other parts of bbc news we re say not.news were also under attack for succumbing to world cup fever, with one anonymous caller to our phone line and putting it like this. one anonymous caller to our phone line and putting it like thislj cannot line and putting it like this.” cannot for the life of me understand why reports from the world cup are being put in the news programmes when either the bbc is showing a live match, or there is a highlights package later on. and quite frankly, bbc, i think you have far too many people out in russia covering the world cup. you have got people from the sports department and the news department telling us the same thing, and it's absolutely disgraceful. for some viewers, the focus on the england team in particular isn't just focus on the england team in particular isn'tjust pushing other nonsporting stories out of news bulletins, but also demonstrates an unwelcome favouritism towards one particular part of the united kingdom. kara mcallister put it like this. and bill colville, look for

bbc news explains.in place, we follow them to ensure a fair trial and to avoid being in contempt of court, in this case, the bbc reported the arrest and sentencing ofa reported the arrest and sentencing of a tommy robinson once those reporting restrictions were lifted. thejudge had reporting restrictions were lifted. the judge had impose reporting restrictions were lifted. thejudge had impose the restrictions in order to safeguard an ongoing trial. also on tuesday, bbc news brought to sister introduced here on the news that six by tina. youtube says it's deleted more than half the music videos which a police claim are responsible for fuelling a which a police claim are responsible forfuelling a surge in which a police claim are responsible for fuelling a surge in violent crime across london. the metropolitan police commissioner says the clips featuring drill music include lyrics the anchorage knife attacks. the problem in the eyes of some members in the audience isn't articulated here. the police ask yo

you're watching bbc breakfast.ait is almost over, england make their debut at the 2018 world cup. this morning, the team have appealed for fans to get behind them as they prepare to take on tunisia tonight. get behind us, we'll give it a real go. we aren't there to lay up, we will go there and give it a go. gillian grey tweeted her dissatisfaction with that. the news channel and bbc one news bulletins continue to look forward to the match during the course of the day, and to look back to england's victory the following day when it took top billing. carol peters contacted us and send us this video. i'm very aware ofjust how important england playing in the world cup right now is to the people of the uk, but i question if it actually suitable to be the lead story of headline news on bbc breakfast as it was on 19june. at a time when we have so many other news stories going on. the refugee crisis of italy, brexit, trump's america, and holding children away from the parents. but no, instead we get england winning one fo

shame on you, bbc.mes, reports and live coverage this week marked one year since the grenfell tower fire, and on thursday night the anniversary was marked by the bbc one bulletins the 72 people who died in the fire. i hear your voice... and i see your face. but you are not there. at that moment we felt like our hearts had broken. steve carter from president had this response. there can be no question that the grenfell fire was a terrible tragedy. but to end the news with a tribute was a piece of cheap dramatised marginal journalism. it would have been more appropriate to just allow viewers just to watch and listen to the tributes about the sombre background music which was more appropriate for a hollywood weepy film. and donna ward made this wider point about the weak‘s coverage. this is not news but maudlin, over intrusive reporting. do we need and on the spot reporter? do we need to ask a 13—year—old girl if she misses her uncle? there is an ongoing inquiry which has to give evidence, the bbc should n

this is bbc news. 8pm: theresa may has said she is determined to deliver brexit for the whole of the uk after borisjohnson was secretly recorded suggesting the government lacked guts in its negotiations with the eu. people like boris have strong views on brexit, but so do i. i want to deliver brexit for the british people, that's what people want. and i'm getting on and doing it. president trump has suggested russia should be readmitted to the g7 group of economies, four years after it was expelled because of the annexation of crimea. they threw russia out. they should let russia come back in because we should have russia at the negotiating table. it's been revealed that the queen had eye surgery last month to remove a cataract. in recent weeks, the queen, who's 92, been seen wearing sunglasses at a number of public events. what a laugh!

jon donnison, bbc news. see tom mangold's documentary, the jeremy thorpe scandal, on bbc four tomorrow night at 10pm. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10.30pm and 11.30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are broadcaster john stapleton and kate proctor, political correspondent of the london evening standard. a war of words has broken out between america and china after the us accused the chinese of using military build—up in the south china sea to intimidate its neighbours. china said the comments by us defence secretary james mattis were irresponsible and not worthy of rebuke. mr mattis was speaking at a security summit in singapore. from there, karishma vaswani has sent this report. singapore is playing host to the dialogue this week, and is taking no chances with security. after all, defence ministers and representatives from all over the world are attending the event — including from the united states and china. and whenever

jon donnison, bbc news.om mangold's documentary the jeremy thorpe scandal on bbc four tomorrow night at 10:00. a war of words has broken out between america and china. it comes after the us accused the chinese of expanding its military presence in the south china sea to intimidate its neighbours. china said the comments, by us defence secretary james mattis, were irresponsible and not worthy of rebuke. mr mattis was speaking at a security summit in singapore. from there, karishma vas—wani has sent this report. —— from there, karishma vaswani has sent this report. the us is here to stay in asia — that is the message us defence secretary james mattis had for his asian counterparts in singapore today. but he also warned of china's increasing influence. and whenever the two sides are in the same room, they usually argue about the same thing — china's power in the region and the impact on its neighbours. china's militarisation of artificial features in the south china sea includes the deployment of anti—ship miss

bbc news explains. news brought us a story introduced here on the news at six 18 day. youtube says it has deleted more than half of the music videos which police claim are responsible for fuelling a surge in violent crime across london. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, says the groups which feature so—called real music include lyrics which encourage knife attacks. the problem in some eyes of the audience articulated here by jennifer bates. the same day bbc news told us that medical staff who treated the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia skripal did not expect the power to survive. here is rita chakravarthy on the news that one. in interviews with the bbc's newsnight programme the staff said at first they thought the pair had suffered a drugs overdose. mark urban reports. it isjust before 5pm on the fourth of march. we were just told that there was two patients down in the emergency department who are critically unwell and they would be coming up to the unit. sa

bbc new coverage again next week. —— bbc news coverage.ekend ahead for many of us. we had very few showers through the course of friday. we had a good deal of sunshine, as well. and is very similar picture for saturday. it is warm, it is muggy, there will be some sunshine, but, at this time of year, you cannot rule out the chance of a shower. a lot of the showers fell across northern ireland. this was a photograph taken yesterday here, as you can see, at lurgan, and that was because we have a lot more sunshine, or we had a lot more sunshine, across northern ireland and scotland. and those high temperatures, the sunshine, triggered some heavier, thundery showers. we also had the remnants of a weak weather front sitting across parts of england and wales. there was more cloud across northern england and parts of wales during friday. a similar story for saturday. some dry, brighter spells to the south. so as we dawn saturday morning, still chilly in the north—east of scotland. a lot of low cloud having returned back in off the north sea. that

this is bbc news. our latest headtines. the bbc aterts this is bbc news. our latest headtines. unabte figures and jeremy thorpe scandat... as is across europe teft unable to make payments. washington says the issue of us troops based in south korea witt issue of us troops based in south korea will not be on the agenda at the summit with kim jong un. get reat services in the north of engtand back on track after days of destruction.

this is bbc news. the headlines at 11: tens of thousands of people march through london to demand a vote on the final deal on the uk's departure from the eu. the will of the people is to have a proper and informed referendum where we know what brexit means. we need to have a proper discussion to see if we actually want to do this. senior cabinet ministers stress the uk is still prepared to walk away from brexit talks without a deal. the prime minister has always said nothing is agreed until everything is agreed, and that no deal is better than a bad deal. also ahead this hour: an explosion at an election rally attended by zimbabwe's president. he was unharmed in the blast, but at least two senior government officials were injured. new evidence of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on seabirds, with scientists going to extreme lengths to save chicks. this is the chance. towards the corner. . . this is the chance. towards the corner... 0h! this is the chance. towards the corner. .. 0h! and germa

people have been watching the bbc drama andi people have been watching the bbc drama and i know you havejeremy drama and i know you have as well about jeremy thorpe, they drama and i know you have as well aboutjeremy thorpe, they will find is easy but those who haven't may find it difficult but basically the mail on sunday have come up a cracking story because one of the central figures of the thorpe saga was a man called andrew newton, a man who was a former airline pilot who allegedly anyway was commissioned to kill norman scott who was thorpe's love. —— lover. it was assumed from many years that newton was no longer with us. the daily mail have found him alive and well and living in surrey. that is significant because with all of this talk of the thorpe affair going on, a lot of it prompted by this excellent bbc drama, basically it is releva nt excellent bbc drama, basically it is relevant because andrew newton may now actually be investigated by the police over claims that he hired a formerfriend of his, denis mearns, to kill thorpe. he said he was actually approached and he was offe

this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 5. the bbc learns that police have reopened an investigation into one of the central figures in the jeremy thorpe scandal of the 1970s. visa says its services are now operating at full capacity — after customers across europe were left unable to make payments. washington says says the issue of us troops based in south korea will not be on the agenda at president trump's summit with kim jong—un. the us defence secretary warns china over its deployment of missiles in disputed areas of the south china sea. also in the next hour —— a recovery plan to get train services in the north of england, back on track. northern rail is to run an emergency timetable until the end of next month — to give passengers a degree of certainty. and the england football team are about to take on nigeria in their penultimate match before the world cup. we'll be live at wembley. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bbc has learned that an investigation into the attempt

ben wright, bbc news.ind out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are robert fox, the defence editor of the london evening standard and rachel cunliffe, comment and features editor at city am. there's been an explosion at an election rally in zimbabwe where president emmerson mnangagwa was speaking. the blast went off as he left the stage in the white city stadium in bulawayo, zimba bwe's second city. at least two senior government officials were injured in what mr mnangagwa suggested was an attempt on his life. it exploded a few metres away from me but it was just not my time. those who attempted it are likely to go before me. our correspondent is following developments from the capital and she says the president fears members from his own party are fears members from his own party are trying to kill him. he himself has said he is awaiting further information but from his interview there, he seem

welcome to bbc news.ur main story: the aerospace giant airbus has warned it will reconsider its investments in the uk, if britain leaves the european union single market and customs union without a deal. the company, which employs 1a,000 people in britain, says if a transition agreement isn't reached, it could be catastrophic for its business. ministers say they don't expect that situation to arise. our business correspondent theo legett reports. this is airbus‘ supply chain in action. these huge transporters are used to carry aircraft wings from its factory in north wales, to assembly sites in france and germany. across the uk, it's involved in building passengerjets and military aircraft, defence systems and satellites. but company bosses say if we leave the eu without a deal, it would be catastrophic for the uk business. today we've published a risk assessment memo, where airbus is laying out the huge concerns we'd have if there's a no deal brexit. we're very fearful there will be chaos at the borders

john mcmanus, bbc news.ybox, about what visa has been saying this morning, and whether card holders could be eligible for compensation. i‘m saying to people, don‘tjust have ca rd i‘m saying to people, don‘tjust have card girlfriend different banks, have a mastercard and i visa ca rd banks, have a mastercard and i visa card —— just have cards from two different banks. i barely take 20 quid out with me but you have to have enough to get you to the next few hours in case something happens. there is the issue of compensation because people have been losing money, going to extra expense and small businesses have lost money. visa have apologised but will that turn into cash for those who have lost money? the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, has officially been sworn into office today by king felipe in madrid. the ceremony comes less than 2a hours after his predecessor, mariano rajoy, was forced out of office. gavin lee has been following events in madrid. the new spanish prime minister pedro sanchez has

this is bbc news. i'm nkem ifejika.eparated from their parents in two months. us authorities reveal their mexican border measures. the trade war heats up. washington announces 25% tariffs on chinese goods, and beijing promises retaliation. they can't believe they got away with it for so long, steve. they can't believe it. they got away with it for 25 years. and for the second time in three years, glasgow's iconic school of art goes up in flames. a hat—trick for ronaldo in a thrilling clash between portugal and spain on day two of the world cup.

john mcmanus, bbc news.anker, managing editor of moneysavingexpert.com, and began by asking him what he made of the disruption. we were leaving the office yesterday and grasping at each other. we genuinely hadn't seen such a big outage. luckily it only lasted a few hours. it's shown the importance of having secondary payment methods if you can. for anyone going out tonight, check your wallet. you can. for anyone going out tonight, check yourwallet. if you can. for anyone going out tonight, check your wallet. if you have mastercard, american express cards or cash, make sure you've got them with you. what does it say to you when you see these things happen to such a huge financial institution as visa? were the alarm bells going? u nfortu nately as visa? were the alarm bells going? unfortunately it's the latest incident. we've seen other banks in the past few years suffer outages, sometimes a few hours, sometimes a few weeks. when they say outages, it makes you wonder don't they have back—up systems? makes you

coverage on bbc one and bbc radio 5 live.eir wages in a czech four they have a dangerous weapon — there keeper has a long throw in and why should that worry england fanned? you remember i slant? they were undone by a long throw to beware of the long throw ins. can you find out what the longest throw in is? what is a good one! because what makes a long throw in? don't say it is long! if you king get into the penalty box at speed, pace, and accuracy. from where? the halfway line. 0bviously offa where? the halfway line. 0bviously off a pitch but if you can get into the penalty box. it interesting to find out, wouldn't it. i think we need to throw to the weather.m find out, wouldn't it. i think we need to throw to the weather. it is looking glorious out there. dry, warm, sunny conditions. not everybody likes the weather warm and dry. blue sky, and is of high cloud around. certainly the weather will be warming up through the weekend on to the vast majority of others, it's staying dry and fine. if we take a look at the air mass, we

david eades, bbc news.jane: it will be interestingo see what images will be addeto the bbc archive after the historic summit in singapore. president trump has tweeted, saying things are going well between staff and representatives. we will have to wait to see whether a real deal will hapn. certainly we will be there. i am jane o'brien. thank you for watching "bbc world news america." r with the bbc news app, vertical videos are designed to work around your lifestyle, so you can swipe your way to the newsf the day and stay up-to-dateadith the latest lines you can trust. download now from selected app stores. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, kovler foundation, pursug solutions for america's neglected needs, d purepoint financial. h iso we shape our tomorrow? it starts with a vn. we see its ideal form in our mind, and then we begin to chisel. we str away everything that stands in the way to reveal new possibilities. at purepoint financial, we have designed our modern

ben wright, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. zealand's prime ministerjacinda ardern introduces her new bundle ofjoy to the waiting media outside the hospital where she gave birth. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim on certain parts of this country as ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". chapman, prison—pale and slightly chubby, said not a single word in open court. it was left to his lawyer to explain his decision to plead guilty to murdering john lennon. he believes that on 8june, god told him to plead guilty, and that was the end of it. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie, which for 29 years has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: women in s

this is bbc news. about the tariffs the us has imposed on imports of steel and aluminium from the eu, canada and mexico. they've warned washington that there are only days left to avoid a trade war. let's get more on this story. eswar prasad is a professor of trade policy at cornell university and the former head of the international monetary fund's china division. i spoke to him a little earlier, and began by asking if a trade war was avoidable? it is quite interesting to see the us being taken to the woodshed by its traditional trading partner allies and certainly the risks of a more open trade war have increased significantly with the us showing no signs of backing down. i suspect that the trump administration expected the threat of terrorists and other trade sanctions would cost the other countries that it trades with to capitulate but instead we have seen hardship and palliative measures being ta ken have seen hardship and palliative measures being taken by the other side to it cannot be easy for

gavin lee, bbc news, marseille.ll tower on the night of the blaze has been describing how water had no effect on the flames. daniel brown told the public inquiry that water was bouncing off the side of the building, as he tried to extinguish flames by leaning out of a window with a hose. from the inquiry, tom burridge reports. the thermal camera used by firefighter daniel brown, and that the dog and smoke of flat 16. there isa raging the dog and smoke of flat 16. there is a raging curtain aflame, what is happening? everything is ringing alarm bells somethings not right. he and his colleague had put out the fire in the kitchen, but they quickly realised two columns outside the were burning. no effect. what is just bouncing off, just literally bouncing off. 0k, we have a problem here, i cannot put this out. you have literally got water hitting metal, i cannot put this out. no matter what i try and did, i tried knocking the pedals off, i tried getting between i don‘t whether they we re getting between i don‘t whether t

nick eardley, bbc news.d out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are robert fox, the defence editor of the london evening standard and rachel cunliffe, comment and features editor at city am. the french president emmanuel macron has said he favours financial sanctions for eu states which refuse to take migrants that have proven asylum status. he was speaking on the eve of a summit on migration in brussels. mr macron said countries should not be allowed to massively voice their national selfishness on migrant issues — as he put it. whilst benefiting from eu membership. he met the spanish president for talks today in paris. the pentagon has cancelled two joint marine—training exercises with south korea. it follows the decision earlier in the week, to suspend a majorjoint—military exercise between the two countries which was planned for august. the pentagon said the move was part of the agreement

this is bbc news. the headlines at 3pm. the us defence secretary warns china over its deployment of missiles in disputed areas of the south china sea. despite china's claims to the contrary, the placement of these weapons systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion. president trump's summit with north korea is back on — confirmation comes after kim jong—un‘s envoy delivers a large letter to donald trump. visa says its services are now operating at full capacity — after customers across europe were left unable to make payments. spain's new prime minister has been sworn in, after leading the coalition which forced mariano rajoy out of office yesterday. also in the next hour — the latest on the recent disruption on the railways. the industry pledges to get its services in the north back on track as soon as possible. the bbc learns that police have reopened an investigation into one of the central figures in the jeremy thorpe scandal of the 1970s. and at 330 the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue t

this is bbc news, i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at two: thousands of people are marching through london to demand a vote on the final deal on the uk's departure from the eu. senior cabinet ministers stress the uk is still prepared to walk away from brexit talks without a deal. the prime minister has always said that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed and that no deal would be better than a bad deal. and i think it is essential, as we enter the next phase of the negotiations, that the european union understands that and believes it. president erdogan of turkey makes a final appeal for votes ahead of tomorrow's elections in which he's facing a strong challenge. also coming up: tackling the devastating impact of plastic pollution. sir david attenborough launches a new campaign, and says he's been "astonished" by the response to the blue planet series. on talking books in half an hour: norwegian journalist and author asne seierstad speaks to gavin esler at hay festival. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. tw

or e—mail newswatch@bbc. co. uk.chbbc and do have a look at the website for previous interviews. the address for that is bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. for the fifth consecutive day, temperatures in the uk got above 30 degrees on friday, and there could be more to come over the weekend. still plenty of heat, plenty of sunshine, butjust the chance for the odd downpour, particularly on sunday. because, if we look back at the recent satellite picture, you can see this area of cloud that's just been swirling around across iberia. this more unsettled weather is going to drift its way northwards, clipping into the south—west as we go into sunday. but for saturday, we're going to be drawing in some very warm air from the near continent, so those temperatures are going to stay very high. we start the day between ii and 15 degrees. notice a bit more in the way of cloud rolling its way in from the north sea. that could

john mcmanus, bbc news.bc radio 4's moneybox, about what visa has been saying this morning, and whether card holders could be eligible for compensation. visa was saying nothing. the bank of england was saying nothing except that there was a problem. it was only late last night that visa admitted they had identified a hardware failure. i think what happened is that reduced capacity so much that some payments got through, most didn't. we heard stories of people in a pub where one got through and the rest didn't. it was a bit of a puzzle. what puzzles me is where was the back—up? this is the premier payment system in the world, probably, and certainly in the uk. 95% of debit cards go through visa. why wasn't there a back—up to fill the gap? is this a problem with the banks in terms of the sustainability of their computer systems? they are dependent on what they call legacy systems. they have been there a long time. they daren‘t turn them off and start again for fear of what they would lose. visa started in the

hugh pym, bbc news.s shadow health minister, jonathan ashworth, who said that this doesn't go far enough. if we were to form a government, we would inherit these plans, we accept them, we'd match them, but we are still prepared to go further and make the tough decisions on taxation that we proposed at the general election, asking the wealthiest to pay more tax, asking the big corporations to pay more tax, to bring forward additional funding for the nhs and social care sector as well. when you analyse the prime minister's remarks about the way this particular increase will be funded, she talks about, in part, a brexit dividend. do you accept that that is there? i think it's laughable. i mean, the truth is she is going to fund these increases in the nhs spend by borrowing and tax increases. i wish she was honest and up front with the british people. a brexit dividend, nobody thinks that is credible. i'm afraid it will unravel for her, and the focus will be on this issue, actually, rather than on the needs

jon donnison, bbc news.ee tom mangold's documentary, the jeremy thorpe scandal, on bbc four tomorrow night at 10pm. visa's payment system is now operating at "full capacity" following widespread disruption to card payments across the uk and europe yesterday. the company says the problems were down to a hardware failure and has apologised to customers. payments processed through visa's systems account for one third of all uk spending. john mcmanus reports. visa says its high—tech payment system can handle 65,000 transactions per second, but on friday that boast fell flat as cardholders in the uk and across europe found their plastic simply wouldn't work. the problem began in the afternoon, appearing to largely affect electronic payments rather than cash machine withdrawals. many shoppers took to social media to complain, with the company forced to apologise. these people in droitwich said it wasn't just customers who were caught out. you can tell the staff are on tenterhooks, the manager'sjumping and down. he

victoria gill, bbc news.c can make to their daily routines to reduce plastic pollution. we‘ve run our service on beaches for 24 we‘ve run our service on beaches for 2a years now, this is our 25th coming this september. your pioneer we have seen that quantities and density of rubbish building up our beaches. and it does get pretty demotivating. we do hope and we do see positive signs that blue planet ii, and defective blue planet ii was a real watershed moment for us and let‘s hope that for now on with the see a decline in all that material getting into the ocean. more programmes like this will really help that cause. what are those positive signs that you‘re seeing, can you give us positive signs that you‘re seeing, can you give us an positive signs that you‘re seeing, can you give us an example? bringing ina can you give us an example? bringing in a small charge of plastic bags just a couple of years ago. the data had been collected to show with the problem was over the many years. that led to the charge or

the bbc.and team probably watching that match in sochi where sweden still beating germany 1—0. just approaching half—time come as it stands in germany would be going out of the world cup. plenty more coming up here from moscow later in sports day, more on that england panama match. we will be speaking to a former england captain. also hearing from the current belgian tapping about what he expects from that game next thursday. for now, let's head back to the bbc sportscenter. holly hamilton. thanks for that. and from moscow to sydney where ireland's incredible season continued with their first three—match series win down under since 1979. for the irish, some frayed nerves during that final deciding test at the allianz stadium withjoe schmidt's side hanging on until the final whistle as patrick gearey reports. music. winning on the other side of the world is rugby‘s great test. the last time ireland won a series in the australia, neither these players nor this song had been conceived. it takes s

this is bbc news. women in saudi arabia have been celebrating after the kingdom lifted the world's only ban on female drivers. zimbabwe has reacted with shock after its president, emmerson mnangagwa, escaped unhurt from an explosion which he described as an assassination attempt. turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan, has called on voters to return him to office with sweeping new powers on the final day of campaigning in the country's elections. but he's facing a tough challenge from a newly united opposition. mark lowen reports from istanbul. turkey's opposition has finally found its voice. for 15 years, it's been fractured, unable to challenge president erdogan. but then came muharrem ince, a fiery centre—left man of the people who draws enormous crowds and is giving the turkey's president the battle of his political life. "turkey needs not a tired president but one with fresh blood" he told his last rally in istanbul. they believe the opposition can win a majority in parliament and force mr erdog

welcome to bbc news.he nhs in england has set out plans to stop hundreds of thousands of patients receiving treatments which it says are useless or too risky. it's drawn up a list of procedures, including tonsil removal, breast reductions, and surgery for snoring, as jon donnison reports. nhs england says it wants to stop people from having treatments that are either ineffective or pose too many risks. it has drawn up a list of 17 procedures including snoring and varicose veins treatment, knee arthroscopies for osteoarthritis, and steroid injections for non—specific backpain. in all of these health bodies say there is little evidence the treatments work or that the risks outweigh the rewards. but some doctors have questioned those beliefs and say patients will either miss out or will be forced to pay for private treatment that would actually give them some relief. the proposals are still to be put out to consultation but nhs england says they could mean 100,000 fewer unnecessary treatment a year, unnecess

or e—mail newswatch@bbc. co. uk.t the website for previous interviews. the address is bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello. it has been another hot sunny day for most parts of the country and we will take that heat into the weekend as well were most places will be dry and sunny, but there is a chance of thundery downpours perhaps in the far south west and if we look all the way down through this to portugal, this is where the cloud is beginning to develop but ahead of that, we have a lot of hot airand quite steamy ahead of that, we have a lot of hot air and quite steamy air that is pushing up across siberia and france to the low countries and eventually some of that will head towards southern parts of the uk this weekend. overnight, all that low cloud that has been sitting on the east coast is pushing them across scotland and england, misty by the end of the night. where we have the heat, it will be warm overnight. tomorro

this is bbc news.lition in yemen has launched a major offensive on the rebel—held port of hodeidah, through which almost all aid supplies enter the country, where millions face malnutrition. the american secretary of state, on a visit to seoul, has said he hopes there will be major disarmament of north korea within two and a half years. the british prime minister is under increasing pressure over the government's approach to brexit. some conservative members of parliament who want to retain closer ties with the european union, said they fear theresa may could fail to deliver on promises they were given. during prime minister's questions on wednesday, scottish nationalist party mps staged a mass walk out, claiming that scotland's voice was being ignored in the brexit debate. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg, has the latest. don't walk into the curb! farce 7 what promises have you made to the tory rebels? laughs a bit of pantomime? i mean, it's a beautiful... i wanted a quiet walk to work, that's w

purepoint financial. >> and now, "bbc world news." jane: thi is "bbc world news america." i am je o'brien. president donald trump and kim jong-un will come together to over a political showdown. correspondent: i am christian fraser in singapore could as the clock ticks down, we will have more on the much anticipated summit. jane: safe harbor. spain steps in to help after italy refuses to accept a t migrip stranded in the mediterranean. future ecting the looking at the past. what previous efforts to engage north korea could they look at today? welcome to our viewers on public television in the u.s. and around the globe. we are still a few hours away from the unprecedented summit between the leaders of the u.s. and north kore but already, history has been made in singapore. kim jong-un, a political recluse, and only has third trip away from the hermit kingdom has , spent the evening taking seies on a leisurely tour around singapore's tourist spots. bbc's christian aser is there. taking us through what is happening as the clock is ticking. christian, interestingly, he has bee

join us at 7:45pm on bbc news. good evening, and welcome to bbc news.heresa may is at a meeting of world leaders in canada but she's been followed there by a continuing cabinet row over her handling of the brexit negotiations. just a day after she fended off the possible resignation of the brexit secretary, the foreign secretary has now stirred things up after he said the government needs more guts in its brexit strategy and that the negotiations may be heading for a meltdown. his comments were recorded during a speech at a private dinner on wednesday night. the prime minister has acknowledged there are strong views about brexit in the cabinet, but says she is the one who will deliver brexit. she was speaking to our chief political correspondent vicky young. pressing her case on the world stage, theresa may's flown thousands of miles to chat with presidents and prime ministers. but the questions for her stay the same. is brexit on track? is she in charge? these are complex negotiations, but the rich people want us to deliver brexit and i'm determined to

this is bbc news.y of state, on a visit to seoul, has said he hopes there will be major disarmament of north korea within two and a half years. the saudi—led coalition in yemen has launched a major offensive on the rebel—held port of hodeidah, through which, almost all aid supplies enter the country, where millions face malnutrition. the antarctic ice sheet has lost about 3 trillion tonnes of ice since 1992, according to the most complete, satellite study of the continent ever undertaken. an international team of polar scientists say antarctic ice losses have increased global sea levels by almost 8mm since 1992, and the melting is speeding up. 0ur science correspondent, victoria gill, looks at the findings. up close, it's a pristine, frozen wilderness. but viewed from space, antarctica is changing rapidly. this study combined 2a analyses into the best picture ever of this ice sheet. it revealed ice loss at the bottom of our planet is speeding up over time. the continent now sheds almost 200 billion ton

victoria gill, bbc news.easy ways to make a difference and share what you are

bbc news, nigeria. italy has a new prime minister and government, three months of political uncertainty. little-known lawyer and academic giuseppe conte was sworn in alongside other cabinetst mis to lead western europe's first antiestablishment government. jenny hill reports. jenny: it is the moment europe has been waiting for, a newmi italian prime nister. conte, a law n professor wi political experience. sworn in one by one, a new government, antiestablishment coalition. it almost didn't happen at all. the first choice for foreignnd minister a fierce critic of the euro was rejected by the italian president.ta after desperats, a compromise in the shape of a more moderate academic who will now oversee italy's finances. an end to uncertainty, but perhaps the drama is only beginning. the new government is already dntroversial. it has promised toeport half a million migrants, to lowere taxes, spend m welfare. >> one thing to keep in mind is that italian governments hardlyi ever last the five-year legislatu

jon sopel, bbc news,be quÉ laura: the bbc's gary o'donoghue joined us from short time ago.a given thetween donald trump and the other leaders, are they going to be able tothgree on ag at the end of the summit? gary: larry kudlow, the head of the national economic council, said he thought this would be like a family quarrel. he was wrong. it has turned into a full-blown family feud. that is not just bec of the tariffs on steel and aluminum, and e insult that the canadians have described as a justification on the grounds of national security, but also because dona trump threw a great big curveball into the equation an hour before he arrived here by suggesting that reincluded into the organization. that has been roundly rejected by all european allies, a particularly because rus still involved in occupying crimea, which is why they were thrown out in the first place. angela merkel has been asked about this question, and she put a brave face -- she said it would be honest not to have a final agreement if ty couldn't ach one, which is putting the best spin on it you possibly can. later thi

will ross, bbc news. trump has called america's immigration laws "a laughing stock", in a speech to republican supporters in las vegas. it follows intense controversy over his policy of separating illegal immigrants from their children, at the mexican border. our north america correspondent, chris buckler reports. all chant: yes, we can! after a week of mixed messages from the white house, there continues to be protests, by people determined to show that they really do care about migrant families. president trump has been under pressure amid the outcry over children being separated from their parents. but although it briefly looked like he was having to soften his immigration policy, his language is hardening again. he told republicans in las vegas that america would be overrun if the country showed any weakness. our immigration laws are a laughing stock all over the world. we're the only people... people walk in, they put a foot in, "please, would you like to register?" other countries, they say, "get th

this is bbc news. i'm andrew plant. our top stories: a milestone for saudi women, who've hit the roads after the controversial ban on driving is finally lifted. a blast rocks an election rally held by zimbabwe's president mnangagwa. he's unhurt but says it was an attempt to kill him. tens of thousands of people march through london to demand a vote on the final deal before britain leaves the eu. a dramatic last—minute goal by reigning champions germany to keep their world cup dreams alive. hello and welcome to bbc news. in the last few hours, women in saudi arabia have finally been taking to the roads after the authorities lifted the world's only ban on women driving. it's part of a programme of modernisation under crown prince mohamed bin salman. but leading women's rights activists, who challenged the ban, will be marking the day behind bars. bill hayton reports. just after midnight in riyadh, a piece of history is about to be made. a perfectly normal act in every other country in the world, but unti

this is bbc news. four young men have died, and a teenage girl is left critically ill after a collision involving a car and a taxi in leeds. i think it is fair to say that it was absolutely devastating, a really significant impact. patients in england may no longer be able to have some procedures that are deemed "ineffective or risky", including tonsil removal and haemorroid surgery. tata steel, which owns the port talbot plant, has confirmed merger plans with germany's thyssenkrupp. protests against donald trump's immigration policies are taking place across the united states. and coming up in half an hour on sportsday, the latest from the world cup, as argentina are knocked out after losing four goals to three against france. four young men have died, and three people have been injured after a collision between a car and a taxi in leeds. the crash happened in the early hours of this morning on the a6120, in the horsforth area of the city. the men, all aged between 18 and 21, died at the scene. two te

bbc news, niger. rajini: you are watching "bbc onrld news america."till to come onht's program, new zeala celebrates the arrival of the prime minister's daughter. why this birth and parenting plans ahead are generating so much excitement. two canadians crossed the border into the u.s. only to smuggle goods act across the border. that is what president trump recently claimed. we went to ask some canadians if they had anything to confess. pres. trump:hebuy shoes and they wear them. they scuff them up and make them sound old look old. pres. trump: there was a story i two days aa major newspaper talking about people living in canada and talking to the united states and smuggling things back into canada because the tariffs are so massive. >> never. no. >> no, i don't smuggle. >> never. i'm too scared. [laughter] >> if we have half a bottle of wine left and we have a full liter in t back, but we said to the guy, a couple glasses of wine. i guess that's it. but dy alrdmitted to it, so -- >> i always try to buy canadian products first. it is pointless for our

this is bbc news. i'm julian worricker. the headlines at 1: theresa may promises a £20 billion a year real terms increase to the nhs in england by 2023. labour says it is not enough. we're making the nhs our priority, we're putting a significant amount of extra money into it. we need to make sure that money is spent wisely. we're saying you can go further and if the government made the taxation changes we are prepared to make, you could be giving even more to the nhs. calls for a change in the law after the home office allows a boy with severe epilepsy to be treated with an illegal form of cannabis oil. the first of hundreds of migrants who've been the focus of a european dispute over immigration arrive in spain, more than a week after being rescued. and this is the scene live as the aquarius, those on board have begun to disembark before being processed by the spanish authorities. also to come, germany's world cup campaign begins this afternoon against mexico. looking to be the first country since brazil to win back—to—bac

richard lister, bbc news.ol of art has been described as heartbreaking by scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon. she was surveying the extensive damage caused the blaze which broke out late last night in the mackintosh building. it was being restored after another fire four years ago. our correspondent alexandra mackenzie reports. a site no one imagined they would ever see again. glasgow is my cherished mackintosh building was engulfed in flames for a second time. as the fire took hold in the early hours of this morning, thick smoke to be seen from miles around. as the fire rapidly spread, some local residents would evacuate —— we re local residents would evacuate —— were evacuated from their homes and businesses. more than 60 firefighters have been tackling this major blaze for several hours. and it now looks as if the flames had spread to a second building. it had indeed spread, to the nearby campus nightclub, and the 0tsu music venue. more resources were drafted in from across scotland, and at its 100 l