tonight at ten, bbc analysis reveals over a third of all doctors and nurses entering the nhs now being recruited from overseas. medical unions warn we need to recruit more uk staff as we speak to some of the new arrivals. i was a bit nervous but then i tell myself, "you know what, lynette, this is what you want to do, this is your dream, settle down, and you will get this done." we'll be asking what lies behind ourfailure to meet increasing nhs demand with uk staff. also on the programme... the rift between china and the us over taiwan deepens, as beijing suspends cooperation on key issues including

climate change. the family of archie battersbee lose their latest legal attempt to move him from hospital to a hospice to die, but supporters say they will fight on. we inherited a bunch of formulas from the labour party that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas, then they... rishi sunak�*s words to an audience in tunbridge wells. he's defended his remarks, saying it's notjust cities which are in need. the first hosepipe ban of the summer comes into force in much of hampshire, with more areas to follow. and it's never too late — george miller becomes the oldest commonwealth games gold medalist in history at the age of 75. and coming up on the bbc news channel, it's back. crystal palace take on arsenal in the first game of the new premier league season.

good evening. the nhs in england is increasingly reliant on doctors and nurses recruited from outside the uk, analysis by the bbc has found. it shows that more than a third of doctors who joined the health service last year came from overseas, compared with less than a fifth in 2015 — and the rise is even more marked for nurses. this was just before the brexit referendum — blue for uk staff, orange showing nurses from other european countries and grey for other nations. then the european share fell, partly down to a new language test and nearly half of the new nurses last year were from other countries. our health editor hugh pym has been looking at the figures. lynette is a paediatric nurse.

she came to the uk injune from barbados. hi, charlotte. how are you doing today? she moved here to gain new nursing skills and join her husband who already has a job in the nhs. the staff are lovely, they are supportive. lynette was hired by an east london hospital trust with 11 other overseas nurses. i came over with a group of filipinos. i was the only person from the caribbean in that group, yes. and also the only person that knew england a bit, so i was their tour guide. i was a bit nervous but then i tell myself, "you know what, lynette, this is what you want to do, this is your dream, settle down, and you will get this done. you can do it." brian is a stroke nurse. he came to the uk injune from the philippines. how are you feeling today? he was in lynette�*s group and says the filipino nurse community at local hospitals has helped him settle in quickly. in the last two and a half years, the trust has hired more international nurses than british—trained. they are pleased with their recruits but know there is a long—term challenge.

we desperately need more nurses trained in the uk. from recruiting a nurse from overseas to her getting a uk pin number here, costs us over £13,000. you know, when you've employed over 520, it's a significant amount of money. but yet i see it as part of the whole of the nhs to continue to recruit overseas for now. the uk is not alone in needing to recruit health staff from overseas, and there are warnings that a steady flow of new workers can't be taken for granted. some of the key factors here are about the speed with which we can offer a job compared to other countries. we are competing in a global market. countries like germany, for example, are increasing the number of nurses they are recruiting from overseas, so we have to be quick, we have to be able to offer good pay and progression, and those appear to be key. since the brexit referendum, fewer eu nurses have opted to work in the uk, but there's been an increase from elsewhere, including

the philippines, india and nigeria. visa delays and other bureaucracy, though, are possible barriers. ira is a blood medicine specialist. she came to the uk last yearfrom albania. she says her trust has been hugely supportive and professionally she loves the work, but there were unnecessary frustrations. in the beginning, especially the struggle with bureaucracy after i finished my exams, to the moment i got my licence. it was about ten months. it gets frustrating and it takes a long time and money and effort. and that might put off some albanian doctors, do you think? yes. i think the visa issue puts off a lot of them. and for hajra and herfamily, visa issues were the reason she's now left the nhs. she trained in pakistan and then came to the uk 18 years ago.

but she says because of a struggle to get visas for her parents tojoin her, she opted to move to saudi arabia. none of us have left there because we hated it. but a lot of us are leaving because we don't have a choice. because we are backed into a corner and none of us will abandon our parents. the government said more medical students were being trained in england, but international recruitment would still be important as demand for services kept growing. that though, will be no easy task. hugh pym, bbc news. how have we got into this situation? well, reid, it was only the other day that the commons select committee said this was he was to workforce crisis in the history of the nhs and social care, and that reflect shortages going back to training decisions made sometime ago. it didn't tell pennington that the nurse bursary was withdrawn few years ago, that deterred some people from going into the profession, so money was then restored. the uk's nations will say they have plans to train more professionals, but that

is for the future. it takes time. only the other day, jeremy hunt, the former health secretary, said the short term solution was a mass overseas recruitment drive to bring more staff into the nhs. the problem with that is that it is short—term, but what if other countries are competing for those same staff, and what about the ethical issue of bringing other people from disadvantaged countries with their own health challenges? the world health organization has a red list, saying you shouldn't recruit from these countries, but that ban is about active recruitment, it doesn't stop people applying forjobs. china says it's suspending co—operation with the us in a number of important areas after house speaker nancy pelosi's controversial visit to taiwan. beijing is holding a second day of its biggest—ever military drills around the island, which it sees as a breakaway province — while taiwan sees itself as self—ruled. taiwan's foreign minister — joseph wu — has defended nancy pelosi's visit, and said the country would continue to invite democratic politicians from around the world.

he has been speaking exclusively to our correspondent in taipei, rupert wingfield—hayes. for the second day in a row, china has continued its military intimidation of taiwan. at least 68 chinese fighterjets are reported to have crossed into taiwanese controlled airspace. this video broadcast on chinese television this evening shows just how close some of them came to the taiwanese coast. in the background, those are the mountains of central taiwan. china has also announced a long list of retaliation against america, including personal sanctions on nancy pelosi. but in taipei, foreign minister joseph wu told me he has no regrets about inviting the us house speaker to come to the island. the taiwanese government, especially the ministry of foreign affairs, has been working very hard in expanding taiwan's international space, making friends with important international leaders or trying to connect more with like—minded partners around the world. like speaker pelosi, who had an opportunity to visit taiwan, which is very significant,

to allow the international community to understand that taiwan is a democracy. it's notjust taiwan's democracy that is threatened by china. it's a big chunk of the world's economy. one hour drive south of taipei, these are the huge fab plants of the world's most important maker of advanced microchips. it's amazing to think that in these huge buildings behind me here, they manufacturer around two thirds of the world's most advanced microchips, and in that building over there, currently under construction, they are going to start next year making the next generation of even more advanced chips. that makes this one corporation, tsmc, absolutely vital to the world's modern economy. it also makes this place very vulnerable. if only for this selfish reason, joseph wu says the world should care what happens to taiwan.

without the computer chips here in taiwan, the international community is going to suffer. a chinese blockade of taiwan could make the worldwide chip shortage caused by the covid pandemic look like a minor blip on the global economy. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in taipei. let's speakjohn sudworth, who was at the white house. what response is there been to china saying it is suspending cooperation on other major matters?— suspending cooperation on other ma'or matters? ., ., , major matters? following the chinese announcement — major matters? following the chinese announcement of _ major matters? following the chinese announcement of these _ major matters? following the chinese announcement of these measures, . major matters? following the chinese announcement of these measures, a i announcement of these measures, a white house spokesperson described what china is doing as fundamentally irresponsible. these new measures include the announcement that china is going to withdraw from certain

forums for high—level military to military dialogue, including the announcement of no more cooperation on cross—border krahn, on anti drug smuggling operations, and perhaps most troublingly, an issue that most people hoped would transcend narrow strategic advantage — china says it will no longer cooperate with the us on climate change. this is very different from the engagement that is meant to bring us closer together. china is signalling that its claims on taiwan trump everything else.— its claims on taiwan trump eve hinu else. . , . everything else. 0k, many thanks, john sudworth _ everything else. 0k, many thanks, john sudworth there. _ it looks like the legal battle of archie battersbee's family may have come to an end, denied the echr said it will not intervene in his case. ellen wilkinson is at the royal london hospital where the 12—year—old has been in a coma since being found unconscious at home in

april. while, reid, his parents wanted him to be moved to a hospice, a private setting for him to say goodbye privately, but doctors said it was too risky to move him in an ambulance, there was considerable risk, and earlier at the high court judge agreed with me hospital that it would not be in his best interest for him to be moved from the hospital to a hospice. after that ruling, his mother, hollie dance, had said that the family's wishes had said that the family's wishes had been denied, and the appeal courtjudges refused permission, and we have also learned tonight that the european court of human rights are refusing to intervene in archie battersbee's case. we have spoken to a group supporting the family this evening, and they have confirmed to the bbc that all legal roots have

now been exhausted, the family are said to be devastated, and they are now spending precious time with archie. ., ., ~ , ., , . archie. reeta. thank you very much, helena wilkinson. _ footage has emerged of the conservative leadership candidate rishi sunak telling an audience in tunbridge wells in kent that as chancellor he diverted public money from "deprived urban areas" to ensure that "areas like this" got the funding they deserved. our political correspondent nick eardley is here with more details. i managed to start changing the funding formulas, to make sure that areas like this are getting the funding that they deserve. because we inherited a bunch of formulas from the labour party that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas, then they... and, you know, that needed to be undone. i started the work of undoing that. that could be damaging for mr sunak. look at this from liz truss

supporterjake berry. he chairs an important group of conservative mps from the north of england. as you can see he's accusing mr sunak of trying to funnel investment away from deprived areas. labour's lisa nandy said mr sunak�*s comments were scandalous. rishi sunak�*s team say he was talking about more investment in deprived rural areas, not just cities. this was mr sunak this afternoon. people who need help and extra investment aren'tjust limited to big urban areas. you find them in towns across the united kingdom, and in rural areas too. and that was the point i was making, that our funding formulas that fail to recognise that are out of date, and they need changing. has been a big talking point in the leadership campaign today, but the issue that will dominate the entry of the next prime minister are this figure and this fact. the cost of

living and the projected inflation figures. now, the strategy of the two candidates feel more starkly split than ever. liz truss thinks she can avoid a recession if she cuts tax immediately, she wants to reverse the rise in national insurance payments. she also wants to cut corporation tax. now, rishi sunak says that cutting tax now could make inflation was. he said he does want to eventually cut the basic rate of income tax by 4p, but that will not happen until the end of the next parliament. but this and do this from an expert. what we really need is a focus on another package, probably, to help people with the cost of living, the cost of energy bills, and support for public services as well. it seems to me that a lot of the debate has not been

about the things that are facing us either in the very short run or indeed some of the longer term problems that are facing the country. remember, though, tax codes are popular with conservative members, and they are the ones who will be making the decision about who the next prime minister is. reeta. israel says it has carried out a series of air and artillery strikes on the gaza strip in response to threats from a palestinian militant group. the israel defense forces said they had struck sites linked to the palestinian group islamichhad, killing a senior leader. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. what more do we know? there have been... inaudible _ been... inaudible in been. . . inaudible in southern - been. . . inaudible in southern israeli been... inaudible i in southern israel and been... inaudible - in southern israel and tel been... inaudible _ in southern israel and tel aviv saying rockets have been fired from the gaza strip. saying rockets have been fired from

the gaza strip-— the gaza strip. inaudible in the palestinian - the gaza strip. inaudiblel in the palestinian territory. earlier there were strikes by israeli warplanes there. ten palestinians have been killed, including this senior islamichhad commander and also some civilians, including a child.— including a child. studio: i will sto ou including a child. studio: i will stop you there _ including a child. studio: i will stop you there because - including a child. studio: i will stop you there because we - including a child. studio: i will stop you there because we are | including a child. studio: i will- stop you there because we are having trouble with your audio. thank you very much. the first in a series of hosepipe bans came into force today, following the driestjuly in england since 1935. restrictions for southern water customers in much of hampshire and the isle of wight started this afternoon. about one million south east water customers in kent and sussex will face similar measures from next friday. and welsh water has announced a ban covering pembrokeshire and part of carmarthenshire from august the 9th. our correspondent zoe conway reports. i'll do the beans.

have you got some water? for malcolm and gill prince, their allotment is about so much more than a place to grow vegetables and flowers. it's peace, and it's well—being for myself. and for malcy, i think. they used to water their veg once a week using a hose. now it's all about the heavy lifting. banged my head! while they are both willing to do their bit to conserve water, gill is concerned that southern water is wasting too much water through lea ks. we report a leak and nothing is done for weeks and weeks and weeks. and that was a substantial leak that we had. and that is the bit that i find really difficult, that you can't get anywhere. southern water says the hosepipe ban is to protect local rivers and their precious habitats from the effects of a drought. but it's losing on average 95 million litres of water a day through leaks,

the equivalent of 38 olympic size swimming pools. we are fixing around 250 leaks every single week across the whole of the region. and we are actually asking customers to report leaks to us so we can get out and fix them even faster. but these leaks often occur underneath schools, underneath houses, underneath roads, so they are quite difficult to get to. gardeners are being advised they don'tjust need to adapt to this summer's weather. they need to adapt to a changing climate. my top tips for this hot, dry weather is to switch over to drought—tolerant plants like these lovely echinacea we have here. to make sure that in the winter and the spring that you capture as much rainwater in your water buttes. those found flouting the ban could be fined £1000, and water companies want people to keep an eye on each other�*s water usage. we don't know how long this hosepipe ban will last, but with temperatures set to rise again next week, and no meaningful rainfall forecast here in the south,

there's not much hope that hoses are going to be back in use anytime soon. zoe conway, bbc news, hampshire. it was last august that a coalition of international forces, led by the us, withdrew from afghanistan, marking the end of a 20—year campaign in the country. the taliban swiftly took over, leading to chaotic scenes such as these as people tried to flee. a year on, nearly 10,000 refugees who came here are still in hotels, unable to find stability. our special correspondent lucy manning has been speaking to some of them about their new lives. my name is hala. i'm nearly four. my name is zara. for a year, home has been a hotel. the shelgari family, six children and their parents, living in one corridor of rooms. it's not the family life they hoped for. the hotel is not

for long—term living. we are hopeless. but it looks very long time. you feel hopeless? yeah, of course. they say that it might be solved within one month or two months, but it's nearly one year. marwa had to flee afghanistan because her mother was a politician. the uk gave her safety, but not stability. for close to a year, she's lived in a hotel in yorkshire with her family. last week, it stopped housing afghans. she's now in sussex, split up from the others. it was very, very hard to be separated from my family and it was more harder that we are staying very far from each other. where has everyone gone? so my two brothers are in manchester and my sister is in leeds. to be honest, i couldn't just stop my tears. it's costing more than £1 million a day in hotel bills. unlike ukrainians, afghans have no sponsors, no—one to live with to help them, and they can't bring over other family members. the scheme for afghans has not

been a success in terms of housing or integration. there have been the odd success stories, one a journey from kabul to aberdeen. we were just left behind in a dark room. we first spoke to burhan, a former british army interpreter in kabul, pleading for help in august last year. through the danger at the airport with bombs, he managed to get his family to safety. we spoke to him in isolation when he arrived. everyone is ok and now we are in safety, and we are very thankful. he's one of the minority who've made it out of hotels... this is your new house. ..thanks to helga, the woman who saw our bbc news reports and offered him a flat in aberdeen. look in there. what do you see? the toys. a year on, we came to visit them. i named this city city of opportunities. city of opportunities?

leaving behind your home, leaving behind families, is very hard. at least i can say that i'm the luckiest one amongst my friends, among tens of thousands of people who left afghanistan, that i am settled well in aberdeen by the help of generous, good people around me. the granite city has shown warmth. burhan has a job in security. narcis is learning english. before sepehr moved to aberdeen, he spoke little english. i'm excited about toys. now that's all changed. and now my english is better, so i can speak english. and how is school? good. last week we learned about the human brain. what did you learn about it? we learned about cerebellum. cerebellum controls your body control.

nearly 10,000 are still in hotels. the home office says the housing process is a complex one, but lives are being built here. marwa will study at university. narcis, a doctor, wants to practise here. and sepehr hopes to be a mechanic. lucy manning, bbc news. the us talk show host and conspiracy theorist alex jones has the us talk show host and conspiracy theorist alexjones has been ordered by a court in texas to pay more than $4 million in damages following his claims that the sandy hook school massacre in which 26 people were killed was fake and had been staged by actors. the case was brought by the parents of one of the children who died in the attack. barbara plett usher has more. for the first time, alex jones for the first time, alexjones is for the first time, alex jones is facing the cost of spreading for the first time, alexjones is facing the cost of spreading lies. on his webcast gave france's version of what that means. i

on his webcast gave france's version of what that means.— of what that means. i admitted i was wron: was of what that means. i admitted i was wrong was that _ of what that means. i admitted i was wrong was that i _ of what that means. i admitted i was wrong was that i admitted _ of what that means. i admitted i was wrong was that i admitted i - of what that means. i admitted i was wrong was that i admitted i made . wrong was that i admitted i made a mistake. i admitted that i followed disinformation but not on purpose will stop i apologise to the families, and thejury will stop i apologise to the families, and the jury understood that. families, and the “ury understood that. ., , . , families, and the “ury understood that. ., , ., , ., that. for years he claimed that the deadliest school _ that. for years he claimed that the deadliest school shooting - that. for years he claimed that the deadliest school shooting in - that. for years he claimed that the deadliest school shooting in us - deadliest school shooting in us history, the sandy hook massacre, was a hoax, staged by the government as a pretext to increase gun controls. 20 children and six teachers were killed. the case was brought by the parents of a six—year—old victim. the jury has already ordered jones to pay them more than $4 million, 5.4 million, for the trauma he has caused. but there is more to come. the conspiracy theorist says he is bankrupt. the court today examined just how broke he is. he is bankrupt. the court today examined just how broke he is.— just how broke he is. he is a very successful— just how broke he is. he is a very successful man. _ just how broke he is. he is a very successful man. he _ just how broke he is. he is a very successful man. he promulgated | just how broke he is. he is a very - successful man. he promulgated some hate speech and some disinformation but he _ hate speech and some disinformation but he made a lot of money and monetise — but he made a lot of money and monetise that.— but he made a lot of money and monetise that. earlier in the week there was an _ monetise that. earlier in the week there was an unexpected - monetise that. earlier in the week there was an unexpected twist. i there was an unexpected twist. jones' team unexpectedly sent two

years of text messages from his mobile phone to the parents' lawyer. and that isn't how i know you lied to me when you said you didn't have text messages about sandy hook. that connects this — text messages about sandy hook. that connects this trial to another case of damaging disinformation, the false claims of election fraud that led to the attack on capitol hill. the committee investor getting that wants to see alex jones' the committee investor getting that wants to see alexjones' phone records and is looking to what role he may have played. alexjones is a maverick of the far right but his reckoning here could set a precedent for the price of fake news. barbara plett usher, bbc news, washington. it's been a successful day for team england at the commonwealth games, with two more gold medals in the diving pool and a surprise win in the rhythmic gymnastics. with news of that and the rest of the highlights from birmingham here's our sports news correspondent laura scott. ona on a cold night here at the athletics, the world's fastest woman, elaine thompson error, set the track alight in the 200 metres

semifinals. earlier on, all four home nations reached finals and it was a 1—2 for england in the t 53, 54, 1500 metres as nathan flew home to ensure that his fiancee hannah cockroft isn't the only one of them going home with a gold. there has been more diving dominance for england's flag bearerjack laugher, who followed up his gold medal last night with his third successive three metres synchronised title, this time with his new partner anthony harding. and in the sink ten metre platform, their team—mates matty lee and noah williams both defied cramp to take the win. over at the rhythmic gymnastics there was an unexpected and unprecedented gold medal for england when teenager marfa ekimova won the individual all—around title. from a 17—year—old champion to a septuagenarian one. today the commonwealth games crowned its oldest ever gold medallist as my colleague natalie pirks now reports. and scotland have won the gold.

arms aloft, flag flying, scots corner on its feet. in a sport not known for its speed, this was worth the long wait. can you get close? in b2/b3 para mixed pairs, the two visually impaired bowlers have a director to help. george miller was calling the shots for melanie innes, both at their first commonwealths. with just two ends to go, scotland were in the lead, and the miller family were bowled over by granddad's performance. he is really nice and kind. he is just amazing. tell us what it means for you to be watching here today. it is an incredibly proud moment for the entire family. really pleased to be here. wales's gordon llewellyn, also 75, had to settle for silver, but with scotland's16—9 win, george millerjumped straight into the record books as the oldest athlete ever to win gold at the games. wonderful performance, played really well. commonwealth gold on his

debut at the age of 75. scotland's george miller there proving age ain't nothing but a number. i wish i wasn't 75, but it's a great feeling, absolutely fantastic feeling. we were chatting to your grandkids, what did they say to you after? i didn't get a chance to talk to them much, just gave them a wave. a couple of wee crackers, eh! this gold proof that you're not getting old, you're just getting better. natalie pirks, bbc news, leamington spa. it might only be the 5th of august but with the world cup taking place this winter, the premier league season got under way tonight at crystal palace. it was a winning start for arsenal thanks to a first—half goalfrom start for arsenal thanks to a first—half goal from gabriel martinelli and an unfortunate own goal by palace's marc guehi. that puts mikel arteta's site on top of the table for now at least. studio: many thanks, laura scott reporting.

time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. that weekend is looking reliably sunny. the rainfall has been unreliable for such a long time. a bit of rainfall in the forecast but thatis bit of rainfall in the forecast but that is mostly for western scotland. let's skip to the forecast straightaway with the morning temperatures on saturday. ranging from around 8 degrees up to 12, a bit of a nip in the air particularly in rural spots. the forecast for saturday, cloudy for northern ireland, scotland, the north of northern england, some rain earlier but the sun should come through the clouds. elsewhere, england and wales, sunny and very warm with temperatures up to 25 in london but a fresher 17 in glasgow and edinburgh. more of the same on sunday, reliably sunny across england and wales. a little bit more clout across scotland and northern ireland, may be some spots of rain but are starting to turn warmer. 27