:00:00. > :00:09.A van has been driven into a crowd of Muslim worshippers
:00:10. > :00:12.near a mosque in north London - killing one person and
:00:13. > :00:22.Police say they're treating the incident near Finsbury Park
:00:23. > :00:27.When he was on the ground, I asked him, "Why did you do that - why?
:00:28. > :00:33.And he goes, "I want to kill Muslims."
:00:34. > :00:40.Theresa May has described last night's attack as an act of hatred
:00:41. > :00:45.as sickening" as other recent terrorist incidents.
:00:46. > :00:54.Today we come together as we have done before to condemn this act and
:00:55. > :00:55.to state once again that hatred and evil of this kind will never
:00:56. > :01:00.succeed. Police say at least 79 people have
:01:01. > :01:03.died in the Grenfell Tower fire - a minute's silence for those
:01:04. > :01:06.who lost their lives has been A year on from the Brexit vote,
:01:07. > :01:19.and talks finally begin to settle the terms of the UK's withdrawal
:01:20. > :01:23.from the European Union. And Portugal declares three days
:01:24. > :01:26.of mourning as hundreds of firefighters still tackle
:01:27. > :01:28.a forest fire which has killed And in the sport on BBC News,
:01:29. > :01:38.golf has another new Major champion. Brooks Koepka shot a record
:01:39. > :01:40.equalling 16 under par Good afternoon and welcome
:01:41. > :02:10.to the BBC News at One. Police have said they are treating
:02:11. > :02:15.the attack on a crowd of Muslims near the Finsbury Park mosque
:02:16. > :02:22.in north London as a terrorist act. One man died and ten people
:02:23. > :02:27.were injured when a hired white van was driven into people
:02:28. > :02:29.who were tending to a man Bystanders tackled the driver,
:02:30. > :02:47.holding him until police Theresa May said the attack was a
:02:48. > :02:51.sickening attempt to divide people which would not succeed.
:02:52. > :02:54.It's shortly after midnight and worshippers who have just left
:02:55. > :02:58.the Finsbury Park mosque in London have come under attack.
:02:59. > :03:02.Hit by a van which ploughed into the crowd, leaving many casualties.
:03:03. > :03:06.He basically drove on the pavement, coming straight towards
:03:07. > :03:08.all the Muslims and he, as he was coming to them,
:03:09. > :03:26.He was shouting, saying he wanted to Gil all Muslims. He said that. Word
:03:27. > :03:33.for word. I am sure this is a terrorist attack. Whether he is a
:03:34. > :03:40.Muslim or Christian. This is a terrorist attack. Those who had not
:03:41. > :03:45.been hurt ran after the van driver, pinning him down before he could
:03:46. > :03:50.escape. The man in the striped T-shirt was amongst those who helped
:03:51. > :03:58.detain him he also started asking him questions. When he was on the
:03:59. > :04:04.ground, I asked him why did he do that? Innocent people. He said, I
:04:05. > :04:14.want to Gil Muslims. And Gil me. Why did you do that? He would not answer
:04:15. > :04:19.me back. These pictures appeared to show the suspect being detained by
:04:20. > :04:26.the police. A 48-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of
:04:27. > :04:30.attempted murder. The counterterrorism command is
:04:31. > :04:34.investigating. This was an attack on London and all lenders that we
:04:35. > :04:39.should all stand together against extremists, whatever the cause.
:04:40. > :04:43.After leaving the mosque, many walked towards the Muslim welfare
:04:44. > :04:48.house. It was then the van and drove up a bus lane and swerved into a
:04:49. > :04:55.side road from hitting a crowd who were helping an elderly man who had
:04:56. > :04:59.been taken ill. It is a reminder that terrorism, extremism and hatred
:05:00. > :05:06.take many forms. Our determination to tackle them must be the same
:05:07. > :05:10.whoever is responsible. The attack took place in the constituency of
:05:11. > :05:16.the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who visited the area earlier today.
:05:17. > :05:21.The stress levels from people last night and this morning were just
:05:22. > :05:26.frightening. They were frightened that something might this happened
:05:27. > :05:30.again. We need efficient and effective policing and an attitude
:05:31. > :05:36.in our society. Or for each other. The only way to deal with this kind
:05:37. > :05:40.of issue is communities coming together. The area remains sealed
:05:41. > :05:45.off as the police investigation continues that there are plans to
:05:46. > :05:49.increase security around all of London's mosques, but it clear
:05:50. > :05:55.during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. More and more worshippers
:05:56. > :06:00.go to the mosque ridiculously in the evening. We don't want anybody to
:06:01. > :06:05.think they cannot go about their lives because they are feeling
:06:06. > :06:09.vulnerable and scared. The Muslim community was already fearful.
:06:10. > :06:15.Incidents of Islamophobia have been on the rise following a series of
:06:16. > :06:21.attacks in Britain by Islamist extremists. What has happened here
:06:22. > :06:22.in Finsbury Park is by far the worst attack the Muslim community has
:06:23. > :06:29.suffered. And our Home Affairs Correspondent
:06:30. > :06:42.Daniel Sandford joins me now. What is emerging about the attacker?
:06:43. > :06:50.The man believed to have been driving the van was detained thereby
:06:51. > :06:59.people involved in the incident. A 48-year-old man is in custody. The
:07:00. > :07:04.question is, is he an extremist right wing ideology or part of a
:07:05. > :07:09.right-wing group? At this stage investigators are seeing someone who
:07:10. > :07:14.clearly has racist views and some issues with mental health in the
:07:15. > :07:18.past. They have not so far seen any extreme right-wing activity in an
:07:19. > :07:25.organised way. Is it any clearer what happened? It is pretty clear
:07:26. > :07:30.this man, driving his hired van from Wales, drove at high speeds up the
:07:31. > :07:36.road, turning sharp left on the third row down on the right into a
:07:37. > :07:40.cul-de-sac where people were waiting between the two prayers of Ramadan.
:07:41. > :07:46.They were sitting, chatting, having sued. He has driven into this group
:07:47. > :07:52.of people who, by chance, worth treating someone who had a heart
:07:53. > :07:56.attack or other health problems. It was the person being treated for a
:07:57. > :08:01.heart attack ended up dying. What is not clear is whether he died as
:08:02. > :08:06.result of being run into by the higher van or whether he was dying
:08:07. > :08:15.anyway. Ten people who were injured were hurt by this incident, driving
:08:16. > :08:22.into this group of worshippers. Theresa May has praised the bravery
:08:23. > :08:28.of local people who pinned down the attacker. She chaired a meeting of
:08:29. > :08:32.Cobra, the emergency committee. Our assistant political editor,
:08:33. > :08:43.Norman Smith, is in Downing Street. Yet another meeting of Cobra and the
:08:44. > :08:46.Government's emergency committee. Such a difficult time. Some pressure
:08:47. > :08:54.on the Prime Minister today in the wake of some of the criticism she
:08:55. > :09:03.has faced in response to Grenfell Tower. That is her response. It was
:09:04. > :09:07.striking today that when she came out in Downing Street, she said
:09:08. > :09:13.Strait of it was a terrorist attack. There was no doubt about it. She is
:09:14. > :09:20.visiting the Finsbury Park mosque, in contrast to response after
:09:21. > :09:25.Grenfell Tower. Interesting as well that Mrs May presented this not as
:09:26. > :09:29.an attack on worshippers just at Finsbury Park but as an attack on
:09:30. > :09:34.all of us, on the common bonds binding as together, a belief in
:09:35. > :09:40.freedom and freedom of speech and freedom of religion. She went out
:09:41. > :09:45.her way to praise London. She described it as an extraordinary
:09:46. > :09:48.city of extraordinary people, diverse, compassionate and
:09:49. > :09:53.determined, going through such difficult times. That reference not
:09:54. > :09:59.just to the three recent terrorist attacks in London but also to
:10:00. > :10:03.Grenfell Tower. By her words and her visit this lunchtime, Mrs May not
:10:04. > :10:08.just asking for solid, reassurance and comfort in the wake of this
:10:09. > :10:11.terrorist attack but perhaps seeking to make amends following the
:10:12. > :10:15.criticism she received after Grenfell Tower. Thank you very much
:10:16. > :10:23.indeed. There has been understandable anger
:10:24. > :10:28.here in the community. Reassurance from Sadiq Khan that there will be
:10:29. > :10:33.extra police patrols in London to protect the Muslim community. Many
:10:34. > :10:37.Muslims have been calling for increased police patrols because
:10:38. > :10:39.what they called a rise in Islamophobia, especially hate crimes
:10:40. > :10:50.since the London Bridge attack. Prayers on the streets outside
:10:51. > :10:56.Finsbury Park mosque. Just a couple of hours after the attack. A public
:10:57. > :11:00.practice of faith from a community feeling vulnerable. During the
:11:01. > :11:06.morning, the mosque was surrounded by police and others here to
:11:07. > :11:10.reassure. But there is deep frustration and some fear. We cannot
:11:11. > :11:16.go to the mosque without looking behind our backs. We have to look
:11:17. > :11:22.behind our backs to practice religion. We are living in fear.
:11:23. > :11:27.Many share that sentiment from across all communities that there is
:11:28. > :11:32.a general sense of insecurity. That feeling is hard to shake off. People
:11:33. > :11:36.have a question about safety in London after all of these attacks.
:11:37. > :11:43.We want to assure them they are safe. We want to welcome the police
:11:44. > :11:47.at the moment. Every London borough has increased policing today. Leave
:11:48. > :11:52.has been cancelled in many areas. They are visible and they are there
:11:53. > :11:58.to help and support full it is a time when every emergency services
:11:59. > :12:03.under enormous pressure. Londoners have been hit with a series of
:12:04. > :12:10.attacks and have been nothing short of heroic. We will always make sure
:12:11. > :12:13.everybody is protected. We have a places of worship fund which we
:12:14. > :12:20.announced last summer which is there to protect bases of worship like
:12:21. > :12:25.mosques. We will do all we can to reduce these attacks. The incident
:12:26. > :12:30.last night was directed at one community. A mosque and Muslim men
:12:31. > :12:34.and women during Ramadan. Some believe the violence of the attack
:12:35. > :12:41.will expose the increased targeting of Muslims. The rise in hate crime
:12:42. > :12:46.against Muslims have been underreported, under understood and
:12:47. > :12:50.not dealt with in the same way as bigotry impunity. Hopefully this
:12:51. > :12:55.will mean that action will be taken to tackle hate crime and the rise in
:12:56. > :12:58.hate crime against Muslims which has been taking place over recent years
:12:59. > :13:06.and has reached a really worrying situation yesterday. As with all
:13:07. > :13:10.shocking attacks of this kind, the community response is a mix of anger
:13:11. > :13:15.and upset, alongside unity and defiance. What everyone now wants is
:13:16. > :13:16.reassurance and a feeling of safety during these are very difficult
:13:17. > :13:29.times. Close to Finsbury Park mosque we had
:13:30. > :13:36.leaders coming to denounce the attack. Let's speak to Martin
:13:37. > :13:40.Bashir. What has the religious community been saying? Several
:13:41. > :13:44.leaders have been here and issued statements. The Chief Rabbi has
:13:45. > :13:49.condemned the attack was there have been several rabbis coming by. The
:13:50. > :13:54.Archbishop of Canterbury has said this is an attack on God and on
:13:55. > :13:59.humanity. Virtually every grouping of religious leader has condemned
:14:00. > :14:04.it. Many within the Muslim community are extremely angry. I think it was
:14:05. > :14:10.on June six when something like 20 Islamophobia attacks were referred
:14:11. > :14:16.to the police, the average around this time of year is about 3.5 a
:14:17. > :14:22.day. That was more than was reported after the murder of Lee Rigby in
:14:23. > :14:26.2013 and the Paris attacks in 2015. Among many Muslims around here, the
:14:27. > :14:30.feeling is, as soon as there is an act of terror there is an immediate
:14:31. > :14:35.association with Islam but where Muslims are the victims of this,
:14:36. > :14:44.there appears to be a reluctance to announce this and as an act of
:14:45. > :14:47.terror. They accused the BBC, and other news organisations, as being
:14:48. > :14:51.slow in making that point. Thank you. Just to bring you up to date
:14:52. > :14:58.with what we know, police are treating this as an act of terror.
:14:59. > :15:03.One man is dead and ten other people have been injured here. Two of them
:15:04. > :15:07.are in a serious condition. They are being treated in three separate
:15:08. > :15:10.hospitals. That is the latest. Back to the studio.
:15:11. > :15:12.A minute's silence has been held across Britain to remember
:15:13. > :15:14.the victims of last week's Grenfell Tower fire.
:15:15. > :15:16.Police say they now believe 79 people lost their
:15:17. > :15:20.Investigators warn that due to the complex nature
:15:21. > :15:23.of the recovery operation this figure is likely to change.
:15:24. > :15:30.Our correspondent Richard Lister reports.
:15:31. > :15:32.As they assembled this morning in the shadow of Grenfell Tower,
:15:33. > :15:47.there was gratitude alongside the grief
:15:48. > :16:16.And then for these teams and others, the work began again,
:16:17. > :16:18.to help those who survived and recover the bodies
:16:19. > :16:29.This morning I know there are 79 people that are either confirmed
:16:30. > :16:32.dead and have been identified or are missing and sadly I have
:16:33. > :16:38.I do think there may be some change to that number.
:16:39. > :16:41.The work we are doing is about trying to find those people
:16:42. > :16:57.to see if they are safe and well and thankfully, over the last few
:16:58. > :17:01.and I am so grateful that they actually are safe and well.
:17:02. > :17:07.I have investigated major fires over most of my career but nothing
:17:08. > :17:11.prepared me for what I saw in there. The residents in here got out in
:17:12. > :17:15.time but there are more than 500 flats like this one. This man lived
:17:16. > :17:19.in one of them, on the fifth floor with his wife, brother and mother.
:17:20. > :17:22.On the night of the fire, he was away on a training course and
:17:23. > :17:29.returned to find his home in flames. His family managed to escape. How
:17:30. > :17:35.are you doing? But so many of his neighbours did not. I didn't know
:17:36. > :17:39.she was dead. He feels badly let down by the authorities. Why are you
:17:40. > :17:44.not hear? I have absolutely no trust in the government, in the Royal
:17:45. > :17:50.Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. And in the housing system. There are
:17:51. > :17:54.now more signs of official involvement. The government says
:17:55. > :17:58.every surviving family will receive a ?500 in cash and 5000 paid into
:17:59. > :18:02.the bank, but the help has been slow in coming. The authorities, like
:18:03. > :18:09.everyone else, taken by surprise. How is that possible? This video has
:18:10. > :18:14.emerged of fire crews racing to the scene last week in disbelief. Their
:18:15. > :18:17.work continues. Red watch your back on duty today and they were on duty
:18:18. > :18:21.when the incident happened. Although they have seen horrific scenes and
:18:22. > :18:26.they are devastated, they are all heartbroken but ready for duty
:18:27. > :18:29.today. The police have promised an exhaustive criminal investigation to
:18:30. > :18:32.ensure those responsible for this are to justice.
:18:33. > :18:38.A van has been driven into a crowd of Muslim worshippers
:18:39. > :18:41.near a mosque in north London - killing one person and
:18:42. > :18:52.Police say at least 79 people have died in the Grenfell Tower fire -
:18:53. > :18:54.a minute's silence for those who lost their lives has been
:18:55. > :19:04.In sport, it's Queens week and Andy Murray begins his bid for a record
:19:05. > :19:17.fifth title tomorrow. Today, the British number two is in action.
:19:18. > :19:20.It's been nearly a year since the EU referendum vote and today
:19:21. > :19:22.the formal Brexit negotiations which could define the UK's
:19:23. > :19:24.political and economic future have finally begun.
:19:25. > :19:26.They are taking place between the Brexit Secretary,
:19:27. > :19:31.David Davis and the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier.
:19:32. > :19:33.Mr Davis acknowledged there would be challenging times ahead but said
:19:34. > :19:42.he was "determined to build a strong and special partnership".
:19:43. > :19:44.Our Europe Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports from Brussels.
:19:45. > :19:49.Starting today, history being made and unmade.
:19:50. > :20:00.Are you ready to make history, Mr Davis?
:20:01. > :20:05.David Davis' mission in Brussels, to unstitch a relationship 44
:20:06. > :20:07.years old, with the UK heading for future outside the EU
:20:08. > :20:12.It is almost exactly a year since the referendum and David Davis
:20:13. > :20:15.says that with these talks, he is going to end up with a deal
:20:16. > :20:26.The EU side are waiting to see what it is he wants.
:20:27. > :20:29.The Conservative Party does not yet have a united view on Brexit
:20:30. > :20:31.but Article 50 has been triggered, and negotiations have
:20:32. > :20:33.to begin between Mr Davis and his opposite number,
:20:34. > :20:42.A small test of strength perhaps before the real tests ahead.
:20:43. > :20:45.We will do all we can to ensure that we deliver a deal that works
:20:46. > :20:48.in the best interests of all citizens.
:20:49. > :20:52.To that end, we are starting this negotiation in a positive
:20:53. > :20:54.and constructive tone, determined to build a strong
:20:55. > :20:56.and special partnership between ourselves and our European
:20:57. > :21:14.We must first tackle the uncertainties caused by Brexit.
:21:15. > :21:21.First, for citizens, but also for the beneficiaries
:21:22. > :21:24.of the EU policies, and for the impact on borders,
:21:25. > :21:39.Well, the former French minister spent months preparing.
:21:40. > :21:41.He told the European Parliament a few months ago he won't be
:21:42. > :21:48.seeking to punish the UK, but it must pay its bills.
:21:49. > :21:51.Let me be clear, when a country leaves the union,
:21:52. > :22:03.He served as an EU commissioner working alongside Vivian Reading.
:22:04. > :22:12.He is a tough negotiator and good to be so.
:22:13. > :22:15.So we are very happy to have him as a chief negotiator
:22:16. > :22:19.The tough stuff is not being discussed today.
:22:20. > :22:27.Damian Grammaticas, BBC News, Brussels.
:22:28. > :22:39.Tell us more about the focus of the talks and the timetable.
:22:40. > :22:48.Yes, this morning we have had a brief introductory session between
:22:49. > :22:53.the two main negotiators. Mr Barnier and Mr Davis. What interesting is
:22:54. > :22:55.that they have only met once since the referendum. They had experience
:22:56. > :23:00.in the past when they were both Europe ministers. They know each
:23:01. > :23:04.other a little. Today, there will simply be this one day of
:23:05. > :23:07.preparatory talks, where there will be discussions about how the
:23:08. > :23:11.negotiations will go forward and we expect that will be one week of
:23:12. > :23:14.talks every four weeks or every month through the summer and that is
:23:15. > :23:20.what they will be agreeing, that structure. The EU side is insisting
:23:21. > :23:24.that the UK must deal with the exit issues, those things that Michel
:23:25. > :23:27.Barnier was talking about there, and that they will review that, possibly
:23:28. > :23:31.in the autumn, to see if they will move on to trade talks and the
:23:32. > :23:35.future relationship, but for many people here it is still unclear
:23:36. > :23:39.exactly what David Davis is seeking in that future relationship, so they
:23:40. > :23:41.will wait to hear. Thank you very much. So much to discuss between now
:23:42. > :23:50.and the end of March. Between now and the end of March
:23:51. > :23:52.2019 when negotiations Our reality check correspondent
:23:53. > :23:55.Chris Morris has been looking at the complexity of some of the key
:23:56. > :23:57.issues. The most complex negotiations the UK
:23:58. > :24:00.has faced in decades are going Because the UK is due to leave
:24:01. > :24:05.the EU in March 2019, and both sides reckon they'll need
:24:06. > :24:08.up to six months before that to get So time is short, they
:24:09. > :24:12.want to get on with it. And initially, the EU negotiating
:24:13. > :24:14.team has a mandate to start talking A financial
:24:15. > :24:17.settlement - how much Money that it has
:24:18. > :24:20.already agreed to spend. The EU is seeking up
:24:21. > :24:26.to 60 billion euros. Then a guarantee of future rights
:24:27. > :24:29.for EU citizens here and UK citizens Everyone wants to get this sorted,
:24:30. > :24:33.but the legal details The EU wants the European Court
:24:34. > :24:37.of Justice involved, the UK doesn't. Could some new form of legal
:24:38. > :24:43.oversight be part of a compromise? And then there's the future
:24:44. > :24:45.status of the border between Northern Ireland
:24:46. > :24:47.and the Republic - which after Brexit will also be
:24:48. > :24:50.a land border between the EU How do you keep the border
:24:51. > :24:54.as open as it is now, but have some sort of customs
:24:55. > :24:56.checks carried out? The hope is that enough
:24:57. > :25:03.progress will have been made on these issues
:25:04. > :25:11.by about October, to start talking then about the future
:25:12. > :25:14.economic relationship with the UK. The government's position is still -
:25:15. > :25:16.we leave the single market, we leave the customs union,
:25:17. > :25:19.and we end free movement But has the election
:25:20. > :25:25.changed the calculation? The general election result was not
:25:26. > :25:29.what I or any Conservative would have wanted. But during the course
:25:30. > :25:32.of the general election, with the Conservatives and Labour, we argued
:25:33. > :25:36.that we should leave the European Union and no longer be subject to
:25:37. > :25:41.what is called the single market, effectively the jurisdiction of the
:25:42. > :25:45.European court of human justice. So let's remember what we are talking
:25:46. > :25:48.about here. Being a member of the single
:25:49. > :25:51.market means you have no tariffs or quotas on trade,
:25:52. > :25:54.and you have a set of common standards and rules on everything
:25:55. > :25:56.from food packaging But you also have to allow the free
:25:57. > :26:00.movement of goods, services, capital and people -
:26:01. > :26:01.so it's harder to Being in the Customs Union means
:26:02. > :26:05.that once goods have passed through customs in one country,
:26:06. > :26:08.they can then be shipped around the union without
:26:09. > :26:09.any further tariffs - But if you're in the Customs Union
:26:10. > :26:15.you don't negotiate your own trade So working out any new economic
:26:16. > :26:21.relationship is going to be complex, and there will need to be
:26:22. > :26:24.a significant transition period - probably several years -
:26:25. > :26:30.to avoid any sudden shocks. For now, though, the EU
:26:31. > :26:33.is still waiting to find out exactly what it is that the UK wants,
:26:34. > :26:36.and it's wondering how stable the new government
:26:37. > :26:38.is really going to be. Getting through the next few months
:26:39. > :26:41.without the entire negotiation running into serious trouble
:26:42. > :26:45.would be a good start. Portugal has declared
:26:46. > :26:47.three days of mourning, as hundreds of firefighters
:26:48. > :26:52.are still tackling a forest fire which has killed
:26:53. > :26:53.more than 60 people. The blaze took hold
:26:54. > :26:55.in a densely forested region in the Pedrogao Grande area
:26:56. > :26:59.in central Portugal. Emergency services are being
:27:00. > :27:01.hampered by strong winds and daytime temperatures
:27:02. > :27:14.of about 40 degrees celsius. Throughout the night the fire
:27:15. > :27:22.continued devouring the forests, spreading its horror. A desperate
:27:23. > :27:25.fight to put out the flames now involves more than 1000
:27:26. > :27:27.firefighters. The fire is thought to have begun on Saturday after a
:27:28. > :27:34.lightning strike in Europe's heatwave. Eyewitnesses could not
:27:35. > :27:40.believe how quickly it spread. One survivor said it felt like the end
:27:41. > :27:44.of the world. TRANSLATION: The flames came from down there, and
:27:45. > :27:50.then over there. Smoke came from that way and this was like hell,
:27:51. > :27:54.like hell. The scale of the disaster has shaken Portugal. Many of the
:27:55. > :27:56.dead were trapped in their cars as they tried to escape and the
:27:57. > :28:01.emergency services have found more bodies next to the road, killed, it
:28:02. > :28:07.is presumed, while trying to run from vehicles that had caught fire.
:28:08. > :28:12.TRANSLATION: Our pain at this moment has no bounds. Death under these
:28:13. > :28:18.circumstances is always a tragedy. This is a tragedy never seen before
:28:19. > :28:21.in Portugal's democracy. The authorities say the emergency
:28:22. > :28:24.services moved as fast as they could but the fire had burned through
:28:25. > :28:30.phone lines and communication towers in remote areas, making it hard to
:28:31. > :28:36.raise the alarm. Local people have been doing what they can themselves
:28:37. > :28:40.to save their homes and livelihoods. TRANSLATION: We should let this all
:28:41. > :28:45.go up in flames, is that it? No, we will try to put it out. It has
:28:46. > :28:50.emerged that 12 people survived the raging flames, hiding for hours in a
:28:51. > :28:54.water tank. Among those killed in the deadliest fire in Portugal's
:28:55. > :28:58.modern history, several children. The death toll expected to rise.
:28:59. > :29:01.Lawyers for the parents of Charlie Gard - the ten month
:29:02. > :29:05.old baby suffering from a rare genetic condition -
:29:06. > :29:07.are preparing a final appeal to allow him to be taken
:29:08. > :29:10.to the United States for experimental treatment.
:29:11. > :29:14.The European Court of Human Rights has ordered that the 10-month-old
:29:15. > :29:16.remains on life support until midnight tonight to give time
:29:17. > :29:26.Our Medical Correspondent Fergus Walsh joins me now.
:29:27. > :29:28.Remind us more about the background to this very sad case.
:29:29. > :29:36.Charlie Gard is terminally ill. He cannot move, he cannot breathe
:29:37. > :29:43.unaided. Crucially, he has very serious brain damage. The doctors
:29:44. > :29:46.caring for him at Great Ormond Street Hospital wants to withdraw
:29:47. > :29:49.the mechanical ventilator that keeps him alive because they feel that he
:29:50. > :29:56.should be allowed to die with dignity. The parents, his devoted
:29:57. > :30:00.parents, dispute that, and wants to take him to the United States for
:30:01. > :30:04.experimental treatment. But in the three court cases that have been
:30:05. > :30:09.heard in the UK, all of the experts have agreed that treatment would be
:30:10. > :30:14.futile and might just extend his suffering. So all the UK courts have
:30:15. > :30:17.said that's Charlie should be allowed to die but now the European
:30:18. > :30:24.Court of Human Rights has today looked at the case and they say that
:30:25. > :30:29.they will decide whether or not to ask the UK to extend that critical
:30:30. > :30:32.care, that life support, beyond midnight tonight. I think it is
:30:33. > :30:38.probably likely that they will ask for that but in a separate hearing
:30:39. > :30:42.in London, the UK Supreme Court is considering how long that should be
:30:43. > :30:47.allowed to go on for. Charlie Gard's parents, to give you an idea of how
:30:48. > :30:51.fraught this whole thing is, has said that if Great Ormond Street
:30:52. > :30:56.Hospital withdraws critical care, they will report to the hospital for
:30:57. > :30:58.manslaughter. So there are very entrenched positions here and at the
:30:59. > :31:07.centre of it all, this poor baby Mahut is tragically, -- who is
:31:08. > :31:10.tragically terminally ill. We know what the outcome will be but it is
:31:11. > :31:15.about who decides what should happen to Charlie in the meantime. Thank
:31:16. > :31:18.you very much indeed. Finally, President Macron's party has won a
:31:19. > :31:26.large majority in the French parliament with projections that it
:31:27. > :31:30.could take up to 370 of the seats. Marine Le Pen has won a seat for the
:31:31. > :31:40.first time while the Socialists are forecast to lose around 200 MPs.
:31:41. > :31:44.Time for a look at the weather. How are you? It is looking hot and sunny
:31:45. > :31:48.out there across many parts of the country. Some glorious summer
:31:49. > :31:51.weather around. This was the scene captured by one of our weather
:31:52. > :31:55.Watchers earlier in the day. That is how it is looking across many parts
:31:56. > :31:59.of the country. We have got that warm sunshine around. Not quite
:32:00. > :32:04.everywhere. More cloud across some parts of the country but this is the
:32:05. > :32:05.current average. London is 30 degrees, in the high 20s. Slightly
:32:06. > :32:23.fresher across parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. We have a
:32:24. > :32:26.little bit more cloud syncing south on a weak weather front. Perhaps one
:32:27. > :32:28.or two showers across parts of southern Scotland and Northern
:32:29. > :32:30.Ireland but for the bulk of England and Wales, we are looking at warm
:32:31. > :32:33.sunshine continuing into the afternoon. There is a chance of one
:32:34. > :32:35.or two showers bubbling up across the east of Wales, through the
:32:36. > :32:38.Midlands and East Anglia, and if you catch one, it could be heavy and
:32:39. > :32:41.sundry. Most places will avoid any showery rain and temperatures will
:32:42. > :32:44.likely be up to 29 or 30 degrees. We could see 32 or 30 in some spots.
:32:45. > :32:46.Heading north, lots of sunshine in southern England and Scotland with
:32:47. > :32:50.just the chance of showers in southern Scotland. A slightly
:32:51. > :32:56.fresher feel across northern parts of Northern Ireland into the North.
:32:57. > :33:00.Pressure conditions working south through this evening and overnight.
:33:01. > :33:06.Isolated showers fading away. It is going to be another hot, sticky
:33:07. > :33:10.night in the south. Overnight temperatures of 20 or 21. Further
:33:11. > :33:15.north, temperatures falling to a roundabout 10-14. But the hot and
:33:16. > :33:19.sticky conditions continue across southern parts of England, and South
:33:20. > :33:23.Wales, through the day tomorrow, with hot air in place. Lots of
:33:24. > :33:28.sunshine, and it will be slightly fresher, not as hot as today. We
:33:29. > :33:32.could see 29 or 30 and even a little higher than that across southern
:33:33. > :33:39.parts. Further north, between 60 and 25 degrees. -- between 16. High
:33:40. > :33:43.levels of UV for some of us. With the heat and humidity we could start
:33:44. > :33:45.to see thunderstorms piling into across Northern Ireland, Scotland
:33:46. > :33:50.and North West England. Thunderstorms in the North but the
:33:51. > :33:53.south staying predominantly dry. We could see 30 degrees or so. That
:33:54. > :33:57.heat and the sunshine staying with us through the course of Thursday.
:33:58. > :34:01.But as we had through towards the end of the week, things will start
:34:02. > :34:05.to turn fresher, with more cloud through the course of the weekend
:34:06. > :34:09.and perhaps some outbreaks of rain. But for now it is looking like
:34:10. > :34:12.another very hot day. Thank you very much indeed.