this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines at 8pm: the european court of human rights refuses an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support, effectively ending the family's legal battle. china says it will carry out live fire military drills around taiwan — in the wake of the high—level us visit to the island. 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. anger from hospital leaders over the government's decision not to offerjunior doctors in england the same pay rise as other nhs staff. and tributes to roy hackett, one of britain's most influential

civil rights campaigners, who's died at the age of 93. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the european court of human rights has tonight refused an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support, effectively ending the family's legal battle. doctors — who say archie is brain stem dead — were waiting for a decision from the court before beginning the withdrawal of his treatment. the 12—year—old has been in a coma since an accident at his home in essex in april. let's go live now to the royal london hospital in east london, where archie has been receiving his life support treatment since april. charlotte gallacher is there.

charlotte, can you bring us up to speed with these latest developments?- speed with these latest developments? speed with these latest develoments? , . , , speed with these latest develoments? , , . developments? this was the news that archie battersbee's _ developments? this was the news that archie battersbee's family _ developments? this was the news that archie battersbee's family didn't - archie battersbee's family didn't want at all. they've been dreading this moment, the potential that the european court of human rights would reject theirfinal european court of human rights would reject their final appeal. this essentially is the end of their legal case, theirfight essentially is the end of their legal case, their fight for archie battersbee to remain on life support. his mum has been with him every single day in the hospital behind me for the last 100 days, since he was found unconscious in his home in southend. she came out just a while ago and spoke to reporters, saying how deflated, how broken she was, and obviously has been an exhausting and traumatic period for the whole family. doctors, however, say that it is highly likely that archie is brainstem dead, and what that means is that his only machines around him and medical interventions that are keeping him alive at this stage. let's hear a bit of what hollie

dance, his mum, had to say. absolutely devastated, frustrated, angry, _ absolutely devastated, frustrated, angry, let — absolutely devastated, frustrated, angry, let down, so many emotions, really _ angry, let down, so many emotions, reall . , . , angry, let down, so many emotions, reall. , ., really. this was your last legal ho e. really. this was your last legal hepe- what — really. this was your last legal hope. what was _ really. this was your last legal hope. what was it like - really. this was your last legal hope. what was it like when . really. this was your last legal i hope. what was it like when you heard that they had taken that decision? , ., , , —— i have received by e—mail. my sister_ —— i have received by e—mail. my sister tried — —— i have received by e—mail. my sister tried to _ —— i have received by e—mail. my sister tried to contact me, but i was watching archie this afternoon. again, _ was watching archie this afternoon. again, i_ was watching archie this afternoon. again, ijust cannot say i was shocked~ _ again, ijust cannot say i was shocked. we have expected it the holy along. from day one, we knew the system — holy along. from day one, we knew the system in this country, and unfortunately the system don't seem to stand _ unfortunately the system don't seem to stand by— unfortunately the system don't seem to stand by and protect its own, does _ to stand by and protect its own, does it? — to stand by and protect its own, does it? not really? you can see, really, how devastated archie's mum is. she said she will continue to fight for her son, and at this point she wants tim to be moved into a hospice, where he can

receive end—of—life care. moved into a hospice, where he can receive end-of-life care.— receive end-of-life care. charlotte, this isiust — receive end-of-life care. charlotte, this isiust an _ receive end-of-life care. charlotte, this isjust an awful _ receive end-of-life care. charlotte, this isjust an awful case _ receive end-of-life care. charlotte, this isjust an awful case and - this is just an awful case and really emotional moments in the last few hours, with this news sinking through. could you give us a bit of detail of the legal arguments here, why these decisions were reached? 50 why these decisions were reached? sr the case has gone through the courts in the uk, and at every stage in the uk, judges have agreed with doctors at the hospital here that there is no realistic prospect of archie pulling through, recovering and having any semblance of a life, and at the kindest thing to do is to remove life support machines, because they are the only things keeping him alive. it went into the european court of human rights on a right to life basis. that was the argument that was put to the court, but they found the evidence to be inadmissible, in theirwords, and they said they were not want to interfere into what uk judges they said they were not want to interfere into what ukjudges had decided already. we thought this was

going to happen. we have seen two very similar cases in the uk before, charlie gard and alfie evans, two very, very sick children. in both cases the parents did not want life—support removed, it went to the european court of human rights, and they both times agreed uk doctors or right, so we did expect this result tonight, and holllie, his mum, put across there that she expected this to happen. he remains on life support, archie, in the hospital behind me but at the moment, and it is not going to be something that is donein is not going to be something that is done in the next couple of hours, this removal of life—support. the hospital have said the hospital will involve archie's family and give him the chance to be with him when it happens. the chance to be with him when it ha ens. . ., the chance to be with him when it ha ens. ., ., ., ~ the chance to be with him when it ha ens. . ., . ~ ,., happens. 0k, charlotte, thank you for that update. _ next to taiwan. one of america's most senior politicians, the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, says her controversial trip to taiwan is intended to show solidarity with the island and reflect the us' commitment

to democracy there. the taiwanese president says her country is facing a growing military threat from neighbouring china. taiwan is self—governing and lies about 100 miles across the taiwan straits — it sees itself as independent, but china views it as a breakaway province and has warned of grave consequences following the visit. military drills are already being planned, and chinese fighter jets have repeatedly crossed into taiwnese airspace. taiwan's economy is hugely important to our everyday electronic equipment — with phones, laptops, watches and games consoles powered by computer chips made in taiwan. so regional stability is seen as critical to the global economy. 0ur asia pacific correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has the very latest from the taiwanese capital, taipei. despite what china has been saying, today's meeting between nancy pelosi and taiwan president tsai ing wen didn't look terribly sinister. president tsai began by presenting ms pelosi with taiwan's highest civilian honor.

she in turn praised taiwan's democracy and promised america would stand by the island. 0ur solidarity with you is more important than ever as you defend taiwan and your freedom. we are supporters of the status quo, and we don't want anything to happen to taiwan by force. so strength, and one of the biggest sources of strength is democracy. most people here are unfazed by china's threats. if anything, they're excited that the world's attention is focused on taiwan, if only for 2h hours. i think everybody is very excited here and very happy that she can come. and more importantly, that people can show their excitement that, you know, that they're very welcome. to most people here, taiwan is a proud, independent country with its own national flag and its own democratically elected president.

it is not some renegade province of china, but beijing has used its considerable economic and political clout to make sure this place is recognised by almost nobody. and that's why nancy pelosi's trip here today has been so important to them. they also knew china might retaliate, and that is exactly what it's now doing. china has declared these six areas around taiwan closed to all air and sea traffic from midday tomorrow until midday on sunday. in beijing, the foreign ministry said china had been forced into taking these actions. translation: for days, china has repeatedly - expressed its opposition to pelosi's taiwan visit, but the us and the taiwan separatist forces seem not to have heard. in this case, china can only speak to them in a language that they can understand. china's state television has been showing warplanes and navalforces mobilising, and ballistic missile carriers on the move.

taiwan's defence ministry says china may be preparing to blockade the island. if so, we could be heading for the most serious crisis in more than 20 years. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. let's get more on this from washington with our north america correspondent john sudworth. nancy pelosi will have been acutely aware, of course, of the long—standing us position that it does not support taiwan's independence. and that's why we heard her refer to the democracy of taiwan, rather than the country of taiwan. but as she heads off over the horizon to her next stop, south korea, on her tour of asia, she leaves in her wake a sense that that old ambiguity over the status of taiwan — a formula designed, of course, to keep the peace — is as tattered and fraying as it has ever been. and the reason, clive,

i think for that is because taiwan has changed over the decades. it is now a vibrant democracy with a free press, independent courts and an emerging and very strong sense of its identity, while china has moved in the opposite direction — now increasingly authoritarian. whereas it once could hold at the prospect of peaceful unification as a somewhat distant but still realistic prospect for its people, that now looks like an increasing possibility, so this whole visit has brought into sharp relief a big question for america. does it recognise that changing reality, even when, for beijing, the only possible alternative prospect is the rising risk of conflict? thanks to john for that. i'm joined by thejournalist and broadcaster isabel hilton, founder of the website china dialogue. thanks very much for coming on the programme. thanks very much for coming on the programme-— programme. pleasure to be here. select you — programme. pleasure to be here. select you make _ programme. pleasure to be here. select you make of— programme. pleasure to be here. select you make of that, - programme. pleasure to be here. select you make of that, then? i programme. pleasure to be here. i select you make of that, then? the visit is over. where does the world stand now as a result of it? i visit is over. where does the world stand now as a result of it?- stand now as a result of it? i think the world stands _ stand now as a result of it? i think the world stands in _ stand now as a result of it? i think

the world stands in a _ stand now as a result of it? i think the world stands in a rather- stand now as a result of it? i thinkl the world stands in a rather greater state of tension. these exercises that the pla and government have announced are pretty serious. they are versatile of a blockade with the trend of firing missiles over the island, and this is highly intimidating to read, the pla has described this as the battle plan for the recovery of the island, and it is intended as a serious display of force which would go on for several days and may change the reality of taiwan's situation, because amongst the areas that are going to be affected are the taiwan straits, which they have effectively declared no longer international waters. the last time there was a crisis of this sort, the united states sent an aircraft carrier through those streets, to demonstrate that the united states was watching, the pla at the time really had not got the strength to take the island by force, but now it is determined to show that now it has, and it is a kind of dare to the

knighted states to step up or not. and given that calculation, what do you think the response from the us is going to be —— the united states. i trust the us will stay quiet on this occasion, let the display of force happen. there is a serious danger that if the us were to respond, we could be in quite dangerous territory. it is that enough with the taiwan air force having to scramble, as chinese fighters enter their air defence identification zone. this is squeezing taiwan. they are crossing lines that have not been crossed before, and i think the hope is that the situation can calm down, that no one will be provoked into either an accidental or a deliberate exchange of fire, because then we would be entering very, very dangerous territory. d0 entering very, very dangerous territo . , ., ~ entering very, very dangerous territo . ~ ., ,

territory. do you think what is happening — territory. do you think what is happening in _ territory. do you think what is happening in ukraine - territory. do you think what is happening in ukraine changes territory. do you think what is - happening in ukraine changes any calculation here, because so many were caught off guard by president putin's invasion, how do you think that changes, if anything, the calculations here? i that changes, if anything, the calculations here?— that changes, if anything, the calculations here? i think it has honestly made _ calculations here? i think it has honestly made people - calculations here? i think it has honestly made people far - calculations here? i think it has honestly made people far more calculations here? i think it has - honestly made people far more alert to the possibility that we could have a war, prudent cosmic or was a surprise in the end because it seemed so unlikely that that country would do that and expect a good result. china is tell reserves the right to take taiwan by force, because it insists that it is chinese territory. it has always said it will go for peaceful reunification if it can, but its own actions made that externally unlikely. we're this confrontation. 0ne country has been eliminated, effectively, by the actions from beijing, so the peaceful

reunification is looking remote, and stability in the region and the avoidance of war rather depends on calming the situation down, before we get a more serious escalation. we will see if that calming down does happen over the next few days. isabel hilton, thank you very much for coming on the programme, thank you. for coming on the programme, thank ou. . ~' for coming on the programme, thank ou. . ~ , ., and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the broadcaster and journalist james lewer and camilla turner, chief political correspondent at the daily telegraph. and they will be chatting through all the stories we have been talking about. here in the uk, the former conservative leadership hopeful sajid javid has announced he's supporting liz truss in the party leadership contest. javid criticised the approach of the other candidate rishi sunak, who's ruled out immediate tax cuts, saying they're essential now.

the two leadership candidates are taking part in the latest hustings with party members this evening — this time in cardiff. you are watching bbc news. i am lewis vaughanjones. let's take a look at the headlines. the european court of human rights refuses an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support, effectively ending the family's legal battle. china says it will carry out live fire military drills around taiwan — in the wake of the high—level us visit to the island. and as we've just heard — the former conservative leadership hopeful, sajid javid, has announced he's supporting liz truss in the party leadership contest. right, time for a bit of sport now. we can head over to birmingham. jane

dougall is there now. thank you. there's a big night ahead of us in the athletics at the alexander stadium. the men's and women's100 metres finals take place with five time olympic gold medallist elaine thompson herah competing, and in the heptathlon, england's katarina johnston—thompson is currently leading with just the 800m to go, so we will discover if she can put those bad memories of injuries behind her and take commonwealth gold. right now, scotland's eilish mccolgan is running in the 10,000 metres. these are live pictures, and as you can see, she is leading. it is well under way at the moment. eilish hoping to follow in her mum's footsteps, two time commonwealth gold medallist in that discipline. she broke the 19—year—old european and british ten km record in manchester earlier this year, so she

is hoping that that will stand her in good stead tonight, really pushing for that gold medal and the home crowd obviously wheeling her on, even though she is scotland, not england. there was an epic gold medal win for emily campbell at the nec, who exploded with passion and joy after breaking the commonwealth record in the clean and jerk. she's added to her 0lympic silver and two european golds. jo currie was watching. well, if anyone came in here tonight not knowing who emily campbell was, they certainly do now. what a performance by the englishwoman. she was tipped as one of the favourites from the very beginning and she dominated from start to finish. she set two commonwealth records in the process, in both the snatch and the clean and jerk category, finishing with a grand total of 286 kilograms. as well as showing supreme lifting, she also showed plenty of personality as well. following that final lift, when she knew the gold medal was in the bag, she took off her weightlifting belt and swung it around her head —

much to the delight of the crowd here at the nec in birmingham. last year, emily campbell became the first british woman to win an olympic weightlifting medal, when she took silver in tokyo. now, she's a commonwealth champion. emily campbell is swiftly becoming one of this country's most successful — and beloved — sportswomen. what fantastic celebrations there. 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 sticky moment, where she nearly came off her bike, but no problems at the finish for her with great support

from a noisy crowd. noisy crowd here as well, isn't there? let's move on to football. leicester city captain kasper schmeichel is moving to the south of france tojoin ligue 1 side nice. he'd been at the foxes since 2011, winning the premier league, fa cup and community shield. leicester are the only club in europe's top five leagues not to have signed a player this summer. chelsea have signed spain international full—back marc cucurella from brighton for about £50 million. the defender was with brighton forjust one season, making 35 appearances and scoring once. he becomes chelsea's third summer signing afterforward raheem sterling and defender kalidou koulibaly. right, let's go cricket now. the newest format the hundred is back on bbc two at the moment — with the defending champions southern brave taking on welsh fire at the ageas bowl.

brave won the toss and chose to bat and they struck with just the fourth ball, joe clarke caught by marcus stoinis off the bowling of craig 0verton. and welsh fire have struggled with the bat. chrisjordan has taken two of his side's seven wickets, including this one, ben duckett caught byjames vince. a short time ago, they were 99—7 with just five balls left. that's all the sport for now, but we will have more for you on the bbc news channel a little later on. renee noisy birmingham, back to you. great stuff! jane working hard at the moment, thank you. a hosepipe ban is to be imposed in parts of southern england, after months of dry weather. it means they can't be used to water gardens, allotments or to clean cars. two water companies have announced the restrictions, and others are warning they may follow. from this friday, households in much of hampshire and the isle of wight will be affected. and more than a million homes in kent and sussex will have the ban

enforced from next friday, the 12th of august. gareth barlow has the story. this is the result of months of historically low rainfall at arlington reservoir in sussex. the environment agency describes the region as seriously water distressed, following the driest first six months of the year in england since 1976. in the approach to the heatwave, we saw record demands and that is what is driving our concern now. we monitor our raw water levels constantly and we are seeing them drop into the early drought triggers now, and we are concerned about the rate they are dropping as the demand and weather continues. they are having to supply an additional 120 million litres a day to keep up with demand. reserves are running low. july saw just 8% of the average level of rainfall with the trend forecast to continue for the foreseeable future. and with hosepipes using up to 1,000 litres of water an hour, it is hoped the ban can help preserve precious supplies.

from filling your paddling pool to washing your car and watering your garden and flowers like these, from next friday, the hosepipe has got to go away. instead, it will be the return of a trusty bucket and watering can. the hope is, by temporarily limiting how we use water, it will limit how much we use as well. despite having the power to issue fines for up to £1,000, south east water hopes public goodwill will drive the effort to cut water use. it will really make me think about how much water we use and if it is really needed and be more mindful of turning off the tap in between washing hands and brushing teeth. the time now is coming, with the environment obviously changing, that we need to start thinking seriously of ways in which we can save water. the challenge for water companies is to maintain the supply we are used to, and pay for, whilst also protecting water stocks from future use.

the hosepipe ban needs to happen because we are pumping too much out of our water supply, but it is too little and too late. if water companies were going to invest in landscape measures, in infrastructure to hold water back on the landscape, that would have a much greater effect. the impending hosepipe ban isjust one symptom of the increasingly severe weather we are all having to contend with. i'm nowjoined by christine colvin, director for advocacy at the rivers trust. good evening. good evening. hosepipe bands coming — good evening. good evening. hosepipe bands coming for _ good evening. good evening. hosepipe bands coming for lots _ good evening. good evening. hosepipe bands coming for lots of _ good evening. good evening. hosepipe bands coming for lots of people. - good evening. good evening. hosepipe bands coming for lots of people. do - bands coming for lots of people. do they work? bands coming for lots of people. do the work? , ., ., ~' bands coming for lots of people. do the work? , ., ., ~ , ~ they work? they do work, but i think as my colleague _ they work? they do work, but i think as my colleague on _ they work? they do work, but i think as my colleague on your _ they work? they do work, but i think as my colleague on your scene - they work? they do work, but i think. as my colleague on your scene quoted earlier, this is a little bit too little, too late. we really would've liked to have seen the water companies stepping up their response to this dry period much earlier. a

hosepipe ban is good be really essential in a lot of the regions of the country that have experienced low rainfall now, and of course extremely high temperatures we have had, people of edgewater the gardens any more, so we know it will have an effect, but we also have got to start changing the way we think about how we're using water in homes and getting used to being much more adaptive to what we know is going to be a hotter, drier climate for much of the southeast in particular in the future. 50 of the southeast in particular in the future-— of the southeast in particular in the future. ., ~ ., , the future. so what kind of things, then, do the future. so what kind of things, then. do we _ the future. so what kind of things, then, do we need _ the future. so what kind of things, then, do we need to _ the future. so what kind of things, then, do we need to be _ the future. so what kind of things, then, do we need to be doing? - the future. so what kind of things, j then, do we need to be doing? we would then, do we need to be doing? - would like to see the water companies also fixing up leaks from their infrastructure, and in the last year that we had data for in 2021, that actually went in the wrong direction. we sell more leaks happening then, so stopping wastage is absolutely critical, and ady household level, it is really

difficult to do that if we don't know how much water we are using. at the moment, only 56% of houses in england have water metres, and we really cannot manage what we are not measuring, so we would like to see many more household metres rolled out, so people start having a much better quantitative understanding of how much water they are using, which different activities are using them, and that also helps people to spot when we have leaks at home, because often we just have absolutely no idea. we could have a massive leak from some part of the pipes on our households and we don't realise that's happening somewhat icy, but more broadly, people talk about this every time, but icy, but more broadly, people talk about this every time,— icy, but more broadly, people talk about this every time, but could you exlain. .. about this every time, but could you explain- -- have _ about this every time, but could you explain... have so _ about this every time, but could you explain... have so much _ about this every time, but could you explain... have so much rain, - about this every time, but could you explain... have so much rain, a, - about this every time, but could you explain... have so much rain, a, at| explain... have so much rain, a, at certain times of year, and b, and certain times of year, and b, and certain parts of the country, why we cannot have that water, save it for different parts of the year or get

it to other parts of the country? i it to other parts of the country? i think at the beginning of this dry period, that would have been the best time to try and save water, not to wait until we are really deep into a dry period. that is the problem with a drought being this onset disaster. we only have so much surface water storage capacity, so many reservoirs that we can fill, and we are now seeing those very severely depleted and only now are we coming in with the demand measures. we also use a lot of ground water, particularly in england, and we can do more to manage that aquifer recharge, and would like to see a lot more what is called sustainable urban drainage introduced, where we are seeing more of the water that at the moment is fast tracked out of our towns in storm water, often contributing to pollution problems. we would like to see more slowing the flow, keeping that water within our towns and

cities and infiltrating where it can recharge aquifers, and acting on demand management when it is obvious the supplies in our reservoirs are already getting low.— already getting low. right. lam afraid we already getting low. right. i am afraid we have to _ already getting low. right. i am afraid we have to leave - already getting low. right. i am afraid we have to leave it - already getting low. right. i am j afraid we have to leave it there, but christine colvin, thank you very much for explaining that to us. next to the us. in the first electoral test on the issue of abortion since the us supreme court allowed individual states to ban the procedure, the conservative state of kansas has voted in a referendum to protect abortion. it's a major victory for pro—choice groups, with projections suggesting people voted by more than 60% to allow women to access abortion in the state. the vote is being seen as an early indicator of whether abortion rights will motivate voters in november's mid—term elections. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. cheering in this deeply conservative state, it's a moment that gave liberal groups hope.

it's going to be ok, it's going to be ok. they'd expected the vote to protect abortion rights to either be tight, or not go their way at all. i am speechless, really. i'm so proud and relieved. i'm relieved that our rights remain intact in kansas. when the us supreme court overturned roe v wade two months ago, many republican—led states banned or restricted the procedure. not kansas, because the rate is enshrined in its constitution. an amendment had to be passed to remove that right. it was a yes or a no vote. no won, by a lot. so proud of everybody in this state of kansas who has stepped forward and worked so hard for this. at an anti—abortion campaign event, the disappointment was palpable. this was a divisive and bitter campaign. roughly $12 million was poured into the race and split evenly between both camps. when roe v wade was overturned, president biden said

the supreme court's decision was out of step with public opinion, and voters would be angry. the result in kansas is being seen as proof of that. but anti—abortion campaigners say this is a temporary setback. abortion is currently legal into 22 weeks of pregnancy, and now will stay that way. for many, it's emotional and disappointing. it just goes against my faith, i guess, or my feelings. ijust don't like to see an innocent life taken if it isn't really, really medically necessary. other states will now vote directly on abortion rights in the mid—term elections in november. this comfortably red state has shown just how unpredictable this issue is in america. nomia iqbal, bbc news, kansas. now it's time for the weather with tomasz. hello.

well, there is some rain in the forecast, but it's not necessarily where we need it — and we really need it across many parts of england and wales. and, as far as the rest of the week's concerned, it's just a case of a few scattered showers, so for most of us, it will be dry. now, in the short—term, there is rain forecast through this evening and overnight across parts of northern ireland, and also eastern scotland, where it could be quite heavy for a time. also notice around the north of scotland through the morning. but further south it's that dry, bright start with temperatures of around 15 celsius widely for some of our major towns and cities in england, fresher obviously in the north. so tomorrow, a northwesterly breeze brings showers to northern ireland, scotland. a few of these showers will affect the northwest of england, maybe northern wales. but the further east and southeast you are, the sunnier it will be, and the warmer. bye— bye.

hello this is bbc news with lewis vaughanjones. the headlines. the european court of human rights has refused an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support — effectively ending the family's legal battle. foreign ministers from g7 countries are calling on china not to escalate military action near taiwan. beijing announced four days of military exercises in response to a visit by the us house of representatives speaker, nancy pelosi. the former health secretary, sajid javid, has announced he's backing liz truss in her bid to become the next prime minister. he criticised her rival, rishi sunak, for ruling out immediate tax cuts — saying they're essential now. a second water company has said it'll impose a hosepipe ban — after the driestjuly on record for some parts of england. south east water says the restrictions will affect

homes in kent and sussex from the 12th of august. let's get more now on our top story — foreign ministers from the g—7 group of leading industrialised nations have told china that a visit to taiwan by a senior us politician, is no justification to use force in the region. beijing announced a series of war games close to the island, which it views as part of china in response to the visit by the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. let's get more on this now with wanyuan song — who's china researcher at bbc reality check. good evening. do you mind if we start at the beginning here? why is china not so angry and upset that a senior politician from the united states has visited taiwan? this goes

back to 1979 — states has visited taiwan? this goes back to 1979 when _ states has visited taiwan? this goes back to 1979 when the _ states has visited taiwan? this goes back to 1979 when the use _ states has visited taiwan? this goes back to 1979 when the use establish | back to 1979 when the use establish official diplomacy with diplomatic relationship with china. but at that time the us promised to acknowledge that there is only one china, which is the people's republic of china. that's why xi jinping believes that by sending senior politicians to taiwan, it broke its promise on the one china policy. taiwan, it broke its promise on the one china policy-— taiwan, it broke its promise on the one china policy. aunt nancy pelosi is oint to one china policy. aunt nancy pelosi is point to counter— one china policy. aunt nancy pelosi is point to counter that _ one china policy. aunt nancy pelosi is point to counter that is _ one china policy. aunt nancy pelosi is point to counter that is she - is point to counter that is she wants to stand up for democratic values. and taiwan itself self—evident so she feels it's important to visit. given the visit is now happen, it's finished, we are now waiting for these military drills over the next couple of days. what have we seen so far and what are we expecting?— what have we seen so far and what are we expecting? china started the drill will continue _ are we expecting? china started the drill will continue for _ are we expecting? china started the drill will continue for three - are we expecting? china started the drill will continue for three days - drill will continue for three days and it said it will happen in five areas around taiwan. so according to taiwan and defence ministry that

about over 20 fighterjets have entered taiwan's air defence zone. yesterday and today. its potential that china will pose a big threat to taiwan but many experts believe that it's a bit unlikely that china is going to attack the island. let’s going to attack the island. let's concentrate _ going to attack the island. let's concentrate on _ going to attack the island. let's concentrate on that. _ going to attack the island. let's concentrate on that. if - going to attack the island. let's concentrate on that. if this - going to attack the island. let's concentrate on that. if this is i going to attack the island. let's concentrate on that. if this is a | concentrate on that. if this is a big display of military force by china, everyone will be hoping clearly that nothing escalates from bad. but what is the overall goal from the chinese point of view? 50 from the chinese point of view? sr china clearly has been saying that it has two reit unified taiwan because it views taiwan as a breakaway province. and china has said that this is a must and they will never, they never said they will never, they never said they will give up reaction. so for china

taking back taiwan is a must and we won't really know when and how china is going to do it. won't really know when and how china is going to do it— is going to do it. fascinating. thank you — is going to do it. fascinating. thank you for _ is going to do it. fascinating. thank you for talking - is going to do it. fascinating. thank you for talking us - is going to do it. fascinating. i thank you for talking us through is going to do it. fascinating. - thank you for talking us through the complicated geopolitics. hospital leaders in england say they're frustrated and concerned at the government's decision, to award junior doctors a smaller pay rise, than other nhs staff. they're tied into a four year pay deal, which means they'll receive just a 2% increase, despite soaring inflation. however, most other nhs employees are getting 4.5%. the british medical association, which represents many doctors, says strike action is inevitable, if the government sticks to its guns. our health editor, hugh pym, reports. i'm currently running in same day emergency care by myself. there'sjust not quite enough doctors here, and the gaps of doctors are being filled by locum doctors. so i'm an hour late leaving work. i didn't get a break today, -

barely had time to have a wee. junior doctors described the intense pressures they've experienced on recent shifts. now some union members are protesting here outside the department of health with a pay award of 2% in england, lower than other nhs staff, fuelling their frustration. i hope the government take the message thatjunior doctors, but also doctors more broadly, are ready to take action over pay, and that they can change course still. at the moment, they're on a collision course with our profession and with our union. the british medical association has written to the two conservative leadership candidates calling for immediate action on pay by whoever becomes prime minister. nhs providers representing trusts in england says hospital leaders are frustrated and concerned by the decision to exclude junior doctors from the pay award for other nhs staff. they say it'll undermine morale and

create division in the workforce. these concerns are being voiced across social media. 0nejunior doctor said she was quitting afterjust one year, poor pay cited as the first reason for such a drastic move. crying at the end of a shift is pretty normal. anotherjunior doctor who's a union member, speaking anonymously, is angry at not getting the same pay award as his nhs colleagues. i don't understand why we were left out. when i started as a doctor, i could never have imagined not wanting to be a doctor. i didn't understand the people that were leaving. about six months in, i was already looking at other job alternatives. i feel tired, not listened to, ignored and underappreciated. the department of health said the existing four—year deal would end next year, and that would be the right time to consider pay. analysts say there is a broader context. the treasury might be concerned about the possibility of setting a precedent that if we unpick this deal because inflation is higher than expected, the same would happen again in the future.

if you set out a set of pay awards based on what you expect to happen to inflation, if inflation turns out lower than expected, the workers do better than they originally thought. if inflation turns out higher than expected, they do worse. but with the uk's other nations offering bigger pay rises forjunior doctors, there's likely to be more pressure for a change of course in england. hugh pym, bbc news. joining me now is dr sarah hallett co—chair of the junior doctors committee at british medical association. good evening. there is a deal in place, it comes to an end at some point in the future. why notjust wait for that deal to and forjunior doctors and wake for the matter then? , ., ., ~ ., then? first of all, i think what we need to be _ then? first of all, i think what we need to be clear _ then? first of all, i think what we need to be clear on his _ then? first of all, i think what we need to be clear on his back - then? first of all, i think what we need to be clear on his back on i need to be clear on his back on track deal we made in 2019 did include a clause that allowed the 2% uplift to be revisited if the situation changed. and it's hard to imagine that situation changing more than with a global pandemic and with

inflation as it is now. we are seeing a huge impact on morale for junior doctors. i've been a junior doctorfor nine years junior doctors. i've been a junior doctor for nine years now. this junior doctors. i've been a junior doctorfor nine years now. this is the lowest i think i've ever seen morale and i've never known so many of my colleagues discussing leaving profession, leaving the nhs. the government really must act to avoid this crisis escalating further. to present is it, if there is no more increase, what will happen? we've been uuite increase, what will happen? we've been quite clear— increase, what will happen? we've been quite clear with _ increase, what will happen? we've been quite clear with the - increase, what will happen? -- been quite clear with the government that we are really concerned about how junior that we are really concerned about howjunior doctors are feeling, how junior doctors are feeling, they're howjunior doctors are feeling, they're feeling incredibly undervalued, incredibly frustrated. unfortunately, if the government does not change tactic may leave us with no other option than to be considering industrial action so they will listen to us about the crisis that is facing us and the nhs. ., ., ., ,., . crisis that is facing us and the nhs. ., ., ., ,.,. ,., , nhs. how would that impact patients? no “unior nhs. how would that impact patients? no junior doctor _ nhs. how would that impact patients? no junior doctor ever _ nhs. how would that impact patients? no junior doctor ever wants _ nhs. how would that impact patients? no junior doctor ever wants to - nhs. how would that impact patients? no junior doctor ever wants to take - no junior doctor ever wants to take

industrial action. no junior doctor ever wants to take industrialaction. but no junior doctor ever wants to take industrial action. but really, this is also about patience. we are really concerned about doctors leaving the health service. that will then have an impact on patient safety. we feel that we have no other choice and this is the only option left open to us when the government is not responding to the concerns that we are raising. fin concerns that we are raising. on those concerns that we are raising. oh those concerns, what are they, concerns that we are raising. 0n those concerns, what are they, what offer would you be happy with? for man offer would you be happy with? fr?" many doctors there pay has fallen by as much as 30% in recent years for junior doctors, it's over a quarter since 2008. what we are asking for is not a pay rise as such, we are asking for are paid to be restored to what it was before. we feel that this is vital if we are to retain doctors in the health service. thank ou ve doctors in the health service. thank you very much _ doctors in the health service. thank you very much for coming _ doctors in the health service. thank you very much for coming on - doctors in the health service. thank you very much for coming on and i you very much for coming on and talking to us. sir patrick vallance, who played a crucial role guiding the uk through the coronavirus pandemic, is to stand down as the uk government's

chief scientific adviser. he will leave thejob he will leave the job at the end of his five—year term in april. borisjohnson said it was "impossible to fully convey" the scient impact as it was announced he will leave the role at the end of his five—year term next april. sir patrick acknowledged his tenure was both "challenging and immensely the rewarding" as a search for his successor was about to begin. one of the uk's most influential civil rights campaigners, roy hackett, has died, at the age of 93. he helped organise the bristol bus boycott, the campaign in 1963, to end the bristol 0mnibus company's colour bar, on employing black and asian people. the protests that followed, paved the way, for the race relations act. 0ur correspondent, jo black, looks back at his life. trying is what i did in my life, in my whole life, i kept trying. for 60 years, roy hackett dedicated his life to fighting for racial equality.

in 1963, he was one of the driving forces behind this campaign, the bristol bus boycott, the protest which sought to overturn a ban by bristol 0mnibus company on employing black and asian drivers and conductors. back then, it was legal for companies to discriminate against somebody because of the colour of their skin. there were placards at the door, no irish, no gypsies, no blacks, no dogs. bristol, 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. that fight saw the company change its policies, and helped to pave the way for the race relations acts of 1965 and 1968, which made discrimination illegal. that fundamental step, just getting the law on the side of anti—racism, the bristol bus boycott and roy hackett and his colleagues were absolutely fundamental.

this is our story, the british colour bar, the british bus boycott, and roy is an absolutely central figure in that story that is really the story of how we became the britain that we are today. roy hackett�*s name became synonymous with civil rights, and for many, his tireless campaigning made him a fatherfigure, not just here in bristol. to remember him is notjust to remember a moment in the civil rights movement, but it's to remember that moment in the contining history and struggle against racism. roy hackett was also one of the founders of st paul's carnival, one of the uk's most inclusive events. the jamaican—born campaigner was appointed an 0be in 2009, and became an mbe in 2020. he has been described as a humble, principled freedom fighter, a man whose legacy will live on. roy hackett who has died at the age of 93.

premier league footballers are to stop taking the knee after gaze. introduced two years ago on the black lives matter movement after the death of george floyd in the us. the announcement has been made before the start of the new season in two days' time. one campaign group said it's disappointed. 0ne campaign group said it's disappointed. parliament's newly created tiktok account has been closed after mps raised concerns about the social media firm's chinese links. use of the popular app, owned by a chinese parent firm, had been an attempt to engage youngsters with the work of parliament. but the relationship between westminster and beijing has been severely strained after seven mps and peers were sanctioned by the chinese state. tiktok said the move was disappointing. a third athird man a third man is been arrested on suspicion that a servant nurse that disappeared nearly a month ago in south london. 24—year—old left her family home in essex and was less

saying in croydon on the 7th of july. metropolitan into work. the headlines on bbc news... the european court of human rights refuses an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support — effectively ending the family's legal battle. china says it will carry out live fire military drills around taiwan — in the wake of the high level us visit to the island. the former conservative leadership hopeful, sajid javid, has announced he's supporting liz truss in the party leadership contest. 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 the justice 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 additionalfunding 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, navtej johal reports. archive: the asians arrived in cold, wet weather at stansted. _ for asians arriving in the uk from uganda in 1972, at times, 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. 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. 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. a twenty nine—year—old man has been found guilty of killing a stranger by picking her up and then pushing her off a pier. jacob foster attacked charmaine 0'donnell at helensburgh pier, in argyll and bute, in april last year. catriona renton reports. charmaine 0'donnell was just 25 years old when she died. her family left court today saying justice had been done and paid tribute to charmaine,

who they described as their beautiful daughter. in a statement, her mother and stepfather said... charmaine worked for the british heart foundation and had been due to return to work from furlough in the week after she had died. on facebook, she'd written about how she had been looking forward to lockdown being over, eriting... being over, writing... the 23rd of april last year was a sunny day, and charmaine and herfriend caitlin mctaggart decided to go to helensburgh pier. they chose to go there rather than largs when they were at glasgow central station. there were people on the pier fishing and teenagers jumping into the water. jacob foster, who's from helensburgh, was also on the pier with another man. he had never met charmaine or herfriend before. they were complete strangers. caitlin mctaggart told the court

they'd all been having a laugh on the pier, and then there was a commotion. she said people were speaking loudly and that she saw someone flying through the air over the barrier, into the water. she said when she looked over the edge, it was charmaine. another witness told the court that he'd seenjacob foster push charmaine with both hands into the water. ms mctaggart said she was screaming at foster to help. she said he just kept saying, "what have i done?" i took it too far this time. i'm going away for a long time." a police rib was deployed and teenagers on the pier tried to help, but charmaine died from severe neck injuries and drowning. jacob foster — on the right — accepted that he had caused charmaine to fall into the water but had told a police officer that he just pushed her, it was just a bit of fun. the court heard foster has a learning disability and had lodged a special defence of diminished accountability. foster's lawyer said he had misunderstood an alleged remark charmaine made about going into the water.

leaving court today, jacob foster had his bail continued while reports are prepared and he will be sentenced next month. charmaine's family paid special thanks to the selfless efforts of the youngsters who tried to help their daughter at the pier. they said, although no punishment will ever bring charmaine back, they hope and pray that a sufficient sentence is served on the person responsible for taking her life. catriona renton, bbc news. warner bros has scrapped its upcoming batgirl film just months before its planned release date after poor screen—testing results. the 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 and the film was scheduled for release later this year in cinemas and on hbo max. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has more on this. let's not cut any bones about this.

$90 million they have spent on this film and they think it is so bad they will not let anyone see it. normally this time in a report, as i'm speaking, you would run pictures of the trailer. there is no trailer for the film, they knew this was a stinker from the off. we just didn't comic con in san diego were all the big superhero movies of the year are in of it there was no mention of this. at you talked about glascow, my hometown spent a to warner brothers for back arrow to be filmed there. warner brothers for bat girl to be filmed there. they have put out a statement today saying it is still giving the city an economic boost that is not affected by the film not coming out. how can that not be rubbish? the whole point of having people film in your city is that people see the film and think, "i want to go where that was filmed." and people standing in george square

in their batgirl costumes. it is not good news for glasgow in any way, shape or form. very in any way, shape orform. clearfrom colin. renev cadillac very clearfrom colin. renewed black cadillac activity on iceland not far from the capital. the lava eruption is close to the mountain which erupted back in march 2021. iceland's government says that there's currently no expectation of ashfall or of damage to infrastructure. the eruption follows thousands of mini earthquakes in the area in recent days. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomasz. hello. a little bit of good news in the weather forecast — if you've had enough of that humidity, it will freshen up over the next day or so, particularly across southern parts of the uk. the not—so—good news, or in fact, the bad news is that it will stay very dry, at least for most of us. sure, there'll be a few scattered showers here and there, but that's pretty much it. now there has been rain, of course, across some parts of the uk — you can see one weather front in the last couple of days swept across the north of the uk.

but notice that these weather fronts are taking a very similar weather pattern each time they come — so they sweep in from the southwest, move due northeast, and then, they miss many areas to the south. now this is the rainfall accumulation over the next five days or so, from showers or weather fronts clipping the northwest. clearly where you see the darker blue, that's where we'll see the wettest weather — but further east, central, and southern areas, that's where it'll be, well, in some places, in fact, bone—dry. 0nto the forecast, then, for the night — and notice there is some rain for northern parts of the uk, but further south, the southern half stays dry. and still fairly warm but a little fresher than it's been — 15 in london, nine celsius for our friends in stornoway there, in the hebrides. 0nto the forecast for saturday — so morning rain across eastern parts of scotland, and then, this northwesterly atlantic breeze pushes in some showers into northern ireland, scotland, maybe 1—2 move

into the northwest of england. but the winds aren't particularly strong, so those showers really won't make much progress for the east or south, once again, dry for hull, norwich, london, and also southampton. and more of the same to come on friday. pleasant temperatures, feeling quite fresh, but of course, it stays dry. and then, into the weekend, high pressure is expected to build — this is the azores high — it builds across the uk, pushes the weather fronts of the low pressures to the north, so all of that rain—bearing cloud could clip the far northwest of scotland. but for the vast majority of us, it stays dry. now these icons represent the predominant weather on the day — so dry for most of us. however, from time to time we will have 1—2 showers, particularly in the northwest of the uk. bye— bye.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context on bbc news. another crisis in the taiwan straits, as china escalates in response to the visit of us house speaker nancy pelosi. beijing will hold live fire military exercises just off the taiwanese coast. but ms pelosi is unrepentant about her visit. 0ur about her visit. delegation, 0ur about hervisit. delegation, of 0ur about her visit. delegation, of which i am very proud, 0ur delegation, of which i am 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. what would a naval embargo of taiwan mean for the gloabal economy? taiwan is the world's leading producer of computer chips. the battle for the tory leadership rumbles on. a new poll suggests that liz truss is way ahead of rishi sunak

with conservative members. the two of them have faced off tonight in wales.