this is bbc news, i'mjane hill. the headlines at 5pm... china says it will carry out live fire military drills around taiwan in the wake of the high level us visit to the island. g7 foreign ministers say there is "no justification" for the activity. as house speaker nancy pelosi leaves, she says america's commitment to taiwan's democracy is unwavering. our delegation, of which i'm very proud, came to taiwan to make it unequivocally clear, we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan, and we are proud of our enduring friendship. translation: thisi 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.

archie battersbee's parents apply to the european court of human rights to try to postpone the removal of his life support, which was due to begin today. a review has found former met police chief, dame cressida dick, "may have breached professional standards" during an investigation into the murder of the private detective daniel morgan. the delivery of ballots for the conservative leadership election is delayed, after the security agency gchq warned that cyber hackers could change people's votes. another hosepipe ban is on the way, after all the hot dry weather — more than a million people will be affected in kent and sussex.

hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. foreign ministers from the g7 have said there is nojustification for what they called china's "aggressive" military drills in the taiwan strait. the exercises — which are taking place over the next four days from tomorrow — are in response to a visit to taiwan by the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi. miss pelosi has said her visit was intended to make it clear that the us won't abandon the island, and that her country's commitment to democracy there is iron—clad. taiwan is self—governing and lies about 100 miles across the taiwan straits — it sees itself as independent, but china views it as its own and has warned of grave consequences, following the visit. taiwan's economy is hugely important to our everyday electronic equipment — with phones, laptops, watches, and games consoles —

being powered by computer chips made in taiwan. so regional stability is seen as critical to the global economy. our asia pacific editor celia hatton has this report. nancy pelosi, defying the wishes of beijing and the biden white house, was clear about her support by taiwan during her short visit there. we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan, and we are proud of our enduring friendship. today, pelosi met these human rights activists, further stoking china's irritation. two are pro—democracy campaigners who have previously been detained by the chinese authorities. the third is a famous student activist who led the 1989 tiananmen square protest. nancy pelosi's outspoken support for human rights in china dates back to that period. here she is more than three decades ago, participating in a memorial

for those killed near tiananmen, shocking her chinese hosts. china was determined not to be caught off guard by this visit. it's announced plans to carry out live fire drills in six areas encircling taiwan by air and by sea. "the joint military operations are a necessary step in response to the dangerous moves of the us and taiwan authorities," says this chinese army commander. china says the exercises were practised forjoint air and sea blockades and land attacks amongst other things, sometimes getting as close as nine nautical miles from the island's coastline. the drills are certain to raise concerns across taiwan, highlighting beijing's ability to cut off air and sea access to this normally bustling island. beijing has also announced immediate bans on some imports and exports to taiwan.

but taiwan's president is clear she wants to foster even stronger ties with washington, no matter the pressure from across the strait. "facing deliberately heightened military threats, taiwan will not back down," she says. "we will firmly uphold our nation's sovereignty and continue to hold the line of defence for democracy." just on the other side of the taiwan strait, on the mainland, china's state media is projecting an air of confidence, leaving these locals in coastal areas feeling calm. translation: i am not worried. we are used to the taiwan strait crisis. the atmosphere has been like this for years. the conflict may happen at any time, but it's not a high probability. if it really happens, we willjust accept it. nancy pelosi is in the twilight of a long political career. upcoming us mid—term elections might end her time as house speaker, but washington's tussles with china

over taiwan will continue. up next, a potential $4.5 billion support package that would label the island a key us ally, leading, perhaps, to more trouble for us—china relations on the horizon. celia hatton, bbc news. let's speak to our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue. hello again to you, gary. just a reminder about this trip in the first place because the white house wasn't super keen on it, really, was it? sojust remind wasn't super keen on it, really, was it? so just remind viewers wasn't super keen on it, really, was it? sojust remind viewers in this country why nancy pelosi went, why she went now, the timing and purpose of this as she and her team sees it? you're right, the white house wasn't all that keen, and suddenly the pentagon wasn't all that keen in a sense because their mind the security situation, she flew on one

of their planes, as well. so there was a little bit of hesitancy there. having said all that, you know, she is the speaker of the house of representatives, an independent branch of government, we have the separation of powers— to that extent, she can do what she likes. she was planning to do this trip earlier in the year, she got covid, so it happening now is not very specific, although it does comejust three months before the midterm elections in which she could well lose that job as elections in which she could well lose thatjob as speaker of the houseif lose thatjob as speaker of the house if the democrats lose control. and she's 82, she's taken a keen interest in this region. so it may have been a swan song to her, but it's also a key reminder of the importance america places on the relationship with taiwan. notjust in terms of the economics of it, but of course, in terms of being what they were described as a beacon of

democracy in an area where there are autocratic regimes, and they would count china among those. find count china among those. and therefore. _ count china among those. and therefore, one _ count china among those. and therefore, one of— count china among those. and therefore, one of the conversations in the future, the relationship between washington and beijing? it’s between washington and bei'ing? it's at between washington and beijing? it�*s at a really low ebb. it's at a really low at about the moment, the trade relations have been poor since the trump administration, there have been heightened tensions over covid and the way china handled covid. now there's been increasing tensions in there's been increasing tensions in the western pacific with the americans accusing the chinese not just of projecting a lot more power in the region, building artificial islands in the south china sea and putting bases on them, but also engaged in dangerous military on military flybys and interceptions that america says will mean there will be an accident, a dangerous accident sooner or later. so there are all these layers of tension — at

the same time, they're not really talking very much to one another, which does raise the possibility of them stumbling into some kind of incident which could be incredibly dangerous. taiwan is the main flashpoint in that relationship, i'm afraid. it sits at a very strategic point, it has always been like that. we've had these crises in the past, but what's different now is that china is much, much more capable militarily of doing what it would always like to do, which is reincorporate taiwan back into its system. reincorporate taiwan back into its s stem. , reincorporate taiwan back into its sstem. , ., ~ reincorporate taiwan back into its s stem. , ., ~ , reincorporate taiwan back into its sstem. ., , g system. gary, thank you very much for now. i'm joined byjonathan fenby, china director of the research service ts lombard, and author of the penguin history of modern china.

good to have you with us. listening to gary they are, let's pick up on some of his last points — how concerned are you about what this might spark, this visit to taiwan? well, it obviously increases the danger, as gary said, of some accident which would be very difficult to control, given the very poor relations between washington and beijing at the moment. also the rhetoric from beijing around the pelosi visit means there will be increased measures from the mainland against the island of taiwan. we've already seen that with the live fire drill exercises taking place in the coming days which, in effect, will mean a blockade of taiwan. and also with chinese military aircraft

flying closer and closer to the dividing line between the two over the taiwan strait. figs dividing line between the two over the taiwan strait.— dividing line between the two over the taiwan strait. as you said, the live military _ the taiwan strait. as you said, the live military drills _ the taiwan strait. as you said, the live military drills are _ the taiwan strait. as you said, the live military drills are already - live military drills are already planned, the g7 say there is no justification for those, but that presumably makes no difference at all. so they go ahead, and what does that mean? we all sit, watch and wait? , ~ ., that mean? we all sit, watch and wait? , ,, ., ., ., . wait? yes - i think we have to watch and wait and. _ wait? yes - i think we have to watch and wait and, as _ wait? yes - i think we have to watch and wait and, as gary _ wait? yes - i think we have to watch and wait and, as gary said, - wait? yes - i think we have to watch and wait and, as gary said, one - wait? yes - i think we have to watch and wait and, as gary said, one of. and wait and, as gary said, one of the problems with this is the lack of communication that there seems to be between beijing and washington. this comes at a particularly sensitive time for the leadership in china — the economy is slowing down, unemployment is rising, covid is still there affecting large parts of the country, and the o—tolerance policy means that there are lockdowns still in major, major centres. then we have the five

yearly communist party congress, which is expected to put the chinese leader xijinping in for a third term as a leader of the country. and he certainly doesn't want to appear as any kind of weakling in any way — so we will get a very robust attitude from china, i think. find attitude from china, i think. and this is unnerving _ attitude from china, i think. and this is unnerving for all developed nations, i think it's fair to say? we made the point at the top of the hour that stability is important is —— to the world economy. hour that stability is important is -- to the world economy. taiwan is a roducer -- to the world economy. taiwan is a producer of — -- to the world economy. taiwan is a producer of electronic _ -- to the world economy. taiwan is a producer of electronic goods - -- to the world economy. taiwan is a producer of electronic goods and - producer of electronic goods and semiconductors, where it's the world leader. but then, also in the region, you have major economies like japan region, you have major economies likejapan and region, you have major economies like japan and south korea, which

will have an enormous effect on world trade, the world economy if full—scale hostilities break out in the region. the question in this always remains, how far will the united states go to defend taiwan if china attacks? i don't think a chinese invasion of taiwan is likely for the near future at any rate, but there's always this ambiguity, this uncertainty about where taiwan ranks exactly for us administrations. izierr; exactly for us administrations. very interesting. — exactly for us administrations. very interesting, striking _ exactly for us administrations. very interesting, striking point on which to end. thank you for your time, i suspect we'll be speaking again in the coming weeks, jonathan. more on that story to come quite clearly. turning our attention to domestic news. archie battersbee's parents have submitted an application to the european court

of human rights to try to postpone the removal of his life support. the 12—year—old has been in a coma since his motherfound him unconscious at home in april. the hospital in london where he's being looked after had said it would begin withdrawing life support unless the family submitted the application by this morning. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. for the family of archie battersbee, an appeal to the european court of human rights appears to be the last legal avenue left open to them. archie was found unconscious at home in southend—on—sea, in essex on the 7th of april. for more than 100 days, he has been on life support, and has never regained consciousness. the medical team treating him say he is brain stem dead, his major organs are beginning to shut down, and the withdrawal of treatment is now in his best interests. a truly tragic case... but his family have spent weeks challenging the judgment through the courts, and archie's mother says she has been assured that treatment will continue until the judges in strasbourg have responded. they said that they won't withdraw

whilst it's being considered. i'm running on empty. yesterday was a very down day for me. people that know me know that i don't stay down for long, especially when it comes for fighting for my son's life, so i am back up again fighting. i promise archie and his dad we will fight to the bitter end, and that is what we'll do. we'll fight for the right for my son to live. it is not clear how long it will take if the european court of human rights decides it can review the case. meanwhile, the barts health nhs trust where archie is being looked after says its deepest sympathies remain with archie's family, and it aims to provide the best possible support to everyone at this difficult time. thankfully, cases like this are very rare, and disputes between family members and the medical team even more so. but when they do occur, they present everyone involved with very challenging ethical and legal questions. dominic hughes, bbc news. 0ur correspondent charlotte

gallagher has the latest from oustide the royal london hospital. they are saying they are continuing to care for archie, they are not this is the last legal option for our trip better be's family. the case has worked its way through the uk courts, and every time they've agreed with the hospital that it is in archie's best interest to have life—support removed. but archie's family believe there's still hope, he could pull through, and they want life—support to continue. but now the case is in the hands of the european court of human rights. in previous cases involving very sick children here in the uk, alfie allen, for example, judges ruled not to intervene and ruled that the uk courts were right in their decision. for archie's family, it's a harrowing time. his mum said she'd

been broken by the whole experience, but she said she felt she had to keep fighting for her son. you look at pictures of him and videos from a few months ago, he was 12 months old that's 12 years old, doing gymnastics and boxing — now he's motionless in bed. doctors say he's essentially brainstem dead — that means that without the machines in the medical intervention of the doctors and nurses here, he would die. so they want to remove life support here, saying it's the kind of thing to do at this point for archie. his family don't want that and they say if they are losing this battle with the european court of human rights, they want him to be moved to a hospice — at this point, they say the hospital don't agree with that. they say other countries have offered to give archie help, so japan and turkey — doctors have got in touch with them, but how you would transport a child that is so poorly at this point and relying on life support is a really difficult question. but at the moment, the cases in the hands of the european

court of human rights, and archie's family have a nervous wait to find out what they will say. the two candidates for the conservative leadership are preparing for another hustings with party members tonight — this time in cardiff. it comes a day after liz truss was forced into a u—turn over regional public sector pay. she remains the frontrunner in the race to become tory leader and prime minister. we can speak now to our political correspondent david cornock. hustings tonight, fair to imagine that that hold topic of public sector pay will come up? especially as it is in cardiff, _ sector pay will come up? especially as it is in cardiff, a _ sector pay will come up? especially as it is in cardiff, a land _ sector pay will come up? especially as it is in cardiff, a land full- sector pay will come up? especially as it is in cardiff, a land full of - as it is in cardiff, a land full of welsh conservative mps. there are nine hustings to follow after this at the end of the month. liz truss is still facing questions about that

policy. her idea was that you would taylor pay in the public sector more closely to the cost of living in different regions, meaning that people doing thejob different regions, meaning that people doing the job and poor parts of the country would get less than people doing the same job of the country would get less than people doing the samejob in richer areas. now she stressed it was only for new recruits and only initially for new recruits and only initially for the civil service — but when you look at the small print of her announcement, it certainly would've been extended to the entirety of the public sector, saving £8.8 billion a year. so a pretty awkward misstep for her. earlier when we caught up with her on the campaign trail, she explained why she dropped the idea. the policy that i put forward was misrepresented. and i wanted to make sure that our important front—line workers, like doctors and teachers, weren't worried. that's why i cancelled the policy. i did it straightaway, i was decisive, and i was honest with the public about

what i was doing. and she'll hope that did the —— that decisiveness, if you like, will be rewarded when it comes to the votes of conservative party members. she did have some better news today from an opinion poll in the times, run by yougov, of conservative party members which suggested she has a commanding lead over rishi sunak, she's much the front runner in this case, perhaps the head by 2—1. important her member that paul was carried out before the over regional pay “ carried out before the over regional pay —— perhaps ahead by 2—1. but it confirmed she appeared to be the frontrunner. and as for rishi sunak, he was asked, given the state of play, whether he might withdraw from the contest. you have to remember, - i did lead the parliamentary stage of this process at every round, topped ballot at _ every round, had the broader support from my parliamentary _ colleagues, and the polls|

show i'm the best—placed to win in the country i in the general election. so i'll keep going. out and about, i'm fighting hard for every vote. it's a real privilege to talk to all our. members about the vision i have for our country, - and i'm confident that we can win them over. _ rishi sunak there with his pitch, that he's the best person to take on keir starmer and the labour party at the general election among the wider electorate. , �* ., electorate. interesting. before we 0, electorate. interesting. before we 90. david. — electorate. interesting. before we go. david. a _ electorate. interesting. before we go. david. a quick— electorate. interesting. before we go, david, a quick item _ electorate. interesting. before we go, david, a quick item that's - electorate. interesting. before we. go, david, a quick item that's come through in the last hour — forgive me, i didn't know parliament had a tick—tock account —— tiktok account, but apparently not any more. it started a few days ago in an attempt to get the younger audiences, and answer questions like where is the best place to get a selfie that has big ben in the back of the photograph. it has now decided to scrap that account after concerns from mps that data could actually be passed to china. tiktok is owned by

a chinese company, bite dance, which has previously insisted it's not controlled by the chinese government and that it wouldn't pass on data. but given the concerns of those mps, the speaker of the commons, lindsay hoyle, i have decided to pull the account. it must be said, there are still a number of mps on tiktok, including the prime ministers. thank ou, including the prime ministers. thank you. david. — including the prime ministers. thank you. david- the _ including the prime ministers. thank you, david. the time _ including the prime ministers. thank you, david. the time now— including the prime ministers. thank you, david. the time now is - including the prime ministers. thank you, david. the time now is 5:22pm. one of the uk's most influential civil rights campaigners, roy hackett, has died at the age of 93. roy hackett was one of the organisers of the bristol bus boycott — the campaign in 1963 to overturn a ban by bristol 0mnibus company on employing black and asian drivers and conductors. the subsequent protests paved the way for the race relations acts. 0ur correspondentjo black looks back at his life.

ina in a couple minutes, i'll be speaking to someone who knew roy hackett well, but first, joe black looks back at his life. 1963, and this campaign was known as the bristol bus boycott. back then, it was legal for companies to discriminate against somebody because of the colour of their skin. the point is that whilst we can obtain white labour in this - city, we intend to go - on in engaging white labour. this protest sought to overturn a ban by bristol 0mnibus company on employing black and asian drivers and conductors. one of the driving forces was jamaican—born roy hackett. there were placards at the door, no irish, no gypsies, no blacks, no dogs. it wasn't like it is today. it was very hard for us to find a place to live, number one, and it was very hard for a black man to get a job here in bristol. the bus protests saw the company

change its policies, and helped to pave the way for the race relations acts of 1965 and 1968. roy hackett�*s name became synonymous with civil rights, and his tireless campaigning throughout his life for racial equality went further than his home city of bristol. to remember him is notjust to remembera moment in the civil rights movement, but it's to remember that moment in the continuum of history and struggle against racism. roy hackett was appointed an 0be in 2009, and an mbe in 2020. he was also one of the founders of st paul's carnival, one of the uk's most inclusive events, celebrating the life of bristol's african caribbean communities. roy hackett has been described as a humble, principled freedom fighter — a man whose legacy will live on.

we can speak now to marvin rees, the elected mayor of bristol. good evening to you. i know you knew roy hackett well, so i'm very interested first of all, just tell us about your memories of him as a friend and a person. what sort of man was he?— friend and a person. what sort of man was he? ~ ., , ., friend and a person. what sort of man was he? ~ . , ., ., man was he? well, he was an elder, a leader. and — man was he? well, he was an elder, a leader, and an incredibly _ man was he? well, he was an elder, a leader, and an incredibly humble - leader, and an incredibly humble person, actually. to meet him anywhere, you wouldn't automatically assume from the way he carried himself that he was someone who'd had such a huge impact in bristol or around the rest of the country. but that's the measure of the kind of leadership he provided. and he didn'tjust do it by going out and getting other people to do things, he actually lived the life, he broke through barriers in his ownjourney, as well, going places where there weren't many black people organising around those barriers. so i would say, as i sit in this very room with

my deputy mayor, ashton craig, and me being the first mayor of african heritage in a british city, roy paved the way for our own journeys. it seems to me it's impossible to overstate how much he achieved, if we think back to the 1960s with the bristol boycott and more beyond that - i bristol boycott and more beyond that — i don't even want to repeat the words on the signs that used to hang in the houses for rent and shops. but that was the environment that he, his family and friends, and neighbours were living in, and it was a deeply hostile environment. absolutely, and i think there are two aspects early�*s life and legacy that need to be kept in mind. firstly, as we start talking about it, let's notjust make it a bit of history combined with him being a moral teddy bear. roy was a

political activist fighting for economic change. remember, racism isn'tjust about whether economic change. remember, racism isn't just about whether people call each other bad names, it's about people being locked out of the opportunity to build assets in the future, to escape poverty and have equality in the criminaljustice system. roy was at the front end of all that. we also have to be careful not to just think that roy was about the bus boycott — roy's were continued right up into the modern day, even providing words of support to people like myself and asher coming through, alongside people like guy rita bailey. the words in your report really captured some of that, it wasn'tjust your report really captured some of that, it wasn't just something that was a moment in time, it was something that prompted bristol in the uk to become better places, not places where racism was sold, by the way —— solved, by the way. we

continue to face it all across the country, but nonetheless we are in a better place than we would've been without people like roy. bud better place than we would've been without people like roy.— better place than we would've been without people like roy. and that so strikin: that without people like roy. and that so striking that you _ without people like roy. and that so striking that you say _ without people like roy. and that so striking that you say that _ without people like roy. and that so striking that you say that because i striking that you say that because i'm curious as to what roy felt in more recent years, to what extent did he feel that progress had been made, and yet in other areas we are bitterly aware progress seems to have gone backwards, particularly if we think of events in the united states in the previous years. how did he reflect on the achievements and otherwise that society had made? again, i want to be careful about speaking for roy. my interactions with roy, he was a smart, intellectual man. and i think those of us in that conversation would be keen to point out to people that tackling racism isn'tjust about what names people call each other or how they feel to each other. that very much is the moral argument, and

we have made progress — it is not ok to run under the banner is that some politicians ran under back in the day, if you wonder... i don't want to embarrass your programme, it's notjust to embarrass your programme, it's not just about the words, it's about political and economic standing. roy was tuned into that, and we know across politics, the media and finance still, and it's tied up with social immobility, people of certain backgrounds are excluded from employment opportunities, sometimes consciously, quite often unconsciously. the challenge of racism and social mobility has not been overcome, and roy was very aware of that. it’s been overcome, and roy was very aware of that.— aware of that. it's good of you to talk to us — aware of that. it's good of you to talk to us today, _ aware of that. it's good of you to talk to us today, thank _ aware of that. it's good of you to talk to us today, thank you - aware of that. it's good of you to talk to us today, thank you very l talk to us today, thank you very much indeed, we really appreciate it, the mayor of bristol remembering roy hackett, who died at the age of 93.

a review has found that the former metropolitan police commissioner dame cressida dick may have breached the standards of professional behaviour in the murder case of daniel morgan. mr morgan, who was a private investigator, was killed with an axe in the car park of a pub in southeast london in 1987. let's speak to our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. so explain what this report is, what this is saying here?— this is saying here? there's a lot to exniain. _ this is saying here? there's a lot to explain, this _ this is saying here? there's a lot to explain, this one _ this is saying here? there's a lot to explain, this one goes - this is saying here? there's a lot to explain, this one goes back i this is saying here? there's a lotj to explain, this one goes back to 1987 with the murder of daniel morgan, a private investigator in a south london car park. a police investigation hampered by allegations of police corruption. last year, a major report by an independent panel really laid out what happened over the years, criticising a number of police officers. and amid that, there was a bit of a confrontation with them commissioner of the metropolitan police of the time, dame cressida dick. the powell inquiry said she'd been responsible potentially for a form of institutional corruption because she didn't provide them with

information they'd been asking for quickly and extensively enough. what this was about was her trying to prevent secret police intelligence being given to the inquiry or certain people on the inquiry, and also preventing initially access for the whole inquiry to get access to a police database called homs. this is complicated and i apologise, but the inquiry had to look at whether all police officers should face disciplinary action of sort. it was decided that yes, dame cressida dick may have breached professional standards but she would not face disciplinary action if she had still been serving him a because what she was alleged to have done, not providing this information to the inquiry, was not serious enough to justify that. of course she resigned in february this year. so is there more to come — in february this year. so is there more to come here, _ in february this year. so is there more to come here, have - in february this year. so is there more to come here, have we - in february this year. so is there i more to come here, have we heard from her? where does this go now? - have heard from her — she said she

welcomes the fact that the iopc recognises everything she did in the handling of this information was for a legitimate purpose, and that her team acted professionally and flexibly, and with integrity and a challenging and unprecedented, and complex task in responding to this very complicating inquiry into the daniel morgan case. the iopc found no other officers, and there were plenty accused of corruption, could possibly now face any kind of disciplinary action — we are talking about events decades ago. but the met has to get a handle on any corruption allegations that come in, they say something may be going on, there may be a form of police corruption happening, and that is being taken fiercely and acted upon. that is a priority for the iopc, for the new incoming commissioner of the metropolitan police.— metropolitan police. tom, thank you very much- —

metropolitan police. tom, thank you very much- let's _ metropolitan police. tom, thank you very much. let's pause _ metropolitan police. tom, thank you very much. let's pause and - metropolitan police. tom, thank you very much. let's pause and take - metropolitan police. tom, thank you very much. let's pause and take a i very much. let's pause and take a look at the weather prospects with helen willits. hello, good afternoon. we've got some rain around across scotland. in fact, a warning from the met office if you're travelling there this evening, some quite heavy rain. but little rain really around for the rest of the week. we've had 1—2 showers across the south today, courtesy of the remnants of a weather front. courtesy of the remnants of a weatherfront. this is the rain i'm talking about further north that's developed across the eastern side of scotland. and there'll be a few more showers to come as we go through this evening and overnight, shall remain, but most of over scotland and northern ireland. we need everywhere so any rain is welcome. what we're doing overnight is losing the humidity — it's dragging its heels to clear southern and eastern areas, but it shouldn't be as uncomfortable as it was last for sleeping. the remnants of that weather front should be gone, then it's a scattering of showers throughout the day, most of those will be across scotland and northern ireland, but temperatures back down

to the high teens, and across the south into the low 20s. back where they should be around this time of year, and feeling fresh for all of us. i'll have more later. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. china says it will carry out live fire military drills around taiwan — in the wake of the high level us visit to the island — g7 foreign ministers say there is �*no justification' for the activity. archie battersbee's parents apply to the european court of human rights, to try to postpone the removal of his life support — which was due to begin today. the delivery of ballots for the conservative leadership election is delayed — after the security agency gchq warned that cyber hackers could change people's votes. a review has found former met police chief dame cressida dick may have breached professional standards during an investigation into the murder of the private

detective daniel morgan. we will talk about the pipe band announced today but right now we will catch up with all the support and that starts off of the commonwealth games. hello — it's been a record breaking day for english a few bands have been playing but at the event, it's been a hello — it's been a record breaking day for english weightlifter emily campbell. she added a commonwealth title to her two european golds, world bronze and olympic silver. in the over 87 kilo category — campbell set a new commonwealth games record in the snatch lifting 124kg that put her in a very strong position ahead of the clean and jerk section of the competition. and then she set another games record with a 162 kilogram in that

clean and jerk to take the gold. a career best lift to finish off. and there was a warm reception on the finish line for england's evie richards who has put a difficult start to the year behind her to achieve her dream of winning commonwealth gold in the women's mountain bike cross—country. she was a runner up in the gold coast four years ago, she's the world champion, but had been struggling with a bad back since february before getting coronavirus last month. but what a race she ran earlier, controlling it from start to finish — bar one moment earlier where she nearly came off her bike, but no problems at the finish with great support

from a noisy crowd. england women's captain heather knight has been ruled out of the commonwealth games and the hundred. it's because of a hip issue that she picked up in the first international t20 against south africa. nat sciver will remain as captain for team england at the games — no replacement player can be named. let's turn our attention to judo. a lot of finals this evening — the action has started in the last half hour over at the coventry arena. england's jamal petgrave won to take the biggest title of his career in the final of the men's —90 kilo category. that's followed by rachel tytler of scotland going for bronze in the women's —78 kilo. the final in that category is next with wales v england — as natalie powell takes on emma reid. in total, eightjudokas from the home nations are competing for medals tonight.

and away from the games here in birmingham — the england women's football team has today written an open letter to rishi sunak and liz truss — one of whom will be the next prime minister — calling for every girl to have access to at least two hours of pe a week, and for investment and support forfemale pe teachers. i think there will be a massive turning point from the summer and we would like to hope so, anyway and what can we do to help that, i think we want to make the change and if we can do that, that is massive and as a girl, you want to play with the boys but you also want to be in an environment where you are comfortable and i think that is massive for women. watching those pictures of the trophy left. from birmingham, but thatis trophy left. from birmingham, but that is all the support for now. from birmingham, but that is

all the sport for now. thank you very much. turning to other matters entirely. more hosepipe bans have been announced with south east water saying customers in kent and sussex will face the restrictions from the end of next week. it follows weeks of extreme weather, with parts of england having their driestjuly since records began. 0ur correspodent celestina 0lulode has this report. there will be affected and more than a million homes in kent and sussex will have there been enforced from next friday the 11th of august. arlington reservoir and sussex last

year and again, last month with water levels much lower. it's conditions like this that mean a whole hose pipe band will be put into place. julia; whole hose pipe band will be put into lace. , , .,, ., whole hose pipe band will be put into lace, , .,, ., whole hose pipe band will be put into place-— into place. july was on the driest months on _ into place. july was on the driest months on record _ into place. july was on the driest months on record mouse - into place. july was on the driest l months on record mouse followed into place. july was on the driest - months on record mouse followed by a dry period through the spring and summer and in dry period through the spring and summerand in the dry period through the spring and summer and in the approach of the heat wave, really that is what is driving our concerns now. the ban means you _ driving our concerns now. the ban means you will — driving our concerns now. the ban means you will not _ driving our concerns now. the ban means you will not be _ driving our concerns now. the ban means you will not be able - driving our concerns now. the ban means you will not be able to - driving our concerns now. the ban means you will not be able to use | means you will not be able to use hose pipes to water your garden, wash cars orfill hose pipes to water your garden, wash cars or fill paddling pools. it is the second hose pipe ban that is been put in place in the country. with action taken last week in hampshire and the isle of wight. some are critical that this is all too little too late.— too little too late. this is not rocket science. _ too little too late. this is not rocket science. this - too little too late. this is not rocket science. this is - too little too late. this is not rocket science. this is a - too little too late. this is not| rocket science. this is a fairly hasic— rocket science. this is a fairly basic thing. we would've liked to have _ basic thing. we would've liked to have seen— basic thing. we would've liked to have seen these preventative measures coming in much earlier and we need _ measures coming in much earlier and we need to— measures coming in much earlier and we need to plan for this for next summon — we need to plan for this for next summer. this is going to be a regular—

summer. this is going to be a regular occurrence for the climate crisis _ regular occurrence for the climate crisis every — regular occurrence for the climate crisis every single summer in this should _ crisis every single summer in this should become business as usual. with no— should become business as usual. with no significant rainfall forecast for a month, it is impossible to say how much these restrictions will last. but if you are caught ignoring the band, you could face a maximum penalty of £10,000. -- ban. i'm nowjoined by professor kevin hiscock, who is a hydrologist from the university of east anglia. just in terms of the basics of a hose pipe ban, is thisjust an inevitable part of summer now, that we're just going to keep seeing? climate projections are for increased breaks in the future, perhaps more frequent summer but we do need to adapt to the way we think about our water use during these

periods and the dry course does take a while to build and we are seeing a dry summer now but also months of previous tri— weather and so, let's hope we get some rain soon and it continues like this through next week so next summer, it will be even more serious. i think it's good to have a hose pipe ban at this point. more frequent fact of life in the future and of climate change. given that, is future and of climate change. given that. is there _ future and of climate change. given that, is there more _ future and of climate change. given that, is there more that _ future and of climate change. given that, is there more that individual households could and should be doing in order to try to be more thoughtful about water use or is it bigger than one individual household? how do you view it? i think economic of savings in water use. use about hundred a0 l per day with the water metre and it's more like 113 l per day. water metres more widely can help with her behaviour to reduce her usage and things like retrofits and houses can be more water efficient and we can

put some water efficiency labels on appliances and we can tackle leakage on the consumer side of our water pipe system and their various things we can do that don't involve big infrastructural projects like building a new reservoir. the governments target under the new environment act is to reduce the water and supply by 20% by 2037. so, while all these savings can make individual he will go a long way to help, including the water companies reducing the leakage in the network. you mentioned infrastructure, is there more that can be done in a plate in a very unscientific way. try to capture and hold onto the water that we did in the winter for me then needed in the sunny summer months because this is a wet country and it does not seem to be beyond the wit of man that we have enough rain, wejust don't the wit of man that we have enough rain, we just don't get it at the right time. rain, we just don't get it at the right time-— rain, we just don't get it at the

riaht time. �* , right time. and in the right place. in the populations _ right time. and in the right place. in the populations in _ right time. and in the right place. in the populations in the - right time. and in the right place. | in the populations in the southeast of england. some water transfer is a possibility in this big pipeline being built at this side so some water transfer can help but as a principal, using those winter high flows and stirring that water is a good principle and indeed, that does happen. and more of that in the future to balance out the water supply over the winter in the summer is all good practice. goad supply over the winter in the summer is all good practice.— is all good practice. good practice, it looks as though _ is all good practice. good practice, it looks as though we've _ is all good practice. good practice, it looks as though we've been - it looks as though we've been talking many years, for example one of your points of putting a water metre and every single property that can be adopted to have one we talk about it and we all know plenty of people who don't have a water metre and lack of government ambition, it is complications of trying to put one in everywhere, what is that about, i would what you think of

that. . , ., , _, about, i would what you think of that. . , ., , ., that. the ambition is there come out ofthe that. the ambition is there come out of the we can — that. the ambition is there come out of the we can force _ that. the ambition is there come out of the we can force people _ that. the ambition is there come out of the we can force people to - that. the ambition is there come out of the we can force people to make | of the we can force people to make the decision but we can have the benefit of a water metre and hope that kind of approach will ultimately work. in the anglian region, all the time, we had the specin region, all the time, we had the spec in 1989 in 1992. and since that time, water metering is become more widespread and so people can make the conscious decision and change the conscious decision and change the behaviour.— the conscious decision and change the behaviour. thank you very much and thank you _ the behaviour. thank you very much and thank you for _ the behaviour. thank you very much and thank you for your _ the behaviour. thank you very much and thank you for your time - the behaviour. thank you very much j and thank you for your time tonight. a hydrologist from the university of east anglia. the price of petrol fell last month, by nearly 9p a litre, according to the rac. but the motoring group says the reductions still don't fairly reflect the fall in the wholesale price of fuel. our business correspondent caroline davies told us more about what the rac has been saying:

the rac have put out the testing that there is 9p at the palms and there argue that it should have dropped by even more because this is a wholesale price is actually around 20p and that suggests that bigger retailers are passing that on to the consumers over the course of the last eight weeks and speaking to some few analysts, that some really a fair comparison point and they those eight weeks, the presence of drop more dramatically recently and there's a lack any way between the wholesale price in the press of the pumps coming down which means they may be even further drops of the next week or so and they said of the fact that they have not dropped yet may be because the retailers are trying to create the smooth the price drop as things are changing in the backdrop to this is really interesting and the reason there's been a drop is seen by the market thinking that there could be a downturn in the economy that means

people can be driving less, and the need to be transported and all of that leads to the idea that fuel may notjust be in high demand and that can lead to some drops and knowing exactly where the press going to go for the next six months, the general senseis for the next six months, the general sense is that there's not going to be some dramatic drop off and that's because the supply of fuel is still restricted in so, short term is possibly more for drop, long term as many analysts thinking there will be anything dramatic. 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 its 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 twenty— six—

thousand tonnes of grain that was loaded in 0desa. eight people are reported to have been injured in a blast at a factory which makes explosives in southwest france. the emergency services are at the site in bergerac, where a fire is now burning. the plant — run by eurenco — produces explosives for miitary and civil use, propellants and fuels. the emergency services have set up a security perimeter around the site and the local mayor's office has urged the public to stay away from the area. a third man has been arrested on suspicion of murder by detectives searching for a student nurse who vanished nearly a month ago in south london. 2a—year—old 0wami davies left herfamily home in grays, essex, and was last seen in west croydon on seventhjuly. the metropolitan police said her relatives have not heard from her and she has not been into work. in the us, the state of kansas — where conservative political candidates are usually elected —

has decided, in a referendum, to protect abortion rights, in a major victory for pro choice groups. it's the first electoral test of the issue since the supreme court decision two months ago which allowed individual states to ban the procedure. more than 60% voted to allow women to access abortion in the state. nomia iqbal was in kansas for us as the results came in. the first to deliver how americans are feeling after roe v wade was overturned two months ago. this is a quiet room now but a short while ago, there wasjust quiet room now but a short while ago, there was just huge elation after the projection came in and it is a projection at the stage. it will be confirmed in about a week's time and this is where one of the main groups that was leading the campaign to preserve the constitutional rights to abortion held at their watch party when that

projection came through, people were crying, mothers of their daughters are saying they never thought that something like this would happen in a deeply conservative state like kansas. �* ,, . ,, a deeply conservative state like kansas.�* ,, . ,, ._ a deeply conservative state like kansas. ,, . ,, �* kansas. i'm speechless, really! i'm so roud kansas. i'm speechless, really! i'm so proud and _ kansas. i'm speechless, really! i'm so proud and our _ kansas. i'm speechless, really! i'm so proud and our rights _ kansas. i'm speechless, really! i'm so proud and our rights remain - so proud and our rights remain intact — so proud and our rights remain intact in — so proud and our rights remain intact in kansas.— so proud and our rights remain intact in kansas. , ., .,, intact in kansas. they went to those booths and they're _ intact in kansas. they went to those booths and they're proud _ intact in kansas. they went to those booths and they're proud to - intact in kansas. they went to those booths and they're proud to be - intact in kansas. they went to those booths and they're proud to be from kansas _ booths and they're proud to be from kansas and proud _ booths and they're proud to be from kansas and proud to _ booths and they're proud to be from kansas and proud to not _ kansas and proud to not have government— kansas and proud to not have government control - kansas and proud to not have government control over- kansas and proud to not have| government control over their bodies — government control over their bodies. ., . ., , ., ~::f ., bodies. protection is that 6096 of eo - le bodies. protection is that 6096 of people will _ bodies. protection is that 6096 of people will keep _ bodies. protection is that 6096 of people will keep in _ bodies. protection is that 6096 of people will keep in place - bodies. protection is that 6096 of people will keep in place a - people will keep in place a constitutional right for access to abortion up 22 weeks into her pregnancy for president by the news democratic party, this is a sign that abortion, the issue of abortion really does matter to people in the run—up to the midterm elections. that's nomia iqbal reporting from topeka, kansas. northern ireland has been without a working government for six months,

because of political arguments about the post—brexit trade border. the impact of the stalemate is felt particularly in the legal system — the caretakerjustice minister told the bbc that the covid backlog in the courts 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. claire rafferty was sexually abused when she was a child. her cousin, david andrews, who's 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 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 stormont assembly, but it isn't even sitting at the moment, and the power sharing crisis means there's no first minister or deputy. 0ther 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. unless we get that additional resource, instead of seeing those backlogs ended by early 2024, we could be looking at 2028 before we're actually in that position. so what difference is not having a fully functioning devolved government making to you in dealing with that? when it comes to budget, for example, we can't bid for additional funding because we don't have a budget agreed. politics affects people, and the stormont stalemate is having an increasing impact. claire 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 fought for me, and fought for that little girl who was too scared to speak up and didn't have a voice,

if i can make the tiniest bit of difference to one person, knowing they're not alone, it would mean the world to me. claire rafferty ending that report by our ireland correspondent chris page. it is 50 years since uganda's military ruler idi amin expelled thousands of members of the asian community, after accusing them of disloyalty. many settled in leicester and have become part of the fabric of the city — as our midlands correspondent, nav—tej johal reports. 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. 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? 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. 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. 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. leicester was rejuvenated with the ugandan asian contribution, and that has remained permanent and has grown since then. in a city where initially many faced hostility, it has become home. navteonhal, bbc news, leicester.

warner bros has scrapped its upcoming batgirl film just months before its planned release date after poor screen—testing results. the dc film, which was set to feature hollywood stars leslie grace, michael keaton, jk simmons and brendan fraser, was filmed entirely in glasgow. production reportedly cost more than 58 million pounds and the film was scheduled for release later this year in cinemas and on hbo max. now it's time for a look at the weather with thomas. a little bit of good news if you've had enough of that humidity. it's going to freshen up over the next day or so particularly aggressive and parts the uk. not so good news, the bad news is that it's going to

stay very dry at least for most of us and sure, there'll be a few scattered showers and that's pretty much it. and there has been ran across some parts of the uk and will see when weather front in the next couple of days sweat across the north of the uk notice that these weather friends are taking a very similar weather front each time they come in seeping in from the southwest, moved to the northeast and to the south, the rainfall and accumulation of five days from showers or weather friends clipping the northwest and clearly where you see the darker bloom, that's where you'll see the wettest weather and southern areas, that is where it is going to be in some places bone dry. 0nto the forecast, for the night. there is still going to be some rain from northern parts of the uk but for the south, the southern half, they're still fairly warm but a little fresher than it's been, 15, 9

degrees in the area. forecast for saturday, eastern parts of scotland and northern greece pushing in some showers and scotland, one or two moving to the northwest of england and the shares will make much progress for the east of the south and also southampton and more of the same to come and pleasant temperatures feeling quite fresh but of course it stays dry and into the weekend, high—pressure is expected to build and this is the high that builds across the uk pushes the weather front and most of the north and all of the cloud could clip the far northwest of scotland in the vast majority of us, it stays dry and this from since the predominant weather on the day and so, try for most of us, however from time to time, we will have one or two

showers, particularly in the northwest of the uk. goodbye. the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, ends a brief visit to the island that drew intense angerfrom beijing. 0ur 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. but china sees taiwan as a renegade province and has put its armed forces on high alert.

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