes. when you see someone. _ the integrity of the votes. when you see someone, who _ the integrity of the votes. when you see someone, who might _ the integrity of the votes. when you see someone, who might we - the integrity of the votes. when you see someone, who might we be - the integrity of the votes. when you i see someone, who might we be talking about? , _, ., , , about? this could really be anyone's- _ about? this could really be anyone's. there _ about? this could really be anyone's. there have - about? this could really be anyone's. there have beenj about? this could really be - anyone's. there have been many concerns over the last few years and issues raised in terms of the nation state level of interference in elections. that is a pressing of any election. it is normal that the ncsc would look at security issues, make sure any voting process is as robust as possible, particularly when it comes to integrity. this is not only because making sure the votes have

integrity and that the votes are correct, but also that people feel confident in those votes. the fact that the system potentially opens up a flaw in the process could have led to a loss of confidence later down the line. i5 to a loss of confidence later down the line. , . , ., ., the line. is it credible that a hostile state, _ the line. is it credible that a hostile state, let's - the line. is it credible that a hostile state, let's say, - the line. is it credible that a hostile state, let's say, forl hostile state, let's say, for example, russia or china would want to interfere in an election like this? could it be possible that a hostile state might think, well, actually, it would be better if either liz truss or rishi sunak is the next prime minister? is that really credible? it the next prime minister? is that really credible?— the next prime minister? is that really credible? it is credible that a nation state _ really credible? it is credible that a nation state may _ really credible? it is credible that a nation state may want - really credible? it is credible that a nation state may want to - really credible? it is credible that| a nation state may want to change the outcome of a food such as this one. it is also highly credible to think of other nations wanting to cause disruption and distrust. this is a big issue we see when it comes to elections in different countries. it is actuallyjust causing that disruption and that disharmony and

bringing about a loss of confidence. it is not necessaryjust as straightforward as trying to change the vote but also impacting the perceptions around the vote and causing disharmony in the country. one, can't anything that has been 0ne, can't anything that has been digitised and this will be made 100% secure? there is no such thing as 100% security, whether we are talking in the physical world or online. when we take systems online, we are not a great deal of complexity and when something is connected, that opens up a greater attack surface. when it comes to voting, it is important we make sure there is integrity, availability and confidentiality of vote. when it comes to online systems, we need to make sure they are as robust as possible. we make sure they are as robust as ossible. ~ , ., possible. we must leave it there, ve aood possible. we must leave it there, very good to _ possible. we must leave it there, very good to talk _ possible. we must leave it there, very good to talk to _ possible. we must leave it there, very good to talk to you, - possible. we must leave it there, very good to talk to you, many i very good to talk to you, many

thanks. the united states has urged citizens abroad to be vigilant against possible anti—american violence, following the killing of the al-qaeda leader, ayman al—zawahiri. the us state department says zawahiri's death could prompt supporters of terror groups to target us facilities and personnel. he was killed on sunday by an american drone in afghanistan's capital, kabul. zawahiri helped mastermind the september 11 attacks in new york and washington that killed nearly 3,000 people. the 71—year—old former egyptian doctor took over the leadership of al-qaeda after 0sama bin laden was killed in 2011. the first grain ship to have sailed from a ukrainian—controlled port since russia invaded the country in february has reached turkish waters. the sierra leone—flagged cargo vessel �*razoni' is waiting north of the bosphorus strait.

it's due to be inspected for prohibited goods, in a joint operation involving russian, ukrainian, turkish and un officials. the boat is carrying twenty— six— thousand tonnes of grain that was loaded in 0desa. a ban on using hosepipes and sprinklers is being imposed on people in parts of southern england as the country continues to receive little to no rainfall. service provider south east water says it has �*no choice' but to impose the ban across the counties of kent and sussex and estimated to affect around one million people. 2.2 million people. it's due to come into force on 12 august until further notice. it comes afterjuly sawjust 8% of average rainfall with similar dry weather predicted for august and september. here in the uk, we're perhaps more used to hearing about shark attacks in far—flung waters on the other side of the world. that's why the news of an incident

off the atlantic coast of cornwall last week has caused such shock among the local community. we are saying bye to viewers on bbc two. enjoy the rest of your day. people in the us state of kansas have voted to keep abortion legal, rejecting an amendment to the constitution. the ballot in the republican—dominated state is the first of its kind since the us supreme court's decision to overturn a constitutional right to abortion lastjune. 0ur correspondent, nomia iqbal, watched the results come in from the headquarters of the pro—abortion campaign this is the first time that we are getting a sense of how americans are feeling post roe v wade. it was overturned two months ago by the supreme court. now, when that happened, lots of republican states, certainly the ones around kansas, moved to either ban abortion rights or certainly heavily restricted.

kansas could not do it and that is because it is enshrined in its constitution that abortion rights are protected. so it was put on the ballot as part of the primaries directly to voters, do you want to pass this amendment to overturn that constitutional right? and so the result has come through, it is a projection, it will be confirmed in a week's time, but 79% of votes have been counted, 61.2% of people have voted no. that is a pretty resounding victory. i quote you one woman, you know, people here have just been completely joyous about this. they said to me they never thought this would happen somewhere like kansas. butjust to quote one woman, she said to me that it's notjust that kansas people said no, they said, to quote her, "hell, no". this is being seen as a huge victory for pro—choice groups but also for the democratic party who before this moment had said that abortion rights was on the ballot

for the midterm elections, it was all very theoretical. they will look at this as a huge sign that abortion rights will hugely motivate voters come the mid—term elections. that was nomia iqbal in kansas. roy hackett, one of the uk's most famous civil rights campaigners, has died at the age of 93. mr hackett was one of the organisers of the 1963 bristol bus boycott, the campaign that overturned a ban by bristol 0mnibus company on employing black and asian drivers and conductors. back then, it was entirely legal for companies to discriminate against someone because of the colour of their skin. protests paved the way for the race relations act. here's a clip of roy hackett reflecting on what he did, during an interview with the bbc in 2013. i said to my daughters that things that we have done 50 years ago to change the culture in this town

and also that of the country, they laugh at me. they said, "daddy, it will change, it will come." isaid, "no, it would never come unless we start. not without me or who started it." i'm trying to tell them that unless they fight for their own right as a human being, they will never change culture. roy hackett, who has died at the age of 93. there's growing concern on croatia's adriatic coast that a wildfire is threatening the town of voditsa. firefighting aircraft have been called in to help control the blaze. this is the second wave of wildfires to hit the adriatic region so far this summer. last month, dozens of homes were destroyed by the fires. let's get more on our top story. the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi has met the taiwanese president

during a visit that's been strongly condemned by the chinese government. taiwan is self—ruled, but beijng sees it as a breakaway province that will reunite with the mainland in time. we can speak now to dr natasha kassam, director of public opinion and foreign policy programme at the lowy institute, an independent think tank. she's also a former australian diplomat in beijing. very good to have you with us. i hope i pronounced the name of the institute correctly. did i? 0therwise institute correctly. did i? otherwise you must correctly. i would correct you on that, that i should say i'm not a doctor, i'm mr natasha kassam. —— mrs natasha kassam. natasha kassam. -- mrs natasha kassam. , . , ., natasha kassam. -- mrs natasha kassam. , ., ., natasha kassam. -- mrs natasha kassam. , ., , ., kassam. did a you to put us right on that. we kassam. did a you to put us right on that- we have _ kassam. did a you to put us right on that. we have been _ kassam. did a you to put us right on that. we have been looking - kassam. did a you to put us right on that. we have been looking at i that. we have been looking at pictures of nancy pelosi. let's focus on what she did when she was there. what is your take on this visit? i

there. what is your take on this visit? ~ , ,., ., visit? i think it is important to see nancy _ visit? i think it is important to see nancy pelosi's _ visit? i think it is important to see nancy pelosi's visit i visit? i think it is important to i see nancy pelosi's visit through this trajectory of her career, where she has consistently stood up for human rights and democracy throughout the world. she was in tiananmen square in 1991, unfurling a banner on cnn. she truly believes in this and wanted to go there. at this point in her career to demonstrate how committed she is to tie when�*s freedom. remember that the democrats might lose the house in a short period of time and she may not be speaker again. she may have seen this as our last opportunity. having said that,... i suspect this is what you are going to move on to say. what she has done is enrage the chinese, hasn't she? who are now talking about threats of grave consequences. i suppose it makes you wonder whether really it is all worth it, especially in the context of the war in ukraine. well, it is interesting _

context of the war in ukraine. well, it is interesting that, _ context of the war in ukraine. well, it is interesting that, if _ context of the war in ukraine. -ii it is interesting that, if you think about the last couple of years, particularly the last six years, china has been consistently threatening taiwan and are threatening taiwan and are threatening the united states. the threats do come thick and fast from beijing. they are very incensed and they signalled that ahead of her visit. i think that the calculation there was that a speaker, an elected politician should be able to travel wherever she wants, regardless of those kinds of threats. taiwan has its own government, own military, own systems. and she wanted to go there. and in china should not be able to stop her doing that. the other thing to say is that even though it seems that the white house was perhaps not so supportive of the visit, the us congress has a long history of really pushing forward the relationship between taiwan and the relationship between taiwan and the united states. back in the �*70s, it was because of congress that the taiwan relations act was passed. i think even now, these visits are not

coming out of nowhere. they are in response to china's increasing aggression. and i think the congress feels it needs to show more support at this time. the feels it needs to show more support at this time-— at this time. the interested when ou talk at this time. the interested when you talk about — at this time. the interested when you talk about the _ at this time. the interested when you talk about the consistent i you talk about the consistent threats that china has issued over the years, because i wondered in terms of the chinese response, how seriously we should take these threats. whether we can dismiss them as just threats. because the military drills they have now launched, they are encircling taiwan, aren't they? and including rounds of live ammunition. that taiwan, aren't they? and including rounds of live ammunition.- rounds of live ammunition. that is absolutely right. _ rounds of live ammunition. that is absolutely right. that _ rounds of live ammunition. that is absolutely right. that is _ rounds of live ammunition. that is absolutely right. that is worrying. | absolutely right. that is worrying. the last time we saw these kinds of drills from china, it was in 1995 and 1996, that was the last time during a crisis. i don't think this time it will cause a crisis. the difference then was that the united states also came in and there was something of a stand—off between the

us and chinese militaries. i don't think that is going to happen this time around. the united states is very focused on preserving peace and stability in the region. china is going to take these fairly dramatic actions, an act of aggression, some would say under the un charter. and i don't think there will be a response other than from the taiwanese military. so hopefully a couple of days will pass, china will feel it has sent its message through those drills, through cyberattacks, through economic coercion on taiwan, and things will resume to where they were previously. which was not exactly comfortable, but it was relatively stable.— exactly comfortable, but it was relatively stable. natasha kassam from the lowy _ relatively stable. natasha kassam from the lowy institute, - relatively stable. natasha kassam from the lowy institute, thank- relatively stable. natasha kassam| from the lowy institute, thank you for talking to us. fifty years ago, the former ugandan dictator idi amin gave thousands

of asians living in the country three months from fifth august 1972 to get out. many of them were british passport holders and navtej johal has been speaking to some of those who settled in leicester. archive: the asians arrived in cold, wet weather at stansted. _ for asians arriving in the uk from uganda in 1972, at times, the reception from locals felt as unwelcoming as the weather. translation: they have been milking the economy of the country. _ the former military ruler, president idi amin, said uganda's asians, brought to the country by the british, were depriving black africans of opportunities and gave asians, who held british passports, 90 days to leave the country or face being put in concentration camps. one of them was manzoor moghul, a businessman and a prominent member of uganda's asian community, who had met amin on several occasions. i had to flee the country in the darkness of the night with my wife and children because my life was threatened.

i came to know that i was on his hitlist and i would have been bumped off had i stayed much longer in the country. manzoor and his family arrived in leicester, where a friend had offered to house them, and where there was already a growing asian community. but not everyone was so friendly. the national front organised a march in the city in response to the ugandan asians�* arrival. translation: leicester- was unwelcoming, it was racist, it was unwelcoming. we've had loads of objects that people have lent us for the exhibition. in the city today, there is an exhibition marking 50 years since the arrival of the ugandan asians, and the woman who's organised it was one of them. nisha popat was just nine years old when her family had to leave. what were your first impressions of leicester when you arrived? initially, i kind of thought it's strange, but part of me felt it was like an adventure, and i think i didn't totally grasp that this would be home.

nisha remembers the kindness of neighbours. but, as she got older, she became more aware of the racism around her. she recalls one incident at a funfair she attended with her brother, where there were other asian families. and then, all of a sudden, there was a group of young men, skinheads, who just literally ran across the park. they pulled out the stakes from the ground, and they were starting to hit the people. and it was families with young children. it was just horrible. and my brotherjust grabbed my hand and we ran, and ran like mad. the discrimination was perhaps no surprise. leicester city council had published an advert in a ugandan national newspaper, discouraging asians from coming to the city, claiming its resources were too strained. the advert was an appalling thing to do. i think perhaps it was counterproductive because probably it alerted people to the fact that there was this place called leicester, and there was already an established community here that they might want to join.

every aspect of the city's life has enormously benefited from everything that they and indeed the generations that have followed them have contributed. if you want to get a sense of the impact that ugandan asians have had on leicester, then you need to come here to belgrave road. this is one of the main routes into the city. but, before they arrived, it was earmarked for demolition. and, over the last 50 years, they've helped to rejuvenate it by setting up businesses, shops, restaurants. and it's now known as the golden mile. i think it's transformed the city. i think it's been a catalyst for so much. leicester was rejuvenated with the ugandan asian contribution, and that has remained permanent and has grown since then. conquerer of the british empire i in africa and uganda in particular. alongside the exhibition, leicester's biggest theatre is staging three plays about the ugandan asians. a new public artwork has also been commissioned to recognise their contribution.

in a city where initially many faced hostility, it has become home. navteonhal, bbc news, leicester. one of those who was expelled was ravi govindia, a conservative councillor for east putney in south london. he's with me now to talk about the impact it's had on his life, and how he feels 50 years on. we are we a re really we are really grateful you have been able to join us we are really grateful you have been able tojoin us on bbc news. thank you. i wonder if you would not mind casting your mind back 50 years. tell me what life was like in uganda. i tell me what life was like in u . anda. ., , tell me what life was like in uaanda. .,, ., tell me what life was like in uaanda. , ., ., tell me what life was like in uanda. . , , . ., uganda. i was a seven-year-old young man doinu uganda. i was a seven-year-old young man doing my — uganda. i was a seven-year-old young man doing my a-levels _ uganda. i was a seven-year-old young man doing my a-levels with _ uganda. i was a seven-year-old young man doing my a-levels with the i man doing my a—levels with the expectation that at the end of it i would go to university and start a career in whatever. i was a ugandan national because i was born in the country, as was my mother. so legally we were all fine. 0r country, as was my mother. so legally we were all fine. or that is

what it looked like, until that fateful day on the 5th of august when in the middle of the afternoon we heard that we were no longer wanted. and everything changed. flit wanted. and everything changed. of course everything changed, how traumatic was it to have to leave your family, traumatic was it to have to leave yourfamily, yourfriends traumatic was it to have to leave your family, your friends and your home? , , ., , ., your family, your friends and your home? , , ,, home? firstly, there was a disbelief that it was actually _ home? firstly, there was a disbelief that it was actually true. _ home? firstly, there was a disbelief that it was actually true. then i home? firstly, there was a disbelief that it was actually true. then it i that it was actually true. then it sank in that it idi amin was absolutely earnest and put the local population and they reacted in supportive of him. so we started moving out of the towns. it was the separation from family and friends, and friends you leave behind. i was at school where i was one of the four asian pupils and all the others in my class of 28 work ugandan africans. i was going to leave them, they were not going to be able to withstand the idi amin onslaught. so that was a great ranch, that all of

your expectations were extinguished in a whiff. —— wrench. your expectations were extinguished in a whiff. -- wrench.— in a whiff. -- wrench. where did you come to? — in a whiff. -- wrench. where did you come to? we _ in a whiff. -- wrench. where did you come to? we landed _ in a whiff. -- wrench. where did you come to? we landed at _ in a whiff. -- wrench. where did you come to? we landed at stansted i in a whiff. -- wrench. where did you| come to? we landed at stansted and we had a processing _ come to? we landed at stansted and we had a processing stay _ come to? we landed at stansted and we had a processing stay in - come to? we landed at stansted and we had a processing stay in sussex i we had a processing stay in sussex in east grinstead, then we were moved to a camp. my family stayed for about six weeks or eight weeks, then my fatherfound for about six weeks or eight weeks, then my father found a job as a joiner in devon, relatively swiftly. in the family moved. i stayed longer to finish that term a's education, before i too moved to devonport to continue my a—levels. haifa before i too moved to devonport to continue my a-levels. how welcome were ou continue my a-levels. how welcome were you made _ continue my a-levels. how welcome were you made to _ continue my a-levels. how welcome were you made to fill— continue my a-levels. how welcome were you made to fill in _ continue my a-levels. how welcome were you made to fill in the - continue my a-levels. how welcome were you made to fill in the uk? i continue my a-levels. how welcome were you made to fill in the uk? my| were you made to fill in the uk? m experiences, whether were you made to fill in the uk? ii1: experiences, whether that were you made to fill in the uk? ii1 experiences, whether that is genuinely everybody else's or not, i

don't know, my experience was that the weather was more unkind than the people. the people were warm. and landing in late october in dartmoor at about four o'clock in the afternoon was not a very nice thing to do. it was rain driving into our faces. but there was warmth in the local population. i went to the local population. i went to the local school at tavistock where i was made welcome by my fellow sixth form students. several teachers took me and the other ugandan asian boys and girls under their wing. and they took them through the transition from a ugandan curriculum to a uk curriculum. from a ugandan curriculum to a uk curriculum-— curriculum. ravi give india, unfortunately _ curriculum. ravi give india, unfortunately we _ curriculum. ravi give india, unfortunately we are i curriculum. ravi give india, unfortunately we are out i curriculum. ravi give india, unfortunately we are out ofj curriculum. ravi give india, i unfortunately we are out of time. curriculum. ravi give india, - unfortunately we are out of time. i could speak to you for ages but it has been so good to talk to you. thank you forjoining us. ihs, thank you forjoining us.

pleasure. let's return now to the case of 12—year—old archie battersbee after the family's lawyers submitted an application to the european court of human rights in a bid to postpone the withdrawal of his life support. archie has been in a coma since he was found unconscious in april in his home. his care had been due to end after a decision by the supreme court yesterday. his mother hollie has made a statement in the past hour saying she'll do everything in her power to continue to fight for her son's right to live. i am hoping that they step in and give archie a right to live. i think he deserves that. we have got two other countries have come forward and they have offered archie treatment. if this country cannot treat him or they are not willing to treat him, where is the harm in allowing him to go to another country? you know, we need to advance, like, medicaltechnology, i think, like medicines. and what better way to allow archie to go to see if this can actually be done?

we have actually asked, we have put into place the worst—case scenario and asked for archie to go to a hospice. and this hospital have brutally said no. so the courts are going on and really focusing on the word dignity. what is dignified in dying in a busy hospital room full of noise with the door open, people coming in and out continuously when he could be in a very peaceful garden with squirrels and wildlife running around to have his life—support withdrawn there? if they really want to focus on this word dignity, i think that option seriously needs to be looked at. i am running on empty. yesterday was a very down day for me. people that know me know i won't stay down for long, especially when it comes to my son's life. so i am back up again and i am fighting.

i promised him and the same with his dad that we would fight to the bitter end, and that is exactly what we are going to do. i am going to fight for my son to live. let's go live now to the royal london hospital in whitechapel where archie has been receiving his life support treatment since april. what else archie's mum been saying this morning archie's parents have taken this case to european court of human rights — she has told the people at this hospital but she has been broken by this experience. it was the last chance, this court application to the european court of human rights. this is the last illegal option the family harbour. the court may intervene, they may not. we know in previous cases, for example charlie garden, alfie evans, two other very sick children, the european court of human rights decided not to intervene in those cases. the application went there this morning. the hospital have said they will not make any changes to his care until they hear from the court. he is being kept on life support at the

moment and the hospital says that of course their sympathies are with his family. i think you can tell when you see his mum just how much this family has gone through. he has been on life support for over 100 days. at the hospital so that it is highly likely that he is brain stem dead, which means this is the only thing which means this is the only thing which is keeping him alive on medical intervention and the machines surrounding the hospital bed. and without them, sadly, he would die. they think it is the kindest thing at the moment to withdraw medical treatment. $5 kindest thing at the moment to withdraw medical treatment. as you sa , the withdraw medical treatment. as you say. the hosoital— withdraw medical treatment. as you say, the hospital has _ withdraw medical treatment. as you say, the hospital has said _ withdraw medical treatment. as you say, the hospital has said that i say, the hospital has said that their deepest sympathies are with archie's family. what else have they been saying, especially in regard to his end—of—life care? at been saying, especially in regard to his end-of-life care?— been saying, especially in regard to his end-of-life care? at this moment in time, everything _ his end-of-life care? at this moment in time, everything stays _ his end-of-life care? at this moment in time, everything stays the - his end-of-life care? at this moment in time, everything stays the same i in time, everything stays the same with archie. he is in the hospital room with his nurses and doctors around him, his family. and nothing will change with his care until we

get this decision from this european court of human rights. they have told the family that if life support is removed from archie, they of course will be with him. they have askedif course will be with him. they have asked if other relatives want to come and see him before the life support is removed. this once it is, unfortunately his body will simply start to shut down, because the machines are the only things that are supporting him at the moment. charlotte, thanks for that. charlotte, thanks for that. charlotte gallagher our correspondent. the shona community in kenya will be voting for the first time ever in the country's upcoming general election. the first members of the community came to kenya from zimbabwe over 60 years ago, welcomed by post—independence presidentjomo kenyatta, but they were only granted citizenship in 2020. bbc�*s akisa wandera reports on the significance of this election for them. at this gravesite, their ancestors lie, buried not too far from where they first settled

when they came to kenya. oliver visits often. for him, the dream his ancestors had for an identity is only just being realised. our ancestors were buried here and all our forefathers and our grandfathers were buried here. they died before they see this freedom which we have now. at the age of 62, oliver, who was born in kenya, was given an identity card, and will be participating in an election for the first time, along 1,000 other members of the shona community who have registered to vote. voting for the first time, i'm very happy. i'm very happily to know that i'm a kenyan. i'm a kenyan now, i'm free. i can be able to vote also like any other person. this identity card is now the most valuable document for oliver and every other member

of the shona community. they can now access basic government services and, most importantly, exercise their rights as kenyan citizens, like the right to vote. translation: this id is very | important to me because i used to move around without an id. sometimes i would be forced to hide under the bus when i'm travelling and we meet a police roadblock and they ask for ids. but now when i see the police in the bus and they want to see ids, i will be among the first to give them my id. the shona people were officially recognised in december 2020, becoming kenya's 45th tribe, giving them citizenship and putting an end to decades of living as stateless people. so many things we could not do. we could not access any help from the government offices. you could not even

open a bank account. purchase anything. our children could not go to school. so, so many of our children in our community dropped out of schooljust because they didn't have a birth certificate or anything which can help them to continue with their education career. for most of the people from the shona community, life has onlyjust begun. their expectations in this election are very high, hoping for a better future in a country they can finally call home. akisa wandera, bbc news, nairobi. being part of a conversation can be problematic for those who are hard of hearing or deaf. so, imagine how amazing it would be if they could actually see what people are saying, real—time subtitles if you like. well, with the help of new glasses and an app, that could be possible

as wendy urquhart reports. hello? hey, josh, it'sjillian, how are you doing? this new software makes it possible for people to see real—time subtitles of conversations that other people are having — which means those who are deaf or hard of hearing can actually see what people are talking about. it's the brainchild of dan scar, from x—ray glass, who said he had an "a—ha" moment when his granddad started losing his hearing. it was just a little epiphany moment where i thought, "hang on a second, he watches tv all the time with subtitles on. why can't we subtitle the world?" the way it works is the glasses are tethered to smartphones with an app, which turns the speech into text, and that's displayed on the inside of the lenses — and it's causing a sensation. it's powerful. i can't understate the power and importance for people who are hard of hearing all over the world to feel that they don't have to solely rely on lip—reading

any more, and it's a big moment. this is just the start. dan has big plans to adapt the software so that it's able to translate languages, voice tones, accents and pitch — and for many, this is an opportunity to be involved in conversations for the first time ever. i might not quite catch everything, but this is going to mean- a real—time narrative _ which enables me to be informed, to be involved, to make decisions, because i know what is being said. to help perfect the software, x—ray glass is hoping to recruit alpha testers who either can't lip—read or struggle when multiple conversations are taking place at the same time. wendy urquhart, bbc news. that is it from us for now. thank

you for your company. until the next time, by by. hello again. for many of us, we started the day on a humid note, and for some of us, especially the north—west, wind directions could change tomorrow for north—westerly. that means we will see some fresher conditions coming in, but still humid in the south. and we have got a couple of weather fronts crossing us, although they are fairly weak affairs. this one in the south in the afternoon will not produce much more than a band of cloud. to the north of that, we are seeing a lot of sunshine. and across northern ireland, at times, northern england and scotland, we could see a few showers. you can tell the difference in the temperatures, the temperatures are lower in the north than they were yesterday, but it will feel fresher, up to 29 celsius in the south, still feeling humid. for the commonwealth games today, there is going to be more sunshine around

than there was yesterday. and temperatures getting up to about 2k or 25. through this evening and overnight, further showers coming across northern ireland, northern england and also scotland. some clear skies for the rest of england and also wales. and it is going to be a more comfortable night tonight for sleeping in than last night. our overnight lows — eight to about 16 degrees. into tomorrow, then, we start off with the rain clearing scotland. it is a weather front, if you follow it round, you can see the tail end of it. bringing some cloud and some spots of rain across northern england, moving south into the midlands and wales. but there will not be much left in it by then. there will also be a few showers peppering the north of scotland, but a lot of sunshine with fair weather cloud developing. and by tomorrow, all of us, again, will be in the fresher air. so, 25 degrees being the top temperature. as we head into friday, it will be a cooler start to the day. again, a lot of dry weather around, a fair bit of sunshine, we will see some cloud develop through the day, you can see a band

of it across the midlands and wales, still one or two showers in the north, and temperatures ranging from 13 to about 25 degrees. now, as we head into the weekend, the high pressure continues to dominate the weather in southern areas, but we do have weather fronts toppling over the top of it across the north, especially so across scotland where at times. we will see some rain and also quite windy conditions as well. temperatures here, as a result, that little bit lower. come south, we are back into the dry more settled conditions and higher temperatures of 25.

this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 11... top us democrat nancy pelosi leaves taiwan after a meeting with the taiwanese president, a visit strongly condemned by china who warn of consequences. our delegation, of which i am very proud, came to taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan and we are proud of our enduring friendship. the parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee say they have submitted an application to the european court of human rights to stop his life support being withdrawn this morning. i being withdrawn this morning. promised him, the! that i promised him, the same as his dad, that we will fight to the bitter end, and that is what we will do. the delivery of ballots

for the tory leadership election has been delayed, after concerns were raised that hackers could influence the outcome. south east water says a hosepipe and sprinkler ban will be imposed on people across kent and sussex from the 12th of august. it's 50 years since nearly 30,000 ugandan asians began to arrive in the uk — after being forced to flee their homes by uganda's then military ruler. we've been hearing some of their stories. and premier league captains have decided their teams will stop taking the knee before every match. the anti—racism gesture will still be seen before big moments — including the boxing day fixtures and cup finals.

the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi — has met the taiwanese president during a visit that's been strongly condemned by the chinese government. taiwan is self—ruled, but beijng sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually unite with it. you can see pictures of the senior us politician on the tarmac at songshan airport near the capital taipei. she will be continuing her visit of the region, travelling to south korea and japan next. taiwan is an island roughly 100 miles from the coast of south east china. china took the island from japan in 1945 after world war two, but after a civil war in china, defeated nationalist forces fled to taiwan.

today it sees itself as an independent country, with its own constitution and democratically—elected leaders. only 13 nations recognise taiwan as sovereign and china exerts diplomatic pressure on other countries not to recognise taiwan. in response to nancy pelosi's trip, china has sent warships and warplanes right up to its dividing line with the island. taiwan says the military drills amount to a blockade and violate its sovereignty. taiwan's economy is hugely important to the global market as much of our everyday electronic equipment, including phones, laptops, watches and games consoles, is powered by computer chips made in taiwan. ourfirst report comes from our correspondent, mark lobel. side by side with taiwan's president, america's third most powerful politician. an act of provocation or a necessary show of support.

nancy pelosi's delayed high—profile visit was never without risk. china's anger has led to the us ambassador there being summoned, as pelosi is handed an award for her strong ties to taiwan. today our delegation, of which i'm very proud, came to taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan, and we are proud of our enduring friendship. president tsai thanking speaker pelosi for her unwavering support. translation: facing deliberately heightened military threats, i taiwan will not back down. we will firmly uphold our nation's sovereignty and continue to hold the line of defence for democracy. china insists the self—ruled democratic island is in fact part of its territory. an increasing number of young taiwanese are learning basic gun skills. others fear china may do as russia

has done in ukraine. this is my home country, i want to live here, that is all. analysts say the risk of an imminent military conflict is low but point to significant military traffic around the taiwan strait, creating a risk of accident or miscalculation. explosion but despite china's less—than—subtle messaging in this military video, released ahead of the us speaker's visit, the biden administration wants to avoid this triggering a crisis. we said that we oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side. we said we do not support taiwan independence. and we said, as i said again yesterday, that we expect cross—strait differences to be resolved by peaceful means. for these two key trading partners, then, not a trading of blows, but an immediate pause on goods. as a result

of speaker pelosi's visit, bans on citrus fruits and some fish exports from taiwan, while exports of sand blocked the other way. low—level disapproval, awkward diplomacy and a threat of much worse. taiwan's status remains uncomfortable. mark lobel, bbc news. let's speak to professor rana mitter, director of the china centre at the university of oxford. thank you speaking to us on bbc news. what was the point of this trip, what has it achieved? i think the crest of _ trip, what has it achieved? i think the crest of what _ trip, what has it achieved? i think the crest of what nancy _ trip, what has it achieved? i think the crest of what nancy pelosi i trip, what has it achieved? i think| the crest of what nancy pelosi has wanted to do is essentially make a clear statement that the united states as a country and a society is going to stand by the democracy in taiwan. it is not intended to try and support the independence of taiwan, america does not recognise taiwan, america does not recognise taiwan as an independent state, but

they want to make it clear that a multiparty liberal democracy, which exists on the island, is something thatis exists on the island, is something that is valued by the united states, and could be in dangerfrom unification in china, so i think thatis unification in china, so i think that is the message. it is unification in china, so i think that is the message. it is valued by the united states, _ that is the message. it is valued by the united states, where _ that is the message. it is valued by the united states, where does i that is the message. it is valued by the united states, where does its l the united states, where does its value live, exactly, ideology? it lies in two areas, one is an ideology, in other words the number of democracies around the world is beginning to diminish, and taiwan is actually a very robust democracy, it is a very clear freedom of media, freedom of speech and so forth. the other element to strategic. if taiwan is under control of tight —— under control of china,... also true of country such as the philippines and vietnam, which is now a tacit american ally. the us wants to keep

taiwan autonomous, rather than part of china. . ,, ., , ., of china. going back to this threat of china. going back to this threat of thins of china. going back to this threat of things being — of china. going back to this threat of things being pushed _ of china. going back to this threat of things being pushed into i of things being pushed into something far more serious, is that likely to happen? obviously, people have been saying, china, watching very carefully how the west have handled russia and their inquest into ukraine, they may see this as their opportunity? ih into ukraine, they may see this as their opportunity?— into ukraine, they may see this as their opportunity? in the short term i think, no. — their opportunity? in the short term i think, no, that _ their opportunity? in the short term i think, no, that is _ their opportunity? in the short term i think, no, that is not _ their opportunity? in the short term i think, no, that is not going - their opportunity? in the short term i think, no, that is not going to i i think, no, that is not going to happen for one very simple reason. in about two months's time the chinese communist party is going on a big congress in which the president will almost certainly get third term in office. for that to happen smoothly, i think it is very unlikely that the chinese would want to start a war in the taiwan strait, it would be very destabilising if not anything else. i think there is more chance when china's military capacity is rated that there will be more attempts to try and push

towards this unification, and there is this question as to whether or not taiwan has enough allies to maintain the status quo, which, going back to what america said, is what they want to preserve. going back to what _ what they want to preserve. going back to what we _ what they want to preserve. going back to what we said _ what they want to preserve. going back to what we said to _ what they want to preserve. going back to what we said to the i what they want to preserve. going back to what we said to the viewers, i did mention the value of electronic goods to the western world. let's go back to the taiwan strait, 26 years ago, the mated states did pass some aircraft carriers through that straight, what did it achieve and what is the importance of the taiwan strait to global trade? $5 importance of the taiwan strait to global trade?— globaltrade? as you mentioned, semiconductor _ globaltrade? as you mentioned, semiconductor chips _ globaltrade? as you mentioned, semiconductor chips are - globaltrade? as you mentioned, l semiconductor chips are important global trade? as you mentioned, i semiconductor chips are important to every industry around the world, both in china and in the west. if taiwan is's supply was cut off that would be our global economic disaster. in terms of the taiwan strait, 26 years ago, china was a much more inward —looking country

and the us was much more dominant. if china was able to control the taiwan strait and the south china sea and other waterways around what you might call the greater area of chinese coastline, that would mean that almost all trade in the region would essentially have to operate according to chinese rule and that is what the united states and other actors in the region, including japan in the south—east asian countries would rather not have. they would rather have open waterways. they would rather have open waterways-— they would rather have open waterwa s. ., ,, , ., , . they would rather have open waterwa s. ., ~ , . ., waterways. thank you very much for that, thank— waterways. thank you very much for that, thank you. _ the mother of 12—year—old archie battersbee says the family's lawyers have submitted an application to the european court of human rights to try to postpone the withdrawal of his life support. the deadline for that to be filed was 9 o'clock this morning. archie has been in a coma since he was found unconscious in april in his home. his care had been due to end this morning after a decision by the supreme court yesterday.

his mother, hollie, has made a statement in the last hour saying she'll do everything in her power to continue to fight for her son's right to live. i'm hoping that they step in and give archie a right to live. i think he deserves that. two other countries have come forward and they have offered archie treatment. if this country can't treat him, or they are not willing to treat him, where's the harm in allowing him to go to another country? we need to advance medical technology, i think. what better way than to allow archie to go and see if this can be done? i promised him, and the same as his dad, we'll fight to the bitter end, thatis dad, we'll fight to the bitter end, that is what we will do, we will fight for my son to live. in whitechapel where archie has been receiving his life support treatment since april.

just bring us up to date, where we are, there have been so many last—minute changes. this are, there have been so many last-minute changes. this appeal was submitted to — last-minute changes. this appeal was submitted to the _ last-minute changes. this appeal was submitted to the european _ last-minute changes. this appeal was submitted to the european court i last-minute changes. this appeal was submitted to the european court of. submitted to the european court of human rights as you said, this morning. it had to be there before 9am, the family got that appeal in, and now it is being considered by judges. it doesn't mean that they will hear the appeal, or they will necessarily rule in favour of archie's family, that is what his mum is helping. i asked archie's family, that is what his mum is helping. iasked her archie's family, that is what his mum is helping. i asked her what she would do if that appeal was not successful, and she said that she wants to to successful, and she said that she wants to ., ., , . successful, and she said that she wantsto ., ., ,. , ., wants to to a hospice. the hospital are sa in wants to to a hospice. the hospital are saying that _ wants to to a hospice. the hospital are saying that will— wants to to a hospice. the hospital are saying that will not _ wants to to a hospice. the hospital are saying that will not be - are saying that will not be possible. they say it is highly likely that he has brain stem dead, and that means that without the machines around him, he simply would not live. they say that once the

life support is removed he will die. as she said, she is fighting for the chance for him to live. she says they have had offers from turkey and japan that they would treat him there. we know from the cases of two other very sick children, whose parents went to the european court of human rights, and in both cases the court ruled that life support should be removed from the child. the family, now, are hoping that judges in europe will agree with them. ~ ., judges in europe will agree with them. ~ . ., , ., them. waiting for this 'udgment from euro e, them. waiting for this 'udgment from europe. when _ them. waiting for this 'udgment from europe, when are i them. waiting for this 'udgment from europe, when are we i them. waiting for this judgment from europe, when are we likely _ them. waiting for this judgment from europe, when are we likely to - them. waiting for this judgment from europe, when are we likely to hear i europe, when are we likely to hear that? ~ . ., ., europe, when are we likely to hear that? ~ _, ., ., , europe, when are we likely to hear that? ~ _, ., ., europe, when are we likely to hear that? ~ ., that? we could hear it as soon as toda , that? we could hear it as soon as today. really- _ that? we could hear it as soon as today, really. they _ that? we could hear it as soon as today, really. they could - that? we could hear it as soon as today, really. they could make i that? we could hear it as soon as i today, really. they could make that decision not to hear the appeal today, we could hear later this week. the hospital is saying that their deepest sympathies remain with archie's family, and nothing will change with his care until the

decision comes in from the judges. life support will not be removed from him until they get that decision, and then, of course, if it does go against the family, there will be time for them to spend with archie before a life support is removed. conservative party members are facing delays in receiving postal ballots for the party's leadership election — due to security fears. it comes after the government's national cyber security centre gave the party advice about how to make online voting as secure as possible. the party's saying it has now enhanced security around the ballot process. our political correspondent jonathan blake says it's an issue which the conservative party had to take extremely seriously. we do not understand that there are any specific concerns raised by those in the intelligence community, but clearly as a contest to choose not only the next leader but the next prime minister of the united kingdom, this leadership election

is something which could potentially be open to abuse or even manipulation, hence gchq getting involved and giving some advice to the conservative party, as they put it, about how the to run the contest. to run the contest. it is all to do with whether individuals can vote online and by post. previously, people would have been able to issue a postal ballot and later amend that by voting again online if they were to have changed their mind. but an e—mail which went out to conservative party members seen by us here at bbc news has said there have been delays in sending out the ballots because they have added additional security to the voting process. in short, people will now not be able to vote online if that's what they choose to do more than once, and if they choose to vote by post, they will then not be able to supersede that with another vote online. and the conservative party is saying that they consulted with the national cyber security centre, which is part of the intelligence agency, gchq, throughout the process

and have decided to enhance the security around the ballot process and gchq for its part saying that defending the democratic and electoral processes is a priority for them and that is why they have provided advice to the party on security considerations. it will delay people being able to vote, not the overall timeframe, the deadline remains the 2nd of september, but some suggestion that liz truss is the early frontrunner among members, was going to benefit from voting early having already made up their minds, perhaps if the contest goes on a little longer and she makes any more mistakes along the lines of the one we saw yesterday with the u—turn over public sector pay, that could dent her lead potentially as people make up their minds to vote. i'm joined by our security correspondent gordon corera. how concerning was this? this is

art of how concerning was this? this is part of the _ how concerning was this? this is part of the regular _ how concerning was this? this is part of the regular process i how concerning was this? this is part of the regular process of. part of the regular process of advice and consultation that goes on with the national cyber security centre with political parties, politicians, candidates and the like. there was a realisation that there is a vulnerability here in creating a system in which people can go back and change their votes, in which you can use a code and then change it, or vote by post and then use a code, but you would have a repository of votes which would legitimately be open to being changed. therefore, there is at least the risk, that some malicious act could get into the repository and change things. we do know that in the past we have seen foreign states try to interfere in elections, particularly in the united states. think of 2016, the russians leaking information from registration databases. clearly, registration data bases. clearly, there registration databases. clearly, there is a vulnerability and potential there. there is no sign,

from what understood that anything has been done, there's been some reconnaissance —— they have not seen any reconnaissance, but the very possibility of that gave the advice to the conservative party to change the process. to the conservative party to change the process-— the process. what you are saying is that, even when _ the process. what you are saying is that, even when it _ the process. what you are saying is that, even when it comes _ the process. what you are saying is that, even when it comes to - the process. what you are saying is that, even when it comes to the i that, even when it comes to the general election, the sort of checks would be in place's one general election, the sort of checks would be in place'_ would be in place's one of the advantages — would be in place's one of the advantages you _ would be in place's one of the advantages you have - would be in place's one of the advantages you have got i would be in place's one of the advantages you have got is i would be in place's one of the i advantages you have got is that in a general election you have paper ballots, which of course can be recounted. it is one of the issues in other countries where they have moved to a purely electronic voting, there are concerns that if someone manipulates the machines, have you got another ability to verify what the votes actually were? there is a lot of thinking going on at the moment as to what the most secure method of voting is stop there may be a combination between electronic and paper, and having back—ups in order to prevent any risk of someone interfering with it. often, what we

have seen in countries, even the fear that someone is interfering with the voting, that can be a problem. if you think about donald trump in the 2020 election, what he has been claiming, without any evidence, is that someone might have interfered with voting procedures or got inside the machines. even the potential of it happening can sow doubt over the legitimacy of democratic processes. even the possibility of something happening, and the vulnerability, even if no one has done anything about it, is enough for an organisation like the national cyber security centre to say it is best to change this model, and clearly the conservative party have listened to this and have taken it on board and change what they are being leading to this. it is a delay in the ballots going out, rather than the actual voting system. a third attempt will be made later to elect a new speaker

at stormont in a bid to allow the northern ireland assembly to function fully again. assembly members are due to meet at noon but it could fail because the dup is refusing to nominate a speaker over part of the 2019 brexit deal known as the protocol. there are also serious concerns about the impact the political crisis is having on the health care sector in northern ireland. let's speak now tojohn compton, former chief executive of the health and social care board in northern ireland. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news, let us go first off to the question news, let us go first off to the uestio ., , ., . news, let us go first off to the uestio ., . , ,, question about the elective process, what are your _ question about the elective process, what are your thoughts _ question about the elective process, what are your thoughts on _ question about the elective process, what are your thoughts on this? i i what are your thoughts on this? i think it is very disappointing that there isn't an assembly. devolution at its core has a responsibility to run the services that are population

needs. education, health, and so forth. it's been very disappointing that we have not had a proper political system running now for some months, and it looks unlikely that it will be established today. that really is an attack at the core of what we talk about in terms of devolution. it leads to a complete loss of control in terms of where we are with things like health and social care systems.— are with things like health and social care systems. what effect is it having on _ social care systems. what effect is it having on health _ social care systems. what effect is it having on health services - social care systems. what effect is it having on health services in i it having on health services in northern ireland? the it having on health services in northern ireland?— it having on health services in northern ireland? the first thing is that the health _ northern ireland? the first thing is that the health care _ northern ireland? the first thing is that the health care system - northern ireland? the first thing is that the health care system in i that the health care system in northern ireland needs reformed, and without the strategic leadership of the political system that is not going to happen. the consequences of that are for people working who feel a sense of a loss of direction and a lack of motivation, and no one taking much care of their particular concerns and issues. for patients, i think it means a purer system, and

many of them will suffer real hardship. i think it has been well documented and recognised that numbers of people have died waiting to be treated. without having proper budgetary response ability we are not able to make plans for the future, and health is a system that is about future and planning for the future. ., ., , ., ., future. you mention perform, what are ou future. you mention perform, what are you talking _ future. you mention perform, what are you talking about _ future. you mention perform, what are you talking about exactly? - future. you mention perform, whatl are you talking about exactly? there is a spanish — are you talking about exactly? there is a spanish man _ are you talking about exactly? there is a spanish man who _ are you talking about exactly? there is a spanish man who led _ are you talking about exactly? there is a spanish man who led our - are you talking about exactly? ii” is a spanish man who led our review system, i'm not talking about... all of these are politically like decisions, and in a devolved administration it is a minister who takes the decisions at the end of the day, and if you do not have someone in situ to take those

decisions, it doesn't happen. what you find stagnation, you find a rather depressing set of circumstances for people working in the system, for patients using the system. the system, for patients using the s stem. ., .,, the system, for patients using the s stem. ., , the system, for patients using the sstem. ., , system. for those using the system, what are you — system. for those using the system, what are you hearing? _ system. for those using the system, what are you hearing? what - system. for those using the system, what are you hearing? what i - system. for those using the system, what are you hearing? what i hear. what are you hearing? what i hear is, lease what are you hearing? what i hear is, please come _ what are you hearing? what i hear is, please come back— what are you hearing? what i hear is, please come back into - what are you hearing? what i hear is, please come back into power i what are you hearing? what i hear. is, please come back into power and take the decisions, because we want to improve our service business. most people working in the services feel disabled because there is no strategic leadership to effect the changes. there is no ability to make serious and significant change, which everyone in northern ireland accepts now is a paramount necessity. captains of premier league football teams have decided that players will stop taking the knee before every match this season.

the bbc understands that the anti—racism gesture will instead be seen before specific games. players are said to believe that "less is more" — and this will mean when the knee is taken it will have greater impact. let's get more on this from our sport correspondent, andy swiss. initial reaction to this decision? just to remind you of the background of this decision, premier league teams have been taking many since the murder of george floyd in the us. captains in the premier league have decided to stop taking the knee before every match, they have done this in consultation with the players, instead players will only take the knee during specific high profile moments in the season, so

they will still take the knee at this weekend, they will still take the knee before the league cup and fa cup finals, and before fixtures on boxing day. why are they doing this? there a sense among players in the that less is more, and that it will actually have more impact when they do take the knee. the statement said, we have decided to take certain moments in the season to take the knee, and in doing so we continue to show solidarity with the common cause. yesterday, the head of football's antiracism group talked about the issue, and he said he would support whatever the players decided to do. this would support whatever the players decided to do.— decided to do. this is a protest which came — decided to do. this is a protest which came from _ decided to do. this is a protest which came from the _ decided to do. this is a protest which came from the players. | decided to do. this is a protest i which came from the players. we decided to do. this is a protest - which came from the players. we will support— which came from the players. we will suaport the _ which came from the players. we will support the players in any peaceful form of _ support the players in any peaceful form of protest that they want to

make, _ form of protest that they want to make. and — form of protest that they want to make, and if they decide to stop that, _ make, and if they decide to stop that, that — make, and if they decide to stop that, that is also up to the players. _ that, that is also up to the players, and if people want to make individual_ players, and if people want to make individual decisions, that is also up individual decisions, that is also up to— individual decisions, that is also up to them. really, we should be spending — up to them. really, we should be spending more time on why players take the _ spending more time on why players take the knee, as to whether —— rather— take the knee, as to whether —— rather than _ take the knee, as to whether —— rather than whether or not they take the knee _ rather than whether or not they take the knee it — rather than whether or not they take the knee. it is using the platform to take _ the knee. it is using the platform to take awareness, and saying to people _ to take awareness, and saying to people with a platform, you need to act. whatever they do to do that, i will sunport — act. whatever they do to do that, i will support any kind of peaceful gesture — will support any kind of peaceful aesture. . , will support any kind of peaceful aesture. ., , ., ., ., will support any kind of peaceful aesture. ., ., ., , gesture. certainly a lot of people seem to think— gesture. certainly a lot of people seem to think that _ gesture. certainly a lot of people seem to think that taking - gesture. certainly a lot of people seem to think that taking the - gesture. certainly a lot of people i seem to think that taking the knee have lost some of its impact. bournemouth, for example, who's stopped taking the knee after being promoted to the premier league —— mac last season before they were promoted to the premier league, this felt that way. clubs will reduce

the amount of times that they take the amount of times that they take the knee before games this premier league season. the inspection of the first grain ship to have sailed from a ukrainian—controlled port since russia invaded the country in february has now been completed in turkish waters. the sierra leone—flagged cargo vessel razoni has now been cleared to sail to its final destination — lebanon — after being checked by a team of 20 inspectors, including russian, ukrainian, un and turkish officials. the ship is carrying 26,000 tonnes of grain that was loaded in 0desa. we can now go to our international correspondent 0rla guerin who is in istanbul. so, the next step of this journey for this ship is on the way? so so, the next step of this journey for this ship is on the way? 50 it for this ship is on the way? so it seems. for this ship is on the way? so it seem the _ for this ship is on the way? so it seems. the infection _ for this ship is on the way? sr it seems. the infection appears to have been pretty straightforward, the joint inspection team were ferried out to the ship which was anchored

north of istanbul. a team of about 20 people. we were given pictures by the turkish defence ministry of people clambering aboard with their hard hats. we were not allowed anywhere near that vessel, there was no access for journalists, anywhere near that vessel, there was no access forjournalists, and we were warned to steer well clear. the ship has now been given the go—ahead to continue on its journey. the purpose of the inspection, which is a key part of the agreement to resume week rain —— grain exports is that there is nothing but food exports. 0n the way in, ships will be inspected to make sure there is no weapons on board. the key thing about this voyage of this one vessel is that it is a trial run of the complex agreement to try to resume grain exports from ukraine. that is

in agreement with a lot of moving parts. i in agreement with a lot of moving arts. , ., ., ., parts. i understand that there are exuectations _ parts. i understand that there are expectations that _ parts. i understand that there are expectations that there _ parts. i understand that there are expectations that there could - parts. i understand that there are expectations that there could be l parts. i understand that there are i expectations that there could be one green ship to leave ukraine every day, as long as this agreement holds. this is key. hello, or a lot, can you hear me? it appears we have lost her. i apologise for that. the latest on the green ship is that we understand it has passed inspection and is waiting above the north of the bosporus strait. very important, as it means that grain should start to reach part of the world that are desperate for grain supplies. now it's time for a look at the weather, with carol. hello again.

as we go through the course of today, in the northern half of the country, things are going to turn that bit fresher. in the south we've got a weak weather front continuing to drift southwards, mostly as a band of cloud. you can see a lot of dry weather, a fair bit of sunshine, but showers peppering northern ireland, at times, northern england and also scotland and with a northwesterly breeze. well, here in the north, it is going to feel fresher, but still feeling humid as we come down towards the south. here's the remnants of that weather front moving away. again, a lot of dry weather overnight for much of england and wales, but some showers, which will be heavy at times, crossing northern ireland, scotland and northern england. but it's going to be a more comfortable night for sleeping in tonight compared with last night. tomorrow, then, we start off with the rain clearing easterly in scotland. but follow that front round, you can see it will bring some cloud in some spots of rain into northern england, wales in the midlands through the day. but a lot of dry weather, more sunshine than today and highs 13 to 25. hello, this is bbc news.

the headlines... top us democrat nancy pelosi leaves taiwan after a meeting with the taiwanese president, a visit strongly condemned by china who warn of consequences. the parents of i2—year—old archie battersbee say they have submitted an application to the european court of human rights to stop his life support being withdrawn this morning. the delivery of ballots for the tory leadership election has been delayed, after concerns were raised that hackers could influence the outcome. south east water says a hosepipe and sprinkler ban will be imposed on people across kent and sussex from the 12th of august. it's 50 years since nearly 30,000 ugandan asians began to arrive in the uk — after being forced to flee their homes by uganda's then military ruler. we've been hearing some of their stories. and premier league captains have

decided their teams will stop taking the knee before every match. the anti—racism gesture will still be seen before big moments — including the boxing day fixtures and cup finals. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, no, you're not, are you? you're where all the action is, here's chethan. they have finally let me out. 30 gold medals to be won on day six of birmingham 2022. it's day two of track and field. katarina johnson—thompson continuing her pursuit of gold in the heptathlon. in the final track of her long jump,

his years. long jump — one of her strongest events — is first on the menu for wednesday. keeping an eye onjade. she is giving her running. 6.25 metres on the second jump. catherine still has the second jump. catherine still has the overall lead, but it is much tighter than she would like. had her injury challenges in recent years and can she get yourself over the line? you can watch the iplayer now. 0n the track this morning we've seen the heats for the 400 metres. scotland's nicole yeargin and zoey clark are through to the semi—finals — clark going through with england'sjodie williams in heat 3. england's ama pipi also won heat 4. and the british champion victoria 0huruogu — who's the younger sister of 2006 commonwealth champion

christine — won her heat. she advances with a time of 51.34 seconds ahead of jamaica's junelle bromfield. now, notjust now, not just about track and field. it's the final day of swimming. what a games it's been for scotland's duncan scott, he's already picked up four medals to become scotland's most decorated athlete with 11 medals overall. and he's been in the men's 200 metre individual medley heats this morning, winning his heat to advance to tonight's final — looking to add to his gold in the 200m freestyle. england's tom dean has secured his place in tonight's final as one of the eight fastest swimmers. he won his heat. he already has five silvers in birmingham — but is still chasing his first commonwealth gold. can he get it this evening? also through is james

mcfadzen who won his heat. adam peaty says he has his "spark" back after powering to a first commonwealth 50m breaststroke title in what he says is his final race at the games. having missed out on a 100m medal on sunday had not lost our event for eight years. he had a broken foot and was nursing that. the english swimmer touched first in 26.76 seconds to add the shorter title to his collection. it was my last commonwealth race yesterday. i'm not going to do one after this, yesterday. i'm not going to do one afterthis, but yesterday. i'm not going to do one after this, but paris is obviously on the agenda. if there is an but after that, on the agenda. if there is an but afterthat, i on the agenda. if there is an but after that, i will do it. on the agenda. if there is an but after that, iwill do it. focusing on the next two years, be the best person and father i can be and best athlete, that is all i ask for. let

me brina athlete, that is all i ask for. let me bring you — athlete, that is all i ask for. let me bring you up—to—date with their hockey. scotland's hopes of moving into the semi—finals of the women's hockey are over after a 2—0 defeat to australia. the hockeyroos still haven't conceded a goal at these games and are well strong again today — scotland kept the game tight and were defensively strong but australia were too good and move into the knockout stages. away from the commonwealth games, the news is that premier league players will stop taking the knee before the majority of matches next season. top flight clubs started taking the knee to support the black lives matter movement. premier league captains consulted players before taking the decision. the taking of the knee may still take place before certain fixtures, including boxing day games and cup finals. that's all the sport for now. i will have more for you later and we will keep you updated throughout

the day. back to you. millions of people... iam going i am going to stay here. millions of people millions of tuned in to watch the women's euro 2022 final on sunday, when england took home the trophy, and since then, online searches for women's football have increased more than six—fold. but campaigners say more needs to be done to help girls and women into the sport. just 44% of secondary schools offering equal access to football to girls in pe lessons, access to sessions for adults in communities is patchy. joining me to talk more about how to build on the lionesses�* success is former england player rachel yankey. rachel, thank you forjoining us. i have to ask the question, just

because, you know, it is something we are doing. what did you make up again this weekend? it we are doing. what did you make up again this weekend?— again this weekend? it wasn't was it? no, it was— again this weekend? it wasn't was it? no, it was outstanding. - again this weekend? it wasn't was it? no, it was outstanding. i- it? no, it was outstanding. i thoroughly enjoyed it. watching a high—quality game of football, but also embracing the cloud, the atmosphere at wembley, it didn't feel like a football match, it felt like a celebration. the fact that there were fans walking together, whether they were wearing england shirts, germany, isaw whether they were wearing england shirts, germany, i saw some spain and sweden shirts and it was a really positive and happy vibe and luckily for us, it finished the right way. luckily for us, it finished the right way-— luckily for us, it finished the riuhtwa. . right way. rachel, you are right, it was a celebration _ right way. rachel, you are right, it was a celebration and _ right way. rachel, you are right, it was a celebration and there - right way. rachel, you are right, it was a celebration and there is - right way. rachel, you are right, it was a celebration and there is a i right way. rachel, you are right, it| was a celebration and there is a lot of discussion that says that it proves that women can do it. is that what it is all about? is that what

the conversation is about or should we move it further, move it on? i we move it further, move it on? i think, for me, in being in the team, i have played forward and have always known that there is a big responsibility in go out there are not only win big games of football, but to showcase the game and inspire the next generation coming through and the next set of girls knew that as well. the visibility of the game was unbelievable. just under 90,000 at wembley, so many watching on tv, i think, the fact that the game was free to air, on bbc, whether it was bbc one or bbc two, the england game and any in the tournament, that makes it a lot easier for people to form an opinion and engage with the games and the tournament and now we have to make sure that there is a

legacy and that we don't stop. we want to push grassroots, we want to inspire and give opportunity to young children, but notjust young children, we want to give it to adults. i know that i have spoken to loads and loads of people, even when i was playing that wanted to play football and even the generation before mine were never given the opportunity or chance, they were told they were not allowed to play and there is funding out there and it makes me really happy to see that we are notjust focusing on the children, but we are focusing on the overweight teens and, you know, i have seen the campaign where a percentage of the beers sold are going to a funding bucket where people can download and put the lead in, whether you want to start a new team or...

in, whether you want to start a new team or- - -— team or... rachel, i 'ust want to 'um on team or... rachel, i 'ust want to jump on very h team or... rachel, ijust want to jump on very quickly. _ team or. .. rachel, ijust want to jump on very quickly. i _ team or... rachel, ijust want to l jump on very quickly. i remember backin jump on very quickly. i remember back in the day, i wasn't allowed to play basketball for the boys. that is how old i am. ian wright spoke very eloquently about what needed to happen next and i'm sure you caught that commentary. you mentioned grassroots funding, we hear that a lot, what realistically does that look like? what should the cheque look like? what should the cheque look like? what should the cheque look like? watch that look like in the community and playing fields? what does grassroots funding mean? you know, it is obvious giving opportunity to people, having received it before, the amounts of money, i couldn't tell you. that is not my place, i'm a former footballer. ijust want not my place, i'm a former footballer. i just want to see people given the opportunity. i know the fa have backed the new talent half way is to try and get more clubs to look into different areas of where they get their talent from,

and those things definitely need to happen, but we need to make sure that everybody can see and they have visible role models, the girls that played on sunday, hopefully the big businesses that have been involved really highlight them and support them. and make them household names so that it gives children the power to have leaders and role models and inspiration when they are going to school and somebody says, you can't play football. actually, i can, i can be chloe kelly or a millie bright or whoever. also we need to make sure we don't miss out the older generation, because if we could get those interested or playing football or coaching, they could take their young children to games, they could inspire youngsters as well. it has to come from the bottom up and the middle down. it doesn't matter if you become an

elite player, there are so many health benefits, mental health benefits to playing sport that we really need to back and fund and push that to inspire everybody to get healthier, fitter, go to games and like i said before, the final was a real celebration, really nice feeling, woman's football has always had a place, it has been welcomed by families, take yourfamily, it is cost effective and safe, go and enjoy a day out with your family watching the women's game at whatever level, it is open to you. rachel, you have gone through this process of being picked, being seen and being brought in and trained and nurtured and when you say that people need to know the areas of where to look to pick up the talent and then you say, you have got to see it to believe it and think you

can be eight, this is a phrase we have a lot of organisation saying, but whether they actually implement it as another matter. but in terms of sport, why should people be looking. i of sport, why should people be lookinu. of sport, why should people be lookin.. . ~ of sport, why should people be lookinu. . ,, ., looking. i look back at when i started playing. _ looking. i look back at when i started playing, the - looking. i look back at when i started playing, the women's looking. i look back at when i - started playing, the women's team had a lot of southern —based players who came from inner—city london. i look at this england team now and there are only two and one of them was the matchwinner, chloe kelly. i think we need to make sure that our talent scouts not only, i know the training grounds are usually, there are slims sets and say all men, the chelsea it is... we need to make sure our talent scouts are looking in the same place as the male talent

scouts, in local areas where children are playing in cages and they are on raw talent are football and we need to make sure we have relatable coaches that can teach them, you know, inspire then to go on and who knows where a young kid might get sue. it on and who knows where a young kid might get sue-— might get sue. it has been an absolute pleasure _ might get sue. it has been an absolute pleasure chatting. . might get sue. it has been an l absolute pleasure chatting. we might get sue. it has been an - absolute pleasure chatting. we have run time, unfortunately. obe, former lioness and of course 2012 olympian. thank you. to the united states now. people in the us state of kansas have voted to keep abortion legal, rejecting an amendment to the constitution. the ballot in the republican—dominated state is the first of its kind since the us supreme court's decision to overturn a constitutional right to abortion lastjune. our correspondent, nomia iqbal, watched the results come in from the headquarters of the pro—abortion campaign. this is the first time that we are getting a sense of how americans are feeling post roe v

wade. it was overturned two months ago by the supreme court. now, when that happened, lots of republican states, certainly the ones around kansas, moved to either ban abortion rights or certainly heavily restricted. kansas could not do it and that is because it is enshrined in its constitution that abortion rights are protected. so it was put on the ballot as part of the primaries directly to voters, do you want to pass this amendment to overturn that constitutional right? and so the result has come through, it is a projection, it will be confirmed in a week's time, but 79% of votes have been counted, 61.2% of people have voted no. that is a pretty resounding victory. i quote you one woman, you know, people here have just been completely joyous about this. they said to me they never thought this would happen somewhere like kansas. butjust to quote one woman,

she said to me that it's notjust that kansas people said no, they said, to quote her, "hell, no". this is being seen as a huge victory for pro—choice groups but also for the democratic party who before this moment had said that abortion rights was on the ballot for the midterm elections, it was all very theoretical. they will look at this as a huge sign that abortion rights will hugely motivate voters come the mid—term elections. there's growing concern on croatia's adriatic coast that a wildfire is threatening the town of voditsa firefighting aircraft have been called in to help control the blaze. this is the second wave of wildfires to hit the adriatic region so far this summer. last month dozens of homes were destroyed by the fires.

fifty years ago, the former ugandan dictator idi amin gave thousands of asians living in the country three months from 5 august 1972 to get out. many of them were british passport holders and navtej johal has been speaking to some of those who settled in leicester. archive: the asians arrived in cold, wet weather at stansted. _ for asians arriving in the uk from uganda in 1972, at times, the reception from locals felt as unwelcoming as the weather. translation: they have been milking the economy of the country. _ the former military ruler, president idi amin, said uganda's asians, brought to the country by the british, were depriving black africans of opportunities and gave asians, who held british passports, 90 days to leave the country or face being put in concentration camps. one of them was manzoor moghul, a businessman and a prominent member of uganda's asian community, who had met amin on several occasions.

i had to flee the country in the darkness of the night with my wife and children because my life was threatened. i came to know that i was on his hitlist and i would have been bumped off had i stayed much longer in the country. manzoor and his family arrived in leicester, where a friend had offered to house them, and where there was already a growing asian community. but not everyone was so friendly. the national front organised a march in the city in response to the ugandan asians�* arrival. translation: leicester- was unwelcoming, it was racist, it was unwelcoming. we've had loads of objects that people have lent us for the exhibition. in the city today, there is an exhibition marking 50 years since the arrival of the ugandan asians, and the woman who's organised it was one of them. nisha popat was just nine years

old when her family had to leave. what were your first impressions of leicester when you arrived? initially, i kind of thought it's strange, but part of me felt it was like an adventure, and i think i didn't totally grasp that this would be home. nisha remembers the kindness of neighbours. but, as she got older, she became more aware of the racism around her. she recalls one incident at a funfair she attended with her brother, where there were other asian families. and then, all of a sudden, there was a group of young men, skinheads, who just literally ran across the park. they pulled out the stakes from the ground, and they were starting to hit the people. and it was families with young children. it was just horrible. and my brotherjust grabbed my hand and we ran, and ran like mad. the discrimination was perhaps no surprise. leicester city council had published an advert in a ugandan national newspaper, discouraging asians from coming to the city, claiming its resources were too strained. the advert was an appalling thing to do.

i think perhaps it was counterproductive because probably it alerted people to the fact that there was this place called leicester, and there was already an established community here that they might want to join. every aspect of the city's life has enormously benefited from everything that they and indeed the generations that have followed them have contributed. if you want to get a sense of the impact that ugandan asians have had on leicester, then you need to come here to belgrave road. this is one of the main routes into the city. but, before they arrived, it was earmarked for demolition. and, over the last 50 years, they've helped to rejuvenate it by setting up businesses, shops, restaurants. and it's now known as the golden mile. i think it's transformed the city. i think it's been a catalyst for so much. leicester was rejuvenated with the ugandan asian contribution, and that has remained permanent and has grown since then. conquerer of the british empire . in africa and uganda in particular. alongside the exhibition,

leicester's biggest theatre is staging three plays about the ugandan asians. a new public artwork has also been commissioned to recognise their contribution. in a city where initially many faced hostility, it has become home. navteonhal, bbc news, leicester. roy hackett, one of the uk's most famous civil rights campaigners, has died at the age of 93. mr hackett was one of the organisers of the 1963 bristol bus boycott, the campaign that overturned a ban by bristol omnibus company on employing black and asian drivers and conductors. back then, it was entirely legal for companies to discriminate against someone because of the colour of their skin. protests paved the way for the race relations act. here's a clip of roy hackett reflecting on what he did, during an interview with the bbc in 2013.

i said to my daughters that things that we have done 50 years ago to change the culture in this town and also in the country. they laughed at me and said, "daddy, it will change, it will come." isaid, "no, it would never come if we didn't start it. not without me or who started it." i'm trying to tell them that unless they fight for their own rights as a human being, they will never change culture. that is roy hackett, the civil is to rights campaigner that has died. a ban on using hosepipes and sprinklers is being imposed on people in parts of southern england as the country continues to receive little to no rainfall. service provider south east water says it has 'no choice' but to impose the ban across the counties of kent and sussex and estimated to affect around 1 million people. it's due to come into force on 12th

august until further notice. it comes afterjuly sawjust 8% of average rainfall with similar dry weather predicted for august and september. our correspondent louisa pilbeam told me why these measures are being introduced now. a second hosepipe ban this summer and this is south east water so it will affect people in sussex and kent and could affect up to 2.2 million households. there is another ban in place, that will come into place this friday and that is from southern water and that will affect 1 million households in hampshire and the isle of wight. let's look into what this says, because people will want to know what they can and can't do. it is hosepipes and it is sprinklers. if you have a private home and private car, you can't use a hosepipe or anything that resembles a hosepipe, even if it is a household item you are using to

water your garden, a household item you are using to wateryour garden, clean a household item you are using to water your garden, clean your car, have a ornamental pond, if you have a swimming pool, you can't fill it up, but what if you have a business? and you need it for work. you are meant to be registered as having exemption, but i believe you can speak to south—east border and their website will be looking at it and there was all sort of detail on there. if you're worried, go to the question and anchor delete my answer section. now, we're perhaps more used to hearing about shark attacks on the other side of the world. that's why the news of an incident off the atlantic coast of cornwall last week has caused such shock among the local community. a snorkler suffered a leg injury after reportedly being bitten by a blue shark off penzance. the british—based charity the shark trust says until now, there had been no "unprovoked" shark bites in british waters since records began in 181i7. marine biologist hannah rudd told us this incredibly rare incident should

not put people off getting into the water. blue sharks, the species that was involved in this particular incident, is a species that's typically found ten miles or more offshore. they live in the open ocean. they are what we call a pelagic species of shark and they're highly migratory. so they visit uk waters during the summer months following the gulf stream, and they get their name from their beautiful blue coloration on their top side that camouflages them against the deep. and being in the water with these animals is an absolutely incredible experience. they're highly majestic, they're beautiful. and i think they're really actually, despite this unfortunate incident that's taken place, they are really good role models for showing and just challenging the stereotypes that sharks have endured really for decades. i don't think this should let anyone stop themselves from getting in the water this summer. please go out, enjoy the beaches responsibly, enjoy the sea in all of its salty goodness.

but if you do want to get up close with these animals, and i really do encourage people to give it a try, go out with one of the few professional operations that we have here in the uk. we're lucky to have a handful of them. i'm sure that the dive masters there will give you a briefing on the code of conduct. so that will include things like maintaining a safe distance, not touching unnecessarily, not chasing the animal. and if you everfeel unsafe in the water, please just alert your dive master and they'll safely remove you from the water. but there are people watching all of the time. and as i say, this is an incredibly rare, rare event to take place. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. as we go through the course of the day in the northern half of the country, things will turn fresher. continuing to move

downwards as a band of cloud. showers peppering northern ireland, northern england and northern scotland. north—westerly breeze, here in the north it will feel fresher and feeling humid still in the south. that will move away, a lot of dry weather overnight for much of england and wales, showers heavy at times, crossing northern ireland, scotland and england. more comfortable night sleeping in tonight compared to last night. tomorrow we start off with the rain clearing eastern scotland, but follow it round and you can see it will bring cloud and spots of rain into northern england, wales for the day, lots of dry weather, sunshine and highs of 13 to 25.

this is bbc news. the headlines... top us democrat nancy pelosi leaves taiwan after a meeting with the taiwanese president, a visit strongly condemned by china who warn of consequences. our delegation, of which i am very proud, came to taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan and we are proud of our enduring friendship. the parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee say they have submitted an application to the european court of human rights to stop his life support being withdrawn this morning. i promised arch, the same as his dad, that we will fight to the bitter end, and that is what we will do, we will fight for my son's right to live. the delivery of ballots for the tory leadership election has been delayed,

after concerns were raised that hackers could influence the outcome. and premier league captains have decided their teams will stop taking the knee before every match. the anti—racism gesture will still be seen before big moments — including the boxing day fixtures and cup finals south east water says a hosepipe and sprinkler ban will be imposed on people across kent and sussex from the 12th of august. it's 50 years since nearly 30,000 ugandan asians began to arrive in the uk — after being forced to flee their homes by uganda's then military ruler. we've been hearing some of their stories.

the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi — has met the taiwanese president during a visit that's been strongly the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi — condemned by the chinese government. taiwan is self—ruled, but beijng sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually unite with it. you can see pictures of the senior us politician on the tarmac at songshan airport near the capital taipei. she will be continuing her visit of the region, travelling to south korea and japan next. taiwan is an island roughly 100 miles from the coast of south east china. china took the island from japan in 1945 after world war two, but after a civil war in china,

defeated nationalist forces fled to taiwan. today it sees itself as an independent country, with its own constitution and democratically—elected leaders. only 13 nations recognise taiwan as sovereign and china exerts diplomatic pressure on other countries not to recognise taiwan. in response to nancy pelosi's trip, china has sent warships and warplanes right up to its dividing line with the island. has warned foreign ships to stay away from the area, as ships are going to be carrying out military drills. taiwan says the military drills amount to a blockade and violate its sovereignty. taiwan's economy is hugely important to the global market as much of our everyday electronic equipment

— including phones, laptops, watches and games consoles — is powered by computer chips made in taiwan. our first report comes from our correspondent mark lobel. side by side with taiwan's president, america's third most powerful politician. an act of provocation or a necessary show of support. nancy pelosi's delayed high—profile visit was never without risk. china's anger has led to the us ambassador there being summoned, as pelosi is handed an award for her strong ties to taiwan. today our delegation, of which i'm very proud, came to taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan, and we are proud of our enduring friendship. president tsai thanking speaker pelosi for her unwavering support. translation: facing deliberately heightened military threats, - taiwan will not back down. we will firmly uphold our nation's sovereignty and continue to hold the line of defence for democracy. china insists the self—ruled

democratic island is in fact part of its territory. an increasing number of young taiwanese are learning basic gun skills. others fear china may do as russia has done in ukraine. this is my home country, i want to live here, that is all. analysts say the risk of an imminent military conflict is low but point to significant military traffic around the taiwan strait, creating a risk of accident or miscalculation. explosion but despite china's less—than—subtle messaging in this military video, released ahead of the us speaker's visit, the biden administration wants to avoid this triggering a crisis. we said that we oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side. we said we do not support taiwan independence.

and we said, as i said again yesterday, that we expect cross—strait differences to be resolved by peaceful means. for these two key trading partners, then, not a trading of blows, but an immediate pause on goods. as a result of speaker pelosi's visit, bans on citrus fruits and some fish exports from taiwan, while exports of sand blocked the other way. low—level disapproval, awkward diplomacy and a threat of much worse. taiwan's status remains uncomfortable. mark lobel, bbc news. earlier i spoke to professor rana mitter, director of the china centre at the university of oxford, who explained the significance of taiwan's economy on a global scale. semiconductor chips are central to every industry around the world. if taiwan's supply was cut off, that

would be a global economic disaster. in terms of the taiwan strait, 27 years ago, china was a much more inward —looking country and the us was a much more dominant power in the world. the situation has changed now, because china is a much bigger military power, it has a much bigger navy, and if it were to control the taiwan strait and the south china sea, and also the waterways around the greater area of chinese coastline, that means that almost all trade in the region would essentially have to operate according to chinese rules, and that is what the states and other actors in the region, including japan and southeast asian countries would rather not have, they would rather have open waterways. the mother of 12—year—old archie battersbee says the family's lawyers have submitted an application to the european court of human rights to try to postpone the withdrawal of his life support. the deadline for that to be filed was 9 o'clock this morning. archie has been in a coma since he was found unconscious

in april in his home. his care had been due to end this morning after a decision by the supreme court yesterday. his mother hollie has made a statement in the last hour saying she'll do everything in her power to continue to fight for her son's right to live. i'm hoping that they step in and give archie a right to live. i think he deserves that. two other countries have come forward and they have offered archie treatment. if this country can't treat him, or they are not willing to treat him, where's the harm in allowing him to go to another country? we need to advance medical technology, i think. what better way than to allow archie to go and see if this can be done? i promised arch, and the same as his dad, we'll fight to the bitter end, that is what we will do, we will fight for my son to live. a little earlier our correspondent charlotte gallagher gave us the latest from outside

the hospital in east london. this appeal was submitted to the european court of human rights this morning, as you said it had to be there before 9am, the family got that appealing. that is now being considered byjudges. it doesn't mean that they will hear the appeal or that they will necessarily... archie's family, that is certainly what his mum is helping. i asked her what his mum is helping. i asked her what she would do if that appeal was not successful, and she says that she would like to move archie to a hospice at that time, that the hospital is saying that will not be possible. the hospital is saying that it possible. the hospital is saying thatitis possible. the hospital is saying that it is highly likely that archie is brain stem dead, which means that without their interventions he would likely be dead, and when the care is removed he will likely die. his

family do not believe that this is the case, she says that he is still there and she is fighting for the chance for him to live. she says that she has had offers from turkey and japan for him to be moved there. we know from two other cases of very sick children, parents went to the court of human rights and in both cases the court ruled that life support should be withdrawn from the child. . ., support should be withdrawn from the child. ~ . ., , child. waiting for this 'udgment from europe. h child. waiting for this 'udgment from europe, when _ child. waiting for thisjudgment from europe, when are - child. waiting for thisjudgment from europe, when are we - child. waiting for this judgment | from europe, when are we likely child. waiting for this judgment - from europe, when are we likely to hear that? hate from europe, when are we likely to hear that? ~ .., ., ., , from europe, when are we likely to hear that? ~ .., ., .,, hear that? we could hear it as soon as toda . hear that? we could hear it as soon as today- they _ hear that? we could hear it as soon as today. they could _ hear that? we could hear it as soon as today. they could make - hear that? we could hear it as soon as today. they could make that - as today. they could make that decision not to hear the appeal today, orwe decision not to hear the appeal today, or we could hear later this week. the hospital is saying that their deepest sympathies remain with archie's family, and nothing will change with his care until that decision comes in from the judges. why support will not be removed from him until they get that decision,

and of course, if it does go against the family, there will be time for the family, there will be time for the family, there will be time for the family to spend with archie before a life support is removed. let's get more on our top story, the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has left taiwan after a high—profile visit that infuriated china. mrs pelosi — the most senior american to visit the self—ruled island in twenty—five years, said she had reiterated ironclad support for taiwan's democracy. let's speak to nga pham who's a journalist based in taipei and shejoins us now. how has this visit gone down in taiwan? it how has this visit gone down in taiwan? , , ., ., , .,

taiwan? it went very smoothly, from the moment — taiwan? it went very smoothly, from the moment that _ taiwan? it went very smoothly, from the moment that nancy _ taiwan? it went very smoothly, from the moment that nancy pelosi - taiwan? it went very smoothly, from | the moment that nancy pelosi landed in the airport in central taipei to the moment she left no major incident happened. officials were very happy that they are finally met someone of her rank, one of the most senior us government officials to visit thailand since 1997. ihla visit thailand since 1997. no incidents — visit thailand since 1997. no incidents have happened, as you said, does that mean that the taiwanese people are accepting of the punitive punishments, i don't know how best to describe them, that china is about to inflict on taiwan? china is about to inflict on taiwan? china and in some military drills around taiwan in the waters of taiwan, and also over the sky in taiwan, and also over the sky in taiwan, that people here are not afraid. they have got used to the threat of china. china always issues threat of china. china always issues threat from time to time, and

threatens the peace and stability in taiwan. people do not take it too close to their heart. china also imposed some sanctions on taiwanese products yesterday, but it is only a fraction of the total amount of taiwanese exports to china, so it does not really create such impacts on the economy of taiwan. at the moment, the mood here among people is that they are happy that the visit happened, they are happy that nancy pelosi finally made her visit, that had so many obstacles during the late, and that she left happy and confirmed her support to taiwan. it confirmed that the united states will never abandon the island. i5 will never abandon the island. is that enough, the idea that the us will not abandon taiwan, what does

taiwan want or need from countries like the united states? because the optics were great, diplomatically, if you look at that, but behind the seams what was going on in those discussions?— discussions? small nations like taiwan and _ discussions? small nations like taiwan and vietnam, _ discussions? small nations like taiwan and vietnam, small - discussions? small nations like l taiwan and vietnam, small asian nations, have learned that they have to depend first of all on themselves. i don't think taiwan is expecting so much from the united states in their support. the us does not recognise taiwan diplomatically, it only supplies a small amount of weapons to taiwan to defend themselves. taiwan is actively pursuing production of weapons and self defence equipment for themselves to defend the island. they appreciate the gesture, the symbol, and that's properly enough for now. ., .,

for now. you are saying the sanctions — for now. you are saying the sanctions aren't _ for now. you are saying the sanctions aren't really - for now. you are saying the i sanctions aren't really hurting for now. you are saying the - sanctions aren't really hurting the people of taiwan, at what point do they get worried? it people of taiwan, at what point do they get worried?— people of taiwan, at what point do they get worried? it would hurt if a war breaks — they get worried? it would hurt if a war breaks out, _ they get worried? it would hurt if a war breaks out, and _ they get worried? it would hurt if a war breaks out, and the _ they get worried? it would hurt if a war breaks out, and the chip - war breaks out, and the chip industry, for example, stops. that would damage not only the economy of taiwan, but also worldwide, the chip industry depends on taiwan, and would affect every electronic factory in the world. the headlines on bbc news... top us democrat nancy pelosi leaves taiwan after a meeting with the taiwanese president, a visit strongly condemned by china who warn of consequences. the parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee say they have submitted an application to the european court of human rights to stop his life support

being withdrawn this morning. the delivery of ballots for the tory leadership election has been delayed, after concerns were raised that hackers could influence the outcome. we are going to cross to birmingham now, because we have all the latest from the commonwealth games. good morning. you can see behind me everyone watching the sport on the big screen behind me. 30 gold medals to be won on day six of birmingham 2022. it's day two of track and field. katarina johnson—thompson continuing her pursuit of gold in the heptathlon. she led the standings by 109 points after four events.

long jump — one of her strongest events — is first on the menu for wednesday but she's just finished second. she is still top of the standings, and that is before the javelin. england's jade o'dowda, who's 22, in the mix for a medal made 6.52 metres on her second jump. katarina johnson—thompson still the overall leader. we have the javelin to come, and a hundred metres to, that heptathlon. here's a name to look out for — england's ben pattison — he's qualified for sunday's final of the 800 metres, along with fellow englishmanjamie webb, and scotland's guy learnmonth. 20—year—old pattison kicked away

from the competition to take the win in 01.48 seconds, ahead of defending champion wycliffe kinyama who finished second. on the track this morning we've seen the heats for the 400 metres. scotland's nicole yeargin and zoey clark are through to the semi—finals — clark going through with england'sjodie williams in heat 3. england's ama pipi also won heat 4. and the british champion victoria 0huruogu — who's the younger sister of 2006 commonwealth champion christine — won her heat. she advances with a time of 51.34 seconds ahead of jamaica's junelle bromfield. it's the final day of swimming. what a games it's been for scotland's duncan scott, he's already picked up four medals to become scotland's most decorated athlete with 11 medals overall. and he's been in the men's 200 metre individual medley heats this morning,

winning his heat to advance to tonight's final — looking to add to his gold in the 200m freestyle. england's tom dean has secured his place in tonights final as one of the eight fastest swimmers. he won his heat. he already has five silvers in birmingham — but is still chasing his first commonwealth gold. can he get it this evening? also through is james mcfadzen who won his heat. adam peaty says he has his "spark" back after powering to a first commonwealth 50m breaststroke title in what he says is his final race at the games. having missed out on a 100m medal on sunday as he recovers from a broken foot, the english swimmer touched first in 26.76 seconds to add the shorter

title to his collection. it was my last commonwealth race yesterday. i'm not going to do one after this, but paris is obviously on the agenda. focusing on the next two years, be the best person and father i can be and best athlete, that is all i ask for. i will have more from you later in the commonwealth games, but that is all the sport for now. captains of premier league football teams have decided that players will stop taking the knee before every match this season. the bbc understands that the anti—racism gesture will instead be seen before specific games. players are said to believe that "less is more" — and this will mean when the knee is taken it will have

greater impact. a short time ago i spoke to our sports correspondent andy swiss who gave us this update. premier league teams have been taking the knee before every match since june taking the knee before every match sincejune 2020, following the murder of george floyd in the us. it is a receiving scene is a simple of sports's fight against discrimination. —— being seen as a symbol of sports's fight against cremation. they have done this in consultation with the players, players are only going to take the knee before specific high—profile moments during the course of the season. they will still take the knee before opening and closing rounds of matches in the season, they will still take the knee this weekend, they will still take many before lee cup and fa cup finals, and before fixtures on boxing day. there is a sense among players and

the that less is more, and fat reducing the number times that they'd take the knee will have more impact when they do take the knee. in a statementjust out, the premier league captains have said, we have decided to take significant moments during the season to highlight our unity against all forms of racism, and in doing so we continue to show solidarity for a common cause. yesterday, the head of football's antiracism group talked about the issue, and he said he would support whatever the players decides to do. this is a protest that came from the players _ this is a protest that came from the players we — this is a protest that came from the players. we will support the players on any _ players. we will support the players on any peaceful form of protest that they want _ on any peaceful form of protest that they want to make, and if they decide — they want to make, and if they decide to — they want to make, and if they decide to stop that that there is also up — decide to stop that that there is also up to— decide to stop that that there is also up to the players. if you want to make _ also up to the players. if you want to make individual decisions that is also up _ to make individual decisions that is also up to— to make individual decisions that is also up to them. really, we should be spending more time on why players take the _ be spending more time on why players take the knee, rather than whether they take _ take the knee, rather than whether they take the knee or not. the reason — they take the knee or not. the reason they take the knee is because we are _ reason they take the knee is because we are not— reason they take the knee is because we are not living in an equal

society, _ we are not living in an equal society, there is discrimination, there _ society, there is discrimination, there is— society, there is discrimination, there is a — society, there is discrimination, there is a huge amount of online abuse. _ there is a huge amount of online abuse. and — there is a huge amount of online abuse, and they are using their platform — abuse, and they are using their platform is to raise awareness, and saying _ platform is to raise awareness, and saying to _ platform is to raise awareness, and saying to people with parents, you need _ saying to people with parents, you need to _ saying to people with parents, you need to act. we will do whatever we need _ need to act. we will do whatever we need to— need to act. we will do whatever we need to do— need to act. we will do whatever we need to do to say to people, you need _ need to do to say to people, you need to— need to do to say to people, you need to act, i will support any kind of gesture — need to act, i will support any kind of gesture-— of gesture. certainly some people thou~ht of gesture. certainly some people thought that _ of gesture. certainly some people thought that taking _ of gesture. certainly some people thought that taking many - of gesture. certainly some people thought that taking many have - of gesture. certainly some people | thought that taking many have lost some of its impact, born with stop taking the knee last year because they felt the gesture had run its course. that said, other people will be disappointed that players are no longer going to be taking the knee before every match that keeps the issue in the public eye. as i say, the captains and players of premier league clubs have decided to reduce the number of times they take the knee during a season. let's speak to former west ham, fulham and qpr striker leroy rosenior.

do you think that when you were a player, taking the knee would have mattered? it player, taking the knee would have mattered? ., ., ., mattered? it would have mattered. peole are mattered? it would have mattered. people are talking _ mattered? it would have mattered. people are talking about _ mattered? it would have mattered. people are talking about taking - mattered? it would have mattered. people are talking about taking the | people are talking about taking the knee, but since it started a few years ago, the collective gesture of taking the knee was an antiracism message. it had an impact on sport, had an impact on work environments, it got people talking about it. but, it got people talking about it. but, it is a gesture. i'm pleased that in a sense, the players have got together, they have come to a decision to do it on certain times, because they feel it has more impact. what that suggests to me is that they are taking ownership of it. it be easy for them to say, we're not talking about it, take the knee, play the game, go to the next place and take the knee, play the game. they are actually talking

about it and saying, what impact is having on our game? they are saying that doing it every single game isn't having the required impact, and they feel that doing it at certain times will have more impact. on the back of that, what is happening at football clubs as well. a lot of clubs of taking it forward themselves, because they feel that taking the knee isn't enough, it is absolutely isn't enough. as the head of the pfa just said, it is about challenging inequality in society. they've taken that ownership themselves as well. i concur, i will support players and whatever they want to do, because what they are doing is taking ownership of this antiracism message and doing something positive about it. me something positive about it. i've had the sense _ something positive about it. i've had the sense that taking the knee, that message, and that gesture, has been lost. i had a conversation recently saying, what does that actually mean?—

recently saying, what does that actually mean?- it - recently saying, what does that i actually mean?- it mean recently saying, what does that - actually mean?- it mean to actually mean? what did it mean to the players. — actually mean? what did it mean to the players, because _ actually mean? what did it mean to the players, because they - actually mean? what did it mean to the players, because they said - actually mean? what did it mean to the players, because they said this | the players, because they said this was having an impact on the game. if it is having an impact on the game, that matters, what did taking any state of the players? we that matters, what did taking any state of the players?— state of the players? i've not soken state of the players? i've not spoken to — state of the players? i've not spoken to the _ state of the players? i've not spoken to the players - state of the players? i've not - spoken to the players individually about what it means to them, but visually, what it said to the rest of the world is that we are against discrimination, and we are antiracist. before, i've come across antiracist. before, i've come across a lot of people who have said, i'm not a racist, and they weren't racist, but they have never done anything actively to bn antiracist. they have let racism flourish. taking the knee brought it to peoples attention, that this was something that not only the players, but it seems that the majority of society was against. what it did, was said to people, what are you

doing to challenge the sort of behaviour and inequality? ithink, for the players, who have faced online abuse and racism, it was for us to understand what they have been through and supporting them, which is really important for a lot of players. pl. is really important for a lot of -la ers. �* ., ., is really important for a lot of laers. ., ., , is really important for a lot of -la ers. ., ., , players. a lot of people lost the ori . ins of players. a lot of people lost the origins of when _ players. a lot of people lost the origins of when the _ players. a lot of people lost the origins of when the knee - players. a lot of people lost the origins of when the knee was i players. a lot of people lost the i origins of when the knee was first taken, and how that then entered society. if you are not taking the knee, what other actions and messages will get the job done? if you are not taking the knee, we have to challenge dissemination and racism at every step of the way. the first thing you have to do, is that a lot of people don't even recognise it when it's happening. they think, that's not racism. once you point out to them that it is racist, it is notjust name calling, there are other forms of racism and discrimination in society, then having the courage to deal with it

and head—on. what has happened, too often in my lifetime in your lifetime, is that it is beans swept under the carpet, it has been to miller it has been minimised —— it has been diminished, it has been minimised, and we have to make sure that doesn't happen again someone else will. that is what our society must be aware of. conservative party members are facing delays in receiving postal ballots for the party's leadership election — due to security fears. it comes after the government's national cyber security centre gave the party advice about how to make online voting as secure as possible. the party's saying it has now enhanced security around the ballot process. let's speak to our political correspondentjonathan blake... i wonder if you could just remind

us, why this pause in sending the ballots was put in place, and what has happened since? the ballots was put in place, and what has happened since?— has happened since? the delay is because of— has happened since? the delay is because of concerns _ has happened since? the delay is because of concerns about - has happened since? the delay is because of concerns about the . because of concerns about the security of voting process. it doesn't say that there is any specific evidence about an attempt to interfere with the leadership of the conservative party, who will of course become prime minister. but, there was, it seems, significant concerns among the intelligence community to warrant some guidance and a change of procedure. that is why gchq, the government's intelligence agency and the cyber security centre which is part of it have got involved, and, as they put it, giving advice to the conservative party about how this process is run. as a result of this change, members will not be able to change, members will not be able to change their vote. they had been able to previously vote by post, and

subsequently, due to a quirk by the rules, superseding and overriding their previous vote. members will no longer be able to do that, they have been notified of this change in the rules and also reminded that any attempt to vote twice would be considered as an offence, for which members would be removed from the party. so, that's the change, it won't affect the timetable of the race overall, we will know the result and the winner a few days later, but it does mean that members who would have perhaps already voted, and the candidates may have had a bit more time to persuade them either way. a poll ofjust over 1000 conservative party members conducted by yougov has suggested that liz truss is extending her lead

over rishi sunak. it has led to suggestions that she is now the runaway favourite, and some have even claimed that rishi sunak should concede. he was having none of that today, arguing it was all to play for. try i've topped the ballot at every round, i have the proper support for my parliamentary colleagues, in the poll rely on the best place to win in the country and general election. i'm fighting hard for every vote, it is a real privilege to talk to our members about the vision i have for the country, and i'm confident we can win them over. rishi sunak speaking to the bbc wales podcast. he and liz truss will speak to members at another hosting event, they are being held all around the uk, tonight it is in cardiff. i should say that the paul was conducted

yesterday before liz truss's u—turn on public sector pay, it was widely criticised, and eventually scrapped. she well, i'm sure for some questions on that tonight. rishi sunak will face questions to, he has put out policies based on extremism and how the government tackles that, there will also be a televised debate tomorrow evening, so it is still keeping very busy, giving up their campaigns to secure the votes of conservative party members. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello the weather for the rest of the week is looking generally dry. particularly across southern parts of the uk. yes, occasionally there will be showers here and there, but they will be local and fleeting.

looking at the temperatures at the end of the afternoon, pretty fresh across western parts of scotland, maybe 15 degrees also, a hot day in the south and east of anglia and a muqqy the south and east of anglia and a muggy day too. here the showers spreading across northern and eastern island and scotland also. extremely dry weather in the south. not a drop of rain. temperatures fresher in the north. a few showers brought by the north—westerly atlantic winds, nor scotland, northern ireland, one or two each in north—western england, but the further south and east you are, the warmer and sunnier it will be. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... top us democrat nancy pelosi leaves taiwan after a meeting with the taiwanese president, a visit strongly condemned by china who warn of consequences.

china also warns foreign aircraft and ships not to enter the area around taiwan for 4 days from tomorrow as it plans to carry out military drills there. the parents of 12—year—old archie battersbee say they have submitted an application to the european court of human rights to stop his life support being withdrawn this morning. the delivery of ballots for the tory leadership election has been delayed, after concerns were raised that hackers could influence the outcome. and premier league captains have decided their teams will stop taking the knee before every match. the anti—racism gesture will still be seen before big moments — including the boxing day fixtures and cup finals. south east water says a hosepipe and sprinkler ban will be imposed on people across kent and sussex

from the 12th of august. it's 50 years since nearly 30,000 ugandan asians began to arrive in the uk — after being forced to flee their homes by uganda's then military ruler. we've been hearing some of their stories. the first grain ship en route from a ukrainian—controlled port since russia invaded the country in february has now set sail from turkish waters, after completion of an inspection of her cargo. the sierra leone—flagged cargo vessel razoni was cleared to embark for its final destination — lebanon — after being checked by a team of 20 inspectors, including russian, ukrainian, un and turkish officials. the ship is carrying 26,000 tonnes of grain that was loaded in 0desa. our international correspondent 0rla

guerin who's in istanbul says today's inspection appears to have happened without any problems. the inspection appears to have been pretty straightforward. the joint inspection team were ferried out to the ship which was anchored north of istanbul. a team of around 20 people. we were given pictures by the turkish events ministry can bring on board and the hard hats. we were not allowed near the vessel. no access for journalists and were not allowed near the vessel. no access forjournalists and we were warned by the ministry to steer well clear. the ship has been given the go—ahead to continue on the journey. the purpose of the inspection, a key part of the agreement to resume grain export from ukraine, the perfect un—the extraction on the way out —— the purpose of the

inspection. on the way in, they will make sure no weapons aj brought in. the key of the voyage of this one battle is about the complicated agreement to try and resume exports of grain from ukraine. that is in agreement with lots of moving parts. we are going to take you live. that is where the ship and the sea area loan in —— the vessel from sierra leone, razoni, is cleared for its final destination lebanon and is now making its way through the straits. 20 inspectors checked the cargo. russian, ukrainian, and turkish and un inspectors making sure everything

was in order. the keys shipment, key voyage, hopefully seeing grain release from their silos in ukraine and eventually the hope is that at least one vessel could depart every day carrying key cereals and foodstuffs and ingredients and fertiliser, oil, for example, the nations are so highly dependent on it. that is the razoni. it is traversing the street in turkey, heading towards lebanon. northern ireland has been without a working government for six months now, because of political arguments over the post brexit trade border, but it's impacting the legal system. the caretakerjustice minister told the bbc that the backlog of cases in courts caused by the covid pandemic may not be cleared until 2028.

the delays are causing extra stress for people waiting forjustice. our ireland correspondent chris page has been talking to one woman who says delays in her sexual abuse case have increased her trauma. i have lived through hell for years. the longer that it takes, the longer that hell continues. clare rafferty was sexually abused when she was a child. her cousin, david andrews, who seven years older, pleaded guilty to several crimes. he was given a suspended prison sentence in april. the investigation had begun in 2018. had my case went through in a reasonable amount of time, i would have been in a much better, much stronger place. mentally, i have battled with depression and anxiety for a long time.

but it's not fair that a victim goes through as much as they went through and then has another battle to just to have their case heard. justice agencies in northern ireland agree the system needs to speed up. a watchdog report four years ago said cases here typically took twice as long as in england and wales. figures we've obtained through the freedom of information act show the longest cases relate to sexual offences, which take almost two years on average. the issue would usually be on the agenda at the storm of the assembly, but it isn't even sitting at the moment. and the power sharing crisis means there's no first minister or deputy. other ministers have remained in theirjobs, but only in a caretaker capacity, so they can't take any major decisions that require new legislation or a fresh budget. the leader of the cross—community alliance party is thejustice minister. she says extra money was helping

to reduce the court delays after lockdown, but the funding is gone now. last week i had additional resource. instead of saying those backlogs ended by early 2024, we could be looking to 2028 before we're actually in that position. so what difference is not having a fully functioning devolved government making with dealing with that? when it comes to budget, for example, we can't bid for additionalfunding because we don't have a budget. politics affects people and the stormont stalemate is having an increasing impact. clare hopes the criminaljustice system will improve. she's waived her right to anonymity and wants to encourage other abuse survivors to report crimes. knowing that i've thought for me and thought for that little girl who was too scared to speak up

and didn't have a voice. if i could make the tiniest bit of difference to one person, knowing they are not alone. it would mean the world to me. claire rafferty there, ending that report by the bbc�*s chris page. a ban on using hosepipes and sprinklers is being imposed on people in parts of southern england as the country continues to receive little to no rainfall. service provider south east water says it has 'no choice' but to impose the ban across the counties of kent and sussex and estimated to affect around 1 million people. it's due to come into force on 12 august until further notice. it comes afterjuly sawjust 8% of average rainfall with similar dry weather predicted for august and september. we can cross to our correspondent simonjones at arlington reservoir at polegate in east sussex. i'm just going to look behind you.

i'm just going to look behind you. i'm assuming that the water level would normally be a lot higher. yes. would normally be a lot higher. yes, normall , would normally be a lot higher. yes, normally, where _ would normally be a lot higher. yes, normally, where i _ would normally be a lot higher. yes, normally, where i am _ would normally be a lot higher. 1a: normally, where i am standing, my feet would be wet. at the moment, the reservoir is only up to around 60% capacity and that reflects the fact there has been very little rain, the lowest rainfall levels on record in this part of the world. and also the huge demand for water. the water company says it needs to take this action, there hosepipe and sprinkler ban to ensure that people will get water out of the taps. let's talk to douglas whitfield of the country that my company. why? we are just at the least rainfall on record — are just at the least rainfall on record and we have seen record to demand _ record and we have seen record to demand. we monitor our water level is constantly and we are seeing them drop into _ is constantly and we are seeing them drop into early drought figures now.

what _ drop into early drought figures now. what is _ drop into early drought figures now. what is scary is the rate they are dropping — what is scary is the rate they are dropping and the dry weather is set to continue. dropping and the dry weather is set to continue-— to continue. you'll be aware that lots of customers _ to continue. you'll be aware that lots of customers will _ to continue. you'll be aware that lots of customers will say - to continue. you'll be aware that lots of customers will say you i lots of customers will say you are not doing enough to fix leaks. i have reported it down my road and it has not been fixed. it is have reported it down my road and it has not been fixed.— has not been fixed. it is always a difficult subject. _ has not been fixed. it is always a difficult subject. we _ has not been fixed. it is always a difficult subject. we have - has not been fixed. it is always a difficult subject. we have the i difficult subject. we have the lowest — difficult subject. we have the lowest level of leaks in the last 13 years _ lowest level of leaks in the last 13 years. constantly looking to improve our performance. increased our performance by over 20% in recent months _ performance by over 20% in recent months it— performance by over 20% in recent months. .., , ., months. it comes in friday of next week, if months. it comes in friday of next week. if people — months. it comes in friday of next week, if people do _ months. it comes in friday of next week, if people do use _ months. it comes in friday of next week, if people do use there i week, if people do use there hosepipe, it could be a fine of up to £1000. will you be enforcing it? we don't want to do that, but we are entering _ we don't want to do that, but we are entering a _ we don't want to do that, but we are entering a drought where the sources will be _ entering a drought where the sources will be stressed. please think of the water— will be stressed. please think of the water as the precious resources it is and _ the water as the precious resources it is and is— the water as the precious resources it is and is a — the water as the precious resources it is and is a community, if we work together, _ it is and is a community, if we work together, we — it is and is a community, if we work together, we can protect our

resources — together, we can protect our resources and get out of the dry weather— resources and get out of the dry weather into the wet weather. if you see our weather into the wet weather. if you see your neighbour _ weather into the wet weather. if you see your neighbour using _ weather into the wet weather. if you see your neighbour using it, - weather into the wet weather. if gm. see your neighbour using it, would you encourage them to stop them? there are places you can use it, it's a _ there are places you can use it, it's a four— there are places you can use it, it's a four step process that involves _ it's a four step process that involves us contacting the customer. water— involves us contacting the customer. water is _ involves us contacting the customer. water is a _ involves us contacting the customer. water is a precious resource, think of it as _ water is a precious resource, think of it as a _ water is a precious resource, think of it as a precious resource and if everyone — of it as a precious resource and if everyone understands that, we will -et everyone understands that, we will get through to everyone. enforcement will be a last — get through to everyone. enforcement will be a last option. _ get through to everyone. enforcement will be a last option. they _ get through to everyone. enforcement will be a last option. they are - get through to everyone. enforcement will be a last option. they are also i will be a last option. they are also giving out water saving tips. take a shower rather than a bath and for a maximum of four minutes.- shower rather than a bath and for a maximum of four minutes. that's not bad, four minutes. _ maximum of four minutes. that's not bad, four minutes. simon _ maximum of four minutes. that's not bad, four minutes. simon jones, i bad, four minutes. simonjones, thank you very much. roy hackett, one of the uk's most famous civil rights campaigners, has died at the age of 93. mr hackett was one of the organisers of the 1963 bristol bus boycott, the campaign that overturned a ban by bristol omnibus company on employing black and asian drivers and conductors.

back then, it was entirely legal for companies to discriminate against someone because of the colour of their skin. protests paved the way for the race relations act. here's a clip of roy hackett reflecting on what he did, during an interview with the bbc in 2013. i said to my daughters that things that we have done 50 years ago to change the culture in this town and also in the country. they laughed at me and said, "daddy, it will change, it will come." isaid, "no, it would never come if we didn't start it. not without me or who started it." i'm trying to tell them that unless they fight for their own rights as a human being, they will never change culture. that was roy hackett, the civil rights campaigner that has died at 93.

people in the us state of kansas have voted to keep abortion legal, rejecting an amendment to the constitution. the ballot in the republican—dominated state is the first of its kind since the us supreme court's decision to overturn a constitutional right to abortion lastjune. our correspondent, nomia iqbal, watched the results come in from the headquarters of the pro—abortion campaign. this is the first time that we are getting a sense of how americans are feeling post roe v wade. it was overturned two months ago by the supreme court. now, when that happened, lots of republican states, certainly the ones around kansas, moved to either ban abortion rights or certainly heavily restricted. kansas could not do it and that is because it is enshrined in its constitution that abortion rights are protected. so it was put on the ballot as part of the primaries directly to voters, do you want to pass this amendment to overturn that constitutional right? and so the result has come through,

it is a projection, it will be confirmed in a week's time, but 79% of votes have been counted, 61.2% of people have voted no. that is a pretty resounding victory. i quote you one woman, you know, people here have just been completely joyous about this. they said to me they never thought this would happen somewhere like kansas. butjust to quote one woman, she said to me that it's notjust that kansas people said no, they said, to quote her, "hell, no". this is being seen as a huge victory for pro—choice groups but also for the democratic party who before this moment had said that abortion rights was on the ballot for the midterm elections, it was all very theoretical. they will look at this as a huge sign that abortion rights will hugely motivate voters come the mid—term elections.

two indian now where the generations indian women have had to walk to get water. the international meant entirely as promising to change taps and bringing water to indian. i'll correspondent travelled to the desert in rajasthan to meet their families waiting for water. she was five—year—old when she started porting with her mother to the well. she took a small water along, every bit counted. i asked her mother, did the man in the family help? translation: no, the man wouldn't even make a couple of tea. no, the man wouldn't even make a couple of tea-— no, the man wouldn't even make a couple of tea. water is women's work and in the desert, _ couple of tea. water is women's work and in the desert, it _ couple of tea. water is women's work and in the desert, it is _ couple of tea. water is women's work and in the desert, it is harder. - and in the desert, it is harder.

this woman, and her daughters in law make for trips to fetch water in the morning, the afternoon and evening. it is a term right now. in the past 50 years, the government has worked on different solutions. translation: work on using ground water began in the 1970s— work on using ground water began in the 1970s and they open wells in two places _ the 1970s and they open wells in two places in— the 1970s and they open wells in two places. in 1990, this project was started — places. in 1990, this project was started and will be completed by 2030 _ started and will be completed by 2030. this will bring water to the village _ 2030. this will bring water to the village. now we will bring it to each _ village. now we will bring it to each house. to village. now we will bring it to each house-— village. now we will bring it to each house. ., , ., , each house. to get these villagers, water has to _ each house. to get these villagers, water has to travel _ each house. to get these villagers, water has to travel 200 _ each house. to get these villagers, j water has to travel 200 kilometres. an oasis of water in the desert, this is the tail end of the ambitious project. this project

begins all the way up in the north of punjab, travels hundreds of kilometres do is to come down here to rajasthan, whether water is treated, made a cake that consumption —— made ok for consumption —— made ok for consumption and bump to 1 million people. there is excitement at this house. the water supply has been turned on. empty pots are lined up and everyone waits in anticipation. and then, finally, water. but for others, the wait continues. they live on higher sand dunes and it is still uncertain how and when water will be piped there. fifty years ago, the former ugandan dictator idi amin gave thousands

of asians living in the country three months from 5th august 1972 to get out. many of them were british passport holders and navtej johal has been speaking to some of those who settled in leicester. archive: the asians arrived in cold, wet weather at stansted. _ for asians arriving in the uk from uganda in 1972, at times, the reception from locals felt as unwelcoming as the weather. translation: they have been milking the economy of the country. _ the former military ruler, president idi amin, said uganda's asians, brought to the country by the british, were depriving black africans of opportunities and gave asians, who held british passports, 90 days to leave the country or face being put in concentration camps. one of them was manzoor moghul, a businessman and a prominent member

of uganda's asian community, who had met amin on several occasions. i had to flee the country in the darkness of the night with my wife and children because my life was threatened. i came to know that i was on his hitlist and i would have been bumped off had i stayed much longer in the country. manzoor and his family arrived in leicester, where a friend had offered to house them, and where there was already a growing asian community. but not everyone was so friendly. the national front organised a march in the city in response to the ugandan asians�* arrival. translation: leicester- was unwelcoming, it was racist, it was unwelcoming. we've had loads of objects that people have lent us for the exhibition. in the city today, there is an exhibition marking 50 years since the arrival of the ugandan asians, and the woman who's organised it was one of them. nisha popat was just nine years old when her family had to leave.

what were your first impressions of leicester when you arrived? initially, i kind of thought it's strange, but part of me felt it was like an adventure, and i think i didn't totally grasp that this would be home. nisha remembers the kindness of neighbours. but, as she got older, she became more aware of the racism around her. she recalls one incident at a funfair she attended with her brother, where there were other asian families. and then, all of a sudden, there was a group of young men, skinheads, who just literally ran across the park. they pulled out the stakes from the ground, and they were starting to hit the people. and it was families with young children. it was just horrible. and my brotherjust grabbed my hand and we ran, and ran like mad. the discrimination was perhaps no surprise. leicester city council had published an advert in a ugandan national newspaper, discouraging asians from coming to the city, claiming its resources were too strained. the advert was an appalling thing to do.

i think perhaps it was counterproductive because probably it alerted people to the fact that there was this place called leicester, and there was already an established community here that they might want to join. every aspect of the city's life has enormously benefited from everything that they and indeed the generations that have followed them have contributed. if you want to get a sense of the impact that ugandan asians have had on leicester, then you need to come here to belgrave road. this is one of the main routes into the city. but, before they arrived, it was earmarked for demolition. and, over the last 50 years, they've helped to rejuvenate it by setting up businesses, shops, restaurants. and it's now known as the golden mile. i think it's transformed the city. i think it's been a catalyst for so much. leicester was rejuvenated with the ugandan asian contribution, and that has remained permanent and has grown since then. conquerer of the british empire . in africa and uganda in particular.

alongside the exhibition, leicester's biggest theatre is staging three plays about the ugandan asians. a new public artwork has also been commissioned to recognise their contribution. in a city where initially many faced hostility, it has become home. navteonhal, bbc news, leicester. coming up shortly is jane hill with the news that one. next, it is time for the weather. hello, very little rainfall in the forecast over the next few days in some parts of southern britain where we really do need the rain. they are expected to be completely dry. the north of the country is a lot greener. obviously we have had rain in the past few days and if you look at the satellite picture from the last couple of days, you will notice these weather systems taking a dive to the south and then shooting off

towards the north—east and that has been the general pattern of weather systems, where is the extreme south—east of the country has generally mist the rain apart from local showers. this is the next five days. darker blue covers are where we have more rain. clearly, scotland, parts of northern ireland, lake district, lancashire, northern hills and yet for the midlands and the east and south—east, hardly any rainfall at all. the forecast for today, end of the afternoon, temperatures in the high 20s, lots of fresh air in belfast and glasgow, closer to 18. of fresh air in belfast and glasgow, closerto18. parts of fresh air in belfast and glasgow, closer to 18. parts of northern ireland, western scotland, i showed you the weather map where the rainfall would occur, these areas will be hit with the north—westerly winds or the south—westerly winds pushing the showers to these areas here, whereas nothing in the south—east apart from the odd local

shower that may fall during the afternoon. as far as there concern, we had north—westerly wind is bringing showers to scotland, some to northern ireland, but many areas once again remaining dry and temperatures on thursday around 25 in london, 17 in belfast and for glasgow. here is a look at friday. very similar picture. high teens in the north—west of the uk, scattered showers and dry and warm for london, east and generally many central parts of the south. across the weekend, the weather fronts will be kept at bay, all the rain clouds will go to the north. this is the forecast for next few days. a apart from some rainfall in the north, the pattern remains dry and warm.

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china says it will carry out live fire military drills around taiwan in the wake of the high level us visit to the island. as house speaker nancy pelosi leaves, she says america's commitment to taiwan's democracy is unwavering. our delegation, of which i am very proud, came to taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan and we are proud of our enduring friendship. translation: thisj is a complete farce. the united states is violating china's sovereignty under the guise of so—called democracy. those who offend china will be punished. we'll find out what the implications of this visit are, from beijing and washington. also this lunchtime: archie battersbee's parents apply to the european court

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