john pienaar, bbc news. you can find out more on that story on line, on our website.y on line, on ourwebsite. from me you can find out more on that story on line, on our website. from me and most of the team, you can reach us on twitter. now on bbc news — sport today. hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: paul pogba remains a positive influence at manchester united according to his team—mate juan mata. australian swimmer mack horton warned by fina over his protest against china's sun yang. and the tour de france resumes after a rest day as defending champion geraint thomas looks to make up ground in the final week. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing news thatjuan mata says his manchester united team—mate paul pogba is a positive influence and brings everyone together at the club. the 31—year—old spaniard was talking during the club's pre season tour which has featured matches in australia and singapore and he's keen for pogba to stay at the club and win trop

. —— john pienaar. and character of borisjohnson's top team. ——john pienaar. he has the keys.ohnson. now he is deciding who is invited and who to show the door, and he has been ruthless. brexiteers get the warmest welcome but there is no room for any but the most loyal. will you stay in cabinet? have you turned down defence? jeremy hunt, beaten rival, has gone. he wanted a big job but no chance. his supporters have been shooed from office, along with most of the old cabinet. penny mordaunt, a big surprise, gone from defence, along with fox at international trade, anotherjeremy hunt backer. no surprise that chancellor philip hammond resigned. he has pledged to fight any no—deal brexit. and no change for the loyal stephen barclay, who will stay on at the brexit department. michael gove, once turned on borisjohnson but thatis once turned on borisjohnson but that is forgiven. he stays in the cabinet without a department. boris johnson was expected to pick a team he could trust but this looks brutal. it's a cabinet built to deliver brexit, deal or no deal. it also looks like a line

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster.w more about each candidate's policies, you can go to the bbc‘s reality check website. that's at bbc.co.uk/realitycheck. a man who stabbed a passenger to death in a row on a train has been found guilty of murder and jailed for life. lee pomeroy was travelling with his 14—year—old son when he was stabbed 18 times by darren pencille on the guildford to london service injanuary. the jury at the old bailey rejected pencille's claim that he was acting in self—defence, and his girlfriend was also found guilty of helping him hide from police. our correspondent richard galpin reports from the old bailey. it should have been a fun trip together on the train. a father, lee pomeroy, and his young son heading to london. but also on board was darren pencille, who had previously been convicted for stabbing a man in the neck. cctv footage shows pencille and mr pomeroy arguing because the aisle was blocked — it escalated rapidly. you bleep heard what i said! put your hands on me, i dare you, i dare yo

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. stay with us on bbc world news. wimbledon where roger federer central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties, and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourites, south africa, by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated, and celebration parties were cancelled. the man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom. then he asked her for a cigarette, and on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, she summoned a footman on duty, who took the man away. one child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. applause this is bbc news. the latest headlines: braced for storm barry: louisiana declares a state of emergency, with warnings of high winds and heavy flooding as the tropical storm gathers strength and facebook l

john pienaar, bbc news.he party's disciplinary process to speed up the expulsion of members found to have been anti—semitic. mr corbyn said today the current process can take too long. but some have raised concerns about mr corbyn‘s plan, saying it would give too much power to the leadership. they want a fully independent process instead. the government have published a consultation for tackling the causes of preventable ill health in england in one of theresa may's last acts as prime ministers. the consultation says the government will end the sale of energy drinks to under 16s, set a smoke free target in england by 2030, and consult on calorie labelling in restaurants. the government have been accused of slipping out the paper in the final days of the current administration. labour's shadow health secretary says "there are serious questions for matt hancock to answer on why he has slipped this important green paper out at this time." the conservative mp for dover, charlie elphicke, has been charged with se

john pienaar, bbc news.nary proce55 to speed up the expulsion of members found to have been anti—semitic. mr corbyn 5aid today the current process can take too long. but some have raised concerns about mr corbyn‘s plan, saying it would give too much power to the leadership. they want a fully independent proce55 in5tead. the conservative mp for dover, charlie elphicke, has been charged with sexual assault. mr elphicke is accused of assaulting one woman in 2007 and a second in 2016. he has been suspended by the conservative party and is due to appear at westminster magi5trate5' court in september. his lawyer5 say he denies any wrongoing, and will "defend himself vigorously". the footballer cristiano ronaldo won't be charged over an alleged rape in las vegas ten years ago. thejuventus player has always denied the allegations, but had previously reached a financial settlement with his accuser. an investigation was reopened la5t year but prosecutors say there's not enough evidence to prove the claims beyond reaso

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster.eers have resigned the whip over anti—semitism. among them is lord triesman, who was the party's general secretary under tony blair. he told bbc newsnight that mr corbyn and his circle are anti—semitic, and had allowed his allies to attackjews. labour has called the claim is false and offensive. employees from ethnic minority groups earned on average 4% less than their white counterparts last year. the figures — published by the office for national statistics — are part of the first detailed analysis of britain's ethnicity pay gap. workers from pakistani and bangladeshi ethnic groups had the lowest average hourly pay — while chinese and indian workers consistently had the highest of any ethnic group. our correspondent adina campbell has been looking at the data. whoo! a new generation of graduates. today, these young people at bath university are celebrating their academic achievements, and many will go on to be part of britain's future workforce. but according to a new report, some of

john pienaar, bbc news. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week's show...le. we're at the kennedy space centre in florida to meet the people who helped to put man on the moon 50 years ago this weekend. when "the eagle has landed", you could the sigh in the complete room — you could hear people take a breath. we talked to the person who is determined to become one of the first—ever space tourists. take—off is going to be wonderful. they'll say ‘are we ready to launch?‘ they'll still be flying hear. flying, flying, flying and then get ‘yes, go, release. three, two, one, go!‘ and then — whoa! and discover an out—of—this—world experience close to the arctic circle in iceland. 50 years ago, apollo 11 set off carrying three astronauts towards the moon. two of them actually set foot on it. and our perception of the universe has never been the same since. no single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind... ten... nine... ignition sequence start. six, five, four... it's the only thing that i can think of that was better than sex. three, two,

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. let's get some of the day's other news.in a car bomb explosion at a hotel in somalia's southern port of kismaayo. gunmen are reported to have stormed the building after the blast, which happened as regional politicians and clan elders met inside. the islamist group al—shabaab said it carried out the attack. new zealand is holding its first public firearms collection event in response to the mosque shootings in march which killed 51 people. the ownership of the types of high—powered weapons used in the attack has been restricted. there were long queues at a racecourse in christchurch as gun—owners waited to hand in weapons. the trump administration has announced final rules to suspend a 2016 regulation that more than doubled penalties for car makers failing to meet fuel efficiency requirements. those regulations were put in place under president obama when fines increased, but car makers protested the hike. tennis now, and roger federer has made it into his 12th wimbledon final. he won his semifinal over long—time rival rafa

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster.s 12th wimbledon final. he won his semi—final over long—time rival rafael nadal three sets to one. he'll now face novak djokovic on sunday, who defeated roberto bautista agut in four sets earlier. here's holly hamilton at wimbledon. we had to wait 11 years for these two to face each again at wimbledon, and it was worth the wait. there really is something about these two thatjust brings out the best of each other. we didn't get the five—setter that we had back in 2008, but with four match points and lasting just over three hours, it was the epic match that we were all hoping that it would be. it was federer that started the strongest initially, kicking off proceedings with an ace, the first of seven in the opening set. and perhaps the number two seed was saving his energy. the pendulum swinging in nadal‘s direction once again as he levelled the match. and then after federer moved back in front, we started to see signs of nadal showing frustration, just couldn't seem to find his flow. wh

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster.bout each candidate's positions, you can go to the bbc‘s reality check website. that's at bbc.co.uk/realitycheck prosecutors in the case against the billionaire financier jeffrey epstein have alleged that, late last year, he tried to pay off two potential witnesses against him. he has pleaded not guilty in a new york court to charges of trafficking underage girls for sex. the case has now forced the resignation of president trump's secretary of labour, following renewed scrutiny of his handling of similar charges leveled against epstein in florida a decade ago. bill hayton reports. a show of unity. outside the white house, president trump made clear his support for his embattled labour secretary, despite a week of criticism. it all goes back to a plea bargain that alex acosta made withjeffrey epstein in 2008. granting epstein immunity from federal prosecution if he admitted a less serious charge. mrtrump didn't think that was a problem. he made a deal that people were happy with, and 1

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. each candidate's positions you can go to the bbc‘s reality check website. that's at bbc.co.uk/realitycheck a man who stabbed a passenger to death in a row on a train, has been found guilty of murder and jailed for life. lee pomeroy was travelling with his 14—year—old son, when he was stabbed 18 times by darren pencille, on the guildford to london service in january. the jury at the old bailey rejected pencille's claim that he was acting in self defence, and his girlfriend was also found guilty of helping him hide from police. our correspondent richard galpin, reports from the old bailey. it should have been a fun trip together on the train. a father, lee pomeroy, and his young son heading to london. but also on board was darren pencille, who had previously been convicted for stabbing a man in the neck. cctv footage shows pencille and mr pomeroy arguing because the aisle was blocked — it escalated rapidly. you bleep heard what i said! put your hands on me, i dare you, i dare you! mr po

john pienaar, bbc news, labour headquarters.ngly criticised by the family of the welsh assembly member carl sargeant — who took his own life after being sacked as a government minister. mr sargeant had been facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women. today a coroner at the inquest into his death said more support needed to be given to ministers who lost theirjobs. police investigating the murder of a heavily pregnant woman in croydon have arrested a 25—year—old man. kelly mary fauvrelle was eight months pregnant when she was killed. her baby son, named riley by her family, was delived by paramedics but later died in hospital. fraudsters are using social media to promote a scam exploiting loopholes in the main welfare benefit, universal credit. bbc news has found sites on facebook, instagram and snapchat advertising the fraud to claim advance payments on the benefit which can leave victims with hundreds of pounds worth of debt. on monday we revealed that officials feared tens of millions of pounds may have been s

here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar.. jeremy hunt first. he's saying brexit may take a little bit longer than october the 31st to deliver, but how long? days? months? maybe longer, it turned out, than he'd like. is it on or around the 31st, it has to be before christmas. i would expect 50, yes. expect so? but you cannot say for sure, is there any chance we could still go into 2020 and still be a member of the eu? i don't believe so, no. but you won't rule it out? i don't believe that will be the case, because... well, this is why people don't really trust you on this. what people get with me is a prime minister who will get them out of the eu more quickly. why? parliament could block brexit with no deal. an election, the only way to break the deadlock. who is the prime minister who is most likely to get us out of the eu quickly. and my worry is, if people vote with their hearts, perhaps, instead of their heads, we will end up with a general election before we get to brexit. over to the front runner, borisjohnson and his

john pienaar, bbc news.ine months in prison for contempt of court. robinson, whose real name is stephen yaxley—lennon, was found to have disrupted a criminal trial in leeds. lucy manning reports. we want tommy out, we want tommy out! heading back to jail. don't believe everything you read on a t—shirt — stephen yaxley—lennon wasn't convicted ofjournalism, he was found to have interfered with a trial, encouraging vigilante action against the defendants. do you regret interfering withjustice and harassing people? so today in court he was sentenced to nine months in prison. he will be out in two and a half. how are you feeling about your verdict? last year outside leeds crown court on a live social—media broadcast, he confronted men accused of sexual exploitation. there were strict temporary rules about reporting to make sure there was a fair trial, but he encouraged people watching to confront them. harass him, find him, go and knock on his door. follow him. the judge told stephen yaxley—lennon that he had rec

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. left the labour group in the house of lords accusing the party of antisemitism. among them is lord triesman seen here on the left who was the party's general secretary under tony blair. the others are lord darzi and lord turnberg a former president of the royal college of physicians. labour called their claims false and offensive. employees from ethnic minority groups earned on average 4% less than their white counterparts last year. the figures are part of the first detailed analysis of britain's ethnicity pay gap. workers from pakistani and bangladeshi ethnic groups had the lowest average hourly pay while chinese and indian workers consistently had the highest of any ethnic group. adina campbell reports. whoo! a new generation of graduates. today, these young people at bath university are celebrating their academic achievements, and many will go on to be part of britain's future workforce. but according to a new report, some of these graduates could see differences in pay because of

john pienaar at westminster, thank you.ge may after all have broken the temperature record yesterday, for the hottest day ever in the uk. initial indications are that the weather station at the cambridge university botanic garden in the city centre, reached 38.7 degrees c, breaking the record by 0.2 degrees. 0ur chief environment correspondent, justin rowlatt is there. yes, the recording was made here at cambridge university's wonderful botanic garden. you can see the daily weather recording. 25th of july, yesterday, thursday, and here is the maximum temperature, 38.7 celsius. that temperature was recorded by a thermometer in that weather station over there, that white box. if confirmed, it hasn't been confirmed yet, but if it is, it nudgesjust ahead been confirmed yet, but if it is, it nudges just ahead of the 38.5 celsius recorded in faversham in kent back in 2003. the met office says it is provisional because this is such an important recording, the highest temperature ever recorded in britain. the met office want to be

john pienaar, bbc news. so, christian, is this a big opportunity for the liberal democrats? they have their first woman leader injo swinson. they have their first woman leader in jo swinson. looking they have their first woman leader injo swinson. looking back to where they were in 2010, 57 seats and were wiped out in the 2015 election with just eight mps. now they are back up to 12, which is not an awful lot, 12 mps. but they took 20% of the vote share in the european elections. when you look at that result, as we we re when you look at that result, as we were just hearing when you look at that result, as we werejust hearing in when you look at that result, as we were just hearing in the when you look at that result, as we werejust hearing in the report, there will be a number of disaffected remain voters, where the conservatives did well in 2015. jo swinson thinking, they are the party for me. if and when we come to a general election, look at the difficulties the conservatives have in scotland. some polling out today that may be borisjohnson would struggle to get a majori

john pienaar, bbc news.ho was a former liberal democrat special advisor during the coalition government. and before that he served as the party's deputy head of press. thank you so much for coming in. your reaction to the election ofjo swinson? i was always a supporter. she has the ability to cut through in the media, probably the strongest media performer in the party and for a lib dem it is always about getting noticed. they only have 12 mps at the moment, i remember when they had 63 it was still a battle to get noticed. she has the charisma and personality that came through in her speech today. the work on tv and radio, they got to try and reach cut through to people. many people feel even now that they are not paid much attention to us as a party. you know her, what kind of person she? she is very driven and determined. she's been involved in politics from a very young age in her 20s. also very warm. stands up for what she believes in, equal rights, for example, she has a real campaigning record. and she

with more on what they said, here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar.re. jeremy hunt first. he's saying brexit may take a little longer than october the 31st to deliver, but how long? days, months? maybe longer, it turned out, than he'd like. if it's on or around the 31st, it has to be before christmas. i would expect so, yes. expect so? but you cannot say for sure. is there any chance we could still go into 2020 and still be a member of eu? i don't believe so, no. hmm. but you don't rule it out? i don't believe that would be the case because... well, this is why people don't really trust you on this. what people get with me is a prime minister who will get them out of the eu more quickly. why? parliament could block brexit with no deal — an election, the only way to break the deadlock. who is the prime minister who is most likely to get us out of the eu quickly? and my worry is that if people vote with their hearts, perhaps, instead of their heads, we will end up with a general election before we get to brexit. over to the frontrunner. boris johnson an

but he faces a battle with parliament. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar looks in more detailister and the timetable ahead. he has wanted this for years. sometimes, so much, it's hurt. now what will he do? about brexit, about leaving by october the 31st. do or die, remember? because the brexiteers who helped him certainly will. those brexiteers will be in here with him watching because mrjohnson‘s promise to seek or demand a better brexit deal or else. or else what? well, to leave without one, if he can, unless the eu backed down and makes concessions they've never offered before. so, what are the chances? well, brexit may be on the agenda next time eu leaders gather on october the 17th. we'll have an idea of how mrjohnson is getting on with his pledge to renegotiate the terms of brexit with the new eu commission president, ursula von der leyen. maybe looking for common ground, like germany's angela merkel. and certainly on the irish border issue, the so—called backstop, the big obstacle so far. brexiteers see it as potentially shackling britain to the eu, northern ireland, ti

john pienaar reports. the morejeremy corbyn‘s criticised, the louder the defence.'t stop bullying." he is saying nothing about the latest claims that under his leadership labour's been soft on anti—semitism. his close ally came out fighting, whistleblowers' accounts of anti—semitism had been distorted. their claims disputed by colleagues. some serious charges there, they have been hotly contested, some of the staff, ex—staff‘s statements have been contested by existing staff. there's been complaints put into the bbc now, and i think the bbc should investigate those and we can come to a conclusion. has the labour party leadership done enough to tackle anti—semitism? i think it has. i have always said at the very beginning it was too slow, not ruthless enough, and i think that's improve dramatically. but last night's panorama has inflamed the row over anti—semitism, with striking testimony from whistle—blowers. i do not think the labour pa rty‘s a safe space for jewish people any more. i actively considered committing suicide. but mr corbyn‘s deputy is denying whistl

but he faces a battle with parliament. 0ur deputy political editor, john pienaar, looks in more detail timetable ahead. he's wanted this for years. sometimes, so much, it's hurt. now what'll he do — about brexit, about leaving by october the 31st? do or die, remember? because the brexiteers who helped him certainly will. those brexiteers will be in here with him watching because mrjohnson‘s promise to seek, or demand, a better brexit deal, or else — or else, what? well, to leave without one, if he can, unless the eu backs down and makes concessions they've never offered before. so, what are the chances? well, brexit may be on the agenda next time eu leaders gather on october the 17th. we'll have an idea how mrjohnson‘s getting on with his pledge to renegotiate the terms of brexit and maybe looking for common ground on a possible extension, though mrjohnson says he doesn't want one. and certainly, on the irish border issue, the so—called backstop, the big obstacle so far — brexiteers see it as potentially shackling britain to the eu, northern ireland, tighter. it's there to avoid stops

here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar.smile or no smile, jeremy corbyn‘s bowed to pressure inside his party. labour's new pledge, to fight the next prime minister's brexit — deal, or no deal, to demand a new referendum and campaign to stay in. is labour now a party of remain or leave? labour is a party which says we will take no—deal off the table. the people will have a choice in the future as to whether to remain in the european union or accept what will be very, very damaging no deal exit from the eu with consequences forfood prices, medicine supplies and industrial investment. what about at the next election, if there is no brexit by then? we are a big democratic organisation. i've just spent some time consulting with all the parts of the labour party and the labour movement. we've come to this position. we have a democratic process. we'll decide our election position when the election comes. have you not backed away under pressure from the mass membership and from your colleagues for fear of losing much more support?

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster. accused of interfering in the independent investigations into allegations of anti—semitism within the labour party. the bbc‘s panorama programme has seen emails which suggest the party's general secretary attempted to interfere in the selection of a disciplinary panel — and that the labour leader himself was copied in to the correspondence. labour has rejected the claims, saying they come from disaffected staff. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. they might not call me a dirtyjew, but they will call me a dirty zionist. labour members abused by others. i do not think the labour party is a safe space forjewish people anymore. meant to be friends, comrades. labour is not an anti—racist party. provide it was —— but is the party they love, that he leads, giving enough to protect them? we are your allies. lets jeremy corbyn always vowed to do everything he could. tonight, accou nts everything he could. tonight, accounts from seven former officials from party hq give a different i

this report from our deputy political editor, john pienaar, contains flash photography.acy doesn't get more british than this. the queen opens and closes parliament, holding the prime minister and government to account, that's the job of mps. but the man at the back, the blonde one, borisjohnson hinted the man at the back, the blonde one, boris johnson hinted he the man at the back, the blonde one, borisjohnson hinted he might suspend parliament so mps can't block a brexit with no eu deal. past pms sometimes criticise success has like this. the queen's decision cannot be challenged in law but the prime minister's advice to the queen cani prime minister's advice to the queen can i believe be challenged in law andi can i believe be challenged in law and ifor one can i believe be challenged in law and i for one would can i believe be challenged in law and ifor one would be prepared to go and seekjudicial review to prevent parliament being bypassed. sirjohn major has lit a fire under the question who will decide the shape of brexit? parliament is away suspended between sessi

here isjohn here is john pienaar. jeremy corbyn has bowed to pressure inside his party.e deal or no—deal brexit of the next prime minister and campaign to stay in. as labour party of remain 01’ stay in. as labour party of remain or leave? labour is a party that says we hit are going to take no deal off the table and people will have the choice. do they want to accept no deal or vote on the possibility of remaining. we are a big democratic organisation, i spent some time consulting with all parts of the labour party and labour movement and we have come to this position. we have a democratic process and will decide on our election position when that comes. maybe you are fearful of losing more support. i have been listening. but the pressure to support another referendum had grown too loud to ignore and next the anti brexiteers in labour will demand that the party backs were made before the election and if it wins and today they are celebrating. members have been telling us they want us to be and remain party and want us to put the new deal to the people. we will now campai

our deputy political editor john pienaar reports.y do not stop bullying. he is saying nothing about the latest claims that and that has leadership labour has been soft on anti—semitism. his close ally came out fighting, whistle—blowers‘ accounts of anti—semitism the distorted. whistle—blowers‘ accounts of anti-semitism the distorted. some serious charges that have been a co ntesta nt a nd serious charges that have been a contestant and complaints put to the bbc and! contestant and complaints put to the bbc and i think the bbc should investigate those and we can come to a conclusion. has the labour party leadership done enough to tackle anti—semitism? leadership done enough to tackle anti-semitism? i think it has, leadership done enough to tackle anti-semitism? ithink it has, at the beginning it was too slow but that has improved. panorama has inflamed the row on anti—semitism with striking testimony. they call mea with striking testimony. they call me a dusty zionist. i do not think it isa me a dusty zionist. i do not think it is a s

john pienaar, bbc news, westminster.reement over plans for a question time debate between boris johnson and jeremy hunt. it's understood there were objections to the make up of the studio audence which was going to be a 50 50 split between conservatives and supporters of other parties. jeremy hunt has issued a statement saying he wasn't the one objecting to the format. in a statement, the bbc says... "we've already hosted a leadership debate, and andrew neil's interviews on friday will ensure both candidates are given forensic examination on prime time bbc one. while the bbc is keen to host a question time special as well, we have not so far been able to reach agreement on the format and it now looks unlikely we'll be able to go ahead with this additional programme." the headlines on bbc news... the british ambassador to washington quits. sir kim darroch said it was impossible to do his job after president trump's very public attacks on him. some say he resigned because borisjohnson refused to back him in last night's de

john pienaar reports. the morejeremy corbyn is criticised the louder the defence.is neighbour on the media, they do not stop bullying. he is saying nothing about the latest claims that and that has leadership labour has been soft on anti—semitism. his close ally came out fighting, whistle—blowers' accounts of anti—semitism the distorted. some serious charges that have been a contestant and complaints put to the bbc and i think the bbc should investigate those and we can come to a conclusion. has the labour party leadership done enough to tackle anti—semitism? i think it has, at the beginning it was too slow but that has improved. panorama has inflamed the row on anti—semitism with striking testimony. they call me a dusty zionist. i do not think it is a safe space forjewish people any more. but i was shocked when i saw panorama last night and am angry this morning. the only way to deal with this is action not words. this is about practice and culture. it must have taken great courage for them to whistle—blowing and to call out for practices i think is deeply sad. an