the environment agency is doing what it can to try to mitigate the effects of that, bringing in some effo rts big hydraulic pumps to help the efforts to channel the water away but because of the heavy rainfall expected it is not clear what the situation will be over the next few days but it is certain that the residents of wa i nfleet days but it is certain that the residents of wainfleet will not be able to return to their homes any time soon. us president donald trump has once again taken to twitter to criticise mayor of london sadiq khan. retweeting a post from the right—wing commentator katie hopkins, he said, "london needs a new mayor asap. khan is a disaster — will only get worse!" mr trump later followed it up with another post saying, "he is a national disgrace who is destroying the city of london!" the president's comments came after five attacks in london in less than 2a hours left three men dead and three others injured. dr brian klaas is a political scientist at university college london, and says that these tweets are more than just an online feud between the two politic

hundreds of people remain locked out of their homes because of flooding, which the environment agencys is "unprecedented". britain's tyson fury defeats tom schwarz in las vegas, afterjust the second round. fury is now promising to "hunt down" the wbc champion, deontay wilder. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35am, this morning's reviewers are rosamund irwin and robert fox. tens of thousands of peope are protesting on the streets of hong kong over a controversial extradition bill, despite a government climb—down. hong kong's chief executive announced the plans had been suspended, but demonstrators are demanding it be completely scrapped. large crowds have gathered in the city's victoria square. this is the scene that lives right now. tens of thousands of protesters are expected to take to the streets of hong kong again. but opposition groups say suspension is not enough, and they are vowing to continue their protests. they want to avoid a repeat of the violence we saw on wednesday when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas. and this is the scene that now. we can

he said that anything the environment agency once we will have.building one of the biggest pumps in the country and we have two of them here and used at this level to hopefully pump the water away. extraordinary weather like this is nothing new, it's becoming a regular occurrence for many of the residence it would be nice if there were not flooded in the first place. is your party going to look at the wider picture when it comes to these floods?” to look at the wider picture when it comes to these floods? i think we have to see what could have been done better. for here that means primarily saying could the banks of the river bend better maintains that there were not breaches? ultimately we do have an extraordinary amount of water into days, an extraordinary amount of rain and it's reasonable to say the system should have been able to cope with extreme events but would you have to look at what more we can do to enhance the system we have so it could cope with the really extreme event like we have seenin really extreme event like we have seen in th

the environment agency says the river could breach at points where its flood defences are vulnerable.ook returned today to help shore up the bank. it is this stretch of the river steeping that is expected to burst its banks, and that is why the raf chinook behind me has been flying back and forth with bags of sand and gravel to try to plug any breach. volunteers have travelled for miles to help the flood defence operations. for the past three days, we have just had to rescue a 97—year—lady, as i say, just drop in sand bags on the door, dropping sandbags, just basically helping people, doing what we do. emergency crews will continue to monitor the river levels, but for now residents don't know when they or their families, four—legged or otherwise, will be able to return home. luxmy gopal, bbc news, wainfleet. earlier, i spoke to the local mp matt warman. he told me he had spoken to the environment secretary, michael gove, about the situation and has been promised help. what michael's said is that anything that the environment agency wants, or the armed services want, we will have. and

the environment agency is doing what it can to mitigate the effect of that.nnel the water away, but because of that heavy rainfall that is expected, it's not clear what the situation will be over the next few days. what is certain is that the residents of wayne fleet won't be returning to their homes any time soon. thanks for that update. the first mass has been held in notre dame cathedral in paris since a huge fire destroyed the roof and spire in april. priests and worshippers wore hard hats for the service in a small side—chapel. freya cole reports. it's not your usual attire for over a service, but given the iconic notre dame is not structurally sound, a hard hat is a necessity. the intimate service is the first since the spectacular fire spread through the cathedral in april, sending shockwaves around the world. a monument such as the notre dame continues to live on, even if there was a fire. it is not a lost monument, it continues to have life. just 30 people were invited for a mass led by the archbishop of paris. it is with strong emotion that we find

the environment agency is doing what it can to try to mitigate the effects of that, bringing in some the efforts to channel the water away, but because of the heavy rainfall expected, it is not clear what the situation will be over the next few days, but it is certain that the residents of wainfleet will not be able to return to their homes any time soon. a huge electrical power failure is affecting large parts of latin america. it's left most of argentina and all of uruguay without power according to a major argentine electricity provider. trains have ground to a halt and traffic lights failed. the combined population of argentina and uruguay is about 48 million people. reports said the power cut had also affected parts of brazil and paraguay. provincial elections were scheduled in parts of argentina, and voting is going ahead, but with some delays. local media have been showing voters filling their ballots in the dark, with mobile phones being used as lanterns. a man has died during an extreme hailstorm in the south east of france which caused widespread damage across the region ye

high volume pumps have been brought in by the environment agency, who are continuing to monitor the riverople of wainfleet can do is watch and wait and hope they defences hold out. luxmy gopal bbc news, wainfleet. the headlines on bbc news: the first televised debate in the race to be conservative leader and prime minister has taken place, but without boris johnson. contenders have clashed over how to deliver brexit. hong kong's leader apologises as hundreds of thousands stage another protest against plans for an extradition law, which has now been suspended. hundreds of people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding — descibed by the environment agency as "unprecedented". sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. here's gavin. it was one of the most keenly anticipated encounters at the cricket world cup, if not in sport! but in the end, it was a comfortable victory for india, beating their fierce rivals by 89 runs in manchester — watched by more than a billion people worldwide. this is how it finished at old trafford: india set pakistan targ

lincolnshire are still unable to go back to their homes because of flooding —descibed by the environment agencycedented". president trump again denounces london's mayor, sadiq khan, over a series of violent deaths in the capital. over 0ver1 billion people are expected to tune into the world cup cricket clash between india and pakistan. coming up, the climb—down by hong kong's leaders and just who will be the next british prime minister, lively debate coming your way in dateline london, in half an hour. dominic raab has warned that his party will be toast if britain does not leave the eu by the 31st of october. jeremy hunt has said that choosing boris johnson october. jeremy hunt has said that choosing borisjohnson is the next tory leader would mean britain leaving the eu without a deal. let's get more now on these latest developments from our political correspondent, nick eardley. the conservative party in parliament will whittle the list of candidates down to two in the coming week, and it is the battle to be on that final two that goes to the conservative membership with boris johnson two tha

environment agency described the smell from the container as a moment like its welcome to the 3rd act the regulations around shipment of ways who are brought in to stop the west merrily puss in the problem to other countries it was commonplace in the 970 s. and eighty's for developed nations to sent vast amounts of waste to brought the waste contains offensive material likely to have been discarded by the receiving contrie at great risk and cost to the environment and people the guilt of your to justify our decision to prosecute before bissette remains adamant that he did nothing wrong and says the real problem is actually down to a lack of clear guidance for the industry over what sceptical levels of purity ah we strongly contested this case and are very disappointed with this outcome the materials we supplied commanded market lead in prices and we match ballot international industry and custom. standards the environmental agency has been continually asked to specify a required level of purity by both the industry and in one instance to court of appeal and the feeler to do so is a br

high volume pumps have been brought in by the environment agency, who are continuing to monitor the riverhe people of wainfleet can do is watch and wait and hope they defences hold out. now, with the day's sport here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. evening clive. 25,000 packed into old trafford today but there was a global television audience of over a billion for the cricket world cup match between india and pakistan. the weather played it's part but couldn't stop india storming to an emphatic 89—run victory. our sports correspondent andy swiss was at the game. if you wondered exactly how much this game means, well, here's your answer. for india and pakistan fans, all roads led to manchester. whatever their transport, theyjust had to be there. this means a lot for us. we are from india, only to watch the match. only to win the match! it's more than a cricket match, this is war! no, it's the biggest match in the world. any sport, you can't beat it. the best part of a million people had applied for tickets, with an estimated billion watching on tv. talk about pressure. but from the

the environment agency has launched a criminal investigation into the case.ir treatment works in the way they are expected to, and in addition they tried to cover up that poor performance. that's why we are levying such a high penalty on them today. rebecca is here. good afternoon. all the business news in afternoon. all the business news in a moment, but first the headlines. borisjohnson a moment, but first the headlines. boris johnson says a moment, but first the headlines. borisjohnson says he can categorically rule out a brexit extension saying the october the 3ist extension saying the october the 31st deadline is do or die. hillsborough match commander david duckenfield will face a retrial over the deaths of 95 liverpool fans. the royal accounts reveal the duke and duchess of sussex spent £2.4 million of taxpayers' money on renovating the new home. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. a criminal investigation into leading water company southern water has been ordered by the environment agency. it's already been fined a record £126 million fo

environment agency found they contained household waste instead of paper for recycling inspectors said the rubbish gave off a pungent form it likes well. it has the story. ever wondered what happens to your rubbish at the end of the day or where those carefully placed for cycling in several bins actually ends up well for years and much of it was being shipped off to less developed countries china in particular but now it looks like the tide is turning. now if it turns out that the u.k. firm has been caught red handed trying to use this as a loophole to export contaminated with cereals this company waste services has been convicted after a spot check discovered a host of unsanitary items amongst the $725.00 ton load contain is that would do you to be shipped to china instead of waste paper the investigators found human waste used nappies. condoms and cemetery towels amongst a host of other don't pay pal items such as plastic the u.k. environment agency described the smell out from the container as a moment like it's welcomed the verdict the regulations around shipment of ways who are br

environment agency described the smell from the container as a moment like its welcome to the 3rd act the regulations we use were brought in to stop the west's manoli pos and the problem to other countries it was commonplace in the 970 s. and eighty's for developed nations to send vast amounts of waste to brought the waste contains offensive material likely to have been discarded by the receiving contrie at great risk and cost to the environment and people the guilt of your digs just to far would. to prosecute before beset remains adamant that he did nothing wrong and says the real problem is actually down to a lack of clear guidance for the industry overall more sceptical levels of purity are we strongly contested this case and are very disappointed with this outcome the materials we supplied commanded market lead in prices and we imagine both international industry and customer standards the environmental agency has been continually asked to specify a required level of purity by both the industry and in one instance the court of appeal and the feeler to do so is a breach of its resp

people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding — descibed by the environment agencynow. after severe flooding in lincolnshire, there are fears over the prospect of more heavy rain this week, with storms forecast. hundreds of people were forced to leave their homes at wainfleet after the river steeping burst its banks. this report from our correspondent luxmy gopal.. more than 500 workers have helped with the flood rescue operation but therejob is farfrom over as with the flood rescue operation but there job is far from over as there isa there job is far from over as there is a risk of yet more flooding to come. this is the worst flooding we had seen from rain and living memory. we are in a situation that 2-3 memory. we are in a situation that 2—3 months of rain has fallen in a short period of time and has fallen in the ground and is overflowing everywhere you can imagine. just over 600 homes have been evacuated and residents are told they should not return until wednesday at the earliest and businesses have been affected as well. i have most things upstairs but all t

lincolnshire are still unable to go back to their homes because of flooding —descibed by the environment agencynprecedented". president trump again denounces london's mayor, sadiq khan, over a series of violent deaths in the capital. britain's tyson fury defeats tom schwarz in las vegas, in the second round. fury is now promising to "hunt down" the wbc champion, deontay wilder. with the cricket world cup in full swing — we meet the ‘kings of kabul‘ — the afghan team transforming their lives through sport. that's in half an hour, on bbc news. tens of thousands of peope are protesting on the streets of hong kong over a controversial extradition bill, despite a government climb—down. hong kong's chief executive announced the plans had been suspended — but demonstrators are demanding it be completely scrapped. large crowds have gathered in the city's victoria square. tens of thousands of protesters are expected to take the protesters a re the protesters are worried that people accused of major crimes could be extradited to mainland china. so, thousands of people, many of them dressed in black, and

of why the river bank of the river steeping breached, and of course that's an issue for the environment agencyto have a look, when we are out of the response phase and into recovery. my focus is on making sure we are here for the initial response and we rescue those who are most vulnerable. with these experiences there is always a way of improving what you do for the next time. what have you decided must change to make that improvement? i think we've learned a lot from the 2013 and 2015 floods and the 2017 floods. they we re floods and the 2017 floods. they were in other areas of lincolnshire. we've learned a lot as a command team. certainly we have tried the raf to nude before. we haven't proven the concept. we have on this occasion —— the raf chinook. we will have a debrief at the end of this one and we will take on board a lot from the previous floods i've referred to. it looks like more are forecast. how are you prepared to cope with that? we are into a period of respite from sunday into monday but as you say, more rain coming on tuesday into wednesday. so we've got high volume pumps at th

high volume pumps have been brought in by the environment agency, who are continuing to monitor the rivere the defences hold out. luxmy gopal bbc news, wainfleet. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i‘m gavin ramjaun and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: india get the better of pakistan at the cricket world cup as rohit sharma slams another century. sweden seal their place in the last 16 of the women‘s world cup as their opponents thailand reach a milestone of their own. and fernando alonso has claimed back—to—back wins at the le mans 24—hour race. welcome to the programme. thanks forjoining us. it‘s the biggest rivalry in sport — india against pakistan in the cricket. over a billion people are thought to have been watching on sunday at old trafford in manchester. india continued their world cup dominance over their rivals, with a rain—affected 89—run victory as a highly anticipated match came to a strange end. pakistan, chasing 337, collapsed to 166—6 before a rain delay saw their target revised to another 136 runs required from 30 balls —

homes after flooding described still can go back to their homes afterflooding described by the environment agencyed. well, we have been talking about the cricket world. we are going to meet players trying to ta ke are going to meet players trying to take their team to the next level and hoping their lives mightjust be transformed in the process. commentator: this is the stuff of fairytales! who would have thought? afghanistan will play in their second world cup. from the refugee camps of pakistan to top—flight competition, afghan cricket has had an amazing journey. and the team is now among the top ten in the world. but this isn't just a sport. it is a passion that unites a country torn apart by a0 years of war. commentator: rashid khan has got it! with celebrity players in international leagues. doing well, to bring the smiles on the faces of people back home. in this world cup year, we meet the players taking the sport to the next level, and hoping their lives will be transformed in the process. hazratullah shahidi hopes this will be his year. until he was 15, he had only played cricket with a

people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding — descibed by the environment agencys "unprecedented". tens of millions of people were left without power in four south american countries, after the failure, of a hydroelectric dam. israel's prime minister — benjamin netanyahu — has formally named a new area in the golan heights after president donald trump. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. more than one billion people watch on acros the globe as india defeat fierce rivals pakistan at the cricket world cip. it's official — maurizzio sarri is off to juventus, but who will replace him at chelsea? and fast and furyous. the gypsy king returns to the ring — and needs just two rounds to seal victory in las vegas. hello and welcome to the programme. all eyes were on old trafford as over a billion people tuned in from right across the globe to watch fierce rivals india and pakistan face off in the cricket world cup‘s most oversubscribed tie. and it's favourites india who have prevailed in a rain—affected game at old trafford. our correspo

lincolnshire are still unable to go back to their homes because of flooding, described by the environment agencyented. over1 billion people are expected to tune in to watch today's world cup cricket clash between india and pakistan. now it's time for the travel show. my name is tony giles and i'm totally blind and severely deaf in both ears. now we're moving. i can feel the wind in my hair. i've spent the last 21 years travelling. i've visited over 120 countries. every continent in the world, including antarctica. my mission is to visit every country in the world. i started off in december, planning this recent trip, and i decided to start in egypt because it's at the top of north africa and work my way through several countries to get to ethiopia. ok, i've got some fish. now i'm feeding the birds. it's my passion, it's what i do, it is what makes me happy. it's the biggest challenge i can get. i just want to be normal. i've got to be strong all the time. it's the only way i can travel. the only way i can cope. i've explored quite a bit of addis, and i think it is time to move on and explore a b

the environment agency is actually taking, undergoing a criminal investigation into southern water and reporter danni hewson has been looking into this for us. it is quite a significant find was that we had from the regulators of theissues that we had from the regulators of the issues that they are being fined far. it is a pretty terrible tale, isn‘t it? it is, effectively what they did is they failed to spend the money maintaining their sewage treatment facilities, which meant that waste water went out into the environment and polluted beaches and rivers. but the big problem that really compounded this issue is that these waste water lea ks compounded this issue is that these waste water leaks occurred over a seven—year period and instead of reporting them and taking the fine that would have come their way, instead, they manipulated the tests, they sent different water samples to they sent different water samples to the regulator so they would avoid being detected. they did that over a seven—year period. the bus has been replaced and the current chief executive has said that there are

people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding described by the environment agencydented". around a8 million people may be affected by a huge electrical power failure in argentina and uruguay. now the best of the week's interviews and reports with the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire show. hello, and welcome to our programme. over the next half an hour we will bring you some exclusive and originaljournalism that we have broadcast over the last week. on monday we told you how thousands of people in england are using their life savings to pay for care that should be funded by the nhs. campaigners claim it is a deliberate strategy to cut spending on the care even though it is a legal right for thousands of vulnerable patients. when 83—year—old joyce bryant fell ill two years ago with viral encephalitis it left her with a substantial brain injury and unable to care for herself. it became the tipping point for her health. she is now bedridden and weighs around seven stone. her behaviour was just manic. she was banging on windows, she was hitting out at my dad, pulling plugs out

the environment agency that regulates obstruction says it has to balance supply and the environment.hould use water responsibly and it has cut obstructions, but campaigners say much stronger action is needed to stop this talk stream crisis. -- is needed to stop this talk stream crisis. —— chalk. at the age of 21 australian sara zelenak, was the youngest victim of the london bridge terror attack. she was on a night out with friends when she was stabbed. later that month she was due to meet her parents in paris, and that's where they're heading today on a special bike ride in her memory. they're setting off from borough market in south london and our reporterjon donnison is with them. i think you have them with you, so wish them luck from us and away you go. we have about 40 riders taking pa rt go. we have about 40 riders taking part this morning, setting off in about 20 minutes. the writers include some of the survivors from the london bridge attacks, as well as some of the first responders from the emergency services. sara's pa rents a re the emergency services. sara's parents are he

the environment agency which regulates abstraction says it has to balance supply and the environment.y and it has cut abstractions, but campaigners say much stronger action is needed to stop this chalk stream crisis. team sport players have as much endurance as long—distance runners and can be as powerful as body—builders, according to a new study. researchers from manchester metropolitan university say it's all down to their blend of training, which gives them the best of both worlds. they say people wrongly assume you can't excel in both. the report also says climbing the stairs or doing chores energetically is a good alternative to the gym. he can save yourself in a gym membership and just do the hoovering with extra then. —— vim. i wonder if mickjagger was doing with extra then. —— vim. i wonder if mick jagger was doing the with extra then. —— vim. i wonder if mickjagger was doing the dusting. sir mick jagger has proved he still has the moves, even after major surgery. he made an energetic return to the stage in chicago last night, just a few months after having a heart valve repl

the environment agency is actually undergoing a criminal investigation into southern water and the impactthe way they were expected to, and in addition they try to cover up that poor performance and that is why we are levying such a high penalty on them today. let's get the thoughts now on this from mike keil — head of policy and research for the water watchdog — consumer council for water. thank you for coming in to talk to us. thank you for coming in to talk to us. so, a record fine so what is your reaction to the punishment? customers are absolutely appalled at the behaviour of southern water. they have been lied to for seven yea rs they have been lied to for seven years and not only that, damaging the environment for seven years and then they cover the top. customers are right to be shocked and appalled at the behaviour. this is a record fine the company is facing but when you break it down, the sums that customers will get a relatively small? that is right, customers get £61 back spread overfive small? that is right, customers get £61 back spread over five years. small? that is right

people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding desrcibed by the environment agencynprecedented". most of argentina and uruguay, together with regions of paraguay and brazil, are without electricity after a massive power outage. now on bbc news, internationally acclaimed writer fatima bhutto talks to george alagiah about how politics, family tragedy and intrigue have helped shaped her writing. hello and welcome to talking books at hay festival in wales. every year the festival brings together writers, policymakers, thinkers and artists, all of them to stimulate debate. today i will be talking to fatima bhutto. she is no stranger to conflict and controversy coming as she does from a high—profile political dynasty in pakistan. her latest book the runaways follows the story of three young people and asks why each of them from very different backgrounds ends up joining the jihadi cause. the thing aboutjournalism, where ever you do it, is that you can do the how it happened, when it happened, who did it, if you like, there is cctv cameras, all of that, but there is one qu

people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding, described by the environment agencys unprecedented. —— as unprecedented. now, dateline london. hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: hong kong in tears. gulf tankers in flames. and britain's marmite man in pole position to become the next prime minister. my guests today are chinese writer diane weiliang, uk political commentator steve richards, agnes poirier of french news weekly marianne, and american journalist michael goldfarb of the podcast frdh. hong kong wept last week. its leader, carrie lam, was in tears because so many of her citizens distrusted her assurances on a new extradition law and took to the streets in protest. the protestors wept because they had been tear gassed by police. but their determination paid off. this weekend, the government suspended its plans for the extradition bill and said it would listen. what next for the unique and fragile ecosystem that is hong kong? diane, what happened here? this looks like a a dramatic u—turn. last week, the government was defiant,