After his disqualification from the us open, Novak Djokovic apologises to the line judge he hit with a tennis ball. Eastenders theme tune. Eastenders is back tongiht after three months away. Well speak to Louisa Lytton, who plays ruby allen, about filming under a social distancing guidelines. Good morning. A Public Inquiry starts in the next few minutes into the Manchester Arena bomb attack three years ago. 22 people were killed as they left a concert by ariana grande. The inquiry is expected to last until next spring. The hearing comes more than three years after salman abedi set off a bomb as people left that gig in may 2017. It was due to start injune, but was delayed by the trial of abedis brother, hashem, who was jailed for at least 55 years for 22 murders last month. The inquiry, which will be chaired by sirjohn saunders, will explore the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the terror attack. Lets speak to our north of england correspondent, fiona trott. Fiona, what kind of questions do the families want answering . They want to find out could this have been prevented . They want to find out could this have been prevented . That is the main question that has been going through their mind over the past three years. Let me tell you what is happening in the inquiry this morning. The names of those 22 victims will be read out. There will then be a minutes silence. Its a very emotional day for all of the relatives involved in this and marks the start of a very tough few months ahead, because they will be listening to some very difficult evidence and information. They will be exposed to that over the next six months or so. Let me explain to you what we are expecting to happen today. Later on, the counsel for the inquiry will begin his opening statement, explaining what kind of evidence will be heard and why, the keyissues evidence will be heard and why, the key issues being considered. That is expected to take about three days. After that, the families of the people who died in this attack will Say Something about the person that they lost. That is really at the heart of this inquiry, isnt it . As the weeks go on, we will start to hear evidence from all those who witnessed the attack, the emergency services, too. This is a very difficult, you know we have already spoken to the parents of the youngest victim from this attack, who was just eight years old. They have told us it will be very hard over the next few months. It is still very raw for them. Every day they wake up and relive that moment but as you said a few moments ago, what questions do they have, what a nswe is what questions do they have, what answers do they want . For them, they wa nt to answers do they want . For them, they want to know could this have been prevented . Want to know could this have been prevented . Her own father said he believes that mistakes were made. What is frustrating for them is that because we are going to the background of salman abedi, and what the Security Services knew about him, that has to be heard behind closed doors. They say they find that frustrating, they want the inquiry to be more transparent, they wa nt lawyers inquiry to be more transparent, they want lawyers representing the families to be present. Some very difficult months ahead and will last until at least spring next year. Thank you very much, fiona. We will bring you an interview with Steve Goodman who lost his daughter olivia that night. When he was on his way to the inquiry, he is there now, so listen out for Steve Goodman who talks very movingly about his 15 year old granddaughter. We will play the interview in the next hour. West Midlands Police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and seven counts of attempted murder following a series of stabbings in Birmingham City centre on sunday. Our correspondent geeta pendse is at the scene of one of the stabbings. What can you tell us about this latest development . Good morning. As we understand it, officers went to an address in the selly oak area of birmingham at 4am this morning, where they arrested a 27 year old man. He is now in Police Custody and being questioned. As you said, he was arrested on suspicion of murder and on seven counts of attempted murder. West Midlands Police last night released cctv footage of a man who is suspected of carrying out the attacks and they said they had a really strong response from the public, who came forward with information and overnight a new will i know of inquiry emerged, which is what took them to the selly oak address and the subsequent arrest. They say whilst this development is really crucial, they are still calling for anyone who might have information that might have been around on the sunday morning when the attacks happened over a 90 minute period in four locations in the city centre, if they think they have information to come forward, there is a dedicated hotline number they can call. And tell us about the condition of those who were injured. Well, as we understand it, two of those who were injured were in a Critical Condition forced up two people have been to micro discharge from hospital and we are waiting for information on the others. Thank you very much. The government is planning new legislation which could override elements of the Brexit Agreement signed with the European Union last year. Lets cross to our Political Correspondent iain watson at westminster. We havent talked about brexit a lot for many months so it might be worth reminding us where we are up to right now before we talk about this latest development. Time is running out to reach an agreement with the eu ona out to reach an agreement with the eu on a trade deal. The eighth round of trade discussions gets under way tomorrow between britains main negotiator, lord frost, david frost, and michel barnier, the eus chief negotiator and their teams. So far, the talks have been at a bit of an impasse over at least two issues, those have been fishing rights, the eu wants basically for them to stay the same in britain wants to negotiate annual quotas, a bit like norway. The other area proving contentious as the so called a level playing field. The eu is worried the uk could undercut its business as if it has, for example, not immediately but going forward, fewer and looser regulations and they are also worried about subsidies to industry in britain as well. They are not discussing some of the other issues, which might be far less contentious, until they can Reach Agreement on this. That has stalled the negotiations. What has happened todayis negotiations. What has happened today is the Prime Minister is making it very clear that if there is no agreement by the 15th of october, when the European Council meets, all the main european leaders, if there is no agreement by then, then we have to accept there wont be a trade deal with the European Union. That trade deal was supposed to be in place at the end of the transition period, following brexit, which runs out on december 31. So from january the 1st we either have a trade deal with the European Union or no deal at all and trade on World Trade Organisation terms, which would mean tariffs, so more difficult for us to export our goods and also more costly to import goods and also more costly to import goods from the European Union, which is our biggest market, of course. That brings us to today in the way we are suddenly told there is a deadline of october 15 than there might be some new legislation which we re might be some new legislation which were done do a little bit of what was already agreed and signed last year . Yes, potentially it would. I think there are two things going on. First, the ramping up of the rhetoric, making it very clear to the European Union that the uk is willing to leave without a deal. The Prime Minister saying we could continue to thrive, that it would be a good outcome if we traded in much the same way as australia does, without a formal trade deal that is, and secondly, this internal market legislation which is the uks internal market not the European Unions. We expect to see that on wednesday this week. What it would allow the uk to do is to interpret the Northern Ireland protocol which was reached as part of the Withdrawal Agreement. What ministers are saying is this will not mean that they are going to rip up commitments to have checks on some goods and livestock going from Great Britain into Northern Ireland, that was part of the agreement. Those checks will be implemented no matter what and it will not under any circumstances mean a hard border between Northern Ireland and the republic of ireland. But there are some areas where they have not reached agreement with the European Union, some are small technical areas and some are over how the checks will be done and where the czechs would take place or whether people have to fill in forms if they are exporting from Northern Ireland to the European Union via Great Britain. So the whole range of issues which have not yet been sorted out. The government basically saying if it cant be sorted out, we will simply legislate and get on with it ourselves. The difficulty is although there is a technical argument and a lot of these things will be technical arguments, the difficulty for the government is it may look as though they are pulling back from things they have already agreed with the European Union, which might create bad faith in the remaining talks or it could be seen asa remaining talks or it could be seen as a way of the government saying, quite frankly, if we can Reach Agreement across the board and get a trade deal, that will mean its less likely we will have to do something independently Northern Ireland. The environment secretary George Eustace said this was not a threat at all, it was simply underlining what we had already said to the European Union. It is not really a tactic in the Prime Minister has been absolutely clear since he was elected, with a very clear mandate to leave, we would leave at the end of the transition period with or without a further negotiated settlement. That we would work absolutely night and day to try and get that canada style Free Trade Agreement that we seek but if the European Union wouldnt offer that, then we would still leave on time as we promised and we would do so under the terms of the existing Withdrawal Agreement that we have got and trade with the eu in much the same way that australia does. So it is not posturing or a threat, this has been the reality of our position right from the beginning. So, George Eustice says the government is not threatening the European Union by talking about no deal but trying to get them to accept reality. He would save the reality britain will be an independent state and it will have to make concessions if they want to reach some kind of agreement in talks which so far have been stalled on the issues i was outline on state aid and fisheries. Thank you. India has become the country with the world 5 second highest number of coronavirus infections, overtaking brazil. It recorded more than 90,000 positive cases on monday in a new daily record, bringing the total to more than four million with over 70,000 deaths. The United States, with more than 6 million cases, remains the worst affected country. More Train Services will be available in england, scotland and wales today, with rail operators saying that up to 90 of their normal services should be running. Therell be additional and longer trains on many routes, particularly at peak times. Latest figures from the department for transport show rail usage in britain is at 31 of pre pandemic levels. More than 200 people have been airlifted to safety in central california, after a fast moving wildfire threatened to cut off a popular campsite in the Sierra National forest. Nearly 15,000 firefighters are battling 23 separate blazes across the state, where some areas are experiencing record temperatures because of the current heat wave conditions throughout the region. Simonjones reports. Forcing evacuations and road closures. Officials say the speed of the fire caught everyone off guard. The fire grew so quickly, so fast, it trapped people at the reservoir up it trapped people at the reservoir up in the mountains. At some point during the day, when they became trapped, they were doing what they could to rescue themselves and make themselves safe. Some of which resulted in injuries, including broken bones, lacerations, scrapes, bruises, though sort of things. As of sunday morning, nearly 15,000 firefighters were battling 23 fires across the state, including this wildfire across the state, including this wildfi re less across the state, including this wildfire less than 100 kilometres from los angeles. It is a record heat wave, with temperatures up to 125 fahrenheit during what is meant to bea 125 fahrenheit during what is meant to be a holiday weekend. The National Guard says it is better placed than usual to respond because of its own coronavirus preparations, but. The difference this season as it has come earlier, august is somewhat early in the typical california fire season to experience this dynamic fire behaviour but it is the sheer number of fires burning throughout Northern California concurrently and several of them large complexes, also burning concurrently. That is what making this story unusual. Evacuation orders and warnings of power cuts are not what people wanted at this time of year but may be vital as weather warnings are possibly fatal temperatures are issued. Simon jones, bbc news. The headlines on Bbc News Police in birmingham arrest a man in connection with a series of knife attacks in the city, which left one person dead and seven others injured. The Public Inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack begins this morning. 22 people lost their lives following a concert three years ago. On the eve of another set of crunch brexit trade talks, the government warns it will re write a deal already agreed with the eu. A mum has to pay £40,000 in legal fees for her daughter 5 killer, after she tried to stop him being released from prison. Marrie mccourt 5 22 year old daughter helen was strangeld by ian simms as she walked home from work in billinge in 1988, he has never disclosed where her body is. Marrie has successfully campaigned for a law that will prevent murderers being released if they havent revealed the whereabouts of their victims body. Its known as helens law however it came in too late to prevent simms being released. Ms mccurt tried to stop that happening, but lost and he was set free in february this year. When i last spoke to her, she appealed directly to ian simms to tell her where her daughter is. I would beg him to end this nightmare, both for him and for him. I said that in 91 when i wrote to him and i say it again please, just let me give my daughter a proper burial. Let me have her back, she belongs to me and not you. We can speak to marie now. Good morning to you. Thank you for talking to us. I want to know how you react to having to pay this £40,000 to his legal team . You react to having to pay this £40,000 to his legal team7|j you react to having to pay this £40,000 to his legalteam . I think it is very wrong, victoria, because prisoners get all legal aid and people like myself, who are ordinary people, we dont have all this kind of money that barristers need to ta ke of money that barristers need to take it to a high court. So the only thing that we can do is go to a go fund and unfortunately i was given that advised by my legal team. Thank god they did give me that because i dont have that kind of money. No, and as you say, members of the public, strangers, campaigners, people who follow you contributed to that and were able to raise this £40,000. I want to ask you, how much has the stress of trying to stop him being released from jail, without revealing where your daughters body is, how much has that affected you . It has affected me terrifically, you know . For so many years, he has been imprisoned 32 years. Ive been going out searching for my daughters body for 33 years. The government and our laws dont seem to understand how painful this all is and our family should have the right to know that when these killers are caught and if they refused to say where their victims remains were hidden or what they did with them, at least let the family know. They should have to show this remorse before they can ever be considered for release. And, of course, as i said in the introduction, you successfully campaigned for a law in your daughters name. It came late to stop ian simms being released without disclosing where your daughters body is. What state is the law at now . As the law is now, i lost thejudicial the law at now . As the law is now, i lost the judicial review. I lost that case over him being returned back into prison, which i believe he should be because this man is not saying. Killers like him who refused to say where their victims bodies are, especially when the evidence is overwhelming, then they should have to do is show that remorse before they can even begin to be treated for eventual release from prison. The lord chancellor Robert Buckland qc says he has huge sympathy and admiration for you and for what you have achieved in your campaign. He knows last week because my decision will be a devastating blow to you and yourfamily will be a devastating blow to you and your family but will be a devastating blow to you and yourfamily but ian simms remains under the supervision of the Probation Service and if he breaches the strict licence conditions he could be returned to prison. Yes, but how many times have we read in the papers that a safe killer has been released only to go and kill ain . Been released only to go and kill again . And still, you want to know where your daughters body is so you can bury her, so you can have a grave to visit . Yes, and i think its so important and its gone down through the centuries from whenever there were people, even the cavemen, they all respected the person who died and mourn for them. That is an important part of accepting the death, because for people like myself, yes, i know my daughters dead. Yes, i knowi myself, yes, i know my daughters dead. Yes, i know i will never be able to speak to her, to give her a hug, but i at least could go to the place where we select for her remains to be placed and so her friends and family and people who knew her, they can go and put flowers on, you know . They may be at a wedding and have flowers there and say i am going to put this on this persons grave. That is the thing. We are still loving our child, our loved one, but we are not able to go and put any marker to where they are laying. You said you spent 33 years searching for your daughter, marie, which isjust searching for your daughter, marie, which is just utterly heartbreaking. Do you still look for her now . Yes, andi do you still look for her now . Yes, and i do get help from a lot of people, really good, victoria. I have somebody looking in an area where we believe helen could be, where we believe helen could be, where he is hidden her, where evidence was found, and im still in the hope that my daughters remains can be recovered. What i really, really a m can be recovered. What i really, really am campaigning for is for people to realise how important it is to have the victims body. Their life has been taken by somebody very wicked and they are hidden and everybody has a right to have a properfuneral service, everybody has a right to have a proper funeral service, where their families can say goodbye. Its the most important part of losing somebody through any death, to be able to do that. Give them that last goodbye. We cant do that. Why do you think ian simms wont tell you where your daughter is . Only he knows, only he knows for certain where helens grave is and why he did this. I can only surmise that having found out a lot over the last 33 years about this man, about his behaviour. Ive been told by a top psychologist in one of the prison is a number of years ago, in fact it was not long after i wrote to ian simms and had a reply. He told me, he said, you know, this man is a psychopath. Well, i didnt know that, i didnt know the man, even though he lived in the village. To my mind, i think, yes, though he lived in the village. To my mind, ithink, yes, they are psychopaths and he certainly is. I do feel that this man eventually, he may not do it right away, they are very crafty, they know what they are doing and maybe when the probation officer declares that they are safe now, they dont have to come and report to us, thats when i think they go back to how they were before andi they go back to how they were before and i would be frightened because ian simms has threatened me and my family but not just ian simms has threatened me and my family but notjust us, he is also a threat to lot of people who were young at the time who are married now, have children themselves and this man seems to carry a great vengeance this man seems to carry a great vengeance about anybody who has upset him. Marie, thank you very much for talking to us, thank you. Thank you, victoria. Take care. Marie mccourt. Lets go back to our main story this our. A Public Inquiry into the Manchester Arena bomb attack, three years ago has just started. 22 people were killed as they left a concert by ariana grande. The inquiry is expected to last until next spring. The retired high courtjudge, sirjohn saunders, is chairing the inquiry and a few moments ago made this opening statement. He chose a place where members of the audience were meeting up with parents and others who had come to collect them. The audience was principally made up of young people. Salman abedi blew himself up in the explosion but he intended that as many people as possible would die with him. Salman abedis brother hashem has been convicted by a jury of murdering the 22 people who died. Hashem was not in manchester at the time of the explosion, he was in libya, but he had assisted his brother with obtaining the ingredients needed to make a bomb in the full knowledge of what his brother intended to do. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and other offences and will spend at least the next 55 years in prison. This inquiry could not start until hashem abedis criminal trial was completed. Everyone concerned with this inquiry feels the deeper sympathy for those who lost children, partners, loved ones and friends in the explosion. We will hear what will be very moving evidence early in the inquiry of the extent of that loss, which will enable us to understand better the appalling consequences of what salman abedi did. It is important that that evidence is given to third eyes to emphasise to us all what happens when these atrocities happen. We will also hear about the many who did not die but were present in the city at the time of the explosion or responded in the aftermath. Many have suffered life changing physical and psychological injuries. We will hear from some of them about the events that night and we will be able to get some insight into how fundamentally their lives have been altered by the events of the 22nd of may. In the course of the 22nd of may. In the course of the evidence, we will investigate what led salman abedi to do what he did. We will try and get a picture of the sort of person he was, how he may have become radicalised, if he was, and, if we can, who radicalised him. Whatever we find out about salman bailey, we will never be able to understand why he set out to kill so to understand why he set out to kill so many innocent people, including children, and because the devastation that he did. About salman labadie. The chairman of the inquiry speaking about the inquiry a few moments ago. Olivia Campbell Hardy from bury was just 15 when she was killed in the attack. Ive been speaking to her grandfather Steve Goodman, and asked him how he was feeling ahead of the inquiry. Im feeling apprehensive but im very pleased it is starting. Why do you say you are apprehensive . Sitting in a courtroom again, having been through six months of it with hashem, just feelings of apprehension, the feeling you might never get the full story of what has gone on, who is to blame and all of that. You mentioned the trial of the brother, of course, who were sentenced to 55 years in jail. I will come back to that, if i may. I wa nt to will come back to that, if i may. I want to ask you, what questions do you want want to ask you, what questions do you wa nt a nswe rs want to ask you, what questions do you want answers to . We were just like the truth, really. We dont ca re like the truth, really. We dont care who is to blame for it as long as they take responsibility and let us as they take responsibility and let us know exactly how the inquiry proceeds, how it was missed. The question surrounding m15, what they knew of the bomber and his activities in the run up, you mean . Yes, because they have already admitted they made a mistake, m15. Nobody goes to work to make a mistake on purpose but lets have truth out of it. Of course, some of the hearings involving m15 will be held behind closed doors, you will not be able to be in the room, as i understand that neither will the families lawyers and that is a p pa re ntly families lawyers and that is apparently on the grounds of national security, what you think about that . We have to put our trust in the coroner. We hear he will not give up, not letting him hide behind anything. Unfortunately we will never find out the truth. The pa rents of never find out the truth. The parents of the youngest victim, the eight year old, say they do not want to know the details of the last moments of their little girls life because it is still too raw for them. Do you understand that . Do you relate to that . I do understand it. We have been to see some of the footage of olivias last moments and it isa footage of olivias last moments and it is a very personal thing for each family as to what they want to do and what they want to see. Do you wa nt to and what they want to see. Do you want to know what happened in the last few moments of your grand daughters life . I think i had seen most of it but i would like to see the finer details. Ifind it important to try to get closure and i think her dad will as well. Important to try to get closure and i think her dad will as welllj wonder if you can give our audience and insight into how yourfamilys lives have been affected . It was a massive loss. Olivia was a big part of our lives. I used to take her dancing every week and her grandma used to take her singing. Her last words she said to me, i said, when i see you friday . Pick you up friday. She said, probably in the singsong voice she had, but of course i didnt. Can i ask you about what you recall of that night, steve . That night, it was turmoil. I was at the hospital with her mum. She was admitted because she was short of breath and could not get her breathing right. They admitted her. I was going to go because i was in contact with sharon. If i wanted to go in. She said, no, stay there. I watched the ambulances coming into bolton. When sharon phoned me and said she was going over, i went on to. I said she was going over, i went on to. I put the tv on as i went in, went to make a cup of tea. Sharon opened the front door and olivias face was on the screen and that will haunt me forever. Sharon is your wife, of course. What did you do after that . Sharon got a shower and we took the keys to work, where she worked, because she was supposed to start at 6 30pm but then we went to the etihad. They said, if anyone is missing, please go there. We went to the etihad and waited all day. At one point they felt they had found her but it was not her, and well now know why. Tell us more about what olivia was like. Very bubbly personality. She did not suffer fools and she was. I guess, she would not let anyone else be bullied, she had her own mind. She stood up for her own principles and she would not vary from them. Steve, go on. I think she had a bit of a wicked side as well. She would hide her phone and then her grandma would make some comment and everyone would make some comment and everyone would start laughing. |j would make some comment and everyone would start laughing. I am guessing you think of her every day. Definitely. She is a massive part of our lives missing. What do you hope will come out of this enquiry . our lives missing. What do you hope will come out of this enquiry . I am hoping whatever mistakes have been made, the Security Forces will learn from them and not make this mistake for anybody else. I dont want anybody else to go through what we have gone through. You said you had to have faith in the enquiry, in the man sharing it, do you . Yes, i do. He is very astute. Thank you for talking to us as you head off for the beginning of this public enquiry. I really appreciate your time and we wish you all the best, of course. Thank you very much. I just will walk past the monument in Victoria Station for you and show you that. While that was lovely. He has done that . It has been left here since day one, it is one of the few places a lot of the families can relate to being so near to the arena. Thank you. I am really grateful. I send you lots and lots of love. Wikileaks founderJulian Assange is back in court today fighting an attempt by the United States to extradite him over spying and hacking allegations. Mr assange who set up the Anti Government website in 2006 is wanted by us authorities on 18 counts including attempted hacking. Mr assanges lawyer says the charges are politically motivated. Well talk to a supporter of mr assange in a minute a man who was also accused of hacking us computers and who successfully fought extraditions. Firstjim reed has the background to the case. The Ecuadorian Embassy in knightsbridge asJulian Assange is dragged outside by police. The 48 year old had spent seven years living inside that one building. Back in 2012, he claimed asylum there after sweden said it wanted to question him about Sexual Assault allegations. He denied any wrongdoing and that case has now been dropped. After his arrest, assange was taken to belmarsh prison and sentenced to 50 weeks for skipping bail. He was due to be released last september. Now though the United States wants him sent there to face serious chances of attempted hacking and publishing secret material. And the reasons for that go back a whole decade. In 2010, the website assange founded, wikilea ks, published this video of a us Apache Helicopter in iraq. The footage shows 12 people being killed, including two reuters journalists. The file was leaked by Chelsea Manning, a former us army officer. It was just one small part of a huge cache of documents and diplomatic cables she passed to wikileaks. Manning was later imprisoned on spying charges and has refused to testify againstJulian Assange. I will not co operate with this or any other grand jury. The us authorities now want to prosecute the wikilea ks founder on 18 separate charges. He is accused of trying to help manning access the pentagon Computer Network and of violating the us espionage acts by publishing secret material, including the full names of informants and sources. Wikileaks said it only publish the full raw data after two guardian journalists revealed a critical password in a book about the case. Those claims have been dismissed by the guardian as nonsense. At a hearing, a judge must now decide ifJulian Assange should be released or face what could be a long prison sentence in the United States. Well, we can speak now the lauri love, who was arrested in 2013 on suspicion of involvement in computer hacking. In 2018, he won his appeal against extradition to the us. Lauri is now an activist and campaigner for internet freedoms and a supporter ofJulian Assange. He faced years fighting extradition, likejulian he faced years fighting extradition, like Julian Assange. Can he faced years fighting extradition, likeJulian Assange. Can you tell us what it is like living with that day after day and week after week . What it is like living with that day after day and week after week7m what it is like living with that day after day and week after week . It is quite a horrific situation to being. I would not wish it on my worst enemy. You had to spend years and yea rs enemy. You had to spend years and years with your entire future, your entire fate hanging in the balance ofan arcane entire fate hanging in the balance of an arcane and have desk system, prospects of going to a country you had never been to and in my case never lived in poverty essentially spend the rest of your life in lockdown, for summer silly reasons. Somewhat. I could only get through it due to support from friends, family and people like yourselves. You used the word kafkaesque, because you never knew what the evidence was against you. It is difficult imagining a trial coming toa it is difficult imagining a trial coming to a conclusion on facts and any allegations had to be substantiated by prosecutors. In extradition proceedings, it is all about hypothesis and we trust there to bea about hypothesis and we trust there to be a fair trial in the requesting country. You are not able to speak on the allegations and indictments that form the request. It is especially troubling in this case where some of the allegations seem to be the criminalisation of journalism and the public interest. The only avenues to defend against extradition are the formal arguments against it. Questions of the potential violation of human rights. A lot of evidence was produced in our case as to how horrific conditions can be in the us. Similar things will be argued, i think them in this case was that you talked about the potential criminalisation of journalism. About the potential criminalisation ofjournalism. There about the potential criminalisation of journalism. There are about the potential criminalisation ofjournalism. There are many critics of Julian Assange ofjournalism. There are many critics ofJulian Assange who pushed back on the idea that he is a journalist and you will know what the american lawyers are arguing, that he dumped unredacted, thousands of unredacted cables onto the internet. This is the allegation, anyway. It was alleged liza put in danger due to this information. Lives were put. Another claims Chelsea Manning was helped to crack into a pentagon network, making him a Co Conspirator into an illegal hacking is that most people do not reveal sources as janice do not help to pick physical locks. Journalists. It is 12 years since but most people came to know wikileaks due to the direct Video Evidence of war crimes. A lot of other allegations were made of things being perpetrated which would definitely end the public interest. Originally they took great care to redact names and a password was released through another publication and it was several years later the unredacted cables were made available. I do not think there is any direct evidence anyone has come to harm as a result that it is true we have a better knowledge of what happened in iraq and afghanistan due to wikileaks happened in iraq and afghanistan due to wikilea ks and happened in iraq and afghanistan due to wikileaks and i do not think anyone can turn against trees, turn against facts and say this is not something we want the public to be aware of. Turn against truth. There was revealed the number of casualties that had been covered up by authorities in iraq and afghanistan. That is not whatJulian Assange is being accused of that they said he attempted to crack this password with Chelsea Manning and it is the damping of the unredacted ca bles is the damping of the unredacted cables that is the issue. The dumping. It was said an ethiopian genus had to flee the country after being named in the cables. Two zimbabwean commanders faced Court Martial after being named in the ca bles martial after being named in the cables and emma reports human rights activists were attacked as rats and spies after their names were released in the leaks. And there are reports. I cannot comment on that but there is value to the public about transparency. The is quite horrific situation in the middle east we are still facing the consequences of. I do believe great ca re consequences of. I do believe great care was taken in the initial publication. I do not think that is really a n publication. I do not think that is really an issue. The situation is that a powerful government that has been responsible for some unpleasant things has had that information made available to the public and they are hoping to exact revenge and set a precedent where other journalists would not engage in such reporting. Your own argument against extradition as you could be facing 99 years injailand extradition as you could be facing 99 years injail and with extradition as you could be facing 99 years in jail and with autism and depression, you tell me that could potentially lead to you taking your own life. The lawyers ofJulian Assange, one of the argument is it would be unjust and oppressive to extradite him because he has suffered from clinical depression dating back many years and he would bea high dating back many years and he would be a high suicide risk. What do you think of that . It is about whether it is more appropriate for proceedings to happen in the uk or the us. The other was that it was found unjust and oppressive force among with my medical conditions to be facing the kind of conditions i would be facing in the us. We had multiple expert witnesses discussing this. Generally throughout the us detention system and things have not improved, things have got a lot worse. A lot of people may not be aware that there is a Gathering Movement of Prison Reform in the United States just because of how bad things are. Someone likeJulian Assange, because of his Health Problems and high profile like myself, with expect to spend time in solitary confinement. That has been argued to be tantamount to torture. 99 years is longer than my life span. It is utterly inconceivable in this country that hls would end up in prison for such a long time, even if there were insinuations it might have insinuated these allegations. This is disproportionate and should not be allowed to go ahead. Thank you for talking to us. A mum whose twin boys have both had cancer says more funding is desperately needed for research into brain tumours. Julie parton s 12 year old son ben, seen here on the left, died from a brain tumour last year . And weeks later his brotherjack, seen on the right, was diagnosed with leukaemia. He is undergoing treatment at the moment . And julie has agreed to speak to us exclusively, as she s supporting a petition by the Charity Brain Tumour research, calling for a big increase in national investment. We can speak now tojulie. 0h, oh, i 0h, ithink oh, i think the screen may have frozen. Can you hear me ok . I can hear you. I think this line may be a bit dodgy. How is jack and harries his treatment going . It is not going to work, is it . How is his treatment going . We might call you back on the phone because this line is not good enough. It isjust going to be so frustrating for both of us and for the audience. We will talk tojulie as soon as we can. Its been almost three months since we last saw eastenders on our screens, but tonight its back. Were going to talk to actor Louisa Lytton who plays ruby allen here she is in the new series in this exclusive clip. Oy. Youll put the punters off their paninis. Its called romance. Rebound more like. What . If stace was here, she wouldnt get a look in. Kat what is wrong with you . Nothing is wrong with us, darling, we dont need shed loads of money to keep us together. Some of that money pays your wages. She just winding you up. What was that about . Havent you wondered what attracted him to little miss minted . And louisa joins us now. That is a great line. You will put the punters of their paninis. What is it like to be back . I was really nervous going back. We had not been at work for 18 months and we were not sure how it would work. It was very different. We were shown the new tricks. In scene, there is a screen between me and james, who plays martin, for our kiss. |j screen between me and james, who plays martin, for our kiss. I am excited to be back. We had a clip of you as to how it has been working with social distancing on the set. Here is one of our secrets. I dont know if well be able to show this. This is obviously a moving screen. If we are filming. Together, it looks like we can be as close as we need to be because of the screen or we could walk together with the screen, so we can do a walking talking shot with the screen. Another thing they have had to put into place is a one way system. So our building has really narrow corridors. Obviously, in order for us to not be passing each other, we have had to now have a new one way system. This is the way to my dressing room. I have to sanitise on the way in. We now have to do our own hair, make up and costume, so im just going to show the new layout how we have to do our own hair, makeup and costume. So some of the tricks of the trade. That screen is brilliant. Also i understand that sometimes when there isa understand that sometimes when there is a kissing scene, you have actually brought the real Life Partners at the actors on to the set to be standings, to be body doubles, is that right . I havent, it wouldnt really work for me because my partner looks very different to martin. When you have such an intimate scene like that, it is really ha rd to intimate scene like that, it is really hard to play that out at two me or with a screen in front of you. It was the only option, i guess. They had found amazing ways to make this work. Hopefully when you watch the episode, you wont really tell. It will look like a normal episode of eastenders. In terms of script, is coronavirus referred to, is it mentioned . If we cannot see you are social distancing, do you need to mention it . It is mentioned. The writers and the team had decided people have gone through a horrific time and actually we dont keep wanting to dwell on it and we are hoping east end beanbag is a bit of relief the people. It is mentioned and there are some characters in the background Wearing Masks but they did not want it to be the focus of the show, they wanted it to be back to eastenders drama. We want to party to reflect our lives but mostly to have some kind of escape, i suppose, from our lives. Yes. It is important it is mentioned. We produce relevant stories. This is still normal life for us. We are filming so far in advance but we do not know what stage the world will be out by the time we are on the screen. Be out by the time we are on the screen. I guess they are having to get ahead, so we could not have eve ryo ne get ahead, so we could not have everyone still Walking Around in masks if that was not going to be the case when we are on screen. They had to think about how we would move forward with that. Deep people sit together in the queen vic always said two metres or one metre . Do people sit . Any background artist you see are from the same household at home. They managed to find quite at home. They managed to find quite a lot of people who were from the same household. We could have people walking in the Square Holding hands or sitting in the queen vic, just to make it more realistic. Can you tell us make it more realistic. Can you tell us about your relationship with martin . It starts off great and then Stacey Martin . It starts off great and then sta cey co m es martin . It starts off great and then stacey comes back pretty soon, so then drama develops. Obviously, maisie smith, who is tiffany, is in strictly this year. Do you have any tips for her . We did the children in need special together. I got to tell her my initial excitement. I have already danced with her. She will do really well. She is confident she is young. She will have the best time. I have started following her on instagram. Did you know anything about it till it was announced last week . I did not know. You are not allowed to tell anyone when you are booked onto the show. She was not allowed to tell me but i had an inkling. How did you have an inkling . Because she did so well on the show we did together. This is a no brainer. She is a very popular young girl. Christmas, soap storyli nes young girl. Christmas, soap storylines and christmas are massive. I am storylines and christmas are massive. Iam not storylines and christmas are massive. I am not going to ask you to give us any clues that are we building to something . We have not done that yet but we have had to come back with a bang classic christmas will be one to remember. Thank you for telling us all about it and good luck. Eastenders is back on our screens from tonight at 8. 05pm on bbc one. We will bring you the News Headlines on the hour, of course. Now its time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. Hello. Temperatures will be gradually on the rise over the next couple of days but for today, its a day of mixed fortunes, in terms of the weather, because we have got some rain around across North Western parts of the uk. More sunshine towards the south and east. This is the picture a little bit earlier on this morning in felixstowe, suffolk. So, some blue skies and sunshine but further north, we have got these weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain. Nothing too heavy as we head on into the afternoon hours but there will be some showery rain affecting North Western scotland, north west england, wales, Northern Ireland as well. Further east across scotland and for eastern and southern parts of england, you should avoid the rain till the afternoon. So in the warmer spells, temperatures up to about 21 celsius but typically for most of us in the high teens, possibly 20 degrees or so. Into the evening hours, a little bit of light, patchy rain possible across coasts and hills in the west. Quite a lot of cloud generally tonight. A relatively warm, humid feeling night, with temperatures falling no lower than around about 13 15 degrees for most of us first thing tuesday morning. Tuesday dawns on a fairly cloudy note but it will be quite a warm feeling day because weve got this warm front moving its way northwards. It will bring a bit of patchy rain initially to the north west of scotland, that will become heavier later on, but it also brings warmer air that comes in from a south westerly direction. So the orange colours returning to the map, showing that warmer air mass around on tuesday. Quite a humid feeling sort of day. So a cloudy start, the cloud will thin break, with the best of the sunshine across parts of eastern scotland, central and eastern england, perhaps to the east of wales as well. Further west, could get one or two showers around but dry for a good part of the uk, with temperatures up to about 23 degrees in the warmer spots but we have got that more persistent rain for the north west of scotland. Heading on into wednesday, the warm air still with us but pushing its way further south, so that will open the doors for some cooler, fresher conditions to work in from the north west later in the day. Weve got a band of cloud initially across england and wales, perhaps one or two showers on it, that moves its way southwards. Then more sunshine but fresher conditions heading in from the north west during the afternoon. So, temperatures for most of us in the mid to high teens but down towards east anglia and the south east, those temperatures once again on wednesday likely to be around 22 or possibly 23 degrees. So, a relatively warm couple of days. It then turns a little bit cooler and fresher towards the end of the working week, with some showers around in the north west but it does look like things will warm up once again, temperatures maybe in the mid 20s towards the weekend. Bye for now. This is bbc news. Hello, im victoria derbyshire. Here are the headlines from the uk and around the world. On the eve of another set of crunch brexit trade talks, the government warns it will re write a deal already agreed with the eu. 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