on a crisis that is deepening by the day for borisjohnson. also this lunchtime: police in the us state of illinois have arrested a 22 year old man suspected of opening fire at an independence day parade near chicago, killing six people. eight months of rain in four days 50,000 sydney residents are told to evacuate their homes as flooding worsens. in wales, children as young as 11 in care are still being placed in b&bs and hostels despite government pledges to stop the practice. i was just there, an excess piece. my mum didn t want me and now my grandparents can t look after me and now my foster carers don t want me and the state doesn t know what it wants to do with me. what. what s the point? and england pull off a record breaking victory in the fifth test against india. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: it s the first of the quarterfinals at wimbledon, with the british number one cameron norrie looking to make the most of home support a
allegation that may have been made, and something that trips the wire, if you like, it s the threshold for former disciplinary action. a man is arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. the world s first fully working sand battery is installed in finland, with developers calling it a major breakthrough for green energy. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson s decision to appoint chris pincher as deputy chief whip is facing further scrutiny as a former top civil servant at the foreign office, lord mcdonald, writes to the parliamentary standards commissioner this morning, saying that borisjohnson was briefed in person about an inv
what they looked like. i want to search for clues about their world. i ll investigate their ancient sites, delving deep into their secret tombs and sanctuaries. oh, my goodness! indiana jones, eat your heart out. wait till you see this. i m tracking down the leading experts doing new research who will help me build up a picture of the nabataeans. they did not use slave. it s a respectful job. the secret nabataeans possessed is the knowledge of the great deserts around them. and i m going to meet the people who are living here now to try and understand what life was like then in this remarkable landscape. this is what enabled the nabataeans to trade and they re beautiful. join me as i uncover the secrets of the nabataeans. the nabataeans forged a successful empire around 300 bce. that s towards the end of the civilisation of the far better known ancient egyptians. they were nomads and traders who took control of the lucrative incense route all the way from modern day yemen, t
Start to the day with some sunshine but it will cloud over towards the south and west later today with patchy rain on the way. I will have a full forecast in the next half an hour. Thanks. Good morning. First our main story. Ajudge in new york has upheld a legal challenge aimed at stopping the deportation of people being detained under Donald Trumps new Immigration Policy. President trump has denied that the measures are a ban on muslims and said that the plan was working out nicely. There have been protests at airports around the United States. Our correspondent Simon Clemison has this report. Donald trump says his ban on foreign nationals travelling to america from seven muslim countries is, in his words, working out very nicely. But the order has provoked protesting at airports across the country. Inside workers worked to free passengers being detained, some already on their way in when the president made their way in when the president made the order, and they are not the only ones
Start to the day with some sunshine but it will cloud over towards the south and west later today with patchy rain on the way. I will have a full forecast in the next half an hour. Thanks. Good morning. First our main story. Ajudge in new york has upheld a legal challenge aimed at stopping the deportation of people being detained under Donald Trumps new Immigration Policy. President trump has denied that the measures are a ban on muslims and said that the plan was working out nicely. There have been protests at airports around the United States. Our correspondent Simon Clemison has this report. Donald trump says his ban on foreign nationals travelling to america from seven muslim countries is, in his words, working out very nicely. But the order has provoked protesting at airports across the country. Inside workers worked to free passengers being detained, some already on their way in when the president made their way in when the president made the order, and they are not the only ones