gavin: except they never did. too dry one year, too wet another, and this year, well, more than 6,000 flowers shot out of the ground, but-- rich: they literally ate the bulb on the bottom. gavin: ground squirrels took it from there. rich: so, they had lunch, breakfast, and dinner, on the bulb guy. gavin: from where rich stood, it was yet another disaster. but from someone else's vantage point, it was something completely different. tapasi roychoudhury: the poor guy does it all by himself. gavin: tapasi roychoudhury lives across the street from the hillside, and has watched rich for year try and fail to realize his dream, yet keep coming back. tapasi: i thought, "okay, the tulips are not coming on, maybe he'll change his mind and he'll leave this hill all alone, and he'll go away." but he did not. gavin: tapasi says rich inspired her to keep going when she suffered setbacks in her life, and she thought she isn't the only one who could benefit from his example. tapasi: today, i'm going to talk about a bulb guy. gavi

gavin, we have had developments and a press c0 nfe re nce gavin, we have had developments and a pressrence from authorities. yes, and it is still ongoing as we speak. i said you what catalan officials is saying is that they have identified the driver of the las ramblas attacks. at the moment, they haven't given the details of who that driver is. that may come in the next few minutes as we are on air. remember, the chief suspect in this, one of the 12 attackers police we re this, one of the 12 attackers police were looking for, younes abouyaaqoub, the 22—year—old moroccan national, there is no sign of him. police are saying the international manhunt continues for him but as yet those two have not been connected. the press conference is ongoing. two men have also been

gavin lee at the sagrada familia.us up—to—date with that fast—moving investigation. margaret gilmore is a senior associate fellow at the royal united services institute. speaking to me a little earlier she gave me her analysis of last weeks attack. i think what we have seen in the last six months or so in particular is that isis has been setting up and establishing itself more strongly and making stronger links with groups in northern africa. in this particular case, morocco is fairly close to spain and therefore easier to get to. there are moroccan communities. but i think we have to be careful about making that link too strong. morocco is a country that is very friendly to the west. what we have here is a group of people who are from a particular community that happens to be a moroccan community. they have become extreme in their views, they are closely knit, groups of brothers, they have grown up together in the same place and formed a cell and then, under the influence of probably somebody who has been guiding the

gavin newsom hasn't. i know he's a good communicator and debater. i agree with you, they should be civil. they should be conversations. i'm looking forward to them going forward. >> when we come back from break, we'll talk about the challenges facing the golden state. they're enormous. it might not be a governable place anymore. >> it is governable. >> don't go anyway, america. it this time it's his turn. you have 4.3 minutes to yourself. this calls for a taste of cheesecake. new philadelphia cheesecake cups. rich, creamy cheesecake with real strawberries. find them with the refrigerated desserts. so find a venus smooth that contours to curves, the smoother the skin, the more comfortable you are in it. flexes for comfort, and has a disposable made for you. skin smoothing venus razors. before fibromyalgia, i was on the go. i kept on top of things. then the chronic, widespread pain slowed me down. my doctor said moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. he also prescribed lyrica. fibromyalgia is thought to be the result of overactive nerves. lyrica is

gavin, that special service on the way? felipe and queen letizia ashley along with the prime minister. as we see behind me, you might be able to hear some choral music coming from the church, but many of the families, of the 1a people killed, have been invited to ta ke people killed, have been invited to take part and some of the people injured, theirfamilies, take part and some of the people injured, their families, 5a take part and some of the people injured, theirfamilies, 5a people injured, theirfamilies, 5a people injured in these attacks, and it's the first time there has been any kind of real public gathering since the attack, thursday night on las ramblas, a white van travelling at 500 metres, and then later on in cambrils, five people were killed, and there are about 2000 people watching around here, taking part and being part of it. in the past few minutes, as part of the investigation, there's number of suspects the police are looking for. there are two brothers believed to have been killed back on thursday when

gavin lee speaking with an eyewitness. here are some of eyewitness accounts.ng up to the catalu nya metro accounts. i was walking up to the catalunya metro station and i heard screams first of all and a couple of crashes, where i am guessing it was the moment the van mounted the pavement and knocked over all kinds of stalls and that kind of thing. and then that is when i saw the crowds parting because of a massive from of people on las ramblas it self, and that is when i saw the van going at full speed down the middle of las ramblas. and when i saw that it wasn't slowing down that is when i realised that there was something obviously very, very wrong. i realised that there was something obviously very, very wronglj i realised that there was something obviously very, very wrong. i saw a white van with its front looking like it was broken out and it was going at at firsti like it was broken out and it was going at at first i thought it was a service vehicle. then i realised it was going too fast. it looked to be as if it was going left to right hitting people at

my name is gavin grey. 0ur america and around the globe. my name is gavin grey.rnment says the terror cell behind last week's attacks has been dismantled, but a massive manhunt continues for one key suspect. several members of the jihadist cell came from this small town in the pyrenees. a shocked community searches for answers. in other news: tens of thousands march in boston in opposition to a planned right—wing rally. president trump applauds the protestors for standing up to hate. and a british man injured while helping victims of finland's first terrorist attack insists he's "no hero."

joining me now, hickmandha c and his son gavin, 12 years old. this is actually your folk's house? >> yes. yes, we've lived here for about 46 years. i live a little bit further north and our home is okay. so my parents are with me, but we're just coming here to assess the damage and make sure we can get what little things we can grab out. >> reporter: you were telling us, you tried to put stuff up high. chairs behind you on the wall there. >> this living room was sunk in. it was built in the '70s. everything else we put up as high as we could, two, three inches maybe, not six feet. >> reporter: just to be clear, 46 years your parents have been here, your family home, never flooded, right? >> never, never once, ever. not from the creek. it has never come up this high, ever. not this close. >> reporter: so what do you do now? you guys are resilient. you're helping, neighbors helping neighbors, off plan? >> i just thank god my parents are okay and most of the people in the neighborhood are okay. this is just stuff. this can be replaced. the plan is, we're going -- we have our church a

i'm gavin grey. our top stories: the un security council imposes $1 billion worth of sanctions on north korea over its nuclear and missile programmes. these sanctions will cut deep and in doing so will give the north korean leadership a taste of the deprivation they have chosen to inflict on the north korean people. venezuela's chief prosecutor is fired by the new constituent assembly. she says it wants to stop her investigating corruption. italian police have arrested a 30—year—old polish man accused of drugging and kidnapping a british model in milan, to sell in an online auction. also in the programme, a shock result at the world athletics championships as usain bolt takes bronze in his last individual 100m race before retirement. the united nations security council has voted unanimously to impose tough new sanctions against north korea. the resolution was drafted by the united states and comes in response to two long—range ballistic missile tests last month. the sanctions aim to deprive pyongyang

gavin lee.he streets of europe, again. and, again, a vehicle used as a weapon. come on, come on, just come on. las ramblas, in barcelona, a packed sunny evening on spain's most famous boulevard, in panic. screaming come on, you're gonna be alright. this white van mounted the pavement and ploughed into pedestrians. sirens bodies were left lying on the street. those who were nearby rushed to help the injured. emergency services arrived quickly, as the hunt for those responsible began. the city's metro and train stations were closed down. the nearby streets quickly deserted, as people were told to stay inside. i saw a white van with the side door open. we heard gunshots. whether it was the police or from the van, i don't know. i didn't hang around for that. we ran into the burger king to get shelter. reporter: what was going through your mind when it was going on? are we going to survive? yeah, we were just scared they were going to get in there. they pulled all the shutters down. just kept us safe

gavin rae, in catalunya square, thank you very much. —— gavin lee.ve bannon, for his service after he was fired from his job at the white house. mr bannon — who was seen as the architect of mr trump's right—wing agenda — has vowed to continue to fight the president's opponents. he'll return to a role at the ultra—conservative website, breitbart news. david willis reports. steve bannon, widely credited for helping steer donald trump to victory, he was one of the most powerful men in the white house. if you think they will give your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. every day — every day, it is going to be a fight. steve bannon has now returned to right—wing website breitbart news, which he ran before leaving tojoin the trump campaign a year ago. he has said that he intends to keep fighting on the president's behalf, but in an interview with the conservative magazine the weekly standard, he has said that the trump presidency that they fought for and won is now over. he is not a racist. i can tell you that. he is a good person. he ac

my name is gavin grey. our top stories: the un security council imposes $1 billion worth of sanctions on north korea over its nuclear and missile programmes. venezuela's chief prosecutor is fired by the new constituent assembly. she says it wants to stop her investigating corruption. also in the programme, a shock result at the world athletics championships as usain bolt takes bronze in his last individual 100m race. hello and welcome to bbc news. the united nations security council has voted unanimously to impose tough new sanctions against north korea. the resolution was drafted by the united states and comes in response to two long—range ballistic missile tests last month. the sanctions aim to deprive pyongyang of more than $1 billion a year in export earnings. china and russia also called on the us to stop the deployment of its thaad anti—missile system in south korea. from the un in new york, nick bryant reports. this was a show of ambition and menace. north korea last month testing an intercontinental

my name is gavin grey.d rescue operation is under way. spanish police say 12 terror suspects spend six months planning thursday's barcelona vehicle attack. the seven—year—old boy missing since the barcelona attack is confirmed as one of the dead. his family say they will remember his smiles. bangladesh suffers its worst flooding for 30 years. across south asia millions of people are affected. tributes tojerry lewis, one of america's all—time comedy greats, who's died in las vegas aged 91.

thank you very much, gavin, outside the sagrada familia cathedral where that special service is due tonow onto other news. a british paramedic, stabbed repeatedly during a terror attack in finland, has described how he tried in vain to save the life of one of the victims. speaking from his hospital bed, hassan zubier has told the bbc he wouldn't hesitate to do the same again, but insists he is no hero. two women died and eight other people were wounded in the city of turku on friday. simonjones has this report. the market square that became the scene of a terror attack. hassan zubier was on holiday in turku. he tried to protect his girlfriend and help those who had been injured, kicking the attacker. speaking from his hospital bed, he said despite his efforts, one of the women died in his arms. i'm nota hero, i'mjust a human being who cares for other human beings. maybe it sounds silly, but that's me. i would do it again, anytime, because the world is such a dark place. and if we don't help each other, who is going to help us? at the same time, a girl lost her life. i feel so upset tha

gavin,aster gavin -- mr. thank you so much, 28 years at the federal bureau of investigation.v . we have a huge response to the technology, and there it is. was justook at me, painful, i understand, or better yet, you can come over here and click on a feature and bring of the chart, and you can fill that riccadonnalike carl will steal that chart from me today down in the third floor. this is bloomberg jobs day. bill gross later and alan krueger as well. ♪ guy: this is "bloomberg surveillance." guy johnson in london. tom keene over in new york. "bloomberg daybreak: america's." to gary be talking cohn. i cannot wait. david: none of us can, actually. gary cohn was an economic council letter the white house. this apparent dilemma between the full employment but lack of wage pressure, what is going on, so we are talking to gary cohn, tom. tom: one of the issues, david westin, the dialogue has shifted as well. you have got to ask him about mr. trump's perception on where the american economy is. david: you cannot get it without wage growth, so how focus is the president on getti

gavin lee is there with the latest. 100 people injured, 13 people dead, 15 people in a critical condition in hospital. behind me this is the stretch of last rambus, the most famous promenade in spain, where police are going from house to house right now —— the stretch of last rambus. they are investigating exactly who is in because they believe there's a bigger plot, more men involved. they say two men have been arrested. they were hiding in bars about 500 metres down the street. there were about 200 people inside a museum, inside some of the shops, hiding out. they are being told to stay, take cover. there's been two men a third has an shot about 500 metres from here, shot dead. two men fled on foot, a third man appears to have tried to escape 500 metres away. i can bring in an eyewitness here, aamer anwar, from scotland. you were amongst the people who were told to stay away and all the tourists around us cannot go back into the city. tell me what you saw this evening?” literally had come onto las ramblas, i was about

several days, i think that was, gavin. yeah.wn further along the coast, about 120 kilometres from here where, for six months, police say this gang of men between 18 and 26, led by this cleric that you mention, a cleric in a town in the parini ‘s. all of these dots connect, because where they were planning, suddenly there was an explosion on thursday. police have confirmed that the imam, the leader of the attacks, was killed, and the others then launched into action the following day. they struck the original plan, which police say was three attacks with vehicles using explosives. instead they attacked las ramblas and a second attack down the post in cambrils. in total, they killed 15 people, because separately the way that younes abouyaaqoub managed to escape was by stabbing and killing a spanish driver and fleeing in his car. the imam appears to have connections to belgium pulled he was seen in belgium last year, ina pulled he was seen in belgium last year, in a place where dozens of jihadists left for syria. he tried to get a

gavin boydis is over same—sex marriage. gavin boyd is from the rainbow project.asn‘t taken new any closer, let‘s be honest? exist. this hasn‘t taken new any closer, let's be honest?” exist. this hasn‘t taken new any closer, let's be honest? i think it has. this issue is not going away. the judge recognised this issue is not going away. and when assembly is reconstituted, he expects this to be debated and he hopes hisjudgment is taken into account. but of course, we are heartbroken today. people in northern ireland have been waiting to get married for as long as people across the water have. what will be surprising is for people in the rest of britain to hear that... they should contact their mps about. they should contact their mps about. they should contact the prime minister about. this is the responsibility of the northern ireland assembly but we don't have an assembly. it is the responsibility of the prime minister to ensure that all citizens have equality of opportunity. this judgment makes clear there is no consensus across europe about same—sex marriage. y

back with me bill gavin, welcome to you. mike.now we keep talking about how to keep american safe. but machine's basketball team was there as was oregon states and arizona, what do we do? >> just have good situational awareness. know your surroundings, and understand a lot of times the random abts o acts of violence, you can't stop them, you have to know how to act in the moment, get out of the way of an approaching vehicle, identify who is driving give authority as much information, it based on situational awareness. gerri: bill. you have been great, what else to we need to know? >> i agree with michael. those are -- you have to have that situational awareness, when you are overseas, you know you don't go, in some country, if you are in israel you don't go someplace where there is a demonstration, you be careful about standing in line for buses and things like that. that is not intuitively known, and bringing our students over there playing baseball up-to-date, that is important. but we all have to have that antenna up and i thin

gavin lee, bbc news, milan.architecture but that's now at risk because it's much cheaper to destroy an old house and build a new one than it is to renovate a hand—crafted structure. local people are wondering how they can preserve the area's rich heritage. china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports from zhoucheng. here, they have been very successful with their dyeing business. so successful they've been able to upgrade the family home. half of the traditional house has been knocked down, and, as you can see, the new wing is very different. finally, we'll leave you with a few stunning images a lunar eclipse. the phenomenon was visible in many parts of the world on monday night. eclipses occur when the earth passes between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow. a second full eclipse will occur on august 21 over north america, the first of its kind in nearly a century. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, well, no sign of summer for tuesday, or indeed the rest of this week. it's goi

gavin lee, bbc news, milan.idence in presidentjacob zuma — and this time, it will be a secret ballot. it will test the unity within the governing african national congress. seniorfigures are increasingly critical of their leader. the decision was made by the speaker of the south african parliament. at least 50 members of the governing african national congress would have to vote with the opposition in order to remove mr zuma, who has been implicated in a number of corruption scandals. the bbc‘s nomsa maseko has the latest from capetown. the move took many by surprise and injects a new element into the proceedings in parliament against president jacob zuma, where the anc has always enjoyed a healthy majority. this decision is therefore in the best interest of the country. the speaker is required to guard the procedures of this house and to ensure that the outcome of this very important vote is credible. the call for a vote of no—confidence president jacob zuma was initiated by opposition parties after the preside

gavin lee reporting from barcelona.om malaysia, singapore and america, are searching for ten missing us sailors, after their warship collided with an oil tanker. the ussjohn s mccain, and a liberian—flagged vessel, hit each other near the straits of malacca just before dawn. richard lister reports. the collision happened before dawn. guided missile destroyer uss john s mccain was holed up the water line as it steamed towards singapore for a routine visit. the us 7th fleet said several compartments were flooded including berths for crew members. ten sailors are missing, five were injured. a search and rescue operation is now under way involving ships from singapore and malaysia with support from the us navy. four of the injured were airlifted to hospital in singapore, their condition is not said to be life—threatening. in a tweet, president trump offered... as the rescue efforts continued. the other ship involved the liberian flagged tanker is bigger and heavier than the mccain, it continued to singapore with its cargo o

thank you for that, gavin. and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are the former fleet street editor, eve pollard, and thejournalist and columnist, yasmin alibhai—brown. companies selling and arranging pension plans are to be banned from making unsolicited phone calls and sending emails and text messages to prospective customers. the government says it's trying to tackle pension scams after fraudsters tricked elderly savers out of nearly £5 million in the first five months of this year. here's our business correspondent, joe lynam. chas drew lives in the forest of dean. he invested his retirement savings into a fund which did not deliver what was promised. the company has gone bust and he doesn't know how much of his money he will ever get back. pretty sick. i don't think i'm stupid and yet you think, how could you have been sucked in? rather than having a pension that i knew i could rely on, i have a zero pension r

gavin lee, bbc news, milan.d that tomorrow's vote of no confidence in the country's president, jacob zuma, will be held by secret ballot. the opposition have called for the vote to be held in secret, she said her decision had been taken to ensure a credible outcome. protesters outside parliament welcomed the announcement. mr zuma has been implicated in several corruption scandals. sickle cell disease is the most common and fastest growing genetic blood disorder in the uk. the nhs says the condition, which can cause extreme pain and life—threatening infections, affects 15,000 people in britain, mainly people of african, asian and mediterranean origin. more than 300 babies are born each year with the condition. children living with sickle cell are several hundred times more likely to have a stroke. but experimental therapy could bring a glimmer of hope. colleen harris went to meet two young people whose lives have been afflicted by the disease. a full and active life of sport. everyday things ten—year—old matthew

i'm gavin grey. our top stories: spain's government says the terror cell behind last week's attacks has been dismantled. but a massive manhunt continues for one key suspect. several members of thejihadist cell came from this small town in the pyrenees. a shocked community searches for answers. tens of thousands march in boston, in opposition to a planned right—wing rally. president trump applauds the protestors for standing up to bigotry and hate. and a british man injured while helping victims of finland's first terrorist attack insists he's "no hero." spain's interior minister says the terror cell behind the attacks there this week has been broken up. officials believe the cell consisted of 12 young men, most of them moroccan nationals. one man, younes abu yaaquoub, is still at large. police searching for him say they believe he may have been the driver of the van which mowed down so many people on thursday in barcelona, killing 13 and injuring 130. from there, james reynolds reports. the king of s

our correspondent gavin lee is in barcelona for us.e streets defying these attacks. yes, on the face of it, it looks like it is getting back to normal, you can spot the police very quickly, vehicles by the police have been pleased in strategic locations so been pleased in strategic locations so it is difficult to get cars on here. what strikes me is in las ramblas there has been a great effort by stallholders, people coming back to pick up the pieces from their work. i have spoken to you before from paris, knives, brussels and london and there is a similar part of people placing flowers, candles, silence, moments of applause. thousands of people were cheering a moment ago and thanking the taxi drivers for the fee —— free journeys after the attacks. yesterday there was a sudden noise in the street and thousands, you can imagine the scene behind me, people started to run behind me, people started to run behind me, people started to run behind me from catalonia square, it isa behind me from catalonia square, it is a place on edge at the s

from sicily, gavin lee reports. scorching times for sicily.suddenly need to be harvested weeks early. but working in the fields in 43 degrees is brutal. translation: today, unfortunately, the temperature was so high, we had to tell the workers to come back later when it's cooler. we all suffer, the machines suffer, the vineyard suffers. the fight here against the sun to save the grape and wine industry is reflected in vineyards across europe. but the wider impact has led to some governments to warn people to stay indoors in the afternoon because of the threat to public health. in the balkans, authorities have been advising people to stay indoors and increase their water intake. in hungary, it's about keeping cool and carrying on, and there's strong advice from hungarian officials. translation: if you know any elderly people ask them if they need any help and offer to do their shopping instead for them. don't let them go to the market in this heat. we also draw your attention to adequate fluid replacement for children and infants. he says it's

gavin lee, bbc news, milan. age limit. masako wakamiya spotted a gap in the games market and created an app especially for players over 60. the game is inspired by a traditionaljapanese dolls festival and has already had a great response. staff at google are caught up in a row about gender diversity at the company. it started when a male software engineer wrote a memo saying the lack of women in top tech jobs was due to biological differences between the sexes. many of his colleagues criticised the statement but he says others support him. while google has defended its track record for inclusion, the issue has sparked heated debate about perceptions of women in the workplace around the world. there are not enough in our founders, not enough women in technical roles, but more importantly, it is about women taking the decision to become a founder. as well as women taking the time to train and into technical roles, because it is not easy. i agree with you. i speak to a lot of women and they tell me of course that t

gavin lee, bbc news, tarifa.should be confident that there will not be a second war on the korean peninsula. as he marked his first 100 days in office, mr moon also said nobody else could make a decision on military action without translation: there cannot be a second war on the korean peninsula. i can guarantee that. after the korean war, all the people of the nation worked very hard to build the nation. and war cannot happen on the korean peninsula. 0ur correspondent robin brant, joins us now from seoul. that is a pretty big guarantee. not just confidence, this was a man directed at the domestic audience who can guarantee there will not be a second korean war. this is a president, relatively new to office, who is trying to do everything he can to dampen down the tension, particularly what we have seen an increase, he does believe the north koreans are approaching a redline anti— threatened sanctions against it would get even worse. he doesn't think the united states intends to use military action as an option b

gavin lee, bbc news, sicily.atwave has at least another week, scientists have given a grim forecast for extreme weather in the future. a study published in the lancet health journal says that by the end of the century 150,000 people in europe would die yearly because of the weather. the study comes as the united states officially informed the un that it will pull out of the paris climate agreement. sarah—jane bungay reports. it makes for the grimmest of weather warnings. deaths from weather disasters could increase 50—fold across europe by the start of next century. from flooding to wildfires, heatwaves, wind storms, droughts and cold snaps, scientists at the european commission joint research centre looked at the effects of seven of the most dangerous weather events. across europe, those events we do to 3,000 deaths a year between 1981 and 2010. in the future, that figure could increase dramatically. the report says global warming needs to be curbed as a matter of urgency, adding population change will play only

our europe reporter gavin lee joins us now from sicily where temperatures are in the 40s. at one o'clock today, jane. now it is slipping back to 30s. suddenly, it seems a lot calmer. and like turtles in their shells, we are starting to see people emerge. the italian government has said, notjust here but in sicily, where it has hit 44, we are close to palermo right now, but also in seven countries, there are warnings tuesday indoors for the afternoon. a few have braved it. we are going to meet helen. you are from the czech republic and you have been here for the past few days. we really enjoy it! we are not used to so really enjoy it! we are not used to so much sun because in the czech republic, it used to be not so hot, but our friends are telling us it is now 37, which is so unusual. but since we are close to the sea and in the czech republic we don't have the sea, we take every chance to be outside. it is 43 in the czech republic today and the government is saying to be inside. but you have keptin saying to be inside. but you have kept in the shade? yeah, because there i

gavin lee, bbc news, tarifa.arantee there will be no war on the korean peninsula. he was speaking at a news conference to mark his first 100 days in office yogita limaye reports from close to the border with north korea. voiceover: this is the demilitarised zone between north and south korea, a four kilometre wright that wide strip of land which is a buffer between the two countries. —— white. a north korean soldier there, facing soldiers from south korea, strange that they are so close to each other but no of communication actually open between these two sides. —— wide. in light of recent hostilities, sharp words coming in from pyongyang, you would have imagined things here would be more tense but actually, things here are quiet and as normal. and around 50 kilometres away, in seoul, the president, moonjae—in, kilometres away, in seoul, the president, moon jae—in, is kilometres away, in seoul, the president, moonjae—in, is doing his best to calm down the rhetoric between the us and north korea. at a press co nfe

thank you, much more from gavin throughout the day. the latest developments from all of our correspondents in spain on the bbc news website. finland has observed a minute's silence this morning for the victims of a stabbing attack in the city of turku in which two women were killed and eight injured. investigators are treating it as the country's first terror attack. one of those injured — a british paramedic, hassan zubier — has described to the bbc how he tried in vain to save the life of one of the victims. iran against him and screamed. he stood up, he ran away, i ran after him a couple of metres. he turned around, showed the knife. he didn't say anything and then he ran away and i looked back at the girl and saw her injuries. so i ran there immediately, straight to her. i tried to stop the blood coming up. yeah, tried to save her life. companies selling and arranging pension plans are to be banned from making unsolicited phone calls, and sending emails and text messages to prospective customers. the government says it's trying to

gavin lee, bbc news, milan.forms at london waterloo are now shut due to major upgrade works. network rail says the closures are necessary to improve services. emma simpson is there. emma, it still looks busy behind you. it is busy, george, but the trains have been replaced by noisy diggers in this part of waterloo. this is possibly the biggest and most complex engineering that this train station has seen in a century. ten platforms are closed until august 29, the day after the bank holiday. that is practically half the station. it is going to involve around 1000 engineers and on—site workers doing shifts around the clock. what they are basically doing, i don't know if you can see it, is extending the platforms to allow longer trains. this will eventually mean an extra a5,000 passengers will be able to go to and from waterloo during rush hour every day. that's the game. but the pain is big disruption. but for months now, the real bosses have been urging passengers to work from home, find alternative routes, even

gavin, thank you.rest of this morning's main stories: the physicist, professor stephen hawking, has accused the health secretary, jeremy hunt, of "cherry—picking" evidence to support his policies. he has praised the nhs, but attacked the provision of private health care in england. mr hunt has described the scientist's claims as wrong. here's our health correspondent, jane dreaper. he is one of the world's best—known scientists. professor stephen hawking was diagnosed with motoneuron disease at the age of 21. he turned 75 at the start of this year. a milestone celebrated at a scientific conference last month. # happy birthday to you...# professor hawking says he wouldn't be alive without the large amount of high—quality nhs treatment he has received. but he is concerned about the future of the health service in england, defending it as the most efficient and cost—effective system. in a speech which describes his medical history and how he sometimes had to challenge doctors, professor hawking said: he a

the fire breaking out in west london and increasing inequality that learnt resumes chief of staff gavin barwell who allegedly sat on a tablet. fire safety review even state mandated u.k. broadcasters at the scene couldn't avoid the topic of rich was as poor as they sort opinion from the local community one thing i wanted to say that i was saying about i might have been afraid to exploit it was something that i don't know about when i die but i do know is dated regeneration last year building that they talk about doing so well of these buildings they did it that they wouldn't only ten million pounds they're talking about and put the plastic things on there. because they want more reasons to not be on those two options they could even regenerate the blocks or they could knock them down and often i'm not so sure that was totally an accident i'm not even going to lie i'm not going to lie to you could use you cause me to have i'm not going to lie the whole situation that's going on in this area and we got a big one on the way that they don't want us here and they put those rich man's books t

gavin, thank you very much indeed. serious situation indeed, thank you.int—germain have completed the record £200 million transfer dealfor neymar with the brazilian forward signing a five—year contract. the french club have been unveiling their star player at a press conference. our correspondent, jonny dymond, is outside psg's stadium in paris. the anticipation finally over? the anticipation finally over? the anticipation finally over? the anticipation is over and i think the focus of the fans is on the skills of this astonishing player. the focus of the rest of the world is on the staggering amount of money he is being paid. there are already complaints from barcelona and from la liga about the way that this deal has been made, and there is focus on the extraordinary position of paris st germain, because this is not a normal football club, this is st germain, because this is not a normalfootball club, this is a club thatis normalfootball club, this is a club that is entirely owned by a country, by oil and gas rich gulf state qatar, the accusation is tha

well, our correspondent, gavin lee, who's in barcelona, told me a little earlier how people have continueders throughout the day to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in thursday's terrorist attack. it is, the exact point is catalunya square and by las ramblas, this is the area where the white van mounted the pavement. behind me you can see lots of different tributes, candles, flowers at the places where either the van started or where people were found and where people went to help, and down here for 500m you will see different shops and shacks, different tributes, there is a huge floral artwork by one artist and the candles have started to emerge. one thing for me that strikes me, i spoke to you from paris and brussels and london and nice after similar attacks and there is a feeling in which people come together, stay quiet, have minutes of silence and sing out in defiance and we have heard that in other places but it is quite a flighty feeling because it can be talking to you one minute and suddenly, last night, for example, there was a noise and thousands of people came running

minister he can actually be there while the choir is going on well as i say the media has focused on gavin which is quite wrong because his responsibilities were only a part of this and there have been ministers labor conservative and liberal go back when all this started i don't think you'll find members of parliament when we had to stay open on wednesday point is that they got just one particular minister and i do not think that gabby's presence running the prime minister's office is going to have any effect whatsoever of a public inquiry because the prime minister has said the new minister decurtis that it will be completely independent and i take them at their word but the man who promised there would be a review of fire safety in tower blocks who will be in downing street while a public inquiry is going on and there's no problem with what he thought would be voted the public inquiry whether he's going to be called to get some stage along with all the other ministers i don't know but i can see absolutely no conflict of interest i absolutely respect what we've been told about this indep

my name is gavin grey.e city of valencia. israel plans to ban journalists from aljazeera and close its offices in jerusalem, after accusing the broadcaster of incitement. china urges north korea to stop its nuclear missile tests, after the un security council votes for tough new sanctions. and stopping the slaughter. the british army shows gamekeepers how to track and stop elephant poachers in west africa.

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.gramme: it's honours even in the first game at the etihad stadium in a fiery encounter between manchester city and everton. former england football star eni aluko speaks to us about her alleged racist treatment by the team. and former world number one victoria azarenka will miss the us 0pen. welcome to the programme. manchester city needed a late equaliser against everton in what turned out to be a fractious affair on a night to mark the victims of recent terror attacks. the match finished i—i. wayne rooney opened the scoring for the visitors in the first half, his 200th premier league goal. substitute raheem sterling saved the day for city, levelling with just eight minutes remaining. both sides had a man sent off. kyle walker on his home debut in the first half and everton's morgan schneiderlin saw red later on in the closing stages.

joining me to talk about that is former assistant director of the fbi, bill gavin.erridge gave us a heads-up on this. they are checking intel terror data bases. >> what they are checking right now is all the watchlists they have plus all the intelligence mechanisms they have to look at. they are looking to see, has there been any chatter about something like this that was so unspecific that they couldn't figure out what country they were talking about? now they are looking to see if they did have this kind of chatter, they can plug it into being in spain. the other thing they are look at is if these names i'm sure are known to the law enforcement agencies, whether there is anything known to any of these intelligence agencies in the united states and worldwide. there is such a degree of cooperation today that didn't -- unfortunately didn't exist in the past. i think this is one of the main things to help all of us through all of these difficult problems. gleg * it's been reported and it's fairly reliable that our cia director gave our spanish counterparts a heads-up

i'm gavin ramjaun. and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: barcelona want a piece of neymar again. this time, they are sueing the brazilian for millions over alleged breach of contract. england will face a showdown with new zealand in the women's world cup final thanks to a hard—fought victory over france. and a former olympic cross country skiing champion has her ban extended for using steroids in her lip balm. welcome to the programme. barcelona are suing neymar for at least ten million dollars for alleged breach of contract. barca are demanding he return the loyalty bonus paid after he renewed his deal with the catalan side in october last year. that was before he left for paris st germain earlier this month in a world record transfer worth $261 million. the club is also chasing an additional 10% in interest payments for a delay in payment. in a statement the club said: "barcelona have taken these actions in defence of their interests, after neymar‘s contract was rescinded just a few months after he signed on un

gavin lee, thank you.ing a crash on the m1 motorway in which eight people died. two lorries and a minibus were involved in the collision near newport pagnell on saturday. 0ur correspondent andy moore reports. 12 people were in the minibus heading down towards london in the early hours of saturday morning. the driver was a man from nottingham. his passengers were a group of people from india, about to start a tour of europe. lorry driver ryszard masierak, who lives in worcestershire, but comes from poland, blinked back tears and was given a tissue as a total of 20 charges were put to him through an interpreter. that process took some time. court proceedings lasted about half an hour. mr masierak was denied bail. he will appear before a crown court in aylesbury next month. afterwards, thames valley police gave a short statement. we've had full cooperation from the two freight companies involved, and they are fully supporting us with our enquiries. our thoughts remain very much with those affected by this tra

hello, i'm gavin ramjaun and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.rpool are into the group stages of the champions league. they won convincingly over hoffenheim. and the victory means five english sides will compete in the groups for the first time. wayne rooney calls time on his england football career, announcing his retirement from the national team. he departs as the country's record goalscorer. and the fight of the year edges closer. we hearfrom both mayweather and mcgregor as they square up for theirfinal press conference in las vegas. welcome to the programme. liverpool are through to the group stage of the uefa champions league. jurgen klopp's side got the better of hoffenheim at anfield. liverpool were 2—1 up from the first leg in germany, and early goals from emre can and mohamed salah in the first 20 minutes extended their overall lead. can then scored his second of the match to make it 3—0