Accepted the community and to be able to be a cce pted by the community and to be able to be accepted by our parents. The reason i would not come at my was because i would like to be disowned. The reason i would not come out to my pa rents reason i would not come out to my parents is because i would be disowned. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Do get in touch if one of your relatives has received poor care or if you work in a care home and are worried about workload and standards. We also want to hear about excellent care and your ideas for how things can change. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The chairman of the iraq inquiry, Sirjohn Chilcot, has told the bbc that the former Prime Minister, tony blair, was not straight with the nation, or his inquiry, about the decisions made in the run up to the iraq war. Speaking for the First Time Since the publication of his report a year ago today, sirjohn tells the bbc why he thinks mr blair made the decisions he did, and about mr blairs State Of Mind at the time of the inquiry. He was speaking to the bbcs Political Editor laura kuenssberg. Do you feel the politicians who dealt with you were a straight as they ought to have been . dealt with you were a straight as they ought to have been . I would need to distinguish. They adopted different approaches. I have domain names here, because these were public sessions. Tony blair is a lwa ys public sessions. Tony blair is always an advocate. He makes the most persuasive case he can, not departing from the truth, but persuasion is everything, advocacy, from my position. Do you believe that tony blair was as straight with you and the public as he ought to have been . Can i slightly reword that to say i think any Prime Minister taking a country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it, so far as possible, with him or her. I dont believe that was the case in the iraq instance. Do you feel he gave you the fullest version of events . I think he gave. I hesitate to say this, rather, but i think from his perspective and standpoint, it was emotionally truthful, and i think that came out also in his Press Conference after the launch statement. I think he was under very great emotional pressure during those sessions, far more than the committee were. He was suffering. He was deeply engaged. In that State Of Mind and mood, you fall back on your instinctive skills and reactions, i think. But he was relying, you suggest, on emotion, not fact. Both. Lets go to our political guru norman smith. Sirjohn was speaking about his report publicly for the first time after the publication. What have we learned . First time after the publication. What have we learned . |i first time after the publication. What have we learned . I think we get a sense of sirjohns real personal views from that interview. You could see him carefully picking his words about tony blair. But when you see the whole interview, its pretty clear that sirjohn believes tony blair was the driving force behind what he calls the rush to war. And although he doesnt say it, he pretty much implies that we would not have gone toward them but the tony blair, because in his view, he became an advocate for war. And the normal checks and balances you would expect were ignored. So the cabinet was kept out of the loop. They thought the policy towards Saddam Hussein was one of containment, whereas tony blair was pursuing a policy of coercion. He dismissed the legal warning sounded by the Attorney General in what was described as a perfunctory way. He placed too much emphasis on some aspects of the intelligence and in terms of relations with the United States, he pretty much bypassed the Foreign Office and our diplomats because of that very close relationship he built up with george bush. You may remember that the inquiry uncovered that note sent from tony blair to george bush after they had met at president bushs ranch in crawford in texas, saying we will be with you whatever. That was sent nine months before we went to war. Sirjohn says how shocked he was when he read that, because it was when he read that, because it was pretty much just giving was when he read that, because it was pretty muchjust giving george bush a green light. You are left with the sense that sirjohn believes that tony blair was, is and a lwa ys believes that tony blair was, is and always will be a lawyer, an advocate making the case, seeking to persuade rather than necessarily the statesman taking a cold, Hard Headed Look at the facts. Does anything change as a result of him giving this interview . We waited a long time for that report, which came out a year ago. Does anything change now . There are couple of things which point us forward. One is sir johns conviction that the have changed, that they would not be stampeded so easily again the military have changed. The other thing that points forward in terms of relations with donald trump is that sirjohn is hugely sceptical that sirjohn is hugely sceptical that despite the relationship with george bush, that we had any leverage with the us, he says in the run up to the war we had minimal influence and after the war, he says our influence was zilch. That is maybe a bit of a Reality Check in terms of our ongoing relationship with the United States. We will bring you the full interview with Sirjohn Chilcot after 9. 30 this morning. Donald trump is also in poland and we will bring you coverage of that when it happens at the same time. Now a summary of the rest of the days news. A quarter of Adult Care Services in england are not safe enough, according to inspectors. A report by the Care Quality Commission says most care homes, Nursing Homes and home Care Services are good, but too many are failing on safety. Among the issues raised by the Care Regulator were people not getting enough to eat and drink, and not being given the right medication. There are some distressing images in this report from our social affairs correspondent, alison holt. Mum, can you open your eyes . Bernie jarvis carefully gives her mother lunch. The front room of the familys birmingham home has become 78 year old bettys bedroom. They want her close by after discovering the sort of poor care highlighted in todays report. Betty, who has dementia and heart problems, was in a nursing home. The family had concerns, so put in a secret camera. It soon showed a care worker pushing the chair betty was slumped in sharply towards the desk. Then when betty objects to her top being changed, her head is slammed back into the chair. No, i dont want to. 0h last february in court, the care worker accepted her actions were reckless rather than intentional. She was given a 12 Month Community order. Query everything. Dont let them dismiss you. Because they did with us for about eight months, and i wish we had pursued it a lot quicker than we did, because mum probably wouldnt have suffered the way she did. Todays report by inspectors says most care in england is good or outstanding. Even so, a quarter of all Services Including home care and Residential Homes failed on safety, and 37 of Nursing Homes were not safe enough. Also, when reinspected, quality of care in some good hands had deteriorated. What we are seeing in these services that are deteriorating is how fragile and precarious quality of Adult Social Care is. Thats the reason why we have to make sure that everybody understands that quality matters. Providers have got to focus on that, and commissioners and funders have to make sure funding is available to ensure that people get the quality of care they deserve. The government says the poor care experienced by some families is completely unacceptable, and that as well as putting in more money, it will be consulting on how to play social care on a more secure footing for the future. Well be speaking to andrea sutcliffe, the Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care who you saw in that report in a few minutes. Well also be joined by a former carer who became a whistleblower, a current carer and a mother whose daughter needs 2a hour care. The risk of attacks on uk soil by supporters of the so called Islamic State group could increase as is continues to lose territory in the middle east. That is the warning from the director of Public Prosecutions following bbc News Research which found that over 100 people in the uk have now been convicted of Terror Offences relating to iraq and syria. It is believed two of the three men who carried out the London Bridge attack had wanted to join carried out the London Bridge attack had wanted tojoin is in syria. President trump is due to give a major speech in warsaw setting out his vision for us relations with europe. Mr trump, who is making his second foreign visit as us president , was greeted by the polish president this morning. Later hell travel on to germany for the g20 summit, which begins in hamburg tomorrow. Adam easton is there for us in warsaw. What are we expecting from President Trump later . It is no coincidence that President Trump has chosen poland as the country where he will deliver his first major speech in europe. That is because it is expected that he will make some assurances to the poles and to the central and Eastern European Regional Leaders who are taking part ina summit Regional Leaders who are taking part in a Summit In Warsaw today that the us is committed to nato and is committed to defence of this part of europe. There are genuine concerns in poland and other countries in central and Eastern Europe about russias intentions. Certainly after the russian invasion of georgia and Annexation Of Crimea and of course the war in ukraine. There are real fears in this region about russia. The poles want President Trump to say, we will be here for you. Our troops have already arrived on polish soil this year. We will stay here and we will protect you. You need not worry about that. That is the key message the poles want to hear from donald trump the key message the poles want to hearfrom donald trump during his speech. China and russia have urged the us to show restraint after the warning that north koreas test launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile had Cast A Dark Shadow over the world. Nikki haley told an Emergency Meeting of the Security Council that the tests represented a sharp Military Escalation and Current International sanctions were not enough. The Actress Carol lee scott, who was best known for Playing Grotbags the witch, has died at the age of 7a. She appeared in childrens programmes in the 1980s and early 1990s, including rod hulls emus world. Herfamily confirmed the news on social media, with her niece Gina Mear Writing On Facebook on wednesday that the actress had lost her brave fight against cancer. Thats a summary of the latest bbc news more at 9. 30. Inafew in a few moments, we will talk about the Services Provided in the care sector and where they are falling short. You have been getting in touch about that. Elspeth as i believe privatising care homes has some bearing on the problems being experienced. If you put profit into the mix, service suffers. My sister andi the mix, service suffers. My sister and i care for our 95 year old mum as we would trust nobody to care for her. Thomas says all care homes put profits before care. The cqc are not fit for purpose. We will be speaking to the Chief Inspector of the coc here as well as other people with experience of care homes. Let us know your experiences. Heres some sport now. Four britons are through to the third round of wimbledon for the first time in 20 years. British number Onejohanna Konta got through her gruelling encounter against croatias donna vekic. More than three hours, they were on court. Andy murray didnt appear too troubled by his injured hip, as he swept aside dustin brown in straight sets. He plays Fabio Fognini tomorrow. Heather watson and aljaz bedene are also through. British and irish lions head coach Warren Gatland says they have the chance to leave a legacy, by beating new zealand in the decisive third test on saturday. The lions have named an unchanged side for the First Time Since 1993. Not for 46 years have they won a series against the all blacks. At the womens cricket world cup, a record breaking Second Wicket Stand of 275 from Tammy Beaumont and sarah taylor guided england to victory over south africa. The mens team get their four test series against south africa under way this morning at lords. Coin toss is at 11am. More at ten oclock. One in four Services Providing care for the elderly and disabled in england is not safe enough. Thats according to the Care Quality Commission, which assesses home and Residential Care, nursing care and services for the learning disabled. Their report is based on more than 33,000 inspections of over 211,000 care homes, Home Care Agencies and other services. While the majority of services are good, it found there was too much poor care, some providers are failing to improve, and there is even some deterioration in good services. Of the nearly 11,000 Residential Care homes expected, more than 2,600 were rated either inadequate or requiring improvement for safety, while 37 of the residential Nursing Homes visited by the coc were rated as unsafe. And across the entire Adult Social Care sector, 23 of services were found to require improvement for safety, with 22 of services found to require Leadership Improvement with 2 being branded inadequate. We can speak now to andrea sutcliffe, Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care at the Care Quality Commission, who have published the report. Eileen chubb is a former carer who became a whistleblower and founded the Organisation Compassion in care. In boston spa, we havejo walton, whose daughter is 38 and has a condition that means she needs 2a hour care. And in our Stoke On Trent studio is nigel pearse, who works as a senior carer. Ifi if i can come to you first, the word that has repeatedly used is that the ca re that has repeatedly used is that the care being offered is not safe. Speu care being offered is not safe. Spell out exactly what that means, because it sounds very worrying if you have someone being looked after. It is indeed worrying. We shouldnt forget that the vast majority of services are safe and care staff are doing a greatjob at looking after people. But where we have identified improvements are required, or, even worse, where services are inadequate, we are seeing not enough staff available. The staff are not properly trained and supported to deliver the care that people have every right to expect. We are seeing things like people not getting the food that they need, or being able to drink enough, which is so important for their health and well being, or they are not getting their medication at the right time. We even went into a Service Recently where people were getting up in the middle of the night and being washed, dressed and put back to bed because that suited the organisation to do that, rather than obviously doing what was needed for the people that were living there. If you have a loved one in one of these places where the care is not safe, you would be right to think, actually, should they be there . You know, if they are not safe, crikey, what. com pletely they are not safe, crikey, what. completely understand that. That is one of the reasons why the work that we do is so important, identifying what the problems are and making sure that the people that run these services actually sort them out. These are peoples homes, they have chosen to live there. If your mother was in one of these places that was described as not safe, Would You Wa Nt to ta ke described as not safe, would you want to take it out . I would be looking at what the home was doing in response to the issues that the cqc had raised. One of the things we have seen in our inspections is that a lot of services have improved, the majority of them did improve after we said they were inadequate. But we have had to take action in some of those services, which has either restricted. You are saying look at what the coc are saying and pointing to where it is working well, but if they are saying it is not safe, it is pretty clear to somebody who has their loved one in an environment where you are saying it is not safe . What we need to be doing is making sure that people put those things right. But in the here and now . It is not safe, but what we have been able to do is identify for people what they should be doing to put it right, particularly around staffing, making sure they have the right number of staff available to look after people. I want to bring in some of the other guests. Just on this point, these are things that have been talked about for a very long time, things are not put right. In many cases, some places have got worse rather than getting better. Can there be any expectation that things will change, and change quickly . Especially as a result of this . What we need to be doing is making sure that everybody in the aduu making sure that everybody in the Adult Social Care sector steps up to the plate to do the right things. But what will force them . There is what we are doing, shining the spotlight, identifying poor care, taking action where we need to to make sure they make improvements. What forces and want to change . The action we can take is a variety of things, it includes cancelling registration, which may mean that they have to close down. Lets go to jo. Your daughter has a condition that means she needs 24 hour care. Do you have faith in the care that she gets . Well, the vast majority of ca re she gets . Well, the vast majority of care that is delivered to sarah is actually delivered by myself. I am responsible for most of her daily care. The reason i am doing that is because it has been impossible for me to get reliable, well trained daycare, in order to deliver that ca re daycare, in order to deliver that care to sarah instead of me. Now, i hear what the previous guest was saying about what is happening in terms of care, but this extends right the way across all care. Every minister that a person is receiving poor ca re minister that a person is receiving poor care is a minute that post will never get back. That prison is highly vulnerable, they need to experience the best Quality Of Life Thatis Experience the best quality of life that is possible for that person to experience, for every minute of the life that they have remaining. To say they are working hard to put things right is fine. But we need them right now, we dont need them in the future. The reason that sarah is at home and i am looking after sarah is because i believe that she is entitled to the best quality of care. If the only way that i can ensure that happens is to deliver it myself, that is what im going to do. It looks like that is what im going to be doing for the foreseeable future. Sorry, obviously that puts a huge burden on you when your daughter does need 24 hour care. Where their specific instances that make you so worried, specific things that happened in the treatment around the border that made you start to do this . treatment around the border that made you start to do this . I suppose the first reason is that it was totally unreliable. When youre dealing with individuals who have very complex problems, it is really important that the care staff that work with them are trained in delivery of care to that particular person. In addition to all of the experience and the knowledge, and the training that they have, in general, around caring, they need to know how that individual person responds to the way that they are handled, to the things that they are given, their digestive system, how that works. You need people that really know the person they are looking at it and can have that continuity . I cant have those people in the house on a regular basis, if people are off set, if people leave. Basis, if people are off set, if people leave. If people are off sick. You were a carer, you turned Whistle Blower and set up compassion in care. When you hear what the coc are saying. Ive heard this so many times, ive lost count. Most of the complaints we get from relatives or about care homes that have very good, and they have raised the concerns good, and they have raised the concerns with the cqc, nothing has been done and then they come to us. The second is Whistle Blowers who Risk Theirjob to speak out about bad care, wessel Whistle Blowers who care are not wanted in the care system. We have 47 cases where the identity of the Whistle Blower has been given to the employer by cqc inspectors. I think that is horrendous, and horrendous betrayal of trust and totally unacceptable. What i would say, i can only comment on our evidence, but on the compassion in ken website, we have been gathering evidence from hundreds of thousands of people since we began. It is not a question about how much we are putting into the care system, it is about who we are paying. Are those people fit to be running the care sector . I think thatis be running the care sector . I think that is the question that should be asked. Governments are honing in that we need to give the care sector more money. Basically, you are not dealing with the problem. The problem is, who are we paying for the care and are they people that should be registered . We have seen providers reregistered and reregistered, even though they have appalling histories. Not one aa, hundreds. Lots of points you are making. Andrea, the report has identified that 22 of leaders in the sector, there are issues around them. I wanted to pick up on what eileen was saying about Whistle Blowers, whether you do get a clear picture on how they are treated . Coincidentally, a clear picture on how they are treated . Coincidentally, this programme spoke to three individuals yesterday who have relatives currently living in care homes. They are concerned about the care they are concerned about the care they are receiving, including things like relatives being left unfed, cuts and bruises. They didnt wa nt to unfed, cuts and bruises. They didnt want to come on the programme because they fear they could be repercussions, treatment getting worse. When people are complaining, what are you doing to investigate and protect the people in the home, and protect the people in the home, and the people that are blowing the whistle . We take our responsibilities around that very seriously. We cant be there all the time. It is important to get that information from people that are visiting, using the services or working in the services. We will protect their confidentiality. But we need to go in and check that, we need to check what is happening and make sure that the providers are putting that right. Lets bring in nigel. You are a carer. We have been hearing, what is the problem, resourcing, leadership . The fact is, it is not going right in lots of cases. What is your experience and what would you put it down to . Good morning. I can only talk on personal experience. I feel the continuity of ca re experience. I feel the continuity of care is at risk, due to the poor p5y~ care is at risk, due to the poor pay. As a carer myself, i accepted the pay when i started the job. But it is so poor, i am on minimum wage. People just dont stay any more. They come to the job thinking its going to be easy, it actually isnt. As the lady stated earlier, everybody has individual needs. It takes training, it takes a while. You have to be there a while to build upa you have to be there a while to build up a relationship with people. Unfortunately, i feel, build up a relationship with people. Unfortunately, ifeel, due build up a relationship with people. Unfortunately, i feel, due to the poor pay, people are not staying. You have stayed. You have been doing it for eight years . Why have you stayed so long . How do you find the work . I enjoy the work, i love the work. My opinion is that when you ta ke work. My opinion is that when you take the job you know how much you are getting paid, so you take it or you dont. Why would you take it if youre not happy with the money when youre not happy with the money when you start . That is a very good point, as well. Many Whistle Blowers, point, as well. Many Whistle Blowers, and i point, as well. Many Whistle Blowers, and i am talking about staff, many staff who really care, basically, they are working alongside staff that do not care. There is no difference made and how they are treated. There is also the fa ct they are treated. There is also the fact that we need to take that responsibility for the care sector. Its no good saying that these places are bad, next year these places are bad, next year these places are bad, big year after, 20 years from now, i have been doing is campaigning for 18 years. Every year, for 18 years, campaigning for 18 years. Every year, for18 years, i campaigning for 18 years. Every year, for 18 years, i have heard the same promises and the same findings. Isnt it awful, but this is happening . Isnt it time we stopped talking about it and did something about it . That is what i challenge the government to do. And we are, what would you like the government to do . I think everybody talking about this today wants the same thing. We want people to have care of high quality. We want it, but it has been talked about for a long time. What would make a difference . I think the government is committed to doing a consultation later this year around the Sustainable Future of Adult Social Care. I think we have got to focus the conversation on the needs of people, what the quality of care is that we all, as a society, think we should be getting for people in vulnerable circumstances. What does it say about our society that in 2017 we have thousands and thousands of people in care, their relatives, the people in care, their relatives, the people that care about them cannot trust they are being properly looked after . It says that we have got to do better, we have all got to do better. As the regulator, we have things to do. We also need to be working with stuff like nigel, who is committed and loves hisjob. There are loads of people like that who are doing that. It is so important that Whistle Blowers who are doing that. It is so important that Whistle Blowers are listened to and protected. That is not happening. That is totally not happening. When people risk their job. Whos fault is it that it is not happening . Peoples identities are being disclosed to their employer. Andrea says they will be protected. But its not happening. Ikea appalling stories of people suffering. Can you give a guarantee of anonymity . People can share information on the website anonymously. Well, lets hope we dont hear the same news next time. We need everybody working together to make sure that communities are doing the right thing for the people that are using the services. Thank you all very much. Just to say that we have just had a statement through from the department of health. The health minister, jackie doyle price, while this report shows the vast majority of people do receive good or outstanding social care, it is Com Pletely U Na cce pta ble or outstanding social care, it is completely unacceptable that standards in some settings are below those rightly expected by care users and their families. That those rightly expected by care users and theirfamilies. That is those rightly expected by care users and their families. That is why we have introduced tougher inspections of Care Services, provided an additional £2 billion to the sector and later this year we will be consulting on The Future Of Social Ca Re Consulting on the future of social care in this country to put it on a sta ble care in this country to put it on a stable footing for the future. Still to come as donald trump meets the polish president , the us president is due to set out his vision for us relations with europe. Well bring you his speech live. And bbc Research Shows the number of terror related prosecutions is rising. We will ask if online radicalisation is to blame. Heresjulian in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. One year on from the inquiry into the iraq war, the man who chaired it has, for the first time, given his personal account of what happened. Sirjohn chilcot told the bbc that he believes the former Prime Minister, tony blair, was not straight with the nation about the decisions made in the run up to war. A quarter of Adult Care Services in england are not safe enough, according to inspectors. A report by the Care Quality Commission says most care homes, Nursing Homes and home Care Services are good, but too many are failing on safety. Among the issues raised by the Care Regulator were people not getting enough to eat and drink, and not being given the right medication. The government said it would invest more money in social care. The eus Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier has said that Frictionless Trade with britain will be possible only if the uk remains in the Single Market and the customs union. Speaking in brussels, he said the eus refusal to give britain Piecemeal Access to the Single Market had not been fully understood across the channel. The Actress Carol lee scott, who was best known for Playing Grotbags the witch, has died at the age of 74. She appeared in childrens programmes in the 1980s and early 1990s, including rod hulls emus world. Herfamily confirmed the news on social media, with her niece Gina Mear Writing On Facebook on wednesday that the actress had lost her brave fight against cancer. Thats a summary of the latest bbc news more at 10. 00. We can see donald trump. He is meeting the polish president and is gathered in front of the media and now. The polish president is speaking at the moment, though, so we will stay across those pictures for you and go there as soon as donald trump starts to speak. His four date tour around europe is starting in poland. Lets head to wimbledon now, and talk to sally nugent what a day for british tennis four players through to the third round for the first time in 20 years. The crowds really got their moneys worth, didnt they . And the weather is fabulous as well. Yeah who leads the leader of the free world when you have centre court at wimbledon you can see donald trump in a moment. We had a fantastic day yesterday. The weather is glorious. No rain so far, and a day of history yesterday. As you say, those players are through to the third round for the first time in history for 20 years. I should give you one historical stats, because there are two british women do to the third round for the First Time Since 1986. The last time that happened, one of the women was my lovely guest, jojury. So happened, one of the women was my lovely guest, jo jury. So we havejo konta and Heather Watson through to the third round. And jo kontas Match Yesterday was something to watch. It was inspirational, the way she said although service games. She was down constantly. Suddenly, Big Booming Serves and she kept really calm because she has worked so hard to go through that process, stay in the moment and it paid off. We have been worried about andy murrays hip, but actually, he looks better than everybody thought. What is going on there . I think so. We are on hob or watch after every point finishes. But when the point starts, hes fine. He is so fast, what an athlete. I think he is in a good space at the moment. Coming into wimbledon, we were thinking, was he going to play . He was playing horribly. But once he stands on ce ntre horribly. But once he stands on centre court, he becomes a different person. His next round is quite hard against Fabio Fognini, but i think he will get through that. We will see him next week. And we have Kyle Edmund Playing On Centre Court today. A huge moment for him, because he has not done well on the grass. Centre court does inspire you, with the crowd roaring for you. And he can just you, with the crowd roaring for you. And he canjust unleash the big serve, big forehand. He will be quite a threat to gail monfils. Entertaining and hugely competitive. Thank you very much. It is notjust the Tennis Players being competitive. Sometimes the spectators get competitive here too. Did you see jack sock throw his towel into the crowd the day before yesterday . A boy caught it and then a grown up to get away. I can tell you that thankfully, jack sock has found the boy. He has been traced on social media and he now has his own power. In fact, social media and he now has his own power. Infact, i social media and he now has his own power. In fact, i have heard he will get a towel for every grand slam, so he is doing all right. It is embarrassing for the grown up that snatched it has he been tracked down . As he said anything . Snatched it has he been tracked down . As he said anything7m snatched it has he been tracked down . As he said anything . It is interesting. I have looked everywhere for a comment from the grown up. Or the lady sitting next to him. So far, i have not seen anything. He had a hat pulled down really low, so maybe he got away with it. I imagine hes keeping quiet. Good to see you, sally. Let me remind you that we are expecting to hear from donald me remind you that we are expecting to hearfrom donald trump shortly, so we will go straight to him in poland as soon as he starts to speak. And he is speaking now. We have had a wonderful stay. It has been quick, but the people of poland have been so fantastic. As you know, the Polish Americans came out in d roves. The Polish Americans came out in droves. They the Polish Americans came out in d roves. They voted the Polish Americans came out in droves. They voted in the last election and i was very happy with that result, so i want to thank you and them. It is a true honour to be here in poland. It is a majestic nation, it really is. Its a spectacular place, some of the most beautiful sights that we saw coming over. Really very inspirational. Youre rich in history, and you have absolutely an unbreakable spirit. That is something we have learned over the course of many years. The president and i concluded a productive meeting in which we reaffirmed our enduring bonds of friendship and Hadleigh United our citizens for a long time and we have united our citizens. We have never been closer to poland than we are now. Poland is not only a friend, but an important ally and partner with respect to our military. We have had great cooperations with poland. We have fought shoulder to shoulder in many different encounters. Particularly grateful for the role poland different encounters. Particularly gratefulfor the role poland has taken in helping to defeat isis, where we have made tremendous strides which you will be hearing about over the next period of time. And other Terrorist Organisations, poland has been with us by Training Iraqi Special forces and flying reconnaissance missions. And just about any time we requested, they we re about any time we requested, they were there. Brave polish soldiers have fought and work side by side with americans in iraq and afghanistan and on behalf of all americans, i want to salute you and thank you. Very special people. I also want to thank the polish people for their kindness to more than 5000 american troops that are stationed in your country. Our Strong Alliance with poland and nato remains critical to deterring conflict and ensuring that war between great powers never again ravages europe and that the world will be a safer and that the world will be a safer and better place. America is committed to maintaining peace and security in central and Eastern Europe. We are working with poland in response to russias actions and destabilising behaviour, and we are grateful for the example poland destabilising behaviour, and we are gratefulfor the example poland has set for every member of the Nato Alliance by being one of the few nations that actually meet its financial obligations. As you know, i have been pretty hard on some of the members of nato for not, and the money is pouring in. I can tell you. I was criticised, but i can also said that the people of nato are not criticising me. The money has been pouring in in the last year. It is past time for all countries in the Nato Alliance to get going and to get up to their obligations. But poland has been right there and you will even exceed that number, and i appreciate that and so do other countries. During our meeting, i congratulated president duda on polands recent election to the United Nations Security Council. We also discussed our mutual commitment to safeguarding the values at the heart of our alliance freedom, sovereignty and the rule of law. Poland joins the Security Council at a critical time. Its a critical time for the world, because you see whats going on. Not only must we secure our nations from the threat of terrorism, but we must also confront the threat from north korea. Thats what it is, its a threat. And we will confront it very strongly. President duda and i call on all nations to confront this global threat and publicly demonstrate to north korea that there are consequences of their very, very bad behaviour. We also discussed the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in syria and the need to defeat isis and other Terrorist Groups where they control territory and populations. We have fought very ha rd and populations. We have fought very hard and very powerfully against isis since i have been president , and we have made tremendous gains, far greater than has ever been made with respect to that group. While the cities of iraq and mosul will soon be liberated from these murderers, criminals and butchers, we recognise that syria requires a political solution that does not advance irans destructive agenda and does not allow Terrorist Organisations to return. We also reaffirmed that any nation that values human life can never tolerate the use of chemical weapons, and we wont tolerate it either. Finally, we agreed to work to expand, is between our countries. We support the three Seas Initiative and america stands ready to help poland and other european nations diversify their Energy Supplies so that you can never be held hostage to a single supplier or, as we sometimes call it, a monopoly. Iam single supplier or, as we sometimes call it, a monopoly. I am pleased to report that the first shipment of American Liquefied Natural Gas arrive in poland last month and there will be many more coming. Maybe we can get your price up a bit, but thats ok. He is a tough negotiator. We look forward to making the economic ties between the United States and poland stronger, the trading relationships. And we wa nt the trading relationships. And we want reciprocal trade relationships. We dont have too many of them. I said before that the United States has made some of the worst trade deals ever in history. Thats going to change. Thats going to change. The friendship between our peoples dates all the way back to the american revolution. Its a long time. I look forward to speaking more about these enduring bonds of faith and freedom when i addressed the entire Polish Nation in a little while. I hear we have a big crowd. I think they are showing up for you and not for me, right . So president duda, thank you again for Welcoming Melania and myself to your beloved homeland. Together, we can make the partnership between our two nations stronger than ever before. Special people, special place and its an honour to be here. Thank you. Translation thank you, mr president. Now we have time to take questions from each side. Let us start with a guest from the United States. Is there any question from the us side . Thank you, mr president. In light of north koreas latest icm testing, do you think there is a chance they might make game u turn . Are you ready and willing to launch Military Action against them . If i may, since you started the whole wrestling video thing, what are your thoughts about what has happened since then . Cnn went after you and has threatened to expose the identity of the business had responsible. think what cnn did was unfortunate for them. As you know, they have some pretty serious problems. They have been fake news for a long time, they have been covering me in a very dishonest way. Do you have that also, mr president . With cnn and others, nbc is equally as bad, despite the fact i made them a fortune with the apprentice, but they forgot that. Cnn has really taken it too seriously. I think they have hurt themselves very badly. Very, very badly. What we want to see in the United States is honest, beautiful, three, but honest press. We wa nt beautiful, three, but honest press. We want to see fair press. I think its an important thing. We dont wa nt fa ke its an important thing. We dont want fake news. Either way, not everybody is fake news. But we dont wa nt fa ke everybody is fake news. But we dont want fake news. Bad thing. Very bad for our country. As far as north korea is concerned, i dont know, we will see what happens. I dont like to talk what i have planned. I have pretty severe things that we are thinking about. It doesnt mean were going to do them. I dont draw red lines. President obama drew a red lines. President obama drew a red lines. President obama drew a red line and i made it a better than it was, but that could have been done sooner and he would not have the same situation you have now in syria. That was a mistake. We will look at what happens in the coming weeks and months. Its a shame that they are behaving this way. But they are behaving in a very, very dangerous manner. Since we are speaking about Press Freedom is, your party has significantly clamped down on Press Freedoms in the past year and now appears to be weakening the power of the National Courts as well. Do you think that people who live in other modern democracies, including some americans, are wrong to criticise you for limiting which reporters can cover the parliament . Translation to respond to your question, sir, media order is a very significant thing indeed. When we look at the situation in the United States, the situation in poland, in every case you can see a lot of pathologies. I can give you an example of one of the polish magazines that compared two channels. One of the broadcasters did not report on my visit to croatia, because the broadcaster does not like me as the president of poland. I does not like me as the president of poland. Lam permanently does not like me as the president of poland. I am permanently criticised by that broadcaster. But i believe thatis by that broadcaster. But i believe that isjust the reality, it is the right of the media. In poland we have absolute liberty and freedom of the media. Problems were there during previous governments. When the former president was in office, one of the magazines was visited by the Special Services in order to Ta Ke The Special Services in order to take away recordings which are compromising for the politicians of the previous ruling party. So, that was when freedom was under threat. Now we have absolute freedom of the media. We do respect the freedom of the media, we take care of the interests of the republic of poland and polish people. The first question now, from polish television. One question, please. I represent polish television. One question concerning energy. Both of you mentioned energy and the deliveries of energy. What time period you think a permanent contract could be entered into to ensure Lng Deliveries . And to president duda, could poland become a hope to countries . I think we could enter a contract with lng within the next 15 minutes, do you have anybody available to negotiate . We are becoming a great exporter of energy. Soon we will be a very great exporter of energy. We have taken a lot of unnecessary regulations out of our process. We are doing things we havent been able to do for a long time. So, we are blessed with great land. We didnt even know it, 15 years ago, in terms of what was beneath our feet. We 15 years ago, in terms of what was beneath ourfeet. We have 15 years ago, in terms of what was beneath our feet. We have found out, through technology, that we are truly blessed to have this incredible wealth under our feet. We are going to be an exporter of energy. It is already happening. Any time you are ready, we could do additional contracts. Cancellation mark i can give you the following answer, it is not the president of the United States and the president of poland that are going to sign long Term Contracts for Lng Gas Deliveries to poland. But it can be signed by a polish company and American Company and this is how it will be preceded. The most important thing is that there is green light given by the us government, the us administration, that there is an incentive given by americans to buy gas from the United States. On the polish side, there is also a green light, there is interest in this particular thing. I count that after relevant negotiations, i know the negotiations, i know the negotiations are ongoing, i believe that the conclusion of the negotiations there will be a long Term Contract for us Lng Deliveries to our terminal. Answering the second part of the question, can we become hub through which gas, lng gas, american gas, will flow to central europe, i am convinced the answer is yes. Today we are going to talk about this under the framework of the ccc initiative. It is also the gas corridor. In the future, this could insure Alternative Supplies, russian supplies come Alternative Supplies for ukraine. This is our primary importance and this is what we discussed with President Trump. I am convinced that the future is very rosy on this one, very bright, contract will be entered into. Of course, contract will be entered into. Of course , we are contract will be entered into. Of course, we are going to develop our capacities as regards the reception of the lng gas from the us and other directions. The media is free and poland, so now a question from a private broadcaster. Translation question to both president s, you mentioned military cooperation. I would like to find out whether, during your exchange, we re out whether, during your exchange, were there any guarantees surrounding the presence of american troops in poland as long as there is threat from the russian side . How do you see the future of the presence of american troops in poland . We didnt discuss guarantees and we we re didnt discuss guarantees and we were not really in that position to discuss guarantees. We have been here for a long time. We have quite a future at here, to 5000. We will continue to do that. We will continue to do that. We will continue to do that. We will continue to work with poland. But we did not discuss guarantees. Translation well, sir, the topic we discussed first and foremost was the Security Situation here. We discussed in the context of what is happening in our part of europe, the context of the manoeuvres that we have already mentioned and, from that point of view, there is no doubt that the presence of american troops and nato troops in Poland Todayis troops and nato troops in poland today is absolutelyjustified from this perspective. If we had to this the situation we are seeing in ukraine all the time, it is absolutely clear. We are going to discuss it further with mr president. We made an initial agreement to make next year a visit to the United States in the white house. The details will be worked out later. That is important for us and for Polish Americans. Next year we celebrate the centennial of Poland Regaining independence. I would like, myself and mr president s, distressed together the importance of this year. It shows the contribution of the polish people to the wealth of the United States. Last question, american media. Very briefly, because they do have to attend a summit. President trump will select the next journalist. Two part question, if may. Will you once and for all, yes no, definitively say that russia interfered in the 2016 election . think it was russia and it could have been other people and other countries. It could have been a lot of people interfered. I have said it very simply. I think it could have been russia, but it could well have been russia, but it could well have been other countries and i will not been other countries and i will not be specific. I think a lot of people interfere. I think its been happening for a long time. Its been happening for a long time. Its been happening for a long time. Its been happening for many years. The thing i have to mention is that barack obama, when he was president , found out about this in terms of whether it was russia. He found out about it in august. The election was in november. Thats a lot of time. He did nothing about it. Why did he do nothing about it . He was told it was russia by the cia, as i understand it. It was well reported. And he did nothing about it. They say he choked. I dont think he choked. I think he thought Hillary Clinton was going to win the election and said, lets not do anything about it. Had he thought the other way, he would have done something about it. He was told in early august by, presumably, the cia, that russia was trying to get involved or meddling pretty strongly with the election. He did nothing about it. The reason is that he thought hillary was going to win. If he thought i was going to win, he would have done plenty about it. Thats the real question, why did he do nothing from august all the way to november . His people said he choked. I dont think he choked. The follow u p choked. I dont think he choked. The follow up on that, you again so you think it was russia. Your Intelligence Agencies have been far more definitive. They say it was russia. Why wont you agree with them and say it was . I heard it was 17 agencies. I said, thats a lot, do we even have that many Intelligence Agencies . Lets check it. We did heavy research. It turned out to be three or four. It wasnt 17. Many of your compatriots had to change their reporting and they had to apologise and correct. With that being said, mistakes have been made. I agree. I think it was russia but i think it was probably other people and countries. I see nothing wrong with that statement. Nobody really knows. Nobody really knows for sure. I remember when i was sitting listening about iraq. Weapons of mass destruction. How everybody was 100 sure that iraq had Weapons Of Mass Destruction. Guess what . That led to one big mess. There were wrong and it led to a mess. So, it was russia and i think it was probably others also, and thats been going on for a long period of time. I do question is, why did obama do nothing about it from august until november . You did nothing about it and it wasnt because he choked. Two questions, thank you very much. We must go. Can i ask of president duda . A Battle Of Wills going on at the end with a number of questions that meant the limit was reached and the report are still trying to ask a question. Interesting comments from donald trump relating to north korea. The world is watching after the Missile Launcher as to what americas action might be, what might be the rest of the worlds reaction. He was asked if he was ready to launch Military Action against north korea. He said, we will see what happens over the coming weeks, i have some severe things we are thinking about but i dont want to talk about what i might do. They are behaving in a dangerous man and something has to be done, but i dont draw red lines. That is donald trump in poland. Coming up, the chairman of the iraq war inquiry says tony blair was not straight overtaking the country into the iraq war. We will discuss if he is right a year after the report. Lets catch up with the weather. Another hot and humid day across the uk today, mainly england and wales. With the heat and humidity we are going to see some storms developing later. As you can see from one of the weather watchers, that lumpy cloud is a precursorfor storms the weather watchers, that lumpy cloud is a precursor for storms to kick off today. One or two of those could be in the south east of england. Mainly it will be across the midlands, eastern areas of england. Torrential rain likely in the afternoon. Sunny spells in between. Cloudier, outbreaks of rain for a time. This is to build again in the south, to about 30 celsius. Dc in the south, to about 30 celsius. Dc seat builds again. Those Thundery Showers will move further east and into the sea. On friday, another day where we have showers across the north. It will feel fresher across the north and west. Temperatures in the south 28 or 29. Further north, a cooler day in manchester. 17 or 18 degrees in manchester. The chairman of the inquiry into the iraq war, Sirjohn Chilcot, speaks exclusively to the bbc for the First Time Since the reports publication. I think ithink any i think any Prime Minister taking a country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it as far as possible with him or her. I dont believe that was the case in the iraq instance. We will look back at the inquiry present and discuss the decision to take the country into war with a panel of experts. Also, the victims of the breast surgeon ian paterson that went private denied compensation for their botched operations. We will talk to some of them about their court battle. And we will find out why sham marriages are being used by some British Asian gay men and women to mask their sexuality. We feel like we need to do it to fit into the community and to be accepted by our parents. The reason i would not come out to my parents was because i would be disowned. Heresjulian in the bbc newsroom with a summary of todays news. One year on from the inquiry into the iraq war, the man who chaired it has, for the first time, given his personal account of what happened. Sirjohn chilcot told the bbc that he believes the former Prime Minister, tony blair, was not straight with the nation about the decisions made in the run up to war. China and russia have urged the us to show restraint after the ambassador to the un warned that the test launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile had Cast A Dark Shadow over the world. Nikki haley told an Emergency Meeting of the Security Council that the tests represented a sharp Military Escalation and Current International sanctions were not enough. Speaking in the last few minutes President Trump has said north korea will face consequences for its bad behaviour. At a joint News Conference with the polish president in warsaw, President Trump said north korea will face consequences for its bad behaviour. As far as north korea is concerned, we will see what happens. I dont like to talk about what i have planned, but there are some severe things we are thinking about. That doesnt mean we are going to do em. I dont draw red lines. President obama drewa i dont draw red lines. President obama drew a red line and i was the one that made it look better than it was, but that could have been done a lot sooner and you would not have had the same situation you have now in syria. That was a big mistake. The eus Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier has said that Frictionless Trade with britain will be possible only if the uk remains in the Single Market and the customs union. Speaking in brussels, he said the eus refusal to give britain Piecemeal Access to the Single Market had not been fully understood across the channel. A quarter of Adult Care Services in england are not safe enough, according to inspectors. A report by the Care Quality Commission says most care homes, Nursing Homes and home Care Services are good, but too many are failing on safety. Thats a summary of the latest bbc news more at 10. 30. Loads of you are getting in touch on ca re loads of you are getting in touch on care following on from the cqc report that said there are a lot of ca re report that said there are a lot of Care Situations where the care is not safe. Sharon says i am watching your programme on unsafe care. I installed a camera in my mothers room, exposing unsafe care. Cqc took action but my mother remains unsafe because as a result, the nursing home claimed our relationship between intractable because i installed a camera in my mothers room and provided the footage to safeguarding, which led to people being suspended. They serve notice on my mother, saying they would only allow her to stay if i was banned from having any contact with her due to the trouble i had caused. Barry says, wejudge a to the trouble i had caused. Barry says, we judge a society on how we look after the weakest and u nfortu nately, look after the weakest and unfortunately, the cqc is toothless. What a disgrace that the safety of the vulnerable are being left at risk. They must impose the strongest penalties on these profit making organisations. Derek says, i did work in care homes not directly related to the care, but i noticed that the food etc improved when an inspection was due. All inspections should be unannounced or the inspection is pointless. Brian says, my 97 year old mother is in a family Run Ca Re My 97 year old mother is in a Family Run Care Home in devon. The cqc recently rated them as outstanding. The carers are cheerful and caring and my mother is happy. The media seem to portray the caring industry as substandard, but there are many good hands out there. Mavis says, i am gratefulfor good hands out there. Mavis says, i am grateful for the husband good hands out there. Mavis says, i am gratefulfor the husband my home is in the schmuck the home my husband is in. The staff are wonderful, the food is good, hes showered and shaved every day. I cannot thank them enough. I go four times a week and stay until seven p m. Thank you for those comments. Do get in touch. Lets catch up now with the sport. Home fans had lots to cheer about at wimbldeon yesterday, because for the first time in 20 years, there are four british players through to the third round. Johanna konta said it was great to be part of it she needed three sets and three hours to beat donna vekic, but she made it through to round three for the first time. Iam i am definitely here with the intention to be part of the event for the full two weeks. But as you saw out there, every Single Player here plays at a very high level, so there is no easy match and i am just grateful to have another go. There was a memorable win for Heather Watson, who dominated against the 18th seed anastasia sevastova, and faces the former world number one Victoria Azarenka next. Aljaz bedene also reached the third round for the first time in his career, beating one of his good friends on the tour, damir dzumhur. And last but definitely not least, andy murrays bid for a third title is still on course, after an entertaining but comfortable win over one of the games great characters, germanys dustin brown. And there could even be five british players in round three kyle edmund takes on gael monfils this afternoon theyre first on centre court at one oclock, but coverage from wimbledon starts on bbc two at 11. 30. Away from wimbledon, the British And Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland says they can leave a legacy by beating new zealand in the deciding test on saturday. It would be the lions first series win over the all blacks in 46 years. Gatland said we have got another level in us, and its incredibly exciting. Lots of cricket to tell you about englands women are well placed for a Semi Final Spot in the world cup, after Tammy Beaumont and sarah taylor put on a record breaking stand of 275 against south africa. They won by 68 runs to go third in the group, heading into a meeting with defending champions australia on sunday. And englands men begin their four test series against south africa this morning at lords. Its joe roots first test match as captain. Iam i am obviously confident in the squad we have got, but i respect that they are a very strong side which has been consistent and has played well away from home. I am fully aware that we will have to be at our best to beat them. But i have full confidence in them. And play gets under way shortly at 11 oclock. Coming up, we will have that exclusive interview with Sirjohn Chilcot for you. It is a year since he published his report into the iraq war, so we will be hearing from him. It is the first time he has spoken publicly since that report was published, and we will have reaction to it. Further two years, the bbc has been monitoring the number of people from the uk who have been drawn into the war in iraq and syria. British authorities estimate around 850 people have travelled to support or Fifa Jihadist groups. In the past three yea rs, jihadist groups. In the past three years, more than 100 have been convicted of terrorism offences relating to syria and iraq. The youngest was a 14 year old schoolboy from blackburn. 18 were women and girls. More than 85 of those convicted have never been to syria or iraq. Many were intercepted before they could leave the uk. Police say five terror plots have been foiled since march and 18 since 2013. The director of Public Prosecutions, alison saunders, has warned that if people can no longer travel to syria, they may carry out more attacks here. Lets talk now to dr sajjan gohel from think tank Asia Pacific Foundation he has worked with the Foreign Affairs committee on security issues. Hannah stuart is co head of the security and extremism unit at Policy Exchange she profiled islamic extremists who had been convicted in the uk in 2015. Steve swann is a Bbc Home Affairs reporter whos been working on this story and written a book all about britains jihadis. Steve, tell us more about the picture you have built up . We are seeing a wide Cross Section of people that have been drawn into this conflict from the uk. You talked about very young people, a 14 year old schoolboy inciting an act of terrorism overseas. We have seen some of the people convicted from surprising walks of life, the son of a Police Officer, a hospital executive. We have seen lots of people with a criminal background, people with a criminal background, people with a criminal background, people with no former criminal background, educated people, uneducated people. It is a curious mix. Interestingly, a growing number of women and girls are being drawn in. 60 of the database of convicted terrorists related to this 16 of the database are women and girls. Hannah, what do you make of this curious mix of people being involved . It is really interesting. Steves findings resonate with what i found when i profiled all people who have been convicted of islamist offences. Going back nearly 20 years now, there are many similarities, especially in the fact that it is almost impossible to draw out one single profile. There are so many routes into this type of offending. In radicalisation can happen online, in schools, in mosques, through individuals, through family networks. Equally, some have travelled abroad, others havent. Some of your findings were similar to mine, particularly the growing prevalence of women and the increase in online radicalisation. Dr sajjan gohel, what is the prevalent in terms of people wanting to go abroad and people being blocked from going . As isis grew and expanded its tentacles from 2011 onwards, it used the internet as its oxygen of publicity. And through encrypted messaging, they were able to communicate with people to recruit, baltacha lies and even guide them as to how to get iraq and syria via turkey. Now many of those routes have been cut off of the isis is now telling its followers that if you cantjoin us, telling its followers that if you cant join us, carry telling its followers that if you cantjoin us, carry out telling its followers that if you cant join us, carry out attacks wherever you may be. And unfortunately, we are seeing more of these plots emerge where people have not travelled abroad, but they have potentially been in contact with people online to carry out what isis calls just people online to carry out what Isis Callsjust terror people online to carry out what isis calls just Terror Tactics like using a vehicle to mow down people or carry out multiple stabbings. As isis continues to lose territory, they will encourage the followers abroad to carry out as many attacks as possible and take down as many people with them as they go down. what is the answer to that. If the Security Situation has worsened here and this is what the director of Public Prosecutions is saying as well, Security Situation is worse here because people are blocked from going abroad . We are seeing spontaneous terrorism. This is not a sophisticated alqaeda plot involving a dozen people intending to blow up an airliner. You are talking about simple, Cost Effective terrorism, which is hard for the authorities to disrupt, although the police and Intelligence Agencies have done a very good job. One area that needs to be looked at is more front line policing. Those Police Office rs front line policing. Those Police Officers that interact with the communities can pick up information on the ground and feed it in to the centre. Front line Police Officers we re centre. Front line Police Officers were reduced after 2011, which coincide with the growth of isis. In terms of funding for counterterrorism, that is sufficient. But the Bobby On The Beat can pick up bits of information which are so important and interact with communities. Communities are also the front line in supporting the police. Hannah, some people might say if someone wants to go abroad and fight, why not let them go if the alternative is keeping them here and having a Security Risk here . It is their right to leave but maybe not their right to return afterwards. I think we would be almost outsourcing our own home grown Terrorist Problems if we let that happen. It would not be fairto let that happen. It would not be fair to people in the conflict in syria and iraq. It is right that we wa nt syria and iraq. It is right that we want to prevent people from travelling, but we have to put Investor Mechanisms to then mitigate the risks from those who stay. The concept of what we call a frustrated traveller, these are serious individuals. There was a case a few years ago where an individual who had attempted to travel to syria was almost gloating on whatsapp with some of his friends saying, of course i am now going to try and do something here. That is unacceptable and there needs to be a range of measures. Whether that is from reintroducing more restrictive measures against terrorism suspects, Thatis Measures against terrorism suspects, that is one thing at the sharp end for people who have not been able to travel to syria, but we strongly suspect are engaged in terrorism related activity. Another thing would be for these individuals to be invited tojoin the would be for these individuals to be invited to join the Prevent Programme and the deradicalisation programme. So their options and they should be used to their full potential. For more information you can go to the bbc news database, which tells the bbc news database, which tells the story of more than 250 jihadists from the uk. It isa it is a year until the mark cousins john chilcot published his report into the war in iraq. The aim was to oust Saddam Hussein, who, it was claimed, had the ability to launch Weapons Of Mass Destruction. Concludes that it has ethical weapons, that he has existing and active Military Plans for the use of chemical and biological weapons. They could be activated within 45 minutes, including against his own population. In the aftermath of the invasion, violence intensified. Over the coming years, Tens Of Thousands of iraqi civilians died. By the time the uk pulled out of the country, 179 british troops lost their lives. By 2015, the power vacuum in iraq also saw large swathes of the country fall under the control of the so called Islamic State, although some areas have since been reclaimed by iraqi forces. In 2009, Sirjohn Chilcot was asked to lead a Public Inquiry into the iraq war. Now is the right time to ensure we have a proper process in place to learn the lessons of this complex and often controversial event of the last six years. But it took seven years to be published. When it was, he criticised almost every part of the uks involvement the reasons it began, the intelligence provided and the post war planning. We have concluded that the uk chose tojoin the invasion of iraq before the peaceful options for disarmament had been exhausted. Military action at that time was not a last resort. The judgment about the severity of the threat posed by iraqs Weapons Of Mass Destruction, wmd, were presented with a certainty that was notjustified. It is now clear that policy on iraq was made on the basis of flawed intelligence and assessments. Planning and preparation for iraq after Saddam Hussein were wholly inadequate. It led to calls for former Prime Minister tony blair to face charges. Ive gone back to that time when i learned that my brother had been killed. And there is one terrorist in this world that the world needs to be aware of. And his name is tony blair. The worlds worst terrorist. Mr blair apologised for any mistakes made, but said he stood by his actions. The mistakes in planning and process, i absolutely acknowledge. And i accept responsibility, and im not passing responsibility off to someone else. I accept full responsibility for those mistakes. I can look notjust the families of this country, but the nation in the eye and say i did not mislead this country. I made the decision in good faith on the information i had at the time. In an exclusive interview with the bbcs Political Editor laura kuenssberg, Sirjohn Chilcot has given his personal views on tony blairs conduct in the run up to the war. Do you believe that tony blair was as straight with you and the public as he ought to have been . Can i slightly reword that to say i think any Prime Minister taking a country into war has got to be straight with the nation and carry it, so far as possible, with him or her. I dont believe that was the case in the iraq instance. In your view, was it a necessary war . I mean, you say plainly in the report the peaceful options had not been exhausted. Indeed. To that extent, it doesnt satisfy the last resort criteria. To that extent, not necessary for the United Kingdom tojoin. I leave the americans to make their own argument. Is there a case, do you think, for politicians involved to face some kind of further test, to face the law . I cant think what it would be. There isnt a court. In theory, the General Assembly of the United Nations could commission the International Court ofjustice. If its not a court internationally recognised, you havent got an authoritative verdict as an outcome, so other than reputational damage, whats involved . I take a more nuanced position, if im allowed to, which is that it could have become a necessary war had the intelligence proved to be more reliable than it proved to be. But later. And in effect its the colin powell position dont exclude war, but dont do it yet, its not necessary yet. When you read through the information in the report, particularly about preparation, its astonishing. Whose fault was it . Because it must have been somebodys fault. The critique that we mount, and mounted, and i still stand by, was that a Prime Minister at the head of a government of a large country cant be expected to run a war on his her own. What we say he could and should have done was appoint a very senior Non Departmental Minister to run the show and coordinate otherwise very senior ministers defence, Foreign Office and pull it together. And the fact is there was no, i think we used the rather idiomatic term, there was no buy in by all the different departments and arms of government. Does that mean, then, the British Government put british servicemen and women and iraqi civilians in harms way unnecessarily . In harms way, certainly. Having studied it in such detail, seeing for the first time before any of us those notes, those intimate notes between tony blair and george w bush, do you think the relationship between the us and uk at that stage was appropriate . Was the relationship between the Prime Minister and the president appropriate . I think that the Fundamental British strategy was fractured, because our formal policy right up to the autumn of 2002 was one of containment, that was the concluded decision of cabinet. But the Prime Minister was running one of coercive diplomacy, with the knowledge and support of the Foreign Secretary. But the Foreign Secretary hoped diplomacy would win, and not coercion. I think with the Prime Minister it probably looked the other way round. So it was clear to you that tony blair was running his own game with george bush while the rest of the government, apart from one or two people, didnt know what was going on . That was the fact of the matter. Tony blair made much of, at various points and still does, i think, of the need to exert influence on american policy making. To do that he said in terms at one point, i have to accept their strategic objective of Regime Change in order to exert influence. For what purpose . To get them to alter their policy . Of course not. So in effect it was a passive strategy, just go along. Now we can speak to lord falconer, former Lord Chancellor and a key ally to tony blair in the run up to the war, imran khan, a lawyer who is bringing a private prosecution against tony blair over the war, bill stewardson, whose son alex was killed in iraq in 2007 and tim collins, a retired army officer who served in the iraq war. Welcome, all of you. Thank you for joining us. Lord falconer, first of all, he talks about a passive strategy in the run up to war. Effectively, tony blair having decided early on he would support george bush, come what may. The evidence he gave to the iraq inquiry, Sirjohn Chilcot said it was emotionally truthful but relied on beliefs, not facts. The fundamental reason for going to war was the belief that there were Weapons Of Mass Destruction. Tony blair believed that. In part of the interview you have not shown, chilcot confirmed that he checked with the chairman of the joint intelligence committee, the person that assesses the intelligence, is it your view that there are Weapons Of Mass Destruction beyond reasonable doubt . The chairman of the committee said, yes, that is the position. He acted on an honest belief. Whats more, chilcot said on previous occasions, including this report, that he acquits the government of deliberate you try to mislead the public or parliament. Yes, we were wrong in relation to whether or not there were Weapons Of Mass Destruction. But it wasnt a campaign of deceit that led to is going to war. Sirjohn chilcot does not doubt tony blairs sincerity in saying that he believed what he was doing was right. But i guess it is theissue doing was right. But i guess it is the issue of whether it would have been different had he not started from a position of believing that it was the right action, and therefore, effectively, looking for things to back that up, rather than saying, lets keep a complete open mind. When you look at that document from 2002, when tony blair said to george bush, i shall be with you whatever, his mind was made up . What he was trying to do was get bush to agree it was an International Solution, rather than a unilateral solution by the uk. But it was signing up to war in early on . In exchange for that was that the usa agreed to go down the multilateral route of the United Nations, which ultimately didnt work. But that is what tony was trying to achieve in relation to that. It was a legitimate thing to try to do. We were wrong, because there were no Weapons Of Mass Destruction, as we now know. But the point that chilcot is making, they are fine points with the benefit of hindsight. The question that occupies minds and tortures people is the question of whether, have there been a different approach from there been a different approach from the outset, the issue of whether there were Weapons Of Mass Destruction would have been found out before the war and therefore the course of history would have been com pletely course of history would have been completely different. That is a legitimate issue. What the British Government were trying to do, led by tony blair, was trying to get an International Solution before force was used. To some extent, tony achieve that by delaying, while the International Community looked at the issue. But not for long enough, as it transpired. He talks about tony blairs State Of Mind. He said he was under great emotional pressure during the hearings on the iraq inquiry. He said he was suffering, deeply engaged. How would you describe tony blairs State Of Mind . It is an issue of such gravity, the use of force and the fa ct gravity, the use of force and the fact that people have died because of the decisions that tony has made. Of course it is a matter that is totally engaged. As Sirjohn Chilcot said, tony did not depart from the truth in what he said. Does it still keep him awake at night . Sure he thinks about it every single day because of the enormity of the decisions had to make. Lets go to bill stewardson. Your son, alex, was killed in iraq in 2007. Do you believe your son was killed in a war that should never have happened . Good morning. No, i dont believe that for one second. I am very disappointed that mr chilcot has popped up, disappointed that mr chilcot has popped up, 12 months after a huge inquiry, to speak the way he has spoken. I accepted a long time ago that mr blair acted on reasonable evidence, placed in front of him. It is so very easy to jump on that issue afterwards and try to vilify him for taking what was a reasonable decision. There are a lot of parents and loved ones of people that did die in the war who think very differently from you. Do you understand where they are coming from . Do you have sympathy with their view . I wake up every day and missed my son, and live with the guilt. I missed my son, and live with the guilt. Lam missed my son, and live with the guilt. I am sure all of those other bereaved people are exactly the same. It is not for me to speak on their behalf. But it does have to be said, you played a clip again of a broken, bereaved relative in leading into this issue. Where is the good in that . As long as there are people whose loved ones will not come home today, there will be hatred of tony blair. That is the way it is. I do wish the media would leave that well alone. Kim collins, what is your perspective now . John chilcot says he believes things have changed in the military as a result of the inquiry. Well, i think the iraq war was the beginning of the end for the british army as we understood it. Notjust iraq, british army as we understood it. Not just iraq, afghanistan. British army as we understood it. Notjust iraq, afghanistan. We have a much smaller army now, an army thats focus has changed, the ethos is changing, it is less of an expeditionary ethos, it is more of a defensive mindset. That has come as a result of the iraq war. One of the findings among the causes of this, one of the findings of the Chilcot Report was that the army was defeated in iraq. Imran khan, you are bringing a case against tony blair. There was a Previous Court ruling that effectively gave him immunity from prosecution. What is the case to a brain . The case you are referring to was in 2006, lord bingham, the head of the house of lords, then was, said that parliament need to bring in and act in order to bring make the act of aggression they crime in this country. When Chilcot Report is, my client is an iraqi general whose life was destroyed as a result of the war, now claiming Refugee Status in another country. He read that report and said we ought to take action, this report sets out in damning terms precisely what happened. He laid the information at a spinster magistrates court. We have to persuade the court in this country that lord bingham who made the decision, effectively giving immunity, that the decision was wrong. That was heard yesterday in the high court and we are awaiting a decision. What is the Public Interest . Two, we have to make discretion conduct, those that conduct themselves in this way, they should be held accountable. Secondly, it is about deterring future leaders. Whatever political persuasion, we have to set a benchmark by which leaders, whichever country, behave. If they are going to take us into illegal wars, which we say it was, in this instance, they should be held accountable and prosecuted. Lord falconer . What the government and tony blair we re what the government and tony blair were doing at the time was making judgments about the national interest. Chilcot today says maybe it wasnt necessary at the time, but it wasnt necessary at the time, but it might have become necessary to save it might have become necessary to save to it might have become necessary to save to say the Prime Minister should be in a criminal court for making these fine judgments with the benefit of hindsight seems to me to benefit of hindsight seems to me to be wholly wrong. It is for the courts to decide whether there is is an offence. As Imran Rightly says, the courts have said so far that there isnt such an offence, because there isnt such an offence, because the Prime Minister is Making Difficultjudgments the Prime Minister is making difficult judgments and giving leadership in relation to what is best for the uk. Leadership in relation to what is best forthe uk. So leadership in relation to what is best for the uk. So my view is that there should not be a crime here. But as imran says, the courts will decide that. They have so far dismissed the claim, saying there is not a crime and that the Prime Minister was defending the country. Bill stewardson, what are your thoughts . Thank you for asking me. We are hearing all this noise about tony blair and it is time it stopped, but i would like to make a point. Mr cameron sent raf bombers on Bombing Raids without even informing parliament. Why are we not hearing the same thing about that . final thoughts from you, lord falconer. What do you think about Sirjohn Chilcots decision to speak out now and to effectively delve into the emotion of tony blair around the Decision Making . Into the emotion of tony blair around the Decision Making . into the emotion of tony blair around the decisionmaking . I dont understand it. He took years to write the report and should stand behind it. He shouldnt give an interview like this. Thank you all very much. A spokesperson for tony blair said he had dealt with the issues raised in detail following the publication of the report. At that time he said with the news, heresjulian in the bbc newsroom. President trump has suggested that america may have to take action on north korea following its long range missile test. Speaking at a News Conference with the polish president in warsaw, mr trump did not give any indication of the type of action, but said north korea was behaving in a very dangerous manner and something will have to be done about it. The head of the inquiry into the iraq war, Sirjohn Chilcot, has said he does not believe tony blair was straight with the nation about his decisions in the run up to the invasion in 2003. He told bbc news that mr blairs evidence to the inquiry was emotionally truthful, but he suggested that he had relied on his own beliefs rather than the facts. Mr blair has previously said the inquiry found there were no lies and no deceit. The eus Chief Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier has said that Frictionless Trade with britain will be possible only if the uk remains in the Single Market and the customs union. He said it will not be possible for britain to enjoy all the benefits of the Single Market when it leaves. Speaking in brussels, he said the eus refusal to give britain Piecemeal Access to the Single Market had not been fully understood across the channel. Inspectors have warned that a quarter of social Care Services for adults in england are not safe enough. The Care Quality Commission says most care is good, but describes the quality of some services as fragile and precarious. Thats a summary of the latest news, join me for bbc newsroom live at 11 oclock. Letsjoinjessica for lets join jessica for the lets joinjessica for the sport. In the past half an hour, Manchester United have agreed a fee in the region of £75 million for everton striker romelu lukaku. United are understood to have been pursuing lukaku for most of the summer, but the deal is not connected to talks aimed at taking wayne rooney to everton. Mo farah has stressed he has never failed a blood test following the release of hacked documents which appear to show his test results once caused suspicion. The data goes on to show farahs results were later viewed as normal. British and irish lions head coach Warren Gatland says they have the chance to leave a legacy by beating new zealand in the decisive third test on saturday. Not for 46 years have they won a series against the all blacks. Johanna konta is one of four britons through to the third round of wimbledon. Thats not happened for 20 years and it could be five, if kyle edmund beats gael monfils today. And england have won the toss and chose in to bat in the test against south africa at lords. They start at 11 oclock. Thanks, jessica. In may, the breast surgeon ian paterson was jailed for carrying out unnecessary operations on hundreds of his patients. In some cases, hed invented a cancer diagnosis in order to persuade women to go under the knife. The patients he treated on the nhs have received compensation, but his private patients are having to fight in court to get their money and fear they may end up with nothing. We can speak now to two of mr patersons private patients, who as of yet have received no compensation, Deborah Douglas and helen gardiner. Linda milliband is the lawyer representing them and hundreds of his victims. Linda, tell us what the situation is for private patients regarding compensation. Why is it different . In this case, there are three defendants to the civil case which will be heard at the high court in london in october. The heart of England Foundation trusts and the mdu, who represent mr paterson are saying that mr paterson only have operating rights in their hospital and therefore, he was not an employee of theirs. So they do not think they have to compensate the claimants in this case. And there is the company that covered ian paterson, they covered him the £10 million of claims against him personally. But there is a possibility that they could not be liable for pay outs if the clause that says someone has committed a crime, they are not liable for pay outs . Crime, they are not liable for payouts . Yes. The mdu originally said they would put up the £10 million, but after the verdict was given, they said they were reviewing that. There are two clauses that they might withdraw the cover for. The first one is indeed if mr paterson was involved in criminal activity. The second one is whether he was involved in dishonest or fraudulent activity. Obviously, they have known about his behaviour since these cases commenced in 2013 and we think it is unfortunate that they are now starting to review this cover within months of the trial. Deborah, you had an unnecessary mastectomy, which must have been horrendous to go through and horrendous to go through and horrendous than to find out you didnt even have to have it. When didnt even have to have it. When did you find out it had been unnecessary . It was after i had the solicitors involved. I have seen several private consultants, and none of them would admit. They admitted that i had had not enough breast tissue taken away. However, one of them said to me, i am not going to put this in writing because i dont want to go to court. Sol had to see the solicitors to get an independent assessment, and that was when i knew that i shouldnt have had the operation. In effect, it left me with 50 breast tissue still there after i received a full mastectomy. So to go through all that and then to have to fight to get the case to court with solicitors and everybody that was involved and now at the last hour, when it is going to a civil case, for the mdu to come out with this statement is appalling. There is no thought for what this is doing to the emotions of the patients involved. So for me, this is another nightmare. We just want this over now and we want to be compensated for the years of anguish and the problems we have had, the mental and physical issues we have had. We had unnecessary surgery. Helen, what was your experience with ian paterson . underwent five unnecessary operations between 2004 and 2009. And again, i found out via the gmc injuly of 2012 and again, i found out via the gmc in july of 2012 that each of my operations had been unnecessary. And how do you feel now about notjust having been through that, but the prospect of also not getting any compensation . It just prospect of also not getting any compensation . Itjust adds to the frustration of myself and the other women and men at the hands of paterson. The fact that he was convicted, itjust adds insult paterson. The fact that he was convicted, it just adds insult to injury. Presumably, you wish you had gone on the nhs. How are you left feeling about the whole thing . Well, people believe that if you go private, you have the quickness of getting into surgery and you have cove r. Getting into surgery and you have cover. But people need to understand that as the law stands, they are not cove red that as the law stands, they are not covered if a consultant or surgeon undertakes any criminal activity. There is no cover whatsoever. should just read a statement from spire health care. Spire runs the hospital where ian paterson was operating. They said they didnt have responsibility for what he was doing because he was working there independently. Spire has been responding since these matters came to light. We encourage other parties to do the same. We would be concerned that any failure by mdu, the insurance company, to stand behind its member in paterson. We urge them to ensure cover is available for patient claims. The mdu is key to resolving this litigation. Where anyone has been mistreated, the appropriate party must take responsibility, learn the lessons and make amends. We have no statement from mdu. But thank you all for joining statement from mdu. But thank you all forjoining us. We will stay across developments as they happen. When now, lets take you to the house of commons, where labours social care minister Barbara Keeley is asking the government an urgent question about funding for Adult Social Care. Today, a cqc report shows that in some areas, it is Com Pletely U Na cce pta ble shows that in some areas, it is completely unacceptable that some standards are below those expected by care users and their families. This government views social care as a priority, which is why the Spring Budget this year announced an additional £2 billion to councils in england over the next three years to spend on adult social Care Services. This means total councils will have access to 9. 25 billion pounds more dedicated funding for social care in the next three years, enough to increase social care spending real terms. We have also been clear that later this year, we will be consulting on the future of social in this country. My right honourable friend the Health Secretary updated the house on monday about action he has taken to address delayed discharges from hospital in advance of this winter. Last year, there we re of this winter. Last year, there were 2. 25 delayed discharges, up 24. 5 from the 1. 81 million in the previous year. This government is clear that no one should stay in a hospital bed longer than necessary. It removes peoples dignity, reduces quality of life and leads to Poorer Health and is more expensive for the taxpayer. Since february, there have been significant improvements within the health care system, with a record decrease in delayed discharges from april this year. But we must make significant progress in advance of next winter to free up beds sickest patients and reduce pressures on a e, which is why we have introduced a further package of measures to support both the nhs and local councils. This package includes guidance, plans a local government and the nhs to deliver an equal share of expectation to free up equal share of expectation to free up 2500 hospital beds and cqc reviews. We have been clear that we will consider a review in november of 201819 will consider a review in november of 2018 19 allocations of social ca re of 2018 19 allocations of social care funding provided in the Spring Budget of 2017 for areas that are poorly performing. We have been clear that the budget funding will remain with local government to be used for Adult Social Care. The health minister, talking about the cqc report today that loads of you are getting in touch with us about on the programme today. Your concerns around ca re. About on the programme today. Your concerns around care. One person has got in touch through twitter, saying, my daughter and i have agreed i will never end up in a care home. Scarlett says homes are sad places, no matter how well they are run. Thank you for your comments, too many to read out all of them. We do read them all, but we have too many to read out on air. They are a lwa ys many to read out on air. They are always welcome, they do get looked at. Were approaching peak wedding season and south asian weddings are often, bigger, louder and more expensive that any others in britain. But what if your wedding isjust one big lie . Mobeen azhar has been meeting gay British Asians who are entering heterosexual marriages not for love, but to hide their sexuality. A marriage of convenience would be between a gay man and a lesbian, to get the societal pressures off their back and to appease their parents and families. And generally, for society. Thats all it is. It was a family occasion. It was a happy occasion. To be honest, it was a great occasion to actually see my parents happy. I had absolutely no idea what was going on. The best way i can describe it is just a blur. However, i do know that i was quite excited about the fact that it was a new chapter that i was entering. What happened on the wedding night . We ended up staying in a hotel in london. We went upstairs and she was heavily made up, so she decided to start taking off her make up, hair pieces etc. She was taking off her headpieces, her hair pieces. My friends decided to try them on, just to see if we could lighten the mood a little bit. At this point, youre in a hotel room, its your wedding night, youve got your friends there, your gay friends there. Youve got your wife there, a lesbian. Was there an element of you that thought weve deceived the people around us . Its about basically prioritising, working towards the greater good. I think that, because of that, both of us, i dont think we felt that at all. We feel like we need to do it to fit into the community and to be able to be accepted by our parents. The reason why i wouldnt come out to my parents, because i would straight up be disowned. It is upsetting, and thats the whole purpose that we go back to the marriage of convenience. Ive been searching for a good three to four years now. These days, you can go onto facebook. You can get mock marriage websites, where you can pay Monthly Subscription fees. Theres a lot you can find through mutual friends as well who are in a similar circumstance. I dont know why, but i tend to look at height. The reason is that if i feel like i want a mock partner, you want to look like a realistic couple. You want someone compatible. On top of that, youre trying to meet your familys needs. The same time, the potential mock partner is trying to meet her family needs as well. You have two options usually. The first option is that you live together, so you would either rent a property or buy a property. You live together but act like a couple and visit each others families. Or you would just choose one partners property as a mock property. So when the family come to visit, the partner would come to visit and you would rearrange the whole bedroom to make it look like you are an actual loving couple living in a perfect home. Are there are a lot of people looking . Probably a third look for a marriage of convenience. So a third of gay asians in britain are looking for a marriage of convenience . Yes. That is it huge number it is, because of the way we are raised in regards to religion and community. Theyjust dont want to be disowned. People think youre being a bit more of a coward and youre not really dealing with your sexuality, but its nothing like that at all. A majority of the Gay Community is very judgmental about a marriage of convenience. There is a lack of respect, i would say. Even if you were out, i would say in the Gay Community, its like the more you learn about it, the more you realise how narrow it is to actually find something healthy and balanced. Isnt there an argument that by entering into that lie, the whole foundation of the relationship is fundamentally dishonest . Its a mock. Its not like me marrying a straight guy or whatever. I dont see what the problem is. Do you never think about meeting a nice girl and settling down . Of course, all the time so why not . It could happen. It could work hand in hand, its just the way you do it. Youre still going to have the family and society there. If that relationship breaks down, there is not a lot left. The friendship changed to expectations of companionship, and expectations changed where, towards the beginning, i was going to be allowed to be in a relationship with somebody else, a gay man, changed. She no longer wanted that, and i think that that is something that was quite unrealistic. We made it work for over a year. However, i think the stresses of not being able to do what i really want to do, which is be able to have a successful relationship, had its toll. We talked about it and we decided to part ways. The plight of 10 month old charlie gard, who has an extremely rare genetic disease, has made headlines across the globe. In the last few days his parents Desperate Campaign to keep him on life support, so they could seek treatment overseas, has been picked up by the vatican and President Trump. It comes after a court ruling that his life support should be switched off in his best interests, after his pa rents off in his best interests, after his parents effectively off in his best interests, after his pa rents effectively went off in his best interests, after his parents effectively went up against doctors at great ormond street in terms of what is in his best interests. The court ruled in favour of the doctors. The Italian Government has offered to treat the terminally ill baby, but the Foreign Secretary, boris johnson, says that for legal reasons it is impossible for him to be transferred. Earlier this week the us president tweeted saying if the us can help charlie, it would be delighted to do so. Charlie gards parents have already lost their legal battle both here and in the European Court to keep him alive against the advice of doctors at the great ormond street hospital. He has mitochondrial depletion syndrome, a rare genetic condition which causes progressive muscle weakness. Yesterday, during Prime Ministers questions, theresa may said the family were in an unimaginable position. Im sure the thoughts of all members of the house are with the family and charlie at this exceptionally difficult time. Its an unimaginable position for anybody to be in. And i fully understand and appreciate that any parent in these circumstances will want to do everything possible, and explore every option, for their seriously ill child. But i also know that no doctor ever wants to be placed in the terrible position where they have to make such heartbreaking decisions. The honourable lady referred to the fact that we have a Court Process here. Im confident that great ormond street hospital have and always will consider any offers or new information with consideration of the well being of a desperately ill child. Charlies parents have raised £1. 3 million on a crowdfunding site to pay for experimental treatment in the us. Speaking on our programme in early june, they told victoria why they believed it could help. Well, we just think he deserves a chance. We deserve it as a family as well. Just to trust us, as i said. If it doesnt work, we will let him go, but we will know that we have done everything that we possibly can, and everyone else has done everything that they possibly can. Well, the doctor said, even he said, if, after three months, there was no sign of improvement, he wouldnt carry on. So its not as if we are going to get to the end of the three months and go, you know what, hes got a tracheostomy now, we can keep them alive. The doctor will not carry on. So, you know, that would be very final for us, and then we can go, you know what . We tried. We tried everything we possibly could. With me now is our Legal Correspondent clive coleman. Asi as i mentioned, lots of people saying we want to help, people are giving money. Youve got the president of the United States and the pope saying that they would do what they can. In the end, there is that court ruling. Where does that leave things . That stands. The ruling back in april, at the time, thejudge said he ruling back in april, at the time, the judge said he was ruling with the judge said he was ruling with the heaviest of hearts, but with com plete the heaviest of hearts, but with complete conviction for charlies best interests. The ruling was challenged in the court of appeal. There were further challenges attempted to be brought up the supreme court, the European Court of human rights. They all failed. The situation here is desperately sad. I should also point out it is very, very rare. Normally, parents will liaise with clinicians and jointly decide what is in the childs best interests. Here, you have a complete stand off between the courts. That is what mr Justice Francis did in april. It has subsequently been challenged, but that challenge has been u nsuccessful. That challenge has been unsuccessful. The Legal Process has run its course and the original ruling stands. In spite of these very, very high profile and heavyweight offers of help and assistance, that does not affect the Legal Process. So, charlie is still on life support. There are rumours that it on life support. There are rumours thatitis on life support. There are rumours that it is potentially going to be switched off even today . Those are just rumours, and we dont know. We know that the hospital had given additional time to charlies parents before life support is withdrawn. At the moment, as i say, the court ruling stands and the clinicians have the power and that court ruling to withdraw the life support system. Of course, they will do that in consultation with charlies parents. It remains a desperately sad situation. Thank you very much. A lot of you getting in touch on care. In 2003, my mum died in a care home. The Funeral Directors informed me her body was badly bruised. I was so upset that i could not take action at the time, a decision i regret to this day. Ruth says, as a retired district nurse, we were appalled in the 90s when it was taken from the District Nursing service onto social services. Consequently, the quality of care has suffered. There are good ca re rs of care has suffered. There are good carers out there, but there are a huge number hired without experience of how to care for people, let alone those that are sick or disabled. Gail says that she has concerns about her mother, she lost two and a half stone. She told the carers she had eaten, but she hadnt. I have also had to complain about them not changing her regularly and not following instructions in the care plan. It is such a struggle, it shouldnt have to be like that. Thank you for your comments and i will see you tomorrow. Its turning very warm across finland and wales. We have sunshine across many areas. A bit of cloud development. You can see the cloud in kent. It is quite bubbly, quite bumpy cloud. That is a sign that the atmosphere is unstable. There is a risk of pretty big storms developing today. In the south east we have a view storms around the english channel. They could drift further inland. The main risk is towards the midlands, northern parts of england, into the afternoon. Really big showers, torrential rain in a short spans of time. Some cloud and fabrics of rain for scotland and northern ireland. A hot day across england and wales. The storms will work eastwards through the evening, eventually clearing away. It will stay hot and steamy overnight across the south. During friday, a quieter day. Still quite hot across the south east of england. The temperatures getting up to 20 april 20 nine celsius. Further north and west, a bit fresher. A cooler day in northern england, 20 celsius here. 16 or 18 northern england, 20 celsius here. 16 or18 in northern england, 20 celsius here. 16 or 18 in scotland and northern ireland. This is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 11. One year on, the chairman of the iraq inquiry tells the bbc that tony blair has failed to be straight with the nation. On a visit to poland, President Trump accuses russia of destabilising behaviour and promises to confront north korea after its Ballistic Missile test. I dont like to talk about what i have planned. But i have some pretty severe things that were thinking about. That doesnt mean were going to do them. I dont draw red lines. Inspectors warn a quarter of Care Services for adults in england are not safe enough. Also, a Campaign Urges people to see their doctor if they suffer from breathlessness or a persistent cough. A new poll suggests older adults are more likely to encourage others
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