alice cuddy, bbc news. will. the two—day trial pitted the queen of soul's children against each other, aruging over two handwritten wills. the decision ends a nearly 5—year legal fight over the star's multimillion—dollar foturne. franklin died from pancreatic cancer in august 2018. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. well, southern parts of europe in the grip of a heat wave at the moment. we continue to be in the grip of some big shower clouds, more of them around through the rest of this week, even some longer spells of rain and stronger winds by the time we hit friday. why? well, low pressure is dominant, we've just got various areas revolving around the same part of north west europe, which continues to bring showers to the north and west into the start of wednesday morning. a slightly fresher start for many of you compared with tuesday morning, but a sunnier one for the south and eastern england as well as the midlands. won't take long, though, for the clouds are build up, showers are in the west, wil

alice cuddy, bbc news. the trial over the will of late singer aretha franklin, begins today.ths later, hand—written wills were found in a cabinet and under a sofa cushion at her home in the us state of michigan. now, her sons dispute which is the real will and a jury will decide which of the two documents should be counted. rethink franklin was known to be intensely private about her finances she said to have resisted preparing a formal well despite years of ill health. a couple of months after her funeral handwritten documents were found at her home in suburban detroit. 0ne home in suburban detroit. one of them dating back to 2010, was found in a locked cabinet, another from 2014, that was found in a spiral note stuffed beneath questions on the sofa. they both recommend that the income from her music be divided equally amongst 24 sons, where they differ however is in the allocation of assets such as her homes, her cars, her wardrobe and so on. it may not surprise you to hear that the individual siblings tend to favour the document that most favours them. aretha franklin's th

alice cuddy, bbc news.els in female athletes. the 32—year—old south african was born with differences of sexual development and is not allowed to compete in events between aoom and a mile without taking testosterone—reducing drugs. it's unclear what effect the decision will have the existing restrictions. at wimbledon, the unseeded ukrainian elina svitolina has pulled off the shock of the championships, beating the top seed iga swiatek. and the men's favourite novak djokovic found himself behind for the first time this tournament, but responded in brutalfashion to beat andrey rublev — as andy swiss reports. she is the feel—good story of these championships. elina svitolina — unseeded, unstoppable. a proud ukrainian, she said she wants to bring happiness to her country here, but she was up against the top seed in iga swiatek. roared on by the fans, though, svitolina seized the first set, but then swiatek, who wore the ukrainian colours on her cap in solidarity, hit back. commentator: nothing wrong with that

alice cuddy, bbc news.l liberties, justice and home affairs committee in the eu parliament. thank you for coming on the program. you can see in that report the euphoria at making the rescue boat and you can well understand that. it's not sustainable, it's dangerous. is there any real way to stop this flow into europe? goad stop this flow into europe? good evenin: , stop this flow into europe? good evening. in _ stop this flow into europe? good evening, in order _ stop this flow into europe? good evening, in order to _ stop this flow into europe? good evening, in order to talk- stop this flow into europe? good evening, in order to talk to - stop this flow into europe? (emf. evening, in order to talk to you. we're actually voting just this very week resolution trying to say a word about it. to put in place their rescue framework. we heard the message, it's clearfor rescue framework. we heard the message, it's clear for anything. they are not scared of losing their rights. of course they don't want to die but

alice cuddy, bbc news.pt across northern india, causing major flooding. the capital city delhi is on high alert for a possible evacuation, while the indian army and disaster response teams in the himalayan states of himachal pradesh and uttarakhand scramble to rescue those trapped in flooded homes. arunoday mukharji reports. northern india in the grip of nature's fury. the himalayan state of himachal pradesh — the worst hit. cities which are ordinarily bustling with tourists look unrecognisable. an overflowing beas river threatening to swallow parts of the scenic towns of kullu and mandi. south of himachal pradesh, india's capital city of delhi hasn't seen this kind of rain for decades. thousands have been shifted from the river banks to safer areas and many others told to be ready for evacuation, as delhi continues to be on alert. in the north—western indian state of rajasthan, it was a similar sight in the state capitaljaipur, with some key services struggling to stay afloat. translation: despite being su

more than double the same period last year, according to eu border agency frontex. 0ur reporter alice cuddyr it set off from libya. this is what it looks like to have gambled your life and why not. most of these 86 migrants are under the age of 18. their lives ahead of them, but they said that nothing could stop them from trying to cross the mediterranean. we have to choose. for migrant rescue charity — we have to choose. for migrant rescue charity sos _ we have to choose. for migrant i rescue charity sos mediterranean, we have to choose. for migrant - rescue charity sos mediterranean, it is fast operation. the libyan coastguard are heading to the crew are buried they will stop the rescue and take the boys back to libya. but the vessel stops in the distance. the rescue can proceed. and all 86 boys are brought across the rescue ship. —— broughtaboard. some are suffering from dehydration, but others wasted no time celebrating. most are from the gambia, and many left home years ago in search of opportunities in europe. the young migrants we spoke to asks to remain anonymous, as they shed drama

our reporter alice cuddy witnessed the rescue of one boat in distress after it set off from libya.igona is a social scientist from the university of birmingham, with more than 15 years of research and teaching experience in migration, refugee, citizenship and ethnic studies. he's given us his assessment. the fact that there's multiple attempts. it's going be lost in ways and it's also an indication of how strong the motivation and drive to do this. and where the reasons why people put their lives at risk is in terms of the journey itself, a lot of people end up in prisons or smuggler camps and in the country of origin, countries going through the pandemic and going through massive economic crisis, and among the poorest in the world and all this behind them, a moment to get the boats the civilian people under 18 and so, once they have a chance, at least to rebuild her life most european countries, they receive some form of protection for humanitarian protection at least for as long as they are under age. [30 as long as they are under age. do ou as long as they are under age. do you

our reporter alice cuddy witnessed the rescue of one boat in distress after it set off from libya.your life and one. most of these 86 migrants under the age of 18 in their lives ahead of them, but they said nothing can stop them from trying to cross the mediterranean. from migrant rescue the libyan coastguard heading to the sea. the crew are worried that they will stop the rescue and take the boys back to libya. but the vessel stops in the distance. the rescue can proceed. and 86 boys are brought towards the ship. many suffering from dehydration. but others waste no time celebrating. most of from the gambia and many left home years ago in search of opportunities in europe. the young migrants we spoke to asked to remain anonymous as they share traumatic details of the journeys. many boys say they attempted the crossing multiple times. all of the teenagers we spoke to told us they had friends with died trying to get to europe. the 17—year—old was about that saying. the boys settle into life on board and this i8—year—olds as a away from the journey he took with smugglers across the cy