rachel brought up absolutely right, when you had yulia skripal.d within a month and the criminalattack there. in followed within a month and the criminal attack there. in duma. the volume of fake news on that was absolutely extraordinary and commented on what was going on with skripal. anyway, he gave benefit to the assad regime and whoever was the perpetrator of that internal attack. we used to call it propaganda, didn't they? inside the inside pages of the daily mail. half the fake news taxes. there will be some concerns here. that this could lead to censorship. yes, so many concerns. this is a bit more detailed about the guardian story and again it is lot

and yulia skripal were targeted with the same nerve agent.t with novichok? you'd expect a halfway competent would—be assassin to dispose of those relatively carefully because there would be a forensic gold mine but it is possible and i think the implication is it's one of the leading lines of enquiry, that may be an item, one of these items, wasn't hidden as well as expected and has been found and that two individuals have become contaminated because of its. the government says the risk to health is low, but people who visited the sites under investigation must be vigilant. we can eschew scientific advisable not to do ina can eschew scientific advisable not to do in a situation and how to make sure you take precautions to keep yourself safe but the nature of a nerve agent such as novichok is it's an absolute tiny needle in a very large haystack that we have to find. this double exposure of nerve agent affecting a town and a city seven miles apart has been a real shock here. the circumstances of who and why it happened may be different, but th

reports that police may have identified several suspects in the novichok attack on sergei and yulia skripaln a plastic bag ever be fully biodegradable? we have a special report. iamat i am at carnoustie. the scorched course has proved a real test for the world's best golfers on day one of the open. coming from bbc news, geraint thomas retains the yellow jersey and becomes the first british rider to conquer alpe d'huez at the tour de france. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. recorded crime is on the rise in england and wales — and the number of violent incidents recorded by the police has seen a particularly big increase. the overall crime rate went up by 11% in the year to march, according to new figures from the office for national statistics. the number of killings and murders rose by 12%. and crimes involving a knife rose by 16%. there was also a 30% increase in the number of robberies, which include muggings. it comes as other figures today show that detection rates are at their lowest level for three years. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. when the mor

in fact, it is the same hospital that sergei and yulia skripal were taken to after the attack on themlisbury in march. the night police have confirmed yet again that this is a novichok poisoning. four months to the day after the salisbury attack and dawn sturgess and charlie rowley have become the new victims of nerve agent poisoning in britain. the couple were taken ill at their home in amesbury on saturday and now critically ill in hospital. this is the moment the emergency unfolded on saturday night. the bbc has been given the phone images of the fire and ambulance services at the property. this man says he's a friend of the couple and saw what happened. he was sweating loads, dribbling and you could not speak to him, he was making funny noises and rocking backwards and forwards. there was no response, you did not know i was there, it was like he was in another world and hallucinating. the nerve agent was identified at porton down the near amesbury, the same place used to establish the novichok liquid in the salisbury attack in march. tonight the metropolitan police counterterroris

the gardens are closed to the maltings shopping centre and a bench where sergei skripal and yulia skripalfound collapsed in march. the skripals home is also nearby. charlie rowley was at this church social event on saturday. he looked a bit out of sorts. you could sense there was something not right. one would have assumed it was possibly alcohol, but we don't know for sure. not long afterwards he collapsed at his home. this footage shows him being taken into salisbury general hospital. dawn sturgess had already been admitted, as a friend who didn't want to appear on screen described. on saturday morning i got a phone call. i was told that basically she had got rushed into hospital. she had basically passed out. it was the skill of the staff at salisbury general which saved sergei skripal and yulia skripal. this evening police say in the first search of charlie rowley‘s house, officers found items that suggested a batch of illegal drugs might have been involved. now they know that once again they are dealing with a deadly nerve agent. 100 counterterrorism detectives are working on this in

, were expo5ed his daughter, yulia skripal, were exposed to.hs has grown to become the world's largest publicly funded health service. staffjoined patients and charities at a service at westminster abbey and many others will attend a service this evening at york minster, the prince of wales has met patients at a hospital in blaenau gwent, and the duke of cambridge will attend a commemorative reception in edinburgh. martine croxall is at st george's hospital in tooting for us now. there she is. 13. i have come inside to the maxillofacial land which prosthetics are made for people who have perhaps had trauma to the head or face or undergone some sort of surgery and it is here that these prosthetics are increasingly being made by 3—d printer, and we will look at one now with the lab manager, ian nelson. thank you for posting this afternoon. behind you there is a 3—d printer. can you talk u5 afternoon. behind you there is a 3—d printer. can you talk us through the various elements of what you are doing here and why? patients normally get a ct scan

association that detectives have identified the suspect in the novichok poisoning case of sergei and yulia skripalthis. it began on the ath of march in the home of sergei skripal. we now know there was novichok on his door handle. they went to town 3—a hours later, became violently ill, and were admitted to hospital. that led to a huge police investigation in the past four months or so, including the police asking people for cctv footage to help them with their enquiries. fast and the forward, press association are saying that their sources are telling them that the police have married up some of this cctv footage, we know not where from, with people entering this country to identify some suspects, plural. the press association are saying the police have used this cctv footage to identify the suspects, and that the police think several russians we re the police think several russians were involved. this is what the sources are telling the press association. they are not saying any names or anything like that. we ourselves have checked with the metropolitan police this morning, and they are not com

the gardens are close to the maltings shopping centre and a bench where sergei and yulia skripal werend collapsed in march. the skripal home is also nearby. charlie rowley was at this church social event on saturday. he looked a bit out of sorts. you could just sense there was something not right. one would have assumed it was possibly alcohol, but we don't know for sure. this footage shows him being taken into salisbury general hospital. dawn sturgess had already been admitted, as a friend who didn't want to appear on screen, described. on saturday morning i got a phone call. i was told that basically she had got rushed into hospital. she had basically passed out. it was the skill of the staff at salisbury general which saved sergei and yulia skripal. this evening, police said in the first search of charlie rowley‘s house, officers found items that suggested a batch of illegal drugs might have been involved. now they know that once again they are dealing with a deadly nerve agent. the authorities have been trying to reassure the public, stressing that the risk remains low, and no—one

the couple were found unwell in march and were taken to the hospital where sergei and yulia skripal waseated. he acknowledged it will be anxious. let me reassure you , acknowledged it will be anxious. let me reassure you, public safety is of paramount importance. public health england's latest assessment is that based on the number of casualties, there is no significant risk to the wider public. their advice is informed as the fact evolve. 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. the home secretary will appreciate how alarmed the public, particularly the people of wiltshire, must be at this second incident. involving the nerve agent, novichok. in four months. and this incident has occurred long after local people have been assured that there has been a thorough clean—up of the area. we understood that numerous areas across salisbury had been deco

the gardens are close to the malting shopping centre and a bench where sergei and yulia skripal were earby. the medical team who nursed sergei and yulia skripal are now fighting to save these new victims. this is an expanding police investigation and the biggest questions are where and how were this couple poisoned? you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the first man to kayak solo from australia to new zealand tells us how he did it. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly, that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit, at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots

—— sergei skripal and yulia skripal.ay there could still be further containers of novichok in the area that are undiscovered, and public health england say, don't pick up anything strange, if you live in the area, including syringes, needles and cosmetics. thank you. the former sinn fein president, gerry adams, has appealed for people who carried out an attack on his home in west belfast last night to meet him. an explosive device was thrown at the house. it follows several nights of rioting in londonderry, which police have blamed on dissident republicans. our ireland correspondent, john campbell, reports. for six nights this week, young people from a republican area of derry have attacked the police. the chief constable said they were being directed by a group of violent dissident republicans who oppose sinn fein and the peace process. yesterday, a rally was held in the city, where sinn fein condemned the dissidents, saying they were using young people as cannon fodder. and this may have been the dissidents' response,

the gardens are close to the maltings shopping centre and a bench where sergei and yulia skripal werend collapsed in march. the skripal home is also nearby. charlie rowley was at this church social event on saturday. he looked a bit out of sorts. you could just sense there was something not right. one would have assumed it was possibly alcohol, but we don't know for sure. not long afterwards, he collapsed at his home. this footage shows him being taken into salisbury general hospital. dawn sturgess had already been admitted, as a friend who didn't want to appear on screen described. on saturday morning, i got a phone call. i was told that, basically, she got rushed into hospital. she had basically passed out. it was the skill of the staff at salisbury general which saved sergei and yulia skripal. this evening, police said that, in the first search of charlie rowley‘s house, officers found items which suggested that a batch of illegal drugs may have been involved. now they know that, once again, they're dealing with a deadly nerve agent. let's cross live to amesbury and speak to our co

all the sites that have been decontaminated following the attempted murders of sergei and yulia skripalave been reopened have undergone rigorous testing and any items that may have harboured any residual amounts of the agent were safely removed for disposal. we have taken a very robust approach to decontamination, and there is no evidence that either the man or the woman in hospital visited any of the places that were visited by the sergei. 0ur strong working assumption is that the couple came into co nta ct assumption is that the couple came into contact with the nerve agent in a different location to the sites which have been part of the original clean—up operation. the police have also set up two dedicated phone numbers for anyone with concerns relating to this incident. salisbury district hospital remains open as usual, and is advising people to attend routine operations unless they are contacted and told otherwise. we are taking this incident incredibly seriously, and working around the clock to discover precisely what has happened, where, and why. be assured that we have world lea

dawn stu rgess daughter yulia skripal in march.n the skripals. uk government continue to point the finger at russia for the poisonings. dawn stu rgess finger at russia for the poisonings. dawn sturgess later died and sajid javid said this was no murder investigation. with this incident we must be led by the evidence, and frankly it is hard to see there is no other plausible expiration. mps finally gave the go—ahead to plans to expand london's heathrow airport. the new runway will increase the annual capacity of the airport, europe's is used, from 85 million passengers to 130 million. —— europe's busiest. construction is unlikely to be finished before 2026. all five of london's main airports will be full by the mid—20 30s. heathrow is full today. what is actually happening, madam deputy speaker, is that we are seeing business leave the united kingdom and go to airports like frank that, amsterdam, paris, which have made additional capacity provision. this proposal for a third runway at heathrow was first published in 2002. hong kong

four months on from the novichok poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal in salisbury — scotland yard say and the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, meets the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier, in brussels, promising to inject fresh "vim and vigor" into talks. and coming up we'll hear how the heroes of last year's london bridge terror attack, including two who died, are being recognised for their bravery. at 5:35pm, let's catch up with the sports news today with sarah mulkerrins. let's start with the 147th open championship, which is under way at carnoustie. .. a long day of play, with the remaining players still plotting their way around the course. . .. 0ur reporter, john watson has been keeping across every twist and turn. how has day one gone so far then? some unfamiliar names at the top of the leaderboard at the end of day one but it is a name familiar to all, currently three shots off the lead, that of tiger woods after a two year absence from the open, he birdied his first hole of the championship. as he looks to come roaring back. and two under par, the british interest falli

four months on from the poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal, scotland yard won't discuss media reportst they've identified several russians involved. also coming up — burning the burberry. the british fashion label admits it burnt over £28 million worth of its goods last year to protect the brand. and it's been a record breaking year for book publishers, with sales up 5% on last year. but authors warn they're seeing less and less of those profits. a very good evening and welcome to bbc news. recorded crime is on the rise in england and wales, and the number of violent incidents recorded by the police has seen a particularly big increase. the overall crime rate went up by 11% in the year to march, according to new figures from the office for national statistics. the number of killings and murders rose by 12%, and crimes involving a knife rose by 16%. there was also a 30% increase in the number of robberies, which include muggings. it comes as other figures today show that detection rates are at their lowest level for 3 years. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. when more

salisbury district hospital is the hospital that nursed sergei skripal and yulia skripal back to healthwas that this couple would also pull through but we have had this very sad news. we have had a statement from the national head of counterterrorism, describing it as shocking and terrible news, he says this terrible news only strengthens our resolve to identify and bring to justice the people or person responsible for this outrageous and barbaric act. now, we understand that the prime minister will be making a statement later this evening, but it appears that now an international murder attempt has ended with the death of a mother of three who was living at a hostel in salisbury, and this is now a murder enquiry. june kelly, thank you. the environment secretary, michael gove, has urged conservative mps to support theresa may's plan for the uk's future relationship with the eu, although he said britain could always walk away without a brexit deal. britain could always walk away it's emerged that, at the cabinet meeting at chequers on friday, the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, used cru

rachel brought up absolutely right, when you had yulia skripal. it was followed within a month and the criminal attack there. followed within a month and the criminalattack there. in followed within a month and the criminal attack there. in duma. the volume of fake news on that was absolutely extraordinary and commented on what was going on with skripal. anyway, he gave benefit to the assad regime and whoever was the perpetrator of that internal attack. we used to call it propaganda, didn't they? inside the inside pages of the daily mail. half the fake news taxes. there will be some concerns here. that this could lead to censorship. yes, so many concerns. this is a bit more detailed about the guardian story and again it is lot about... leave that for now talk about what report suggests. some things are quite sensible, i think making it clear who has paid for adverts is quite sensible. one thing that is really worrying for me is social media fans should be made as possible for the content on their platforms and then find or tax if it turns out to b

this was a, serge in yulia skripal, the damage in salisbury had been contained, people could go backo living their lives as normal. prince charles and camilla went, and this would be worried people up from the government to people living in answering salisbury tonight. that is the problem that people were reassured, they were had been told it was cleaned up and then people in salisbury had the disruption for many weeks and now it turns out to other people are critically ill. many weeks and now it turns out to other people are critically illm is not in salisbury, it is outside of salisbury which is terrifying if you are living in a small town or any of the surrounding towns because if it managed to get there, we don't know how, we do not know if the couple can pick up contaminated objects and carried it back to their homes or fit with amesbury. it is really unclear what has happened but ifi really unclear what has happened but if i was living in that area, i would want to know that it was safe in the home secretary said the threat to the general public is low but low is not good enoug

information about what the british government have always believed was a russian attack on surrogate and yulia skripalal. a couple in amesbury went to salisbury and came into contact with some of that novichok, thatis contact with some of that novichok, that is the working assumption here. the investigation all the way back from march, is taking a lot of time, hundreds of police officers man hours and intelligence officers to try and get to the bottom of it, and that means the full picture is not yet known, and it may take a very long time to know. but until that happens, our levels of assurance is based on the science and the advice of health care professionals. but i can't sit here and guarantee you that you will be safe in manchester 100% from terrorism, nor can i guarantee you in the west country that you are going to be at the moment 100% safe from a further contamination, until we know the full details of what happened back in march. that is ben wallace, the security minister. health officials here say there is a low general risk to members of the public after what has happened here. but they ar

clearly, the poisoning of yulia and sergei skripal, they knew what they we re sergei skripal, they knewn police to talk about decontaminating those areas but nobody talked about where the would—be assassins had been, to bring the novichok down into salisbury. the contaminated personal protection equipment the assassins would have been wearing, and the containers and what happened to those. if those containers had been dropped and they took those protective gloves off, they are not going to bend down and pick it up, they know what they are doing. your thinking is that they accidentally dropped it, you would not want to leave a ny dropped it, you would not want to leave any trace of evidence, or do you think they were trying to leave traces? i think using novichok, that itself had a very big sign on it, saying that the russians were responsible. i do not think they we re responsible. i do not think they were worried about living evidence. the one thing that concerns me is if they have this one bottle, the would—be assassins would certainly have been wearing protective equipment of some so

sergei and yulia skripal when exposed to the toxic substance and spent weeks in hospital.. it is close to home again. but we do not know any more than that at the moment. when things like that happen a few yards away from your own home. but i am not saying a single thing, because i don't know. police have also sealed off this baptist church in amesbury, with several officers and vehicles in place. and this boots chemist in the town. there were also investigation is there this morning. this afternoon, police have confirmed that they are working with larger place in this instrument. any statement, they said, given events in salisbury, we are working with what's police, and as they have stated, they are keeping an open mind the incident here in amesbury. it has been reported that the substance found has been sent to the porton down laboratory nearby. there is no suggestion that the latest incident is comparable to the skripal case. the man and woman from amesbury are being treated in the same hospital as sergei skripal and his daughter yulia skripal. public health england say

four months on from the poisoning of surrogate end yulia skripal, marland yarde will not —— scotlandd will not confirm reports that they know who is involved. our books back in fashion? sales rose by 5% last year but there are warnings by book—sellers that they are seeing less and less of those profits. ina in a moment, it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up on bbc news this evening. coming up on beyond 100 days, as the fallout from president trump and resident putin's helsinki meeting continues, we look at how worried those wanted by the kremlin should be, and looking at a rise in reported crime in england and wales, the police superintendent on what he thinks is behind the spike and we will take a look at the front pages with lance price, political commentator, and the cheap —— chief political commentator at the telegraph, chris hope. now, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome along to sportsday, i'mjohn hello and welcome along to sportsday, i'm john watson live at carnoustie. is day one of the open championship and it draws to a close. we hav

four months after sergei and yulia skripal were poisoned in are reportshere that police know the identity of the russian suspects. and books are back in style. the u.k. is seeing a surge in the written word, and readers are keen to keep turng the page. ne: welcome to our viewers on public televion in america and around the globe. four days after the summit between president trump and invladimir putin, the stor continues to shift. today the white house says it would not be allowing russia to speak to 11 americans as requesteby mr. putin after mr. trump called it an interesting idea. and the president's intelligence chiefs e continuing to sound the alarm over how much of a threat russia still poses to the u.s. election system. this was the director of national intelligence, dan coats , ao. short time mr. coats: it is undeniable that the russians are taking the lead on thi basically, they are the ones trying to undermine our basic values, divide us with our allies. they are the ones trying to wreak havoc over the election process. we need to call them out on that. it is critical that we do s

the town is a few kilometres from where the former russian spy, sergei skripal, and his daughter yuliae poisoned in march. police say the substance had been identified by chemical weapons research experts. duncan kennedy reports. four months to the day after the salisbury attack, and dawn sturgess and charlie rowley have become the new victims of nerve agent poisoning in britain. the couple were taken ill from their home on saturday are now critically ill in hospital. this is the moment the emergency unfolded on saturday night. the bbc has been given these phone images of the fire and ambulance services at the property. this man says he is a friend of the couple and saw what happened. he was sweating, dribbling and he couldn't speak and was making funny noises and was rocking back and forwards, there was no response, he didn't even know i was there. it was like he was in another world, hallucinating. the nerve agent was identified in porton down near amesbury — the same place used to identify the novichok liquid in march. tonight the metropolitan police counterterrorism unit confirmed

moscow of having caused this latest incident as well as eing behind t poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal. officials are trying to see if they match. >> tonight policare skill standing guard outside, two weeks after charlie and his partner dawn stgess were con tap named by the novichok. we know it was found in small bottle here on wednesday and tests confirm the bottle was the source of the nerve act. police aren't saying what sort of bottle itas or how it got here. dawn sturgess died last sunday, eight days after falling ill. charlie rowley regained consciousness on tuesday, the day before the bottle was found d it's possible he helped police locate it. officers can't guarantee there's no more novichok left. but finding the bottle has come a reef to many people here. >> i'm shocked. i'm pleased they found it but there are still questions, where was it? >> i'm relieved they found the container. hopefully there'll be an end to it. >> fantastic it's been found but sad the circumstance it's been und in. reporter: the park in salisbury is also being searched as detectives try too trace the hi

it is now more than four months since sergei skripal and his daughter yulia fell ill, not long after—de—sac, where they had become contaminated by a russian—made military grade nerve agent, novichok, nerve agent, a novichok, that had been smeared or sprayed on his front door. the cnn network in the united states suggested today that detectives have used cctv and facial recognition software to isolate pictures of two suspects seen leaving britain soon after the attack, though it is not known if they are russian and it's not clear they have been fully identified. counterterrorism detectives refused to discuss the reports, leaving only the russian ambassador to comment. unfortunately, we don't have official statements of the british side. i want to hear that from the scotland yard or the foreign office. a lot of versions that we here in the newspapers, they are not supported by the statements of the foreign office. the attack ended up taking dawn sturgess‘ life. she is thought to have been contaminated by a perfume bottle which somehow ended up in her partner's flat. the inquest into he

authorities are looking at a ofpossible link to the cas sergei and yulia skripal, poisoned with the same substance in march. india's supreme court has criticized the government for failing to protect t taj judges accused the state and central government of lethargy and described the current monumentto protect the as a hopel environmentalists say evolution -- air pollution is damaging the building. the duty and duchess of visiting dublin in their first overseas engagement sin getting married. they met them at the residence alongside their two dogs. today the first images have emerged of the 12 thai bs in hospital rescued from the flooded cave. they are being treated along with the coach who was trapped for more than two weeks with them. lucy williamson brings us the last. lucy: these are the luckiest boys in thailand -- still weak, still quarantine. these pictures the first we have seen since the rescue diver film to them huddled together in a cave. the schoolboys pose for the camera, hiding the miracle that they are here at all. what happened in the cave of the horror, weeks inspired the

it is now more than four months since sergei skripal and his daughter yulia fell ill, not long after a quiet cul—de—sac, where they had become contaminated by a russian—made military grade nerve agent, a novichok, that had been smeared or sprayed on his front door. the cnn network in the united states suggested today that detectives have used cctv and facial recognition software to isolate pictures of two suspects seen leaving britain soon after the attack, though it is not known if they are russian and it's not clear they have been fully identified. counterterrorism detectives refused to discuss the reports, leaving only the russian ambassador to comment. unfortunately, we don't have official statements of the british side. i want to hear that from the scotland yard or the foreign office. a lot of versions that we hear, you know, in the newspapers, they are not supported by the statements the attack ended up taking dawn sturgess's life. she is thought to have been contaminated by a perfume bottle, which somehow ended up in her partner's flat. the inquest into her death opened and ad

exposed to the substance after the attack in march on former spy sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia skripalg 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 sturgess. our staff are dedicated, talented 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 stu rgess decontaminating the hostel where dawn sturgess lived. police say she was killed by the same type of nerve agent, known as another chop, it used against a former russian spy on his daughter back in march. the government blamed russia for the poisoning of the two, who survived. —— known as novichok. the kremlin says it was not involved with a british citizen now dead, the ramifications of chemical attack on salisbury and now even more serious. meanwhile, dawn stu rgess's salisbury and now even more serious. meanwhile, dawn sturgess‘s partner charlie rowley is critically ill in hospit

it was novichok which was used in the attempted murder of sergei and yulia skripal four months ago. home has been closed, and is now one of the decontamination sites. people in this area believed the novichok crisis had passed. dawn sturgess, no doubt, thought the same. at the cordon by the hostel, flowers have been left with a message — "dawn, you were the innocent one in this." in a tragic twist, dawn sturgess has become the unintended victim of an international murder plot. the hunt is now on for her killers. june kelly, bbc news, salisbury. let's get some of the day's other news. 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 seventy women have accused him of sexual misconduct, including rape. his lawyer says he's innocent and that all sexual encounters were consensual. the leaders of ethiopia and eritrea have declared an official end to a state of war that has existed between them for nearly two decades. eritrea, formerly a

i also carries the news that the poison is the same type of chemical used to poison sergei and yulia skripalit and names the two people fighting for their lives as charles rowley and his girlfriend, dawn sturgess. the financial times warns about the impact of a no—deal brexit on uk car manufacturing, as jaguar land rover says crashing out of the eu would cost them £1.2 billion a year. the best of both worlds — the express reports on what it's calling a breakthrough post brexit customs plan that's being promised by the prime minister. the work and pensions secretary, esther mcvey, appears on the front of the guardian. she's facing calls to resign for misleading parliament about the rollout of universal credit. the mirror reports that meghan markles father, thomas markle, has told friends he fears they will never speak again. and the telegraph carries a picture of a gleeming gareth southgate, as wimbledon complains that their men's final will clash with the world cup final. let's start with this breaking story tonight, which is going to grab all of the headlines again. the news that to make pe

authorities are still looking at a possible link to the case of russians sergei and yulia skripal, who in march. india's supreme court has criticised the government for failing to protect the taj mahal. judges accused the state and central government of lethargy and described the current strategy to protect the monument as a hopeless cause. environmentalists say air pollution is damaging the building. in wimbeldon, defending champion roger federer has been knocked out. he was beaten by eighth seed kevin anderson, who fought back from two sets down in a gripping quarter—final. top seed federer, who was aiming for a record—equalling ninth singles title, missed a match point in the third set which proved pivotal. dozens of people are missing in japan, after torrential rain caused flooding and landslides in central and western areas. rescuers are still trying to find them. at least 179 people have died in the worst weather for decades, and around 8 million people have been ordered to evacuate their homes. on wednesdayjapan‘s prime minister, shinzo abe, visited the city of okayama to inspec

police are investigating a possible link to the case of russians sergei and yulia skripal, who were poisoned substance in nearby salisbury. also making news today: a suicide bomb attack has killed 12 people and injured another 30 in the pakistani city of peshawar. it happened at a political rally for an anti—taliban party. national elections in pakistan will be held in a fortnight. a political candidate is among the dead. more than 150 people are now confirmed dead in the worst floods to hitjapan in three decades. rescuers have been searching for survivors after torrential rains devastated parts of western japan. thousands of people gathered outside buckingham palace to watch a flypast of aircraft for the centenary of the british royal air force. the crowds were treated to a spectacle in the sky, cheering for the colourful display, while the queen and other members of the royal family watched from the palace balcony. president trump has arrived in brussels, ahead of a nato summit where he'll try to persuade european nations to spend more money on defence. his calls have prompted a rebuke fro

were exposed to the nerve agent never to which was the same agent that contaminated both yulia and sergei skripalst update we have from the hospital is that both patients remained in a critical condition. both are british nationals and are local to the area. officers are still trying to edify their next of kin. at this stage, and this is important, at this stage no one else has presented with the same symptoms linked to this instance. the priority for the investigation team now is to establish how these two people have come into contact with this nerve agent. i have around 100 detectives from the counterterrorism network working on this investigation alongside their colleagues. we have cordoned off a number of sites in amesbury and salisbury areas and we believe the two individuals visited in the period before they fell ill. this is a precautionary measure. while we continue to investigate how they came to be exposed to this substance. i do want to reassure the public that there is no evidence that even this man a woman recently visited even the sites that had been decontaminated following the at

the couple's symptoms were the same as those of sergei and yulia skripal, who were poisoned in marchy — a few kilometres away. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. lovely to be in your town. dawn sturgis took ill last saturday at this flat behind me. her boyfriend collapsed a few hours later. the couple had spent much of the previous day together and it is believed that in those 2a hours they had become exposed to this nerve agent. they were being treated at salisbury district hospital, the hospital that saved the lives of the skripals. tonight we had a statement from the assistant commissioner, the head of counterterrorism in this country, and he describes this shocking and tragic news and says it only serves to strengthen their resolve to identify and bring to justice and personal people responsible for what described as an outrageous, reckless and barbaric act. what it appears has happened is that an international murder attempt has ended in the death of a mother of three who was living in a hostel in salisbury and this is now a murder enquiry. in the last few minute

police are investigating a possible link to the case of russians sergei and yulia skripal, who were poisonedry. hollywood star george clooney has suffered minor injuries in a scooter crash in sardinia. the 57—year—old's scooter was hit by a car that failed to stop, and he slammed into its windshield. clooney was taken to hospital, but is now recovering at home. president trump has arrived in brussels ahead of a wednesday's nato summit. he's been trying to persuade european nations to spend more money on defence, making his point on twitter before he left and when he landed. but that prompted a rebuke from the president of the european council who told mr trump to value his allies because he didn't have that many. from brussels, our europe editor katya adler reports. the united states' self—appointed dealmaker—in—chief has landed on european soil. long—awaited but also kind of dreaded by his allies here, who wonder, after the iran deal and the climate change accord, will nato be the next trans—atlantic agreement to be trampled by president trump? his tweets this morning were not exactly encou

bottle of poison that is being investigated to see if it's the same batch that poisoned sergei and yulia skripalerrorism. he said it's not an exaggeration to say that the search process linked with both this and the salisbury investigation has been one of the most complex and difficult that uk policing has ever faced. and what about people living locally, what does all this mean for them? are we going to see the police in the area for some time to come? yes, i mean police say they will be there for weeks, if not months. they say it will be a very long operation. they say the reason, of course, they are carrying out this investigation, not only do they want to find out who carried out this crime, but they want to be sure there is no risk of other contamination, no risk to the general public. so it will be a very detailed thorough meticulous investigation and it will take a long time. the former pakistani prime minister has begun a ten—yearjail sentence. he arrived back in the country last night from the uk. nawaz sharif was convicted in absentia by an anti—corruption court last week. but he says

in the four months since sergei skripal, yulia skripal and nick bailey were poisoned, no other peoplemust have handled a container that we are now searching for. over the weekend, container that we are now searching for. overthe weekend, detailed searches have continued at a number of locations in aylesbury and salisbury. this has centred on dawn's address and charlie's address, as well as queen elizabeth gardens and salisbury. police cordoned side in place in a number of locations in the area, and are likely to remain in place for a considerable period of time. this is for the public‘s safety as well as to allow officers access to these areas in order to gather crucial evidence for the investigation. detectives have pieced together a detailed timeline which shows the movements of both dawn and charlie in the movement before they fell ill on saturday the 30th ofjune, which is critical to our understanding. so far, with that on friday the 29th of june, ataround far, with that on friday the 29th of june, at around 12.20 pm, they work together in aylesbury. they then left to visit salisb

javid said was the exact same novichok agent that was used in the poisoning of sergei skripal and yulia skripalpeople, repeating the advice we have heard from health officials about the risk to the public being very low. he did say he thought it was the same novichok used. he did not directly drop a link between the two incidents and said it was the peace's working hypothesis. he said they needed to be given more time to carry out the kind of work we are seeing here going on today. we believe there are about 100 counterterrorism officers working on this investigation and the home secretary was keen to praise their work. he spoke to a couple of local businesses and asked about the support they received. local residents say they wish he had spoken to more local residents. there will be a meeting on tuesday evening at 7pm in amesbury where businesses and people can question the local and national people running the investigation to get updates. updates are few and far between at the moment. all we know isa between at the moment. all we know is a very thorough investigation is going on about tracin

it was novichok which was used in the attempted murder of sergei and yulia skripal four months ago.s been closed, and is now one of the decontamination sites. people in this area believed the novichok crisis had passed. dawn sturgess, no doubt, thought the same. at the cordon by the hostel, flowers have been left with a message — "dawn, you were the innocent one in this." in a tragic twist, dawn sturgess has become the unintended victim of an international murder plot. the hunt is now on for her killers. june kelly, bbc news, salisbury. let's look at the other main stories tonight. the leaders of ethiopia and eritrea have declared an official end to a state of war that has existed between them for nearly two decades. eritrea, formerly a province of ethiopia, seceded in 1993. a subsequent war between them led to the deaths of around 800,000 people. the hollywood film producer, harvey weinstein, has pleaded not guilty in a third case of sexual assault. mr weinstein, who appeared in court in new york, has already denied having non—consensual sex in two cases injune. he's been accused o

poisoned two people in amesbury in wiltshire is the same as that used in the attack on sergei and yulia skripalrch. the couple had been found unwell at their home on saturday and were taken to salisbury district hospital, where the skripals had also been treated. the home secretary said he understood local people would be feeling very anxious. let me reassure you, that public safety is of paramount importance. public health england's latest assessment is that based on the number of casualties affected, there is no significant risk to the wider public. their advice is informed by scientists and the police as the facts evolve. he said the main line of enquiry was that this case was linked to the poisoning of the skripals in march, an attack ministers blamed on the russian government. 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. we will continue with our investigations as a matter of urgency and i will keep the house and the public updated on any significant developments. the ho

poisoned two people in amesbury in wiltshire is the same as that used in the attack on sergei and yulia skripal in march. sajid javid was updating mps after a meeting of the emergency committee cobra. the couple had been found unwell at their home on saturday and were taken to salisbury district hospital, where the skripals had also been treated. the home secretary said he understood local people would be feeling very anxious. let me reassure you — the public safety is of paramount importance. public health england's latest assessment is that, based on the number of casualties affected, there is no significant risk to the wider public. their advice is informed by scientists and the police, as the facts evolve. he said the main line of inquiry was that this case was linked to the poisoning of the skripals in march, an attack ministers blamed on the russian government. it is completely unacceptable for our people to be either deliberate or accidental targets, or for our streets, our parts, our towns to be dumping grounds for poison. we will continue with our investigations as a matter of urgency

rowley fell ill ale week ago here today, suffering the similar symptoms to sergei skripal and yulia skripalhis couple have handled an object which had been exposed to novichok. the police's job is which had been exposed to novichok. the police'sjob is to which had been exposed to novichok. the police's job is to try and find out what that objectives and when it was. they are saying this investigation is likely to take months. you can see from the facilities that have been set up, they are not planning go anywhere soon. we know they have 1300 hrs of cctv footage to go through. last night they refuelled a few more details about where the couple had been on saturday and sunday of last week, those include the hostel in salisbury, going into the city centre to some gardens and then eventually coming out here to amesbury where they both fell ill. the mood here is one of appreciation of the police. we have seen young people with ice lollies san —— handing them out to people from the emergency services here, trying to work out what has happened here. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news..