hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. you're watching the context on bbc news. this was a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children. we vulnerable of children. heard harrowing details abo effect we heard harrowing details about the effect the babies that had on their parents mental health. some of her breakdowns, others of needed medication or turn to alcohol. i medication or turn to alcohol. i think it's cowardly that people who commit _ think it's cowardly that people who commit such horrendous crimes do not face their_ commit such horrendous crimes do not face their victims and hear first—hand the impact it's had on them _ first—hand the impact it's had on them and — first—hand the impact it's had on them and their families and loved

ones _ lucy letby will spend the rest of her life in prison for murdering seven babies. at court she refused to come out of her cell to hear the sentence or to hear the harrowing impact her crimes had on the victim's families. millions of americans face floods and high winds after southern california is hit by the first tropical storm in 80 years. scientists in london develop an artificial intelligence tool that can reveal exactly how much an unhealthy lifestyle can prematurely age your heart. we'll see how it works. and the spanish fa president apologises for kissing a player after spain's world cup win. here in the uk, a judge has ruled that the child killer lucy letby will never be released from prison. the 33—year—old former nurse was jailed for life for each of the murders of seven babies

and the attempted murders of six more. letby refused to appear in the dock for the sentencing the mother of two of her victims describing letby�*s refusal as a "final act of wickedness from a coward". the court heard of the grief and trauma caused by letby�*s crimes. the families of her victims gave harrowing statements, telling of the horror and pain of losing their babies, some dying in their parent's arms. our correspondentjudith moritz has been in court throughout the trial and sent this report. she'll never be free again. so depraved, so wicked, lucy letby will be in prison forever. today, the courtroom reeled as the raw human cost of her crimes was laid bare. parent after parent told of the impact of letby�*s brutality. one clutched a toy rabbit,

another wore a pendant with her baby's hand and footprints on it, which she said made her feel conflicted because the nurse had taken them. and as they spoke, you could hear the sound of weeping around the courtroom, including from the jury. they spoke about seeing their babies suffer and that they'd live with the trauma forever. the mother of baby c said... the father of baby 0 described his son's skin colour changing rapidly. he said it wasn't normal to the naked eye, it was horrific to see and something he'd neverforget. he said his son was quickly christened, and moments later, he was gone. the mother of baby i said... we heard harrowing detail about the effect the babies�* deaths have had on their parents�* mental health.

some have had breakdowns, others have needed medication or turned to alcohol. two said they'd considered suicide. they spoke about their loss. the mother of baby d said... baby g has been been left severely disabled as a result of letby�*s attacks. her parents said... in her absence, lucy letby was sentenced to 13 whole life tariffs. this was a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder, involving the smallest and most vulnerable of children. there was a deep malevolence bordering on sadism in your actions. you have no remorse. there are no mitigating factors.

in their totality, the offences of murder and attempted murder were of exceptionally high seriousness, and just punishment according to law requires a whole life order. the mother of twin babies e and f said that the trial had felt like a platform for letby to relive her crimes but that failing to show her face today had been one final act of wickedness from a coward. the families�* statements will be sent to letby. the mothers of babies a and b said... we heard about memories being forever tarnished. baby p's mother said... having refused to come up from the cells for the hearing, letby was driven away from court, leaving grief, distress

and fury in her wake. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. anna foster was also following events at manchester crown court. well, lucy letby is now beginning her whole life sentence that was handed down here at manchester crown court. thejudge, mrjustice goss, making it very clear that due to the severity of her crimes, he talked about the calculating nature of what she did, malevolence bordering on sadism, the way that she targeted these babies, and then tried to cover her tracks, and as he laid out his sentencing remarks here, he really said that the only sentence that would be appropriate in this case was a whole life sentence. now, of course, there is a mandatory life sentence for murder, but he said in the case of lucy letby�*s crimes that only a sentence that meant that she would never leave prison would be appropriate in this case,

and the families of many of lucy letby�*s victims were in court number seven to hear those sentencing remarks, and also to deliver their own victim impact statements. their opportunity to tell the court and to tell the judge about the ordeal that they had been through, beginning with the birth of their premature children who had been treated on the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital, going through to the loss of those babies, and then, of course, the discovery that lucy letby, the nurse who should have been caring for them, was the one who murdered or attempted to murder them. now, promises have been made that lessons will be learned from this case. the government has launched an independent inquiry, and as lucy letby begins that sentence, knowing that she will never be released from prison, she will die behind bars, she may yet return here in the future to face further charges as that investigation into the whole of her nursing career continues. flood and high wind warnings for millions.

southern california was hit by its first tropical storm in 80 years. storm hilary downgraded to a post tropical cyclone. but look at the destruction. we're going to focus on these areas los angeles, palm springs and neighbouring cathedral city, death valley and nevada's las vegas. these are the latest pictures from the affected area. they show the devastation caused in cathedral city. cars have been abandoned in vast quantities of mud as the flood waters recede. and absolutely that dreadful, devastating scene there. here is a slightly bigger vehicle, an rv, these pictures are common in the last hour or so. people stuck in the mud there in that caravan. people isolated on the outskirts of

cathedral city. in los angeles some of the iconic hollywood locations were hit by storm hilary. these pictures are from snapchat and show the hollywood walk of fame. and these pictures are from universal studios a film studio and theme park in la. to palm springs next. california's governor, gavin newsom, says the city received more rain in a single hour than ever before. and look at these pictures from death valley. it's known for its extreme temperatures, but now the desert environment has been inundated with water. this is las vegas the rain there has triggered severe flooding. hundreds of flights have been cancelled at airports in the city. in victorville, near los angeles, some people watched floodwaters inch closer to their home before making the decision to leave.

all that started within an hour or two, and kept piling up and the water kept coming further back up the street, and just more and more. lives can't be replaced. material objects can. it's better to just replace a house and fix whatever gets damaged than to get somebody drowning over something that's avoidable. california's governor gave this update on the many problems now being tackled by the state's emergency services a little earlier. there is an old, ancient curse that loosely is translated as, may you live in interesting times. it is certainly interesting times. tornadoes, lightning strikes, worries about wildfires because of the winds, not just the tornadoes. i had a walk around emergency services, checked my phone to learn about an earthquake that originally came at 6.0 was that it is to be closer to 5.1.

there were over 13 aftershocks just in the drive over the region. these are certainly interesting times. dorm chases, weather enthusiasts, have been following this. one of them is jaden pappenheim. with this one i was not there to chase the event, but it is more of an unusual storm, especially for the area, but as far as the desert south—west goes, we talk about any amount of rainfall, this can lead to life—threatening flash flooding, and that comes with just your daily monsoon —type thunderstorms that tend to stall out on top of mountain peaks and dump that torrential rainfall, creating those rapidly developing flash floods, but when you are talking about a storm of that magnitude that is dunking heavy rain over a large area, we call it

rain over a large area, we call it rain foot, when it dumps a huge rain foot over a large area you get into the category of serious to severe problems, like we have witnessed in some of the smaller towns, places like los angeles, with that life—threatening flash flooding. joining me now from los angeles isjon baird, reporter at knx news in south california. thanks for talking to us. if you can talk us through what is happening right now in na. the talk us through what is happening right now in na.— right now in na. the situation is much improved _ right now in na. the situation is much improved over _ right now in na. the situation is much improved over the - right now in na. the situation is much improved over the last - right now in na. the situation is| much improved over the last few hours. the rain is gone, the sun is finally come out, i am in sun valley, the northern part of la, we are seeing water running down the gutters, it's like a boat with all the water splashing up at the intersection, so there is still plenty of water running, flooded areas across the entire region,

especially out the deserts, as you heard, and there's going to be a lot of clean—up to be done. ijust came from a house where a tree just split in half, huge tree, came down, unfortunately not —— fortunately not on a house, because we've had trees down on power lines, and i really the clean—up begins. down on power lines, and i really the clean-up begins.— down on power lines, and i really the clean-up begins. what have been the clean-up begins. what have been the worst hit — the clean-up begins. what have been the worst hit areas _ the clean-up begins. what have been the worst hit areas there _ the clean-up begins. what have been the worst hit areas there across - the worst hit areas there across southern california? i the worst hit areas there across southern california?— the worst hit areas there across southern california? i would have to sa the southern california? i would have to say the desert _ southern california? i would have to say the desert areas. _ southern california? i would have to say the desert areas. we _ southern california? i would have to say the desert areas. we had - southern california? i would have to say the desert areas. we had some | say the desert areas. we had some intense storms, as you know, of the winter time, intense storms, as you know, of the wintertime, we had the most remi have a hard on for decades, rain and snow, we got hammered. if we compare the stone to that one, we got a lot of rain in the short period of time across the entire region, but i think areas like palm springs were hit the hardest. i work there as a

young reporter, i started their own tv, and i rememberan young reporter, i started their own tv, and i remember an august day when it was sunny and nice in the morning, by noon it had come up, and cows are being swept away by floodwaters. that's how big or dangerous. floodwaters. that's how big or dangemus-_ floodwaters. that's how big or dangerous. floodwaters. that's how big or danerous_ . ., �*, ., ., dangerous. what's the scale of what the have dangerous. what's the scale of what they have to — dangerous. what's the scale of what they have to do _ dangerous. what's the scale of what they have to do now, _ dangerous. what's the scale of what they have to do now, the _ they have to do now, the authorities? i they have to do now, the authorities?— they have to do now, the authorities? ~' , ., ., authorities? i think there is a lot of clean-up. _ authorities? i think there is a lot of clean-up, but _ authorities? i think there is a lot of clean-up, but i _ authorities? i think there is a lot of clean-up, but i don't - authorities? i think there is a lot of clean-up, but i don't know . authorities? i think there is a lot l of clean-up, but i don't know that of clean—up, but i don't know that this is really a whole lot different clean—up that what we went through in january clean—up that what we went through injanuary and clean—up that what we went through in january and february when we clean—up that what we went through injanuary and february when we were just hammered by storm after storm after storm. they got the streets of the power lines in the trees to deal with, the flooded areas in palm springs, i don't know what that will involve, that could be a long time, a long—term project, but we've been through this before, even though we haven't technically had a tropical storm in la in 84 years. just

lookin: storm in la in 84 years. just looking forward _ storm in la in 84 years. just looking forward now - storm in la in 84 years. just looking forward now before i let you 90, looking forward now before i let you go, you are saying the conditions are much better, the sun is out, is the worst of it all now over? the yes, the worst of it all now over? the yes. worst _ the worst of it all now over? the yes. worst of — the worst of it all now over? the yes, worst of it _ the worst of it all now over? the yes, worst of it is _ the worst of it all now over? tue: yes, worst of it is over, the worst of it all now over? tte: yes, worst of it is over, probably ended four or five hours ago, but the rain even, you know, at four m california time, the rain was still pretty intense, and driving was still really dangerous, and i have to tell you, that's one of the big danger is when it rains in los angeles, we have tripled the number of car accidents on the freeways that we do when it's not raining. it just gets really bad, really slick, you end up hydroplaning and slamming into a freeway reward. cue you end up hydroplaning and slamming into a freeway reward.— into a freeway reward. cue for cominu into a freeway reward. cue for coming on _ into a freeway reward. cue for coming on the _ into a freeway reward. cue for coming on the programme. i into a freeway reward. cue for i coming on the programme. take into a freeway reward. cue for - coming on the programme. take care. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. an israeli woman has been killed and a man wounded in a suspected shooting attack on a car

near the occupied west bank city of hebron, according to israeli officials. the incident comes two days after an israeli father and son were shot dead at a car wash in the town of huwara. violence in the west bank has intensified in the past year. a man has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences linked to a major data breach by the police service of northern ireland. the names of more than 10,000 officers and staff were released by mistake. it's alleged that christopher paul o'kane, from londonderry, had a spreadsheet containing officers' names at his home. he's been remanded in custody. the number of pothole—related breakdowns is at a five—year high, according to the aa. it says call outs linked to potholes were up by a fifth injuly compared tojuly a year ago, with over 50,000 vehicles

breaking down last month. you're live with bbc news a new ai tool can reveal the ageing affect on our hearts of a lack of exercise, poor diet, drinking and smoking. it allows doctors to work out how much younger or older someone's heart is compared to their actual age, as our science correspondent pallab ghosh has been finding out. this is a heart scan of a 61—year—old person, but the chances are that the heart itself is older and has aged prematurely because of their genes or unhealthy lifestyle. not even experts can tell from the scan how much the heart has aged, but a new ai tool can. there are already plenty of ways to assess how healthy our heart is through scans, blood pressure, ecgs. but these just give you a snapshot and can vary from day to day, month to month. but this new ai technique is different. it can give you an accumulated

total of all the bumps and scrapes your heart has had through lack of exercise, poor diet, smoking and drinking. let's see how i get on. the first step is to have an mri scan after some gentle exercise. machine: breathe out and hold your breath. | the scientists record pictures of my beating heart and the ai system analyses it. i'm 61. but how old is my heart? it says that your heart age is 63. oh, well, that's a bit older than i actually am. so how does that figure? what should i do? exercising enough, watching your weight, smoking and so on. and of course, we're interested in looking at treatments that might slow down ageing or might reduce the effects of ageing. and these sorts of scans can quantify that and see how effective those treatments might be in the future. and here's the next step. 256 sensors are creating what is, in effect, a digital copy

of this volunteer�*s heart. you can see how the electrical activity is flowing through it. these digital experiments will transform the way we conduct health care. it will be possible for scientists to use these resources to test the impact of drugs, new cardiac devices, lifestyle interventions, and importantly, to predict each individual's personalised risk. heart research is now in the digital world, with al and machine—learning techniques already developing the next generation of treatments to keep us healthierfor longer. pallab ghosh, bbc news. one of the researchers from that study is professor declan o'regan from imperial college london, and hejoins me now. how significant, how important do you think this could be? we how significant, how important do you think this could be?— you think this could be? we know that everyone _ you think this could be? we know that everyone ages _ you think this could be? we know that everyone ages at _ you think this could be? we know that everyone ages at different i that everyone ages at different rates, and that's really important

risk factor for many different diseases, and for instance we know we are quite adept at being able to look at someone and be able to assess whether they look younger or older for their age, assess whether they look younger or olderfortheirage, but assess whether they look younger or olderfor their age, but our assess whether they look younger or older for their age, but our organs are also age at different rates, and it is important for predicting future outcomes, and varies a lot between individuals, so this new ai tool uses the same sort approaches that the human eye uses four recognises someone's age or physical appearance, but it produces an accurate depiction of what someone pulled back biological age actually is. t5 pulled back biological age actually is. , , , ., pulled back biological age actually is. , , ., pulled back biological age actually is. _ is. is this something that simply couldn't be _ is. is this something that simply couldn't be done _ is. is this something that simply couldn't be done by _ is. is this something that simply couldn't be done by humans, i is. is this something that simply i couldn't be done by humans, however long they studied, however good they were? it's something that is quantified be different? that's riaht, it's quantified be different? that's right, it's difficult _ quantified be different? that's right, it's difficult to _ quantified be different? that's right, it's difficult to judge i quantified be different? that's right, it's difficult to judge by l quantified be different? that'sj right, it's difficult to judge by i right, it's difficult tojudge by i someone's age, it affects different organs, different parts of the heart, the cardiovascular system, thatis heart, the cardiovascular system, that is where ai comes in. the blood

vessels, ecg traces, for it to ingest all the data and make an accurate prediction, then we get an age gap, the difference between your heart age and your true age. that difference between those two ages, i can see that just difference between those two ages, i can see thatjust as patients, or even just sitting here, can see thatjust as patients, or evenjust sitting here, is really appealing to now, but say i get given in age that is significantly older than me, then the battle is ripe, others factors that i can change and do something about, or can i not, or is it something else completely? irate can i not, or is it something else completely?— can i not, or is it something else comletel ? . ., ., ., completely? we have found that both uenes and completely? we have found that both genes and environmental— completely? we have found that both genes and environmental risk- completely? we have found that both genes and environmental risk factors | genes and environmental risk factors are important. hypertension are one of the main things that drive premature ageing, not something we can treat, but it doesn't give any symptoms, so it's important that people in they are invited for the health checks go and have their blood pressure checked. one of the key thing from this as it's notjust a single snapshot in time, looks at the accumulated effect of all things

in the lifestyle, all the bumps on the road, all the risk factors we've experienced, and the key effect on that of our heart age. it also allows us to pinpoint some genes that might be important, genes that are important in the immune system for regulating inflammation, that's an important part of ageing, and also elastic proteins that rein our skin but also in blood vessels as well. , , ., ., ~ well. just tell me, what other kind of other potential _ well. just tell me, what other kind of other potential uses _ well. just tell me, what other kind of other potential uses here? it's. of other potential uses here? it's clear from what you're saying the massive potential benefits in this case, with this kind of application, this principle, how could it help? we hope to do as well as to look at anti—ageing treatments, so some of the genetic studies from this pinpointed some genes that might be important in slowing down ageing, or could be used as potential treatments to slow or reverse ageing in future. so, these sorts of scans not only help us to perhaps pinpoint some genes that could lead to new

therapies, but also people are started on the therapies to look at the possibilities of slowing down ageing processes in future. we will kee an ageing processes in future. we will keep an eye _ ageing processes in future. we will keep an eye on _ ageing processes in future. we will keep an eye on that. _ ageing processes in future. we will keep an eye on that. thank- ageing processes in future. we will keep an eye on that. thank you i ageing processes in future. we willl keep an eye on that. thank you very much for letting my coming on the programme and talking us through it. you will have noticed there as you are chatting to the professor, the pictures of that aeroplane live. we are bringing them to you straightaway because on—board is the spanish women's football team flying back from australia or new zealand where the world cup was held, they beat england 1—0 in the final, it was quite a match, they touched down, you can see there, live in the drake, the camera operator doing a fantasticjob of trying to peek inside there as they try and get ready to get off the aeroplane. it

will be difficult to keep those players out of the way of cameras to very long, there is a huge parade expected, they will be greeted no doubt with huge enthusiasm, because we saw those scenes in madrid, thousands at watching on big screens when they realised they had done it it was quite extraordinary, and they were underdogs in the final, no one really expected them to even get that far, because in the build—up to the tournament there had been problems in the dressing room, problems in the dressing room, problems with the relationship with the management team, with the selection process that happens in players didn't even travel, despite all these problems there has been a remarkable run through the tournament, they actually lost 4— 01 point, didn't look like title

winners, but it turned around and beat england 1—0 in the final. there has been further controversy too, not just for the tournament started, but right at the end. the spanish fa president kissed one of the spine players at the end of their trophy ceremony, he has since apologised, we will be getting a few more details on exactly what happened in the backlash, and the sports minister in spain said it was unacceptable, newspaper coverage as well similarly saying how unacceptable that moment was. we will be getting more details on that, speaking to a journalist in barcelona in spainjust that, speaking to a journalist in barcelona in spain just a little later, and while we wait for the spain team there, the dough looks like it will be open soon, i think time isjust going to beat like it will be open soon, i think time is just going to beat us, though, because we are going to take a breakfor a though, because we are going to take a break for a few minutes, though, because we are going to take a breakfor a few minutes, and we

will hopefully see the players get off that plane when we are back. hello. a fairly quiet evening out there for most of us after what has been a pretty decent monday with some sunny spells. just a few showers here and there. and i think that's what we're going to get tomorrow — scattered showers with plenty of sunny spells as well. but having said that, there is thicker cloud and some outbreaks of rain across the north—west of the country. this small weather system has swept into northern ireland and scotland. so through the course of the evening and night, closer to this area of low pressure, it will be raining at times, whereas the south of the country is under the influence of a high. so, here, the skies will be generally clear. so through the evening and the night, that weather front moves into the north—west, a spell of showers, a stronger breeze as well, but most of england and wales should have dry weather overnight. and the early morning temperatures, whether you're in the north or the south, will be around 14

or 15 degrees. a fairly mild start to tuesday. so here's the forecast, then. closer to the low pressure here, which is to the north of scotland, a thicker cloud at times, again, a scattering of showers. welcome back, you are watching bbc news, i want to show you these live pictures straightaway. this is the playing that's just landed back in madrid in spain, of the cheers is the victorious spain women's football team coming back after winning the women's world cup. let's take a listen in. quite a moment for those players, and the manager. no one really expected them to win the whole

thing. they were ranked pretty highly in the world, they did go into the tournament with some of the worlds best players, but the disruption in the camp before the tournament meant they dropped down peoples lists of favourites. but they performed when it mattered most. great football all the way through, a great goal that in the final to be england 1—0 in australia on sunday. they have just touched down there, as all the players come off the plane. it's a long flight from australia, but given what they have just achieved, i from australia, but given what they havejust achieved, i don't from australia, but given what they have just achieved, i don't how much sleep they will of god, but the fun doesn't stop here, there is expected to be a big parade in spain celebrating a remarkable achievement, and of course so many across the country hoping this will be such a big boost to the women's game in spain, football is a huge sport in that country of course, the

men's team have significant success, and set local clubs, barcelona, real madrid, big stars, and the women have matched the global reach and the global achievement over the last few weeks, and hope now is to kick on and embed the women's game on parity with the men's game, but many argue there is still a long way to 90, argue there is still a long way to go, based on, look no further than the evidence of the trophy giving at the evidence of the trophy giving at the end of the max, the male president of the spanish football association kissing on the lips one of the players, there has been significant backlash and criticism of that, there has been a subsequent apology after that, so that, to some extent, taking part of the edge of, and some of the focus away from the sport and the football, but these are the players that have come home

with a remarkable achievement. it was a months long, 31 days of competition, 30 teams all knocked out, two left in the final, one winner, and that was the spain is women team, and they are holding the trophy as they pose for photos and pose for cameras, and that is something they are to have to get used to over the hours and days ahead, with the parade planned. we don't know the details of that parade yet, but as and when i get them i will bring them to you, but they will certainly be more interest, more focus on them as a team, and of course on them as individuals, some great individual performances, great individual goals, some great individual talent that will now that they have had the showcase of the biggest match in the game, now hopefully from their point of view the sponsorship deals,

money, will start to