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As englands opener is ruled out of their next two matches with a hamstring injury. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Chaos, confusion and Communications Problems hampered the efforts of Emergency Services to help victims of the London Bridge attacks. A senior London Ambulance Service Manager told the inquest that it took too long to reach some of the victims, more than three hours after the attackers had been killed. But he also praised ambulance crews who volunteered to go into a potentially dangerous area despite the possible risk to themselves. Eight people died and nearly 50 were injured in the attacks injune 2017. Our correspondent Richard Lister is at the old bailey. What more was said today . One of the Big Questions of this inquest is why it took so long for medical teams to get into borough market. We got some of the answers today. One was that police kept them out because they we re police kept them out because they were concerned there were still attackers on the loose. We also learnt that some London Ambulance Service Personnel volunteered to get into those danger zones before they had been cleared by police. Their director of operations admitted some decisions should have been taken more quickly. It was already a busy saturday night for the London Ambulance service when calls began coming in reporting an accident on London Bridge. It soon became clear this was a terror attack. 22 ambulances and other paramedics were sent in, but some of those who needed their help the most, never got it. Sara zelenak, sebastien belanger, james mcmullan, Alexandre Pigeard and kirsty boden were all fatally stabbed close to the same courtyard at the edge of borough market. But it was almost three hours before this area was declared safe for paramedics to enter and by then it was too late. Treatment for those injured was given by Police Officers and ordinary people whod been on a night out. But they were left on their own. What the bereaved families dont understand is why the Police Officers and members of the public who were frantically trying to save lives down there, were never told that there were ambulances assembling up here, just down the street. And why the paramedics who arrived at those railings just minutes after the attack, were unable to help. Keep moving. Keep moving that way. The police evacuated the area, concerned there might be more attacks. The paramedics had to leave along with everyone else and never saw the group of casualties. The court heard the Emergency Services were overflowing with conflicting information about a range of casualties and never got a precise report about those in the courtyard. The London Ambulance Service Operations director, paul woodrow, said today. He admitted though, it took too long to make a decision to commit specialist teams to find those injured. Helen kennett, who was stabbed in the neck after confronting one of the attackers, told the court previously, shed had to make her own way to an ambulance almost two hours later. The question that still haunts the families is whether any of their loved ones could have survived if medics had got to them in time. The court heard today that was unlikely, though emergency teams did save at least 19 people whod been critically injured. Richard lister, bbc news, at the old bailey. Candidates for the tory leadership except the front runner Boris Johnson have been taking questions from journalists. Labours deputy leader tom watson says labour members hearts are remain and says its not too late to stay in the eu. Heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. The only glimpse you will get today. Minders driving the favourites into parliament. Boris johnson minders driving the favourites into parliament. Borisjohnson doesnt wa nt to parliament. Borisjohnson doesnt want to talk to you or me right now. He is very deliberately being kept from scrutiny. He is approaching this important event with seriousness and professionalism and using his time wisely, which is to convince mps to support him. The other wannabes use every chance to make their case. But borisjohnson cant make promises without a price tag for long. Every monday when boris writes his column, he makes another pledge for a lot of money, either tax cut or spending pledge. The question all politicians have to answer is where is the money coming from . Mrjohnson is way ahead of the pack. The other five candidates scrapping over second place. pack. The other five candidates scrapping over secondplace. I think this tory election contest is a chance for all of us to put forward positive ideas for how we can make the country better. Mps will whittle down the numbers to a final pair that tory members will choose from. All of them face questions behind closed doors today, mainly on co ntroversially. Closed doors today, mainly on controversially. The foreign secretary raised eyebrows were not quite condemning another tweet from President Trump attacking the london mayor. Ultimately, though, whether the favourite triumphs or an under dog bites Boris Johnson, the favourite triumphs or an under dog bites borisjohnson, to govern effectively in the longer term, they have to win over notjust the tory party but labour voters too. And labour has its own trauma over leaving the eu, with more and more powerful voices arguing to change the policy and to keep us in. The deputy leader says its now time to ditch the ambiguity, to fight clearly for another vote and to remain. I think after three years of brexit chaos and paralysis, this is really the only way out. I think putting it to the people is the most democratic way and the most legitimate way of doing that. Do you accept you might lose some supporters, you might lose some seats if you go back on what you promised . We certainly might lose some votes if we change position, but i think its incumbent on us to give an honest account of ourselves. We changed position because brexit is harder than it looked. In your view, if labour doesnt leave the disposition, what might the consequences be . I believe there will be a very high electoral price to pay. Someone who knows all too well the lonely price of paying the price over brexit. He would do a betterjob . Im not backing a candidate, i havent endorsed a candidate. I did vote last thursday, i havent told anybody who i voted for and i havent told anybody who i voted forand im not i havent told anybody who i voted for and im not going to. Smiling perhaps with relief. You cant help wondering what theresa may really thinks of the state of this leadership race. One of the interesting things is we havent really heard from any of the candidates what really did they think they would be able to do differently from her in order to get brexit done that she wasnt able to do, beyond crossing theirfingers, having some political skill or asking the eu again if they could budge a bit when so many times now theyve said they arent going to me than any dramatic way. We are only seven days into this and remember, once this gets down to the final two, this contest will go on for several weeks as the leadership candidates get out around the country. Tomorrow, the numbers will be whittled down further. Mps will vote in the morning and we will know around about tea time who has gone down in this race. Tomorrow night, a big debate on the bbc when those candidates will be pitted against each other with lots of pressure on all of them, the most on the front runner Boris Johnson. Studio all of them, the most on the front runner borisjohnson. Studio thank you. One of the uks biggest construction firms, the kier group, says its cutting 1200 jobs, more than half of which will go by the end of the month. The company says it will focus on its core business and will sell off its housebuilding and recycling divisions to try to make savings of £55 million a year. The founder of Chinese Technology giant huawei has said american sanctions are likely to cost the company billions of pounds. He said sales of smartphones were down by 40 after the us put huawei on a list of companies that american firms cannot trade with unless they have a licence. The move came during an escalating trade war between the us and china. The government has named the final two hospital trusts where people died after an outbreak of listeria. One patient died at derby and burton nhs trust and another had been receiving treatment in leicester. Health secretary matt hancock said they would be a root and branch review of hospital food. Iran has warned that its about to breach the International Agreement made in 2015 to restrict its nuclear activities. It says it will exceed the limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium in ten days time. Last year President Trump withdrew the us from the nuclear deal and imposed new economic sanctions on iran. Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale is here. What is iran trying to achieve with this announcement today . Ever since the us pulled out of its deal last year there has been the threat that at some point iran would stop complying with the provisions. It looks like next week that may happen when it starts stockpiling more uranium than its allowed to and potentially enriching it more thanit and potentially enriching it more than it should. This is largely a signal to the europeans and other countries saying, we, iran, need more help economically to deal with us sanctions and europe arent doing enough. The europeans are in a bit ofa enough. The europeans are in a bit of a quandary. They try and do more to help iran or do they at some point go down the route of having to impose sanctions themselves . Downing street said all options would be considered, the us said this is nuclear blackmail. Iran has been accused of and denied attacking those oil tankers in the gulf, to send a signal to the americans that sanctions come at a price. This is all about sending a signal to the europeans. It is not a moment when iran goes all out for Building Nuclear weapons but it is a step closer and ratchets up the pressure in an already tense situation. Thank you. The mayor of london sadiq khan has blamed cuts to Police Resources for rising levels of violence in the capital. Four people have been killed in as many days. Weve been speaking to the family of one of the victims who was stabbed in south west london on friday. The pain of a family. He was stabbed to death here on friday. His sister clutches his watch, now the only thing he can that she can hold of him. He was a happy boy. He was loving. He liked music. He loved music, he was an amazing brother. He was happy, he wasnt a troublemaker and he was a loving child. Its heartbreaking to watch your child in the early hours of the morning before hes taken. Then you have to deal with the family, shes got a six week old baby. Deal with the family, shes got a sixweekold baby. He isnt the only teenager killed. Four murders in four days. A few minutes later but unconnected, 19 year old eniola aluko was shot in plumstead on saturday afternoon. A man in his 30s was stabbed in Tower Hamlets and in the early hours of this morning another victim stabbed in stratford. The american president had criticised the london mayor sadiq khan over the stabbing is. Im not going to respond to the touch but i will make sure my energies are focused on doing what i can to keep oui focused on doing what i can to keep our city say. A lot safer than many of the other cities donald trump is in charge of. Sadiq khan is very clear that he not doing anything. You need to inject money and if its a health approach, you need to get community involved. Its a war on the street. Its not recognised as a war but lights have been lost and a lot of lives have been lost. If it isa lot of lives have been lost. If it is a postcode war, how do you stop a war . They are now raising funds to pay for the teenagers funeral. Anotherfamily broken pay for the teenagers funeral. Another family broken by a pay for the teenagers funeral. Anotherfamily broken by a knife. Our top story this evening the inquest into the London Bridge attacks hears how chaos and confusion hampered efforts to help the victims. And still to come andy murray talks to the bbc about his life after hip surgery as he makes his tennis comeback this week. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news, the latest on chelseas search for a new manager, with the club yet to approach derby about the possibility of a Stamford Bridge return for frank lampard. Emergency workers in lincolnshire say there may be another breach in the walls of the river steeping this week. Two months worth of rain fell in two days last week, forcing around 1000 people out of their homes. And weather forecasts are predicting more rainfall tomorrow and wednesday. Danny savage is in wainfleet now. It all means people still cant get back to their homes. There is a couple of streets to like this in wainfleet tonight, fiona. Still flooded, the roads are covered but there is a lot less water here than there was on friday. Going forward , than there was on friday. Going forward, theres still hundreds of homes here which have been evacuated. People have been told to leave because there are concerns about rainfall later on in the week and the fact the river bank nearby could suddenly give way and rapidly flood this town. In wainfleet, its a waiting game. Hundreds of homes have been evacuated because of fears of another flood in the next few days. Not everyone has gone. Some people dont want to leave, preparing for the worst, but hoping for the best. Weve been told the river could breach at any moment if theres any more rain, which were expecting on tuesday or wednesday. And theyve forecast terrific thunderstorms and rain so if that river gets any more water, its going to burst its banks again. The fear is that the forecast rain will put too much strain on the high river banks. Theyve plug one breach, but the authorities theyve plugged one breach, but the authorities are worried about others. There is a large crack thats probably about half a kilometre in length running away from where the repair took place and were monitoring that on an hourly basis and were looking at what can be done to repair that. This is the room weve been allocated. Derek has been moved from his home in wainfleet to emergency accommodation in nearby skegness. Thats all weve got, weve got no cooker, no fridge, but its clean and dry. His dog is so traumatised, it wont eat and he and his wife june are finding it tough. We just grabbed what we could because the bags and shoes were floating. Just put a few bits and bobs in a plastic bag and we was took out by the firemen. Im an easy going guy, but weve got to do it. Im upset. Police say people may have to stay away from their homes here until at least friday. But that does depend on how much rain falls between now and wednesday. So this is a typical scene this evening. Sandbags outside houses. People have been told its not very pleasa nt people have been told its not very pleasant because they cannot use their bathrooms and toilets because their bathrooms and toilets because the Sewerage System isnt working properly so around wainfleet you will see these portable toilets scattered around the place. People have decided to leave and go and stay with friends or relatives. Fiona. Danny savage, thank you. Egyptian state television says the Egyptian State television says the egyptian president has died after fainting ina egyptian president has died after fainting in a court room. He was elected in 2012 but deposed by the army a year later. He had been facing charges, including allegations of spying. Hong kongs most prominent student activistjoshua wong has been released from prison and immediately called for the territorys leader to resign. Mr wong, who was jailed for five weeks for contempt of court, is backing the days of mass protest against new legislation which would allow people to be extradited to face trial in mainland china. From hong kong Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. Joshua wong was mobbed by the media as he walked free after 31 days in jail. Many here see him as hong kongs First Political prisoner, sent to jail for organising a pro democracy sitting. A pro democracy sit in. His release came less than a day after vast numbers took to the streets here, demanding the withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill. Joshua wong told me axing the bill will now not be enough. Hong kongs chief executive must go to. She needs to pay the price. She needs to step down. If she doesnt step down, i believe the demonstrations, the rally that happened yesterday, is not the largest number of participants. In the future, there will be more than a million of hong kong citizens coming to the street again. This afternoon the hard core protesters returned to the streets, vowing to press on until their demands are met. The much smaller number of protesters still out here today may not feel it yet, but they have already won. The hated extradition bill is in effect already dead. The question now, is what happens to hong kong chief executive, carrie lam . Even pro government lawmakers are now blaming mrs lam for the current mess. Now shes created a problem. If she leaves, whos going to come and take up the problems . All right, if it was me, i wont, i dont want to touch it. 0k, let her clear that up first. After three of the biggest protests this territory has ever seen in the space ofjust one week, time may be running out for hong kongs embattled chief executive. Rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in hong kong. Lets take a brief look at some of todays other news. Police are investigating five allegations of malpractice relating to the by election in peterborough earlier this month. Cambridgeshire police say they are dealing with three allegations concerning postal votes, one of bribery and corruption, and a breach of privacy. Labours lisa forbes won the contest by 683 votes. A Scottish National party mep has issued an unreserved apology over his allegation that the brexit party is a Money Laundering front. Alyn smith, who made the claim in a tv interview, has now admitted he didnt have any evidence to support his statement. He faced being sued by the brexit partys chairman, richard tice. Mr smith has agreed to pay a significant contribution to mr tices legal costs. And he will make a donation for the help for heroes charity. Ministers are being accused of wasting hundreds of millions of pounds on sub standard cycle lanes, which dont help riders feel safer. The charge is being led by olympian chris boardman, whos now a cycling commissioner. The department for transport says new guidance will be issued this year. Boeing has promised to leave no stone unturned in its investigations ito separate crashes in indonesia and ethiopia which claimed a total of 346 lives. The companys entire fleet of 737 max aircraft has been grounded ever since. Meanwhile, the head of Ethiopian Airlines has rejected suggestions coming out of the United States that pilot error was one of the causes behind the crash in ethiopia. From addis ababa, theo leggett reports. Grounded, parked up and going nowhere. Four Ethiopian Airlines boeing 737 max 8s. Theyve been sat here since march. There used to be a fifth plane three months ago it crashed on a flight from addis ababa to nairobi in kenya, killing everyone on board. It came down in remote countryside several hours drive from the bustling capital. This is where flight et 302 came to rest. Behind that fence over there is the accident site. It crashed just six minutes into its journey after taking off from addis ababa airport. So here in these Rolling Fields is where 157 people lost their lives. Now, there is a blame game on the way. Some influentialfigures in the United States have suggested the pilots of the stricken aircraft were at fault for the crash. The pilots trained in the United States would have successfully been able to handle this situation. Its a very tragic accident. Thats the suggestion the boss of Ethiopian Airlines emphatically rejects. The senator seems to be seriously misinformed. Or he doesnt have the facts on hand when he said that. Who do you think bares the prime responsibility for the loss of et 302 . Well, i think the fact that we are close to 380 aeroplanes grounded since then, why on earth have they grounded 380 aeroplanes all over the world . Simple, right . The facts speaks for itself. At the Paris Air Show today, the boss of boeings airliner business was clearly trying to avoid fuelling controversy. We have two active investigations into both these tragic accidents and ultimately those investigations will assign what the responsibilities and causes of both accidents were. For us, our focus is on what we know. Boeing says it hopes to have 737 max flying again by the end of the year. But Ethiopian Airlines insists that these planes will be the last in the world to return to the skies. Theo leggett, bbc news. Five months after breaking down in tears and admitting he might never play competitive tennis again, two times wimbledon singles champion andy murray is back. This week, in his first match since having a major hip operation in january, hell play in the doubles at the queens club tournament. But can he make a full comeback . Our Sports Correspondent David Ornstein reports. The sight of andy murray on a tennis court is one it seems we might not see again, but the scot is as determined as they come, having undergone make or break a hip surgery and a gruelling rehabilitation programme, hes back. It wasnt living life like how i would want to. Like i finished practising and literally ijust wanted to have my feet up the rest of the day and not do much more. Whereas now, you know im doing all the things i used to really, really enjoyed doing and getting to play some tennis as well and having fun with that and its great. His return to action comes with caution. No singles for now, rather doubles, partnering Feliciano Lopez at queens. The pair will play their first round match here on wednesday. A treat for those lucky enough to have a ticket and for british sports fans, a welcome, if unexpected glimpse of andy murray competing once more. Murrays injury had been plaguing him since 2017, when he limped out of wimbledon. And after pulling out of januarys australian open, he admitted his career might be over. Im not sure im able to play through the pain. But a procedure later that month proved successful and the 32 year old feels hes been given a new lease of life. Im doing lots of things that you know i certainly wouldnt have been doing six months ago, from playing golf, doing escape rooms and spending way more time with friends and family. The comeback has been timed to perfection. Wimbledon is two weeks away and the two time champion looks set to be there this year and if his body allows, perhaps even beyond. David ornstein, bbc news, queens. Time for a look at the weather. Heres matt taylor. What we saw in wainfleet earlier on, not too good . No, dark clouds on the horizon over the coming days. This time tomorrow we will be watching this area of low pressure which is just to the west of spain and portugal. Low pressure with us at the moment across the north and west. This evening and overnight a few showers across scotla nd overnight a few showers across scotland and Northern Ireland and the breeze will pick up later on. Cloud across central part of england and wales which will produce a few showers here and there but many will be dry over night and what we will notice across the south, turning muqqy notice across the south, turning muggy and misty into tomorrow morning. A sign of humid air coming oui morning. A sign of humid air coming our way. Most start tomorrows rush hour dry but our way. Most start tomorrows rush hourdry but in our way. Most start tomorrows rush hour dry but in southern counties we could see some heavy and potentially thundery rain working up to the morning into the midlands, east anglia and maybe even lincolnshire by the afternoon. Sunshine and showers. And in Northern Ireland. The odd rumble of thunder and some of the driest weather for east of scotland, Northern England and to the west of wales. Temperatures where they should be for the time of year. This area is the greatest concern of severe thunderstorms tomorrow night, so that does include the likes of wainfleet in lincolnshire but many across east anglia and the south east. First batch of heavy rain will push through and then we could see some worse thunderstorms later in night with frequent lightning, risk of flash flooding and destruction to ta ke flash flooding and destruction to take us into wednesday morning. Thunderstorms further west as well suffer the rain through the midlands, drifting towards the north east of england and lincolnshire again during wednesday. Scotla nd lincolnshire again during wednesday. Scotland and Northern Ireland, if you wish i was around on wednesday. Far west of wales one of the driest and brighter spots again. Far west of wales one of the driest and brighterspots again. Sign far west of wales one of the driest and brighter spots again. Sign of High Pressure for friday and saturday and that means a short speu saturday and that means a short spell but significant spell of dry weather for just about will before rain returns on sunday. Some are, hopefully well be with us soon. A reminder of our top story. The inquest into the London Bridge attacks here is how confusion hampered efforts to help some of the victims. Thats all from the bbc news at six. It is goodbye from me and on bbc one, we this is bbc news. The headlines the frontrunner in the race to become tory leader and prime minister, borisjohnson, has faced criticism for missing hustings today, with westminsterjournalists. He also missed last nights first televised debate of the campaign. But mrjohnson has received a boost, after Health Secretary matt hancock became the latest mp, to back his leadership bid. Labours deputy leader tom watson, has broken with party policy, saying it should back the uk, staying in the european union. The eu has protected millions of workers for many years. They will need protection in the future. We should be remain an reform party and we should be enthusiastic for a confirmatory ballot. Egyptian state television has announced that the former egyptian president , Mohammed Morsi has died, after fainting in court. The London Bridge attacks an inquest hears that chaos and confusion meant long delays in treating some of the injured. Demonstrations in hong kong continue with more calls