civil rights campaigners, who s died at the age of 93. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the european court of human rights has tonight refused an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support, effectively ending the family s legal battle. doctors who say archie is brain stem dead were waiting for a decision from the court before beginning the withdrawal of his treatment. the 12 year old has been in a coma since an accident at his home in essex in april. let s go live now to the royal london hospital in east london, where archie has been receiving his life support treatment since april. charlotte gallacher is there. charlotte, can you bring us up to speed with these latest developments?- speed with these latest developments? speed with these latest develoments? , . , , speed with these latest develoments? , , . developments? this was the news that archie battersbee s developments? this was the news that archie battersbee
with conservative members. the two of them have faced off tonight in wales. and a hosepipe ban for gardeners in parts of southern england. but how are the farmers coping with the lack of rain? we ll be live in essex to find out. tonight with the context, the former adviser to hillary clinton, amanda renteria, and former senior adviser to george w bush, ron christie. hello, a warm welcome to the programme. she was there less than 2a hours, but the fallout from nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan looks like it might endure for some time. china is about to begin three days of live fire military exercises barely 12 nautical miles off shore, which taiwan says amounts to an air and sea blockade. such was the military response to the speaker s visit yesterday, the flight that transferred her from malaysia to taiwan was forced to take a three hour detour around the phillippines. and it remains tense. at one point today, taiwan scrambled its own fighterjets to ward off those from china tha
Hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. another crisis in the taiwan straits, as china escalates in response to the visit of us house speaker nancy pelosi. beijing will hold live fire military exercises just off the taiwanese coast. but ms pelosi is unrepentant about her visit. 0ur about her visit. delegation, 0ur about hervisit. delegation, of 0ur about her visit. delegation, of which i am very proud, 0ur delegation, of which i am very proud, came to taiwan to make it unequivocally clear. we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan, and we are proud of our enduring friendship. what would a naval embargo of taiwan mean for the gloabal economy? taiwan is the world s leading producer of computer chips. the battle for the tory leadership rumbles on. a new poll suggests that liz truss is way ahead of rishi sunak
Hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. another crisis in the taiwan straits, as china escalates in response to the visit of us house speaker nancy pelosi. beijing will hold live fire military exercises just off the taiwanese coast. but ms pelosi is unrepentant about her visit. our about her visit. delegation, our about hervisit. delegation, of our about her visit. delegation, of which i am very proud, our delegation, of which i am very proud, came to taiwan to make it unequivocally clear. we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan, and we are proud of our enduring friendship. what would a naval embargo of taiwan mean for the gloabal economy? taiwan is the world s leading producer of computer chips. the battle for the tory leadership rumbles on. a new poll suggests that liz truss is way ahead of rishi sunak
This is bbc news. i m lewis vaughan jones. the headlines at 8pm: the european court of human rights refuses an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support, effectively ending the family s legal battle. china says it will carry out live fire military drills around taiwan in the wake of the high level us visit to the island. another hosepipe ban is on the way, after all the hot dry weather. more than a million people will be affected in kent and sussex. anger from hospital leaders over the government s decision not to offerjunior doctors in england the same pay rise as other nhs staff. and tributes to roy hackett, one of britain s most influential