the bbc newsroom often seen behind the presenters, exhibits a calm, quiet, unbiased professionalism we expect from the bbc. until, that is, the final minutes of outside source and tuesday, with the ever—professional ross atkins, as we heard the moment when england's final penalty went in, the newsroom rightly forgot the unbiased rule — the normal tranquil silence turned into cheers, and ross simply gave up on his item about spotify. it was simply a moment of brilliant bbc news. jon sopel had earlierjoined in the flag waving, by tweeting this picture of him from washington, with a question, "what do you mean, i'm inappropriately dressed for work?" so, are these harmless examples of a sporting enthusiasm that reflects the national mood, or a worrying deviation from the bbc‘s traditional impartiality, which has been evident on air throughout the tournament? the pandemonium in the newsroom may not have been shared by fans of the northern irish, welsh and scottish teams, who are not always accustomed to lending their support to the english, or by those with no enthusiasm for football. we ca

general pandemonium, and that's just here in the bbc newsroom.tephen garner was watching that and describes what he saw. jon sopel had earlier joined in the flag waving, by tweeting this picture of him from washington, with the question: so, are these harmless examples of a sporting enthusiasm that reflects the national mood, or a worrying deviation from the bbc‘s traditional impartiality, which has been evident on air throughout the tournament? the pandemonium in the newsroom may not have been shared by fans of the northern irish, welsh and scottish teams, who are not always accustomed to lending their support to the english, or by those with no enthusiasm for football. and the amount of airtime devoted to tuesday's game before and after it took place led colin reid to e—mail with incredulity on wednesday morning. well, we aired complaints along similar lines a couple of weeks ago, on this programme and, as they have continued to come in, we have invited the editor of the news at six, and the news at ten to repond to them. thanks for coming on n

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story. —— knocking out of the big prize. —— knocking out of the semi—finals. well, this is a good image deshaies. we've had our first sight of the 12 boys who were rescued in thailand. they're still in hospital in chiang rai, not far caves where they they'd been trapped. and we're getting more details of the rescue operation that got them out. lucy williamson reports. these are the luckiest boys in thailand. still weak, still in quarantine, these pictures the first we've seen since a rescue diver filmed them huddled together in the cave. their schoolboy poses for the camera hiding the miracle that they are here at all. what happened here at the cave over the past two weeks inspired horror, then awe, and now curiosity. a dozen boys who couldn't dive or even swim, trapped two miles inside the cave. rescuers said the biggest risk was that they would simply panic. so how did they get them out? the incredible story of their rescue from tham luang is onlyjust emerging. this is the first footage of

general pandemonium, and that is just in the bbc newsroom. yes, that was asked! —— us.the weather story across the uk, it has been dull and boring of late, we had to go to the football to some excitement. yesterday, a cloud in the sky again much of the country as depicted by north wales but some subtle differences as we go through the day today. a little more cloud around for many of us and there may even be chance of a shower. why? the high pressure is just weakening chance of a shower. why? the high pressure isjust weakening its chance of a shower. why? the high pressure is just weakening its grip a little and it is allowing this plume of showery rain to push up on the south—west. very hit and miss and not everywhere will see them but the risk of a few of those and at the risk of a few of those and at the same time the north—easterly breeze will drag in more cloud across northern england and eastern england throughout the day. here, that could have an effect of this field the temperature but that is look at these showers, circulating around the south—west area, we may

other stories from around the bbc newsroom.igh alert as protests enter a second week in the country's southern provinces. but he warned them not to open fire on unarmed demonstrators. so far 11 people have been killed and hundreds were wounded in clashes with police. people are demonstrating against unemployment, corruption and poor services. that's on bbc arabic. a group of villagers has killed nearly 300 crocodiles at a reptile sanctuary in the indonesian province of west papua. the slaughter was in retaliation — after a local man was apparently killed by one of the animals from the site. police say they may press charges. that's on bbc indonesia. let me show you these pictures live from the house of commons here in the uk. mps have begun voting this evening on amendments to one of the key bits of brexit legislation. theresa may has caved in to pressure from some of her own backbenchers and made changes to the customs bill. it's just over a week since the prime minister gathered the cabinet at her country residence chequers a

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is?r the last spot in the quarterfinals. the second half is underway, the score is 0—0. the head of poland's supreme court has vowed to defy a new law forcing her and dozens of senior judges to retire early. a spokesman for the supreme court said she would go to work as normal on wednesday. on monday the european union launched legal action against poland's government, saying the law undermined judicial independence. austria is preparing to strip diplomatic immunity from an iranian envoy who's suspected of planning to bomb exiled iranian politicians in paris last weekend. tehran denies any involvement. bbc persian. google has confirmed that private emails sent and received by gmail users can sometimes be read by third—party app developers, not just machines. people who have connected third—party apps to their accounts may have unwittingly given human staff permission to read their messages. one company told the wall street journal that the practise was "common" and a "dirty secret". in a

this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story.midterm elections. at least 15 people have died in an attack on a government building in the city of jalalabad in afghanistan. gunmen set off several explosives at the entrance gate and stormed the compound. it's the latest in a string of attacks in the region, most of them carried out by the islamic state group. former president 0bama and his former us vice presidentjoe biden reunited at a bakery in washington. in a surprise visit at the dog tag bakery, they took time to greet the patrons and thank them for their service. the bakery helps train and employ disabled veterans, as well as offering support to military families. we don t usually have stories from georgia, but today we have two. firstly, on monday, the georgian constitutional court scrapped fines for marijuana use. that effectively abolishes punishments for consuming it, unless that poses a threat to non—users. but growing and selling it is still an offence. 0pposition politicians have been behind the push for the change. th

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is.e leave hospital, they've been speaking about their ordeal, and the moment they were found doctor saying they are doing well. sir cliff richard has won his high court privacy battle against the bbc, and has been awarded an initial £210,000 in damages — that's $270,000. the court found bbc‘s reporting of a police raid, in connection with an allegation of historical child sex abuse, infringed the star's privacy rights. sir cliff always denied the allegations and was never arrested or charged. the bbc is considering an appeal. salvagers have discovered the wreck of a russian warship that sunk more than 100 years ago off south korea. the dimitrii donskoi was scuttled by her crew in 1905 during a war between russia and japan. rumours have long persisted it was carrying gold worth billions of dollars in today's money, although many doubt that. from bbc russian. and this video is parked in the most watched list. with good reason. this guy went to steal a two foot high garden gnome. but over h

this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story. world cup final. they will play croatia or england in the world cup final. the death toll of flooding in western japan has passed 150. another 67 people are still missing. these are the latest pictures we have of the rescue mission. this is a residential area of hiroshima, where teams are trying to dig through the mud to find survivors. this is now japan's worst weather disaster for over 35 years. the 0kayama and hiroshima regions have been born this brunt of this with two million people being displaced in the last week. more than 200,000 people are still without running water. and while this is all happening, temperatures are reaching over 30 degrees. if we look at what's happening across the northern hemisphere this summer, some areas are seeing extreme heat, and others, above average rainfall. here's the un weather agency. as we always say, no specific event can be attributed to climate change. but what we're seeing is consistent with climate change scenarios. extreme heat, consist

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... state fighters have killed scores of people in a wave of attacks on government—held areas in south western syria. several suicide bombings hit the main city in the region. activists say that up to 150 people have been killed, including civilians and pro—government fighters. the american airlines group has become the latest international carrier to comply with a chinese demand to change the way it refers to taiwan, even though the white house had described china's order as orwellian nonsense. beijing asserts that taiwan is part of china. a republican politician in the united states has resigned after he was tricked into exposing his buttocks and using racist language by the british comedian, sacha baron cohen. he was taking part in what he thought was an anti—terrorist training class run by mr baron cohen, who was posing as a former colonel in the israeli army. he refused to step down from the georgia house of representatives after the footage was broadcast on sunday, but relented afte

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story.weapons research laboratory is investigating what caused a man and a woman to fall gravely ill, close to where a former russian spy was poisoned in march. we are expecting a statement on that in the next 15 minutes. a married british lesbian has won the right to live and work in hong kong with her wife in a landmark ruling from the territory's top court. the decision to grant the woman a spousal visa, ends a long running legal battle in hong kong, where same—sex unions are not recognised. that's from bbc chinese. the indian government has asked whatsapp to take action to prevent false texts and provocative content that have led to a series of lynchings. false messages and videos about child abductors one of the most read stories on our website today, the co—founder and chairman of giant chinese conglomerate, hna group, has died in a fall in southern france. wang jen "accidentally fell" off a wall in provence, while on a business trip. mr wang helped turn hna into one of the world's big

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. with vladimir putin of russia went better than his talks with nato allies, as he comes under heavy criticism at home for the way he handled it. they also said he misspoke when he said there is no reason to rush it easy to meddling in 2016 election and said he accepts that the us intelligence agencies should be trusted. turning to the main stories... the european court of human rights has condemned russia for its handling of two high—profile cases. it said russia had violated five articles of the human rights convention in its arrest and conviction of pussy riot members in 2012. the court also heavily criticised russia's investigation into journalist anna politkovskaya's murder. bbc russian. israel has tightened restrictions on its only cargo crossing with the gaza strip. that's after palestinians carried out fresh attacks with incendiary balloons. no fuel will be able to get through until sunday, but food and medicine deliveries will still be permitted. israel said it was responding t

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is?ade hit greece leaving more than 70 dead. there are reports some of the fires may have been deliberately lit. the prime minister has appealed for calm. some other stories being covered on bbc world service. five days after being released from hospital, eleven of the twelve boys and their football coach who were trapped in a thai cave have had their heads shaved before a buddhist ordination ceremony. the boys have been ordained as novice monks, and will live in a monastery for 9 days — a tradition for males in thailand who experience adversity. one other boy — a christian — will not take part. russian investigators have arrested a 74—year—old space scientist, who is suspected of passing missile secrets to a nato country. the alleged spying concerns hypersonic missiles, which fly at more than five times the speed of sound. this image from the tour de france has been catching a lot of attention. police sprayed tear gas to break up a protest by farmers. some went over the cyclists who had

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is?nite migrant children separated from their parents. one of colombia‘s most powerful criminal organisations has put out a hit on a sniffer dog. sombra, or shadow, has sniffed out almost 10 tonnes of the urabe os gang‘s cocaine over the course of her career. after the gang put a $70,000 price on sombra‘s head, she was moved to ensure her safety. one of our most read articles online — a zoo in egypt has denied painting black stripes on a donkey to make it look like a zebra. the article also lists other instances of alleged zoo fraudery — such as when in 2013, a chinese zoo tried to pass off a tibetan mastiff dog as an african lion. just to update you on the deadly dam collapse in laos, the torrent of water unleashed on monday has drained into cambodia, the dam is located in the province in the south—east of the country near the borders with vietnam and cambodia. 27 people have been confirmed dead and 131 still missing. here‘s nick beake. bruised, bewildered and with no idea if their paren

general pandemonium, and that's just here in the bbc newsroom., are these harmless examples of a sporting enthusiasm that reflects the national mood, or a worrying deviation from the bbc‘s traditional impartiality, which has been evident on air throughout the tournament? the pandemonium in the newsroom may not have been shared by fans of the northern irish, welsh and scottish teams, who are not always accustomed to lending their support to the english, or by those with no enthusiasm for football. kathleen foote: and the amount of airtime devoted to tuesday's game before and after it took place led colin reid to e—mail with incredulity on wednesday morning. well, we aired complaints along similar lines a couple of weeks ago on this programme and, as they've continued to come in, we have invited the editor of the news at six, and the news at ten to repond to them. thanks for coming on newswatch. why does the world cup take over so much of news coverage? i don't think it does take over lots of the news coverage. clearly it's the world cup, it's once

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is?an with "dire consequences". it comes after tehran said any conflict between the two countries would be "the mother of all wars". other stories from the bbc world service. bulldozers have begun demolishing the homes of more than thirty thousand people in kibera, a giant slum in the kenyan capital nairobi. some residents say they were caught unaware by the demolition which began at around dawn, so they were unable to retrieve their belongings. the government says the structures were illegal and had to be cleared to allow the construction of a new road. bbc swahili. government forces in somalia have retaken a military base in the south of the country which had been earlier captured by al—shabab fighters. six government soldiers and dozens of al—shabab fighters are said to have been killed in the battle for the base, near the port of kismayo. this story on our website is drawing a lot of traffic. people at the beach in russia were treated to the sight of a waterspout, this footage was cap

this is 0utside source, live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story.orking visit. the prime minister theresa may welcomed him earlier, along with the first lady, to bleinheim palace in 0xfordshire for a banquet. let's have a look at some stories on the bbc‘s language services. the syrian government has re—ta ken control of the southern city of deraa, where the revolt against president assad began seven years ago. pictures on state tv showed the syrian flag being raised in the main square, after government vehicles accompanied by russian troops entered the area. that's on bbc arabic. archaeologists in mexico have discovered an ancient temple hidden inside a pyramid that had been damaged by an earthquake. the chamber was discovered when scientists used a radar to check for structural damage following last september's 7.1 magnitude quake. that's on bbc mundo. and this clip has been widely watched on our website. 200 kilogrammes of explosives were used to blow up this partially—built bridge in colombia. authorities decided to destroy it after it collapsed

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story.bodia's elections are set to hand the ruling party all 125 parliamentary seats, an outcome that would turn the country into a one—party state after a vote that took place without a political opposition. the result paves the way for this man here — hun sen — to extend his thirty—three year term in power. the white house described the vote as neitherfree norfair, and in a statement, said the trump administration would consider action, like the extension of visa restrictions on cambodian officials. the country's opposition leader, who lives in self—imposed exile in paris, didn't mince his words about this result. it was a farce. a sham election. he doesn't represent the will of the people. because the main opposition party was not allowed to participate. so half of the nation was disenfranchised and had no choice. the bbc‘s nanchanok wongsamuth was in cambodia covering the election. it is something cambodians already expect, that the cpp looks likely to win all 125 seats. it is also frust

this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... how many of you? 13.ill spend more time getting out, it's going to be very, very complicated. brexit is reaching the sharp end of things. on friday, at chequers, the prime minister's country residence — senior ministers will gather to agree the government's negotiating position on brexit. and we're told there's a new plan on the table for how customs could work. we don't have full details on that — but here's theresa may in parliament earlier. there remains some real differences between us and the european commission on northern ireland. on the protocol on northern ireland, i wa nt to the protocol on northern ireland, i want to be clear. we have put forward proposals and will reduce the proposal so that if a temporary backstop is needed, there will be no ha rd backstop is needed, there will be no hard order in place. we are absolutely committed to the avoidance of such a border. it's 9 months until brexit happens. and there's no shortage of advice for the pm. a lead pro—brexit mp jacob rees—mogg wrote in

you're watching outside source live from the bbc newsroom.efining the country as a uniquelyjewish state. the israeli government says it's a defining moment, but it's fuelling anger among its the arab minority. other stories from the bbc world service: the comedian trevor noah has defended himself after being criticised by a french diplomat for saying "africa won the world cup." more than half the french squad can trace their heritage back to africa. the french ambassador to the us said the comedian was denying their "frenchness" by calling them african. the party that won mexico's recent election has been fined $10 million for breaking campaign finance laws. the electoral authority imposed the fine on the morena party over a trust it had created for victims of september's devastating earthquake. it said it had found "profound irregularities" in the way the trust was set up and the money handled. morena said it would appeal against the fine, the highest imposed on any party. and this is doing well online. these two orphaned scottish wildcat ki

this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story.signation of his embattled environmental protection agency chief scott pruitt. a boat carrying 90 people has capsized in thailand. at least one person has died, nearly 50 are missing. it happened here, just off the island of phuket in the country's south. at around 6pm local time. these are some of the latest pictures we have. emergency services are responding to the incident. the boat overturned in strong winds and rough seas. we also have these pictures. people being brought to shore. 48 passengers were rescued by a fishing trawler. there was a second capsizing. all 39 people on that boat are accounted for. the governor of southern phuket has told reporters rescue efforts have stopped, and will start again in the morning. here's nopporn wong—anan from the bbc‘s thai service. there were three incidents that happened... it is a very popular tourist destination, so lots of european, chinese, and russians are going there. the rain came in the evening, very heavy rain, lots of storms. it

this is bbc newsroom at 11am.tor accused of injecting children with a truth drug at a derbyshire hospital over 25 years — says he would be questioned — if he was still alive. a woman who says she is stuck in an unhappy marriage loses her supreme court appeal to be granted a divorce.

we live in the bbc newsroom.at borisjohnson has resigned from the uk government over brexit. in the past few minutes we have had theirjeremy hunt is the new foreign secretary, replacing him as health secretary will be matt hancox. some of the main stories from bbc world service. happy when seen has pleaded not guilty at a court in new york. —— harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty. more than 70 women have accused him of sexual misconduct including rape. whole installation in china is being blamed for a massive rise in emissions of the cream has gas —— greenhouse gas. this search was on for the source of these emissions after they was found to be in the atmosphere despite being banned in 2010. and lots of you have watched this video released by police in london. they are looking for the manganese cmv board who fires three shots into a car, aimed at a women who was driving to work. fortu nately, who was driving to work. fortunately, all three shots missed and she was unhurt. not long till donald trump and 90s has

ok, england are through, general pandemonium and that is just here in the bbc newsroom. late has been pretty dull and boring — we had to go to the football for some excitement, haven't we? in fact, yesterday, hardly a cloud in the sky again actoss much of the country, as depicted by north wales, but some subtle differences as we go through the day today. there'll be a little more cloud around for many of us and there may even be a chance of a shower. why? well, the high pressure isjust weakening its grip a little and it's allowing this plume of showery rain to push up from the south—west. they'll be very hit and miss and not everywhere will see them, but there is a risk of a few of those, and at the same time the north—easterly breeze will drag in more cloud across northern england and eastern england throughout the day. so here, that could just have an effect of this feel of the temperature, but let's take a look at these showers in a little more detail, circulating around that south—west area, but we might see one or two just pushing up into southern england as well. s

the decisions made in the bbc newsroom to report the police investigation into sir cliff richard in 2014to use a helicopter to film it significantly invaded his privacy, said thejudge. it was a scathing judgment. the judge said the reporting was breathless sensationalism, and using the helicopter created false drama. he rejected the bbc‘s case. 0ne bbc boss, he said, was not always a reliable witness and he decided the bbc went in for an invasion of sir cliff's privacy rights in a big way. bbc editors fran unsworth and jonathan monroe were grim—faced hearing the heavy criticism, but claim this is a dramatic move against press freedom. thejudge accepting it could have a significant impact on the media. the bbc is very sorry for the distress caused to sir cliff, we understand the very serious impact this has had on him. she says the judgment will affect every media organisation. thejudge has made clear that even if there had been no footage of the search on this story had less prominence, the very naming of sircliff would have been unlawful. this creates a significant shift against press f

the decisions made in the bbc newsroom to report the police investigation into sir cliff richard in 2014 use a helicopter to film it, significantly invaded his privacy, said thejudge. it was a scathing judgement. the judge said the reporting was breathless sensationalism, and using the helicopter created false drama. he rejected the bbc‘s case. he said the then uk news editor gary smith was not always a reliable witness, and he decided the bbc went in for an invasion of sir cliff's privacy rights in a big way. bbc editors fran unsworth and jonathan munro were grim—faced hearing the heavy criticism, but claim this is a dramatic move against press freedom. thejudge accepting it could have a significant impact on the media. the bbc is very sorry for the distress caused to sir cliff. we understand the very serious impact this has had on him. she says the judgement will affect every media organisation. thejudge has made clear that, even if there'd been no footage of the search and the story had less prominence, the very naming of sir cliff would have been unlawful. this creates a significant

bbc newsroom live is coming up next. we‘re back on monday from 0900.34 in the far south—east. 0vernight, further storms possible. there will be some clearer spells but becoming drier in the south as we move into the early hours. tomorrow, starting with more prolonged rain in the north, working its way east through the day. there will be another band of rain that is increasingly showery working its way north east and becoming drier in the afternoon in the south—east. temperatures feeling increasingly fresh tomorrow. the breeze will pick up, as well. this is bbc news. the top stories developing at 11am. the heatwave continues to cause have travel disruption as people head abroad on holiday bass heavy rain is forecast in other parts of the country. we had a two our weight to get to the check—in. 0nce country. we had a two our weight to get to the check—in. once we got there... we only had to wait for five hours. the government ends its contracts with private companies running probation services england and wales. five people have died, and five have been

here's annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day's news.roversial summit in helsinki. the democratic leader in the us senate, chuck schumer, has said there should be no more one—to—one meetings between the two leaders until americans learn what was said during the talks in the finnish capital. in an interview with cnbc, mr trump again defended his attempt to improve relations with russia. getting along with president putin, getting along with russia is a positive, not a negative. now, that being said, if that doesn't work out, i'll be the worst enemy he's ever had, the worst he's ever had. within the next hour, the prime minister is due to set out her commitment to ensuring there will be no hard border between northern ireland and the rest of the uk after brexit. theresa may will use her speech in belfast to reject the eu's so called "backstop" proposal, which could see the introduction of the good friday agreement. at least 11 people including children drowned when an amphibious vehicle capsized and sank on a popular tourist lake in the us

now let's speak to drew liquerman from republicans overseas, live from the bbc newsroom in london.to the uk since taking office? i think so far it's been fine. i think it's gone relatively smoothly, although everybody has loved to talk about that interview, but it's hard tojudge the visit about that interview, but it's hard to judge the visit right now. we willjudge it more in the coming weeks, seeing where the us and the uk stand on a trade deal, economic relations, what we see out of business relations coming out of trump's meeting with 150 business executives two nights ago, but i think the trip has gone smoothly and he looked like he was getting on well with theresa may. at the press conference, i think it's regrettable that he didn't meet with the scottish government at hollywood in scotland, although i don't think that's trump's fault. you mentioned the possibility of a us uk trade deal, but doesn't it concern you at all that mr crump said one thing in the interview with the sun and a com pletely the interview with the sun and a completely different thing in the press c0 nfe

the decisions made in the bbc newsroom to report the police investigation into sir cliff richard in 2014opter to film it, significantly invaded his privacy, said thejudge. it was a scathing judgment. the judge said the reporting was breathless sensationalism, and using the helicopter created false drama. he rejected the bbc‘s case. he said the then uk news editor gary smith was not always a reliable witness, and he decided the bbc went in for an invasion of sir cliff's privacy rights in a big way. bbc editors fran unsworth and jonathan munro were grim—faced hearing the heavy criticism, but claim this is a dramatic move against press freedom. thejudge accepting it could have a significant impact on the media. the bbc is very sorry for the distress caused to sir cliff. we understand the very serious impact this has had on him. she says the judgment will affect every media organisation. thejudge has made clear that even if there had been no footage of the search and the story had less prominence, the very naming of sircliff would have been unlawful. this creates a significant shift against

julian is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day's news. understood the broadcaster will have to pay substantial damages. that has been confirmed as £210,000. sir cliff, who denied a claim of historical sexual assault, was questioned but never arrested or charged. the judgement is likely to have major implications for the way the media is allowed to report the early stages of a criminal investigation. theresa may faces another gruelling day of questioning over her plans for brexit. last night, ministers saw off a bid by tory rebels to create a customs union with the eu if a trade deal failed. the amendment was defeated by just six votes. today, she will meet with cross—party mps and the 1922 committee of backbenchers to try and heal the divisions in the party before next week's summer recess: in a sharp u—turn, president trump says he "misspoke" earlier in the week at his summit with vladimir putin. president trump had supported mr putin's assertion that the russians did not interfere in the 2016 us election, despite american intelligence sa

now to the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the days news.re has been an "abject failure" in the aid sector to deal with sexual abuse, according to mps. a report by the international development committee says there's been a "culture of denial" since revelations earlier this year that oxfam workers paid for sex while helping victims of the 2010 earthquake in haiti. the charity has acknowledged it has "further to go" to tackle the issue. our global affairs correspondent, naomi grimley reports. it was in the aftermath of the 2010 haiti earthquake that some of 0xfam's aid workers severely compromised its much—cherished values. they used young prostitutes when they were supposed to be helping the local population bounce back from a disaster. the charity did an internal investigation. they dismissed some members of staff and let others quietly resign without properly flagging up what had happened to the authorities or other charities. today, mps said it wasn't an isolated episode. we have reached the conclusion that in the aid sector there has bee

let's head over to the bbc newsroom.icker is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the days news. don't sturgis, the mother of three who died after being exposed to another child will be buried later. public are things and has reiterated that the risk to the public is low. the authorities in northern california are continuing to battle wildfires. six people are known to have died with 12,000 firefighters tackling 17 separate blazes. homes reduced to ash. entire communities forced to flee. in northern california, still, the fire rages on. an area bigger than san francisco has already been wiped out and the number killed is rising. there has been a fourth victim identified as a result of the fire consuming a residence and a decedent located in that residence. it follows the deaths of two children, emily and james roberts and their grandmother melody bledsoe in the town of redding. i was talking to my little grandson on the phone. he's sayin‘, "grandpa, please, you gotta come and help us, the fire's at the backd

rebecca jones is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the days news.ood morning, rebecca. good morning, rebecca. good morning everyone. 1a people have been shot and one person has died in toronto, according to canadian police. the shooting happened in the greek district of the city on sunday night and the shooter is also believed to be dead. a young girl is in a critical condition. aaron safir reports. gunshots around 10pm in the evening in the greek town neighbourhood in the greektown neighbourhood of toronto, and gunshots ring out. witnesses described hearing around 20 shots and the sound of the weapon being reloaded several times. a mass shooting right beside where i live. i thought it was fireworks at first, because there was rapid—fire and then there would be a pause and then some more fire. we didn't know what it was, we saw people starting to run in our direction. i still didn't know what it was and then more people were running and so we started running and ran down a side street. it's thought the victims were spread over several blocks of the

here'sjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day's news.en a hosepipe ban in northern ireland since the end ofjune. mps will debate another important piece of brexit legislation this afternoon, after theresa may narrowly avoided a commons defeat last night. conservative divisions were exposed when the prime minister was accused of "caving in" to eurosceptic tory mps, only then to face a rebellion from those in favour of a soft brexit. cabinet ministers insist the government's plans are still on track. brexit campaign group vote leave has been fined £61,000 and referred to the police after an electoral commission probe said it broke electoral law. the investigation found significant evidence ofjoint working between the group and another organisation — beleave — leading to it exceeding its spending limit by almost £500,000. vote leave have denied any wrongdoing. donald trump is planning to meet members of congress amid a backlash over comments made during his summit with russian president vladimir putin. mr trump contradicted us intelligence

here'sjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day's news.es theresa may's brexit plans as "the worst of both worlds". it comes ahead of a crucial vote on the strategy in parliament this week. us president donald trump will meet the russian leader vladimir putin in helsinki today. although the two leaders have met before, this is their first official summit. it's thought they could talk about the war in syria and russia's alleged meddling in the us presidential election. gary 0'donoghue has more from helsinki. the expectations, joanna, are pretty low — certainly from both sides, who are playing down any hope of some big agreement from today's meeting. bearing in mind relations are pretty poor. indeed, donald trump has been on twitter already this morning, blaming those poor relations on the "foolishness and the stupidity", as he puts it, of previous us administrations. that may be a play to try and soften up vladimir putin ahead of their discussion. i don't think the former kgb operative will see that as anything more than a bit of a ploy. bu

annita mcveigh is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news.ing and thank you. the united states has agreed to work towards lowering trade barriers with the european union. donald trump announced plans yesterday in washington during a meeting with european commission president jean—claude juncker. mr trump said a new phase in their trade relations had begun and the two sides were aiming for zero tariffs. let's hear what they had to say about the break through. we have identified a number of areas on which to work together. work towards zero tariffs on industrial goods, that was my main intention. to propose to come down to zero ta riffs to propose to come down to zero tariffs on industrial goods. the united states and the european union together account for more than 830 million citizens and more than 50% of the global gdp. in other words, together we are more than 50% of trade. the desperate search is continuing for dozens of people missing after deadly wildfires in greece. more than 80 people are known to have died. andrew plant has the lates

joanna gosling is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news.signed to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and tra nsgender people in the uk from discrimination has been announced by the government. the £45 million proposal addresses access to healthcare, education in schools, and the proposed ban of a controversial "gay cure" therapy. nick rotherham reports. people start abusing us. these men are just three of the people that the government wants to help. the conversion therapy is like torture, you know, it's like a punishment. 40% of those who answered the survey said they had been victim of a hate crime. most never reported it. it's very hard to express the feelings. i mean, because we are also humans, so why people treat us like badly? more police training has been promised, but that's not all. 0n the back of the survey findings, the government has drawn up a list of more than 70 things it wants to do to improve the lives of the lgbtq community across the uk. there's still much more that we need to do to enable people to thrive, to access health—

here's ben brown is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the day's news.ve taken to the water to escape the flames. boats and helicopters are being used to try to rescue those cornered by the fires. japan's weather agency has declared a heatwave sweeping the country is now a natural disaster, with at least 65 deaths recorded in the past week. officials warn that unprecedented levels of heat were being seen in some areas. more than 22,000 people have been admitted to hospital with heat stroke. the japan meteorological agency warned that temperatures of 35c or higher would continue until early august. meanwhile, people here are being warned to stay out of the midday sun today, as most of the uk swelters in heatwave conditions. a level—three heat alert is in place for much of east and south—east england, which saw the hottest day of the year yesterday in suffolk, where the temperature reached 33.3 degrees celsius. the met office says the first half of this summer is the driest since 1961. the ministry of defence is to sell raf scampton in lincolnshire ? the b

welcome to bbc newsroom live. richard has won his high court privacy case against the bbc over its coverage of a police raid on his home. he's been awarded more than £200,000 in damages, with further sums to be decided later. the singer had claimed the bbc‘s reporting of the 2014 raid, which was part of an investigation into historical child sex allegations, was a "serious invasion" of privacy. high courtjudge mrjustice mann said, "sir cliff had privacy rights in respect "of the police investigation. "the bbc infringed those rights without a legaljustification. "it did so in a serious way and also in a somewhat sensationalist way." the singer walked out of court saying, "i'm choked up, "i can't believe it, it's wonderful news." his lawyer, gideon benaim, said the singer never expected after 60 years in the public eye to have his "privacy and reputation tarnished in such a way". surpluses very pleased that the judge has concluded that, the bbc we nt judge has concluded that, the bbc went in foran judge has concluded

welcome to bbc newsroom live.land are through to the world cup quarter—finals after a dramatic penalty shootout victory over colombia. it's the first time the three lions have won a world cup match on penalties. their next challenge will be sweden in the last eight on saturday. lets take a look at the winning penalty scored by eric dier. yes! england fans from around the world celebrated the win after an agonising penalty shoot—out and as you can see from this footage they went wild. let's get the latest from our sports correspondent, david ornstein, who's at the england base in repino. what was the atmosphere like?m what was the atmosphere like? it is a very calm location where england are based. there aren't many of us left here on match days but they arrived back at 6am and since then the whole place has been buzzing. england return to training today but it will only be the players who were substitutes or who all who were not involved. the starters were rest and recover after their exertions last night. it was

welcome to bbc newsroom live.ture of uk temperatures today with extreme heat in the south and east of the country. temperatures will be cooler in scotla nd temperatures will be cooler in scotland and northern ireland but still well above average. forecasters believe it could reach as high as 35 degrees in the south—east of england today but would make it the hottest day of the year far. this is would make it the hottest day of the yearfar. this is beating monday 33.3 degrees recorded in suffolk. today a report by mps says current conditions could become the new normalfor conditions could become the new normal for british summers with the next 20 years. it also predicts that the number of heat related deaths could treble if the government fails to ta ke could treble if the government fails to take urgent action. here is our environment analyst. elderly people and severe heat don't mix. the 2013 heatwave saw double the usual number of consultations for heat—related illness. people with diseases of the heart, lungs a

welcome to bbc newsroom live.rexit secretary, david davis, who has been leading the government's negotiations to leave the eu, has resigned, saying he does not believe in the prime minister's strategy. the news was confirmed just before midnight when mr davis sent a letter to theresa may saying, that during his time as brexit secretary "there have been a significant number of occassions "in the last year on which i have disagreed with number 10 policy". he went on to say that the "the current trend of policy and tactics" was making it "look less and less likely" that the uk would leave the customs union and single market. the resignation comes just days after the prime minister appeared to secure the cabinet‘s backing for her brexit plan, during an away—day at chequers. theresa may responded to david davis' resignation in her own letter overnight. she told him that she is "sorry you have chosen to leave "the government" when we have already made so much progress towards delivering a smooth and successful brexit. s

this is bbc newsroom at 11am. the headlines: rescuers search for dozens of people missing after the deadly wildfires in greece, which have killed at least 79 people. this, for example, here was a restau ra nt. this, for example, here was a restaurant. this is the focal point, the main hope of the town of mati. a police report into a doctor accused of injecting children with a truth drug at a derbyshire hospital over 25 years — says he would be questioned — if he was still alive. a woman who says she is stuck in an unhappy marriage loses her supreme court appeal to be granted a divorce. the singer demi lovato is being treated in hospital in los angeles following a suspected drugs overdose. also coming up this hour, time for a break? when is a kit kat not a kit kat? a european court rules in a battle between nestle and cadbury overfour battle between nestle and cadbury over four fingered chocolate. the height of illegal tackling in by the height of illegal tackling in rugby will be lowered in a trial designed to mak

bbc newsroom live is up next. good morning.k of flash flooding. but very isolated for most of us. dry for most of us this afternoon with increasing sunshine and temperatures ranging from 21 in the north to 26 further south. this evening and overnight, the showers fizzle away, slowly dying into the early hours of friday morning. a dry night for many of us and temperatures down to 11 or 15. tomorrow we do it all again. we start off cloudy with sunny spells developing into the afternoon. more ofa developing into the afternoon. more of a risk of heavy and torrential rain. more details on that throughout the morning. this is bbc news. i‘m annita mcveigh, live at regent‘s park in central london. where president trump will be arriving in a few hours‘ time. the headlines at 11. in just a couple of hours‘ time — donald trump will touchdown in the uk for his first visit here since becoming us president. he‘s flying in from brussels — where he‘s demanded nato allies double the amount they commit to defence spending. we think president tru

welcome to bbc newsroom live.abinet ministers are gathered at the prime minister's country retreat chequers this morning for what are expected to be showdown talks about the brexit deal the uk will present to the european union. as they arrived, ministers had to surrender their phones. it's understood the main proposal is for the uk to remain closely aligned to the eu when trading goods, but not services. our political correspondent iain watson explains where we are so far with the brexit deal. so, what is the government's future customs plan after brexit? the title roles off the tongue... to keep access to eu markets and keep manufacturers happy, the uk would mirror existing eu rules and regulations on goods. to try to keep brexiteers happy, the uk will decide whether to adopt new eu rules, this would not happen automatically, and the uk would set its own tariffs on goods outside the eu, allowing the government to do trade deals but would technologically track goods in the eu. tariffs would be charged on them. ou

i am back from the bbc london newsroom in halfan am back from the bbc london newsroom in half an hourd have questioned a doctor accused of abusing children at aston hall hospital. we'll have reaction from one former patient sent there when she was 12. a new report says nine out of 10 customers are satisfied with their water companies, we'll ask if the goodwill is about to run out with concerns about value for money. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the number of heat—related deaths in the uk could treble to around 7,000 each year by 2050 unless the government does more to protect vulnerable people, that's according to the environmental audit committee. the group of mp5 say the current hot conditions could become the new normal for british summers within 20 years and a strategy needs to be developed. the government says it is taking robust action to ensure the country is resilient to changing climate changes. what we are talking about his future homes built so they can withstand the heat. at the moment, all of our focus is on energy efficiency and these heatwaves

i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. pect of a future trade deal with the united states. in an interview with the sun newspaper, mr trump said mrs may had not listened to his advice on the issue. he praised boris johnson, who resigned as foreign secretary on monday in protest against the government's position, saying he would make a great prime minister. some of the british divers who helped rescue 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand will speak about their risky mission this morning, when they arrive back in the uk. the team is expected to give a press conference following the 17—day sea rch—and—rescue operation. they had to navigate narrow and submerged passageways, before passing the boys on stretchers through the caves to safety. at least 200 people injapan are reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to affect the country in nearly a0 years. torrential rain has triggered landslides and floods in central and western areas, with more than 8 million people ordered to leave their hom

welcome to bbc newsroom live.eople have been killed and more than 100 injured in the worst wildfires to hit greece in more than a decade. the fires stared around the capital athen and spreak through the attica region — fanned by high winds. most of the victims died in the coastal area of mati, near the capital athens, after getting trapped in their homes, or as they tried to flee in their cars. emergency workers used boats and helicopters to evacuate beaches — after people ran into the sea to escape the flames. the greek authorities have asked for international assistance to cope with the fires as richard lister reports reports. nothing was left behind. for many of the victims, there was simply never escape. a local mayor said he saw at least 100 homes and 200 vehicles on fire. some lefties until the very last minute to leave hoping against hope that their homes would be spared. but, the overstretched fire crews, this was an almost impossible battle. many people simply fled to the sea. the coast guard rescued almo

welcome to bbc newsroom live.ave been arrested in london after a three—year—old boy was injured in a suspected acid attack in worcester on saturday. police say the child was "deliberately" targeted in a shop. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton who was arrested yesterday remains in custody. jon donnison reports. it was outside this stall where the attack took place. in broad daylight on a busy saturday afternoon. police believe the toddler was deliberately targeted. a young boy appears to have had some form of substance, potentially acid or another corrosive substance, thrown at or sprayed towards him while he's been with his family. a really, really concerning incident, and at the moment we're treating it as though it is a deliberate act towards the child. the boy was taken to hospital with serious burns to his face and arms, but has since been charged. a spokesperson for home bargains said, "our thoughts are with this young child and their family at this very difficult time." local people have been asking just