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The human tragedy that is the war in Yemen -

one person every hour is dying from cholera.

The innocent victims - desperate parents bring

in their dying children for what little medical

This hospital alone receives about 100 new cholera cases every day.

Those who get help recover quickly, within hours.

But many in Yemen are dying needlessly because they can't

Two years into the war, we look at the causes

Grenfell Tower - the police say there are reasonable grounds

to suspect corporate manslaughter was committed by the council

and the tower block management organisation.

The Government moves to reassure business that there'll be no sudden

An increase in violence in prisons in England and Wales

and a record number of inmates released by mistake.

And England's women beat Portugal to qualify for the quarter-finals

And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News, the return of Rooney to

But would Wayne win as Everton started their Europa

Wayne Rooney has been sleeping in Everton pyjamas for

13 years, waiting for the day that he could put

Double sessions, holiday winning, spin classes and WhatsApp messages.

He is a competitor, he is a leader he back.

We've a special report tonight on the devastating human cost

of a war that has been raging in a remote corner

The UN is calling it the world's worst humanitarian crisis

with the country on the brink of famine.

Yemen is split by a fierce civil war between the internationally

recognised government - backed by a Saudi led

coalition and Houthi rebels, allied with Iran.

Yemen is now on the brink of famine and has become

Cholera has swept the country - with nearly 2000 deaths

The situation there now is described as the world's greatest

Access for international journalists is very rare -

but our Middle East Correspondent, Orla Guerin - with her

producer Nicola Careem and cameraman Nico Hameon -

They've sent this report from Aden - and a warning - there

We crossed the red Sea to reach Yemen. Past the sunken wreckage of a

hidden war. This was the only way to the port city of Aden. The Saudi led

coalition, which is bombing the country, grounded the UN planes due

to fly us in. And this is the kind of suffering they don't want the

world to see. This boy is 11. He's one of many

wasting away across the country. Since the war, malnutrition rates

have soared. Hunger is menacing this nation, from the very old to the

very young. Like her same. His mother showed us how he fights for

every breath. -- like Hussain. The United Nations says an entire

generation is being starved and crippled. And famine is looming. And

in a water nearby, a desperate rush to save Abdullah Mohammed Salem, who

came in with no pulse. They try to squeeze fluid and life back into his

veins. He's a victim of an epidemic ravaging Yemen. Cholera. And it's

the worst outbreak the world. There is now a perfect breeding ground for

disease, because sanitation services have broken down. Abdullah's son,

Ahmed, has a message for those in power who are busy waging war. Deal

with the switch, he says, and clean the streets. Mosquitoes and flies

are everywhere, causing illness. We are demanding that everyone who

claims to be our leader should just care about the people. Instead, they

are dying of cholera at a rate of about one every hour. Another

outcome of a brutal conflict. This hospital alone receives about 100

new cholera cases every day. Those who get help recover quickly, within

hours. But many in Yemen are dying needlessly because they can't get

the most basic treatment. After more than two years of war, half the

health facilities in the country aren't functioning. Like much else

in the Arab world's poorest nation. In the streets of Aden, scarred of

battle. The presidential guard manned checkpoints here, but the

Yemeni president is seldom in the country. He was forced to flee by

Houthi rebels. That's when his allies, the Saudis, stepped in.

They're bombing campaign is not restored his authority. But it has

destroyed hospitals, schools and homes like that of this family.

Their house was hit by two air strikes as the coalition targeted

Houthi fighters nearby. He tells us two years on the extended family of

30 are among the forgotten victims of this war. Some of the family

still live right here in the ruins with no help, they say, except from

God. But civilians here have been under

fire from both sides. We met this woman and her children waiting for

food aid. This ten-year-old used to love football. Before he was hit by

a Houthi shall. -- shell. I brought the kids into the house, she told

us. And asked them to stay inside. They went into the living room and

that's where they were hit. He lost both legs immediately.

Since then, she says, he and her other children have never been the

same. They have deep psychological wounds as well as physical ones.

Most of all, it is Yemen's children, like ten-month-old Ahmed, who are

paying the price here. The conflict has reached a stalemate,

international diplomacy has failed, and nowhere in the world are more

lives at stake. Orla Guerin, BBC News, Aden.

Our diplomatic editor James Landale is here.

How has it come to this in Yemen? This is in entirely man-made crisis,

there was a government in Yemen, it was weak but legitimate. The Houthi

minority felt marginalised, they overthrew the government, it worried

the Saudis, who feared Shia led insurgency in the backyard so they

formed a military coalition to try to reinstate the government. They

got the support of the United Nations to do it, but after two

years of fighting there is a military stalemate so the bombing

continues and the suffering continues. Is there any sign of an

end to this, what is the international community doing? Very

little hope indeed, the UN has repeatedly failed to achieve any

kind of ceasefire and other events make it much harder. Iran is coming

on the side of the Houthis, so it's now seen as a proxy conflict between

Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shia Iran. Saudi Arabia has been involved in

the support of Donald Trump. They don't feel under much pressure

internationally to reduce bombing despite criticism by some who say

international humanitarian law has been breached. I think the

diplomatic stand-off between Qatar and other old states means

international attention is focused away from Yemen. What is the UK

Government position? It's involved in the dramatic efforts in the UN

but MPs accuse it of having a contradictory position, the UK

supports the Saudi led coalition but controversially sells arms to Saudi

Arabia, some of which are used in this conflict. On the other hand the

government is spending ?140 billion a year on foreign aid on the ground

in Yemen trying to pick up the pieces. It's a pretty uncomfortable

policy with tensions in the British government. James, thank you.

The police investigating the fire at Grenfell Tower have revealed

they believe there are reasonable grounds to suspect corporate

manslaughter may have been committed by the local council,

Kensington and Chelsea, and the organisation

in charge of the tower, the Kensington and Chelsea

At least 80 people died in the fire that consumed the block

Our home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds has more.

Below the still horrifying shadow of Grenfell Tower, the newly elected

leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council was tonight meeting the

survivors of the fire and those it has briefed. But a council is now in

an extraordinary position. The centre of a huge active

investigation into whether it was responsible for corporate

manslaughter. The community has been asking the police to, you know,

carry on their criminal investigation, and all I can say is,

you know, I'm pleased they're doing that, pleased they're starting, and

I will cooperate in any way I possibly can. Unusually, Scotland

Yard sent a letter today to those affected by the fire, an update. It

said, police had informed the council and the tower landlords that

there are reasonable grounds to suspect each organisation may have

committed the offence of corporate manslaughter. In effect, police

believe there is enough suspicion for them to demand the crisis hit

council and its housing body provide senior figures to be questioned

under caution. Were you pressured by number ten to resign? Perhaps the

council's long-time former leader, Nick Paget Brown, who resigned last

month. But corporate manslaughter can only be committed by a company

or a body like a council, not an individual. Legally, the police

can't arrest anyone for the offence, despite repeated demands of local

people. We like to see some action, that's when we start... Speaks

louder than words. It'll give a lot of people Faith. I want to hear

more, more and more information. More improvement, more updates. I've

been waiting for seven weeks. Alongside the council, police have

names that Kensington and Chelsea tenant management organisation,

which manage the towel and its controversial refurbishment.

Detectives are scrutinising millions of documents, including the plans

for the refurbishment. The BBC reported last month money was saved

by substituting a potentially less fire resistant type of cladding.

Grenfell Tower is still being treated as a crime scene. Forensic

officers sifting through what remains. An investigation expected

to last months. Police will want to have all of that

evidence before carrying out any interviews, that is the way they

work. Let's be clear tonight what Scotland Yard was saying. Scotland

Yard is saying there is enough suspicion to justify this full

investigation. Police are not saying, for now, there is enough

evidence to justify a prosecution. And they are looking at a wide range

of offences, breaches of health and safety, breaches of fire safety

regulations, and building regulations. There is a long way to

go. The Home Secretary has commissioned

an independent review of the impact EU nationals have on the economy

as the government tries to formulate a policy

on immigration after Brexit. But it's not due to report

until September next year - Amber Rudd also reassured businesses

that any new immigration system will be phased in after Brexit

possibly over a number of years. Our Deputy Political Editor

John Pienaar has more. How do you tailor a new immigration

policy for Britain after Brexit? Cuts to leave more jobs

for home-grown workers maybe Ask around at this garment

factory in North London We have ten different nationalities

that are here in our factories They're not taking away the jobs

from the British public, because the British public

at the moment can't do those skills, so pre-Brexit or post

Brexit, it doesn't matter, Today, Britain's Border

Force has been on show. Soon they'll enforce

a new immigration system and the Home Secretary has announced

a major study to help decide where Britain needs migrants

and who should be stopped when the UK leaves

the European Union. We are leaving the EU,

we will be having a new policy, but part of what I'm announcing

today is to show it's evidence based and we're going to make sure

that it works for the whole country. It will take years before home-grown

British workers can take on or want many of the jobs that are now

filled by Europeans. Free movement of EU citizens ends

technically in two years It may continue for a period

after that, maybe two years, during a transition -

ministers haven't decided. They don't all agree

and that's causing confusion. When they do, they'll take that plan

to the Brexit negotiations where they're after the trade deal

ministers want so badly. But migration is

a sensitive subject. On almost any street, almost

anywhere, there's pressure to get What's your view when it comes

to Europe and British jobs? Well, we need work

for British people. I think the sooner we get out

the better, to be honest with you. I reckon they're going

to drag it out as long I think we should train

our own people up. We have 67 million or

whatever that live here. Boris Johnson is talking up a future

trade deal in Australia. Critics say ministers have been

too slow working out He says migration can

be good for the UK. That doesn't mean that

you can't control it. That's all I think

people want to see. They want to see their politicians

taking responsibility, explaining the policy,

explaining what they're trying to do, explaining who can come

in on what basis and why it's good Well it's completely ridiculous

that it is taking them 13 months We on the select committee

were asking some of these basic The Government should

have commissioned this So, work's in progress on a new way

to manage migration - one ministers agree should keep firms

like this one supplied But crafting that policy

has only just started. Expect more political wrangling

before the job's done. There are a significant number of EU

workers in a variety of sectors in the Britain,

including agriculture, Some firms are warning they don't

have enough information about the UK's future immigration

policy to make crucial, long-term decisions,

as our Business Editor Simon Jack The battle for precisely

what shape Brexit will take Like the London-based company that

designed this computer game. It employs 105 people -

25% of them are from the EU. Today's announcement of a 14-month

review of the impact of EU migrants on the economy got a mixed response

from the company's founder. I think an evidence-based approach

to any big and complicated economic decision makes a lot of sense,

so from that perspective What I don't understand

and find somewhat absurd, how that evidence can play

into making a decision if the evidence won't be released

until six months before the decision It feels like it's a good start,

but that we don't have the time to wait until six months before

Brexit to figure out So I think it needs

to happen way quicker. It's not just high-tech

companies like this that Many important sectors are heavily

reliant on EU workers. In manufacturing, 11%

of the workforce is from the EU. The same for construction,

where EU nationals also make Given that reliance on EU workers,

companies like this want to know where they are going to get

the workers of the future and, with unemployment in the UK

at the lowest levels we've seen since 1975, it's not

as if there are a lot of spare There was also support

from the Home Office today for a transitional period

after Brexit for business to adjust to immigration rules they won't know

for at least a year. It is very welcome that there

now seems to be broad consensus that a time-limited

transition is sensible. What does that mean,

what model is it going to adopt? We have suggested a common-sense

approach that you stay in the single market and a customs union

until a deal is in force. But some feel this amounts to

stalling by those in Brexit denial. A transitional deal will

delay all the benefits. Being able to control our laws,

trade and borders. The government needs to get a grip

and accelerate the process, not elongate it, which leads to more

uncertainty, which is actually bad for our economy,

bad for our national interest. Both sides of the argument

and legions of foreign All feel progress

towards that is slow. The terminally ill baby Charlie Gard

will be moved to a hospice and have his life-support withdrawn,

after his parents failed to get agreement to spend up to a week

there with him. They had wanted a private

medical team at the hospice Great Ormond Street Hospital,

where Charlie is being treated, said It follows a legal battle

by Charlie's parents to take him out of the country

for experimental treatment. Figures from the Ministry of Justice

have revealed an alarming increase in the number of prisoners released

by mistake, as well as rising violence and cases

of self-harm in jails. Statistics for England and Wales

show that 71 inmates or suspects were incorrectly freed in the year

to March - the highest number Meanwhile, there were more

than 26,000 assaults, with attacks on prison officers

at a record high of more than 7,000. Our Home Affairs Correspondent,

June Kelly, has this report. Mobile phone footage

showing one inmate high on The synthetic drug offers

brief relief to some but contributes to deep-seated

problems within our prisons. And, as on the outside,

the dealers have the power It all adds to the violence

in a volatile environment. One ex-offender, who does not want

his face shown, knows this world. He has spent time in

six different jails and witnessed attacks

on fellow inmates. I certainly saw some pretty

horrendous violence. People being slashed

with toothbrushes which have had prison

razors melted into them. And prisoners mixing up their own

lethal cocktail to throw at And that sort of thing

is used to punish people. For example, for being suspected

informers, telling prison authorities about what is going

on inside of the prison. We asked for an interview with the

Justice Secretary David Liddington to discuss the situation

in our jails. In a statement, the minister

said his top priority was improving safety and security in our prisons

and the figures today reinforced how crucial it was that progress

was made as quickly as possible. As a serving prison

officer, Sarah does But earlier this

year she spoke to us When you open a door, you don't know

what you will be faced with. Ministers say that planned extra

staff will eventually make a But, at present, every new set

of figures or report seems to underline the perilous

state of our prisons. The head of the US military

says there will be no change to its policy

on allowing transgender people to serve until it's

instructed by the President. That's despite Donald Trump tweeting

that transgender troops will be Our North America Editor Jon Sopel

is outside the White House. Jon, this is one of a number of high

profile disagreements being aired, not within the doors of the Oval

office, but out in public. It is said the president likes a lot

of drama and noise and he has got it at cacophonous levels at the moment.

It talked about the military chiefs saying he will not quite obey the

orders that came from the tweet saying there will be no

modifications to the policy until the President's direction has been

received, in other words we do not take direction by Twitter and then

you have a knife fight taking place in the White House that should be

accompanied by the music of West Side Story as the jets and sharks

battle it out. The communications director going after the chief of

staff, accusing him of leaking information, saying if he wants to

explain he is not a bleaker, let him do that. Meanwhile, the New Yorker

issued a quote from the new communications director, some of

which I cannot use because the words I cannot put on air but he said he

is a paranoid, schizophrenic, paranoid. That is not to mention the

battle going on over the chief law officer, the Attorney General who is

in a Billy good position and it is said there will be hell to pay if

the president fires him. The chief executive of the Boy Scouts

association said today, I want to extend my apologies to those in our

scouting family offended by the political rhetoric inserted into the

jamboree. The man who did that? The president.

Six months into the Trump presidency and Americans have perhaps got

used to the sometimes chaotic goings-on in the White House.

Earlier this week Mount Rushmore hit the headlines after Donald Trump

in a speech outlining his presidential qualities,

joked about whether his face should be added to the famous granite wall

Mount Rushmore's in South Dakota - that's solid Trump territory.

So how is his unconventional presidential style going down

Nick Bryant travelled to Mount Rushmore to find out.

What better place to talk presidential stature

Carved into the rock are sculptures of Washington, Jefferson,

Four presidents who truly made America great.

Donald Trump continues to boast he'll be the most

presidential person ever, other than possibly Abe Lincoln.

But even people who voted for him take a very different view.

I'm a bit disappointed and the reason is because I think

he was the right guy at the time to shake things up,

to move things forward, but he's causing too much chaos

and not bringing enough order to government.

I think his ego is getting in the way so I'm hoping he's

going to take a step back and take a look at himself.

I think he can do the change, if he gets rid of his ego.

I don't think he has been as presidential as I ideally want.

But I think he's getting used to the job, as well,

Donald Trump has described his use of social media

He clearly believes he's communicating in ways which meet

But that has meant upending tradition and rejecting

In terms of behaviour, this presidency marks

I'd ask whether or not you think I will some day

At a rally in Ohio early this week, Donald Trump joked about one day

having his own famous features memorialised in stone.

If I did it, totally joking, having fun, the fake

news media will say, he believes he should

Of course, if you travel through the American heartland,

you will find many Trump supporters who regard him still

as a presidential antihero, and a fellow outsider.

Someone like them who's long been sneered at by East

People like the members of the Freedom Motorcycle Church,

We are considered outsiders at times.

And he is coming into a place where he makes people uncomfortable.

We have been there, we know what that is like

We understand when he talks about stuff.

And so yeah, we like that, we relate to that.

Presidential reputations change over time.

Mavericks become mainstream, divisive figures become unifying.

But for now, Donald Trump remains deeply polarising -

a national treasure to some, a national embarrassment to others.

Prince William has clocked in for his last shift as an air

ambulance pilot this evening, before taking up his

For the past two years, the Duke of Cambridge has been working

for the East Anglian Air Ambulance service, based in Cambridge.

A former British Olympic athlete has revealed that she self-harmed

while struggling to cope with the demands

Rebekah Wilson - a member of Team GB's two-woman bobsleigh crew

at the 2014 Sochi Games - told how the "intense pressure"

of training took its toll and says she believes the duty of care

towards athletes needs to be addressed.

She's been speaking exclusively to our Sports Editor, Dan Roan.

On the outside, Rebekah Wilson was living the dream,

representing Team GB at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

A star of a sport defined by courage and speed, the bobsleigh.

But behind the dedication was a darker secret

A 26-year-old telling me how life is an elite athlete took its toll.

I had to hold it together and the only way I could do

that was at the time when I was self-harming,

I would try and find anything I could to hurt myself,

or take myself away or isolate myself, to manage what was

When I was in the position when I self-harmed or hurt myself,

it was because I felt there was no other outlet.

This was happening while you were on GB duty?

The British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association said,

"We recognise that elite sport features both physical and mental

demands and we continue to ensure our athletes and staff

have access to specialist support in both these areas."

Rebekah quit the sport after the Sochi Games,

having finished outside of the medals, and for a year

and a half was treated at a specialist hospital.

She says she has spoken out to raise awareness of the mental health

It is great when there is a big championships on TV and we all rally

round and we watch it, but that is a cover,

that is the front of it and you don't necessarily see

There is an issue, there is a duty of care.

There is something across wellbeing we are not quite getting right,

because I think it goes on a lot more than we allow ourselves

From the bullying allegations made by Olympic cyclist Jess Varnish,

to further controversies across a range of sports,

there is growing concern that British medal success has come

at too high a price, with athlete welfare the cost.

What we have perhaps forgotten in the past or not dealt

with so obviously in the past is actually the mental health

and wellbeing of those whose sport is their profession and that is why

I am hosting a series of round tables in the autumn

to make sure that we do have the right structures in place.

I think stories like this are incredibly important for us

to make sure that we prevent that from happening in the future.

Having overcome her issues, Rebekah says she is now in a better place.

The former Olympian's advice to those who are struggling to cope -

Cricket and the third Test against South Africa

It was a struggle for England with their captain Joe Root one

Rain stopped play early with England on 171-4.

Football and England are through to the quarter-finals

of the Women's European Championships.

They beat Portugal to top their group.

But Scotland, despite winning, failed to go through.

Katie Gornall is in Tilburg, in the Netherlands.

It really was. Scotland unlikely winners against Spain but they could

not find the crucial second goal to send them through but England as

expected here maintained their 100% record to reach the quarterfinals,

although they did not have it all their own way against Portugal.

Tournament football usually holds a few shocks and surprises.

Riding out the twists and turns is what marks a champion.

Here in Tilburg England's smooth progression was

Unlike a number of big teams at this championship,

England had yet to put a foot wrong and taking it all in her stride

Portugal are the lowest ranked side here but their response was to keep

Having made ten changes, Mark Sampson's team seem to have

Half-time brought a change in direction.

Nikita Parris emerged determined for England

Portugal could still make their European debut one to remember.

A goal might edge them through, but England held firm.

They weren't at their best, but then they did not need to be.

A 2-1 win sending England comfortably through

A blockbuster meeting with France awaits.

England's win made the equation simple for Scotland.

Beat Spain by two goals, and they would be through.

Simple, yet far from straightforward.

But with the help of the Spanish keeper, they were on their way.

Caroline Weir's goal gave Scotland belief.

But although they huffed and puffed, they could not

Against a side seen as one of the competition's dark horses. Having

come close it was a bitter pill to swallow.

Tonight we speak to the Immigration Minister

and the Shadow Home Secretary about the deep cracks over

Brexit at the very top of the government

and the opposition, and a special report from Caracas.

Here on BBC One it's time for the news where you are.