To work, before deciding whether or not to keep them on. And coming up, howjust one tiny tick bite could cause chronic illness we investigate the spread of lyme disease in scotland in disclosure in half an hour. Hello, good morning. A neighbour of tory leadership hopeful borisjohnson and his partner have defended calling the police after overhearing a row at the couples flat, and passing a recording of the incident to a newspaper. The story continues to dominate the front pages of the papers today. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley has more details. Tom penn is the neighbour who called the police and passed a recording of it onto the guardian newspaper. He has been explaining why this morning. He said his wife and he were concerned about some noises coming from the flat that Boris Johnson shares with his girlfriend carrie symonds, that they knocked on the door three times, got no answer, that is when they decided to phone the police. Also defending the decision to give that recording to the guardian newspaper, saying simply he thinks it is in the public interest. There have been in the newspapers this morning some questions raised about the motivations of mr penn and his partner to give that recording onto the newspaper. Also some of borisjohnsons allies tweeting yesterday to say, look, there is something going on here when you phone the police and then pass the recording onto the newspaper. He is absolutely adamant, however, that he thinks hes done the right thing. Borisjohnson, as you say, has yet to comment on this. He was asked about it repeatedly yesterday at a conservative Party Hustings in birmingham. I think we can have a listen. You are not going to make any comment at all about what happened last night. I think that its pretty obvious from the foregoing. 0k. Butl. Ive sat where you start, i understand the responsibilities. Well, i wouldnt spent the first five minutes on it had you answered the first question. I did answer the first question. Ok, lets move on. That was part of a lengthier exchange. I think the feeling on team johnson is he does not talk about his private life, he hasnt so far and he is not going to now. I wouldnt be surprised if that continues. Is there any sign at all of this having an impact on the Johnson Campaign . Very hard to say in any concrete terms. At the hustings, you got a glimpse in the clip there, there were some in the audience who quite clearly did not want the question to be answered. They are either supporters of borisjohnson or do not think the personal elements of his life should be part of this campaign. There is a poll in the mail on sunday this morning suggesting amongst conservative voters this has cut the lead of Boris Johnson over jeremy hunt in the race to be the new conservative leader. I suppose these questions will continue. Many people in the political world want to know what goes on. But mrjohnson, so far anyway, has shown no sign hes going to answer. There are going to be 16 hustings, a long way to go. Still a month in this leadership contest, there will be those hustings around the country where the two will be tested largely on policy more than issues like this. Theres a lot to talk about, both men explaining their approaches to brexit, both of which have been criticised by opponents, both approaches some would say are undeliverable or completely fanciable. Thats a long way to go on this. If you are struggling to keep up already, theres going to be a lot of testing to come. Nick eardley there. The former conservative foeign secretary, sir Malcom Rifkind said borisjohnson made a mistake refusing to answer any questions about the incident. I think borisjohnson has made an error of judgment. If you are in the running to become our next Prime Minister and the police are called to your house, you cannot really expect to get away with no comment. It makes it look like you have something to hide. I dont think he should have spent a great deal of time talking about the detail of what happened, all he had to say, in the best of partnerships and in the best of marriages, occasionally there are furious rows. I dont think there is a relationship in the country that has not had that. He could have said that and that would have been enough. But saying no comment implies it is none of your business, and it is the business of the public to know why the police have been called to his property. Although some of his supporters are saying the neighbours who recorded this and then passed it onto a national newspaper, the guardian, that wasnt a clever thing to do. Maybe it was, maybe it wasnt. I dont know. That is for them to explain. They say they knocked on the door three times, if thats true, if you do hear what is a mini riot going on, you knock on the door and nobody answers, then you do begin to worry that something has happened that you need to report. One of his biographers who worked with borisjohnson quite a few years ago says this is typical of him. He has quite a short fuse, quite a temper on him. Again, is that relevant . I suppose if you are the Prime Minister trying to renegotiate a deal in brussels, would that come into play . It is one of a whole host of issues that have opened up the question whether he has the capability, the personality to handle i worked for two Prime Ministers, john major and margaret thatcher, they do not have much in common if truth be told, but one thing vast amounts of information to work incredibly hard, supervising notjust one Government Department but the whole spectrum of government, knowing what was going on, providing leadership, providing Strategic Direction and thats what i look for another Prime Minister. I think that is what the country looks for in a Prime Minister. Some people have suggested boris might be a nonexecutive chairman with able people around him. The last thing we want in a Prime Minister is a nonexecutive chairman. We want clear control and knowledge of what is going on in their own government and being able to speak to other Prime Ministers and heads of government on equal terms with them respecting what you have to say, whether or not they agree with you. Do you think any of this row will make much difference in terms of the campaign, the battle for the leadership of the party . He is widely loved, not to say adored by many of the conservative Party Membership who are going to be voting, lets be honest, they know about his pretty colourful personal life, it has been well documented over the years . If its just a colourful personal life, i do not think that is an issue. Lloyd george had a colourful personal life, but that did not affect him being a good Prime Minister. He had other qualities that were releva nt to he had other qualities that were relevant to being a Prime Minister. I dont know whether the stories will damage him over the next few weeks but i know the conservative party, the Party Members who are going to be making the decision, they are serious people, they are not frivolous, they like boris, they would like to be persuaded his the right they will person for Prime Minister. Be asking himself, does he want the job, does he have the qualities required, for the huge burden . The huge never ceasing burden, week after week, looking looking at policy, understand what youre doing, notjust making it up as you go along, these are the qualities they will be looking to see, is that what he is or does he have the capability of developing into a first class Prime Minister . I think the jury are out. The Foreign Office minister, andrew murrison, is visiting the iranian capital tehran for talks aimed at easing tensions between iran and america. President trump says the United States is pressing ahead with additional sanctions on iran, to stop it from developing a nuclear weapon. Tehran recently said it intended to breach an agreed limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium. Our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. The ministerial visit is likely to have been planned for a while, but its timing matters. Tensions in the strait of hormuz remain high, the shooting down of an american drone over these waters coming close to sparking a dangerous confrontation with the us. Britain will raise concerns about what it sees as irans aggressive regional conduct. Tehran will press the uk for action on the relief promised for american sanctions, after washington pulled out of the nuclear deal, which european nations still stand by. In days, iran is likely to start breaching some technical limits of the agreement, and the white house says new sanctions will begin tomorrow. If the leadership of iran behaves badly it will be a very bad day for them. Hopefully they are smart and hopefully they really care for their people and not themselves, and hopefully we can get iran back onto an economic track that is fantastic. It is all adding to a volatile atmosphere in the gulf. President trump said iran could be his best friend if it accepted his terms for abandoning any nuclear ambitions, but a conflict, he said, would result in obliteration. The New York Times claim the United States launched a cyber attack on the radiant systems as trump lunch and then pulled out of air strikes on country, in reportedly in retaliation for the us drone as well as attacks on oil tankers that they have blamed on iran. Emily is a cybersecurity expert. Cyber warfare, is it part of toolkit now have countries when they are trying to inflict damage on arrival or an enemy . Yes, it is very much, it sits alongside the more traditional capabilities, what is interesting here is not so much that the us launched allegedly the cyber attack, but they have claimed credit for that. There are many incidents were it is thought that active cyber measures have been used, but states have kept quiet and not as one of the aspects of cyber that makes it so attractive to state, is that you can inflict potential damage without being identified. And without causing any casualties, i suppose, which is another attraction. It all depends on where you draw the line. Last month we saw in israel allegedly in support to ham us Cyber Attacks, they bombed ham hamas installation. If this is a fairly clea n way installation. If this is a fairly clean way of responding, states have two, they have various options and they have to seek an approach should response to the attacks that the us have been worried about and so cyber is part of that toolkit. We know that there have been escalating tensions between the two countries in the last few days and weeks, what sort of damage to think this might have done to around . M is difficult to say at this time because the robots are so early. However, the reports are so early. The Enrichment Programme has been a concern in the west for many yea rs, been a concern in the west for many years, ten years ago there was an attack on Nuclear Installations allegedly by the us and israel in iran and all of these, they can knock back capability by 18 months in that previous case. However, states who launch Cyber Attacks have to also watch their own back because nobodys cyber defences are perfect, even the us. That helps to explain why the us has perhaps been so worried about 5g roll out and things like that, they dont want the state to have access to their Critical Infrastructure and have the same sort of tactics done unto them. Do you think the United States are pretty good at this cyber warfare . They are pretty good at it but it is a lwa ys they are pretty good at it but it is always easier to attack than to defend in cyberspace. And also Cyber Attacks are not something, they are not like a bomb that plays up and does its damage, they are lines of code which can then be copied and used in other circumstances. So there is a different type of fallout in the cyber world, which is your excellence and up in the hands of your enemies and used against you. This is not a risk free type of approach, even if it means you dont have to deploy troops on the ground. It can lead to an escalation and you can end up being harmed by your own weapons and this has been seen time and time again. Interesting to talk to, thank you. Emily taylor there, security expert at chatham house. The headlines on bbc news the neighbour of Boris Johnson and his partner defends calling the police and giving a recording to a newspaper after apparently hearing a row mrjohnson refused to answer apparently hearing a row. Mrjohnson refused to answer questions about the incident yesterday. Tackling the tensions between iran and the us a senior Foreign Office minister heads to tehran to appeal for calm. North Koreas Kim Jong un says hes received a personal letter from donald trump, which he describes as excellent. England take on cameroon later on. Phil neville says cameroon will pose a threat his england team has not experienced in their first knock out match of the womens world cup in france this afternoon. Its live on bbc1 and radio 5 live at 11. 30. If we are talking about england stars, aaron white has been the top scorer stars, aaron white has been the top scorer ellen white. That is something to watch out for. They have also been amazing down the left hand side, keira welch has been that pivotal player in front of the back fourfor that pivotal player in front of the back four for england in that pivotal player in front of the back fourfor england in midfield. Details not really admittedly got into full throttle yet, if youre watching the game tonight, i would really like to see them stamp their authority on this, they fell out and get lots of goals tonight. The winner will face norway. The winner of england cameroon will face norway after they beat australia on penalties. The game finished 1 all after extra time and so went to a penalty shoot out. Australia missed their first two including this by top scorer and captain sam kerr. She will not want to see that again. Ingrid systad engen struck the winning penalty to win the shootout 4 1. Sparking those scenes of celebration. Germany are into the last eight after a 3 0 win over nigeria. Alexandra popp gave them the lead after 20 minutes. And moments after the restart, the video assistant referee was involved once again after Evelyn Nwabuoku caught the knee of lina magull. It took three minutes before the decision to award a penalty was finally made. The spot kick converted to put the germans two goals ahead. Lea schuller added a third late on. Brazil responded in style after being bade. They won a 5 0 in sao paulo. Roberto for no scoring this bizarre goal, a new look finish. I like that. Chelsea william was on the scoresheet to see brazil top their group the scoresheet to see brazil top theirgroup and the scoresheet to see brazil top their group and advance to the quarterfinals. At the cricket world cup. Afghanistan went agonizingly close to causing the biggest shock of the tournament so far. They restricted india to just 224 with the bat, and in reply got within just 12 runs of victory before a Mohammed Shami hat trick in the final over to end their hopes. India now go above england into third. New zealand are closing in on a place in the semi finals after a dramatic win over the west indies. Chasing 292, the windies were within six runs of victory when Carlos Brathwaite was caught going for that match winning boundary with an over to spare. The black caps won by 5 runs, are still unbeaten in the tournament, they play england on the 3rd ofjuly. Just one match today, south africa versus pakistan at lords. They are both desperate for a win. Pakistan have won the toss and opted to back. Play begins at 1030. Andy murray has reached the doubles final at queens only five months after having career saving hip surgery. The two time wimbledon champion and his partner Feliciano Lopez had to play their quarter and semi finals back to back. They went through in three sets against the third seedsjohn peers and Henri Kontinen and will play britains joe salisbury and american rajeev ram in the final today. Lewis hamilton will start on pole. Lewis hamilton will start todays french grand prix on pole. The World Champion was second best to his Mercedes Team mate Valtteri Bottas until the final round of qualifying, but will start at the front of the grid. Ferraris Sebastian Vettel could manage only seventh. You can listen to Live Commentary of the race on radio 5 live and the bbc sport website at ten past two. That is all your support for now. Let us go to turkey now, voters are going back to the polls today in istanbul in a rerun of the Mayoral Election that has become a test for turkish democracy, as well as a test of president erdogan popularity at a time of economic turmoil. They candidate has cast its vote, a Founding Member of president erdogans party but facing a strong challenge from the opposition. Our correspondent magazine and stumble. It isa correspondent magazine and stumble. It is a test of turkish democracy, isnt it. Mike our correspondent isnt it. Mike our correspondent is in istanbul. This is much more than a local election, this is much more than our vote to elect a mayor of the city, it isa vote to elect a mayor of the city, it is a pivotal test for present and or after 16 years in power, candies secured dominance over what he lost in march and claim irregularities, although the opposition take of istanbul, the economic powerhouse for the first time in 25 years . With that than signal an end to president eduards daddy Political Rights . It might lead to speculation over the end, people would talk about the end of the odour one era. It is a huge significance. He says thatis that is so much riding on this election. Is it possible to say which way it is going to go . I have to say the opposition candidate is absolutely seized on the desire on this country. He has captured optimistic message, his slogan, everything will be fine has resonated with his supporters, and he is confident and the opposition are that they would win today, even with a larger margin. If that were to happen, that would be a huge setback, the biggest setback in president erdogan career. He is facing a heavyweight, the former prime minster, the former minister of transport, a Founding Member of governing party, it could well be. There will be a lot riding on tonight, a lot of eyes on whether or not it is free and fair. They have a lot of volunteers sitting in the polling stations and making sure no votes us dolan. They are hoping to steal istanbul from the. Obviously as you say, if the ruling party lose, this is going to be a hammer blow to him. It really would be. This is a serial election when we are talking about. The most powerful leader in modern history. Since he was mayor of istanbul himself, the same city of this, he became minister of turkey say the measure propelled him to National Power and then he became president. It is also personalfor him, he does not want to lose his home city and if you were to lose it it would hasten splits with his own party, his predecessor is preparing to split and from his own party. If you were to lose tonight, it would hasten the splits in the governing party, it would hasten talk of the end of the south iran that is why he is determined to hold on to the city. Mark the end of the erdogan era. A lot of his opponents, thousands of birds opponents have been locked up in recent months. Look at the numbers over the last four years since the attempted coup in 2016, and an attempted coup, there has been a gigantic perch, a climb down on every sector of society, least people have been caught up in that purge. They are arrested, detained, suspended, it has been a gigantic climb down that has been a gigantic climb down that has had political opponents. That said, turkeys electric system is ha rd to said, turkeys electric system is hard to read. All the parties have people in the counting system, they have representatives, there are volu nteers have representatives, there are volunteers here and the opposition has set up a parallel news agency to collate the results. It is harder to rig elections in kinder villages in the far east of turkey near the iranian border, the syrian border. Here in istanbul, the most developed city in turkey, it would be very ha rd to city in turkey, it would be very hard to steal elections in a big way. They are not taking anything for granted from the opposition, but they are hoping that they will be able to clinch victory tonight. He is casting his vote right now, president erdogan. When do you think we will get a result of this pivotal election . I would have thought by about six, 7pm your time, we are two hours ahead of you. We will be bringing you the results and impact on the bbc news channel. President erdoganjust bbc news channel. President erdogan just casting his vote, holding for the campus as he pp5 vote, holding for the campus as he popsit vote, holding for the campus as he pops it into the ballot box. As market has been telling us, such a crucial election. It is a really vital test of his popularity and of the state of turkish democracy. There he is casting his ballot. We will bring you much more in that throughout the day, after thanks to mark in istanbul with the latest on the election. The north Korean Leader kim jong un has received a personal letterfrom us President Donald Trump according to state media. Mr kim praised the letter as excellent and said he would seriously contemplate the interesting content. Earlier our correspondent laura bicker gave me this update from seoul. Kim jong un was pictured on the front of the north korean state newspaper, reading the letter from donald trump and he said he would contemplate the interesting content of that letter. Could it be, for instance, that donald trump has come up with another proposal . Certainly the timing is interesting, donald trump is due to visit asia later this week, firstly at the g20 in osaka and then hes coming here to seoul to meet with president moonjae in for talks about the Korean Peninsula situation. Its no secret, the talks between the United States and north korea have stalled since that summit in hanoi where both sides failed to reach a deal. There have been very few talks between the two sides, but there have been letters between the two leaders. I think the interesting thing for us here is can these lovely letters, a beautiful letter, as donald trump declared, from kim jong un, and now an extraordinary letter to kimjong un from donald trump, can those letters be turned into actual meetings, and can those meetings be turned into a deal . Hello. After yesterdays sunshine and fine start to the weekend, more cloud around today. Many places though are going to stay dry but there is a weather system pushing outbreaks of rain across parts of southwest england towards south wales and Northern Ireland through the day, and all of that is going to feed further north as the night goes on. Very high pollen levels in england and wales, warmerfor east anglia and south east england. North wales, Northern England in particular this evening and tonight a risk of torrential thundery downpours, heavy thundery rain heading towards eastern parts of scotland as well as the night goes on. It will be a warmer night, particularly across england and wales. Wet start for some of us in scotland, england and wales seeing further thunderstorms breaking out during monday. Parts of southern england, the midlands, towards Northern England and then pushing back towards eastern scotland as the day goes on. Warmest across east anglia and southeast england, some spells of hazy sunshine around. More storms monday night into tuesday for some of us. It gets hotter as the week goes on. Thats your forecast. Hello, you are watching bbc news. The neighbour of Boris Johnson and his partner defends calling the police and giving a recording to a newspaper after apparently hearing a row. Mrjohnson continually refused to answer questions about the incident yesterday. A senior Foreign Office minister heads to tehran to appeal for calm. North Koreas Kim Jong un says hes received a personal letter from donald trump, which he describes as excellent. Researchers say theyve uncovered a Large Scale Campaign to plant fake content on twitter and facebook, originating in russia. A union warns that some businesses are using teenagers as free labour by asking them to complete unpaid trial shifts. Now on bbc news, its time for disclosure. Fiona stalker investigates the spread of lyme disease. One tiny tick under the skin can cause chronic illness, but gps are often slow to diagnose and to give treatment. More and more of us are catching lyme disease. One tiny tick under the skin can cause debilitating illness. Nine years on from having started treatment, my life is still completely dominated by this disease. Are some gps too slow to diagnose and to give treatment that can stop it in his tracks . I went to the doctor and she said, no, you havent got lyme disease. None of that around here. And are doctors in denial about how patients can suffer long term . Basically told, why are you making up your illness
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