water, adam peaty smashes his way into the record books. coming up, greg rutherford says he is devastated to be out of the championships through injury. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the agony for the parents of terminally ill charlie gard continues with his mother connie yates back at the high court again today. having abandoned the battle yesterday to keep him alive, she is now fighting to be able to take him home to die. lawyers for great 0rmond street hospital where charlie is being treated say there are practical difficulties. thejudge has said if charlie can be taken home within reason he would like to achieve that. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has been following today s developments. the legal battle over this desperately sick boy now centres on where and how soon he dies. charlie needs a mechanical ventilator to breathe. he is tube fed and cannot move. his parents give up their fight to take him to the united states and agreed no more trea
adam peaty breaks his 50 metres breaststroke record twice in one day. a devastated greg rutherford pulls out of the world athletics championships injury means he won t defend his long jump title. more criticism for the rfu now mps want to know why they re not renewing the contracts of the england women s 15. and i m in the netherlands at the women s european football championships as england and scotla nd championships as england and scotland prepare for their crucial final group matches. the day started with a bang for adam peaty and itjust got better. he smashed his own world record in the 50 metres breaststroke heats at the world swimming championships in budapest and then did it again in the semi finals. andyjamieson and steve parry were the incredulous commentators. adam peaty right in the centre, that isa adam peaty right in the centre, that is a better start, very good start from the russian entry, but no adam peaty goes, looking very strong indeed, the bra
tough for buyers. and in the next hour we ll get the latest from the us, where pressure is mounting on the president and the attorney general. the white house says it will reach a decision soon on us attorney generaljeff sessions, who has been publicly humiliated by president donald trump. relatives of some of the soldiers who died during the battle of paschendale have attended the unveiling of an art installation in honour of the victims, which is made of mud. the german car manufacturer bmw says it has decided to build an electric version of the mini at its cowley plant in oxford. the new model is due to go into production by the end of 2019. the electric motor, gearbox and battery pack will be produced at bmw s plant in leipzig in germany, before being brought to the uk and installed in the body of the mini at the factory of the mini at the factory at the cowley plant in oxford. the company says it has not received any assurances or commitments from the british governmen
police used the gross indecency laws to continue to criminalise gay behaviour and social activity. voiceover: it is a deadly disease and there is no known cure. in the ‘80s, hiv and aids brought a new atmosphere of moral panic. by the end of the decade, the number of gross indecency prosecutions against gay men was as high as it had been in the 1950s. many many lead completely double lives. the writer maureen duffy who campaigned for the 1977 act who campaigned for the 1967 act says it was not a moment of sudden liberation. it was the beginning of a process. but never assume that what you have achieved you have got for good and it cannot be reversed because at any time, anything can be completely changed. and there are sometimes still some very nasty rumblings and utterances, partially stoked by the use of social media, that could turn very nasty indeed if we re not vigilant. injuly 1967, the home secretary roy jenkins told parliament that homosexuality was a disability tha
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary amber rudd has gone a step further in the government s criticism of president trump s controversial ban on citizens of seven mainly muslim countries from travelling to the united states. she s told mps it s notjust a divisive and wrong policy, but it could also end up helping so called islamic state recruit supporters. her comments came amid worldwide protests against the ban, and a petition here, signed by nearly 1.7 million people, calling for a state visit by mr trump to be cancelled. here s our diplomatic correspondent james robbins. hey hey, oh oh, donald trump has got to go! refugees are welcome here! days of protest across britain focused first on president trump s travel bans, then on the early state visit offered to him by theresa may. the government calls the travel bans divisive and wrong, now the home secretary has gone further, suggesting the president s actions might play into the hands of the extremists,