caroline davis, bbc news.e is on to develop the first flying car: aston martin has a prototype in development, and now a company called kitty hawk, which is owned by the founder of google larry page, has developed a version. it's taking pre—orders for its model — and our north america techonology reporter dave lee has been to see one in las vegas. so here it is, the kitty hawk flyer. i'm sitting in it right now. it's very very simple in here, just two controls — one for altitude, one for the direction of where this thing can go. around me you'll see there are ten propellers, ten motors that keep this thing in the air. essentially, i guess you could say it's just basically a big drone that a human being can fit in. right now, they limit the speed, to around six miles an hour. the battery life will keep it going for around 20 minutes. all of that will improve in time, they certainly make it go faster right now, butjust to be cautious they are keeping it around six miles an hour. in terms of when you can get one

caroline davies, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news.e uk won't crash out of the eu without a deal. dominic raab says he believes an agreement is possible within months, if brussels shows ambition. hundreds of volunteers from syria's civil defence force, known as the white helmets are rescued from a war zone in southern syria. they are safely in jordan. police want to speak to three men, following an acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester eleven taxi drivers have been shot dead in south africa. they were ambushed by unknown gunmen late on saturday as they were returning tojohannesburg from a funeral. four others are seriously injured in hospital. rivalry between groups running minibus taxi routes has led to violence in the past. south african journalist eye—yanda th—longo has been telling us about what the motivation could be behind the attack. there can be terrific incident taking place here in south africa and the province, and of course the police have said that they do not know what the motive of this heinous act is. it is

caroline davies reports.force to pull trees from the earth and overturn cars, gale force winds have turned this californian wildfire into what survivors called a tornado of flame. it's torn through forests and buildings, forcing nearly 40,000 to flee their homes and offices in just one town, including one local tv station. we are going to leave the station because it is now unsafe to be here. from the air and on the ground, firefighters are trying to control the blaze in and around the city of redding, but stopping it has been difficult and dangerous. the winds were so strong, the fire jumped the sacramento river. to fight fire in rugged country, we're used to doing that, but when it blows into a whole community or a city, it is a whole different element. this is the devastation it leaves behind. many who left don't know if their homes are still standing. some chose not to leave at all. homes were exploding. cars were exploding. i have a wife and kids and i said i'd better facetime my wife just in case. i did

caroline davies, bbc news. leopoldo brenes, says the church is being persecuted by the government of daniel 0rtega. church leaders have been attempting to mediate during months of anti—government protests. the un says more than 300 people have been killed. churches have been vandalised in recent weeks and cardinal brenes said he had been manhandled by the security forces. church leaders are expected to meet on monday to decide whether to continue the mediation effort. sweden is appealing for international help to tackle dozens of forest fires raging across the country. firefighters are continuing their struggle to put out the wildfires, after a protracted period of exceptional heat and drought. aircraft support to tackle the blazes has already been provided by italy and france, and more is being offered by germany, poland and denmark. one of germany's star football players, mesut 0zil, says he will no longer play for the national team. in a long and heartfelt statement on twitter, he also accused the german foo

caroline davies reports. out of her hospital bed, in public for the first time. with her family when the duck boat she was on started to sink. when that water came over the boat, i didn't know what was happening. i had my son right next to me. but when the water filled up the boat, i could no longer see. and i just remember kicking and swimming, swimming up to the top. and as i was swimming ing. isaid, "lord, please let me get to my babies, i've got to get to my babies". i've got to get my babies. tia was rescued, but 17 people didn't survive, including her husband, three children and five other relatives. the boat had life jackets, but tia says the family didn't wear them because she was told they wouldn't need them. if i was able to get a life jacket, i could have saved my babies. because they could have at least floated up to the top and somebody could have grabbed them. and i wasn't able to do that. under missouri law, passengers over the age of seven aren't required to wear life jackets. there was a weather warning before the boat set out, but the owner of t

caroline davies reports. oh my god, oh my god! oh, we're going under!nts before the duck boat sank. 17 people didn't survive. tia coleman was one of those on board. she was rescued, but nine of herfamily members — including her husband and three children — died. the captain said something about life jackets. he'd said, "above you are your life jackets. there's three sizes." he said, "i'm going to show you where they are, but you won't need them, so no need to worry." so we didn't grab them. i felt like if i was able to get a life jacket, i could have saved my babies, because they could have at least floated up to the top, somebody could have grabbed them. and i wasn't able to do that! under missouri law, passengers over the age of seven aren't required to wear life jackets. there was a weather warning before the boat set out, but the owner of the tour boat company said he'd been told by employees that the storm had come out of nowhere. what can you say, you know? we are so sorry it has happened. it was just... an act... something happened, and we don't

caroline davies, bbc news. a consultation on whether to ban the sale of realfur in the uk. the environment, food and rural affairs committee has been investigating why many high street retailers illegally sold fur described as fake. sarah corker reports. in the 1990s, evocative anti—fur campaigns raised awareness of the issue. decades on, some shoppers have been unwittingly buying real fur labelled as fake. the mis—selling was exposed by campaign groups and the media, including this investigation by the bbc. it emerged that several major retailers had sold products described as artificial, but tests showed were made from fox, rabbit and chinchilla. now an inquiry by the environment, food and rural affairs committee accuses retailers of being complacent about the problem. the reason why people buy fake fur is so that they're not wearing real fur, so it's pretty shocking that they can get away with that, really. i'd be disgusted to ever find out that something was an animal product that i hadn't knowingly bought

caroline davies, bbc news.th govia thameslink are facing their third new timetable in two months. the company, which operates severalfranchises, including thameslink and great northern, has promised a more reliable service than that provided by its changes in may, when it had to cancel hundreds of new trains. but it said this morning it was "too early to say" if there was disruption. tom burridge is at kings cross station in london. what are passengers saying to you? i think if you were writing a school report based on the performance so far you report based on the performance so faryou might report based on the performance so far you might say improving but still some way to go. there were cancellations but by and large most trains run on time. there was only significant disruption between the station and cambridge. it's a big improvement on make when more ambitious timetables were attempted to be introduced then but there weren't enough preparations and it resulted in chaos. passengers have suffered for links

caroline davies, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...in a shop in worcester has been released from hospital. police want to speak to three men about the incident. the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, says a brexit deal will be done if the european union matches the same ‘energy, ambition and pragmatism' shown by the uk. the police watchdog is investigating allegations of serious corruption and malpractice at the metropolitan police's own anti—corruption unit. sport, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's olly foster. good afternoon. the leaders are still on the front nine at the open. there was a three—way tie for the lead at the start of the final round, but kevin kisner has fallen away. jordan spieth lost his way on the sixth. xander schauffele has dropped shots. tiger woods is breathing down their necks. john watson is live at the course for us. my my word, that leaderboard. everybody watching and listening is saying, my word, has tiger's time returned, ten yea rs word, has tiger's time returned, ten years after

caroline davies, bbc news.atch some of their favourite tv channels today because of a row between virgin and the broadcaster uktv. popular stations like dave and gold are among all ten of uktv‘s channels that have been cut in a battle over fees. here's our business correspondent, joe lynam. 90% of all foreign tourists come from abroad, so we've got to speak their lingo, ain't we? we?! french, i like it! already you're picking up the lingo! they host reruns of some of britain's favourite tv shows, including only fools and horses, the good life, and miranda. but for millions of uk tv viewers on virgin media, this is what greeted them today. that's because these ten channels, including dave, alibi and gold, have been pulled entirely from the virgin platform — and with them, a host of the country's favourite tv shows. simonjones in winchester is very disappointed. he loves watching dave. i'm frustrated that i renewed my contract two—and—a—bit weeks ago, and virgin mentioned nothing about this. so, i'm frustrated. t

caroline davies, bbc news.in an explosion near the international airport in kabul. it took place shortly after the vice president returned to the country after more than a year in exile. he left afghanistan last year amid allegations of torture and abuse. his motorcade had left the airport minutes before the explosion. the headlines on bbc news... a three—year—old boy has been seriously injured in a suspected acid attack in a shop in worcester — police want to speak to three men about the incident. the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, says a brexit deal will be done if the european union matches the same energy, ambition and pragmatism shown by the uk. the police watchdog is investigating allegations of serious corruption and malpractice at the metropolitan police's own anti—corruption unit. in sport, the leaders are on the course for the final round of the open at carnoustie. there was a three—way tie to the —— for the lead at the start of the day. now there is just at the start of the day. now there isjust

caroline davis. bbc news.s who faced having to pay more income tax because they're stationed in scotland. anyone earning more than about £26,000 a year now pays higher income tax in scotland than elsewhere in the uk. the ministry of defence says about 8,000 military personnel have been affected, but they will be reimbursed — to ensure that all armed forces staff pay the same rate of tax. students at manchester university have defaced a mural featuring rudyard kipling's poem ‘if‘ — in a stand against the work which they have described as racist. the author's 1895 poem was painted on a wall of the university's newly renovated union building. but student leaders erased the work, replacing it with a piece by maya angelou in a bid to reverse "black and brown voices" being written out of history. the union has apologised for failing to consult students on its choice of poem. last year was a record—breaker for british book sales. new figures from the publishers association show sales of printed books have risen for t

caroline davies, bbc news.e aerospace sector. he made the claim at the farnborough international airshow, where he was unveiling the government's new combat air strategy. he said the government would invest £2 billion over the next seven years to develop a new model of fighter jet, called tempest. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, was there. this is the moment the british aerospace industry has been waiting for. what they hope will be a commitment to develop the next generation of fighterjet in the uk. and with a promise from the government of an investment of £2 billion. this is a commitment for the future. we've got to be planning not just for next year, but we've got to be planning ten, 15, 20 years in the future. so manyjobs and prosperity, but most importantly, making sure the royal air force has the right capabilities. this is stilljust a concept of what it might look like. it might be manned or unmanned, with hard—to—detect stealth technology that could be fitted with laser—direct energy weapons

caroline davies reports.le starting to run in our direction was. we saw people starting to run in ourdirection and was. we saw people starting to run in our direction and we still did not know what it was, but then more people were running and we started running. local media says the area was full of people leaving restau ra nts a nd cafes was full of people leaving restaurants and cafes when the gunman opened fire. mass shooting right beside where i live. he used a handgun to shoot 1a people, killing two and critically injuring a child. the gunman was found dead, it is not clear if he was shot by police or he turned the gun on himself. it has raised questions about gun control. you have heard me ask a question as to why someone would need to buy ten or 20 guns which they can do, and that leads to another question, why does anyone need to have a gun at all? why the gunmen went on a rampage spread over several blocks of the city is not clear, and compare to america canada has relatively low levels of gun crime

caroline davies has been across the case of.nne discovered her husband was having an affair with one of their son's partners. they believe that led to stephen killing his wife, he was an ex—royal marine and they belief he used his military training and had knowledge of a hold, they know she died after pressure to her neck. this particular phone call is quite chilling. so quite a chilling phone call. 0n the night this happened, stephen searle had said his wife had a disagreement with and she tried to stab him in the stomach, he claimed he feared for his life and that was why he had to struggle with but the jury only took three and a half hours to find him guilty of her murder. one of their sons said not only has he lost his mum but he's lost his dad too, and stephen searle will be sentenced on wednesday. statue of margaret thatcher could be erected in her hometown. 0fficials in westminster were worried that the bronze statue would the target for vandalism stopping now councils in lincolnshire said it will to attract more visitors

caroline davies has more. getting used to the bright lights.ght days since the last boy was freed from the cave the team are getting ready to meet the world. preparations are not only in place for the seating. the conference is expected to be carefully managed, not least to protect the boys and their coach. they are expecting quite a crowd from around the world. translation: the news conference room we have prepared can fit up to 800 people. we are expecting around 200 members of the media, which means we have plenty of room tomorrow. none are looking forward tomorrow. none are looking forward to the homecoming quite as much as here. translation: to the homecoming quite as much as here. translationzli to the homecoming quite as much as here. translation: i am excited to see my nephew. i have not seen him for almost a month. proud of their boys, the families have celebrations in mind. translation: our family is planning to ordain him for good luck, but we do not know which temple yet. after over three weeks away, everyone is looking forward to w

caroline davies reports. with the forced to pull trees from the earth and overturned cars, gale

caroline davis, bbc news. here's chris fawkes. we are going to the arctic circle first. our weather has been pretty extreme. we have had high pressure over us for a long time. but it has been even worse across parts of scandinavia, through sweden and norway, where the same system that's been bringing as our dry weather has also been bringing dry weather there. but it has been even worse because the high pressure has been centred right over sweden and norway. just to the east of sweden, we've got a number of wildfires burning at the moment. about 44 burning at the moment. about 44 burning due to the tinder dry conditions, and this is what they look like. plumes of smoke that you can see right out into space. sweden are calling in help from their neighbours, norway, italy, to get some of the fire resources, the planes that drop water on these wildfires, to try and extinguish these blazes. how unusual is this? it isa how unusual is this? it is a great question and one thing i was looking at, with the temperatures

caroline davies, bbc news.the uk's first spaceport. the site in sutherland will be used to launch rockets vertically — to put satellites into orbit. 0ur science correspondent, victoria gill, has more. blasting off soon from our shores. in as little as three years, rockets like this will be launched from a remote stretch of land on the north coast of scotland. the a'mhoine peninsular in sutherland has been chosen by the uk space agency as the best place from which to launch rockets that will put commercial satellites into orbit. the uk space agency will contribute £2.5 million towards a development that british engineers say will be a genuine boost for the country. it will save cost for example in having to export satellites to other countries to launch them. it will make it easier logistically for launching from our own shores, say from the north coast of scotland or somewhere. and, you know, that will take cost out of the satellite programme so it may enable more spacecraft to be built and launched. and while

caroline davies reports.irection and then i still didn't know more people were running and so we started running and we ran down a side street. local media say the area was full of people leaving restau ra nts a nd cafes when the gunman opened fire. it's almost inconceivable these kind of things can happen. we were so used to living in a city these things didn't happen and as we saw them going on in the world around us, we thought they didn't happen here, couldn't or shouldn't. and i canjust say to people that they should try to stay calm while the police do theirjob. why the gunman went on this rampage, spread over several blocks of the city, isn't clear. compared to america, canada has relatively low levels of gun crime. but it's on the rise in toronto. over 200 shootings this year, more than 20 of them fatal. the shootings that we've seen most recently seem to be a product of gang violence in our city and we have seen this sort of thing before here in toronto, a spike in gang violence. the authorities have

this is now the heart of a major police investigation. 0ur correspondent caroline davies is in salisbury ordeal, what else is the cost it'll been saying? it is not yet three weeks since charlie and dawn were admitted here after coming into co nta ct dawn were admitted here after coming into contact with that nerve agent. i into contact with that nerve agent. , hospital spoke earlier they were keen to praise the clinical staff, saying they had worked tirelessly to get charlie to this point. there we re get charlie to this point. there were also keen to reassure the public that only five people had been exposed and given hospital treatment to that agent. they have also continued with the advice that, if you didn't drop it, don't pick up. hot on the heels of his controversial talks in helsinki with the russian president, president trump has invited president putin for a summit at the white house. the news has taken many by surprise in washington , not least the us head of intelligence, who was told while he was being interviewed on stage at a security conference. from washington, gary 0'don

and a little earlier i spoke to our correspondent caroline davies who has the latest from the hospitalsince charlie rowley and his partner dawn stu rgess were since charlie rowley and his partner dawn sturgess were admitted here to salisbury hospital after they came into co nta ct salisbury hospital after they came into contact with that nerve agent novichok. when the hospital spoke earlier, they were keen to praise the critical step saying they had worked tirelessly to get charlie to this point. they were also very keen to reassure the public that only five people have been exposed and given hospital treatment to that novichok agent. but they have also continued with the advised that if you didn't drop it, don't pick it up. two 15—year—old boys who plotted to murder pupils and teachers at their school in northallerton in north yorkshire have been given custodial sentences. the teenagers were inspired by the killings of 13 people at the columbine high school in america almost 20 years ago. thomas wyllie, on the left, was handed a 12—year custodial sentence while his co—defendant, alex

our correspondent caroline davies is here. do we know why this news just emerged? be a particular investigation we have heard from the daily mail. we understand this rescue took place in august 2000 and 1a. his parents were libyan. he was on holiday and 19 time. the situation deteriorated and people were deployed to get british nationals out and he was taken with his younger brother. they were taken to malta, where they were flown home. for those derrick directly affected by the bombing, they will look at this news and struggle to understand why this young man carried out such a horrific attack. a man who had been rescued will stop the daily mail also cites a government official who says essentially just that. he government official who says essentiallyjust that. he was rescued by the british services. it was an act of utter betrayal. according to security sources, they say that he was not radicalised at this time. he had previously been monitored but his case had been closed about a month before he was rescued. he was no longer of interest. us intelligence officia

his wife attacked him with a knife — but a jury found him guilty of murder. 0ur correspondent caroline daviesan affair with one of their son's partners. they believe that led to stephen killing his wife, he was an ex—royal marine and a belief he used his military training and had knowledge of a cold, they note she died after pressure to her neck. this particular phone call is quite chilling. can you hear me? i can hear you, can you hear me? so quite a chilling phone call. 0n the night this happened, stephen sea rle the night this happened, stephen searle had said his wife had a disagreement with and she tried to sta b disagreement with and she tried to stab him in the stomach, he claimed he feared for his life and that was why he had to struggle with but the jury why he had to struggle with but the jury only took three and a half hours to find him guilty of her murder. 0ne hours to find him guilty of her murder. one of their sons said not only has he is mum but he's lost his dad, and stephen searle will be sentenced on wednesday. the european union and japan have signed a free trade deal that

we can cross to our reproter caroline davies who is at the hearing. he could have done this. he was seen as a wholly visionary and when he was first accused in 1992 the church prayed for him rather than his victims. these sentiments were echoed by lord carey today.|j couldn't believe that a bishop in the church of god could do such evil things. who else was complaining about him? i didn't know these people. most of us took a little time to catch on to what this man was doing to younger people. i wasn't aware of this but in the church there were rumours around no one did anything about it, with regard to the cac in norwich, for example, where people did do something about it. so after much questioning, lord carey did admit that perhaps child protection was not at the forefront of the church of england's agenda back in the early 1990s, and the inquiry will continue for the rest of this week. as we've been reporting, it's going to be another hot day for parts of the uk — and if you think the weather is causing you problems with a parched garden or a wilt

caroline says, david davis did not manage to come up with a manageable brexit plan and did not have therom the tigers and backstabbing in the tory party the eu would never give us a good deal —— at the traitors. other countries want to leave. 17 million people have been betrayed and now the biggest threat to this government is a labour government who will bankrupt us. we are doomed. chris dean asks who does theresa may think she is? this is bullying and not a good example. that is not brexit, not what the majority of this country voted for. what she proposes is worse than not leaving at all. she is putting this country at all. she is putting this country at the mercy of the eu. michael says, history will look back on the tory party so everybody can see what a mess they have made of the whole situation. it is quite frankly laughable. thank you for those and keep them coming in. we're nowjust two days away from only the third ever england men's world cup semifinal. it's been 28 years since the last semi for england and, of course, 1966 is the only time they've ever got to a final. england

caroline policeya, federal and white-collar defense attorney. so you'he's got this new legal . one of the lawyers is lanny davis.u saw the message very clear from him this morning. what's your lead? >> i think we're witnessing the reinvention of michael cohen. over the past week or so, he's no longer, as dplogloria said, guy that's going to take a bullet for the president. and he has his own jewgiuliani lanny davis. they can come out from a pr standpoint and really throw some punches. i agree with gloria that it's unclear at this point what information michael cohen may have, but look, it's no secret that when you hire guy patrillo, that he's looking to potentially cut a deal. he's looking for guy patrillo to pick up the phone, say, what can we do? here's what we have, is there anything we can work out? and after that, he would engage in what's known as proffer sessions with potentially the southern district, potentially robert mueller's office. who knows? s there could be a lot of information that could be helpful here. >> rudy giuliani did a series of sunday show interviews this weekend and he madestepnopoulos