official and communicating with the ministry of defence to ensure that we were not reportingendanger national security and the ministry of defence minister and his motion statement to the commons on monday confirmed this and said that the bbc have behaved responsibly with regards to these documents. some viewers as you _ regards to these documents. some viewers as you have _ regards to these documents. some viewers as you have heard - regards to these documents. some viewers as you have heard clearly feel it was not in the public interest to report on those documents. they even used the words disloyal. you should have had over to the mod, why didn't you? itruieiiii. to the mod, why didn't you? well. gary generally _ to the mod, why didn't you? well. gary generally a — to the mod, why didn't you? well. gary generally a journalism - gary generally a journalism organisation and in our interest to report stories that are in the public interest. to break this down abates, there was a bundle of documents that were highly classified in the bond of which related to the deployment of

here, with the ministry of defence having closed its ufo desk, peers demanded reassurance. ave been dismissed as fantasists. but now the us director of national intelligence, who oversees 17 intelligence agencies, has published a report saying the data on ufos is inconclusive. the report offers several possible explanations and does not rule out that these could be military aircraft with very advanced capabilities, or even extraterrestrial phenomena. the mod deals with actual threats substantiated by evidence, and the government continues to take any potential threat to the uk seriously. the integrated view of the defence white command paper published in march set out the mod's assessment of threats we face and how we will meet them. my lords, unidentified does not mean suspicious. - and does my noble friend the minister recognise . that the us report referred to says there is no clear i indication that there is anyl non—terrestrial explanation for the 144 sightings that it specifies? - and the idea that in an era of mobile phone cameras, | drones and frequent travel, i ther

not an exaggeration to say that it is quite embarrassing for the israeli government and the ministry of defenceng very, very damning abuse of surveillance tools coming out and reflecting badly on the state of israel and on the ministry of defence. so i hope that this avalanche of publicity around this report will spur them to take stronger action in reining these companies in. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: happy to be home — two year—old wilder smuggled in the back of a lorry — is finally reunited with his family in honduras. radio: we see you coming down the ladder now. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30—year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence - and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia. . but now, a decade later, - it's been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity and an increase in malfunctioning sperm, unable to swim properly. thousands of ho

the ministry of defence said it's made many changes to improve the experience of women in the armed forcesmps want the chain of command to be removed from complaints of a sexual nature and cases of rape to no longer be tried in a military court. jonathan beale, bbc news. in recent weeks, we've brought you a series of reports on how disabled people have been affected by the pandemic. one issue raised has been access to healthcare, in line with patient need and delivery of that care to their individual circumstances. more than 1,500 disabled people told bbc news they feared going into hospital. hundreds said they'd avoid it at all costs. our disability news correspondent, nikki fox, has been speaking to the family of a man who was living with both learning disabilities and brain damage, who they say had �*no voice' to express his needs whilst in hospital, and died in pain. my uncle derek was really childlike, he was a lovely man. he liked the simple things in life. he was my brother and i loved him. this is derek when he was younger. the 59—year—old was taken to hospital after falling ill la

not an exaggeration to say that it is quite embarrassing for the israeli government and the ministry of defencevery, very damning abuse of surveillance tools, coming up and reflecting badly on the state of israel and on the ministry of defence. so i hope that this avalanche of publicity around this report will spur them to take stronger action in raining these companies in.- action in raining these companies in. action in raining these comanies in. ., i. companies in. right, and you mentioned — companies in. right, and you mentioned these _ companies in. right, and you mentioned these companies. j companies in. right, and you l mentioned these companies. is nso seen as the elite of the elite in this regard for other plenty of other places that governments and countries might turn to? , ., governments and countries might turn to? ,., , ., governments and countries might turn to? , ., ., , turn to? right, so israel does have a very — turn to? right, so israel does have a very robust _ turn to? right, so israel does have a very robust cyber- have a very robust cyber industry and ns0 group is certa

under document demonstrated very clearly that the ministry of defence had thought through quite carefullyf a number of different potential routes for hms defender. we only published the map which related to the root of hms defender because we were confident that bishop had already passed, the day of the event itself for several days previously, and there was no possibility of any damage to the security of our defence personnel. —— the ship. of course, at the time the bundle was left at the bus stop, it was left at the bus stop, it was of course a day before the deployment. so there was a very, very strong risk to national security posed by the loss of these documents and it was clearly in the public interest to inform the audience of that. it interest to inform the audience of that. , , , ., of that. it is interesting you say that. — of that. it is interesting you say that, because - of that. it is interesting you say that, because it - of that. it is interesting you say that, because it still- say that, because it still seems to many viewers, particularly provocative for the bbc to repor

can my noble friend, the minister, reassure members of the public that the ministry of defence takes of unidentified objects in our airspace very seriously? but first, prime minister's questions — dominated this week by the fallout from the resignation of matt hancock as health secretary after he was filmed breaking social distancing rules with his adviser. he resigned the day after the pictures appeared. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, wanted to know why he hadn't been sacked immediately. on may the 5th, the day before that video was filmed, ollie bibby, a 27—year—old man from essex, died of leukaemia after seven weeks in hospital — where, due to covid restrictions, he was "barely able" to see his family. keir starmer raised ollie�*s case with the prime minister. when he was in hospital, he begged to see his family. but, following the rules, only one member of his family was allowed to see him. his mum said, "i'm livid. we did everything we were told to do, and the man who made the rules didn't. how can that be right?" so, i ask the prime minister again, how could he possibly th

of the tourist trail at mermaid quay. so, seven decades after unidentified aerial phenomena first appeared on the radar, defence ministrieseport doesn't require us to accept the reality of alien visitation, but it does require us to take ufos seriously. therefore, how seriously does her majesty's government now take ufos in the light of this report? i refer the noble lady to my previous answer, to which the short response is very seriously. lady goldie, putting a few noble minds at rest. the truth may be out there but, as the minister said, so are the raf. well, that's it for this week in parliament. thank you for watching. i do hope you canjoin me on monday evening at 11 o'clock on bbc parliament for the latest from the commons and the lords. until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello again. the weekend's weather was always going to be dominated by showers, showers coming from big clouds like these that were spotted over the skylines of staffordshire, and the heavens opening not a million miles away. in moseley in birmingham, you can see surface water building up on the roads here. and then we have this line

the ministry of defence said it's made many changes to improve the experience of women in the armed forces of a sexual nature and cases of rape to no longer be tried in a military court. jonathan beale, bbc news. we hope to speak to a member of that committee, said atherton, we are just trying to get communications with her at the moment, so let's move on... —— sarah. oh i am told we have her. sarah, i'm glad you can join us. i do not know if you heard there, but when women said it was a boys' club. do you have it that way with an accurate complaints procedures question make it a man's world and that is what the evidence suggests to us. it world and that is what the evidence suggests to us— suggests to us. it seems to be the sin . le suggests to us. it seems to be the single point— suggests to us. it seems to be the single point of— suggests to us. it seems to be the single point of failure _ suggests to us. it seems to be the single point of failure within - suggests to us. it seems to be the single point of failure within the i single point of failure within the militaryjustice single po

the ministry of defence said it's made many changes to improve the experience of women in the armed forcesce of some. but mps want the chain of command to be removed from complaints of a sexual nature and cases of rape to no longer be tried in a military court. jonathan beale, bbc news. the american comedian, jackie mason, has died aged 93 in new york. the former rabbi was a regular on television and had a number of hit broadway shows. known for his distinctive new york accent, his humour was based on innuendo and observation. let's speak to ted johnson, washington correspondent for deadline.com. he formerly worked at variety magazine. many young viewers will not have heard of jackie mason. many young viewers will not have heard ofjackie mason. put him into context for us. heard of jackie mason. put him into context for us.— context for us. sure. he was a comedian — context for us. sure. he was a comedian from _ context for us. sure. he was a comedian from another- context for us. sure. he was a comedian from another era, i context for us. sure. he was a comedian from another era, a | cont

the ministry of defence said it's made many changes to improve the experience of women in the armed forcesmoved from complaints of a sexual nature and cases of rape to no longer be tried in a military court. jonathan beale, bbc news. the number of daily coronavirus cases in the uk has fallen again for the fifth successive day. overall, 29,173 new cases were reported across the uk in the last 2a hours. in total, more than a6.5 million people have now had a first does of a coronavirus vaccine and more than 37 million have received a second dose. the daily deaths figures are not yet available. after the figures, i spoke to professor paul hunter, who's a professor in medicine at the university of east anglia. he gave his reaction to the declining case numbers. the trending is continuing, and we are seeing quite substantial reductions in case numbers over the last few days, and today's figures are about a0% lower than they were last sunday, which is roughly the same drop as we saw yesterday compared to the previous saturday as well, so it is looking very encouraging at the moment. we are onl a

the ministry of defence says it's made many changes to improve the experience of women in the armed forces chain of command to be removed from complaints of a sexual nature and cases of rape to no longer be tried in a military court. jonathan beale, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... africa has won its first gold medal at the tokyo olympics, as a tunisian teenager stunned the field to win the men's 400 metre freestyle. australia has smashed the world record to win gold in the women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay. wildfires in northern california have forced thousands into evacuation centres while a covid outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. hopes of a third gold medalfor team gb's jadejones in the women's taekwondo were dashed when she was eliminated in her opening bout. sarah stevenson represented team gb in taekwondo at the 2008 and 2012 olympics. she says it's disappointing forjade to leave at this stage. just to let me explain a little bit on that one, i think, obviously, she is first seed, world number one. and, of course, double olympic champion, but the person

the ministry of defence said it's made many changes to improve the experience of women in the armed forcesual nature and cases of rape to no longer be tried in a military court. jonathan beale, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. environment ministers from more than 50 countries are holding a two—day meeting in britain to prepare for a climate summit later this year. alok sharma, who's the president of the un conference cop26, said the world would be watching the meeting in glasgow in november to see if it can do what is necessary in a decisive decade. floods have swamped areas of belgium and washed away cars as a wave of thunderstorms and heavy rain hit the country. two provinces south—east of brussels were particularly badly hit. they had already been impacted by the devastating floods that left 36 people dead and seven missing. the american comedianjackie mason has died at the age of 93. he spent his final days in hospital in new york. mason started as an amateur boxer then got ordained as a rabbi before becoming a full—time comedian in 1959. he held many one—man shows thr

the ministry of defence says it's made many changes to improve the experience of women in the armed forces chain of command to be removed from complaints of a sexual nature and cases of rape to no longer be tried in a military court. jonathan beale, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... austria's anna kiesenhofer causes one of the biggest shocks in olympic road racing history with an audacious victory in the women's cycling race, beating the dutch favourite. africa has won its first gold medal at the tokyo olympics, as a tunisian teenager stunned the field to win the men's 400 metre freestyle. wildfires in northern california have forced thousands into evacuation centres while a covid outbreak in oregon puts firefighters into quarantine. british mps have warned that taxpayers will bear the cost of the government's coronavirus spending for decades. thousands of people in the western united states are spending the weekend in evacuation centers, as wildfires continue to burn across the region. more than 80 large wildfires in 13 states have destroyed around 1.3 million acres in recent weeks.

the ministry of defence said it's made many changes to improve the experience of women in the armed forcesof some. but mps want the chain of command to be removed from complaints of a sexual nature and cases of rape to no longer be tried in a military court. jonathan beale, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... team gb have won a first silver medal at the tokyo olympics, but bradly sinden narrowly missed out on becoming the first british male to win taekwondo's top prize at a games. there's been national and family triumph forjapan injudo, as a brother and sister both win gold. plans to require football fans to be fully vaccinated if they want to go to premier league matches from october are being considered by the uk government. it is now 60 minutes past four. —— 16 minutes past four. the government has announced extra support for parts of the country, including the north east of england, in the battle against rising numbers of covid—19. it's due to recent data showing that nearly 30% of adults in newcastle for example, haven't even had their firstjab. among younger adults it's almost ha

the ministry of defence said it's made many changes to improve the experience of women in the armed forcescomplaints of a sexual nature and cases of rape to no longer be tried in a military court. jonathan beale, bbc news. three people including a nine—year—old boy have died after getting into difficulty in loch lomond. police were called to the area yesterday evening following concerns for people in the water. the child, along with a 29—year—old woman and a 41—year—old man were pronounced dead at the scene, and a seven—year—old boy is in intensive care. the deaths come 48 hours after a 16—year—old boy died in a separate part of loch lomond after getting into difficulty in the water. thousands of people in the western united states, are spending the weekend in evacuation centers, as wildfires continue to burn across the region. more than 80 large wildfires in 13 states have destroyed around 1.3 million acres in recent weeks. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, reports. the dixie wildfire, california's biggest blaze to the north of the state, is growing rapidly. firefighters are b

the ministry of defence said it�*s made many changes to improve the experience of women in the armedbut mps want the chain of command to be removed from complaints of a sexual nature and cases of rape to no longer be tried in a military court. jonathan beale, bbc news. and before we go, uk army bomb disposal experts have safely detonated a world war ii device. the bomb was found during the construction of a new housing estate in east yorkshire. it�*s thought an raf lancaster bomber ditched the bomb when it was attempting to crash land. you can see more you can see more on you can see more on all of today�*s stories on the bbc news channel. the next news here on bbc news is at six o�*clock. have a good afternoon. hello, you�*re watching the bbc news channel. let�*s get more on the news that the health secretary, sajid javid, has apologised for an earlier tweet which suggested the nation doesn�*t need to "cower" from coronavirus. he said he�*s deleted the original post which used the word "cower". a covid victims�* group had accused mrjavid of "flippancy and carelessness" over the use

it is the responsibility of the company and israel's government, the ministry of defence, which is regulatingir responsibility to set nso group down and say, look, if you sell this to saudi arabia, if you sell this to the uae, bahrain, or other oppressive governments, what do you think they will do? maybe they will go after criminals and terrorists, but the main concern, in my view, is trying to figure out what their critics are up to, trying to ensure the survival of the monarchy. who is speaking truth to power? what are they planning next and how can we subvert them? there are two main takeaways — the first one is people are quite surprised by the scale of this. some of the leaked data has around 50,000 phone numbers on their, which have been selected for targeting, so that level of scale is really beyond what many people think and envision. nso group says, sometimes they are a small number of targets, this is the osama bin laden s of the world, so i think the scale is shocking and the number of countries in which this is being abused. for example, india represents itself as a democracy, ye

a report from the defence select committee said 60% of female personnel had faced bullying, harassment and discrimination during their careers. the ministryomen's experience isn't yet equal to men's. heavy rain has caused flash floods across london today. in the south of the city, cars were stranded as drains failed to cope with water surges. the storms caused damage to homes and gardens as well as leaving several shops in the shopping centre at stratford in east london flooded. and the skies above southern norway were lit up for several seconds last night by an unusually large meteorite. there was a bright flash of light and also a booming sound. it is thought pieces of it came down in a wooded area west of oslo. more now from tokyo now, where this has been the second day of competition at the olympics. it brought medal success for team gb, as you heard earlier, but our sports editor, dan roan, has been looking at competition elsewhere, including some of the events appearing for the first time. it's images like these that organisers hope will attract younger audiences to the games. that was incredible. and on its olympic debut, skateboar

with fresh taliban assaults every day, britain's ministry of defence says it has already relocated moreone of the most inclusive in the world. everyone knows the situation is growing increasingly critical. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. the bbc proms season has got underway. it's the world's biggest classical music festival. it has a full audience — but restrictions are in place to make it as secure as possible. audience members are being "strongly encouraged" to wear masks, and they're required to provide proof of either a negative covid test, or double vaccination. last year a reduced orchestra played to an empty royal albert hall. mark savage reports. it has been two years since i've done this... it is not just it is notjust for stewards. for music lovers of the royal albert hall, the wait is over. finally, i am absolutely thrilled, i have been waiting two years for this day. being not socially distanced will be something to quickly get over. to be leaning forward, listening to music with the same intensity as the person next to you is going to be, it is a feeling of community. t

with fresh taliban assaults every day, britain's ministry of defence says it has already relocated morerld. everyone knows the situation is growing increasingly critical. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. let's get some of the day's other news. food supplies destined for ethiopia's famine—hit tigray region are finally on their way north — a week after an attack on a world food programme convoy blocked the route. humanitarian agencies have been warning that many there are facing catastrophic levels of hunger, following nine months of war between regional armed groups and government forces. the internet retail giant amazon has been fined almost $900 million for breaking the european union's data protection laws. it's the biggest fine ever imposed under the eu's privacy regulations. amazon says the decision is "baseless" and that it will appeal. turning to the olympics now, and we've reached the middle weekend of the games. here's the medal table as it stands at the moment — china is on top with 19 gold medals followed by host nation japan with 17. with me is our reporter, tanya dendrinos

the uk's parliamentary defence committee found more than 60% of female veterans who took part in a survey had experienced discrimination or abuse during their careers. the ministrys. if out of ten women in our evidence said that they don't make complaints because of fear of reprisals and repercussions, and what we are finding is that women are subsequently leaving the ministry before their time and have this complaint or allegation or incident that has happened in the military, is having a legacy effect and really been quite detrimental and impacting on the rest of their lives when they come out of the military and other actions. —— and are veterans. environment ministers from more than fifty countries will meet with the president of the un climate change conference ——emergency workers in western india have been frantically trying to rescue around 50 people, feared trapped in a landslide, triggered by monsoon rains, in the state of maharashtra. officials said the downpours over the past few days, have triggered severe flooding in many parts of the state, causing widespread devastation. here's our south asia regional editor, anbarasan ethirajan. the rains have su

with fresh taliban assaults every day, britain's ministry of defence says it has already relocated morenclusive in the world. everyone knows the situation has grown increasingly critical. now, there has been my success, as we have been hearing, for a team gb on the seventh day of the tokyo olympics, including nappanee, who won gold in the women's bmx race. at 22—year—old needed to crowd find her place at the games and won the final with a fearless display of writing. richard girvan is principal of the stephen perse foundation, where beth shriever worked as a teaching assistant. — — fearless —— fearless riding. richard, very good to see it. i should confess that you use to teach at my kids school. no analytics for my children, but obviously a magic touch chair. it must be amazing. we are touch chair. it must be amazing. - are fantastic. we are over the moon for her and herfamily, absolutely delighted. find for her and her family, absolutely deliahted. �* , ., delighted. and david goldstein on the cards at _ delighted. and david goldstein on the cards at the _ delighted. and david goldstei

with fresh taliban assaults every day, britain's ministry of defence says it has already relocated moreive in the world. everyone knows the situation has grown increasingly critical. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... the cost of covid to pregnant women in brazil. the bbc has exclusive footage inside a maternity ward treating women with the virus. a covid outbreak in china has spread to five provinces and at least 13 cities, including beijing. recorded cases are so far low, with only around 200 people infected. but according to state media this represents china's worst outbreak since wuhan in 2020. howard zhang has more. at this moment, i guess there is a high, almost emergency mode in china, and people are being tested in multiple cities, and the government and the officials china's approach so far as trying to reach zero tolerance of infection. but whether in this day and age that still be feasible way to go or so possible are being questioned now. the moment they realised there was one infection i think dozens of flights were grounded, we are talking about thousands of

with fresh taliban assaults every day, britain's ministry of defence says it has already relocated moreeme is one of the most inclusive in the world. everyone knows the situation is growing increasingly critical. secunder kermani, bbc news, kabul. tonight was the first night of the proms at the royal albert hall — one of the highlights of the cultural calendar. and for the first time since 2019 audiences returned — allowed in if they could show a negative covid test or double jab. more than 2000 musicians from 30 orchestras will play over the next six weeks as live music returns on a scale not seen in the uk since the start of the pandemic. mark savage reports. for music lovers of the royal albert hall, the wait is over.— hall, the wait is over. finally, i am absolutely _ hall, the wait is over. finally, i am absolutely thrilled, - hall, the wait is over. finally, i am absolutely thrilled, i - hall, the wait is over. finally, i am absolutely thrilled, i have l hall, the wait is over. finally, i- am absolutely thrilled, i have been waiting two years for this day. be not socially distance

the ministry of defence said the new radar capability has the potential to make space "safer and moreg the trade of items containing elephant ivory to cover other at—risk animals. conservationists say the move sends a "clear signal to the rest of the world". how about this for an impressive feat of physical strength. . .and lung power? this is the world free diving championships in the bahamas, where alessi zecchini has set a new record. she propelled herself to a depth of 7a metres without any oxygen tanks or flippers to help push her along. she held her breath for a remarkable three minutes and two seconds! it's hard to forget the moment denmark's christian eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest at the euros earlier this month, and that incident has put the role of defibrillators back into focus. two years ago, former tottenham hotspurs player justin edinburgh died after suffering a cardiac arrest while working out at the gym. his son now wants to make it law for sports facilities to have public access to the life saving equipment. luxmy gopal reports. schoolchildren learning the most va

and from the nio the ministry of defence and from the mo and _ the ministry of defence and fromviding information, so this will not speed — providing information, so this will not speed things up, from our perspective. this willjust lead to rancour— perspective. this willjust lead to rancour and further dissatisfaction for victims — rancour and further dissatisfaction for victims. i rancour and further dissatisfaction forvictims. i mean, it is important to state _ forvictims. i mean, it is important to state that — forvictims. i mean, it is important to state that the reason for this is that the _ to state that the reason for this is that the government does not want former— that the government does not want former soldiers having to appear in court _ former soldiers having to appear in court and _ former soldiers having to appear in court and answer questions. that is the bottom — court and answer questions. that is the bottom line of an independent investigation that people who have caused _ investigation that people who have caused death have to give an account under— caused

the ministry of defence said the new radar capability has the potential to make space "safer and mores say the move sends a "clear signal to the rest of the world". you�*re watching bbc news. and let�*s have a look at the weather. the sun�*s out, it�*s a beautiful day and it�*s going to be a hot one. temperatures this weekend could peak at around 31 celsius tomorrow across the south—east of the uk. and it�*s all thanks to high pressure, which has established itself across the uk and thankfully also bringing settled weather to the flood stricken regions in western parts of europe. so, sunny skies across the bulk of the country through this afternoon. but a bit more cloud dragged in by a wind off the atlantic across northern and western parts of scotland. a lot fresher here from the northern isles to the hebrides, only around 1a to 17 celsius and a few bits of rain. that�*s also true for the northern coast of northern ireland. further inland towards the east and south, it is hot. in fact, temperatures could hit 30 degrees in hull, sheffield and gloucester. in london, around the high 20s

official, and indeed, communicating with the ministry of defence to ensure that we weren't reportingsians had taken an aggressive military stance towards it. and the document demonstrated very clearly that the ministry of defence had thought through quite carefully the potential implications of a number of different potential routes for hms defender. we only published the map which related to the route of hms defender because we were confident that the ship had already passed, the day of the event itself was several days previously, and there was no possibility of any damage to the security of our defence personnel. but of course, at the time that the bundle was left at the bus stop, it was in fact a day before the deployment. so there was a very, very strong risk to national security posed by the loss of these documents and it was clearly in the public interest to inform the audience of that. it's interesting you say that, because it still seems to many viewers particularly provocative for the bbc to report about that incident off the coast of crimea, because it seemed to contradict

in response the british ministry of defence released a statement saying that "we owe a huge debt of gratitudeeet their commitments. here's the bbc�*s defence correspondentjonathan beale: i think the difficulty is, and all countries are having this, because, you know, the americans have just started a scheme to, you know, they had a scheme, but they are now sort of ramping up their scheme to relocate their interpreters, many more people work for the americans than for the british. it's a cut off. i mean, you know, what constitutes a rejection? for what sort of offence, was it a disciplinary offence? was it something more serious because? but also, what groups do you include or disclude? for example, what about drivers? what about, you know, there is a gentleman who was an afghan gardener who has come under threat. so, anybody, the problem is, anybody who has been in afghanistan and worked for the british, you know, there are no secrets and afghanistan. people know. and if they are in an area where the taliban on the rise, their lives are going to be interact. ——their lives are going to be unde

despite all these formal explanations of the defence ministry, which even posted the pictures of othere high—heeled shoes, but despite all of these arguments and reasons and explanations, they think that they shouldn't be distinguished in that particular way in the official ceremonies. maybe the big significance is the war in eastern ukraine in which women are shown as equals, very often, to men in the battlefield. hello again. the weekend's weather was always going to be dominated by showers, showers coming from big clouds like these that were spotted over the skylines of staffordshire, and the heavens opening not a million miles away in mosley in birmingham. you can see surface water building up on the roads here. and that we have this line of storms that moved across the midlands and on into lincolnshire. moved across here, which is just south of lincoln itself, and it brought a real deluge. we had 25 mm of rain in the space ofjust one hour. that is nearly half a month's worth of rain in the space of one hour, and i'm sure that would have caused one or two issues here. now, at the m

commander with the british army in bosnia, and former director of british army staff at the ministry of defenceing that they had achieved the objective. i would like to read the original objective from president bachchan october the 7th 2001, he launched the war. military action is part of our campaign against terrorism given the nature and reach of our enemies, we well when this conflict by the patient accumulation of successes. 20 years later was that original 18 achieved?- of successes. 20 years later was that original 18 achieved? well, not in the ambitious _ that original 18 achieved? well, not in the ambitious terms _ that original 18 achieved? well, not in the ambitious terms in _ that original 18 achieved? well, not in the ambitious terms in which - in the ambitious terms in which president bush stated it. although, he did succeed in preventing any attacks by international terrorists from afghan soil, but what you side during the war was a steady ratcheting back at the ambitious nation—building aims that the us and its allies set out early on in the conflict in afghanistan. either way,

the ministry of defence says it's already helped more than 2000 afghan staff to come to the uk.an. the taliban do not care for dismiss, for termination, they don't care anything. theyjust know who worked with the british and who not. anybody who worked with the british, they will kill them, sir. now i am worried about my family and myself in future about what will happen when the nato leave afghanistan. i know i will see my wife and daughter get shot, and myself too. the government has set out what it calls "transformative plans" to improve the lives of disabled people. the national disability strategy has cross department involvement and aims to tackle issues such as a lack of accessible housing, access to education and the disability employment gap. but disability campaigners have criticised the plans for not going far enough. nikki fox reports. for disabled children like florence, getting the right support and funding from government and local authority is crucial, especially when it comes to specialist education. this family had to spend £15,000 fighting to get the right sch

with fresh taliban assaults every day, britain's ministry of defence says it's already relocated moreial new security law has been sentenced to nine years injail. tong ying—kit rode a motorbike towards police officers while flying a flag with the protest slogan "liberate hong kong, revolution of our times". more than 100 people have been arrested, since the law came into force last year. australia's prime minister scott morrison has said that almost all of the country's adult population would have to be vaccinated against covid—19 before the country can start reopening its borders to selected countries. last week, the country closed a travel �*corridor�* to new zealand amid growing infections. troops have been deployed in sydney to enforce a lockdown as cases there continue to rise. our correspondent in sydney, shaimaa khalil, says australia's low vaccination rate is an issue. it is the availability of the vaccine, the fact that there has been so much mixed messaging around astrazeneca that not many people have gone for it for weeks. also remember, this is a country where for the long

responsibility of the company nso group and the responsibility of israel's government, the ministry of defenceges from you. thank you. david says "it seems like those who have made the effort to stay safe over the last 18 months are being thrown under the bus. we will only go to places where people wear masks and keep social distancing." darren says "let the bed—wetters stay behind the sofa and mashed up forever never going outside and never doing anything again, the fear firmly embedded into them." charming! this from richard who says "i'm apprehensive, but let's respect each other�*s choices." carol is here with a full weather forecast for you. hello again. yesterday, we recorded 31.6 celsius at london heathrow, making it the hottest day of this year so far. once again today, it's going to be hot and sunny. at the moment, what we have is a bit more cloud across the north and the west, courtesy of these weather fronts. high pressure firmly in charge, though, keeping things settled. and high pressure will be with us for much of this week. so still a little bit of cloud across the north and the

the ministry of defence says it's already helped more than 2000 afghan staff to come to the uk. who worked with the british, they will kill them, sir. now i am worried about my family and myself in future about what will happen when the nato leave afghanistan. i know i will see my wife and daughter get shot, and myself too. lord peter ricketts who was the uk's first national security advisor from 2010 to 2012 under david cameron and lord ricketts also served as chair of the joint intelligence committee under tony blair. he explained why he has signed the letter. i don't have the numbers, but there are quite a lot more people who have been considered and refused. remember, this is a group of people who worked in a committed way with a british military and also the british embassy, diplomats in afghanistan. and now they suddenly find themselves vulnerable, as british and other western forces leave. and our issue is that the scheme the government has set up, although it is very welcome, is moving too slowly and has too many exclusions. the gentleman you heard on the call referred t

despite all of these explanations of the defence ministry which posted the pictures of the other armiesink that they should not be distinguished and their particular way in the official ceremonies. maybe the big significance is instant ukraine when they are shown is equals very often to men in the battlefield. let's ta ke let's take a look at the weather forecast. hello again. the weekends weather was always going to be dominated by showers. showers coming from big clouds like these and spotted over the skylines and at the opening, not1 million miles away, but around burning and you will see some surface water building up on the roads here. and though we have this line of storms that have moved across the midlands london to lincolnshire, moved across the area which is just south of itself and yet 25 mm of rain in the space of just one hour and that is nearly half a months worth of rain in the space of an hour and i'm sure that is the cause of our two issues here. at the moment we have some areas of rain pushing across scotland and some heavy showers slowly easing into northern ireland o

despite all these formal explanations of the defence ministry — which even posted the pictures of other these high—heeled shoes — but despite all these arguments and reasons and explanations, they think that they shouldn't be distinguished in that particular way in the official ceremonies. maybe the big significance is the war in eastern ukraine in which women showed just as equals, very often, to men in the battlefield. thanks to zhanna there. a french swimmer who's trying raise awareness of river pollution by swimming the length of the river seine in france has reached paris. arthur germain has already been swimming for 28 days, after setting off from the source of the seine in eastern france. he was met in paris by its mayor, anne hidalgo, who is also his mum. during his epicjourney he's already collected more than 1,000 samples of water in order to identify polluted areas of the river. he swims 15 kilometres a day while pulling 90 kilograms of food and equipment on a kayak tied behind him. that is it from me. you can reach me on twitter. i'm @lvaughanjones. iam i am lewis vaughanjon

the ministry of defence said the new radar capability has the potential to make space safer and more hales could be given greater legal protection under plans to crack down on ivory poaching. the government wants to extend a planned law banning the trade of items containing elephant ivory to cover other at—risk animals. conservationists say the move sends a clear signal to the rest of the world. and how about this for an impressive feat of physical strength and lung power. this is the world freediving championships in the bahamas, where alessia zecchini has set a new record. she propelled herself to a depth of 7a metres without any oxygen tanks orflippers to help push her along. she held her breath for a remarkable three minutes and two seconds. just to get this clear, she propelled herself down 7a metres and held her breath for three minutes and two seconds. that held her breath for three minutes and two seconds.— held her breath for three minutes and two seconds. that is quite some achievement _ and two seconds. that is quite some achievement. did _ and two seconds. that is quite so

despite all these formal explanations of the defence ministry, which even posted the pictures of the to wear these high—heeled shoes, but despite all these arguments and reasons and explanations, they think that they shouldn't be, you know, distinguished in this particular way in official ceremonies. maybe, the big significance is the women in eastern ukraine, that they are equals, often two men in the battlefield.— equals, often two men in the battlefield. , , “ , g , battlefield. this is bbc news. just brin . in . battlefield. this is bbc news. just bringing you _ battlefield. this is bbc news. just bringing you an — battlefield. this is bbc news. just bringing you an update _ battlefield. this is bbc news. just bringing you an update on - battlefield. this is bbc news. just bringing you an update on the i bringing you an update on the football score. you may remember when we started this bulletin, the score was 1—0 to england. in the last 26 minutes, they have made it 4-0. last 26 minutes, they have made it 4—0. time now for a look at the weather. we have seen lots of showers toda

the ministry of defence says it's already helped more than 2,000 afghan staff to come to the uk.n turned down for relocation four times and fears retribution from the taliban. the taliban do not care for dismiss, for termination, they don't care anything. theyjust know who worked with the british and who not. anybody who worked with the british, they will kill them, sir. now i am worried about my family and myself in future about what will happen when the nato leave afghanistan. i know i will see my wife and daughter get shot, and myself too. with me now is peter ricketts, who was the uk's first national security advisor from 2010 to 2012 under david cameron and lord ricketts also served as chair of the joint intelligence committee under tony blair. he has signed the letter. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. so, the government market was saying around 2000 afghan staff admitted to the uk under this scheme. do you have any idea how many have applied and been refused? i don't have the numbers, but there are quite _ i don't have the numbers, but there are quite a — i do