you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. one is at 6:30 — bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with me, shaun ley. let's return to the g7 meeting in biarritz. in the last few minutes we've received pictures from the meeting between boris johnson and the president of the european council. let's hear what they had to say. let me tell you that so far in this g7, i think it would be fair to say, donald, you and i have spent most of those conversations income fleet agreement on most of the issues raised, whether it is free trade, or russia, or iran. hong kong. a demonstration of the closeness of the uk to our european friends which will persist beyond october the sist, will persist beyond october the 31st, whatever happens. yeah, i couldn't agree more. that's the spirit! thank you very much. at least a agree on something. —— at least a agree on something. —— at least they agree on something. earlier the prime minister told the bbc that the chances of the uk striking a brexit deal with the eu before october 3! a

you can see the result of that match and the rest of today's stories on the bbc news channel through :35pm. bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. more now on the government's new measures on policing and prisons. the prime minister wants to see an extra 10,000 places made available for prisoners with the introduction and expansions ofjail at a cost of £2.5 billion. i've been discussing the plans with mark day, head of policy at the prison of reform trust. trying to do something about our overcrowded and dilapidated prisons does make sense, but the trouble is that the government has promised for decades to do something about it. they have always underestimated what is involved. for instance, it would take 9,000 additional spaces just to eliminate the levels of overcrowding we currently see in the system. it would need a further 3,000 spaces to absorb the new prison sentences coming down the line and that is not counting any additional changes in sentencing policy which the prime minister is promising. this rhetoric around prison, we have seen what it does before. it

you can see more on all of today‘s stories on the bbc news channel. ave a good afternoon. hello. you‘re watching the bbc news channel with shaun ley. more now on the violent clashes in hong kong where tens of thousands of demonstrators have defied a ban to turn out onto the streets. police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse crowds while some pro—democracy protesters threw petrol bombs and also lit fires. an event to mark five years since beijing ruled out fully democratic elections was banned by officials and called off by organisers. earlier i spoke to laurie wen, a pro—democracy protestor. i asked her why she had been out demonstrating when police had warned people not to. people came out today because we don‘t want to live in fear. that is no way to live. it is getting harder and harder to not live in fear in hong kong when the chinese communist party, through their puppet government in hong kong, has stepped up in their repression of the pro—democracy movement. it is getting harder and harder because when prominent figures in the movement

you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. or now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel. let's get more on our top story and the effects of yesterday's widespread power cuts. many hundreds of passengers stranded on trains without power last night faced long and frustrating journeys home. the national grid said yesterday's blackout was a ‘rare and unusual event‘ caused by the ‘almost simultaneous' loss of power at a gas station and off shore wind farm. david hunter is director of market studies at schneider electric — he told me why a power cut of this magnitude is very rare. it isa it is a very rare event. the first time in some years that we have seen a blackout as severe as this. as you have already mentioned, two power stations dropped off the system in a very short space of time. that took the national grid by surprise, it is a very rare event and in this case they were not able to maintain sufficient frequency across the whole system and so had to make selective blackouts in order to maintain quality for the vast ma

you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. at 6.35 this evening. bye for now. hello. you're watching the bbc news channel with shaun ley. it's 12:10. more now on one of our main stories — and a leaked government document has warned of possible consequences in the event of a no—deal brexit. the information from operation yellowhammer outlines no—deal could lead to shortages of food, fuel and medicines, and the return of a hard border of the island of ireland. in the past few minutes the cabinet minister michael gove has tweeted another possible implication is freight disruption at ports of up to three months. let's discuss this with rod mckenzie from the road haulage association. he joins us from our oxford studio. good afternoon. good speech again despite the fact we speak regularly about brexit and what may or may not happen. there are a lot of unknowns but in terms of the narrowing of some of the difficulties, has there been much progress in the last few weeks? you are right, there has been some progress. it has been painstak

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel or you can catch up on alls along with 1000 radio programmes on our online archive stop just search online for bbc witness history. next we go to cuba. injuly bbc witness history. next we go to cuba. in july 1980 bbc witness history. next we go to cuba. injuly1980 nine, fourtop cuban army cuba. injuly1980 nine, fourtop cu ban army officers cuba. injuly1980 nine, fourtop cuban army officers were sentenced to death and executed after being convicted of drug track —— trafficking. but critics of the regime believe the case was in fact a political attempt to punish the officers for advocating change in fidel castro's communist cuba. we hear from iliana della fidel castro's communist cuba. we hearfrom iliana della guardia. the daughter of one of the executed when. —— men. daughter of one of the executed when. -- men. aformer daughter of one of the executed when. -- men. a former comrades in arms are fidel castro and hero of the revolution was sentenced last friday to be sentenced by —— killed by firing squad along wi

we're back on monday morning at 10:00 on the bbc two and the bbc news channel.etty busy again today, another fine and dry day with most, yesterday got to put a 3.3 degrees in heathrow, making it the warmer —— warmest late august bank holiday weekend on record. similar temperatures across the south—east today, turning cooler everywhere across the country eventually, we have a cold front set up in the atlantic, pushing its way eastwards. gradually turning cooler over the next few days and yes, there will be wet weather around at times. some showers today for parts of devon and cornwall moving in from the south, also towards the western isles we see some spots of rain, probably by lunchtime. cloudier towards western coastal areas, the cloud lifting and breaking, lots of sunshine in eastern areas and here towards the south—east, east anglia, centraland southern england we could get as high as 33 degrees, cooler for scotland, wales and northern ireland. this is this evening and overnight, the showers from the south—west will gradually push northwards into wales, some

for every 30 minutes on the bbc news channel. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley., with the promise of "a very big trade deal" after brexit. we are going to do a fantastic deal, once we clear up some of the obstacles in our path. as far as the uk and the united states, we are working on a very big trade deal and i think it's going to work out very well. the prime minister will discuss brexit later with the eu council president. the uk's biggest airports will install 3d baggage scanners to make security checks quicker. 40,000 brazillian troops begin a major operation to fight fires in the amazon. we report from a rainforest in crisis. it is a huge task for the troops who are supposedly reaching this region. this is a global crisis because these are considered

bbc local radio, our local mps only get the chance to talk on that and they can't close the bbc news channelose bbc two! which ones will go? i don't think the bbc should be funding this, it might be unpopular with those getting free tv licences, but it's a government responsibility. the bbc is a broadcaster, not the department for work and pensions. as long as i'm paying my licence fee i want to see bbc two and bbc four carrying on, that's the business the bbc is actually in. shall we move on? i'm sure there will be lots more to discuss on that in time to come. the nhs also makes the headlines in the telegraph. we haven't seen a story about the nhs for some time. not one like this. this is quite worrying, isn't it, jo, not huge numbers but it shows a pattern. it's not about operations, is not about waiting lists, it's specific, it is about people who are having a point that is cancelled and what they have discovered is that there has been a vast increase, in fairness, we should say there is only 185 patients who have the same appointment cancelled at least ten times. but 13,000, five times.

live on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online.ree decades — and more than 3,000 people died. one of the effects is that northern ireland now has a high rate of mental illness — and researchers are warning that children are inheriting the problems of the older generation. our ireland correspondent chris page has been speaking to some of those involved. thank you forjoining us system i think you were 18 when the troubles began. yes, i was actually set to limit how sitting in a suburb outside of belfast along the falls road for an aunt and uncle, and you could hear gunfire along the breeze, along the road, and there was a barricade at the end of the street, families were piled onto the back of flatbed and tipper trucks coming up the falls road to go out to the community centre is further out of town, you could see the columns of smoke rising from towards town, and my poor old mum who had lived through the troubles of the 1920s, she had vivid memories of when she was younger, she felt she was chased by an armoured car with the machine

bbc news, hong kong. stay with us on bbc news. channel hopping, the man who wants to hover between france and britain. want to save our people and japanese as well and win the war or whether we want to take a chance on being able to win the war by killing all our young men? the invasion began at two o'clock this morning. mr bush, like most other people was clearly caught by surprise. we call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of all iraqi forces. 100 years old and still full of vigor, vitality and enjoyment of life. no other king or queen in british history has lived so long and the queen mother is said to be quietly very pleased indeed that she has achieved this landmark anniversary. this is a pivotal moment for the church as an international movement. the question now is whether the american vote will lead to a split in the anglican community. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: at least 20 people have been killed — after a shooting at a shopping centre in the texas city of el paso. one man is in custody. riot police have fired tear gas to disperse the pro—democracy crowd in ho

you will be able to see that news conference on bbc news channel.than 30 years since a devastating nuclear disaster at chernobyl. this week a group of affected school children are coming to the derbyshire town of glossop for three weeks of health and wellness activies to help them enjoy the outdoors and learn new skills. fiona lamdin went to meet them. right, everyone! it's pizza snack time! everyone around the fire circle! wash your hands first! this is more thanjust an adventure in the woods. these children are here for a recuperative rest. all are in remission, recovering from cancer, likely to be as a result of chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear accident when, in 1986, a reactor at the nuclear power station in the ukraine exploded, sending a radioactive plume across europe. it happened 33 years ago but these children still live in radioactive environments in belarus. when there was the accident at chernobyl, the wind was blowing northwards so a lot of contamination fell onto belarus. although much of it blew across europe, but belarus was the

at 6pm here tonight on the bbc news channel, you will be able to hear that conference.in at 6pm. if you would like to see that, stay with us on the bbc news channel because we will have all the updates and what it means for the whole town and so many people. so, that is to come. right now, we will take a pause and we will catch up with the weather prospects where ever you are in the country. darren bett has the latest details. it has been a dry day at whaley bridge, a few shattered scours, it has been lighter this evening and they will start to decay. it becomes dry over night tonight, some clearer skies arriving at temperatures down to about 1k degrees or so. many places tomorrow will also be dry. there are some of this high cloud coming in from the west and eventually it may introduce one or two showers eventually it may introduce one or two s howe rs a cross eventually it may introduce one or two showers across these western areas, especially in the north west of scotland, towards evening time. these are the temperatures, they are similarto these are the temperatures

you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. now. good afternoon to you. this weekend is looking fairly mixed across the uk. we should have more sunshine around than we did last weekend if you cast your mind back. we do have an east west divide. an area of low pressure pushing in from the west is bringing the card to northern ireland, parts of wales and northern ireland. you will notice how clear the skies are further east. glorious sunshine for the afternoon. the head of this rain we could see one or two showers popping up mainly over the higher ground of scotland and into northern parts of england. you will notice brighter colours indicating there could be heavy at best. temperature is quite one, even with the cloud and hazy sunshine further west. 20 to 25 degrees across the south—east. this is the pressure pattern. you can see the low pressure to the west. high pressure trying to hold on across eastern areas which is why we see this east—west divide. 0vernight, those showers will die off across northern areas and we should se

for every 30 minutes on the bbc news channel. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines: president trump and borisjohnson meet for a working breakfast at the g7 summit, with the promise of "a very big trade deal" after brexit. we are going to do a fantastic deal, once we clear up some of the obstacles in our path. as far as the uk and the united states, we are working on a very big trade deal and i think it's going to work out very well. the prime minister will discuss brexit later with the eu council president. the uk's biggest airports will install 3d baggage scanners to make security checks quicker. 40,000 brazillian troops begin a major operation to fight fires in the amazon. we report from a rainforest in crisis. it is a huge task for the troops who are supposedly reaching this region. this is a global crisis because these are considered the lungs of the world. england are once again trying to pull off an unlikely ashes victory at headingley. as more heatwaves are predicted, weather world looks at how we live, work and travel. that's in half—an—hour he

the result will be on the bbc news channel. that's it. ht. 00:28:02,412 --> 2147483051:50:45,921 welcome to bbc london. 2147483051:50:45,921 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 i'm sonja jessup. hello and welcome to sportsday. a penalty levels it in istanbul and it looks like more are needed to separate chelsea and liverpool in the european super cup footballer renne hector ‘sank into depression‘ after online abuse following her racism case. i was just i wasjust spiralling i was just spiralling out of control. basically just i was just spiralling out of control. basicallyjust sinking into depression really. jofra archer gets his cap — but needs a brolly as day one of the second ashes test is a wash—out at lords. hello and welcome to sportsday. to istanbul then, where liverpool and chelsea's uefa super cup final has gone to extra time. 0ne all after ninety minutes, sadio mane and then a jorginho penalty hloo the match to penalties. jane dougal is there. first time there's been an all female officiating team referee a top level men's european match. an

that's at 6:30pm on the bbc news channel. the headlines on bbc news.st that the government knew the hs2 project was running over budget and probably behind schedule thre eyears ago. the government proposes an overhaul of planning rules in england so companies can build taller mobile phone masts without councils' permission. the change is part of a plan to speed up the roll—out of 5g networks and improve coverage in rural areas. the brazilian government has said it will reject an offer of aid from g7 countries to help tackle fires in the amazon rainforest. brazil's president jair bolsonaro accused other nations of treating brazil like a colony. £18 million had been promised in emergency funding for fire fighting equipment and military assitance. will grant reports. as each day passes, another chunk of the amazon disappears. this is just one of the 75,000 fires in brazil which have prompted such an angry response as a finite resource vanishes before the world's eyes. but now it seems the world's wealthiest nations are at least trying to react. the g7 hav

we are staying with our main story here tonight on the bbc news channel, the news from derbyshire. raf helicopter crews trying to say that dam in derbyshire amid fears it could burst and engulfed much of the town of whaley bridge. the chinooks alp dropping bags of sand, gravel and stone to shore up the dam wall. experts have described the situation is critical and 1500 people have moved out of their homes in the area. the prime minister said his thoughts are with them. as we have been saying for the last 20 minutes or so, we are expecting a news conference any moment. we are expecting to hear from emergency services, the police, the environment agency. as soon as that gets under way with all the latest details, we will be back in buxton for that. first, this was pulled from our corresponded laura foster who has spent the day in whaley bridge. chinook helicopters have been flying in since 5:30am this morning. they have made 200 tonnes so far but they need to move to double that to shore up need to move to double that to shore up the dam. all of the gravel coming from local quarries.

you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. that's all from me. good night. he early hours of this morning in essex. two teenage girls are also in a critical condition. a man was arrested in loughton. leigh milner reports from the scene. well, this is golding hill and as you can see behind me is a long stretch of road which runs through epping forest, and if you just look over my right hand shoulder you can see where the silver bmw m3 collided into a tree just after two o'clock this morning. a 16—year—old girl and a 21—year—old man died at the scene and two girls, aged 16 and 17 are currently in hospital with life—threatening injuries. earlier today, i spoke to counsellor michael stubbings who gave me his reaction. i'm very sad, very sad that young people had to lose their lives and you don't know what happened at the time or what went on. what caused it. have you seen things like this happen before on this road? yes, many times i've driven down here and i've seen cars in the forest where people have missed their turning and come off the road for whatever reas

bbc radio 5live sports extra from ten o‘clock this morning. and for a full round up of all today‘s sports news tune into sportsday at 6.30 tonight on the bbc news channelnetic relation officials tell the bbc that hundred and 50 people are in charge of the search for the missing girl nora quoirin. —— malaysia and police tell the bbc. let‘s get more now on the mass shootings in america. president donald trump has said "hate has no place" in the us after 29 people were killed and dozens more injured. however there‘s been concern about far—right radicalisation after a white supremacy manifesto was posted online, 28 minutes before police in el paso, where the first shooting took place, got the first call. let‘s speak now to professor raphael cohen—almagor. he‘s the director of the middle east study group at hull university and author of confronting the internet‘s dark side. thank you forjoining us, professor. the first question, has there been, in your view, sufficient focus on far right terrorism? well, it has beenin far right terrorism? well, it has been in the news for a long time. whether something tangible was a chilly done to confront the problem, i f

join us for that at ten on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online as well., but today high pressure is across as so things are settled. we will see some showers in scotland, northern england, northern ireland and wales, and there could be some thunder in them. the temperatures today will feel quite pleasant. but then in the south—west this low pressure is coming our way with its low front and it brings rain this evening and overnight and tomorrow it continues to advance across scotland, northern england and northern ireland. tomorrow it will be windy, but there will be some sunshine. strong gusty winds in the western isles, 53 miles an hour in the south—west. friday has got heavy rain for a time with strengthening winds, but on saturday we are looking at gales for england and wales. hello, this is bbc news, the headlines... the home secretary says she is "absolutely horrified" by a machete attack in east london that has left a policeman criticially injured. priti patel says it shows officers "put their lives on the line every day". there‘s been a sharp rise

you can stay up to date on the bbc news channel and online, for now, that is all from us on the bbc helloe second ashes test starts at lord's tomorrow. he has not named his team yet, the england captain says he is excited howjoffrey archer performs at test match level. he is expected to when his first test cap, as england look to level the series. he mist the test against australia with a side strain. archer was england's leading wicket taker last month. andy murray says he will only play in the doubles at the us open later this month, that is despite making his competitive return to singles. he lost in straight sets to richard gasquet. he had major hip surgery after the australian open eight months ago. he is targeting the australian open for his first return ata australian open for his first return at a major. it has been a long road back and a lot of soul searching along the way. i was always worried, what will i do with myself without tennis? but actually, once i get rid of the pain, i realised i did not really need tennis. tennis wasn't the most important thing for me. i am obviously

join us at ten on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. of bands of rain, still in the south—east and starting to clear with sunshine behind it, some rain in —— south—west wales and south—west england, pushing in the direction of dorset and hampshire and dry weather following on direction of dorset and hampshire and dry weatherfollowing on behind across northern ireland and across scotla nd across northern ireland and across scotland but in between, some sunshine. temperatures today, 15 in the north, 24 or 25 in the south. through this evening and overnight, there goes the band of rain through there goes the band of rain through the midlands into the south—east and it will clear as a weak feature. clear skies follow behind and more rain starts to come in across the west of scotland and north—west of northern ireland. not a particularly cold night but it will be in aberdeenshire, with temperatures falling to five or six. tomorrow, we start on a mostly dry node but rain coming in across northern ireland and scotland were very much be with us

you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel.ight of summer, temperatures reaching the low 30s in parts of england. fast forward to the sunday, 21 celsius at best. time for the arrival of september and the three months that make up autumn. what a difference from one week to the next. last weekend, it was warm continental air, this weekend, it is air coming from the atlantic, from a north—westerly direction. that is a lot of sunshine to come, at least to start off sunday. there will be showers in scotland, so moving south and east during the day. not much of —— much of england and wales will stay drive. out of the sunshine, in the breeze, it may feel chilly out there. high pressure to the self on monday, with a running across northern parts of the uk. it starts really quite chilly. temperatures widely into single figures. scottish glens may not be too far from freezing. a bit of sunshine to begin on monday, they were difference making an impact in scotland and northern ireland. may see some patchy rain in the west of england as we

remember, you can watch witness history every month on the bbc news channel or you can catch up on alline archive. just search online for bbc witness history. next we go to cuba. injuly 1989, four top cuban army officers were sentenced to death and executed after being convicted of drug trafficking. but critics of the regime believe the case was in fact a political attempt to punish the officers for advocating change in fidel castro's communist cuba. we hearfrom ileana de la guardia, the daughter of one of the executed men. news archive: it was the show trial that shook havana. general arnaldo 0choa, a former comrade—in—arms of fidel castro and hero of the revolution, was sentenced last friday to be shot by firing squad, along with three other army officers. translation: when they read out that my father antonio de la guardia, as well as ochoa and the others, were all sentenced to death, it came as a massive shock. my father looked over to where i was sitting, but i didn't want to start crying. some of the other relatives broke down and cried but i didn't want to show that weakness. ma

bbc news we'll be looking at what a no—deal brexit would mean. if you have questions about no deal, our experts and correspondents will be answering them on the bbc news channele on the screen now — please do get in touch with whatever queries you have. that is all day tomorrow here on bbc news. a damning report has found that a chief scout who worked for chelsea football club in the 1960s and ‘70s was a dangerous and prolific child abuser, and says some adults at the club must have known. the club has apologised unreservedly for what it says was terrible sexual and racial abuse suffered by some of its former youth players. our sports editor dan roan is at stamford bridge. explain more about what happened, about what the club is saying. chelsea say that the publication of two reports this afternoon show that they intend to shine a bright light into the dark corners of the club's history, and they are not going to shy away from responsibility for what happened in the past. the first focus is on what this review described as harrowing details of child sexual abuse by the former chief scout here in the 1960s and 19705, chief scout here in the 1960s and 1970s, a

bbc iplayer. thank you, lucy fisher and stephen bush. coming up next, the latest sports before the weather and news day at midnight. from all of us on the bbc news channelening. i'm chetan pathak with your latest sports news. we start with celtic, who will not be playing in the group stages of the champions league this season after being knocked out by romanian side cluj in the second leg of their third round qualifier at celtic park. it finished 4—3 to the romanian champions, who came from behind to go through 5—4 on aggregate. a huge blow for neil lennon's side, who were expected to progress. what worries me was our approach to the game. i don't think we work to the game. i don't think we work to the goalkeeper at all first half, andi the goalkeeper at all first half, and i don't think we played with any real intensity. the first goal, we got a warning before that and we still didn't stop the cross and he got the cross in and let it run and we let it go. with only got ourselves to blame, we had the lead and we are subject to our own decision—making really. much better news for linfield, though, they're through to the play—off round of the europa leagu

we are back on monday morning at ten o'clock on bbc two and bbc news channel. goodbye. hello there.the rain however has still been a concern through the day and will continue to be a concern for the next 12 hours or so, particularly for southern scotland and the northern half of england. so bbc local radio will have all the travel details. from the satellite picture you can see the best of the sunshine has been in the south. we have had some sharp showers but it is clearly much wetter and cloudier further north and it's here across southern scotland and the north of england where the rain just keeps falling. another ten to 20 millimetres today and possibly double that in a few places. considering that some areas of cumbria have had a months worth of rain just throughout the weekend that is obviously going to cause further concerns with flooding. some of these are thundery as well, these showers further south. but it has felt quite warm and the winds are light. 0utside those shows, in the sunshine, we have achieved 22, 23. it is notably cooler, though further north. though, further n

we are back on monday morning at 10am on bbc two and the bbc news channel. have a great weekend.ry pleasa nt much of the country has had a very pleasant afternoon. plenty of sunshine across northern central and eastern areas but more cloud across the west thanks to this area of low pressure which will be a big player in our weather into next week. the weather front has been moving in our weather into next week. the weatherfront has been moving into western parts, cloud and outbreaks of rainfor western parts, cloud and outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, perhaps the south west of scotland, and the fringes of wales. further east the afternoon showers will die away leaving a clear night for many, just variable cloud and mist patches. temperature 13—15. sunday sta rts patches. temperature 13—15. sunday starts similar to saturday, mist and fog, plenty of sunshine on the map. cloudy conditions thanks to those weather fronts further west, with outbreaks of rain. also some showers developing. some of these could be heavy and thundery. a warm afternoon again. we could see 27 across th

you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel, but from me and rest of the team,understorms in this very strong and in places damaging winds whipping up the waves in penzance and once it is an exposed spot, gusts of 84 mph on the isle of wight would be no worthy in october let alone august when we saw gusts up to 60 mph across inland areas. all tied in with a deep area of low pressure, slowly pulling northwards and eastwards overnight into the north sea. gradually the strong gusts will ease down and dusty windy across northern scotland and south—east england with outbreaks of rain for scotla nd england with outbreaks of rain for scotland and northern ireland and northern england in this area will slip further southwards and become more showery and to the south of this, clear skies and not nearly as windy by the dawn of tomorrow. temperatures overnight between 10 and 15 celsius. the concern tomorrow is for the rain across scotland. persistent rain through the central belt and southern scotland and fringing northern england and that will bring disruption in places a

we are back live, monday morning at 10:00am on bbc two, the bbc news channel, and online. in the weather forecast over the next few days across scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. why? because we are closest here to an area of low pressure that is spinning its way around. southwards an of cloud, and waving its way around this threatens to bring rain across southern coasts of england before turning across south—east england and could see more general rain here. over the next few hours, showers widespread across wales and south—west england as well. a breezy sunday. the rest of sunday if we do see some rain start across the day, it will clear away quickly but the showers across wales and south—west england will spread eastwards with time. no—one is immune from seeing a downpour or two but the majority of showers working further north working their way across scotland, across northern ireland and into parts of england, the north—west of wales too. cooler in the north. temperatures not too bad in the south. that's your weather. good morning, welcome to bre

we're back on monday morning at 10:00 on the bbc two and the bbc news channel. show you a photo from lancashire earlier in the day. 0vernight tonight cloud working into coastal parts of the south—west of england and perhaps south wales overnight and perhaps south wales overnight and still scope for showers working into the scottish islands but after a warm day, temperatures are slow to fall overnight and we are looking at temperatures at 11pm at 18—21 in a number of places. there's temperatures will drop a little and into sunday, more of the same sunny weather. there could be low cloud at times on some coastal areas in the south—west but otherwise, dry, plenty of sunshine and if anything, even hotter. top temperature 27 in edinburgh and up to 32 in london and south—east england. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. the headlines at five. prince andrew says "at no stage" did he "see or suspect" any criminal behaviour that subsequently led to the arrest and conviction of disgraced financierjeffrey epstein. the prime minister has said he will urge president t

we're back on monday morning at 10am on bbc two and the bbc news channel. today. those exceptions across coastal areas of wales and parts of south—west england where we have seen a bit of cloud moving in from time to time. blue skies all the way and that was the glorious scene earlier on and around the fort william, the highlands of scotland. overnight, we will keep the clear skies, patchy cloud will develop across western areas and move into perhaps western scotland. a warm night for sleeping, after a warm day. temperatures between 18 and 21 in the towns and cities. the countryside will be more comfortable at 11pm. we have a weak cold front bringing patchy cloud across england and scotland. there will be lower temperatures for these areas on monday. into eastern wales and central and eastern england, that is where we will see the highest temperatures again, 33 are maybe 3a in the hottest spots. this is bbc news. the headlines... boris johnson says the chances of a brexit deal are "touch and go" ahead of his meeting with the eu council president at the g7 s

we are back live, monday morning at 10:00am on bbc two, the bbc news channel, and online. me. let's bring you up—to—date with how we see things shaping up for the weekend and we will take you into the forthcoming week. for the rest of the day it is a mixture of blustery showers and sunny spells to be had as well, a much improved prospect for the next few hours than where we were this time yesterday. you notice we still have portions of the weather front that brought the cloud, wind and rain close to the far south and the north—western quarter of the british isles and there are lots of isobars on the chart as well, so the winds still an ever present over the next 2a hours or so. the northern portion of the weather front, bringing showers through the evening to bring longer spells of rain, urged along by winds. some of the gusts at low levels 45 mph, on the highest ground, watch out, 60 or 70mph. in the small hours of sunday morning, the southern portion of the weather front thickens the cloud and drags the prospect of rain back into the south—eastern quarter. not a cold nig

we are back on monday morning at ten o'clock on bbc two and bbc news channel. goodbye. hello.ekend. torrential rain, thunderstorms, and of course those very strong and in places damaging winds, really whipping up the sea at lyme regis in dorset. while it is an exposed spot, an 84mph gust at the needles on the isle of wight would be notable in october, let alone august. we have seen widespread gusts of 50—60mph well inland too, all down to this deep area of low pressure which continues to pull away north and eastwards overnight, slowly taking the strongest winds with it, but leaving in its wake this trail of fronts, which will bring quite a wet day across scotland and northern england. but at least we start sunday with somewhat lighter winds. still quite windy, particularly for eastern england and also northern scotland, and it's scotland and northern england that we're most concerned about through sunday. some heavy rain, we could well see 20—30 millimetres quite widely, maybe 40—50 millimetres in some places. it is really through the central belt, down into southern scotland

news on bbc one is at 5.30 — bye for now. hello. , it's 1:12pm. you're watching the bbc news channel with me, shaun ley.n france. earlier today european council president donald tusk gave a statement to the media. as well as announcing official plans for the weekend, he also talked about meeting with borisjohnson in an attempt to avoid a no—deal brexit... tomorrow, on the margins of the summit, i will have a meeting with prime minister borisjohnson. he will be the third british conservative prime minister with whom i will discuss brexit. the eu was always open to cooperation — when david cameron wanted to avoid brexit, when theresa may wanted to avoid a no—deal brexit and we will also be ready, now, to hold serious talks with prime ministerjohnson. one thing i will not cooperate on is no deal. and i still hope that prime ministerjohnson will not like to go down in history as mr no—deal. we are willing to listen to ideas that are operational, realistic and acceptable to all member states, including ireland, if and when the uk government is ready to put them on the table. mr tusk also acknowldged that the

news on bbc one is at 5:20pm, goodbye for now. hello, a very good at least the picture from lords and more widely across the british isles looking hello. you're watching the bbc news channel and 30 years—old, are being questioned on suspicion of murdering a police officer in berkshire who was dragged along a road by a vehicle. pc andrew harper, who was 28, died on thursday evening while responding to reports of a burglary. flags have been flying at half mast across the thames valley force area, in memory of the officer, who married only four weeks ago. matthew barber is deputy police and crime commissioner for thames valley — he told me many people had been paying tribute to pc andrew harper this morning. well, as you say, this is a desperately personal tragedy and we mustn't lose site of the fact that andrew harper's family have lost somebody they loved and married only four weeks ago, his wife is now a widow. it is desperately sad and i think everybody feels that. you have heard from people from the community who wanted to pay tribute to him and the work he had done in a comparatively short policing career. absolutely. people have been down at the scene today laying flo

we are back on monday morning at ten o'clock on bbc two at the bbc news channel and online. bit of rangers that the weekend. not all has been as heavy as this, from shropshire, early today. we have also seen some shropshire, early today. we have also seen some very shropshire, early today. we have also seen some very heavy rain in scotland, especially luton north. that will system has been hanging around, particularly in scotland, with that heavy rain. it is now moving eastwards into the rain is turning lighter as it does so. the wind changing from a westerly to a north—westerly. the last of what is less of the system cooling away from east anglia and the south—east. the heavy rain and love in scotland are easing to showers, they continue in the north and west of scotland overnight, a few brushing the coast of northern ireland. the temperatures overnight quite widely in single figures as was that the day tomorrow. there will be a lot of sunshine tomorrow, i decidedly fleshed out to the day. showers in scotla nd fleshed out to the day. showers in scotland early, some pushing

you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel.d afternoon. hello. this is bbc news. you caught me out there. it is now 1.12. back to one of our top stories — the mass shooting in texas that has left 20 people dead and dozens injured. it happened at about 10.30 at a shopping mall in el paso in texas. victoria balderrama was shopping in the mall with her parents when the shooting broke out. they were in lockdown in the shopping centre for an hour before a swat team arrived to help them escape. we were there about 30 minutes when they announced they were closing down the store. locked the doors, which i didn't really think much of at the time and then they told us to huddle in the corner of the store and that's when i really started to worry. because i didn't think it was, you know, normal to be doing that. if it was something so minor. but they let us know that there was an active shooter inside the mall, on the second level and ijust went into survival mode, i mean, it was so scary being in that kind of situation. being from el pas

we are back live, monday morning at 10:00am on bbc two, the bbc news channel, and online.s being a regime of sunny spells and showers but as you know from your experience, there can bea number of know from your experience, there can be a number of variations on that theme and the rest of today falls under a theme and the rest of today falls undera similar theme and the rest of today falls under a similar banner. all of the above supplied by the area of low pressure which has been around for a number of days in the north of scotland. this banner of cloud produced more persistent rain across the southern counties in the first half of sunday. that has now quit the scene. following behind, a brighter sky across the southern parts of britain, skies clearing beautifully across parts of cornwall. further north if you get too many showers or a big one and it sells the sky, your mixture of sunny spells and showers will look more like that. for the rest of the evening and overnight, we will keep the shower circulating around the low pressure and coming in across scotland, northern i

we are back on monday morning at ten o'clock on bbc two and bbc news channel. goodbye.ales. they will be with us england and wales. they will be with us for a few hours. jails over the hills and around the coasts. heavy downpours have been rattling through quite quickly in the south, slow—moving further north, so we have had reports of surface water flooding, rain continuing for northern ireland, parts of northern england but also increasingly for scotland. that amount of rainfall, 60-80 scotland. that amount of rainfall, 60—80 millimetres, could lead to further flooding as it is continuing through the night, there is a met office warning for that thundery rain. the wind at the starting to ease through the night and lighter tomorrow. a greater chance of heavy downpours and thunderstorms across england and wales tomorrow, but this draws the attention to very wet weather forecast for parts of scotland, and northern england. that isa scotland, and northern england. that is a real cause for concern. as ever, the warning details are on the website. this is bbc news. i'm lukw

i'm sure it will be back in time the next paper with you which is tonight on the bbc news channel.. there are suggestions the eu should reopen negotiations because of politics has changed due to the european parliament elections. it is actually much more polite than the headlines, rather respectable suggestion. it all comes down to the backstop and that is what they are terrified about. it is where mr barnier has some flexibility, we hope. it is a desperate bid. it is an interesting... what he has written is interesting. it is not fire and brimstone, as you say. it is much more reason than that. this is much more reason than that. this is quite interesting, the way in which the stories are presented. the headline on it is clear you don't have a mandate now, you missed your barnier, go back to your eu masters, very dismissive. —— mr barnier. another argument from the government about why the withdrawal agreement negotiation should be reopened. do you know why it is getting such a blank response from brussels? anyone he has interacted with the european commission and the european uni

much more on the bbc news channel of course through the afternoon.ntry? time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. it is cooling down elsewhere across the uk partly because we had some rain around today. here example in saint helens 23 degrees yesterday but cooler now because of that rain. i have that some sunshine in parts of hampshire but temperatures 8 degrees cooler than yesterday. we have some showers on the scene, this moving away from the east coast and then the next band comes in from the west pushing towards the midlands, lincolnshire and the west country and behind that some sunshine but also some showers. and cooler

that's at 6.30pm on the bbc news channel.ull match commentary of that game on radio 5live tonight — the first of 140 live premier league commentaries coming up for listeners over the course of the season. the bbc sport website and app will have live text commentary of every single game including the champions manchester city's first fixture at west ham at lunchtime tomorrow. manchester united manager 0le gunnar solskjaer has defended the club's summer transfer policy. striker romelu lu ka ku was sold to inter milan yesterday. solskjaer says he is "delighted" overall with united's transfer business but understands the frustrations of supporters. of course, there's always going to be fans out there who want to sign players. that's just part and parcel of being here, so the players are here now. they have been shown that trust and we believe in them. eddiejones has named his england squad for sunday's rugby world cup warm—up match against wales at twickenham on sunday. with the tournament in japan now just a little over a month

they would have to close a number of services, not east bbc two, bbc four, radio five live, bbc news channelsed a number of people to develop breathing difficulties on the seafront at frinton and clacton yesterday. one woman said her daughter was left "gasping" for breath. their symptoms are said to have improved when they moved away from the beach. beachgoers were advised not to go in the sea. the coast guard said there had been no reports of spillages from passing ships. our correspondent richard lister has been following the latest at frinton—on—sea for us and sent this update. the advice not to go into the water along as it may stretch of coast. as you can see, people are ignoring that advice, and no problems so far. will lodge is from the council, he is with us now. no problems reported today? we've had no further reported incidents to the council or our partners. how big was the problem yesterday? there was a large number of people affected yesterday, they were treated by the ambulance service. i would stress that the vast majority of those were fine after having a bit of a rinse with

much more on the bbc news channel of course through the afternoon. temperatures are rising here but what about the rest of the country? time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. it is cooling down elsewhere across the uk partly because we had some rain around today. here example in saint helens 23 degrees yesterday but cooler now because of that rain. i have that some sunshine in parts of hampshire but temperatures 8 degrees cooler than yesterday. we have some showers on the scene, this moving away from the east coast and then the next band comes in from the west pushing towards the midlands, lincolnshire and the west country and behind that some sunshine but also some showers. and cooler here, 18 in glasgow. rain later on in the evening, by then it is not a great deal of that and then clear skies following on behind. the crowd increasing in northern ireland, western scotland, some showers later in the night and a cooler night everywhere, much more comfortable for it sleeping. temperatures quite a few degrees lower across the south—east. to

we are back on monday morning at 10am on bbc two and the bbc news channel. have a great weekend.n too bad, especially across the south—east where it has been warm and humid but further north and west showers will develop especially this evening where we will see downpours affecting some areas of northern england. a warm end to the day for south—eastern areas, 26 degrees, further north closer to the average but were concerned about some of these thunderstorms in the evening affecting parts of scotland and northern england, some of the floods sensitive areas there. these hit and miss downpours could be potent and produce a bit of lightning, hail and gusty winds as they continue to move north and east as the evening wears on. another batch of showery rain pushes into northern ireland, another front so once this band of showers clears away after a very brief dry interlude overnight this next batch of showers will push into many central and western areas. no work will be especially cold tonight, 13—16 the overnight lows, then into the new week this area of low pressure will stick arou

say they would have to close a number of services, not least bbc two, bbc four, radio 5 live, bbc news channelborisjohnson very shortly we are expected to hear from boris johnson in very shortly we are expected to hear from borisjohnson in biarritz. that's the scene as they make preparations for that news conference. and we will take you to that as soon as that gets under way. before we do, let's get the weather. the hottest bank holiday monday at the stage of august on record. for once a bank holiday weekend when we have been talking about the heat. record—breaking heat yesterday. 33.3 degrees at heathrow. that is not only the record for the light bank holiday but all are bank holidays including the main ones as well. you can see the heat affected northern ireland and scotland as well, temperatures in the high 20s. fresh are here today but still some spots across central and eastern england could get into the low 30s. watch how the colours change for the rest of the week. hot in the east still, by wednesday we come down to more average temperatures, and towards the end of the week a few spots

new one on me. i knew about the drink, the flavour? this is beyond 100 days from the bbc. coming up for viewers on the bbc news channelbola case in the democratic republic of congo — 1800 people have died. we'll hear what can stop the spread. and as the us china trade war is forcing american's into foodbanks heavy and at times thundery area in the manchester area and the derbyshire peaks. the manchester area and the derbyshire pea ks. there the manchester area and the derbyshire peaks. there are still a number of rain warnings, one severe warning in derbyshire. rain in the nearby hills filtering into river systems, leading to flooding. and here, there has been 1.5 months worth of rain in the last week which has led to flooding. further south we have seen has led to flooding. further south we have seen more has led to flooding. further south we have seen more in the way of sunshine. few if any showers across more southern parts of england and into wales. further north, showers will tend to decay over the next few hours and most places will be dry over night. misty over eastern parts of england and scotland. start with

coming up for viewers on the bbc news channel and bbc world news — pakistan's prime minister talks toughe conflict? and we'll be taking a closer look at microplastics — the tiny pieces of plastic turning up all over the world. the biggest study into their risk to human health has just been completed. we've got all the results. that's still to come. hello again, for many of us the weather is set to get warmer this weekend, hot in places with temperatures reaching as high 30 celsius. today however we have some rain to content with. this weather front is wriggling and weaving around northern england, into parts of northern ireland and another one bringing patchy rain across wales as well. through the rest of the day, it will be wet in north—west england but some patches the rain crossing the pennines so it could be awkward in headingley over the next couple of hours but ultimately, it will get dry here. the best of the day's weather is across the south—east where temperatures reached 25 degrees. overnight, our weather front degrees. overnight, our weather fro nt m oves degrees. overnight, o