connie yates and chris gard have been fighting to keep his life support switched on since march, despitepe for improvement. they took their fight all the way to the european court of human rights. but this week, they lost, as judges agreed with the british courts it was most likely charlie was being exposed to continued pain. today, his life support will be switched off. his parents say they're being rushed at the most difficult time of their lives. the 4th of august 2016 was the best day of our life, the day charlie was born. but 30th june, 2017, is going to be the worst day of our lives. great 0rmond street hospital say they won't comment on specific details of patient care, but this is a very distressing situation for charlie's parents and all of the staff involved and their focus remains with them. the german parliament has voted to legalise same—sex marriage. the bill will grant gay and lesbian couples full marital rights including child adoption. let's get more from berlin correspondent, jenny hill. good morning. the chancellor herself voted against this bill but she gave mpsa vote

these touching images of connie yates and chris gard with their son charlie were taken on the roof ofganised by nurses. a brief respite from the months they have spent in intensive care. charlie is terminally ill with a progressive disorder that weakens his muscles. he cannot move, he cannot breathe unaided and cannot swallow and has serious brain damage. for months, his doctors have argued he should be allowed to die. his parents wanted to take him to the united states for experimental treatment, and they were distraught when three uk courts backed the doctors. now by a majority verdict, the european court has done the same. the strasbourg judges ruled the uk courts had been meticulous and thorough and supported their view that it was most likely charlie was being exposed to continued pain, suffering and distress. and that undergoing experimental treatment with no prospects of success would offer no benefit. there is now a question of what will happen to the £1.3 million that charlie's parents crowdfunded through 83,000 donations. so why has every court and every medical experts deci

chris gard and connie yates lost their final legal appeal, to take their son to america for experimentalid the prospects of success would "continue to cause charlie significant harm". the european commission has fined google, more than £2 billion the european commission has fined google more than £2 billion for breaking competition laws. it says the company has abused its dominance as a search engine, by giving priority to its own shopping comparison service. google says it's considering an appeal. 0ur media editor amol rajan reports. they're the new masters of the universe. google's products have changed our lives forever but, today, the company was brought down to earth in the brussels headquarters of the european commission. after a seven—year investigation into google's business practices, commissioner margrethe vestager delivered a brutal verdict. google has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving illegal advantages to another google product, its shopping comparison service. if you search google for something that you want to buy — say, for instance, my new cricket

chris gard and connie yates wanted 10—month—old charlie gard, who suffers from a rare genetic conditionndergo a therapy trial in america. the governor of the bank of england has issued a warning about the amount of money banks are lending to us. it comes as consumer borrowing reaches its highest level since 2005. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... we'll be speaking to a cyber security expert about the latest major cyber attack targeting ukraine's national bank and its largest airport. it's been fifty years since the first atm opened in the uk — we'll be looking at how far the technology has come since then. and at seven — we'lljoin katty kay and christian fraser in 100 days plus, for more on what the us says is the compelling evidence that president assad is preparing a chemical attack. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm damian johnson with our main stories. world cup controversy laid bare as fifa decides to publish a critical report into

connie yates and chris gard have been fighting to keep his life support switched on since march, despiterovement. they took their fight all the way to the european court of human rights. but this week, they lost, as judges agreed with the british courts it was most likely charlie was being exposed to continued pain. today, his life support will be switched off. his parents say they're being rushed at the most difficult time of their lives. the 4th of august 2016 was the best day of our life, the day charlie was born. the 30thjune 2017 is going to be the worst day in our lives. great 0rmond street hospital say they won't comment on specific details of patient care, but this is a very distressing situation for charlie's parents and all of the staff involved, and their focus remains with them. president trump's much—delayed ban on people travelling to the us from six mainly muslim countries came into effect at 1am this morning. the trump administration says the ban is temporary and will stop terrorists from entering the country, but many people have argued that it's unconstitutional and rac

chris gard and connie yates lost their final legal appeal to take their son to the us for treatment.experimental treatment with "no prospects of success" would "continue to cause charlie significant harm". earlier our medical correspondent fergus walsh told us more. the european court of human rights in strasbourg has ruled inadmissible the application by the parents of charlie gard to hear a final appeal that they should be allowed to take their baby son to the united states for a very experimental treatment. they said, in a briefjudgment, they said that the uk courts, three courts, which all found that great 0rmond street should be allowed to allow charlie to die, had been meticulous and thorough. they called medical experts, independent professionals, and a guardian appointed to represent charlie. and they all agreed that charlie's ventilator should be switched off. and they said that it was most likely that charlie would be exposed to continued pain, suffering and distress, and this experimental treatment would have no prospect of success and would offer no benefit. the headlines

chris gard and connie yates lost their final legal bid to take their son to the us for treatment.g experimental treatment with no prospects of success would continue to cause charlie significant harm. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh is with me now. a really sad case. what happens now? this is the end of the road, legally. it means at some point, possibly in the next couple of days, the medical team at great 0rmond street hospital will switch off the mechanical ventilator which keeps charlie alive. they will give him palliative care and he will be allowed to die. that will not happen until his parents have had some time to be with him. it is what all of the doctors, all of the medical team at great 0rmond street have wanted for months, and what everyjudge in the uk says should happen, and what all of the independent experts have said, including a guardian appointed to represent charlie. a lot of people will be saying to give them one more chance? i realise that, what an 80,000 people raised £1.3 million in crowdfunding for this experimental treatment in the united states. charlie i

chris gard and connie yates want ten—month—old charlie gard, who suffers from a rare genetic conditioncal correspondent, fergus walsh, is at the supreme court. a terribly sad story, is this the end of the road for the parents? almost. the supreme court has said doctors should continue life support for charlie until 5pm tomorrow night to give time for the european court of human rights in strasbourg to decide if it wants to hear the case. if it doesn't, doctors at great 0rmond street hospital will be free after that point to switch off the mechanical ventilator that keeps him alive. thejudges said mechanical ventilator that keeps him alive. the judges said they have the utmost sympathy for his parents, who left the court distraught, but they said it was charlie's best interests that were paramount. they said prolonging his life was simply prolonging his life was simply prolong his suffering. the treatment being proposed was futile and that's why he should be allowed to die with dignity. fergus, thank you very much. a company director has gone on trial accused of the manslaughter of four

these touching images of connie yates and chris gard with their son charlie were taken on the roof ofanised by nurses. a brief respite from the months they have spent in intensive care. charlie is terminally ill with a progressive disorder that weakens his muscles, he cannot move, he cannot group just breathe unaided and cannot swallow and has serious brain damage. for months, his doctors have argued he should be allowed to die. his parents wanted to ta ke allowed to die. his parents wanted to take him to the united states for experimental treatment and they were distraught when three uk courts act the doctors. now by a majority verdict, the european court has done the same. the strasbourg judges ruled the uk courts had been meticulous and thorough and supported their view that it was most likely charlie was being exposed to continue the pain, suffering and distress... there is now a question of what will happen to the £1.3 million that charlie's parents crowd funded through 83,000 donations. so why has every court and every medical experts decided that ending charlie's life is in his

chris gard and connie yates had been expecting their son's life support to be turned off today afterprofile legal battle. but great 0rmond street hospital has since disclosed they are looking at plans for the baby's care to enable the family to spend longer together. we are saving a smaller percentage of our income than at any time since records began in 1963, according to the office for national statistics. in the first three months of the year, people saved 1.7% of their disposable income — down from 3.3% in the previous quarter. economists say savings are down because prices are rising, and there's also been an increase in tax payments. nurseries in england say local councils are failing to provide enough money to fund the additional free childcare for three and four—year—olds promised by the government. from september, children will be eligible for 30 hours of free nursery education if both parents are in work. but the national day nurseries association say most nurseries can't afford to provide the extra hours. 0ur education correspondent gillian hargreaves reports. from septemb

chris gard and connie yates want ten—month—old charlie gard, who suffers from a rare genetic conditionrimental therapy. our medical correspondent, fergus walsh, was in court and explained the decision. the supreme court has said doctors should continue life support for charlie until 5pm tomorrow night, to give time for the european court of human rights in strasbourg to decide if it wants to hear the case. now, if it doesn't, doctors at great 0rmond street hospital will be free, after that point, to switch off the mechanical ventilator that keeps him alive. now, thejudges said they had the utmost sympathy for charlie's parents, who left the court distraught, but they said it was charlie's best interests that were paramount. they said that prolonging his life may simply prolong his suffering, the treatment being proposed was futile, and that is why he should be allowed to die with dignity. fergus walsh, our medical correspondent, reporting. the scottish episcopal church has narrowly voted to allow same—sex couples to marry in church. the decision means it's the only anglican church in t

his parents, chris gard and connie yates, have raised £1.3 million through crowdfunding for experimentalst for their son. he hasn't got anything to lose. we know that even if it doesn't work, which i think it will, we know that we have done everything that we can for him. but doctors, including independent experts, say the treatment cannot improve his condition. one concern is that charlie may experience pain but is unable to respond to it. lask week, the uk supreme court said while it had the utmost sympathy for his parents, it was not in charlie's interests to subject him to futile treatment which might simply prolong his suffering. today, a panel of sevenjudges at the european court of human rights in strasbourg will consider written evidence in the case. if they decide to take on the issue, a full hearing will be organised. if not, then the parents‘ legal battle to take their son abroad will be over, and from midnight, great ormond street hospital will be free to switch off charlie's ventilator and provide only palliative care. fergus walsh, bbc news. the son of an oxfordshire farmer

connie yates and chris gard have been fighting to keep his life support switched on since march, despitet. today, his life support will be switched off. his parents say they're being rushed at the most difficult time of their lives. the 4th of august 2016 was the best day of our lives, the day charlie was born. the 30thjune 2017 is going to be the worst day of our lives. great 0rmond street hospital say they won't comment on specific details of patient care, but this is a very distressing situation for charlie's parents and all of the staff involved, and their focus remains with them. the world's chemical weapons watchdog has said that the banned nerve agent sarin was used in an attack in syria which killed dozens of people. the gas was dropped in april in on a town in the north of the country, and drew condemnation around the world. despite denials of responsibility by syria's assad regime, the foreign secretary borisjohnson says there is ‘no doubt‘ that they were behind the attack. well, this is a first step on a process that the uk has obviously been trying to lead, to hold to account

chris gard and connie yates had been expecting their son's life support to be turned off today aftergal battle. but great 0rmond street hospital has since disclosed they are looking at plans for the baby's care to enable the family to spend longer together. we are saving a smaller percentage of our income than at any time since records began in 1963, according to the office for national statistics. in the first three months of the year, people saved i.7% of their disposable income, down from 3.3% in the previous quarter. economists say savings are down because prices are rising, and there's also been an increase in tax payments. hundreds of people have attended the funeral of one of the victims of the manchester arena bombing. coronation street stars joined mourners in stockport at the funeral of martyn hett, who was a huge fan of the soap. judith moritz reports. martyn hett loved to make an entrance. at 29, he'd planned his own funeral, with two white horses and a splash of showbusiness. his family took a moment for private grief, before a very public celebration for the extrovert b

connie yates and chris gard have been fighting to keep his life support switched on since march, despitefor improvement. they took their fight all the way to the european court of human rights. but this week, they lost, as judges agreed with the british courts it was most likely charlie was being exposed to continued pain. today, his life support will be switched off. his parents say they're being rushed at the most difficult time of their lives. the 4th of august 2016 was the best day of our life, the day charlie was born. the 30thjune, 2017, is going to be the worst day in our lives. great 0rmond street hospital said they won't comment on specific details of patient care, but this is a very distressing situation for charlie's parents, and all of the staff involved and their focus remains with them. the world's chemical weapons watchdog has said that the banned nerve agent sarin was used in an attack in syria which killed dozens of people. the gas was dropped in april in on a town in the north of the country, and drew condemnation around the world. despite denials of responsibility by s

chris gard and connie yates wanted 10—month—old charlie gard, who suffers from a rare genetic conditioning in the last couple of hours that they've been hit by a major cyber attack. the british advertising agency wpp is among dozens of firms reporting problems. the government has appointed an expert panel to advise on immediate safety action following the grenfell tower fire. time for a full round up of the day's sports news — let's cross now to the bbc sports centre and damianjohnson. they've been playing for around half an hour in poland as england under—21s attempt to reach the final of the european championship for the first time in eight years as they take on germany in the semi—final in poland. england have had the best of it so far and should be ahead. nathaniel chalobah might have scored with this early header. and there was an even better chance for tammy abraham. it's been entertaining so far but it's still nil—nil. fifa has decided to publish a controversial internal report into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 world cup tournaments in russia and qatar. it follows a

his parents, chris gard and connie yates, have raised £1.3 million through crowdfunding for experimentale. we know that even if it doesn't work, which i think it will, we know that we have done everything that we can for him. but doctors, including independent experts, say the treatment cannot improve his condition. one concern is that charlie may experience pain but is unable to respond to it. last week, the uk supreme court said while it had the utmost sympathy for his parents, it was not in charlie's interests to subject him to futile treatment which might simply prolong his suffering. today, a panel of sevenjudges at the european court of human rights in strasbourg will consider written evidence in the case. if they decide to take on the issue, a full hearing will be organised. if not, then the parents' legal battle to take their son abroad will be over, and from midnight, great ormond street hospital will be free to switch off charlie's ventilator and provide only palliative care. fergus walsh, bbc news. with me is richard lister — what's the latest? that was clearly looking ahead t

connie yates and chris gard have been fighting to keep his life support switched on since march, despitet. they took their fight all the way to the european court of human rights. but this week, they lost, as judges agreed with the british courts it was most likely charlie was being exposed to continued pain. today, his life support will be switched off. his parents say they're being rushed at the most difficult time of their lives. the 4th of august 2016 was the best day of our life, the day charlie was born. the 30thjune 2017 is going to be the worst day in our lives. great 0rmond street hospital say they won't comment on specific details of patient care, but this is a very distressing situation for charlie's parents and all of the staff involved, and their focus remains with them. a quick line of breaking news on the g re nfell tower a quick line of breaking news on the grenfell tower fire. roger black who manages grenfell tower is stepping aside so he can, in his words concentrate on assisting with the investigation and inquiry. bad news just coming in from the kensington and chelsea

his parents, chris gard and connie yates, have raised £1.3 million through crowdfunding for experimentalwe know that even if it doesn't work, which i think it will, we know that we have done everything that we can for him. but doctors, including independent experts, say the treatment cannot improve his condition. 0ne concern is that charlie may experience pain but is unable to respond to it. last week, the uk supreme court said while it had the utmost sympathy for his parents, it was not in charlie's interests to subject him to futile treatment which might simply prolong his suffering. today, a panel of sevenjudges at the european court of human rights in strasbourg will consider written evidence in the case. if they decide to take on the issue, a full hearing will be organised. if not, then the parents' legal battle to take their son abroad will be over, and from midnight, great 0rmond street hospital will be free to switch off charlie's ventilator and provide only palliative care. s in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc news: the dup leader

connie yates and chris gard want 9—month—old charlie gard, who suffers from a rare genetic conditionrapy won't help and his life support should end. it's emerged traffic wardens have put tickets on cars which were left abandoned inside a police cordon during the london terror attack. penalty charge notices were issued to a number of vehicles left near borough market, where several people were stabbed on saturday. transport for london said the fines "should never have been issued" and apologised for the "insensitive mistake." let's have a look at the travel situation now. good news on the london underground. all lines are running a good service. on the roads, northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel southern approaches already queueing. northbound traffic on the a406 north circular is queueing from barking towards the north flyover. at london bridge, southwark street remains closed between borough high street and southwark bridge road, with various closures affecting access to borough market. let's get access to borough market. let's get a check on the weather. good morning. not as

chris gard and connie yates say they've now been told they will not be able to take their son home toat local councils are failing to provide enough money to fund more free childcare for three and four—year—olds. from september children will be eligible for 30 hours free nursery education a week — if both parents are in work. however the national day nurseries association say most won't be able to afford to provide the extra hours. more than a quarter of women — who are overdue for a cervical cancer test — don't know screening is available, according to cancer research uk. the charity found there was a particular lack of awareness among women who spoke english as a second language. around 3,000 new cases are diagnosed every year and the charity says more needs to be done to reach women who are missing tests. we were very surprised to find that some were completely unaware of the programme and that tended to be women from black, minority and ethnic groups, women from deprived backgrounds and those who did not have english as a first language. that's although all women in the country wh

his parents, chris gard and connie yates, have raised £1.3 million through crowdfunding for experimental court said while it had the utmost sympathy for his parents, it was not in charlie‘s interests to subject him to futile treatment that could potentially prolong his suffering. today, a panel of sevenjudges at the european court of human rights in strasbourg will consider written evidence in the case. if they decide to take on the issue, a full hearing will be organised. if not, then the parents‘ legal battle to take their son abroad will be over, and from midnight, great ormond street hospital will be free to switch off charlie‘s ventilator and provide only palliative care. fergus walsh, bbc news. more now from downing street, where theresa may is hoping to confirm a deal with the democratic unionist party today and secure her position in government. here is our correspondent in westminster. we are watching all of this. you might not have heard that, norman, but we hope they will be a deal today, the feeling is there will be a deal... there has to be, or hell is going to break loose.

when we got the appeal papers it says connie yates and chris gard versus great ormond street hospitalg 211 hours at the moment. we love him with all our hearts. and we can't take to somewhere that may save and improve his life. is that how you feel now, connie, that actually your responsibility for your son has been taken away? yeah. definitely. because we've had the money for over two months now. and we asked for was two months. so i don't see how it is in his best interests to lie there without medication when in all that time he could have had a chance. there are no side effects, no major side—effects. it's not going to cause him any harm. it's not like we are bad parents. there is nothing to suggest that we are. i don't think anyone can question that. but, you know... my friend said to me yesterday, his name is charlie gard, not charlie gosh. as in great ormond street hospital. yeah. the way you have talked about it, chris, it is as though you believe your son is being kept prisoner. is trapped, in a way, in the hospital. is that accurate? yeah, of course. as i say, we have got on

his parents, chris gard and connie yates, have raised £1.3 million through crowdfunding for experimental it had the utmost sympathy for his parents, it was not in charlie's interests to subject him to futile treatment that could potentially prolong his suffering. today, a panel of sevenjudges at the european court of human rights in strasbourg will consider written evidence in the case. if they decide to take on the issue, a full hearing will be organised. if not, then the parents' legal battle to take their son abroad will be over, and from midnight, great ormond street hospital will be free to switch off charlie's ventilator and provide only palliative care. fergus walsh, bbc news. the us attorney general, jeff sessions, will give evidence to a senate committee today about alleged russian interference in last year's presidential election. mr sessions is the most senior member of the trump administration to appear before the intelligence committee. he'll face questions about meetings he may have had with russian officials and the president's firing of fbi chiefjames comey. our north ame