sir cliff richard not here today.t. butjust in rush group qc, representing the singer, has described bbc coverage of the rage... raid as intrusive. he called at double—barrelled, the helicopter and the rolling news aspect, which he described as excessive. in a written document given to court, it was described that sir cliff richard had suffered huge distress and anguish as a result of the bbc‘s coverage, and as you mentioned he may possibly have suffered permanent damage to his self—esteem. the barrister pointed to just one bbc broadcast, the bbc news that one on that day, which he says attracted 3.2 million viewers, not taking into account radio, further broadcasts and online. we heard in court that they are seeking damages at the very top end of the scale, a figure in court between £175,000 and £250,000. thank you, helena lee. 2000 people have now been forced from their homes in hawaii as the kilauea volcano continues to erupt, destroying dozens of homes. officials on the island say they are particularly concerned a

he also went on to talk about sir cliff richard's fame and he said that because of the way sir cliff now that sir cliff richard wants damages at the very top end of the scale. it was revealed yesterday in the region of around £600,000. that does not include the cost of bringing the case to court. at the end of today, thejudge, he said as case to court. at the end of today, the judge, he said as we expected, he would reserve judgment in this case and he would still have the judgment in due course. he has not specified when that will be but we expect it to be some weeks away. thank you very much indeed. this is bbc news at five. the headlines: european leaders fight to save the iran nuclear agreement, after president trump's decision to abandon the deal. three us citizens are on their way home, after being released from detention in north korea. bmw recalls more than 300,000 cars in the uk, over safety concerns. an update on the market numbers for you. here's how london and frankfurt ended the day. almost a year on from the grenfell tower fire, a children's book has been published featu

sir cliff richard's barrister has revealed that the singer is seeking around six hundred thousand poundsbc centres upon coverage of a police search of the singer's home in 2014 following an allegation of sexual assault. sir cliff was never arrested or charged. our correspondent helena lee is there. can you tell us more about there. can you tell us more about the evidence we had today. today we heard the first day of closing submissions in this case, justin washbrook qc is representing sir cliff richard and festival he said that the singer was sorry he could not be here today, he is abroad at the moment, he wanted to be in court butjustin washbrook qc told the court that the coverage by the bbc was double—barrelled intrusion. he said on one you have the helicopter coverage and on the other hand he said that the rolling news aspect which she described as excessive and ina which she described as excessive and in a written document given to court, we heard that sir cliff richard suffered huge distress and anguish both as a result of the bbc and their initial coverage and also it goes on to s

the high court has heard the closing arguments in the case brought by sir cliff richard against the bbcor invasion of privacy over coverage of a police search of his home in 2014, following allegations of sexual assault. sir cliff was never arrested or charged. the verdict is expected at a later date. medical experts say the treatment of some cancer patients in the nhs is being held up by visa restrictions. they say a shortage of counsellors, who advise people at risk of developing hereditary conditions, is being made worse because applicants from outside the eu are being refused visas. 0ur health editor hugh pym has the story. she had an nhsjob in a role with growing importance in cancer prevention, but steph wasn't allowed to stay in the uk. she couldn't review her visa and has had to go back home to new zealand. before she left, she told me how she felt when she got news her visa wouldn't be updated. it was really disappointing to get confirmation. i really enjoy working here and i really enjoy myjob and would like to continue doing it, but unfortunately i can't without a visa. steph

end were forthcoming, had themselves put all over the front pages of newspapers, and we have sir cliff richard in litigation regarding that kind of collusion and coalition between the media and the police. and so i'm concerned that the police still haven't been looked at adequately for the role that they have played in some of this particularly iniquitous conduct. and so the matter of the second part of leveson seems to me something of real importance to the well—being of our nation. a former media boss defended the new newspaper regulatory body known as ipso. ipso is set up as a regulator. its remit is as clear as it is affected, so in conclusion i regret i cannot support this amendment. i might add that i do not believe in keeping with my noble friend, now listed, lord cormack, that it is proper for this house to cobble together a later moment to spend public money on an ill thought through inquiry after the other place has clearly had its say. i see no public interest whatsoever in this amendment. the reason leveson two is necessary, have been well—explained by the baroness hollins in setti

let's start let's start in washington with claire richards and welcome cliff so what stood out for you. mostly that this is a monumental foreign policy decision for both president trump's administration and in the history of the united states we've just heard him announcing a long expected as long expected intentions of paul of the united states out of the iran deal to reinstate sanctions we heard him call it a horrible one sided deal the same kind of language that he's used in the past to say that it was poorly negotiated and he said that he keeps his promises this is of course in reference to the fact that this was one of his key campaign pledges that he was going to do it and he's now standing before the american public and his supporters saying that he pulled the united states out of what was a bad deal now we also heard him say that mike pale is going to be setting up his meeting in north korea his suppose at upcoming meeting with the north korean leader kim jong un and this is really interesting because this comes at a moment just as the united states has withdrawn from the iran