:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at ten, with just five days to go, there's more confusion over
:00:08. > :00:13.which Russian athletes will be allowed at the Rio Olympics.
:00:14. > :00:19.Despite hundreds already travelling to Brazil,
:00:20. > :00:22.it's still not clear who'll be allowed to compete after
:00:23. > :00:26.A "barbaric evil" that must end - Theresa May pledges to fight
:00:27. > :00:33.The mother of an American Muslim soldier killed in Iraq has
:00:34. > :00:36.accused Donald Trump of mocking her after appearing
:00:37. > :00:41.If you look at his wife, she was standing there.
:00:42. > :00:46.Maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything to say.
:00:47. > :00:51.And it's four wins in a row for Lewis Hamilton, as he dominates
:00:52. > :01:11.the German Grand Prix from start to finish.
:01:12. > :01:19.With just days to go before the opening of the Rio Games,
:01:20. > :01:21.the International Olympic Committee has denied it's causing confusion
:01:22. > :01:23.over its handling of Russian athletes, following
:01:24. > :01:30.The IOC defended its decision not to ban the whole team,
:01:31. > :01:33.now saying a special panel would decide which of the hundreds
:01:34. > :01:35.of Russian athletes already in Brazil would be able to compete.
:01:36. > :01:44.Our Sports Editor Dan Roan has the latest from Rio.
:01:45. > :01:46.Russia's fencing squad may already be here in Rio today
:01:47. > :01:48.collecting their accreditation at the athletes college,
:01:49. > :01:51.but many do not know if they will be able to take part.
:01:52. > :01:54.These are among the 250 Russians cleared to participate in the wake
:01:55. > :02:07.The International Olympic Committee has now said it
:02:08. > :02:12.This afternoon, the President remained defiant.
:02:13. > :02:15.How much damage to the credibility of these games is the
:02:16. > :02:18.I do not think in the end these will be damaging,
:02:19. > :02:20.because people will realise that we have to take
:02:21. > :02:30.Imagine the situation if we would not have taken
:02:31. > :02:32.a decision, what then the limbo would be.
:02:33. > :02:40.I trust the people that they realise the difficulties we are in.
:02:41. > :02:49.Despite a damning report into state-sponsored
:02:50. > :02:51.doping that sabotaged events like the Sochi Winter Games,
:02:52. > :02:53.the IOC resisted demands of a blanket ban
:02:54. > :03:01.More than 100 athletes have been banned under
:03:02. > :03:05.but there was a third Russian swimmer who appealed to the Court
:03:06. > :03:07.of Arbitration for Sport against the exclusion
:03:08. > :03:16.This is the Russian handball team and despite the fact
:03:17. > :03:19.that we are just five days away from the start of the Rio games,
:03:20. > :03:24.they are in limbo like so many of their colleagues.
:03:25. > :03:28.They do not know whether or not the IOC will allow them to compete.
:03:29. > :03:31.TRANSLATION: Of course it is not easy, the most traumatic thing
:03:32. > :03:37.For those who are not doping, it is not fair.
:03:38. > :03:39.British athletes meanwhile are continuing their preparations
:03:40. > :03:46.Some waiting to find out whether the competition
:03:47. > :03:50.It is not unsettling for us, it is a shame it was not
:03:51. > :03:52.sorted out earlier before the games got started.
:03:53. > :03:55.We support the strongest sanctions for cheating,
:03:56. > :03:59.but for us it is focusing on our own game.
:04:00. > :04:03.These games have already had a troubled build-up,
:04:04. > :04:06.but the IOC's handling of the crisis has ensured the controversy
:04:07. > :04:09.will continue even once the action begins.
:04:10. > :04:12.Well, it's not just the doping scandal that's overshadowing
:04:13. > :04:14.the games, with the opening ceremony just five days away.
:04:15. > :04:17.Some in Rio believe the organisers have failed to honour commitments
:04:18. > :04:26.Our South America Correspondent Wyre Davies reports.
:04:27. > :04:30.Rio is a city transformed, and Olympic organisers say it is now
:04:31. > :04:34.Billions have been spent on investment in sports venues,
:04:35. > :04:38.museums and public transport, but critics say it is money that has
:04:39. > :04:56.been diverted from other more important priorities.
:04:57. > :04:59.The Olympics are all about winning and losing, but few competitors
:05:00. > :05:10.will have lost as much as this woman.
:05:11. > :05:14.Is, she says, gazing through a fence Stow corporate car park loans of
:05:15. > :05:17.almost 600 families used to be. She was bloodied in the battle
:05:18. > :05:20.to save her home next An intolerable eyesore
:05:21. > :05:32.for a global event. It was bulldozed to the ground.
:05:33. > :05:35.Putting on this showpiece is almost bankrupted the local Government. The
:05:36. > :05:38.impact can be seen and smelt everywhere.
:05:39. > :05:41.Cleaning up the chronically polluted waters is another key
:05:42. > :05:43.promise that Rio made when chosen to host the games,
:05:44. > :05:46.but it is a pledge that has not been kept.
:05:47. > :05:51.The bay is full of solid waste, sewage and chemical pollution.
:05:52. > :05:54.A commitment to treat 80% of the sewage entering this bay has
:05:55. > :06:02.The very waters where Olympic sailing events are taking place.
:06:03. > :06:06.Officials say that in other areas there has been real progress.
:06:07. > :06:13.The games in Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, represents a new model for
:06:14. > :06:18.the games. A model of games that are more lean with costs reduced,
:06:19. > :06:22.reduced costs under control. We spent less public money to do 20
:06:23. > :06:25.venues than London has These games will be unique,
:06:26. > :06:34.because Rio is a unique city. But not all are reaping the same
:06:35. > :06:43.benefit from hosting the games. Let's go back Dan Roan
:06:44. > :06:50.in Rio for us tonight. It seems that the fallout from the
:06:51. > :06:55.doping scandal threatens to cast a shadow over the games. Even once
:06:56. > :07:03.competition begins. That is right. Yes. It is such an
:07:04. > :07:06.unprecedented pressure. Today represented an attempted fightback
:07:07. > :07:12.by the IOC president in the face of fierce criticism over the legal
:07:13. > :07:16.quagmire that the IOC now finds itself immersed in. He will be
:07:17. > :07:19.desperately hoping that the next few days, the narrative and focus shifts
:07:20. > :07:23.away from all of that controversy that you're just been hearing about
:07:24. > :07:32.and moves towards sporting action itself. It comes -- and it becomes a
:07:33. > :07:36.lot more positive, this story. It could be the most really stunning
:07:37. > :07:39.and spectacular gains in history, and being staged here in Rio de
:07:40. > :07:44.Janeiro will help that objective. The problem is this, though. Really
:07:45. > :07:50.before, while there have been, because of this doping scandal, so
:07:51. > :07:57.much scepticism surrounding sporting achievement. Certainly Russian
:07:58. > :08:02.sporting achievement. Previously, the games could rely on one thing,
:08:03. > :08:09.that this has and injuring ability to inspire and entertain. This sends
:08:10. > :08:12.you know is that this assumption has been tested like never before.
:08:13. > :08:15.The Prime Minister is to lead a new task force aimed at tackling
:08:16. > :08:21.thousands of suspected cases of modern-day slavery in the UK.
:08:22. > :08:25.In a newspaper article, Theresa May, said it was a "barbaric evil",
:08:26. > :08:28.and more than ?30 million from the foreign aid budget would be
:08:29. > :08:35.Behind closed doors, on our streets and in the workplace, modern
:08:36. > :08:44.But the new Prime Minister is promising to do more to help.
:08:45. > :08:46.Theresa May led the Government's campaign to tackle slavery
:08:47. > :08:49.when she was Home Secretary, and now as Prime Minister,
:08:50. > :09:06.Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, she said:
:09:07. > :09:08.Police need to have a better understanding of what's going on in
:09:09. > :09:11.relation to modern slavery and what their responsibilities are,
:09:12. > :09:16.but this is an issue that needs to be dealt with in much broader
:09:17. > :09:18.terms of both national immigration policy, national crime policy,
:09:19. > :09:27.and international development policy.
:09:28. > :09:31.Now, ?33 million will be spent in countries like Nigeria
:09:32. > :09:38.to help tackle the roots of the people-trafficking trade.
:09:39. > :09:43.The Government thinks there could be up to 13,000 victims in the UK.
:09:44. > :09:45.It's ordered an investigation into the way police forces
:09:46. > :09:50.in England and Wales respond to the crime.
:09:51. > :09:53.I don't doubt the sincerity of Theresa May's words,
:09:54. > :09:57.but I do question whether they're being backed up by real actions.
:09:58. > :10:02.who as Home Secretary has cut the police, cut the Border Force
:10:03. > :10:05.and part of the Government that is cutting councils.
:10:06. > :10:12.of professionals to do something about this problem.
:10:13. > :10:16.she should stop the cuts and give people the resources they need
:10:17. > :10:21.It's often a hidden crime, and one the Government says
:10:22. > :10:24.an international trade it says it is determined to stop.
:10:25. > :10:35.The mother of an American Muslim soldier who was killed in Iraq has
:10:36. > :10:39.accused the Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump
:10:40. > :10:41.of being ignorant of Islam, and not understanding
:10:42. > :10:44.Ghazala Khan's comments came after Mr Trump mocked her appearance
:10:45. > :10:47.at this week's Democratic Party Convention.
:10:48. > :10:55.From Washington, here's David Willis.
:10:56. > :11:05.From a grieving family came a speech which stole the show. This couple's
:11:06. > :11:15.son was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq. If it was up to Donald
:11:16. > :11:26.Trump, he never would have been in America. Donald Trump consistently
:11:27. > :11:36.smears the character of Muslims. You have sacrificed nothing and no one!
:11:37. > :11:41.Today, trumpeted to the airwaves, saying his sacrifices have been
:11:42. > :11:47.different. I think I have made a lot of sacrifices. I work very hard. I
:11:48. > :11:51.have created of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs. He then turned
:11:52. > :11:56.his attention to Mrs Khan, who had stood silently at her husband's side
:11:57. > :12:00.throughout his address. Was she forbidden from speaking by her
:12:01. > :12:06.faith? She had nothing to say. Maybe she wasn't allowed to have anything
:12:07. > :12:10.to say, you tell me. Mr Trump's main rival, Hillary Clinton, said such
:12:11. > :12:15.rhetoric was beyond comprehension. Mrs Khan, for her part, said she had
:12:16. > :12:22.stayed silent because she is still overwhelmed with grief. I am very
:12:23. > :12:27.upset when I heard that I didn't say anything because I was in pain. When
:12:28. > :12:32.you are in pain, you don't say anything. I am not a fighter. I
:12:33. > :12:37.can't fight. Mr Trump has since sought to temper his remarks,
:12:38. > :12:43.calling her son a hero and seeking to refocus debate on the so-called
:12:44. > :12:50.Islamic terrorists who cost her son his life. But it is not in his
:12:51. > :12:54.nature to back down. Indeed, after last week's Convention, which put
:12:55. > :12:58.Hillary Clinton firmly ahead in the polls, Mr Trump has vowed that the
:12:59. > :13:03.gloves will now come off. Nothing, it seems, is off-limits in his
:13:04. > :13:04.unorthodox campaign for president. David Willetts, BBC News,
:13:05. > :13:06.Washington. A 12-year-old boy has been arrested
:13:07. > :13:08.on suspicion of murder It follows the death of a man
:13:09. > :13:13.in his forties, who was assaulted Three teenagers have
:13:14. > :13:16.also been arrested. The Government insists it has no
:13:17. > :13:19.plans to review its so-called triple lock guarantee on pensions,
:13:20. > :13:22.which ensures they rise by at least A former Conservative pensions
:13:23. > :13:29.minister had said the policy is unaffordable, and should
:13:30. > :13:36.be scrapped by 2020. At least 24 police officers have
:13:37. > :13:39.been killed in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand,
:13:40. > :13:42.in clashes with the Taliban. It's thought the extremists
:13:43. > :13:44.now control 60% of the region, which British troops
:13:45. > :13:46.spent almost a decade defending, Our Defence Correspondent
:13:47. > :13:51.Jonathan Beale has been back This was once home to thousands
:13:52. > :13:59.of British troops, but Camp Bastion British forces were here
:14:00. > :14:05.in Helmand for eight years, but much of what they left behind
:14:06. > :14:10.has turned to dust. When he announced Britain's
:14:11. > :14:14.withdrawal, David Cameron called mission accomplished,
:14:15. > :14:15.but that's not the view of the new Afghan
:14:16. > :14:18.commander in Helmand. Soon after the British left Bastion,
:14:19. > :14:26.the Taliban attacked the camp, Do you think they
:14:27. > :14:33.completed their mission? This is what happened to the Afghan
:14:34. > :14:36.army when the British Last year, there were even fears
:14:37. > :14:41.that the whole province would fall This graveyard of vehicles
:14:42. > :14:46.is evidence of the fierce fighting there has been here in Helmand since
:14:47. > :14:53.the British left just two years ago. It's also evidence of the poor state
:14:54. > :14:56.the Afghan security forces were in, a situation that has only
:14:57. > :14:59.recently changed with the return At the start of this year,
:15:00. > :15:07.500 US troops went back into Helmand, their task
:15:08. > :15:11.to rebuild an army that was, in the words of one US adviser,
:15:12. > :15:13.a sucking chest wound, down to a third of its strength
:15:14. > :15:17.with casualties, Dozens of senior officers
:15:18. > :15:26.have also been replaced. The Americans are now
:15:27. > :15:29.training the Afghans, just as the British did before them,
:15:30. > :15:35.sometimes the very same soldiers. So is this return to Helmand proof
:15:36. > :15:41.that British forces left too soon? We've helped prop it back up over
:15:42. > :15:45.the last year, but if we didn't have the British and the Marine
:15:46. > :15:49.involvement here in Helmand, we would have been
:15:50. > :15:51.starting from zero. We made the decisions based
:15:52. > :15:55.on what the assessment was at the time of the capabilities
:15:56. > :15:59.we thought they had and the numbers of coalition forces that were
:16:00. > :16:10.allowed to remain in Afghanistan. I think they made decisions based
:16:11. > :16:13.on where they thought their US soldiers now occupy a tiny
:16:14. > :16:19.corner of the old Bastion. 456 British service personnel
:16:20. > :16:25.lost their lives in Afghanistan, There are still 500 UK troops
:16:26. > :16:29.in the capital, Kabul. But here in Helmand,
:16:30. > :16:32.it's been left to the Americans Jonathan Beale, BBC News,
:16:33. > :16:40.Helmand. More than two million young
:16:41. > :16:43.Catholics from around the world have attended an open air mass held
:16:44. > :16:46.by Pope Francis in Poland. The gathering was the final event
:16:47. > :16:50.of his five-day tour of the country. In his address, he urged young
:16:51. > :16:52.people to reject hatred In America, some Democrats
:16:53. > :17:02.on Capitol Hill say Congress should be recalled from its summer break
:17:03. > :17:05.to approve emergency funds The call comes as officials
:17:06. > :17:10.in Florida confirm the first infections on the US mainland
:17:11. > :17:13.from mosquitoes carrying the virus. Here, Public Health England has
:17:14. > :17:16.advised pregnant women to consider postponing non-essential
:17:17. > :17:18.travel to Florida. This is the front line in the battle
:17:19. > :17:27.against the Zika virus in southern Florida,
:17:28. > :17:30.health officials trudging the streets, looking
:17:31. > :17:33.for the mosquito that carries the virus and persuading people
:17:34. > :17:36.to take precautions. All four people who are thought
:17:37. > :17:39.to have caught the Zika virus from local mosquitoes live and work
:17:40. > :17:43.in a mile square area in this up-and-coming
:17:44. > :17:46.neighbourhood of Miami. None has ever had to go to hospital,
:17:47. > :17:50.but the authorities This man has been preparing for this
:17:51. > :17:59.for months, and while there will be more local cases,
:18:00. > :18:02.he says there is no reason I would not delay my travel plan
:18:03. > :18:15.here at all, because the living conditions here are so much
:18:16. > :18:17.different than elsewhere We have AC, we have window
:18:18. > :18:21.screening, we have a strong public Florida gets more than 100 million
:18:22. > :18:24.visitors a year. More than 1.5 million
:18:25. > :18:26.of those come from Britain. Some travel firms have offered free
:18:27. > :18:28.cancellation to pregnant women, but among those tourists already
:18:29. > :18:31.here, concern seems low. I think if we brought our children
:18:32. > :18:34.here with us, we would have been concerned, because they're
:18:35. > :18:38.in their twenties, of child-bearing Are you taking any
:18:39. > :18:42.precautions? I'm taking no
:18:43. > :18:43.precautions, no. More than 1,600 people have
:18:44. > :18:47.developed Zika in the continental US, the majority of
:18:48. > :18:50.them through travel. Florida has had 307 of these cases
:18:51. > :18:54.and these southern states are most at risk, because the mosquito that
:18:55. > :19:03.transmits Zika already lives here. What's likely to have happened
:19:04. > :19:05.is that travellers with Zika got bitten by uninfected mosquitoes,
:19:06. > :19:11.which then infected local people. These boys and girls seem oblivious
:19:12. > :19:13.to the concerns about Zika. Their parents, though,
:19:14. > :19:15.fear for their future You would have to carry that
:19:16. > :19:22.worry for the full nine months of your pregnancy,
:19:23. > :19:25.so I think that, you know, But now, Britons who are pregnant
:19:26. > :19:30.are being told to consider postponing travel as everyone waits
:19:31. > :19:33.to see what kind of foothold Zika With all the sport, here's
:19:34. > :19:45.Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes Britain's Lewis Hamilton
:19:46. > :19:53.won his sixth race of the year at the German Grand Prix to move 19
:19:54. > :19:56.points clear at the top of the Formula One
:19:57. > :20:05.Driver's Championship. In recent weeks, Nico Rosberg has
:20:06. > :20:09.seen the drivers championship turn on its head. His Mercedes team-mate
:20:10. > :20:13.Lewis Hamilton had overtaken him in the standings, but here he was on
:20:14. > :20:18.pole with a chance to reclaim the lead. In Formula 1, the start is
:20:19. > :20:22.all-important. Rosberg's was a disaster. Bogged down, when he
:20:23. > :20:27.emerged from the first corner, he had slipped back to Fort. This was
:20:28. > :20:31.already Hamilton's race to lose. He was at the front, and when Rosberg
:20:32. > :20:35.attempted to gain ground, he was penalised for forcing Max Verstappen
:20:36. > :20:38.of the track. All the while, Hamilton kept his cool, bruising
:20:39. > :20:42.around the Hockenheim circuit to finish ahead of the Red Bulls of
:20:43. > :20:49.Daniel Ricciardo and for staff and for his fourth victory in a row.
:20:50. > :20:53.Fantastic job, guys. At one stage, he was 43 points behind Rosberg in
:20:54. > :20:57.the championship. Now Hamilton is running away from his rival and with
:20:58. > :21:00.four weeks until the next race, it's clear who will enjoy the break the
:21:01. > :21:05.most. Katie Gornall, BBC News. Golf's USPGA is turning
:21:06. > :21:08.into a real battle at Baltusrol with Sweden's Henrik Stenson
:21:09. > :21:10.in with a good chance of winning This year's Open Champion is a shot
:21:11. > :21:14.behind the leader Jimmy Walker on 10 under par midway
:21:15. > :21:17.through his final round. The last pairings are being forced
:21:18. > :21:20.to play 36 holes due Tyrrell Hatton and Paul Casey
:21:21. > :21:24.are the highest placed Britons on 7 Meanwhile, Thailand's Arriya
:21:25. > :21:30.Jutanugarn held on to win The overnight leader
:21:31. > :21:34.survived a patchy final round to take her first major title
:21:35. > :21:37.by 3 shots, finishing on 16 Scotland's Catriona Matthew,
:21:38. > :21:40.the last British woman to win a major, finished joint 5th
:21:41. > :21:42.on 9 under. Carl Frampton is being hailed as one
:21:43. > :21:46.of Northern Ireland's greatest ever The 29-year-old beat
:21:47. > :21:53.Leo Santa Cruz in New York to win the WBA featherweight Belt,
:21:54. > :21:55.becoming the first Northern Irishman to win world titles
:21:56. > :22:08.in different weight categories. I'm in the driving seat now. I can
:22:09. > :22:13.do big-money fights that will change my life and my family's life. I am
:22:14. > :22:17.just looking forward to the future, and it is still going. I am
:22:18. > :22:21.approaching 30, but I feel like I am getting better and I have a new
:22:22. > :22:24.lease of life. There is plenty more to come.
:22:25. > :22:26.The Ride London Surrey Classic was won by Belgium's Tom Boonen
:22:27. > :22:28.after a dramatic sprint finish in the Mall.
:22:29. > :22:31.Welshman Geraint Thomas had looked like taking the title before heading
:22:32. > :22:33.off to the Rio Olympics after leading for most of the 200km
:22:34. > :22:36.race, but he was caught by the peloton in the final stages
:22:37. > :22:39.and Boonen fought his way through to win on the line.
:22:40. > :22:42.Tens of thousands of amateur riders also took part in the weekend's
:22:43. > :22:44.event, which was marred by serious crashes.
:22:45. > :22:50.Two cyclists had to be air-lifted to hospital.
:22:51. > :22:56.And that is all the sports. Back to you, Clive. Lizzie, many thanks.
:22:57. > :22:57.An American skydiver has entered the record books
:22:58. > :23:00.by jumping from a plane at 25,000 feet without a parachute.
:23:01. > :23:06.Luke Aikins was free-falling for two minutes as he zeroed in on a giant
:23:07. > :23:09.safety net suspended 20 storeys off the ground.
:23:10. > :23:12.And to his relief and that of a live television audience, he landed
:23:13. > :23:17.safely, later saying that was "awesome."
:23:18. > :23:22.Now it's time for all the news where you are.