judgment from the judge, mrjustice francis in the last few minutes, he ruled in favour of great 0rmond street hospitalation withdraw life—support, for charlie and move him on to palliative care. in a statement, with he read out to the court, in front judgment from statement, with he read out to the court, in frontjudgment from the judge, mrjustice francis in the last few minutes, he ruled in favour of great 0rmond street hospital. he said that it is lawful for great 0rmond street hospital to now withdraw the ventilation withdraw life—support, for charlie and move him on to palliative care. in a statement, with he read out to the court, in front of charlie's pa rents, court, in front of charlie's parents, he said "it is with the heaviest of hearts, but with com plete heaviest of hearts, but with complete conviction for charlie's best interest, that i find it is in charlie's best interests and rule that great 0rmond street hospital may lawfully withdraw all treatment, save for palliative care, to permit charlie to die with dignity." he went on to praise charlie's parents, for their dedication to their s

eight—month—old baby boy say they're devastated after the high court ruled the doctors at great 0rmond street hospitaln in tears as they heard the decision. the baby has a rare genetic condition and brain damage. his parents raised more than £1 million to take him to america for israel mental treatment. the solicitor said they could not understand why the judge said it was not in his best interest. charlie 's pa rents a re devastated not in his best interest. charlie 's parents are devastated by the decision, best going to come to terms with the pursuit —— but the refusal of the court to allow the treatment to be given to him. they wa nted treatment to be given to him. they wanted to look carefully at the reasons behind that decision and they are considering what they can do now. whatever happens their concern remains the best interest of their son. emma nottingham as a lecturer of law and she joins me now. good evening and thank you for joining us. thejudge in summing up the case said it was with the heaviest of hearts but with complete conviction, clearly far as the judge was concerned and as far as

charlie gard is currently being treated by doctors at great 0rmond street hospital — who have startedraised more than a million to take him to the united states. that's a summary of the news, newsday is coming up at midnight — now on bbc news it's time for newsnight. tonight: an exclusive interview with john brennan, the head of the cia, until donald trump entered the white house. what does he think of the presidential twitter strategy? i think that there are some things that have been tweeted coming out of washington, where the care was not taken and that was, it was not, the individual who tweeted it was not mindful of the importance that people attach to the words of a president. he warns about the dangers of america going it alone against north korea and decries trump's plans for a travel ban. the st petersburg blast, which has killed as many as ten people and injured scores more. the russian prime minister is investigating a suicide bombing. we'll ask who is the prime suspect in a country with no shortage of enemies? also tonight: i am the devil's advocate. we remember the civil

connie yates and chris gard's son charlie — at london's great 0rmond street hospital. him on life support. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather. hello. it has been a lovely weekend for mozilla. hardly a cloud in the sky. if you don't believe me, have a look at some of these pictures from south—west scotland. that there was a high of 12 degrees. hardly a cloud in the sky. lovely in terms of the feel of things done in london. we saw a high . i7 feel of things done in london. we saw a across 17 ea??— feel of things done in london. we saw a across $35.3??— feel of things done in london. we saw a across $25 country, = feel of things done in london. we saw a across $25 country, and = feel of things done in london. we saw a across $25 country, and itj lead to chilly lead to - chilly nights as could lead to some chilly nights as well. high pressure will hang on in there too much ease england, but these weather fronts we pushing in. showery rainford tomorrow, and that has to clear away to the east. we start off with a little bit of early—morning mist and fog. that will

son charlie, who is nearly eight months old, is receiving 24—hour treatment at london's great 0rmond street hospital his parents are challenging doctors in court to keep him on life support. police in pakistan say at least 20 people have been killed by the caretaker of a sufi shrine close to the pakistani city of sargodha in the province of punjab. the victims are said to have been his spiritual disciples and include five members of the same family. 0ur islamabad correspondent secunder kermani has more. a place of worship turns to a scene of horror. followers of a local saint were reportedly drugged, then beaten to death at this shrine. 20 bodies were brought to hospital late last night after four people managed to escape and raise the alarm. the killer is believed to be this man, abdul waheed, the custodian of the shrine, arrested by police, along with two alleged accomplices. the three accused who are under arrest invited the disciples to the shrine. as they kept arriving, they were torturing and murdering them. in islamabad, mourners gathered to pay their respects at the home of one of the victim

he was transferred to great 0rmond street hospital, worry was diagnosed with a rare genetic conditionensive care. he is on a ventilator. the hospital believes that it now would be appropriate to withdraw life support treatment, that that would be in charlie's best interests, that he should be moved to palliative care. his parents want to palliative care. his parents want to taken to america, where they hope we can receive treatment. an online fundraising site has raised more than $1.2 million that zmapp £1.2 million target. today the court has been hearing evidence from the us from a neurologist who has been asked out the work he has been doing may be applicable to charlie's condition. it has been very technical evidence, but the court has heard it will be key to this case. charlie's parents have been in court listening to the evidence, holding one of his toys. 0ther family members and supporters are in the public gallery. this is the first witness, but the judge will hear all of the evidence from several witnesses before he has to ta ke several witnesses before he has to take that ve

later he was transferred to great 0rmond street hospital and he was diagnosed with a very rare geneticme leading to progressive muscle weakness. he's being treated in an intensive care unit, he's on a ventilator and the hospital says there is no accepted cure for this condition, it now believes withdrawing life support treatment is in charlie's best interests, that he should be moved to palliative care. charlie's pa rents to palliative care. charlie's pa re nts wa nt to palliative care. charlie's parents want to take him to the united states where they believe he could get treatment. today the court has been hearing evidence by telephone link from the united states from a specialist who would oversee charlie's treatment if that happens. he said he proposed a therapy which he said would provide a small chance of improvement in charlie's brain function. he said it may be a treatment but not a cure. he said charlie may be able to interact, smile and look at objects. he said he proposed trying the therapy for up to six months. he also said the case was uncharted territory. the the court is

in 0ctober, he was then taken to great 0rmond street hospital, and he has been diagnosed with a verybelieve he is only the 16th person to be diagnosed with this particularform. the mitochondria are the power units of the cells, if you like, they power various functions of cells, and this condition leads to muscle weakness, progressive muscle weakness, so charlie is being treated in the intensive care unit at great 0rmond street hospital, and the doctors there say that there is no accepted queue. they now believe that withdrawal of life—support treatment is in his best interests, but his pa rents is in his best interests, but his pa re nts wa nt is in his best interests, but his parents want to take him to america, where they hope that he can receive treatment. as you have erred, in that interview with them, and at a hearing last month a judge was told that an american hospital will accept him for treatment being trialled there so long as they can pay for it. so is parents have been raising funds, and an online donation page shows that they have already exceeded an initial £1.2 millio