ms sturgess had been admitted to hospital after being exposed to an unknown source of the chemical.

ms sturgess died last weekend while mr rowley remains in a critical condition in hospital.has warned her own conservative mps not to put the government's plans for brexit at risk. she's appealed for them to back her in key votes in the house of commons in the coming week. 0ur political correspondent iain watson has more details. basically, some long—standing leavers are unhappy with her brexit plan, her white paper, so they are trying to scupper key elements of it by trying to change legislation in the house of commons next week. writing in the mail on sunday, she is warning them that if they do so and do not get behind the plan, they risk a disorderly brexit, or as she puts it, possibly risk brexit itself. the mail on sunday splashed it on the front page — "back me or there will be no brexit." so tough words from the prime minister for some of the long—standing brexiteers but also tough words for the remainers who wants to stay in the customs union because she says that would be a betrayal of brexit. there is another ministerial resignation tonight — andrew griffiths, the

ms sturgess had been admitted to hospital after being exposed to an unknown source of the chemical.t the hay literary festival to speak to forensic scientist sue black.

dawn sturgess and charlie rowley were exposed to the nerve agent novichok last month, ms sturgess diedr rowley remains in a critical condition in hospital. 12 boys and their football coach were rescued from a flooded cave in thailand are to be discharged from hospital on thursday. the date was revealed at a news conference, during which a new video of the boys was also shown. the father of one of the boys, who's the team captain, has been speaking to the bbc. martin patience reports from thailand. they're arguably the world's most famous football team. the latest pictures from hospital where the boys are building up their strength. this player wants to eat crispy pork and fried rice. another boy is after some sushi, and a third wants a kfc. thank you so much. after the darkness of the cave, they now have the light to draw. one of those recovering is 13—year—old dom. his father has spoken exclusively to the bbc. translation: he said it was an enormous struggle inside the cave. it was of course dark, and there was no food. they drank the water dripping from the roof of the cave. the coac

ms sturgess died last weekend, while mr rowley remains in a critical condition in hospital.th us on bbc world news, still to come: belgium beat england in the world cup‘s third place playoff. it's their best ever finish at the tournament. let's get more now on the news that palestinian officials say israel and militant groups in gaza have agreed a ceasefire. michael singh is a senior fellow at the washington institute — and a former senior director for middle east affairs at the national security council. the announcement by a hamas spokesman comes after israel carried out what it said were its most significant air strikes on the gaza strip since 2014. israel has declined to comment on the statement by hamas. lebo diseko reports. and just a warning — there are some distressing images. this is what israel is calling the hardest blow it has dealt hamas in gaza since their large—scale airstrikes in 2014. the idf says its fighterjets hit dozens of targets, including a weapons manufacturing site, storage facilities, and a training camp. israel says the raids were in response to r

ms sturgess had been admitted to hospital after being exposed to an unknown source of the chemical. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur is at the hay literary festival to speak to forensic scientist sue black. welcome to a special edition of hardtalk from the hay festival in wales. today i am joined by an audience to meet a specialist in death. for many of us, the hardest subject of all to think and talk about. yet for sue black it is the very business of her life. she is a professor of forensic anthropology whose ability to read the clues and stories in human remains has made her a world—renowned investigator. so what does she see when she looks death in the face? sue black, a very warm welcome to hardtalk. how is it that you have found yourself engaging with death in a way that so few of us can imagine? for many of us it is something we shy away from, something we find it difficult. and yet you confront it head—on. why do you think that is? i think it's because i don't confront it. it is not an adversary. it is somebody who walks with you your entire life. my grandmother ca

ms sturgess died after coming into contact with novichok, which may have been discarded during the attackergei skripal and his daughter in march. jon kay reports. her coffin dressed in summer flowers, dawn stu rg ess was remembered as an innocent novichok victim and as a fun loving mum of three. her private funeral included james blunt‘s song beautiful dawn and was attended by senior police officers. it is a very emotional experience. the vicar who conducted the service told me dawn's 11—year—old daughter was among those to speak. she just said how much she loved her mum and how much her mum had loved her, which resulted in a round of applause from everybody in the crematorium, just to say how marvellously she had done that and how courageous she had been. the vicar said the coffin was carried into the crematorium by pallbearers as normal, despite earlier advice about possible contamination risks. charlie rowley, who was poisoned with novichok at the same time as his partner, sat at the front as tributes were paid to the ali—year—old. i would like people to think of dawn, not in a sad, so

ms sturgess had been admitted to hospital after being exposed to an unknown source of the chemical.news: the week in parliament. hello there and welcome to the week in parliament. as labour piles the pressure on the cabinet minister over her interpretation of a critical report. has she read this report so badly, this brings into question her competence and her judgment. the home secretary calls on russia to explain the latest nerve agent poisoning of two people in amesbury in wiltshire. it is completely unacceptable for our people to be either deliberate or accidental targets. or for our streets, our parks, our towns to be dumping grounds for poison. also on this programme... how much do you know about what your children get up to online? and if all this sunny weather has got you thinking about your holiday read, we have been finding out what is top of the mps‘ book list. the most borrowed book is something called how parliament works, by the ex—clerk of the house, roger walters. but first, labour has called for the work and pensions secretary, esther mcvey, to resign after she inad

ms sturgess had been admitted to hospital after being exposed to an unknown source of the chemical.ws — dateline london. welcome to dateline london, the programme that brings together some of british journalism's leading commentators to debate with internationaljournalists whose dateline is london. this week: high noon in the chiltern hills as cabinet ministers finally agree on brexit. now they just have to persuade the eu. and donald trump's european tour, via windsor castle, nato hq and tete—a—tete with vladimir putin. with me to discuss those stories are, david aaronovitch, columnist for the times newspaper, jef mcallister, an american writer and broadcaster, maria margaronis of the nation, and the british conservative commentator alex deane. good to have you with this on an interesting weekend. i said it was high noon at chequers, the british prime minister's country residence. perhaps i should have said high tea. this was the moment when theresa may had to corral her disputatious, at times disloyal, cabinet colleagues to accept a single uk negotiating position on brexit. we'll

ms sturgess died after coming into contact with novichok, which may have been discarded during the attackorts. her coffin dressed in summer flowers, dawn stu rg ess was remembered as an innocent novichok victim and as a fun loving mum of three. her private funeral included james blunt‘s song beautiful dawn, and was attended by senior police officers. it is a very emotional experience. the vicar who conducted the service told me dawn's11—year—old daughter was among those to speak. she just said how much she loved her mum and how much her mum had loved her, which resulted in a round of applause from everybody in the crematorium, just to say how marvellously she had done that and how courageous she had been. the vicar said the coffin was carried into the crematorium by pallbearers as normal, despite earlier advice about possible contamination risks. charlie rowley, who was poisoned with novichok at the same time as his partner, sat at the front as tributes were paid to the ali—year—old. i'd like people to think of dawn, not in a sad, sort of like, she's passed, but in a happy sense, that she

the prime minister has said she is "appalled and shocked" by ms sturgess's death.e, neil basu. he says, "this is shocking and tragic news. our home affairs correspondentjune kelly has more details. dawn stu rgess to dawn sturgess to kill last saturday at this life behind me, the home of her boyfriend, charlie rowley. he collapsed a few hours later. the couple had spent much of the previous day together and it is believed that during this time they had become exposed to this nerve agent. they were being treated at salisbury district hospital, the hospital that saved the lives of sergei and yulia skripal. the hope had been that this couple would also be nursed back to health. we have had a statement from the head of counterterrorism in this country and he is describing it as shocking and tragic news. he says this terrible news has strengthened our resolve to identify and bring to justice the person or people responsible for what he describes as an outrageous, reckless and barbaric act. we are expecting a statement from the prime minister this evening, but it appears

a week later, ms sturgess died in hospital.ns us from brussels. thank you for talking to us again on bbc breakfast. these reports coming out now about the identification of the suspects, what can we read into this, and how would this identification have come about? it seems like some time since the first reports of the skripals' poisoning. well, certainly the police raid at the start of the investigation said very clearly that it would take weeks if not months to try and build—up an evidential case about this. but i have to say i am with the security minister ben wallace that this remains pure speculation. because what we are looking at is an unidentified senior security source, not someone apparently from the police but perhaps someone in the government who has been briefed on the development of the case, leaking this little nugget of identification that the assassins have been identified yesterday, and they became this massive rolling news story. so of course it is the russians, and it must be the gru, sergei skripal‘s former