this live from london. this is bbc news. the uk's deputy prime minister resigns following an inquiry into bullying allegations. over 400 now killed in fighting between rival military factions in sudan — as the international community pushes again for a ceasefire. allies meet in germany to discuss further backing for ukraine. two months on from the deadly earthquakes in turkey and syria, our correspondent visits survivors. and why you do not need to be fit to climb everest.

now we can go to the sport headlines. hello from the bbc sport centre. a blow for the lionesses ahead of the women's world cup later this year — england captain leah williamson has ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament. the arsenal midfielder fell awkwardly during their wsl defeat against manchester united on wednesday and the club have confirmed she's set for an "extended period on the sidelines". our sports reporter jane dougall has more. we have confirmation from her club arsenal a short time ago confirming that she had suffered an acl rupture and that she would be undergoing surgery in due course.

everybody at the club will be supporting her but significantly the average recovery time for a ruptured acl is six months and the world cup held in australia and new zealand will take place in under three months. i don't think there is any question that leah williamson is out. leah led england to their first major tournament when they won the euros, she was their talisman and their constant, so to not have that presence in the squad will be a big loss to england. in the premier league, arsenal boss mikel arteta says he's looking for perfection from his players to ensure they lift the title. the gunners have squandered leads in back—to—back matches and are nowjust four points ahead of manchester city ahead of their clash against southampton later. arteta says his players are in the right frame of mind to overcome their recent run. i see a sense of revenge and determination to get it even better. but that is not enough — you have got to tweak it.

we have to demand more and more and we have to be perfectionist but at the same time we have to play with that flow. we are really good when we play with that energy and flow and are not thinking about the results. that is the last thing we have got to do. it's day seven of the world snooker championship. ronnie o'sullivan has got off to a flying start against hossein for five. he is leading 4—1 —— hossein vafaei. there was hostility between them before the match. the iranian said that ronnie o'sullivan was not good for the game. let's take you live to the crucible now. ronnie o'sullivan has just taken a 4-1 ronnie o'sullivan has just taken a 4—1 lead and is at the table as you can see.

the game only just the game onlyjust starting up again. you can watch all the action including the evening session on bbc two and on the iplayer. eilish mccolgan is out of sunday's london marathon after picking up a knee problem. mccolgan is the british half—marathon record holder and the commonwealth games�* 10,000 metre champion. she was due to be making her debut in the event and had delayed herjourney to london to give herself as much time as possible but has ultimately decided to withdraw. her mother liz mccolgan won the london marathon in 1996. of course i'm disappointed. i wanted to be on the start line and i know i'm ready to run a good marathon. i know the fitness and shape that i'm in right now. i think that is probably what makes it hard to not just be on the start line and give it a go. that was obviously, as an

athlete, that is what i would have loved to have done, to give it a go and see what happens. tributes were paid to irish driver craig breen before the croatia rally got underway on friday morning. his hyundai team and fans held both a moment of silence and applause for the 33 year old who died last week after an accident during testing. his team mate thierry neuville�*s car is carrying the colours of the irish flag in tribute. despite this crash, the belgian currently has an eight second lead over britain's elvin evans after five stages. and that's all the sport for now. rebecca, thanks for joining rebecca, thanks forjoining us. earlier this year there were deadly earthquakes in turkey and syria. now some of those on the syrian side of the border say they feel abandoned as they struggle to access the vital humanitarian aid they actually need.

0ur correspondent anna foster has been to visit survivors. first, there were the scars of a long and painful conflict. then, the fresh wounds of a devastating earthquake. this home carries them both. more than four million people fled to idlib looking for safety, but on that february night, in this war—ravaged land, they didn't find it. the twin earthquakes killed thousands. 300 died in this building alone. they are clearing the rubble, but thoughts of rebuilding are a faraway dream. life in this rebel—held corner of syria has become even harder. homes have been replaced by tents, pitched next to the ruins. and the memories of the quake are still raw. syria's painful war has changed

its landscape and its people. this is where you really see the impact of a devastating and long lasting conflict like this one. this home was already partly destroyed by an air strike. and just imagine how terrifying it must have been to wake in the dark, feeling those first tremors of an earthquake, and knowing that this was all you had for protection. this family was lucky to even escape alive. just inside, the children have to play carefully. even though this building is desperately unsafe, um soliman and herfamily have nowhere else to go. translation: since the war started, we have not had one good day, - and then the earthquake happened and it made us more scared. when the aircraft used to bomb us, we used to pray to god, but now this has come from god. nada's legs and pelvis were crushed under falling concrete. she should be in hospital. but she and her children

have to recover at home. there aren't enough wards, or doctors, or medicines. this is a family devastated, in a country that's already lost so much. anna foster, bbc news, idlib. a very powerful report there. stay with us, because in the next hour we'll be speaking a doctor who has been working in both turkey and syria in the aftermath of that devastating earthquake. border officials have seized more than a tonne of cocaine found floating in the english channel, the latest haul in a year of record busts. the drug, which was sealed in several bundles, was recovered and taken to dover, where it was tested and confirmed to be the class a drug. law enforcement agencies say europe is facing a huge cocaine crisis, with smugglers even using submarines to get shipments from south america. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake has that story.

international criminal gangs are sinking to new depths to get their cocaine into europe. so—called narco subs helping to flood the continent with the drug. this is the first submarine known to have brought cocaine all the way from south america. the three men on board were arrested after reaching the spanish coast. and this is where they lived for nearly a month. it's so cramped and claustrophobic in here. forfood, they had energy bars, cans of sardines. the toilet was a bag in the corner and that was it — they had nothing else. 0h, apart from three tonnes of cocaine in the front worth more than £100 million. last month, spanish police said they had detected a second cocaine submarine, again in galicia, but any cargo had disappeared. translation: they are very hard to detect. in fact, in more than 20 years

of traffickers using submarines to reach africa and europe, these two are the first we've seized. law enforcement agencies across europe are fighting a surge in cocaine production, although they say they've just dismantled the biggest known coke factory the continent's ever seen. the spanish police have recreated the drugs factory and the assembly line, starting with this — raw coca paste. it's got a really strong vinegar smell. it would then be cooked up using lots of chemicals. it would then be pressed. over here, they'd weigh the products that they have. and take a look at this. this is 150 kilos�* worth of cocaine — a purity of 95%. what you see here on this table has a street value of around

nine million euros — that's about £8 million. but it's in belgium where the biggest amounts of cocaine are being seized. here at the port of antwerp, more than 110 tonnes were intercepted in 2022. huge quantities are getting through, though, and this top judge fears it's out of control. translation: it makes - an absolute fortune for those we call narco—traffickers, with money laundering and corruption, which is now limitless in terms of the sums that can be offered to dockers, police officers and other people. how do you want us to have any control on criminal organisations? it's over. just this week, italian police found 400 million euros worth of cocaine bobbing off the sicilian coast. and the united nations is warning that international gangs are now looking to expand into africa and asia. europe's cocaine crisis is getting wider and deeper. nick beake, bbc news.

fascinating piece and nick has also written a very interesting piece on the website so head there for more detail. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. netflix have chosen york minster to recreate the 2005 wedding of charles and camilla, for the sixth season of the crown and it was supposed to be a secret but this was filmed by a teenage boy on his way home last night. it teenage boy on his way home last niuht. . , teenage boy on his way home last niuht. ., , ., teenage boy on his way home last niuht. ., , . , night. it was not expected but it looked really — night. it was not expected but it looked really good. _ night. it was not expected but it looked really good. passers-byl night. it was not expected but it - looked really good. passers-by were hoinu to looked really good. passers-by were heping to catch _ looked really good. passers-by were haping to catch a _ looked really good. passers-by were hoping to catch a glimpse _ looked really good. passers-by were hoping to catch a glimpse of- looked really good. passers-by were hoping to catch a glimpse of the - hoping to catch a glimpse of the cast. , ., hoping to catch a glimpse of the cast. , . , , , ., cast. the lyman brings us to the world stage _ cast. the lyman brings us to the world stage again _ cast. the lyman brings us to the world stage again and _ cast. the lyman brings us to the world stage again and that - cast. the lyman brings us to the world stage again and that is - cast. the lyman brings us to the| world stage again and that is nice to see. —— the crown. it world stage again and that is nice to see. -- the crown.— to see. -- the crown. it will be treat to see. -- the crown. it will be great to _ to see. -- the crown. it will be great to see — to see. -- the crown. it will be great to see this _ to see. -- the crown. it will be great to see this on _ to see. -- the crown. it will be great to see this on netflix. i to see. -- the crown. it will be| great to see this on netflix. the last actual _ great to see this on netflix. the last actual royal _

great to see this on netflix. tie: last actual royal wedding at great to see this on netflix. ti2 last actual royal wedding at york minster was in 1961 when the duke of kent married his yorkshire bride. netflix says the royal scenes filmed in york minster are grand in scale and worthy of such a great venue. i am over the moon that such a large international audience is going to see how amazing that building is. you are back with bbc news. i want to turn back to our main story because of course the news dominating today, the resignation of the uk deputy prime minister. coming up the uk deputy prime minister. coming up in the next few minutes, our political editor chris mason has sat down with dominic raab for an exclusive interview on why he decided to resign earlier today. the prime minister having the report tonight and huge pressures on the deputy prime minister and today he has resigned. we have had the

details from the bullying report. that interview with chris mason and dominic raab is coming up in the next few minutes so stay with us for that exclusive interview. now to another story that has been developing through the course of the last few days and since we have been on in this programme because this one is aboutjohn lewis. thejohn lewis partnership, owner of the department stores and supermarket chain waitrose, became the latest company to quit the crisis—hit business lobby group cbi on friday. in a statement it said it is due to the further very serious and ongoing allegations made relating to the cbi — which is facing a second allegation of rape by a woman, who claims she was sexually assaulted by two male colleagues. the guardian newspaper reports the alleged attack, took place when the woman was working at one of the cbi's overseas offices. one of the uk's biggest insurers, aviva, has also cut ties with the lobbying group. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, has more.

the list seems to get longer every time i look at it. mil the list seems to get longer every time i look at it.— time i look at it. all afternoon it has been a _ time i look at it. all afternoon it has been a growing _ time i look at it. all afternoon it has been a growing list - time i look at it. all afternoon it has been a growing list of - time i look at it. all afternoon it has been a growing list of big i time i look at it. all afternoon it - has been a growing list of big names trying to distance themselves from the cbi. it all started with the insurance giants aviva and zurich, they were the first to sever ties completely. john lewis, mastercard, bmw, some of the other names who have terminated their relationship with the lobbying group. also a list which are suspending their ties, the likes of shell and virgin media, lloyds and astrazeneca, they say they are pausing their engagement with the group for the time being of this represents 190,000 businesses, across the uk, the cbi, and it seems like they are losing faith as a team behind it. we are trying to find out who is doing what but the list is growing at the moment and some of the businesses say they are deeply

concerned and they are not sure if the cbi is the right organisation to represent them. a second woman has a claim she was raped when working for the cbi. they have many offices around the world and we don't know when and where this happened but it was in one of the foreign offices and she said she had been out with colleagues for a night but she woke up colleagues for a night but she woke up with two male colleagues in the same room as her. she said she had not consented to any sexual activity but she said from the physical signs it seemed some had taken place. the cbi have said the claims are apparent and they are liaising with the police. —— abhorrent. tow; apparent and they are liaising with the police. -- abhorrent. tony danko only resigned — the police. -- abhorrent. tony danko only resigned just — the police. -- abhorrent. tony danko only resigned just a _ the police. -- abhorrent. tony danko only resigned just a few _ the police. -- abhorrent. tony danko only resigned just a few days - the police. -- abhorrent. tony danko only resigned just a few days ago - only resigned just a few days ago for the cbi. explain the key background here. the for the cbi. explain the key background here.—

for the cbi. explain the key background here. for the cbi. explain the key backuround here. , ., ., ., background here. the city of london police are already _ background here. the city of london police are already investigating - background here. the city of london police are already investigating a - police are already investigating a first allegation of rape at a summer boat party in 2019 on the river thames. lawyers are also investigating a range of claims from sexual harassment, bullying and drug—taking, over many years. three members of staff remain suspended. it feels like an existential crisis for the cbi, the growing list of up to several dozen now, members who say they are parting company with the cbi. the government has also paused engagement with the cbi while this plays out. details will be made clear from the board. this plays out. details will be made clearfrom the board. none this plays out. details will be made clear from the board. none of the allegations relent to tony danker but he was dismissed because of separate claims about his contact but he says he is considering legal action —— relate. the new director—general was beginning in may but we now understand that she will come in as early as next week,

with the whole group are facing a crisis of its future. fin with the whole group are facing a crisis of its future.— crisis of its future. on the final oint, crisis of its future. on the final point. can _ crisis of its future. on the final point. can it — crisis of its future. on the final point, can it survive _ crisis of its future. on the final point, can it survive given - point, can it survive given everything you have just described? that is what these business groups have been asking themselves. many have been asking themselves. many have sector specific support groups and many are questioning whether it is worth staying involved with the cbi and many of them are adopting a holding pattern. an investigation could take months, maybe even a year, but there is a feeling there needs to be a voice for business in the uk and it feels like much will ride on the report which is coming out next week and will cover many of the allegations i mentioned. and a new director—general coming in, she has her work cut out to restore faith in the group.— faith in the group. they have promised — faith in the group. they have promised a _ faith in the group. they have promised a root _ faith in the group. they have promised a root and - faith in the group. they have promised a root and branch i faith in the group. they have . promised a root and branch look faith in the group. they have - promised a root and branch look at all of the allegations you mentioned and just a look at the wider

culture. what is the timeline they are talking about? very clearly there is an incredible urgency. thea;r there is an incredible urgency. they commissioned _ there is an incredible urgency. they commissioned this _ there is an incredible urgency. ti2 commissioned this report into there is an incredible urgency. ti21: commissioned this report into the other allegations which took place some —— over some five years. the board will be looking at this, and they will make some of that public next week, we don't know how much, but the board have said they will be commenting on that next week, laying out their plans for why the next few days will be key to restoring some of that faith. as the list of businesses grow who are pausing their engagement or severing ties, while they see how this plays out. mark ashdown, thanks forjoining us. clearly a moving story all the time. we will keep a close eye on that. bt

is the latest to join that list. we will have more on that here on bbc news. in the next few minutes our political editor chris mason has an exclusive interview with dominic raab, following his resignation as deputy prime minister. that interview is just being concluded. we saw from the resignation letter, so much reluctance in the letter in terms of whether he thought he should go. he did go but you saw what he said in terms of his reservations and he said the inquiry was unfair, kafkaesque. we will play you the interview between chris mason and dominic raab in the next few minutes. that will be absolutely fascinating and we will get reaction to that here on the programme. one

more story first. for those of you who have wanted to climb mount everest, good news, you do not have to be super fit to trek to base camp and age does not have to be a barrier either. people in their 70s have made the hike but nevertheless it is not something to be undertaken lightly. we can talk to somebody who has just done it. we have kenton cool, a mountaineer in nepal, and jane slade, a journalist and trekking enthusiast in london. jane, first of all, as 60th birthdays go, why did you decide to do it and what was it like? i wanted to do something _ do it and what was it like? i wanted to do something that _ do it and what was it like? i wanted to do something that was _ to do something that was particularly memorable and it

certainly was. i have always loved trekking and skiing and my husband and i have trekked a couple of years ago to somewhere that was pretty high, and the lead of the expedition was a sherpa who also led chris bonington's expedition to the top of mount everest. he said you should come to the everest base camp and visit my village and the monasteries and i will take you on a special journey, and it really was magical. we took three weeks and we visited towns and villages that were way off the beaten track. on the very day of my birth date we reached base camp and i was presented with a wonderful sponge cake! —— birthday. it tasted heaven after a lot of different food, i should say. i heaven after a lot of different food, i should say.— heaven after a lot of different food, i should say. i will come back to those weeks _ food, i should say. i will come back to those weeks and _ food, i should say. i will come back to those weeks and what _ food, i should say. i will come back to those weeks and what they - food, i should say. i will come back to those weeks and what they were j to those weeks and what they were like but let me bring in kenton. i

did not even know it was a thing to simply go to base camp. absolutely. i am on simply go to base camp. absolutely. i am on my — simply go to base camp. absolutely. i am on my way _ simply go to base camp. absolutely. i am on my way there _ simply go to base camp. absolutely. i am on my way there now. - simply go to base camp. absolutely. i am on my way there now. i - simply go to base camp. absolutely. i am on my way there now. i am - simply go to base camp. absolutely. i am on my way there now. i am in l i am on my way there now. i am in what_ i am on my way there now. i am in what is— i am on my way there now. i am in what is considered to be the sherpa capital— what is considered to be the sherpa capital about 3500 metres above base camn _ capital about 3500 metres above base camn to— capital about 3500 metres above base camp. to simply trek to base camp is underselling — camp. to simply trek to base camp is underselling it because it is one of the most — underselling it because it is one of the most spectacular treks i have ever done — the most spectacular treks i have ever done anywhere. literally anywhere in the world. the views are fantastic_ anywhere in the world. the views are fantastic and — anywhere in the world. the views are fantastic and the people are off the charts _ fantastic and the people are off the charts with their generosity and warm _ charts with their generosity and warm hearts. it really is something quite _ warm hearts. it really is something quite spectacular and although we say it— quite spectacular and although we say it is— quite spectacular and although we say it is available and almost anybody _ say it is available and almost anybody could do it, you do need the film anybody could do it, you do need the right mindset to undertake something like this— right mindset to undertake something like this because it will take you a minimum — like this because it will take you a minimum of two weeks. it is

spectacular but not necessarily for the faint—hearted at times. in spectacular but not necessarily for the faint-hearted at times. in terms of how difficult _ the faint-hearted at times. in terms of how difficult it _ the faint-hearted at times. in terms of how difficult it was, _ the faint-hearted at times. in terms of how difficult it was, jane, - the faint-hearted at times. in terms of how difficult it was, jane, you - of how difficult it was, jane, you are still above 20,000 feet, so how fit did you have to be and how much trading did you do? you fit did you have to be and how much trading did you do?— trading did you do? you have to be re fit. trading did you do? you have to be pretty fit- -- _ trading did you do? you have to be pretty fit. -- training. _ trading did you do? you have to be pretty fit. -- training. i _ trading did you do? you have to be pretty fit. -- training. i would - trading did you do? you have to be pretty fit. -- training. i would not. pretty fit. -- training. i would not to from pretty fit. -- training. i would not go from a — pretty fit. -- training. i would not go from a standing _ pretty fit. -- training. i would not go from a standing start - pretty fit. -- training. i would not go from a standing start and - pretty fit. -- training. i would not go from a standing start and the i pretty fit. -- training. i would not i go from a standing start and the xt trained at box hill in surrey which is quite a challenging area —— we actually drained. it is really stamina that you need to be able to work on. you also need to be prepared for some fairly basic accommodation which people need to be aware of but as kenton said, the views, just unbelievable. you feel like you are on the moon at some points and the next you are in what feels like a ski resort without any mains electricity, it is just incredible. and the people, we

passed a couple of women who were taking a two hour walk to the next village to have their eyes tested. you are suddenly in this completely different time zone where everything takes longer and you have the space and the time to appreciate this wonderful place. i would recommend it to anybody. wonderful place. i would recommend it to anybody-— it to anybody. kenton, you might want to cover _ it to anybody. kenton, you might want to cover your _ it to anybody. kenton, you might want to cover your ears, - it to anybody. kenton, you might want to cover your ears, but - it to anybody. kenton, you might want to cover your ears, but jane told our producer that when you get told our producer that when you get to base camp you feel close to the top of the world. she said she could not see why people wanted to go to the summit. persuade her. you have done it 16 times.— the summit. persuade her. you have done it 16 times.- yes, - the summit. persuade her. you have done it 16 times.- yes, i - done it 16 times. never! yes, i have. done it 16 times. never! yes, i have- the _ done it 16 times. never! yes, i have. the views _ done it 16 times. never! yes, i have. the views are _ done it 16 times. never! yes, i have. the views are fantastic i done it 16 times. never! yes, i. have. the views are fantastic but done it 16 times. never! yes, i- have. the views are fantastic but it is what _ have. the views are fantastic but it is what i _ have. the views are fantastic but it is what i do — have. the views are fantastic but it is what i do for work because i'm a qualified _ is what i do for work because i'm a qualified mountain guide. it is ever rest of— qualified mountain guide. it is ever rest of the — qualified mountain guide. it is ever rest of the highest point on the planet — rest of the highest point on the planet. as george mallory famously said in_ planet. as george mallory famously said in the _ planet. as george mallory famously said in the 1920s when asked why do you want— said in the 1920s when asked why do you want to — said in the 1920s when asked why do you want to climb it, he said because _ you want to climb it, he said because it _ you want to climb it, he said because it is there.-

you want to climb it, he said because it is there. you were not tem ted because it is there. you were not tempted to _ because it is there. you were not tempted to go — because it is there. you were not tempted to go any _ because it is there. you were not tempted to go any further? - because it is there. you were not i tempted to go any further? never. because it is there. you were not - tempted to go any further? never. it has already been _ tempted to go any further? never. it has already been conquered - tempted to go any further? never. it has already been conquered so - tempted to go any further? never. it has already been conquered so why i tempted to go any further? never. it. has already been conquered so why do you not want to do something different? the accused to get to the top are horrendous and there is a very moving graveyard actually en route to base camp which kenton will know about which clearly shows the gravestones of all the climbers who did not make it. it is a very treacherous and terribly dangerous thing to do, not least for the sherpa perera you have to go ahead and build the camps on the big mountain itself —— sherpas. i was very happy to have my birthday cake and go back down again. you very happy to have my birthday cake and go back down again.— very happy to have my birthday cake and go back down again. you put me to shame because _ and go back down again. you put me to shame because i _ and go back down again. you put me to shame because i was _ and go back down again. you put me to shame because i was probably - and go back down again. you put me to shame because i was probably on | to shame because i was probably on the couch having the same kind of cake on my 60th! to both of you, thanks forjoining us. mr; cake on my 60th! to both of you, thanks forjoining us. thanks for “oining us. my pleasure. before we

thanks forjoining us. my pleasure. before we take _ thanks forjoining us. my pleasure. before we take a _ thanks forjoining us. my pleasure. before we take a break, _ thanks forjoining us. my pleasure. before we take a break, let - thanks forjoining us. my pleasure. before we take a break, let me - before we take a break, let me remind you of the interview coming up, the exclusive interview with chris mason, our political editor, he has been talking to the man dominating the news in the uk, dominic raab who was until this morning the deputy prime minister but he has been forced to resign after the publication of that report into bullying allegations. the sit down interview, we will play it to you on the programme in the next few minutes. do not go away. that story is next.

live from london. this is bbc news. the uk's deputy prime minister resigns following an inquiry into bullying allegations. in an exclusive interview with the bbc�*s chris mason, he said... dominic raab insists he behaved appropriately but takes a swipe at the civil servants. what you've got, the risk here of a very small minority, very activist civil servants with a passive—aggressive culture of the civil service. who don't like some of the reforms whether it is brexit, whether it is parole form, whether it is human rights reform. effectively trying to block government. one of the headline story more leave

the crisis hit cbi.