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Rain are expected. Facebook is reportedly fined a record £4 billion to settle an investigation into violations of its users data privacy. Simona halep wins her first wimbledon title beating Serena Williams in straight sets on centre court. And england comfortably beat scotland to make it two wins from two at the netball world cup. Well have more on this and rest of the days action in sportsday in half an hour on bbc news. Good afternoon. The metropolitan police have released a statement in connection with leaked government documents which led to the resignation of the uk ambassador to the the us, Sir Kim Darroch. Assistant commissioner neil basu reiterated that publishing any more leaks could be a criminal offence but says the police respect press freedom. Andy moore reports. Sir kim darroch has resigned but that is not the end of the matter. Now a Police Inquiry will try to get to the bottom of who leaked his e mails. The memos published in the mail on sunday called the president inept and insecure. Mr trump responded by calling the ambassador wacky and pompous. He said he could no longer deal with him. This afternoon Scotland Yard said they respected the rights of the media but they had been given legal advice that publication of more revelations could constitute a public offence. The police said they were aware that leaked documents from the ambassador and others were potentially still in circulation. Their publication, they warned, would carry no Public Interest defence. In may Gavin Williamson was sacked as defence secretary after being accused of leaking secrets from the National Security council, a charge he denied. Scotland yard were called on then to launch a criminal inquiry but they declined, saying there was no evidence a crime had been committed. The whole question of press freedom is now becoming a major issue in the battle to become the next prime minister. Borisjohnson has been accused of throwing Sir Kim Darroch under the bus but today he defended press freedom. Whoever has done it must be prosecuted. Hunted down and prosecuted. But, but, i have to say, that it cannot conceivably be right that newspapers or any other Media Organisation publishing such material should face prosecution. It is also very important to defend in a free society the right of the press to publish material that they think is in the Public Interest, leaks that they get, it obviously must not breach the official secrets act, but in the 21st century, the big dividing line is going to be between open societies and closed societies. That media generally are worried by this latest intervention from the police. It is somewhat ironic, this week we have had the government staging the first global conference for press media freedom, supposedly to other countries to be more transparent and to protect their media, and now here we have Scotland Yard making threats against the press in this country. Before this latest intervention by Scotland Yard the journalist who wrote the original story about Sir Kim Darroch had hinted there might be more to come. A battle of wills between the police and the press could be looming. The foreign secretaryjeremy hunt has said he has spoken to his counterpart in iran about the grace 1 oil tanker which was seized off gibraltar over accusations it was breaking eu sanctions by taking oil to syria. Writing on twitter, the conservative leadership candidate said he had a constructive call with the Iranian Foreign Ministerjavad Zarif reassuring him that the uks concern was the destination of the oil. He said the uk would assist with the release of the supertanker if there was a guarantee that its cargo was not bound for syria. Mr hunt said he was told that iran wants to resolve the issue and is not seeking to escalate. He also said he had spoken with gibraltars chief minister Fabian Picardo who is doing an excellent job co ordinating the issue and who shares the uk perspective on the way forward. Tropical hurricane barry has been upgraded to a hurricane ahead of its expected landfall on the us south coast. Heavy rain is falling on louisiana, and wind speeds have reached 120 kilometres per hour. Barry is also expected to bring storm surges when it crosses the coast southwest of new orleans. The National Hurricane centre says barry should quickly weaken as it moves onshore. Our north america correspondent sophie long reports. High winds lashing the louisiana coast. As it travelled slowly across the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, families, friends and neighbours filled sandbags in the hope of protecting their homes. A state of emergency was declared days ago, and people were told to stock up on supplies. They may not have another opportunity for several days. People here have seen stronger storms, but its the amount of rain estimates of up to 2a inches that barry will bring that people are really worried about. Im on the levee on the south side of the mississippi river. You can see new orleans just over there. Now, forecasters are predicting that a storm surge is gonna travel upriver from the gulf of mexico. Just to give you a sense of how high water levels already are, people tell me that normally, they can walk amongst these bushes and trees that have been almost completely submerged in water. Forecasters say the combination of conditions predicted over the next few days could cause water levels to crest at a historic high, and dangerously close to the top of the levees that protect new orleans from being submerged. The defence and drainage systems have been strengthened since the catastrophic flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina. That storm of 2005 claimed more than 1,800 lives. But the citys mayor has warned theres no drainage system in the world that can handle the amount of rain theyre expecting to fall over the next 48 hours. Sophie long, bbc news, new orleans. A little earlier i spoke to sophie from new orleans and she give me this update. We are now talking about hurricane barry. It is pounding the louisiana coast, it is a slow moving storm, only moving at around three miles per hour, meteorologists are describing it as a very messy, sloppy storm. We do now know it is making landfall, we were expecting that to happen earlier, forecast last night was at seven oclock this morning, that is now happening, we believe. In terms of what is happening on the ground, even before that made landfall, 55,000 people are without power this morning. Almost all flights have been cancelled from new orleans airport. Offshore drilling rigs have been evacuated of course for some days now. It is already taking a financial toll. In terms of the human population in new orleans it was very quiet here last night. Most people heeding those warnings that they should go home and shelter in their properties. This morning we have not yet seen the worst of the weather so in new orleans itself we are now seeing a few people out on the streets this morning. Obviously it has been raining quite heavily and there are vehicles out on the roads again as well. But those are the warnings, we have not seen the worst, and people are still very concerned here about the rising water levels. Since Hurricane Katrina which devastated new orleans what has changed . Because the American Administration of that time under George W Bush got a lot of criticism about a slow and inept response. Yes. There is no one here who does not know about what happened in 2005. Hurricane katrina is deeply embedded in the consciousness of this city. When you speak to people that is one of the main things, they have the hurricane on approach over the last few days. People here are used to big weather events. They have had in louisiana three tropical storms and two hurricanes in the last decade alone but what this has been is an unwelcome reminder of that trauma. There was catastrophic flooding in 2005, it claimed the lives of more than 1,800 people and devastated lives of many more. It took them years to rebuild. Now the flood defence system has been shored up, upgraded, they spent millions on the drainage system as well. There is some good news this morning. That is the cresting water levels that we have been talking about with the storm surge, rainfall and already high levels of the mississippi, they are now predicting that will crest at 17 feet. The levees can take up to 20 feet, so that is looking better than it was yesterday when predictions were 19 feet. So, dangerously close to the top of the levee system protecting the city. Earlier i spoke to a spokesman from the Louisiana National guard about preparations. First and for most we save lives. As soon as it is safe for our guards meant to move we will have boats, aircraft out there in the impact areas to save lives and get those people to safety. Secondly, our engineering teams will get to work leaving those roadways to allow all that traffic and the city to stand up again. Third, we will provide security. We anticipate the need for shelters, as those shelters stand up and people get their life support back up and running the guard can come in and make sure that those things are secure and safe and take care of those families that are displaced and need help. In the last hour the mayor of new orleans, latoya cantrell, gave this update this storm surge risk on the mississippi ripper has passed but the primary risk remains, heavy rain on the city of new orleans. Mississippi river. We have done our diligence on rainfall, our sister cities have taken on, received 3 4 inches of water in one hour. It is consistent. That will be significant for the city of new orleans. It is something that we also experienced just this past week. We are not in any way out of the woods. More details on the bbc news website. A man has been stabbed to death in birmingham in what police say may have been a targeted attack. Officers were called to the sparkhill area of the city at around 11 30 last night. The man, who was in his 30s, was confirmed dead at the scene. Clashes have broken out between police and protesters in hong kong where thousands of people marched against mainland chinese traders. Police fired pepper spray and used batons on the marchers, who threw umbrellas and hard hats back at them. Its the latest in a string of demonstrations over anger in the former british colony. Stephen mcdonell told us more from hong kong. This seems to be the new normal in hong kong. Every weekend there are a rolling series of protests which at any stage could turn into a conflict with the police. They start off as a march and then at the end those who i suppose you could say are at the more radical end of the protest movement are really taking it up to the authorities. Police here also showing that their tolerance for the tactics of these protesters is growing smaller and smaller. Now they are turning out in big numbers again. You can see rows of riot police here in this shopping district tonight. Even though most of the demonstrators have gone home they have decided to push them out of the streets and clean out the area. They are calling out warnings for people to leave, they are shaking their cans of pepper spray, batons and shields are ready, and now they are going to come forward. Here they come. The riot police have decided that the time for this protest to come to an end is now. They are moving towards these makeshift barricades to pull them apart. And in big numbers they are going to return this shopping district to the way that it was. The thing is, it is hard to see how this is going to finish because on the one hand, beijing is not going to easily give people in hong kong genuine universal suffrage, not without a fight. But on the other hand, these protesters now at least many amongst them, they are not going to give up, unless they have genuine one person one vote democracy in hong kong. One thing is for certain however, there is no going back to the way things were, so both sides need to find a way forward. The headlines on bbc news. The metropolitan police reiterates that publishing leaked diplomatic telegrams could be a criminal offence. The warning follows the resignation of the British Ambassador in washington. The police have been criticised for threatening prosecutions of the media over the leak. Louisiana braces itself for hurricane barry, storm surges and heavy rain are expected. Facebook is facing a fine of nearly £4 billion over its handling of users personal data. The social media giant has been hit by a series of privacy scandals, including one involving the political consultancy, cambridge analytica. The fine by the Us Federal Trade Commission is the largest ever against an american tech company. Heres our north America Technology reporter, dave lee. It is the largest fine ever levied against a Us Technology company. Even so, facebooks many critics say it is little more than a slap on the wrist for a company that made more than 15 billion in the first three months of 2019 alone. The 5 billion facebook will reportedly now pay is notjust for cambridge analytica, but for a broad range of privacy violations. The Us Federal Trade Commission said facebook had breached an agreement that had made in 2011, over how personal data would be used. What is not yet entirely clear is what additional measures may be imposed on facebook in future. According to reports in the us media, the measure shall not include any personal repercussions for facebooks chief executive. Facebook told investors in april that it had already put aside most of the money needed to pay this penalty. Meaning there will be little financial strain on the company. One former official from the us trade regulator said he felt facebook considered this fine simply the cost of doing business. Facebook has consistently aggressively violated consumer privacy. I believe at least in the us it is a calculated decision and i think the company has prioritised growth at any cost. Facebook would not comment on the settlement, but has in the past said that it had learned tough lessons and was working hard to change. That will not be enough. One us senator called the fine a mosquito bite. Pledging, like many lawmakers around the world, to create strict data privacy regulation. Parents in wales are calling for a country wide policy on sun safety in schools after reports of children getting sunburnt. Unions advise that teachers should not apply suncream to children at school, but some parents are arguing that a single application before the school day is not enough to prevent burning. Councils say it is up to individual schools in wales to set a sun safety policy. Financial pressures on private and independent day nurseries are creating a workforce crisis in england. Thats according to the National Day Nurseries association, which says people are leaving forjobs in areas like retail where they can earn more. The association is calling on the government to provide more money to support Free Childcare places. Our business correspondent, katy austin reports. Get ready to catch it this private day nursery in manchester wants as many of its staff as possible to be experienced and highly qualified. The manager, ann marie, says finding and keeping those staff has recently got much harder. We havejust had two members of staff that went travelling. One of them went three years ago, another has gone recently. I asked them if they would like to come back and one said that she was going to work in a supermarket and the other one in a bar because it was more money. Was that the only reason . Yes, the only reason, as i could not better the wages they were on. Thats because most children here are eligible for government funded places. Day nurseries have been warning for some time the government pays less than the market rate, causing a financial shortfall. Now, theres a warning that it is increasingly affecting the type of staff they can afford to employ. What we have seen over the last three years is government funding staying completely stagnant, but at the same time they have got rising staff costs, rising business costs like business rates, and other things like pension contributions, all pushing their costs up, which leads much less money at the end of the day to cover staff wages. The department for education told us more children, including from low income families, are now benefiting from Free Childcare, and it is investing in training early years staff. But it is monitoring the sector closely, including workforce and costs. 100 years ago a neglected estate in essex was transformed into a place where young people could embark on a life of adventure. Gilwell park became the spiritual home of the scouts. Robert hall has been retracing scouting history as celebrations get under way to mark the locations 100th birthday. The opening of gilwell park is the most significant event. There is that spirit of scouting, of endeavour, of friendships, that sense of family and belonging, and it is loved by scouts all over the world. It started with a run down manor house, an overgrown estate, and a group of east london scout volunteers here to bring another baden powell dream to reality. This person remembers the story her father told her of that visit. They got the train from the east end of london. They got the train to chingford station. Then they pulled a cart up to here. Of course it was almost derelict by that time. They found they could not sleep in the house, it was just a derelict. They had to find somewhere, that is where they found a pigsty, it had a roof on it, it was dry. 50,000 young people had flocked to scouting during the first world war. Gilwells priority was to produce leaders to replace the 7000 lost during the conflict. In the years since it opened its doors gilwell has trained 50,000 Adult Volunteers and welcomed thousands of visitors from around the world, these included members of the east london scout troop that started that restoration work one century ago. I have learned how to pitch a tent, i have learnt how to tidy up a tent, i learned how to cook. I am looking forward to more camping trips because they always bring out new activities. It is like a wild forest that you can explore. There are lots of different activities. Our last camping trip was pretty funny because we did not want to sleep in our tent, we used to stick our heads out and look at the stars. My dear brother scouts, i am 80 years old. What do you think of that . I cannot say that i feel very much older than some of you. Scouting values are still there, rooted in that friendship, endeavour, going the extra mile, helping your community. I think hed have this huge sense of pride. Nearly 80 years after robert Baden Powells death the movement he founded is thriving. Gilwell is its beating heart. New zealand has been holding its first public firearms collection event in christchurch as part of the governments response to the citys mosque shootings in march. High powered semi automatic weapons were banned after the atrocity in which 51 people were killed. Licensed owners who hand in their weapons will be compensated as phil mercer explains. Dozens of people came to a racecourse in the south island city to hand in weapons that are now illegal. We are really proud of what we have achieved today. We have had 169 people come through today, we have had handed over 224 firearms, 217 parts, and 153,000 had been paid out to people handing over firearms. The engagement with the public, from the firearms public in canterbury, has been stunning. New zealand has been forced to change its attitudes to firearms. Gun ownership has been high, but the mosque attack four months ago in christchurch prompted a ban on military style semiautomatics. More than 130 million has been set aside to compensate owners of prohibited weapons. They have until december to hand them in. More than 250 buy back events will be held across new zealand. Some owners are complaining that the amount of compensation they will receive is inadequate. But in christchurch, there is an acceptance that gun owners must do the right thing. The law changed and i can understand, it makes everyone feel safer, so yeah, get it over and done with and hand it back. It wasnt an heirloom or an antique, just a firearm. I can get another one with the right size magazine tube. The australian man accused of the christchurch shootings has denied 51 charges of murder, a0 counts of attempted murder and a terrorism charge. He is expected to go on trial next year. For more than 100 years brass bands have been playing in wales, but now children who want to join one could be discouraged because of a row over licensing. Bands legally need a licence for under 16s to perform, but they argue this should only apply to those that are paid. Welsh bands are now calling for a change in legislation. Alex humphreys has the details. Ammanford town silver band in carmarthenshire. With 28 members, they have a busy concert schedule, and compete regularly. You cant beat the sound of a brass band, can you . Although i am only sitting in with these guys tonight, when i was little i used to compete across the country with bands. But some people are saying that is now harder these days for kids to do that. Earlier this year, brass bands were told theirjunior members would need a child performance licence for the majority of their public appearances. The license form is a 15 page document. For each individual in the band under the age of 16 or in full time education, it is a complexjob. On anglesey, the situation is causing some confusion there. Im not quite sure why it has reared its head this year because the legislation was introduced in 2014. If we took exactly the same young people to a football competition, we would not need a childs performance licence. Sports organisations are exempt from the childs performance licence. To be thrown into the same category as organisations who are paying children to work as performers seems a bit unfair for what is after all an amateur hobby, being in a brass band. It is notjust affecting bands in wales, but across the whole of the uk. A lot of bands have struggled quite a lot. Some bands have even said to us, we are not going to play children at certain events. To me, that is the point at which the law is not doing what it is intended to do. The brass bands are one of the most embedded artforms within communities, and if children are not being involved, that is the point at which they are not going to be able to exist in the same way any more. What would you say if someone said to you that you cant compete . Id feel really sad because not only would i not be able to play, but there would probably be a massive gap in the band because quite a lot of them are filled by young people. I enjoy competing because you meet new people, and it is fun to win stuff as well. You get different opportunities. The only thing i dont like about competing is losing. Although there is help for bands in england with licensing, at the moment there isnt in wales. The Welsh Government says the purpose of a child performance licence is protecting children is the aim here, whilst also protecting an old tradition so that the unique sound of brass bands will still resound for years to come. Alex humphreys, bbc news. Ammanford town silver band in carmarthenshire. With 28 members, they have a busy concert schedule, and compete regularly. You cant beat the sound of a brass band, can you . Although i am only sitting in with these guys tonight, when i was little i used to compete across the country with bands. But some people are saying that is now harder these days for kids to do that. Earlier this year, brass bands were told theirjunior members would need a child performance licence for the majority of their public appearances. The license form is a 15 page document. For each individual in the band under the age of 16 or in full time education, it is a complexjob. On anglesey, the situation is causing some confusion there. Im not quite sure why it has reared its head this year protecting children is the aim here, whilst also protecting an old tradition so that the unique sound of brass bands will still resound for years to come. Alex humphreys, bbc news. For more than 200 years, a lighthouse has stood at orfordness on the coast of suffolk. But experts fear it wont be there for much longer. Homemade defences to stop it from toppling into the sea have now been overwhelmed. Volunteers are hoping to rebuild a smaller replica nearby, salvaging the famous lantern, as Richard Daniel reports for more than 200 years, a lighthouse has stood at orfordness on the coast of suffolk. Home made sea defences have been overwhelmed. Shall part of my life had childhood, growing up in this area. Mark is one of a band of volunteers who have had to accept time is running out. Inside 109 steps, trodden by countless lighthouse keepers, lead to the top. A spectacular view that soon will be lost. Unless we build something theyll probably never be another one, with technology as it moves on, but it is still used as a waypoint, people still look at it, even local fishermen when they are coming in, they know they are close to home. The erosion has been unforgiving. In 2005, the last lighthouse keeper paced the distance to the sea. The Lighthouse Trust now hopes to save what it can. This was built as an oil store to store the Sperm Whale Oil which was used to light the lantern. You can smell the oil. Absolutely, over 100 years old, electricity was used to light the lighthouse from the mid 1920s, yet you can still smell it

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