sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham.oming up shortly will be the film review, but first here's click. vegas, home to casinos. elvis, sort of. superfast knot—tying. wide open spaces. limos. the strip. and this week, the largest hack—fest on the planet. if there's one week of stuff in vegas that isn't staying in vegas, it's this week's bsides, black hat and notorious def con gatherings. this is the week where hackers rub up against law enforcers and everyone peeks over each other‘s shoulders and networks. so, let's get straight into the action. and for our first act of the show. daniel here has got an extra piece of software running allowing him to hear what's being typed on the other end of a skype call. so how does it work? the software during a skype call learns how your keyboard sounds like and if you later during the call type something sensitive, like a password or e—mail, we can understand what you've typed using machine learning algorithms. this is because each key has a unique fingerprint based on the position of

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. stay with us on bbc news.e first country to produce and sell marijuana legally for recreational use. the flamboyant italian fashion designer gianni versace has been shot dead in florida. the multi—millionaire was gunned down outside his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worse floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the "great white way" by americans, but tonight it is completely blacked out. it is a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. 200 years ago today, a huge parisian crowd stormed the bastille prison — the first act of the revolution which was to topple the french monarchy. today, hundreds of thousands throng the champs—elysees for the traditional military parade. finally, fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a huge shoal of their favourite food, pil

our correspondent sima kotecha reports. reflects much of the west midlands with its large ethnic minority population, but in some cases social conservatism can cause problems. decades of pressure that you're put on as a child that you have to conform, that you have to marry a woman. it made me wish that i could be the straight son that he wanted. a gay sikh man who felt he was trapped in a lie until he told his family he was homosexual. his father won't accept it. still after me telling him that i was gay, he still said, "just get married, it's just a phase you're going through. once you get married, everything will be fine", and you get told that if you follow what your parents want you to do that, yeah, you will be cured or you will be straight. he eventually married his partner, but his father didn't go to the wedding. also affects our lgbt community... at a conference, police in birmingham talk about how strong anti—gay sentiments still exist in many south asian families. homophobia is rife in some communities and to be

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. an incident with british rider mark cavendish. peter sagan appeared to elbow mark cavendish into the barriers as they approached the finish, sending cavendish crashing to the ground. he received medical treatment before getting back on his bike and crossing the line. race leader and fellow britain 6eraint thomas was involved in an earlier pile—up but retains the leader's yellow jersey. it's day two at wimbledon, and the top seeds in this year's draw have made it safely through to the next round. novak djokovic wasn't on court long — his opponent retired. and the top seed in the women's draw, angelique kerber, won in straight sets. but for many, today's star attraction was this year's favourite — seven—time winner roger federer. our sports correspondentjoe wilson is there for us this evening. if you had a ticket for centre court today, settling in for a feast, you ended up with more of a snack, roger federer and novak djokovic, their opponents couldn't last. maybe those players shouldn

from there sima kotecha reports. it happened in the midst of the great war.women unit was created, the women's army artillery corps. it meant they could work as cooks and drivers, freeing up men to go into battle. the unit disbanded in 1921 but its birth paved the way for other military services to include women. i was young, i was 21. 94—year—old charlotte signed up to the forces during the second world war and worked at top—secret bletchley park, documenting incoming codes. we were at war, we felt we needed to do something and the opportunities were there within the three women's services. i don't know that i actually thought it through at that time, but i mean, that's the top and bottom of it — we were here in this island which was being attacked, we needed to do something to defend it. and so you did. and so i did. at the national memorial arboretum in staffordshire, hundreds of those who have fallen are honoured. today a tri—service ceremony took place to recognise what women have achieved in the forces. women make up more than 10% of the uk's regular ar

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham.hers greeted them at the famous brandenburg gate in berlin. earlier in the day, they met with the german chancellor, angela merkel.

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. the duke and duchess of cambridge have arrived in germany on the second leg of their european tour. crowds of well—wishers greeted them at the famous brandenburg gate in berlin. earlier in the day, they met with the german chancellor, angela merkel. football, and england are off to a winning start in the women's european championships. they overwhelmed their group d rivals scotland 6—0, with jodie taylor scoring a hat—trick. from utrecht, katie gornall reports. every moment in the netherlands is cause for scotland fans to celebrate. this was their first experience of a major tournament and the games don't come much bigger than a meeting with their rivals. but this was also unknown territory for england as, for the first time, they arrive at a championship as one of the favourites. scotland had been depleted by injuries, but they were still a threat, jane ross with an early warning. this england team though is said to be the fittest yet, maybe even the fastest, asjodie taylor got them

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. police say no—one was hurt when a device erupted. the incident only came to light when a prison worker contacted a welsh assembly member, with concerns about staffing. tomos morgan reports. with charlie's parents sitting following an incident here at hmp cardiff on 15th june, a member of staff at the prison contacted the south—west wales assembly member bethanjenkins with concerns about the welsh capital's jail. the worker told msjenkins that prisoners had fashioned an explosive device out of tea whiteners which are very flammable. the assembly member instantly contacted the prisons minister sam gyimah with her concerns that the situation could have been much more serious. he was implying to me that the prisoners could revolt, could take over the prison because of the situation potentially with the staffing, although there are other issues also and that's something i think that everybody needs to be aware of so that we ensure these type of situations don't happen again. the prison wor

sima kotecha, bbc news staffordshire.der, vladimir putin, are holding their first ever face—to—face talks after meeting at the g20 summit in hamburg. a new development in in the charlie gard case, a group of doctors and experts write to great ormond street hospital advocating giving him a controversial treatment. a man's been arrested in connection with the investigation into the manchester arena bombing. time for a look at the big business stories of the week, and joe lynam is here to take us through them. job numbers in the united states ‘s, better than people thought. debtor bya better than people thought. debtor by a a5,000 jobs. —— better. 222,000 people hired, they had expected 170,000. now, at the rate of replacement, the number of people that arrived in the united states every single month, around 100,000, you need to be creating at least 100,000 to be treading water. this isa 100,000 to be treading water. this is a good bit better than that. the unemployment rate inched up to a.a%, that shows that people are acti

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. called the parliament "ridiculous". jean—claude juncker was attending a debate with the maltese prime minister, to mark the end of malta's presidency of the eu. mrjuncker complained that only a low number of meps had turned up. from strasbourg, adam fleming reports. voiceover: the maltese prime minister came to the european parliament to celebrate the end of his country's six—month stint helping to run the european union but look how few meps turned up, prompting this outburst from the president of the european commission. only a few members here, you are ridiculous... translation: i'm asking you to have a more respectful attitude, you can criticise the parliament but it is for the parliament to control the commission, not the other way around. despite a telling off, he made this pledge. i will never again attempt a meeting of this kind. the commission is under the control of the parliament but the parliament has the respect even the presidencies of smaller countries and the parliamen

sima kotecha, bbc news staffordshire. more to come from the g20.the country, it's been rolling in across scotland, northern ireland, england and wales. bursts of rain across the east of scotland. through this afternoon, wet weather in the east of scotland, like showers in the east of england and north wales. dry weather and sunshine in the south. temperature is a bit fresher towards the north and west. 17 in glasgow. through this evening and overnight, the band of cloud drifts its way of further south across the country. this allows fresh air to come in. saturday will be fresher. more sunshine but cloutier frozen solid. —— cloutier for yourself. more sunshine but cloutier frozen solid. —— cloutierfor yourself. top temperatures tomorrow 17—24d. bye for now. hello. this is bbc news. donald trump has greeted vladimir putin as world leaders gather in hamburg for the g20 summit. it's the first time the pair have met face—to—face and they will hold talks later today. earlier, water cannons were used by the german police to control rioters and anti—capita

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. abandoned. well now it's reopening, as a tourist attraction — members of the public will be able to take a unique ride through tunnels previously travelled by only parcels and letters. tim muffettjumped on board. throughout its 500—year history, the royal mail's mission has remained pretty much unchanged. newsreel: now down the chute into the vans... to harness technology of the day to deliver letters and parcels as quickly and accurately as possible. this new postal museum shows how deliveries have evolved. but by the early 20th century, the mail system in london faced two big problems — heavy fog caused by smoke billowing from chimneys, and heavy traffic. the answer lay below ground. in 1927, this underground rail network opened. newsreel: on the post office tube railway, 25,000 mail bags a day travel through 6.5 miles of tunnels below crowded city pavements... for 75 years, unmanned trains shuttled mail between six sorting offices and two railway stations, liverpool street and padd

sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. now on bbc news it's time for witness. hello.ings. welcome to witness here at the british library in london. this month, we have another five people have witnessed extraordinary moment so sad. we will be talking about the legalisation of homosexuality in britain, 50 years ago. they breakthrough for when in the men's world of racing, and in a moment, the russian ballet star, rudolf nureyev, who defected to the west. but first we go back to a turning point for china. china was wrapped in a civil war between communists and their opposers. i never even thought about joining communists and their opposers. i never even thought aboutjoining the commenters. translation: i am 99 years old, and they still have not changed my mind about that. —— joining the communists will stop the country was wea k communists will stop the country was weak and divided. for most people, life was wretched. someone had to rescue china from these miserable conditions. there were two men willing to try. one was the leader of the nationalist troops. the other wa

the dispute is about planned changes to working practices, as our correspondent sima kotecha reports.piles and piles of rubbish strewn across some of birmingham's streets. on this road it's been three weeks since the rubbish was collected. we have seen a rat over there yesterday, absolutely disgraceful. four weeks now it's been here, absolutely terrible. so we pay all our money, council tax and they won't come and get it, give the binmen what they want. just get these bins gone. it's not fair on the kids, the kids can't even play out any more because of the vermin. it's disgusting, we come out of our house and it stenches of rotten food, it's horrible. while the stench from this pile of rubbish here really is unbearable, not sure if you can see or not, but there are flies everywhere. and with this strike due to carry on until september, for people living on this street, the smell is going to get worse. since earlier this month, bin workers have been striking for two hours every day over changes to their shift patterns and plans to cut the number of supervisorjobs. from today, they'll

announced today will require major changes to infrastructure and transport policies. 0ur correspondent sima kotechae area is able to implement the changes. there are currently only three charging points there. wet weather, a day many need their car the most. what you think that diesel cars not being on sale in 2040? what were they doing ten years ago? trying to get people to buy them. why do that and now decide it is wrong. what do you think about those cars that you have to plug in? clean. they need to get plenty of power points. we can't keep using diesel. there is evidence that it is medically bad for us. it is the way forward , medically bad for us. it is the way forward, really. the government's plans are about improving air quality. those who need to drive for work have passion these. this man describes himself as a handyman and uses his diesel van to transport all of his materials. drills, hammers, wood, plasters, bags of sand. it is quite a lot. in 2040 diesel vans went beyond sell any more. how do you feel about that? good news for me. it makes things cheaper. diesel prices are going up. a

our correspondent sima kotecha has been to dudley in the west midlands — where there are only three charging need their car the most. what do you think about diesel cars, they won't be on sale in 2040, they'll be banned. that's all well and good but what were they doing ten years ago, trying to get people to buy diesel cars? so why do that and now decide, oh, diesel is wrong? what do you think about those cars that you have to plug in? i think they're good, yes. electric. clea n. yes. get plenty of power points to plug in. they'll need a lot of them. we can't keep using diesel. i think there is evidence that it's medically bad for us, so i think it's the way forward, really. the government's plans are about improving air quality. those who need to drive for work have passionate views. matty describes himself as a handyman and uses his diesel van to transport all his materials. drills, hammers, wood, plasters, bags of sand. it's quite a lot really, to be fair. in 2040, diesel vans won't be on sale any more, they'll be banned. how do you feel about that? it's good news for me. it makes things

our correspondent sima kotecha has been to dudley in the west midlands — where there are only three chargingon sale in 2040, they'll be banned. that's all well and good but what were they doing ten years ago, trying to get people to buy diesel cars? so why do that and now decide, oh, diesel is wrong? what do you think about those cars that you have to plug in? i think they're good, yes. electric. clea n. yes. get plenty of power points to plug in. they'll need a lot of them. we can't keep using diesel. i think there is evidence that it's medically bad for us, so i think it's the way forward, really. the government's plans are about improving air quality. those who need to drive for work have passionate views. matty describes himself as a handyman and uses his diesel van to transport all his materials. drills, hammers, wood, plasters, bags of sand. it quite a lot really, to be fair. in 2040, diesel vans won't be on sale any more, they'll be banned. how do you feel about that? it's good news for me. it makes things cheaper. obviously, the diesel prices are going up and up, and all this tax and

into a heterosexual marriage because they don't agree with gay sex. 0ur midlands correspondent sima kotecha in some cases social conservatism can cause problems. decades of pressure you put on as a child that you have to conform, marry a woman. it made me wish that i could be the straits that he wanted. a gay cede man who felt he was trapped in a lie until he told his family he was homosexual. —— a gay sikh man. his father will not accepted. he's still said just get married, it is a phase, once you get married, it is a phase, once you get married everything will be fine. you get told that if you follow what your parents want you to do, you will be cured or you will be straight. he eventually married his partner but his father did not go to the wedding. it also affects the lgbt community... at a conference, police in birmingham talk about how strong anti—gay sentiment still exist in many south asian families. homophobia is right there in some communities. —— is rife in some communities. —— is rife in some communities. to be seen as gay, lesbian, bisexual, it can absolutely destroy the dynami

the dispute is about planned changes to working practices, as our correspondent, sima kotecha, reportses and piles of rubbish strewn across some of birmingham's streets. on this road it's been three weeks since the rubbish was collected. we have seen a rat over there yesterday, absolutely disgraceful. four weeks now it's been here, absolutely terrible. so we pay all our money, council tax and they won't come and get it, give the binmen what they want. just get these bins gone. it's not fair on the kids, the kids can't even play out any more because of the vermin. it's disgusting, we come out of our house and it stenches of rotten food, it's horrible. while the stench from this pile of rubbish here really is unbearable, not sure if you can see or not, but there are flies everywhere. and with this strike due to carry on until september, for people living on this street, the smell is going to get worse. since earlier this month, bin workers have been striking for two hours every day over changes to their shift patterns and plans to cut the number of supervisorjobs. from today, they'll be

becky fischer and barbara herman comparing experiences. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha is at the nationalrs the woman who sacrificed so much as well as the men. absolutely, a tri- service ceremony will start at 12 o'clock with the navy, raf and army commemorating all those women who served in the military and continue to do so. this memorial commemorates hundreds of people who died in conflict and those who died while serving. i'm joined by conflict and those who died while serving. i'mjoined bya conflict and those who died while serving. i'm joined by a woman from the raf who has been serving for 12 yea rs. the raf who has been serving for 12 years. padraic harnan ruth haig. tell me the significance of the event. it's a privilege to be involved in bed and to take part is wonderful, to commemorate all those women who have served and gone before us to lead us to where we are now with women serving in the military, it's fantastic and will be a good occasion. we know that women's roles have evolved dramatically and from next year they will be able to join infantry units and that is a big ste