Good morning, welcome to breakfast with chris mason and rachel burden. Our headlines today as a british iranian woman jailed in tehran for spying begins a Hunger Strike, her husband stages his own demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy. It comes amid rising tensions between the two countries over attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. A transatlantic row over a series of violent deaths in london donald trump launches a twitter attack on the citys mayor sadiq khan. Exposed the illegal trade in rare eels from britians rivers to the far east. Tyson fury has wowed the american audience in las vegas, donning the stars and stripes to convinvingly beat the previously undefeated tom schwarz in the second round of their heavyweight contest. And were with the next generation of cricketers ahead of todays world cup match between pakistan and india. Its sunday the 16th ofjune. Our top story iran has complained to britains ambassador in the country after the uk government accused it of involvement in the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. The iranian authorities deny being involved. Amid the growing tensions, the british iranian woman jailed in tehran for spying, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, has begun a new Hunger Strike. She denies any wrongdoing. Simonjones reports. Outside the Iranian Embassy in london, a lone tent symbolising the growing tensions between the uk and tehran. The husband of Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe camping outside the building to try to make his voice heard. His wife remains injail following her arrest at tehran airport, after visiting her family three years ago, accused of being a spy, which she has always denied. We are camping out in solidarity with nazanin, she has gone on Hunger Strike in iran. We are comping out in solidarity with her. We are doing it in front of the Iranian Embassy all the time she is going through it, we will go through it with her. Nazanin zaghari ratcliffes case is intricately connected with the difficult relationship between the uk and iran, which has just become even more tense. London has accused tehran of being behind attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman, one of the worlds busiest waterways. Iran says that isnt true, making its displeasure known in a meeting with the ambassador. Jeremy hunt, who met mr radcliffe yesterday, as said compassion should be shown to Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe to allow her to return home to her family. For her husband and his supporters the wait continues, with no response yet from the iranian authorities. And simon is outside the Iranian Embassy for us this morning. How long is this protest expected to last . Richard ratcliffe has spent the first night in the tent behind me. It was cold and uncomfortable. He says he will continue with this protest outside the embassy for as long as his wife remains on Hunger Strike. Coming back here and making the point that this needs to end. To get to home, and if that cant help, for the ambassador to visit her and get a visit visa to check she is ok. Asa as a rule, they dont come out. You must be watching the growing tension between london and tehran, particularly over those tankers that we re particularly over those tankers that were attacked in the gulf with a great deal of concern. We watch all the events that happen. Yes, there is something to worry about quite often. Is something to worry about quite ofte n. Ofte n is something to worry about quite often. Often we wonder when it is a good time to do some, but you cant find a good time. We will see how things go. What is your message to the foreign secretary . The message here from Richard Ratcliffe is he will stay here as long as the Hunger Strike continues overin long as the Hunger Strike continues over in iran. This is the latest in a long line of spats between sadiq khan and donald trump. The latest is about a spate of violence over the weekend in london. I think we can show you president tramp s tweet in which he retreats the controversial columnist Katie Hopkins and says london needs a new mayor as soon as Katie Hopkins and says london needs a new mayor as soon as possible and it will only get worse. We have not heard directly from sadiq khan or his team on this but the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has been out tweeting as well, saying that it is absolutely awful to see donald trump using the tragedy of people being murdered to attack the mayor, saying sadiq khan is rightly supporting the police to do theirjob while Katie Hopkins spreads hateful and divisive rhetoric. This comes a couple of weeks after president tramp was here for a state visit. Again, there was a big trumps and he said the uk should be rolling out the red carpet for trump. There was the blimp of him asa for trump. There was the blimp of him as a baby being flown outside parliament. He said sadiq khan is a stone cold looser so theres not much of a special relationship when it comes to those two. Former conservative leadership contender, esther mcvey has come out in support of borisjohnson, ahead of the first televised Leaders Debate tonight. Mrjohnson, who is the favourite to succeed theresa may as prime minister, will not be taking part in the debate however. He has chosen instead to wait until tuesday to face his rivals. Complaints against black and asian doctors are more likely to be investigated than white doctors according to figures seen by the bbc. Data from the General Medical Council also suggests doctors from ethnic minorities are proportionately more likely to be suspended or struck off. The gmc say its processes are reviewed regularly to ensure theyre free from discrimination. Protesters in hong kong say theyll push ahead with a mass rally later despite the governments decision to suspend a controversial bill. They want chief executive, carrie lam to resign and scrap the plan which would allow extradition to mainland china. The proposed bill led to mass demonstrations and sparked some of the worst violence seen in years. I think now we can see live pictures of protesters gathering. There is once we showed you were from much earlier on this morning. Now, tens of thousands more appear to have joined the crowds fair in victoria park. This gives you a sense of the scale of these demonstrations. Before there has been some dispute about the numbers involved. Official Authorities SaySomething Like 240,000 have been out on the streets, but demonstrate say it is closer to a million. Clearly, there are still many crowds out there. The question is how long these will go on for, and what further action they will demand. The illegal International Trade in one of the uks most endangered species the european glass eel has been exposed by a bbc investigation. A team from countryfile posing as fishermen were approached by dealers in china and russia who wanted to break an export ban. Heres countryfilesjoe crowley. Our rivers are home to a range of wildlife, including the european glass eel. But today it is a critically endangered species, with laws including an export ban in place to protect it. But it is also at the heart of a £3 billion criminal network, fuelled by demand for its meat as a delicacy in asia. It is the most trafficked animal by number and by value. They leave here ati euro each, and one year later have been grown on in the 900 eel farms of inland china, it is worth 10 euros. So i euro turns to 10 euros, and that is pretty tempting. International buyers are offering up to seven times the value of a catch. I posed as a fisherman online with eels to sell, and was soon contacted by International Sellers looking to export them from the eu illegally. I have never done this before, how would we do it . I see, ok, ok. If it is that easy, what can be done to stop this illegal trade . Do you need more resources, different legislation . I think a greater understanding of the problem. This is a major crime. Once we can get people to understand the severity of the problem we might be able to get somewhere. Campaigners are calling for tougher enforcement of the laws protecting this critically endangered species. And you can seejoes full report on countryfile on bbc one tonight at 7pm. One of the biggest clashes in cricket takes place at old trafford later between india and pakistan. 700,000 ticket applications were made for the game and around a billion people worldwide are expected to watch on tv, but who will have the bragging rights . Charu sharma presents the bbcs stumped podcast and hejoins us now. Good morning to you. The statistics speak to this, but it is impossible to underestimate the scale of the clash between these two countries on the cricket field, in terms of International Comparisons when it comes to battles between teams. International comparisons when it comes to battles between teamsm isa comes to battles between teamsm is a global event and it will light up is a global event and it will light up the world cup. There is a big history between the rivalry of the two teams, and it would take too long to deepen that up, but it is a tale of two sides to one story. One side, the players, are understandably going to keep playing it down. It is just another game, it is only two points, we should not worry too much about it, and they are not wrong. It is just two points. On the other hand are the fans, the people who love the game, and for them this is huge. We are toss elite macro talking about 1. 5 billion people involved, so even here in england, there plenty of interest. People from india, pakistan, are keyed up for the match. And yet we sometimes feel there is a lot of acrimony, but i dont think so. I am prepared to believe that people are a little bit more mature, that the spectators as well as the us on television. There were so many fans in manchester last night, in terms of where we are with cricket, india is safer unbeaten in this world cup. Pakistan has struggled a bit, although they beat england. And yet the last time they met, pakistan did beat india. Yes, thats right. They are hard working professionals. India have the momentum, and perhaps man to man they have the advantage, although they have the advantage, although the only thing they will worry about is the pakistan based attack which is the pakistan based attack which is very probing. Otherwise, pakistan will feel a little desperate because they have lost a couple of matches. They won against england, so they can play terrific brand of the game. That very often it has been said, they are a little more desperate than india at this point in time to get those two points. And what does that desperation lead to . Sometimes much more pressure, apart from the fan pressure and the family, and thatis fan pressure and the family, and that is not good. One bad shot because of that pressure ends the story. I read a great piece in the spectator magazine about the match and he was talking about the history, albeit in test matches, of the number of drawers that have been between the two sides. He was making the point that it is all about the pressure. There were such a desperation not to lose. The big word in sport is pressure. For this match in particular, because of the history of the two teams, the two nations, it is what mine the shooting. A lot of people are concerned, there is a big bragging right. At times spectators do go overboard, when a team loses sometimes they cant go out of their house for a month or two. Once again, ithink house for a month or two. Once again, i think that phase is over. I would be most pleased to be proved right at the ground today, if we see fa ns right at the ground today, if we see fans from all parts of the world sitting together, enjoying the match, accepting victory and defeat with some level of equality. Match, accepting victory and defeat with some level of equalitym match, accepting victory and defeat with some level of equality. It is going to be a brilliant occasion. The only thing that will dampen things is the weather and we will find out about that in a moment. Thank you for coming in and talking to us. There will be ball by ball commentary on bbc radio 5 live sports extra and online with the bbc sport website and app. So, thomas, what chance of the odd pitter patter of rain in manchester . Just a pitter patter . I dont want tojinx it either just a pitter patter . I dont want to jinx it either way. Just a pitter patter . I dont want tojinx it either way. What just a pitter patter . I dont want to jinx it either way. What i will do is say that anywhere in the uk could catch some rain today, but some areas will completely miss them. And they will be predominantly fine and dry. But the clouds are starting to rolling off the atlantic right now, and they are heading towards North Western part of the British Isles and western parts. This is where the showers are right now. Most of them seem to be across the south west of the uk. Quite a strong breeze. There are some across parts of scotland as well. Today, the bigger showers could bring some hailand the bigger showers could bring some hail and thunder. And with that, some gusty wind. Lets have a look at the picture later on this morning. Most of the showers are pushing in through england and wales, through the midlands, into Northern England and the north west. Difficult to say exactly when or where. Later in the day, this cluster of showers will move across Northern Ireland, so a soggy end to the day in belfast. And also in parts of scotland. Areas to the south and east this evening should dry out. After a very breezy, showery sort of day, by the evening things will turn clearer. On monday, the low pressure bringing us the showers today is still with us just to the north west of us. To the south, high pressure. Look at that clear weather. France, germany, almost down into the alps and sweden, hardly a cloud in the sky. The weather is always across our neck of the woods. That is the climate we have. Plenty of showers across Northern Ireland and scotland. They will continue into tuesday. For the first half of tuesday. For the first half of tuesdayit tuesday. For the first half of tuesday it will be fine, but eventually from the south we will see some bigger showers heading our way, and there could be some thunderstorms. Tuesday night, into wednesday night. At the moment, it looks as if this weather front will ta ke looks as if this weather front will take more of an easterly track. And with it anything that usually comes from the south bringing more humid and warm weather, but not as warm as it will be across many parts of europe. There is a continuing heatwave across europe. We have high teams at best. Maybe 23 in london sometime on tuesday. Very changeable, and showers are in the forecast. That is british summer all over yes i cant help thinking about last year and the comparison. Passengers on board one plane are guaranteed the kind of in Flight Entertainment most of us would want to avoid, stalling in the air and spiralling towards the ground. What sounds like a White Knuckle ride is in fact an airborne lecture theatre designed to give aeronautical students a taste of what it is like when things go wrong. Heres our science correspondent, richard westcott. It is an extraordinary lesson in an extraordinary classroom. With very different teachers. Should you feel unwell, backs are provided in the seat pocket in front of you. The whole point of having a flying classroom is that the students can experience first hand some of the strange thing is that aircraft can do, and now we are about to experience some of those strange things. It starts gently enough, but the downward spiral that doubles your body weight. Then the pilots start doing this. Three, two, one, go. If you want to design a safe and co mforta ble go. If you want to design a safe and comfortable aircraft, you need to feel how it is going to react when things go wrong. This plane is full of sensors that give Real Time Data to the engineers on board. In fact, many of these passengers are university lecturers, who want their stu d e nts to university lecturers, who want their students to experience the ride. We have got a flight to but that is just on the ground. They do theory, laboratory sessions. This is the real thing. We do a lot of the theory and i teach dynamics and control of aircraft, and we can do that on scale models and wind tunnels, but what a calculation might say its ok, is not ok for a person actually in that vehicle. We had just started to relax when they went for the big one. Point the nose up went for the big one. Point the nose up until the plane merely false from the sky. Nearly falls. Then the Safety System kicks in and we start to float. Some loved it. Some didnt. In their new digital control tower, these aerospace experts say the industries were £35 billion to the industries were £35 billion to the uk economy, and the plane is critical for the next generation of engineers. It takes on into flight test regimes that you would never get that experience of, and then they see why it matters. There is nothing like the physical experience to make you realise why something really matters. They now want to raise money to buy a new airborne classroom. Tomorrow s plane design itll have a lesson they will never forget. I tightened my seat belt, i thought i was well strapped in, and then i thought my head would hit the ceiling because it was so extreme. It really is a fantastic experience. You just dont get this in a simulator. How do you think students would react to that . It would be the highlight of their degree course. I think it would be the thing they a lwa ys think it would be the thing they always remembered. We are all feeling a bit. That poor man with his sick bag. Sorry if we put you off your brea kfast. Time for a look at the newspapers. The columnist, Angela Epstein is here to tell us whats caught her eye. Good morning. Ijust did a quick change. One of my stories has a travel sickness theme to it. No smoke and mirrors here apparently, a lot of people said the duchess of cambridge looked a bit moody at trooping the colour. It turns out she was suffering with the swaying of the vintage coat she was travelling in. Somebody who suffers from a lot of motion sickness, but the queen came to her rescue and provided her with some of her favourite pills. The queen has been sailing on the britannia fought 43 yea rs, sailing on the britannia fought 43 years, also, and she is also a travel sickness sufferer. She said last year, the worst part of the coronation was spending hours on the coach, bouncing around. Lets move on. Elsewhere, lets go to this. The isle of bute, talking about the closure of the bute man. Yes, fertile territory for a Richard Curtis movie. This is the local paper which is closing. One of the country oldest weekly papers. As a journalist, i started on weekly papers, but for the community, therell be lots of people watching this. The local paper was the vocal cords of the community, and this paper isjust cords of the community, and this paper is just down to 750 copies. There are 6000 people on the island, andi there are 6000 people on the island, and i wondered how that worked with the maths. It is finally closing. I am still a subscriber to the craven herald, my paper back home in yorkshire, and i get it delivered to london. It is that connection with back home. The really important thing with local papers is not only it is the community connection, but scrutiny for local authorities, planning committees and so on. Absolutely. As a young journalist, and there will be lots of people who did this when they started out, you sat in planning meetings, he went to court, you spoke to people, there were no mobile phones then. I am older than i look it was all done by horse and cart. It is a great shame. I do hope someone makes a film out of it, one of those whimsicalfilms about film out of it, one of those whimsical films about it. Lets talk about this business of smartphones. We are constantly being told not to stare at them before they go to bed. More advice today. Yes, this position is our chief medical officer, and she has been talking recently to switch off your gadgets, they contribute to light pollution, it disturbs your sleep, you should not use your phone after 9pm, and wave are tied dame sally, she has been sending e mails after 9pm. It was a four week period when she was investigated and she even sent one at 10 27pm. She has been our nanny in chief and has said things like, women should think about cancer before they open a bottle of wine, there have been some strident messages. Is it safeguarding or nannying . She has been caught out. When you work hours like we do it is off with the phone at about 7 30pm. Exactly. Maybe she was just online shopping. A quick fathers day pole. Iam going shopping. A quick fathers day pole. I am going to hazard a guess as to which half of voters might back a minister for which half of voters might back a ministerfor men. This is the mail on sunday. Yes, admittedly, this survey was commissioned by fathers forjustice, quite a Controversial Group who have these colourful sta m ps to group who have these colourful stamps to raise awareness of issues concerning fathers such as access to their children. A huge issue, but they say there should be a minister for men because there is a minister for men because there is a minister for women and equality. Personally, and everyone may hate me for this, i dont think there should be either. I think there should be a minister for equality. As soon as you compartmentalise, we make it less of an issue and people take less responsibility. This is what they are campaigning for. And i love ireland . Hot are campaigning for. And i love ireland . Hot young are campaigning for. And i love ireland . Hot young singles looking for love, but there is a Primary School that has banned the word like on the basis that love island uses the word like all the time. Nick gibb, the education minister, says we should follow the moves by this Primary School in bradford and teach children receive. I have never used that word before. I looked it up, it means the ability to speak fluently orecy. Means the ability to speak fluently orecy. And andrew marr is on the bbc at 10am. Good orecy. And andrew marr is on the bbc at10am. Good morning. Yes, it is lots of love island here as well. It is, of course, the tory leadership contest. I am joined by jeremy hunt, currently number two behind borisjohnson. Jeremy hunt, currently number two behind boris johnson. And jeremy hunt, currently number two behind borisjohnson. And by the dark horse, rory stewart, cantering up dark horse, rory stewart, cantering up on the inside. And, the north is rising, it is getting angry about the excessive concentration of money and power in the south. Ill be talking to andy burnham the mayor of Greater Manchester about that as well. My three year old daughter has started saying like and she is definitely watching love island it is out there, it is the data. To stay with us, headlines coming up. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast with chris mason and rachel burden. Its, heres a summary of this mornings main news. Iran has protested to britains ambassador in the country after the uk foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said the country was almost certainly responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. The iranian authorities deny involvment. Meanwhile, the british iranian womanjailed for allegedly spying, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe, has begun a new Hunger Strike to demand her release. Shes been held since 2016 and denies any wrongdoing. Earlier, nanzanin ratcliffes husband, richard told breakfast the Current Situation in iran isnt helping his familys cause. I think generally there has never been a good time for our cause. There is always something going on. A Hunger Strike is a pretty aggressive act but we will see how things develop and what happens. President trump has reignited his feud with the mayor of london, sadiq khan, calling him a national disgrace. He made the comments on twitter following five attacks in london which left three men dead in less than 24 hours. Responding to mr trumps tweets, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, said it was absolutely awful to use the tragedy of death to attack the mayor. Former conservative leadership contender, esther mcvey has come out in support of boris johnson, ahead of the first televised Leaders Debate this evening. Mrjohnson, who is the favourite to succeed theresa may as prime minister, will not be taking part in the debate. He has chosen instead to wait until tuesday to face his rivals. Protesters in hong kong have vowed to push ahead with a rally today, despite the governments decision to suspend its controversial bill to allow extradition to mainland china. Protest leaders urged chief executive, carrie lam to resign and permanently scrap the plan. The proposed law led to mass demonstrations and sparked violent clashes. Our south asia correspondent, stephen mcdonelljoins us now. I believe that the crowds are really expanding their as big or through the day. Yes, i am standing in victoria park, where for a long time people have been looking out onto the streets to start this march. Now, for more than an hour they have been pouring out. So potentially hundreds of thousands of people have turned out to oppose this extradition bill, despite this humiliating backdown from the leader of hong kong this week. The point is, they are saying, they dont want this put on the back burner only to be reintroduced in future. They wa nted be reintroduced in future. They wanted to be scrapped altogether and they are also calling for her resignation. They blame herfor the ill will. They blame herfor the clashes that we saw this week when trying to police used tear gas, pepper spray trying to police used tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets to move protesters away from the legislature. People are saying that was Excessive Force and too much violence for the city. They are saying it has all been brought on by this extradition bill. People would have expected maybe a much smaller gathering here today, but it is an enormous crowd again as i am sure people are able to see. This is seen asa people are able to see. This is seen as a key issue really about hong kongs freedom more generally. The judiciary is a cornerstone and what this place is all about. It is much more than an extradition bill. It is about hong kong having its freedom. 0k, about hong kong having its freedom. Ok, many thanks. Hundreds of thousands of people we know have turned out so far. It looks like the crowds will be as big if not bigger today. Persistence from stephen as that loud hailer seem to get ever louder during his live report. There will be plenty more through the day from the bbc news channel on those protests. Complaints against black and asian doctors are more likely to be investigated than white doctors according to figures seen by the bbc. Data from the General Medical Council also suggests doctors from ethnic minorities are proportionately more likely to be suspended or struck off. The gmc say its processes are reviewed regularly to ensure theyre free from discrimination. The illegal International Trade in one of the uks most endangered species, the european glass eel, has been exposed by a bbc investigation. Countryfile has uncovered an International Black market, with smugglers using suitcases to take the eels from uk rivers to asia, where they are farmed as a delicacy. Campaigners are now calling for tougher enforcement of the laws to protect the critically endangered species. The first mass has been held at Notre Dame Cathedral since the devastating fire that left much of the building destroyed two months ago. The service was attended by clergy and those helping to rebuild the 800 year old parisian landmark, they all had to wear hard hats for safety. The french president Emmanuel Macron has set a goal of 2024 to complete the cathedrals restoration. Hughs here with the sport. Tyson fury made quick work of the previously undefeated heavyweight tom schwarz in las vegas. Fury entered the ring wearing the the american stars and stripes on his shorts tyson fury made quick work of the previously undefeated and didnt take long to stamp his authority in the ring. He produced a ruthless display and eventually stopped the german fighter in the second round, his opponents corner throwing in the towel to end a one sided contest. He sang to his wife afterwards. A great night for him. He made quick work of the previously undefeated tom schwartz. Lets not get carried away. I got lucky tonight and i put on a good show. I am lucky tonight and i put on a good show. Iam not lucky tonight and i put on a good show. I am not going to look into it too much. I dont look back in time, i keep looking forward. I was here to put on a show tonight and i think idid to put on a show tonight and i think i did that. Living in america, james brown. It was a proper American Experience and i loved every minute of it. Josh warrington retained his ibf world featherweight title with a split decision points win against british rival kid galahad in leeds. Galahad frustrated the champion throughout the fight, grappling to kill any flow, but warrington did enough to edge it. He is hoping that would be his last fight in his home city before a potential unification fight in the united states. Englands justin rose will go into the final round of the us open later today just one shot off the lead. Topping the leaderboard still is the american gary woodland, who will begin the day 11 under par at pebble beach. But rose, whos 2013 us open win remains his only major victory, is breathing down his neck he moved to ten under after another impressive round in california. Rory mcilroy is still among the chasing pack and is five shots off the lead. Im not chasing, really. I am so close to gary that i will play my game tomorrow and i think it will be dictated by the pin placement and the weather tomorrow as to how aggressive you can be and what it will take to win. I make no predictions about how it is going to feel tomorrow. I have been pleased with how i played all week. I think i did the right things yesterday, but ijust need to get a bit more out of the round tomorrow that i did today and i am expecting the conditions to be similar, but i could see the course getting a little firmer and faster, and being a touch trickier. At the womens world cup, the netherlands secured their place in the last sixteen with a game to spare after beating cameroon 31. Arsenal striker vivianne miedema scored twice for the dutch at the same time making her her countrys all time record goalscorer. Canada are also through to the knockout stage after they beat new zealand 2 nil. Both goals came in the second half to secure their progression to the last sixteen. In cycling Britains Lizzie Deignan is the womens tour champion for the second time. She won byjust 2 seconds, the narrowest margin of victory in the history of the event. Its her first title since giving birth to her daughter nine months ago. Four time Tour De France winner chris froome says hes focused on getting back to his best after his high speed crash on wednesday. The briton suffered a fracture to his neck, as well as a broken leg, hip, elbow and ribs. The collision occurred during a practice ride before stage four of the criterium du dauphine. Current tour champion Geraint Thomas says he hopes froome returns soon. He knew he was about to crash, it wasnt just boom and you are on the floor before you know it, it is one of those we are trying to save it and that is the worst as well. It sounds like he was lucky to come away with the damage he has done, it could have been a hell of a lot worse, which i guess is a positive in a bad sort of scenario. But he has the best care around him now so hopefully he can get back on the bike soon. London broncos have pulled off another shock in the super league. The bottom side followed up victory over st helens with a win over catalans dragons. Rhys williams was amongst the try scorers in perpignon, going over twice, as his side won 30 points to 12. Broncos are still bottom but only on points difference now. Elsewhere, hull kr beat warrington. One of the biggest clashes in sport takes place later, between india and pakistan at the cricket world cup. It promises to be quite an occasion and at old trafford already for us is our Sports Correspondent andy swiss. Good morning. Just give us a sense of the size of this occasion. Yes, two hours before the start of a cricket match, normally things are pretty quiet, but that is certainly not the case here. Already there are hundreds if not thousands of India Pakistan fans. They have been singing and chanting and waving flags. It tells already a special atmosphere. Just to give you an idea of how big a deal this is, there were nearly 800,000 ticket applications for this match. In other words, they could have sold out old trafford 30 times over and it is estimated there could be a tv audience around the world of a billion people. Why is this such a big deal . Well, frankly india and pakistan very rarely play each other nowadays outside of major tournaments like this because of the political tensions between the two countries. There were concerns earlier this year about whether this match would even be able to go ahead. But here they are. It is a special atmosphere. Cricket is the number one country, number one sport in both of these countries. Both india and pakistan have huge followings here in the uk. There will be a fan zone just a couple of miles down the road in the middle of manchester, where hundreds and thousands more will be able to watch ona giant thousands more will be able to watch on a giant screen. It should be the biggest match of this cricket world cup. Yes, indeed, and forthe biggest match of this cricket world cup. Yes, indeed, and for the fans the results will be all important. I guess india are going to be the favourite, but what do using is going to happen . India are very much the favourites. They are unbeaten in this tournament so far. Of course, they have arguably the worlds best batsmen in virat kohli. Pakistan blow hot and cold. They have only 11 of their matches so far in this cricket world cup. That was beating england a couple of weeks ago. As they showed there, when they are good, they are a force to be reckoned with. It does depend which tea m reckoned with. It does depend which team turns up today. The other factor could be the weather. Like a lot of the country, the weather here in manchester is in pretty dismal over the last week so. We had heavy rain here yesterday afternoon. It is 0k at rain here yesterday afternoon. It is ok at the moment butjaber suffer because this afternoon so fingers crossed that we can get through this match because it should be the biggest spectacle of this cricket world cup. Yes, absolutely. Thank you forjoining us. In a minder, you can listen to all the build up to that match on the bbc sport website and that will be from around 9 30am. Yesterday, i travelled across london and everywhere there were spice girls fans and a real sense of girl power. Then i arrived in manchester and it was absolutely teeming with fa ns and it was absolutely teeming with fans of india and pakistan had of this. You quickly got out of your unionjack address. This. You quickly got out of your union jack address. Yes, this. You quickly got out of your unionjack address. Yes, quickly this. You quickly got out of your union jack address. Yes, quickly got out of the skip address and put on my cricket whites, absolutely, straightaway. Huge interest in this game right across britain and the south asian community. It has a massive following. Not as many play in the profession. Now the england cricket board is hoping to change that with the introduction of thousands of coaches across the country. Monika plaha has been in birmingham to find out more. South asian women can play sports. They dont have to stay in the kitchen and cook and be a housewife, they can come out and prove that they are just as good as males. As a young woman, jasmine never dreamt of playing cricket, let alone becoming a coach. When i was younger there was no opportunity for me to play cricket. But for me, i have introduced it to my kids, i can see them Going Forward in it and i will push them now to take the sport on. She is one of 2,000 female south asian volunteer coaches set to coach cricket across the country over the next four years. To inspire the next generation of diverse cricketers. This is what you call an all star session. It is a programme set up by the england and Wales Cricket board which aims to give children as young as five the opportunity to bat, bowl and field under the supervision of their coach. Have you all had fun today . All yes i want to be a cricket player when im older. It is notjust a man sport, it is lady sport. Anyone can play cricket. It is just all men and i was wondering what would it look like if women were playing cricket. 2. 5 Million People across the country play cricket. South asians make up nearly a third of that number. But when it comes to playing professionally it is a different story. We know that if we have projects like this in place to empower south asians, we will slowly get there and there will be a better representation in the coming years. Which is why a mentor and coach like this woman is all the more important in a male dominated sport. When you walk in they expect a man to be standing there, and they see an asian lady with a headscarf coming in to coach them, and they are a bit taken aback. It is quite a good response, especially from the girls. They are like, ooh, its a woman they love it, they really like it. This cricket match may be over, but adrenaline will be running high for the two rival countries taking to the field today. And of course, the question everyones mind is who is going to win that match . India or pakistan . India pakistan just in case we needed any more build up, real sense of passion there. You can watch that on five live sports extra. All of that will be affected by the weather and there will be whether on its way, rain specifically. Yes, there is definitely whether on the way, but it is just so hard to say exactly where. It is so difficult to say but there will be quite a few showers around through this morning and this afternoon. Some beautiful weather earlier on. Most of us were asleep. A lot of clear skies. These shower clu bs a lot of clear skies. These shower clubs have been moving in and you can see they are affecting many western and south western parts of the uk. Showers are relatively small, carried on by an increasing breeze there. Five miles across, one mile across. Exactly where they go. Some of them will bring lightning. But that is possible almost anywhere. Showers have been blown in by the breeze. 20 celsius the best. A wet end to the day and start to the evening in belfast, glasgow and edinburgh getting some rain as well. It will be raining in the Lake District this evening as well. Across central, eastern and southern areas, it is going to be dry. 13 celsius in the bigger cities. The low pressure that is bringing the showers today is still very close by tomorrow. It is close to North Western parts of the uk so that means that in Northern Ireland and scotland we will have frequent showers, some with hail and thunder. Also some showers in the north of england and wales tomorrow. The best of the weather i suspect will be across this south eastern portion of the uk, this whole south eastern quadrant there. We can see temperatures up to 20 celsius so. Tuesday we will start to see the temperatures climbing. Wind is starting to come in from the south and they could peak at 22 degrees. With southerly winds and coming out of france, we could see also some thunderstorms so the thinking is that tuesday night into wednesday some central and eastern parts of the uk are at risk of getting some dampers and thunder and lightning so perhaps into wednesday we will have a clash between the cool air and the really hot across europe right now. We may be cool, may be getting these temperatures of around 17 23, but many parts of europe at the moment are in the middle of a heatwave. It is just the British Isles are in the middle of a heatwave. It isjust the British Isles here are in the middle of a heatwave. It is just the British Isles here that are experiencing this rather disappointing start to the summer. You might like it, though. Kind of. We need the water, dont we, in the south east . Thank you. Have a nice weekend. Thank you, you too. Best possible spin you could give to it. Dubbed as the delhi downton, the new period drama beecham house hits the small screen next week. The six part series is set in india at the very end of the 18th century and shines fascinating light on life before the british raj. It has attracted some big name actors from britain, india, and beyond. Asian networks Shabnam Mahmood has been to meet the cast. You will learn the time of private man. We should like to see the house. Beecham house centres around the life of a wealthy english Family Living in delhi in 1795 in the days leading to british rule. |j living in delhi in 1795 in the days leading to british rule. I am playing john beecham in beecham house, who is the lead protagonist. He used to work for the east india company, but he has left them because he doesnt like how they operate so he has struck out on his own and has come across quite a few adventures in india. Which we will discover. It features a diverse cast. This women is an indian born australian actress. I really believe so australian actress. I really believe so strongly that women of colour all over the world deserved rolls and they deserve to play different kinds of women, notjust they deserve to play different kinds of women, not just the archetypal stereotype indian doctor or. We are feminine, we are powerful, we have a voice, and that is how i want indian women to be portrayed on screen. While some of the filming took place on location in the rajasthan region of northern india, and other scenes were shot in less exotic places, like ealing studios in west london. Tv pundits have already dubbed it delhi downton. How different is this one to Downton Abbey . Vary. From my point of view, lam abbey . Vary. From my point of view, i am playing a very, very different character and a different class, different time, different. The six pa rt different time, different. The six part series depicts a vibrant mix of cultures both on and off the screen. We had a ceremony before the first one where we smashed coconuts and it isa one where we smashed coconuts and it is a ceremony that i have never done before. I watched the first taken the indian actress would kiss the camera and they said it was respect to the camera. The camera gives us our work. Beecham house is a fictional drama, but hopes to provide a glimpse of the period leading to britain bosman colonisation of india. Good be the next big hit in sunday night costume drama. It is always a drama that i realise i am going to miss. Ijust cant keep up with them. It is seven minutes to nine. To write a book at a young age is a pretty big accomplishment but to have it published at the age of seven is even more impressive. Tom burlison has become one of the youngest published authors with his tale of how a good imagination can liven up a mundane journey to school. Well speak to tom in a moment, but first lets hear him reading from his book. Ruby and elliott met on their way to school. Elliott kicked a small pebble along the path. This looks like a spaceship that went through the atmosphere and shrunk, announced ruby. Elliott and ruby found a rolled up piece of paper. Its a treasure map, ruby shouted excitedly. Imagine the adventures it has had. What are you doing, snapped elliott. I am trying to avoid these portal paddles, said ruby, and you should do. You never know where you might end up. Last time i stepped in one, said ruby, i landed on a pirate ship. Very excited to have rain on the school trip. Tom jones is now. Lets speak to tom, his mum stephanie and his head teacher, michelle pollard. How did you come up with the names of the children in the story . |j looked of the children in the story . looked in a baby book and then i looked in a baby book and then i looked over all the different boy and girl names and i thought i should like in the england names because it would be the best ones andi because it would be the best ones and i found the because it would be the best ones and ifound the best because it would be the best ones and i found the best names so i decided to choose them. What an admirable attention to detail. And in terms of the ideas for the book, some of these are brilliant. They are some of these are brilliant. They a re really some of these are brilliant. They are really far out. The portal paddles, tellers about them. Where did that idea come from . Every time i thought of Something Else that could be turned into something in the imagination, so everyday i wrote a new object, i wrote about new object. And these are all from your work to school. You want to school everyday, even in the rain . Sign my guest, tom and his little brother are always exploring and picking things up on the way to school. There is a famous tree which we have to inspect every morning because it looks like a dinosaur egg. They are a lwa ys looks like a dinosaur egg. They are always chatting away and making up stories. Sounds like the journey could take quite a long time. Lets talk about creativity, because that is at the heart of all this, and imagination and trying to light that Creative Spark in children so they are thinking big thoughts about what something might look like, for instance. Exactly full creative the and imagination is so important. We really have a real dry on imagination and i dont know if you know about our library which is quite an incredible place. It is the tree from the 2012 olympics. Thats right. That is the centrepiece of our library right. That is the centrepiece of ourlibrary and it right. That is the centrepiece of our library and it really is the heart of imagination. From the Opening Ceremony . Thats right. We we re very Opening Ceremony . Thats right. We were very lucky to so as that. It was a company that managed to source that for us. And that is a real centrepiece for us and i big it is very easy to squeeze those things out of the curriculum but actually the kinds of careers that are children will be going into havent even been invented yet for lots of them so imagination and creativity are going to be key skills. them so imagination and creativity are going to be key skills. I know you have done a lot to revive your school and instill a sense of creativity and i suppose things like that from the olympics allows that to happen because it gives a spark for creative thought . Absolutely. It isa for creative thought . Absolutely. It is a real drive. We have a passion for reading and being able to commit your ideas. One aspect is money is being raised for save the children, which is brilliant. We saw in that little video there the journeys to school of other children around the world. If that something you knew about or learned about when you were riding . I learnt about them. I learned that lots of people around the world need help because they have been injured or they dont have enough money. That is why we are raising money for children around the world. Is about the first moment that you held a copy of your own book. It must have been quite a moment. It was amazing when i held my own book because it was the first copy i have ever seen of it and i was really proud. You should be and iam sure was really proud. You should be and i am sure you are was really proud. You should be and i am sure you are as was really proud. You should be and i am sure you are as well, stephanie. Extremely proud. I hope it does really well for you. Thank you for coming in and talking to us today. Plenty more coverage of news from hong kong throughout the day on the bbc news channel. Thats all weve got time for today. Dan and louise are back tomorrow, live from six here on bbc one. Until then, enjoy the rest of your weekend. Bye. This is bbc news. The headlines another huge protest in hong kong as tens of thousands march, despite a government climb down on its extradition bill to mainland china. This is the scene live as protest leaders demand that the proposed law is permanently scrapped. 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