We speak to leading civil rights activist reverend jesse jackson. Five, four, three, two, one. Zero, all engines running. Left off, we have a lift off 50 years since the launch of apollo 11, the start of a voyage that would put man on the moon and redefine humanitys view of space. I was always asked, wasnt i the loneliest person in the whole lonely history of the whole lonely solar system when i was by myself in that lonely orbit . And the answer was no, i felt fine. Scotland has the highest drug death rate in the eu, with an increase of 27 from the previous year. The battle to save conjoined twins safa and marwa. The bbc gets remarkable access to a Ground Breaking series series of operations at great ormond street hospital to separate the pair. Killing eve and fleabag get multiple nominations in this years emmy awards, which recognise excellence in television. Its five oclock, our main story. A jury at the inquest into the deaths of the three men who carried out the London Bridge atta
In the english countryside reveals victims suffer for longer, are less likely to report abuse and struggle to get support. The most played song goes to. Chasing cars by snow patrol its been crowned the most played song of the 21st century on uk radio. And englands netballers could qualify for the semi finals of the netball world cup in liverpool today. They need to beat trindad and tobago. Coming up, gazing at the moon weve got some spectacular pictures to show you of the Lunar Eclipse. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Ethnic comments made by President Trump about four congresswomen have been condemned as racist by the us house of representatives. The president called for these women to go back to their countries of origin, despite all being us citizens. Shortly after the vote, a democrat politician called for mr trump to be impeached. Our north america correspondent david willis reports. These comments from the white house are disgraceful and disgusting, and these comments
Many of you will never feel that you can truly rest untiljustice has been served. Youre not alone in your struggle. We all stand with you. Heavy rain continues to cause flooding and landslips in parts of england. A military helicopter had to be deployed to shore up a riverbank. And its a big day for the home nations at the womens world cup. Scotland are about to take onjapan, england face argentina this evening. And coming up on bbc news, will england build on a good start in the field against west indies in their cricket world cup clash in southampton . Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Boris johnson, the frontrunner in the race to be conservative party leader and Prime Minister, now says he will take part in the Bbc Television debate with the other contenders next tuesday. The former foreign secretary has been under pressure to do so, after being accused of avoiding media scrutiny. Meanwhile, the health secretary, matt hancock, has announced he is dropping out of the
The weather still causing huge problems for a lot of people, we will have the latestjust before 2pm. Lets return to the tory leadership race and the Health Secretary matt hancock has, this morning, pulled out of the contest. Borisjohnson has Boris Johnson has given borisjohnson has given an extensive interview. I have always been keen on tv debates, i am slightly bewildered by the conversation that has been going on because i think it is important that we have a sensible, grown up debate. My own observation is that i think in the past when you have had loads of candidates, it can be slightly cacophonous. And i think the public have had quite a lot of blue on blue action, frankly, over the last three yea rs. We action, frankly, over the last three years. We dont necessarily need a lot more of that. So what i think the best solution would be would be to have a debate on what we all have to have a debate on what we all have to offer the country, our programme to offer the country, our pro
Their match against japan. They are two down against the former world champions. All to do in the Second Coming up on afternoon live half. All the sport gavin. Thanks, gavin. Kick off. Another big date of the and chris fawkes has womens world cup, scotland hoping all the weather. To put their campaign back on track, they will be in action against it has been soggy rather than scorching so far this summer. There japan. Thanks gavin, and chris fawkes has all the weather. Has been torrential rain and signs take a look back at how much rain of limited improvements over the has fallen in different parts of the next few days. Hopefully the worst uk in this miserable weather week of the flooding is behind us. And looking ahead to the thanks, chris. All important and looking ahead to the also coming up. All importa nt Weather Forecast and looking ahead to the all important Weather Forecast for the weekend, and signs of something a little bit drier. Other than pride, so easy, a man can also com