tom burridge, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. on the dramatic rescue operation taking place in thailand. we'll be live with our correspondent at the scene. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourites south africa by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated and celebration parties were cancelled. the man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom, then he asked her for a cigarette. and on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, she summoned a footman on duty, who took the man away. one child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: it appears that the rescue operation to save eight boys and their football coach who are trapped in

tom burridge reports. into contact with a deadly nerve agent, dawn sturgess‘s death means the police are now investigating murder. the staff here at salisbury district hospital worked tirelessly to save dawn. our staff are talented, dedicated, and professional, and i know that they will be hurting too. they did everything that they could. chemical weapons experts have been decontaminating the hostel where dawn sturgess lived. police say she was killed by the same type of nerve agent, known as a novichok, used against a former russian spy and his daughter back in march. the government blamed russia for the poisoning of the skripals, who survived. the home secretary in salisbury this weekend has called on russia to provide answers. the kremlin says it was not involved, but with a british citizen now dead, the ramifications of the chemical attack on salisbury are now even more serious. meanwhile, dawn stu rgess's partner, charlie rowley, is still in a critical condition in hospital. police are investigating h

tom burridge, bbc news. of the other news — millions of people injapan have been told to leave their homes because of extensive flooding and landslides that have already claimed more than 80 lives. record rainfall has caused rivers to burst their banks in hiroshima and other areas. more than 50,000 rescuers are now involved in what the authorities are calling a race against time. these hospital patients were saved by the japanese military. this is where they were rescued from. the only escape was either by helicopter from the rooftop, or by boat, and here you see why. some people are reported to be still stranded at the hospital, and they're not alone. a swathe of japan has been hit by record rainfall, that has caused flooding and landslides. many people died because they weren't able flee in time, among them an 80—year—old couple and a three—year—old girl, and the death toll is certain to rise. translation: i went to my father's home, but it was hopeless. we were looking for two people, and only found one.

tom burridge, bbc news.ached on plans to create an independent complaints and grievance scheme at westminster. the plan, which will be voted on by mps and peers later this week, comes after recent allegations of harassment and bullying. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier is there for us now. eleanor, this will aim to deal with a long—standing issue at westminster? that's right, reeta. you will remember that back last winter there we re remember that back last winter there were a whole series of allegations which led to resignations and mps being suspended from different political parties. up until now there hasn't been a formal disciplinary procedure for mp5. nor independent way for staff to make complaints about their bosses. if these new rules get voted through, they will cover all people working in westminster, the staff, clerks in the commons and lords, but also researchers working for mp5. will be a new behaviour code and independent complaints scheme, plus an independent investigator. but not

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tom burridge, bbc news. fans are flying to moscow ahead of the world cup semi—final tomorrow against croatia. british airways has had to provide larger planes to meet the increased demand to the russian capital. they say searches for tickets to russia went up 2000% after england won their quarter—final against sweden on saturday. i know someone who isn't flying out to russia, she can tell us what's going on there and at wimbledon. good morning. i can tell you one important thing carol mentioned in the headline, it's a bit chilly! we we re the headline, it's a bit chilly! we were talking about sunshine but it isa were talking about sunshine but it is a bit chilly and a bit windy. we look at what's happening through this wimbledon story, all of the top ten women's seeds are out of the competition so guess who is the favourite to lift the trophy on sunday? only serena williams. it would be her 24th grand slam if it happens. she made it throught to the quarter—finals without dropping a set, evgeniya rodina the l

had scaled back its ambitions after what he called "recent painful lessons". 0ur correspondent tom burridgeoduce minor timetable changes in december. feel familiar? train travel across written is all too often a crowded affair. so plans were in the pipeline for new timetables with many more trains from december. but this was the scene in may. thousands of trains were cancelled or delayed when northern and go via thameslink significantly changed their timetables and passengers were left stranded. you are just waiting on the platform for 30 minutes and then all of a sudden theyjust cancel the train. so now, timetable changes planned for much of the debt network in december have been postponed. in fa ct, in december have been postponed. in fact, all of these operators will make no change in december at all. passengers and other places will see minor changes. the body that represents rail company says that must come first. but in reliability must come first. but in places like leeds that there has been criticism that passengers and local politicians have not been consulted. thousands of prisone

tom burridge, bbc news.er brexit plan are ‘dead in the water‘ — as labour and the snp attack plans for mps to take their summer break early. brexit campaign group vote leave is referred to the police and fined £61,000, for exceeding spending limits in the run—up to the referendum in 2016. millions of people in the north of england will be affected by a hosepipe ban starting in august. and in sport... england have managed to keep india's batsmen fairly quiet so far in the third and deciding one—day a few moments ago india were 131 for three. dinesh kartik was the last man out. the netherlands‘ annemiek van vleuten steals victory in la course — the one—day event that runs beside the tour de france, pipping her compatriot anna van der breggen at the finish. and tiger woods says he never thought he'd play at the open again after multiple back surgeries. the three—time winner is back this week for the first time since 2015. i will be back with more of those stories at just after i will be back with more of those

here's our correspondent tom burridge. names campaigning for brexit, and that bus. but now the electoral commission says vote leave overspent and broke electoral law. like any other group campaigning in the referendum, vote leave was entitled to spend up to £7 million. but the electoral commission said it overspent by half a million, and it has fined vote leave £61,000. the electoral commission says vote leave worked with another campaign, beleave, to pay a data analytics firm £675,000 for adverts targeting voters. now, the money was sent to the company by beleave, but it came from vote leave. and the commission says vote leave should have declared it. vote leave claims the commission's report is politically motivated. we repeatedly sought co—operation from vote leave, which we didn't get. but we were able to get a whole range of evidence from different sources, which we have closely inspected and looked at in the course of our investigation. and i think we have produced a detailed, robust and impartial report. so i would

tom burridge reporting.ng the operation to rescue 12 boys and their football coach trapped inside. it happened as a clean—up operation continues in the area following the rescue mission. howard johnson reports. a blessing drum signalled the start of the ceremony. in northern thailand, a drum is used to bless warriors and summon people to important events. today, prestigious monks and dignitaries gathered to send blessings to the spirit of saman kunan, the former thai navy seal diver who died during the operation to save the trapped football team. there were offerings, too — pig heads, a symbol of wealth and prosperity. ajahn robert is a british buddhist monk who lives in the thai capital, bangkok. he came to take part in the ceremony. we don't believe that the journey‘s ended just because his body has died. his karma, everything, just goes on and on, and we will pray for his good health, good luck in his next life, which has already started. over the last few days, thousands of volunteers have streamed into

thomas abell was part of the north kensington crew our correspondent tom burridge is at the inquiry. who were on the scene in the early stages of this fire. that's right. today we have had two firefighters, the first temp three giving evidence this morning. he described vividly going into the flat above for the fire started. when he entered the flat he was surprised that he was confronted with thick, black smoke. he tried to douse the flames, the burning area on the outside of the building, but u nsuccessfully. on the outside of the building, but unsuccessfully. eventually, he thought he needed to get out of that flat because he feared for his life. he was on his own at that point. it was dark, smoke—filled, to. he wasn't with his be a partner, as he puts it now. that is essentially his firefighting buddy. at this point i was basically dragging myself along the floor trying to drag at the hosepipe that i brought in. that's not easy. i could hear some commotion, some shouting, some muffled shouting from what i imagined would be the stairway. i think i made out somebody shouting i can

wildfires are closing in and parts of the city of redding have been devastated. 0ur correspondent tom burridged. firefighters have been brought in from other states to tackle a wildfire that seems to have spread at unprecedented speed. destroying an area bigger than san francisco in just one week. across california, there are currently 17 wildfires burning, with 12,000 firefighters battling to contain the flames. brian hughes is the latest firefighter to be killed. he was struck by a tree. and this is the aftermath in redding. parts of the city now resemble a giant scrapheap, with homes and belongings completely destroyed. this was the elise mackin's house. the wind just took off. i don't remember exactly what they called it, it was almost like a tornado with fire in it. it came over the hill and it wiped out our house, it wiped out our neighbour's home. we were in the middle, the home on one side is still standing, the home on the other side is like ours, pretty much rubble. the wildfire in northern california is still burning, and spread yet further yesterday. but late last night, california

tom burridge is at kings cross station in london. what are passengers saying to you? school report based on the performance so far you report based on the performance so faryou might report based on the performance so far you might say improving but still some way to go. there were cancellations but by and large most trains run on time. there was only significant disruption between the station and cambridge. it's a big improvement on make when more ambitious timetables were attempted to be introduced then but there weren't enough preparations and it resulted in chaos. passengers have suffered for links because govia thameslink is part upon on the rails. they may be stripped of their franchise. the public know that change must come in an orderly way and passengers in the north are also facing problems with changes to their timetables. the defence secretary has promised that the uk will remain a leader in the aerospace sector, as he unveiled the government's new combat air strategy. speaking at the farnborough international airshow, gavin williamson announced the govern

improve reliability, after it's had to cancel hundreds of trains since may. 0ur correspondent tom burridgetimetable gone down with passengers? well, phone that these buses tell pa rt well, phone that these buses tell part of the story tonight. they are simply on stand by, in case there are problem, and it tells you how nervous goveia thameslink is about the prospect of disruption with this new timetable. we have met a gentleman coming off a train that was delayed. 0ther passenger were going to have to get a bus for part of their journey and there was disruption on the line not far from here between cambridge and london. 0verall here between cambridge and london. overall it hasn't been a bad day for goveia thameslink, nothing like the disruption we saw in may when they tried to implement a more ambitious timetable back then, the company knows it has to get its act together. a local mp said if it doesn't she will push for it to lose the franchise. spare a thought tonight for passengers in northern england. they are still waiting for new timetables, to increase capacity and alleviate some of

our correspondent tom burridge has been at peterborough station.simply on standby in case there are problems. —— these buses. it tells you how nervous govia thameslink is in terms of the destruction of this new timetable. we met a gentleman coming off a train that was delayed. other passengers had to get a bus for part of their journey and there was significant disruption on a line not farfrom here significant disruption on a line not far from here between significant disruption on a line not farfrom here between cambridge and london. overall, it has not been a bad day for govia thameslink. nothing like the destruction we saw backin nothing like the destruction we saw back in may when they try to invent a more ambitious timetable back then. the company has to get its act together. the company said tuesday, if it does not, —— the prime minister said today it doesn't, she will push to lose the franchise. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... donald trump and vladimir putin hail theirfirst face—to—face summit as a suc

our correspondent tom burridge reports.precedented speed — destroying an area bigger than san francisco in just one week. across california, there are currently 17 wildfires burning, with 12,000 firefighters battling to contain the flames. brian hughes is the latest firefighter to be killed. he was struck by a tree. and this is the aftermath in redding. parts of the city now resemble a giant scrapheap, with homes and belongings completely destroyed. this was elise mackin's house. the wind just took off. i don't remember exactly what they called it, it was almost like a tornado with fire in it. it came over the hill and it wiped out our house, it wiped out our neighbour's home. we were in the middle, the home on one side is still standing, the home on the other side is like ours, pretty much rubble. the wildfire in northern california is still burning, and spread yet further yesterday. but late last night, california's fire service said it had made progress and was now optimistic. for many residents, there's relief. it has f

our correspondent tom burridge is at the inquiry. tell us what you have been hearing this morning.s morning and he was one of the first on the scene on the night. he was talking about is training and he was questioned like other firefighters presenting evidence to the enquiry, question about his training in relating to fighting fires in high—rise buildings, questioned like the other firefighters about whether harry had any training about what to do what action to take if the fire was spreading of the exterior of the building, and if the fire was breaching what is called comp on termination —— compartment nation, where the fire started. 0r termination —— compartment nation, where the fire started. or what to do if they feel that a mass or partial evacuation was necessary. all three answers to those questions, whether he had training on those areas, was no, so more questions about the level of training that the firefighters are least in the london fire brigade have been having in relation to aspects of fighting fires in high—rise buildings. he was also questioned this morning about w

tom burridge, bbc news.ration to rescue eight boys and their football coach from flooded caves in northern thailand has resumed. four boys were brought to safety yesterday, and are said to be in good health considering their ordeal. sophie long sent us this update from outside the cave entrance. there was great news yesterday, of course, that four boys were brought out safely and now under close medical observation in hospital, but their journey is still a long one. this is a war against water, is what the guy leading this operation said, and they had heavy downpours here throughout yesterday and overnight, so we have heard from authorities today that they have been pumping out more water, doing that continuously since they were found, pumping millions of litres of water out of the complex, trying to bring levels down so it is a little bit safer and they don't have to dive quite so much. so that is going on, but we wait to see when the next boys come out, we are expecting them by ambulance to come down that

tom burridge, bbc news.ng brett kavanaugh as his pick for the us supreme court. he's a 53—year—old conservative justice who serves on the us court of appeals in washington. judge kavanaugh worked as a white house aide under president george w bush. film producer harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty at a court in new york to charges of sexually assaulting a woman in 2006. it's the third criminal sexual assault case brought against him. more than 70 women have accused him of sexual misconduct, including rape. his lawyer says he's innocent and that all sexual encounters were consensual. the raf will celebrate its centenary this afternoon with a parade on the streets of london and a huge fly—past over buckingham palace. aircraft representing the raf across the decades will be involved in the fly—past over london at lunchtime. the queen will be among members of the royal family attending the events. westminster abbey will host a special service and more than a thousand servicemen and women will take part in th

let's check in with the bbc‘s tom burridge who's covering the protests in trafalgar square for us.it been like there today? it's been a pretty extraordinary political day but it's also been quite an extraordinary demonstration, certainly the biggest demonstration, certainly the biggest demonstration i've been at in london since the demonstration against britain's involvement in the iraqi war in 2004. the stage is coming down, the rain is coming down. several thousand people sticking it out. this was packed out earlier and for a rally. let's bring in a couple of people at the demonstration. what do you think was the main message coming from people today about donald trump? i think it was anger, anger that he's here, anger at his racist, sexist and bigoted policies, angerat our racist, sexist and bigoted policies, anger at our government for giving him the red carpet and anger at politicians for not speaking out against him and having a backbone to speak up. we know that his politics has no place in this country and most of the british public are very angry to be seeing him on the bi

tom burridge reports. even california hasn't seen many wildfires like this.nally more confident that the fire is being brought under control. but this gives you a sense of what fire crews are up against. this fire has spread at unprecedented speed. and from the air, the spread of the fire is more clear. here, the flames crossed a river. fuelled by high winds over the weekend, it also travelled quickly through urban areas with little warning, trapping some in their homes. across california, there are several wildfires burning. some 12,000 firefighters are battling to contain the flames. brian hughes is the latest firefighter to be killed. he was struck by a tree. and this is the aftermath in reading, parts of the city now resemble a giant scrapheap, with homes and belongings completely destroyed. this was le smack in's house. the wind just took off and i don't know exactly what they called it, but it was like a tornado with fire in it and it, but it was like a tornado with fire in itand it it, but it was like a tornado with fire in it and it came over the hill

tom burridge, bbc news.on to rescue eight boys and their football coach from flooded caves in northern thailand has resumed. four boys were brought to safety yesterday, and are said to be in good health considering their ordeal. our correspondent sophie long joins us now from near the cave entrance. we haven't got confirmation that divers have gone in to bring the boys out. we heard from thai authorities that they were pumping more air into the cave. it rained more air into the cave. it rained more heavily and we know they have been pumping more water out of the cave. that will help the boys on their very difficult journey cave. that will help the boys on their very difficultjourney out. obviously they will be buoyed by the fa ct obviously they will be buoyed by the fact that their team—mates have gone ahead of them and have proved that their mission is possible. but it is a long journey ahead of them today, through some very difficult, narrow corridors in that cave, some of them just 47 metres wide, where t

our correspondent tom burridge is there.as come to symbolise how the nation is really behind the boys in russia as they go from success to success. it was pretty tense, a lot of emotions running high here last night and kindly, of emotions running high here last nightand kindly, olga, of emotions running high here last night and kindly, olga, you are one of the colombian families who live here, we feel for you this morning because we know what it is like to go out on penalties! we're feeling very sad this morning. happy for england. it‘s her second home. we have lived here 20 years. so you are supporting england now? we support england. yeah. we know what it's like to lose on penalties, so we feel your pain, although we are ecstatic that england have won. first time ever in the world cup, how good is that? we're going to win every one now, you watch! lets not get carried away! you have contacted one of the players jordan get carried away! you have contacted one of the playersjordan henderson one of the playersjordan henderso

our correspondent tom burridge is with the protesters. i hope you can hear me.le chunk of the city has been shot down, essentially. let's talk to sarah and sam, two people who came here to protest. you came from brighton and you live in south—east london. still a trip into the centre. above the noise, sarah, both of you, tell me what particular aspect, something he has done or said, has really riled about donald trump and brought you here today questioned a racist. he hates black people. there are black people in the republican party who support him, some people who work with him back. they know nothing about him. he isjust lying to the public. this. what about you? i come here as a mother, a woman, teacher, and i come here because trump represents everything i stand against. he is a racist, misogynist, he believes there is no climate change. he is an incredibly dangerous. my mother was a german due who fought the nazis in the second world war and i feel that what is happening now is like what happened in the 1930s, bashes on the rise and we have divided. do you

our correspondent tom burridge is there.e a bit of an attraction. attraction. coming to take photographs of theirs. and it is pretty impressive. team of in russia as they continue in the accommodation. in the accommodation. we have got some residents here. some residents here. in the uk, but both of your appearance at columbia. appearance at columbia. give supporting colombia last night. supporting colombia last night. this crowd departed for colombia ‘s. this crowd departed for colombia 's. crowd departed for colombia 's. we saw that final penalty got them, our heartjust opt in that moment. our heartjust opt in that moment. but we did feel so proud that the managed to get to that position. managed to get to that position. the goal that we scored was incredible. goal that we scored was incredible. what it feels like to lose on penalties. penalties. i guess what you are supporting england now? i guess. that is not what you were saying a second ago! second ago! penalties, did you really think we were going to win? were going t