dr majid spoke to our correspondent martin bashir.was the front line in treating the youngest victims and soon welcomed the queen, who offered support and comfort. hopefully it mends quickly. hope 50. the royal manchester children's hospital has won widespread praise for its response to the bomb attack, and leading the team of surgeons that night was dr ibrar majid, the head of trauma and orthopaedic surgery. what we saw was essentially war wounds. war wounds? yes, so the kind of wounds you would see on a battlefield. we were operating from probably about one o'clock in the morning all the way to just before eight o'clock. once they'd stabilised the children, then there was a pecking order of what needed to be done. so the life—saving surgery had to be done before the limb—saving surgery. and were there several children where there would be multiple surgeries? yes, and even to this day we're continuing to operate on some children, and some of these children will continue to need surgeries going into next week. had you lost any patient

martin bashir, bbc news, rome. transferred to chinese sovereignty. to mark the anniversary, president xi of china has visited the territory amid high levels of security, given the prospect of protests by democracy campaigners. our china editor carrie gracie has been meeting some of those young people born in the year of the handover. hong kong's patriots greet their president and first lady. flags, but no umbrellas allowed, because umbrellas are the symbol of protest here. he said he'd come to support hong kong. protesters chant. that's not how democracy activists see it, occupying a monument that china presented to hong kong for the handover. one student insisted on herfreedom to protest as she was arrested. hours earlier, she had illustrated her feelings about the chinese communist state. a hong kong flag in mourning. a veteran protester at 20. but she's no longer optimistic about what protest can achieve. another hong konger, born in the year of the handover. this coffee shop barista and freestyle footballer bus

martin bashir, bbc news, at church house in london. increase in nearly 70 years. the office for national statistics says from june 2015 to june 2016 the population rose by 538,000 people. that takes the total estimated population of the uk to more than 65.6 million. it's thought the change has been driven by immigration, but also by more births and fewer deaths. single parents with a child under two have won a court challenge against the government's benefits cap. a high courtjudge said the cap was not intended to cover such households, and the failure to exempt them was discriminatory. the government has said it will appeal. makram ali, the only person who died in the finsbury park attack earlier this week, had suffered "multiple injuries", according to a post—mortem examination. he was formally named today by police, and his family said they were devastated by their loss. his daughter said he was a quiet man with no enemies. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. it now seems clear that makram ali was killed in the a

he spoke to martin bashir.ed support and comfort. hopefully it mends quickly. hope so. the royal manchester children's hospital has won widespread praise for its response to the bomb attack, and leading the team of surgeons that night was dr ibrar majid, the head of trauma and orthopaedic surgery. what we saw was essentially war wounds. war wounds? yes, so the kind of wounds you would see on a battlefield. we were operating from probably about one o'clock in the morning all the way to just before eight o'clock. 0nce they'd stabilised the children, then there was a pecking order of what needed to be done. so the life—saving surgery had to be done before the limb—saving surgery. and were there several children where there would be multiple surgeries? yes, and even to this day we're continuing to operate on some children, and some of these children will continue to need surgeries going into next week. had you lost any patient? fortunately, that night in theatre, we didn't lose any patients. he would oversee three

martin bashir, bbc news, manchester. or partly damaged. people were evacuated to shelters, schools and government offices. now life is being to return to normal, in one of the worst affected areas. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news the white house says president trump has decided to delay moving the us embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem to improve the chances of negotiating a peace deal between israel and the palestinians. israel said it was disappointed but spoke positively of mr trump's expression of friendship to israel and commitment to moving the embassy in the future. the former fbi director, james comey, is to testify next thursday before a us congressional panel investigating allegations of russian interference in last year's presidential election. mr comey, who was fired by the president last month, is expected to confirm that he'd come under pressure from mr trump to drop the fbi's investigation into his then national security adviser, michael flynn. a car has exploded in the centre

martin bashir, bbc news, finsbury park.ury park attack saying this was the most violent manifestation to date of islamophobia and called for more to be done to protect mosques. theresa may chaired a meeting of the government's emergency committee this morning and announced extra police to be deployed around mosques and she urged people to come together in the face of extremism, as our security correspondent frank gardner reports. this attack targeting british muslims, has been labelled one of britain's most violent incidents of islamophobia to date. it took the governmentjust eight minutes to call it a terrorist attack. the attack tar getted the ordinary. the prime minister called it as sickening as the other attack this year and repeated her intention to set upa year and repeated her intention to set up a commission to counter extremism. but while police and emergency services were soon on the scene, there are suggestions that policy makers may have underestimated the threat from far right extremism. the whole counter extr

here's our religious affairs correspondent, martin bashir. and what hurts us most...mbitious, peter ball and his twin brother michael was a bishop in the church of england. thejoint was a bishop in the church of england. the joint achievement heralded on national television. making spiritual noises. in 1993 peter ball was forced to stand down as bishop of gloucester after accepting caution for gross indecency. despite his admission he continued to officiate in churches and at several public schools. a second police investigation led to him being jailed at the old bailey in 2015 for abusing 18 adolescent and young men. today's review entitled" an abuse of faith" said he couuded entitled" an abuse of faith" said he colluded with peter bol instead of being concerned for the welfare of his victims. they didn't follow any proper process in considering the evidence they had. they did not think about survivors. they approached it, again, confused by the sense of peter ball being innocent. one of the witnesses says this review should provoke immediate change to church practic

martin bashir, bbc news, at church house in london.as shown its sharpest increase in years. it is thought the change has been driven by immigration and buying more births and fewer deaths. the parents of a child under the age of one have won a court case against a government benefits cut. the government has said it will appeal. prince harry has suggested that no one in the royal family wants to be king or queen. in an interview with an american magazine, he said the royals were acting for "the greater good of the people". the prince also criticised the decision to make him walk behind his mother's coffin at herfuneral, when he wasjust 12. with me now is pennyjunor, prince harry's biographer. what do you make of this interview? it isa what do you make of this interview? it is a very strange one to have given, but it is also searingly honest. i think it's a very good question: who would want to be king, queen, prince, princess? you know, we perhaps all look at the job and think, oh, you know, life of luxury, wonderful palaces and cars, h

that was martin bashir, our religious affairs correspondent.ly busy time and a very difficult time treating the victims of burns and smoke inhalation. our health editor hugh pym has been talking to two members staff who treated victims through wednesday night. siren. king's college hospital, one of london's major trauma centres, its staff on the front line of the nhs response to the traumatic and horrific aftermath of the westminster and london bridge attacks, and this week grenfell tower. doctor tom best arrived in the early hours of wednesday. the urgent task was to clear the airways of victims of smoke inhalation and then the particles in their lungs. we found and lots of soot lining the lungs. some of that was quite hot when it got into the lungs, and so there were some burns underneath. we washed out as much of that soot as we possibly could to remove it. the emotion at the end of a punishing week is raw. it's... sorry. on a professional level, i feel immensely proud, but there is something so enormous about what's happened is that it's im

martin bashir, bbc news, manchester. time for a look at the weather. tomasz is here.as into the cause of tomorrow —— temperatures. but there is a change on the way and we are already feeling it in the north—west, northern ireland, scotland, it's been overcast, rain on and off through the day, that is how it will continue, really, as we go into the evening. you can see where the sunnier weather is across england and wales whereas in the north—west temperatures are in the mid—teams and their outbreaks of rain. this weather front is very slow to move east because it is also pulling up north, doing that, it's taking a while before it will reach england so by the early hours of friday morning may be into cornwall, western parts of wales, and throughout scotland as well, many eastern areas it will take time before that weather front goes through, before it fizzles away, across east anglia, we will see across east anglia, we will see across many western areas, by the time we get to saturday and sunday, that fresh air will be right across the country so a mixture of sunshine

martin bashir, bbc news, at church house in london.finsbury park in north london on monday has been named as 51—year—old makram ali from haringey. his family have been paying tribute. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford sent us this update from scotland yard. makram ali, the only person to have died on the attack on sunday night going into monday morning, being formally named by the police today. a 51—year—old who moved to this country aged ten from bangladesh. a man who had four daughters, two sons and two grandchildren. a man who suffered from a weak leg and who had collapsed on his way back from pairs in the early hours of monday morning collapsed on his way back from prayers in the early hours of monday morning and was being looked after by some fellow worshippers, chatting to them, expressing his desire to get home to the house in the next street when the white van ploughed into him, injuring many of the worshippers and unfortunately killing him. he died of multiple injuries. his family today describing how devastated t

let's speak to martin bashir. what has the religious community been saying?en here and issued statements. the chief rabbi has condemned the attack was there have been several rabbis coming by. the archbishop of canterbury has said this is an attack on god and on humanity. virtually every grouping of religious leader has condemned it. many within the muslim community are extremely angry. i think it was onjune are extremely angry. i think it was on june six when are extremely angry. i think it was onjune six when something like 20 islamophobia attacks were referred to the police, the average around this time of year is about 3.5 a day. that was more than was reported after the murder of lee rigby in 2013 and the paris attacks in 2015. among many muslims around here, the feeling is, as soon as there is an act of terror there is an immediate association with islam but where muslims are the victims of this, there appears to be a reluctance to announce this and as an act of terror. they accused the bbc, and other news organisations, as being slow in making that poi

here's our religious affairs correspondent, martin bashir. and what hurts our hearts most...ball, like his twin brother michael had been a bishop in the church of england. theirjoint achievement being heralded on national television. making spiritual noises. but in 1993, peter ball was forced to stand down as bishop of gloucester after accepting a caution for gross indecency. despite his admission, he continued officiating in churches and several public schools. any message for the victims? very, very sorry. a second police investigation led to him being jailed at the old bailey in 2015 for abusing 18 adolescents and young men. today's review, entitled an abuse of faith, says the church colluded with peter ball instead of being concerned for the welfare of his victims. they didn't follow any proper process in considering the evidence that they had. they did not think about survivors. they approached it again confused by the sense of peter ball being fundamentally innocent. one of the witnesses says this review should provoke immediate change to church practice. i think the ch

here's our religious affairs correspondent, martin bashir. and what hurts our hearts most..., peter ball, like his twin brother michael had been a bishop in the church of england. theirjoint achievement being heralded on national television. and making spiritual noises. but in 1993, peter ball was forced to stand down as bishop of gloucester after accepting a caution for gross indecency. despite his admission, he continued officiating in churches and several public schools. any message for the victims? very, very sorry. a second police investigation led to him being jailed at the old bailey in 2015 for abusing 18 adolescents and young men. today's review, entitled an abuse of faith, says the church colluded with peter ball instead of being concerned for the welfare of his victims. they didn't follow any proper process in considering the evidence that they had. they did not think about survivors. they approached it again confused by the sense of peter ball being fundamentally innocent. one of the witnesses says this review should provoke immediate change to church practice. i

and theirfamilies, and members of the emergency services. 0ur religious affairs correspondent martin bashir the centre of the horrific events, this is an opportunity for southwark cathedral to renew its commitment to being a place of healing, of reconciliation and community, also an opportunity to honour those who we re an opportunity to honour those who were impacted by this terrible attack. the 48 or so people who were taken to five hospitals and of course the eight individuals whose lives were taken. i am also told the archbishop of canterbury will preach, and will be given —— we have been given a brief note of what he will say: here, in this building, built to say that the future that each of us has in christ is one of life, hope and eventually, though ha rd life, hope and eventually, though hard it may be to see it today, joy. he he says, hope flowers in the desert of suffering when it is watered by love. american politicians have played their annual charity baseball match in washington dc, a day after a leading republican and three other people were shot as they practised for the game

review found that the church failed to respond appropriately 0ur religious affairs correspondent martin bashirriend of the prince of wales, peter ball‘s fall from grace was sealed tee years ago. when he admitted to 18 sexual offences against young men and served 16 months in prison. but today‘s review, led by the former head of camden council, focuses on the church‘s management of peter ball when the allegations first surfaced in1992, and he when the allegations first surfaced in 1992, and he stood down as bishop of gloucester. entitled and abuse of faith, she says that the church couuded faith, she says that the church colluded with ball rather than seeking to help those he harmed. the church‘s response over many years is lamentable by any standards. in reality, colluding with ball‘s ambition to protect and promote himself, rather than seeking to help those he harmed or ushering the safety of others. the report is particularly critical of lord carey, who was archbishop of canterbury at the time. it says he received seven letters following ball‘s initial arrest and failed to pass them to the p

cardiff, has been charged with murder and attempted murder. 0ur religious affairs correspondent martin bashirrked. good afternoon simon, with the holy month of ramadan ending at the weekend there is normally a sense of unconstrained joy as muslims come together to celebrate. but following that attack in the early hours of last monday morning thatjoy has been pre—empted by a sense of sober remembrance. the floral tribute in finsbury park a reminder of events just a week ago. the fourth terrorist attack in just three months. and at midday a minute ‘s silence, the nation invited to pause and remember those impacted by this latest attack. and then gathered outside influence internal, civic leaders, the local mayor and members of staff, many working and living locally all gathered to show solidarity with the muslim community in this multi ethnic part of north london. a gesture greatly appreciated by the chair of finsbury park mosque. we know we are here in a diverse community. we live in harmony for a long time, we never had problems, most people who try to divide us have failed and we have proved

and theirfamilies, and members of the emergency services. 0ur religious affairs correspondent martin bashircathedral has said that while they were at the centre of those horrific events on june the 3rd, this is an opportunity for southwark cathedral to re—establish itself as a place of reconciliation, healing and community. it's also an opportunity to honour those whose lives were impacted by what happened. 0f course, those near 50 people who we re course, those near 50 people who were taken to five local hospitals, and those eight individuals who lost their lives. eight people who, by their lives. eight people who, by their own countries of origin, are an indication of how london is a multicultural city, coming from australia, spain, france, and of course, great britain. the archbishop of canterbury is preaching, and he says in his sermon, preaching, and he says in his sermon, we are here preaching, and he says in his sermon, we are here in this building which was built to say that the future that each of us has in christ is one of life, of hope, and eventually, though hard it may be to se

our religious affairs correspondent martin bashir reports.ered words of unity. an attack on one faith is an attack on all faith and communities. those who try to divide us and who aim to spread fear, hatred and division will not succeed. statements from all the major faiths echoed these sentiments, with the archbishop of canterbury describing this as a crime against god and humanity. while religious leaders have condemned this attack in unison, many in this community are angered by the media coverage and what they say is the rush to connect acts of terror with islam, but a reluctance to do so when the victims are muslim. as news of the attack began to spread, the anger only increased. i was here on the ground for two and a half hours on the anger was stemmed from the fact that news outlets, bbc news and sky news were calling it a major incident, a minor incident, a car collision. let's call it what it is from the get go, if it was any shade darker than white they were to call it a terror attack. i'm glad they're starting to take steps to call

historical sex offences against eighteen teenagers and young men. 0ur religious affairs correspondent martin bashirclaimed to be a close friend of the prince of wales, he admitted to 18 sexual wales, of the prince of wales, peter ball's fall from grace was sealed tee years ago. offences against young men and served 16 months in prison. but today's review, led by the former head of camden council, focuses on the church's management of peter ball when the allegations first surfaced in 1992, and he stood down as bishop of gloucester. entitled: an abuse of faith, she says that the church colluded with ball rather than seeking to help those he harmed. the church's response over many years is lamentable by any standards. in reality, colluding with ball's ambition to protect and promote himself, rather than seeking to help those he harmed or assuring the safety of others. the report is particularly critical of lord carey, who was archbishop of canterbury at the time. it says he received seven letters following ball's initial arrest and failed to pass them to the police. he also chose not to put ball's nam

cardiff, has been charged with murder and attempted murder. 0ur religious affairs correspondent martin bashirside islington town hall, civic leaders, the local mayor and members of staff, many living locally, all gathered to show solidarity with the muslim community in this part of north london. a gesture greatly appreciated by the leader of finsbury park mosque. we know that we are a diverse community here in islington. we have lived for a long time and never had problems. people have tried to divide us, and they have failed. we have proved that in the last few days. i‘m really glad that islington and our country have got together to make sure that these people fail. with the end of ramadan at the weekend, there is normally a sense ofjoyous celebration amongst muslims, but following the attack last monday, joy has been replaced by sober remembrance. the us supreme court has handed victory to president trump by partially allowing his temporary ban on travellers from six mainly muslim—majority countries to come into effect. the justices will now consider in october whether the policy, which ba

cardiff, has been charged with murder and attempted murder. 0ur religious affairs correspondent, martin bashirribute in finsbury park a reminder of eventsjust the floral tribute in finsbury park a reminder of events just a week ago. the fourth terrorist attack in just three months. and at midday, a minute's silence. the nation invited to pause and remember those impacted by this latest attack. and then, gathered outside the old in, civic leaders, the local mayor and members of staff, many living locally all avid to show solidarity with the muslim community in this part of north london. a gesture greatly appreciated by the chel finsbury park mosque. we know that we are a diverse community here in islington. we have lived for a long time and never had problems. people have tried to divide us, and they have failed. we have proved that in the last few days. i'm really glad that islington and our country have got together to make sure that these people fail. with the end of ramadan at the weekend, there is normally a sense of joyous at the weekend, there is normally a sense ofjoyous celebration amo

martin bashir with coverage of that minute's silence, remembering those affected by the terrorist acttheresa may's minority conservative government. in concluding this wide—ranging agreement, we have done so on the basis of advancing the security of our nation, building prosperity for all and supporting an exit from the european union that benefits all parts of the united kingdom. the government says it will offer support to councils — after cladding on 60 high—rise buildings across england fails fire safety tests. the prime minister is to set out more details of the rights she wants to give eu citizens living in britain, after brexit. also... the dawn of a new era for the navy. a new aircraft carrier — hms queen elizabeth — is due to set sail for the first time from the rosyth dockyard in fife. good afternoon. it's monday 26th june. i'm joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a deal has been signed between the conservatives and the democratic unionist party, which will support theresa may's minority government in parliament. this morning, the prime minister met senior dup figur