although this is being reported by west mercia police.in hospital receiving treatment after a suspected acid attack on the shrub hill retail park in worcester. we will bring more on that story as soon as will bring more on that story as soon as we will bring more on that story as soon as we get it. i understand the incident took place yesterday afternoon. the french finance minister, bruno le maire, has said a trade war is now a reality, and is threatening global growth. he was speaking at a g20 summit in argentina where finance ministers the french finance minister, bruno le maire, has said a trade he was speaking at a g20 summit in argentina where finance ministers and bankers from the world's leading economies denounced president trump's policy of imposing trade tariffs. translation: we ask the united states to see sense. we call for them to respect multilateral rules and to respect their allies. world trade cannot base itself on the law of the jungle. the unilateral increase of tariffs is the law of the jungle. the law of the jungle,

west mercia police believe he was targetted deliberately. now been released from hospital. officers have released images of three men they would like to speak to. the boy was taken to hospital where he is being treated for serious burns to his arm and face. —— he was treated. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, and remains in police custody. let's talk to our reporter, olivia crellin, who has been following this story and has the latest. police giving an update. bring us up—to—date? police giving an update. bring us up-to-date? that's right. west mercia police have given a press conference outside the store where this incident happened. we can hear what they told us. the little boy has been discharged. he is back with his parents. at the moment we are uncertain as to what the extent of the injuries are. we are pleased he is released from hospital. at the moment the injuries he sustained a written relation to his face and arms. you can't say if they will be life alt

west mercia police has released images of three men they would like to speak to.an from wolverhampton has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and remains in police custody. let's talk to our reporter, olivia crellin, who has been following this story. is there a any update on the condition of the little boy, or any update on what was used to attack him? police are not aware of what substance was used and they don't have a motive. a spokesman from the west midlands ambulance service has said in the last few moments that they sent a hazardous area response tea m they sent a hazardous area response team for specialist advice, but they have no update on the boy's condition. he was taken to hospital. he is being treated for serious burns to his arm and his face. that is what we know so far. a lot of reaction to an horrific attack on this very small child? yeah. worcester is in the midlands. it is considered to be an incredibly safe city. mark bayliss, the worcester city council leader, has given a statement. he says, "we are aquatint

west mercia police say the motive is still unclear. mind, but at the moment we are stating that it is a potentially deliberate attack and from that perspective, we want to reassure the community that we're working hard to make sure we understand the motivation and as a consequence of that we can make sure that we are safeguarding both that individual and the wider community. the boy was discharged from hospital yesterday. he had burns on his face and arm. officers say the long—term implications of those injuries are unknown. sima kotecha, bbc news, worcester. this breaking news comes from north korea where an agency that gathers satellite images called 38 north says north korea appears to be dismantling a rocket launch after a series of these images was released by 38 north is saying they showed images of the sohae station of the country they appear to show kim jong—un is fulfilling a promise made to president trump. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i'm marc edwards and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up

west mercia police believe he was targetted deliberately. been released from hospital. officers have released images of three men they would like to speak to. the boy was taken to hospital where he is being treated for serious burns to his arm and face. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm and remains in police custody. our correspondent olivia crellin is following the story for us. . .. police have given a press conference outside the home bargain store where this incident happened and if we take a listen, we can hear what they told us. i'm really pleased to say the little boys been discharged now. he says he's back with his parents and at the moment, we are uncertain as to what the extensive those injuries will be and what the long—term implications are, but it's really pleasing that he's been released from the hospital now. at the moment, the injuries he sustained are in relation to his face and his arms, yes. and you can't say whether they will be life altering,

west mercia police have released images of three men they would like to speak to.an from wolverhampton has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm, and remains in police custody. let's talk to our reporter, who has been following this story. absolutely shocking for a three—year—old child to be deliberately targeted. what more i the police saying about the substance used 7 the police saying about the substance used? there is actually nothing known about the substance. the police don't know anything about the motive for mac the substance. they are treating this as a deliberate attack. and as a suspected acid attack. they are calling for further information. they have put out of those pictures from cctv of those three men. other than that, we know that the young boy has serious burns to his arm and face, and is being treated in hospitalfor face, and is being treated in hospital for those injuries. what have people been saying about this, including the local mp? the city itself is absolutely shocked. the worcester city council leader, mar

west mercia police say the motive is still unclear.e to us and we keep an open mind, but at the moment we are stating that it is a potentially deliberate attack and from that perspective, we want to reassure the community that we're working hard to make sure we understand the motivation and as a consequence of that we can make sure that we are safeguarding both that individual and the wider community. the boy was discharged from hospital yesterday. he had burns on his face and arm. officers say the long—term implications of those injuries are unknown. the headlines on bbc news: as the hot weather continues, the met office has issued a health alert, urging precaution in all the heat. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has warned the uk could crash out of the eu without a deal by accident unless officials in brussels change their approach. the home office says it won't oppose the use of the death penalty, if two british men suspected of being islamic state militants are put on trial in america. president trump is considering revoking th

west mercia police say the motive is still unclear.to us and we keep an open mind, but at the moment we are stating that it is a potentially deliberate attack and from that perspective, we want to reassure the community that we're working hard to make sure we understand the motivation and as a consequence of that we can make sure that we are safeguarding both that individual and the wider community. the boy was discharged from hospital yesterday. he had burns on his face and arm. officers say the long—term implications of those injuries are unknown. an immediate collision between labour mps and the leader jeremy corbyn has been averted. tonight it's been agreed the party will vote on whether to accept its new and controversial definition of anti semitism but not until september. jewish mps have expressed deep concern that the definition is not comprehensive. supporters of mr corbyn have accused his opponents of creating a row in order to discredit him. from westminster, iain watson reports. i blew my top, so i did confront him andi i b

before microbial bills remain in custody and west mercia police has thanked the public for their supportmay have been here on saturday afternoon. —— the four men. labour are facing calls from some of their own mps to strengthen the party's rules on anti—semitism. jewish groups say a new code of conduct — agreed by the party's national executive committee — is not tough enough. here's our political correspondent jonathan blake. is the anti—semitism row damaging your party? they were here to talk about preparing for government, but labour's shadow cabinet faced more questions this morning that they'd rather not have to answer about the party's stance on prejudice againstjews. one seniorjewish labour mp is sticking by her criticism ofjeremy corbyn, despite his repeated condemnation of anti—semitism. it's by his actions that he has to bejudged. and by refusing to adopt the definition in full of what anti—semitism is, he's put himself in the position that he is perceived by many to be anti—semitic. she confronted jeremy corbyn and called him an anti—semite after labour adopted a new code of c

a short time ago, west mercia police gave this update. public are concerned, we know the public need answers as to why it happened and we are going to try to understand what's ta ken happened and we are going to try to understand what's taken place to give the public those answers and the reassurance they require. i would like to be very clear, there is no evidence to suggest in any way that this isn't does was motivated by race or anything to do with the edl by race or anything to do with the e d l protest by race or anything to do with the edl protest that took place in worcestershire this week in. it's a natural question up the board asked but we are confident they are not connected and we are seeking to maintain the cohesion of the community really well and does not have significant issues in terms of community tension. the headlines on bbc news... three men are arrested over a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester. the met office has issued an amber heatwave alert for parts of england — warning people to stay out

the toddler was in a pushchair in a shop when west mercia police say a corrosive substance was thrownhe suffered serious burns but has been discharged from hospital. a 39—year—old man from wolverhampton has been arrested. 0ur reporter, jon donnison, has more. it was outside this stall where the attack took place. in broad daylight ona attack took place. in broad daylight on a busy saturday afternoon. police believe the toddler was deliberately targeted. a young boy appears to have had some form of substance, potentially acid or another corrosive substance, thrown at or sprayed towards him while he's with his family. a really, really concerning incident and at the moment we're treating it as if it's a deliberate act to the child. the boy was taken to hospital with serious burns to his face and arms but has since been charged. a spokesperson for home bargains says our thoughts are with this young child and theirfamily says our thoughts are with this young child and their family at this very difficult time. local people have been asking who could do such a thing. it's really disgraceful

west mercia police have said the motive is still unclear.deliberate attack, and from that perspective we would like to reassure the community that we are working hard to understand the motivation and as a consequence of that we can make sure that we are safeguarding that individual and the wider community. the boy was the star from hospital yesterday, he has burns on his face and arm. officers say the long—term implications of those injuries are not known. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story... the united states has threatened iran with "dire consequences". it comes after tehran said any conflict between the two countries would be "the mother of all wars". the iranian leader called it harsh bluster from the white house. protests in southern iraq have entered a third week. they're centred in basra, the city that's known as the hub of the oil industry. people are demanding action over lack of basic services, high unemployment and corruption. power cuts and water shortages are making things worse in the middle of a

west mercia police say the motive is still unclear.ntially a deliberate attack, and from that perspective we want to reassure the community that we are working hard to make sure we understand the motivation and, asa consequence of that, we can make sure that we are safeguarding both that individual and the wider community. the boy was discharged from hospital yesterday. he has burns on his face and arm. officers say the long—term implications of those injuries are unknown. seema kotecha, bbc news, worcester. the arsenal midfielder mesut 0zil has quit international football for germany claiming he's been the victim of racism. the footballer also said he was made the scapegoat for germany's performance in the world cup campaign in russia. 0zil, a world cup winner with germany in 2014, was severely criticsed by the german media after pictures appeared of him posing with turkish president recep tayyip erdogan in london. some even questioned his national loyalty. but in an angrily worded statement 0zil said he no longer wanted to wear the n

we understand the three—year—old is doing ok, has been released from hospital and west mercia police. that person is still in police custody. we understand that the arrests of the three men in london took place very early hours of this morning and they have yet to be brought to worcester to be questioned. there is still a great deal of a sense of shock in the community the city of worcester. the incident happened just as there was an edl demonstration taking place half a mile away from here and a much larger counterdemonstration and lots of people initially thought that the two incidents at may have been related but it doesn't look like that's the case. there is still no idea why this attack happened but as you said, four people in custody in relation to that awful incident which took place on saturday afternoon. our correspondent phil mackie, thank you for bringing us up—to—date with that story. labour has been battling accusations of anti—semitism sincejeremy corbyn took over as leader, including from within the labour party itself. the party adopted a new code of conduct last week