By by lunchtime we will know whether borisjohnson by lunchtime we will know whether Boris Johnson can achieve by lunchtime we will know whether borisjohnson can achieve a lifetimes dream or whether jeremy hunt will be the next occupant of number ten. The liberal democrats have announced their new leader. Jo swinson takes over from sir vince cable. She becomes the first woman to lead the party. Dozens of pro democracy protestors are injured in hong kong after theyre attacked by masked men in white carrying metal bars and sticks. And adam peaty makes history as he wins the 100m breaststroke his third successive gold at the World Championships in south korea. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Could gareth bale be about tojoin the Chinese Super league for a Million Pounds a week . Good evening. A convicted paedophile who accused some of the uks highest ranking figures of murder, child abuse and torture has been found guilty of making it all up. 51 year old carl beech who was known by the pseudonym nick claimed he was sexually abused in the 19705 and 80s. Among those he accused were the former Prime Minister edward heath, the former chief of the Defence Staff lord bramall, the late lord brittan and the former tory mp Harvey Proctor. His allegations led to a £2 Million Police investigation. But the court heard he was a fantastist whod ruined peoples lives. June kelly reports from newcastle crown court. In hours of Police Interviews he played the part of a victim. I had poppies pinned to my chest whilst they did whatever they wanted to do. Carl beech claimed hed suffered years of sexual abuse and physical torture at the hands of a vip paedophile ring. He even said hed witnessed three boys being murdered by the group, one hit by a car. But the stories were false, the tears fake. He alleged that in london and beyond in the 19705 and 805, a paedophile network was operating made up of establishment figures. Among those carl beech accused was lord bramall, a former chief of the Defence Staff. At the age of 91, he found himself in a Police Station answering questions. Torture 7 are you suggesting that a very, very Senior Army Officer with an impeccable record in engagement, tortured children . Al5o fal5ely incriminated was his long time friend and fellow normandy veteran, general sir hugh beach no relation to their accuser. Sir hugh, now 96, gave evidence to the jury which has convicted carl beech. Hes a man whos done enormous damage to totally innocent people whove done him no harm at all. An evil man. Beech claimed the ex tory mp Harvey Proctor had actually murdered two boys. 0ther politician5 he accused were the former home secretary lord brittan, who died during the Police Investigation, the late conservative Prime Minister sir edward heath, and lord janner. Police investigating claim5 Police Investigating claims of hi5toric child abuse launch a new investigation into hi5toric murder 01 investigation into hi5toric murder or manslaughter. In 2014, bbc news made the Police Investigation a lead story. At this point, beech wa5 anonymous and known only by the pseudonym nick. A senior detective spoke for himself and his colleagues. They and i believe what nick is saying is credible and true. A Police Investigation codenamed 0peration midland went on for 18 months. It ended without any arre5t5 or charges. It was another force, northumbria, which was then given the job of investigating beech. 0fficers discovered that the School Governor and hospital inspector wa5 himself a paedophile. At the same time as he was claiming to be an abuse victim, he was downloading hundreds of sexual images of young boys. He also secretly filmed a boy indecently. This photo he took of himself undermined his claim that he had been physically tortured. There were no scars on his body. One of those falsely accused, Harvey Proctor, lost his home and his job while under suspicion. He is now levelling criticism against a senior labour politician and the police. Tom watson, the Current Deputy leader of the labour party, gave oxygen to these incredible claim5. Mr beech lied and lied and lied again, and his breathtaking lie5 were facilitated, enhanced and given credibility by the metropolitan police without corroboration. But tom watson, who met beech, rejects this, and Harvey Proctors call for an apology. Wouldnt it be gracious now to concede you have made mistakes in this . I have never made an allegation against him. I have never named him in public, so there is nothing for me to apologise for in that regard. Harvey proctor has also criticised the journalism of bbc news. In a statement, the corporation said, in 2014, bbc reported serious allegations in the Public Interest which were the basis of a Police Murder investigation and which the police later described a5 credible and true. Carl beech has since been exposed a5 a fantasist and serial liar, not least by an investigation from the bbcs panorama. Beech deliberately set out to ruin other peoples lives and reputations. But it is carl beech himself who now stands convicted of being a paedophile, a fraud, and a liar. The Scotland Yard enquiry wa5 heavily criticised in an official report and the Police Watchdog has looked at a total of five officers to see if they should face any sort of disciplinary proce55. To see if they should face any sort of disciplinary process. It had already ruled out a disciplinary action against two of them. Today it 5aid action against two of them. Today it said the other three al5o action against two of them. Today it said the other three also should not face any sort of action and we are told tho5e face any sort of action and we are told those three officers have already left the force. Today, the met Deputy Commissioner sir stephen powers, came to the defence of those officers and said he believed they had worked in good faith. Carl beech will be sentenced here on friday. June kelly, thank you. The uk is seeking to put together a european led maritime mi55ion to protect 5hips pa55ing through the strait of hormuz, according to the foreign secretary. The statement from jeremy hunt come5 after a british registered tanker was seized there by iran last week. Its the latest development in the growing tension in the region. This is the strait of hormuz. On one side are the arab states, including a number of key allies and oil producers. 0n the other is iran. At its narrowe5t point, its only 21 miles across, but a fifth of the worlds oil export5 pass through this narrow channel. 0ur chief international correspondent, ly5e doucet, has more. Fir5t image5 fir5t images of the men seized at 5ea, fir5t images of the men seized at sea, the crew of the stena impero. Indians, russians, a latvian and a filipino. Image5 released by iran. Is this what life is like on board now, or is this just for show . A crew member is heard 5aying, dont look at the camera. And this photograph look5 look at the camera. And this photograph looks a lot different, the crew in a corner and an iranian official in charge. Irans flag flie5 here now. This ship suddenly seized on friday in a dramatic raid. Irans Islamic Revolutionary guard5 descend onto the deck. A british frigate in the gulf wa5 descend onto the deck. A british frigate in the gulf was too far away that day to stop them. Hms montrose will soon bejoined by another warship at the end of this month. Britain has now announced plans for a Maritime Protection force led by europe. Separate from the uss proposed force and its more aggre55ive proposed force and its more aggressive approach to iran. In parliament today, the foreign secretary accused iran of state piracy. If iran continues on this dangerous path, they must accept the price will be a larger we5tern military presence in the waters along the coastline, not because we wish to increase tension5, but 5imply wish to increase tension5, but simply because freedom of navigation i5a simply because freedom of navigation is a principle which britain and its allie5 will always defend. Is a principle which britain and its allies will always defend. How did we get here . This chapter began in the5e far away waters off the coast of gibraltar. Iran accu5e5 britain of gibraltar. Iran accu5e5 britain of piracy here. This tanker laden with irans oil was seized by britain onjuly with irans oil was seized by britain on july four for allegedly violating sanctions on sales to syria. Iran warned there would be paid back. Its top diplomat took to twitter to accuse britain of colluding in what he called the uss economic terrori5m, a reference to its crippling sanctions. Today in tehran, an iranian 5pokesman had a clear message. Translation to all the countries calling on iran to release the tanker, we ask them to tell britain the same thing. But this crisis is bigger than boat5. There is nothing wrong with providing better security for shipping in these straits but that doesnt necessarily get to the issue at hand. I think iran is feeling cornered and will do everything they can to lash out without provoking enough that it causes a military response. It is hard to say whats next. Britains new Prime Minister may chart a different cour5e next. Britains new Prime Minister may chart a different course in the5e troubled water5, moving closer to the us, but there will need to be a deal to free this ship and its crew. And everyone agrees there needs to be much wider talk5. But iran say5 needs to be much wider talk5. But iran says it will not be on board until sanctions are lifted and until they can move its oil through here in its own backyard. Ly5e doucet, bbc news. The man who will become the next Prime Minister will be named tomorrow morning. Borisjohnson is widely expected to win the conservative Party Leadership contest and move into downing street on wednesday. The ballot of tory Party Members closed this evening. Ahead of the announcement, the Foreign Office minister sir alan duncan re5igned from the government, in protest at mrjohn5ons expected victory. From westminster, heres our political editor, laura kuen55berg. Ive just voted for Boris Johnson to be the next Prime Minister. The envelopes should all have arrived. This is it. Im about to post my vote for borisjohnson. Crosse5 in the box put by tory members. I felt that it would only be right to vote forjeremy hunt. That will decide who the Prime Minister is, for all of us. Eitherjeremy hunt, who has struggled to keep pace, or borisjohnson, the front runner, will become the next tory leader. But even before he has won, 5ome mini5ter5 have quit because they wouldnt serve him. Why have you decided to resign . You will see my Resignation Letter in a minute. Even one of them who worked along5ide him at the Foreign Office. I have very grave concerns that he flies by the seat of his pants and it is all a bit sort of haphazard and ramshackle. But there is no personal animo5ity of any sort. Iju5t think he is going to go 5mack into a crisis of government. Sir alan even wanted the commons to have the chance to block mrjohn5on becoming Prime Minister, if he wins tomorrow, trying and failing to organise an emergency vote that could stop him becoming pm. The fundamental principle of our democracy is that the Prime Minister is the person who can command a majority in the house of commons, and that is untested and it is in doubt. And i thought that, in order to avoid a constitutional cri5i5, we should test that on the tuesday, tomorrow, before he goes to the palace on the wednesday. To Boris Johnson supporters, they know that you have had grave doubts about him, they believe that you would have been moved out of government anyway and here it looks like this was a plan for the ultimate sort of revenge. You were trying to stop him having a chance at taking power. This is a constitutional i55ue, not a personal one. Despite that, the conservatives appear to be on the verge of knowingly choosing a leader who is loved and loathed. At the start of this race, so at the end, it is bori5johnson5 to lose. No one, not even here at conservative headquarters, nor in the candidates camp5, can be sure of the final result. We will only know when it is announced around the corner in westminster at 11am. But what we do know is the next Prime Minister will face a wall of resistance and bori5johnson5 backer5 are sure he is the one with a chance of making it through. Ab5olute resolve as Prime Minister, as the leader of this country, that we will leave by the end of october. I think that has been missing. He will restore cabinet collective re5pon5ibility so we have got a united team and, above all, inject a bit of optimism into this enterpri5e we are embarked on. When the gazebo5 are back on we5tmin5ters green, that means Something Big is about to happen. Tory members overall verdict will be known before too long. I will be backing bori5 to be the next Prime Minister. My name is aaron and i voted for jeremy hunt. Im putting my vote behind jeremy hunt because its the least worst option. Whoever is next wont even plea5e all of their people all of the time. Laura kuen55berg, bbc news, westminster. One of the first issue i5 westminster. One of the first issue is the new promise will have to deal with is how the uk will trade with the rest of the world in the event ofa the rest of the world in the event of a no deal brexit. The government has agreed to slash tax on imports but some exporter5 are worried that a no deal brexit could be a di5a5terfor them, with their goods becoming far too expensive in other market5 beyond europe. But the trade secretary, liam fox, says the new Prime Minister could rip up any current plans. Our economics editor, fai5al islam, reports. In the combe castle warehouse in wilt5hire, a 20 kilogram block of cheddar. We would be looking at a value of about £500 for that. It isnt cheap now, but in its second biggest export market, canada, it is about to get cripplingly expen5ive. Over £1700. It seems incredible to think there would be a £1200 import tax a5 a result of no deal on £500 worth of cheese. That is the current situation. For our company, it is an unmitigated disaster. A third of sales at this dairy exporter are due to go to canada and the problem is the prospect a no deal brexit in october alongside the refusal of the canadians to allow the uk the same trade deal terms that it gets as an eu member. Just the sort of brexit i55ue the trade secretary, liam fox, needs to plan for. Welcome to our weekly no deal ministerial meeting. Doctor fox acknowledges canadas decision was a result of the uk5 announcement in march of low taxes on imports, known as tariffs if there is no deal. His warning to canada and others that could change with a new Prime Minister. In the case of canada, we set out what would be emergency day one tariffs which allow 87 of the goods coming into the uk to be tariff free. The canadians, not unreasonably, said, why should we put even more resource into a trade agreement when we can get access to your markets for nothing . The point here is that they are temporary. And we will have a new Prime Minister, we will have a new cabinet, they may take a different view on that. Three years ago, the government was very optimistic about continuing or rolling over the uk5 acce55 to the eu5 a0 deals with 70 other countries around the world, even after a no deal brexit. But getting a slice of that has proved more difficult with just 12 of the a0 deal5 5igned, not always on the same terms. Rolling over the eu trade deal5 relied on by british businesses such as this was supposed to be easy. As easy as copying and pasting them, some said. Well, it hasnt worked out like that. What the government is discovering is that the post brexit freedom to do trade deal5 is one thing. But in actually negotiating them, even our commonwealth allie5 pursue their economic interests with few favours. And it is the new management in downing street who will quickly need to find ways to keep trade flowing for britains exporters. Fai5al islam, bbc news, in wilt5hire. Lets go live to downing street and speak to our political editor, laura kuen55berg. That is one of the many issues at the new Prime Minister will have to deal with very quickly. That is right and whoever is lucky enough to win the contest tomorrow and move in to downing street here on wednesday, trade isju5t one to downing street here on wednesday, trade is just one of a very long li5t trade is just one of a very long list of conundrums they will have to grapple with. All the smart money on westminster i5 grapple with. All the smart money on westminster is on bori5 grapple with. All the smart money on westminster is on borisjohnson being able to achieve his lifelong friend as the able to call this place home but his friend as the able to call this place home but hi5job of causing first and foremost, whether it is him orjeremy hunt, will be to take his party, parliament and the country out of the political mess of brexit. Beyond that, they will also be eager to try to explain to the country what and who the tories are for. This has been a slow moving political crisis, and even for an incoming Prime Minister with a majority it would be quite a tall order. Remember, this huge hostility in parliament and barely the votes to feel comfortable about anything. Whoever wins, and it is most likely to be bori5 whoever wins, and it is most likely to be Boris Johnson, whoever wins, and it is most likely to be borisjohnson, will be here in downing street within 48 hours looking at an in tray full of nightmares, perha p5 with looking at an in tray full of nightmares, perhaps with little goodwill to help. Tonight, there5a may had a leaving do of sorts, inviting 5ome may had a leaving do of sorts, inviting some of the mp5 who have been trying to get her out for so long in to raise a glass. It is said 5he long in to raise a glass. It is said she raised a toast to the incoming administration, to wish her successor administration, to wish her 5uccessor well, but it will take a lot more than a few gla55e5 5uccessor well, but it will take a lot more than a few glasses of warm wine in the downing street garden to get the next Prime Minister through all of this. They will need every tiny piece not just judgment all of this. They will need every tiny piece notjustjudgment but luck on their side. Laura kuenssberg in downing street, thank you. That jo swin5on has been elected as the new leader of the liberal democrats. The mp for east dunbartonshire, who beat her rival, ed davey, said she was delighted and honoured to replace sir vince cable. The liberal democrats now have 12 mp5 in the house of commons. They came second in the recent european elections, winning 20 of the share of the vote. The party is campaigning for a second referendum and to remain in the eu. Our deputy political editor, john pienaar, has more. New face, 5ame promise stop brexit or try. Jo swin5on wa5 favourite to win and she did, ea5ily. Jo swinson, 47,000. Standing against brexit has been the lib dems best game plan, and shes sticking to it. In the face of nationalism, populism, the catastrophe of brexit, the two old parties have failed. Our party has been clear on brexit from day one. We believe the uk5 be5t future is as members of the european union, and thats why, as your leader, i will do whatever it takes to stop brexit. Shes come a long way. Thi5 tax on learning is not acceptable. As a student, jo swin5on campaigned against tuition fees. We5tmin5ters younge5t mp in 2005, she was a minister in the coalition which introduced the tuition fees that helped wreck the lib dems popularity. She lost her seat in 2015, like all but a handful of lib dems. Back two years later, she was elected deputy leader and also made history by taking her baby into the commons. Now she must nurse a recovery thats brought in one defecting labour mp so far and many remain supporting voter5. If there were an election tomorrow, even with the current figures, 40 or 50 liberal democrat mps would certainly seem like a perfectly realistic aspiration. Whether or not they can go further than that, whether or not, for example, they can eat further into the labour vote by winning over the support of disenchanted remain voters, that, i think, is the challenge. Tonight, at a leadership handover at raleigh, the mood was upbeat but the challenge is still a big one. The lib dems have grown as the grip of the two make big parties has grown wea ker the two make big parties has grown weaker but if the future depend5 the two make big parties has grown weaker but if the future depends on brexit then it is a future no one can predict. Whatever the party, whoever is the new leader. John pienaar, bbc news. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn is proposing change5 to the partys disciplinary proce55 to speed up the expulsion of members found to have been anti semitic. Mr corbyn 5aid today the current process can take too long. But some have raised concerns about mr corbyns plan, saying it would give too much power to the leadership. They want a fully independent proce55 in5tead. The conservative mp for dover, charlie elphicke, has been charged with sexual assault. Mr elphicke is accused of assaulting one woman in 2007 and a second in 2016. He has been suspended by the conservative party and is due to appear at westminster magi5trate5 court in september. His lawyer5 say he denies any wrongoing, and will defend himself vigorously. The footballer Cristiano Ronaldo wont be charged over an alleged rape in las vegas ten years ago. Thejuventus player has always denied the allegations, but had previously reached a financial settlement with his accuser. An investigation was reopened la5t year but prosecutors say theres not enough evidence to prove the claims beyond reasonable doubt. Dozens of people have been injured in hong kong after pro decomcracy protesters were attacked by groups of armed men dressed in white. The gangs thought to be triad gangsters set upon people with bats and metal pole5 as they went home after another huge march yesterday. Opposition politicians have accused police of being suspiciou5ly 5low to arrive at the scene. Stephen mcdonell5 report contains images 5ome viewers may find upsetting. Gang5 were waiting when pro democracy activi5t5 arrived. The attack was brutal. U5ing home made weapons, they set upon individual prote5ter5. One of those at the train station was this man. When police did arrive, the injured were many and today a spokeswoman for the local station faced an angry crowd. They accused officers of collusion with gang members. Pa55ions are running high here today. The police are trying to explain to this community that they still have their best interests at heart and yet many who have come along are not happy with the explanation, that the reason officers were not at the mtr last night was because of security concerns. Eyewitnesses say hong kongs underworld is being mobilised to crush the pro democracy movement. We do have a lot of, a growing number of gangsters in the area, and they were not unfamiliarfigures. We know them. They live with us. Hong kongs leader is under pressure. Carrie lam said she was shocked. She called on police to apprehend those involved, and there have been some arrests. But protesters are still planning to march to the scene of these most recent clashes in the coming days. Stephen mcdonell, bbc news, hong kong. Lets take a look at some of todays other news. Un officials have criticised an israeli operation to destroy homes in a palestinian village close to israels separation barrier in the occupied west bank. Hundreds of security personnel moved into the community on the outskirts ofjerusalem in the early hours and began pulling down a number of buildings. Ukraines new president is on course to become the countrys first leader since the fall of communism to gain an outright majority in parliament. Volodymyr zelenskiy called the snap election to strengthen his mandate to deliver reforms, having faced opposition from mp5 loyal to his predecessor, petro poroshenko. India has begun its most ambitious Space Mission to date. Its launched a rocket which it hopes will become the first spacecraft to land on the south pole of the moon. The rocket, called chandrayaan 2, blasted off this morning after techinical problems delayed it last week. Great britains adam peaty has won the 100 metre breaststroke at the World Championships in south korea. Its his third successive gold in the event. David ornstein reports. Peaty is the World Champion for the third time in a row he is a swimming sensation the like of which his nation, even the world, has rarely seen before. Adam peaty isnt simply making a splash, he is sending tidal waves through the sport. In the semifinals, he became the first person to swim 100 metres breaststroke in under 57 seconds. Now to go for gold. No man had ever done that three times in this event, but peaty is different. Oh, my goodness me Great Britain win gold yet again better still, they took silver, too james wilby finishing second. We train together in loughborough as well so we are obviously doing something right and the rest of the world are trying to look in so, you know, if the rest of the world are getting the binoculars out, youre doing something exactly right. Something very right indeed, and, a year out from the tokyo olympics, adam peaty seems to be timing his peak to perfection. David ornstein, bbc news. Thats it from me. Now on bbc one its time for the news where you are. Zimmermann a hello and welcome to sportsday. Im Lizzie Greenwood hughes. The headlines tonight. No world record today, but peaty powers to a third world gold in a british one two in the 100 metres. Where next for gareth bale . The welshman is definitely not welcome at real madrid any more. And from crying at carnoustie to claiming the claretjug. Shane lowry speaks about his incredible turnaround. Hello and welcome to sportsday. So lets start with adam peaty, because britains golden boy continues his domination in swimming, storming to his third successive gold in the 100 metres breastroke at the World Championships. And, just a day after breaking his own world record and becoming the first man to break 57 seconds, he says theres more to come. Ben croutcher reports. When it seems your main competition is yourself, just try to make the numbers are small as possible. This is adam peaty. In the field debate, but in a race against time. He smashed his own world record in the semifinals, the first man under 57 seconds. His mantra, do it once, do it twice, grip better
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