:00:00. > :00:18.now on BBC Two. Here on
:00:19. > :00:28.Muslim leaders have been accused of "hollow words"
:00:29. > :00:35.A former Met Commander, who retired last week,
:00:36. > :00:38.says community and mosque leaders are failing to tackle
:00:39. > :00:45.But one mosque has hit back against Mak Chisty,
:00:46. > :00:57.Here's our Home Affairs Correspondent Nick Beake.
:00:58. > :01:01.Three mass murders in the space of ten weeks, 35 people dead
:01:02. > :01:08.As UK's most senior Muslim police officer, Commander Mak Chishty led
:01:09. > :01:11.the tributes and tried to ease any community tensions.
:01:12. > :01:14.But now he says Muslim leaders need to do much more than simply
:01:15. > :01:18.condemn terror attacks after they've happened.
:01:19. > :01:22.The feedback I'm getting post London Bridge and Borough Market,
:01:23. > :01:26.is actually it's not as believable any more.
:01:27. > :01:30.People think they're just hollow words, they want to see actions
:01:31. > :01:37.So this is a call for action, to do something much more other
:01:38. > :01:42.than just merely announcing something or condemning
:01:43. > :01:50.For him, action means striving out what he calls
:01:51. > :01:53.the "Menace of extremism", lurking within Muslim communities
:01:54. > :02:01.Mak Chishty says it's not just about reporting extremist
:02:02. > :02:05.views to the authorities, but challenging them as well.
:02:06. > :02:08.He also wants changes to mosques in particular.
:02:09. > :02:12.He says that half the people on the management committees should
:02:13. > :02:15.be women, and he wants imams from different branches
:02:16. > :02:19.of Islam to come together, to preach a common message that it's
:02:20. > :02:23.perfectly possible to be both British and a Muslim.
:02:24. > :02:26.The East London Mosque in Whitechapel says it's
:02:27. > :02:34.It's where the family of the three Bethnal Green girls,
:02:35. > :02:43.Salman Farsi says he and other worshippers have been attacked
:02:44. > :02:46.by Islamic extremists when they've challenged their views.
:02:47. > :02:50.He believes singling out mosques for criticism is unfair.
:02:51. > :02:53.The criticisms by Commander Mak Chishty, they're
:02:54. > :03:04.If you have a look at the last two incidents, with respect
:03:05. > :03:07.to London Bridge and the Manchester attacks, the individuals
:03:08. > :03:12.were reported by members of the Muslim community
:03:13. > :03:16.and we have a very good relationship with the police,
:03:17. > :03:24.Any time we have any issues or we suspect anyone of any
:03:25. > :03:28.kind of criminality, we are more than happy
:03:29. > :03:35.These are the men behind the Westminster and
:03:36. > :03:41.It's not known what drove them to murder, but some believe London
:03:42. > :03:45.gang culture and online radicalisation are more
:03:46. > :03:48.to blame than mosques for the growing terror threat.
:03:49. > :03:52.We find that from a lot of the terrorists who've both
:03:53. > :03:56.committed atrocities here and in Europe, a lot
:03:57. > :03:59.of them had prior prison sentences, they had...
:04:00. > :04:02.Not for any extremism but actually for criminal behaviour,
:04:03. > :04:10.Mak Chishty says he is already facing a backlash for his comments,
:04:11. > :04:13.but insists more uncomfortable conversations need to be had.
:04:14. > :04:20.Meanwhile, the terror attacks on Westminster and London Bridge
:04:21. > :04:23.have lowered visitor numbers at some of the capital's top
:04:24. > :04:32.Let's get more on this from Caroline Davies who's
:04:33. > :04:42.Hello Victoria. It is a rather beautiful sight this eepg, the
:04:43. > :04:45.London Eye lit up on the London skyline. This is actually the sixth
:04:46. > :04:48.most-seen attraction in London according to Visit London. The
:04:49. > :04:53.company that own the London Eye, Merlin said they have not had that
:04:54. > :04:58.easy a ride of it. They don't just own the London Eye but they own
:04:59. > :05:01.Madame Tussaud's and the London dodge yob they say they've seen a
:05:02. > :05:05.softer day market. What does that mean? That means people within the
:05:06. > :05:10.UK who may be coming to London for the day or it maybe a school trip,
:05:11. > :05:12.fewer than those than they were expecting. The reason is the
:05:13. > :05:15.Westminster attack. They are expecting the numbers will go down
:05:16. > :05:19.further in response to the Manchester attack. We are waiting to
:05:20. > :05:24.hear the figures and how they play out. What does it mean to be a
:05:25. > :05:28.tourist? Well we spoke to some out and about today.
:05:29. > :05:32.A lot of our family members and friends warned us,
:05:33. > :05:39.But I don't know, I still feel like it's a safe place.
:05:40. > :05:46.It looks like there's lots of security around
:05:47. > :05:54.I'm actually looking around now, I find myself just looking
:05:55. > :05:57.if somebody's behind me, if somebody's next to me,
:05:58. > :06:03.We were a little bit frightened, but, yes, the show must go on.
:06:04. > :06:08.What is going tonne address this? To start, it is using more positive
:06:09. > :06:13.language. Even in Merlin's report they were saying London has bounced
:06:14. > :06:17.back before, it will again and it is important that London tourism will
:06:18. > :06:22.bounce back. It is an important part of the economy. If we take a look of
:06:23. > :06:25.the figures. 66 million tourists visited London last year. If you
:06:26. > :06:28.think about the numbers, the money they brought in. They generated ?36
:06:29. > :06:32.billion for the London economy. That is because a huge number of jobs in
:06:33. > :06:35.London are reliant on the tourism industry. 700,000. It is thought
:06:36. > :06:39.that that number will grow further. Should we be worried this this
:06:40. > :06:43.report? Merlin say we should be cautiously optimistic. They think
:06:44. > :06:49.London can turn this around. Thank you very much.
:06:50. > :06:54.Next to a legal battle between the parents of a terminally
:06:55. > :07:02.10-month-old Charlie Gard has a rare genetic condition.
:07:03. > :07:05.His parents, from Bedfont in West London, want to take
:07:06. > :07:08.their son to America for experimental treatment.
:07:09. > :07:11.But Charlie's doctors argue the infant should be allowed
:07:12. > :07:18.Now the European Court of Human Rights is deciding his future.
:07:19. > :07:25.A precious memory away from intensive care for Connie Yates
:07:26. > :07:27.and Chris Gard, together with son Charlie.
:07:28. > :07:32.Taken on the roof of Great Ormond Street,
:07:33. > :07:35.the family picnic was organised by nurses at the hospital.
:07:36. > :07:38.Charlie is kept alive with a mechanical ventilator,
:07:39. > :07:42.he's fed through a tube and is seriously brain-damaged.
:07:43. > :07:46.His parents want to take him to the United States
:07:47. > :07:49.for experimental treatment and have crowd funded ?1.3 million.
:07:50. > :07:52.They can't understand why the hospital is blocking them.
:07:53. > :07:56.We've had to stomach the fact that they don't
:07:57. > :08:04.OK, we don't agree with that, but we have to accept that.
:08:05. > :08:06.But the fact that they are blocking us from taking him to another
:08:07. > :08:10.hospital in the world, with one of the leading
:08:11. > :08:19.I can't, still to this day, can't get my head round it.
:08:20. > :08:22.This case has never been about money.
:08:23. > :08:26.Doctors here at Great Ormond Street did consider giving
:08:27. > :08:29.the experimental treatment on offer in the United States,
:08:30. > :08:33.but they and independent experts were unanimous that it could not
:08:34. > :08:37.reverse Charlie's serious brain damage and may indeed
:08:38. > :08:44.So the kindest option would be to allow him to die.
:08:45. > :08:49.Last week, the parents emerged distraught from
:08:50. > :08:56.Every UK judge involved has agreed Charlie should be allowed
:08:57. > :09:03.This medical ethicist says the courts have to consider what's
:09:04. > :09:09.It is one of the tragedies of human existence, that life can become
:09:10. > :09:13.painful and burdensome to any human creature.
:09:14. > :09:16.And three sets of judges, and independent experts,
:09:17. > :09:19.have taken the view that that has become the case with Charlie.
:09:20. > :09:23.Today, judges at the European Court of Human Rights in France said
:09:24. > :09:27.life-support must continue until midnight on Monday,
:09:28. > :09:30.to give time for the parents to submit their case.
:09:31. > :09:34.Whatever is eventually decided by the court in Strasbourg
:09:35. > :09:44.More of our MPs have been given roles in the new Government.
:09:45. > :09:51.He'll be in charge of counter-terrorism policing
:09:52. > :09:54.as the new Minister for Policing at the Home Office.
:09:55. > :09:58.Greg Hands also has a new job - he's replacing Gavin Barwell
:09:59. > :10:03.The Chelsea and Fulham MP says he's looking forward
:10:04. > :10:08.to working with the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, on common
:10:09. > :10:12.interests, including promoting and improving the capital.
:10:13. > :10:15.And it's not just London politicians, Reading West
:10:16. > :10:19.MP, Alok Sharma, takes on the housing brief.
:10:20. > :10:23.He'll oversee the Government's White Paper that includes measures to help
:10:24. > :10:26.renters here in London, with a possible ban
:10:27. > :10:34.That's it for now from me, but lets find out what
:10:35. > :10:41.Good evening. Today was the first of some summer days. It may get hot
:10:42. > :10:46.support some. Amongst the blue sky, we will be in the middle of this
:10:47. > :10:51.week, it'll be turning hot and increasingly humid. It is warm out
:10:52. > :10:55.there at the moment. We have a fair amount of clear sky across London
:10:56. > :10:58.and Home Counties. London probably won't fall lower than 16 tonight.
:10:59. > :11:00.Plenty of sunshine about which will continue into the afternoon. High UV
:11:01. > :11:17.levels. Good evening. Compared to last week,
:11:18. > :11:22.more of a summer vibe this week. Leeds displays what is going on,
:11:23. > :11:25.temperatures at or above average. Warmest day of the working week
:11:26. > :11:30.tomorrow. Temperatures drop by the end of the week but build for the
:11:31. > :11:35.weekend. For some substantially so. What is bringing the first burst of
:11:36. > :11:40.warmth, low pressure out into the Atlantic, helping to scoop up warmer
:11:41. > :11:47.air. Build high pressure as well which will chase away some of the
:11:48. > :11:48.rain across Scotland, becoming confined to Orkney and Shetland