let's cross over to the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue is in washington for us. he promised to answer lots of questions, we had a whole new tone to what we had before. very punchy, combative, briefings. he did one of those press conferences that people often do to clear the air, where you kind of advice as many questions as people can throw at you. so he went round the room asking, answering multiple questions and hitting some of the controversial issues that people will ask about him, number one, does he have a good relationship with the president's chief of staff. they have previously been questions about that. number two, does he have the experience? he's been a financier in the past, not a communications person, certainly not someone in charge of the munitions for the white house. three, can he get the white house back on track, get the what message out there. that is certainly the frustration on the part of the president that has led to this big change. he believes his message isn't getting across. and we have seen sean spicer bit by bit edged out over the l

let's speak to our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue. you get the sense there are an awful lot of tensions in the white house is over this. yes, there is a big shuffling going on right now. we've not only got anthony scaramucci coming in as communications director, the departure of sean spicer, that well mount face around the world, but we also have a new press secretary, sarah saunders, announced today, stepping up from deputy to do that kind of work. she has built a better relationship with the media than the sean spicer had. and i think perhaps we will start to see is a bit more openness, they have been cutting back for example, severely cutting back on on camera briefings, which has not gone down well at all. you may see a bit of a reversal of that as we did today with anthony scaramucci coming out and answering questions. and he a nswe i’s a and answering questions. and he answers a lot of questions. he's a very different operator, that is quite clear, from sean spicer, from the get go. he did one of those, it's a classic techniqu

the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue was in the press briefing andi o'donoghue was in the press briefing and i spoke to him earlier. that have been a few arrests. the guy who ran alpha bay which have been a few arrests. the guy who ran alphabay which was shut down on the 5th ofjuly, he was a canadian living in thailand, and he was arrested, but it seems that he committed suicide a week later while in custody in thailand. there is a bit of a mystery there. the other people in terms of hansa, some arrests were made in the netherlands and germany as well in relation to the european side of it. there is some discussion about alphabay and some discussion about alphabay and some people who work for that in the us getting arrested. i think they are particularly focusing on finding the service, and they have done that, and closing them down and closing down this trade, because of course, jeff sessions was very explicit about this, he said americans have died as a result of buying opioids like heroin and artificial opioids on this alphabay website. he named some names. it is a big dealfor them, particularly

let's speak to our correspondent in washington, gary o‘donoghue. he looks like the cat who‘s got the cream. this is a big development on the criminal side. yes, they are very pleased about this. notjust yes, they are very pleased about this. not just because yes, they are very pleased about this. notjust because alphabay is the biggest trading place on the dark web for opioids, guns, malware, child pornography, not only because of that but because of the international co—operation and coordination and have pulled off. there were people from europol at this press conference today, it turns out the person running alphabay is a canadian citizen living in thailand. people are all over the world. i think they are quite pleased they got this thing shut down. it had only been up and running for two years. springing up after a previous incarnation of something similar called the silk road. but this had become much, much bigger. and at the same time that this one was pulled down, a couple of weeks ago, they were working in conjunction with european poli

gary o'donoghue give us the latest from washington. russia has been firmly on the front pages for six months for the president. jared kushner is a key white house member. he will be questioned in private by one of the committees on the hill. we won't hear what comes out of that unless people start talking. they will want to talk to about this famous meeting last year with a russian lawyer who was supposedly offering some dirt on hillary clinton. turned out not to be useful apparently. they want to ask about that. it will also want to ask about that. it will also want to ask you might allegations that he was trying to set up a can of back channel to russia during the transition before donald trump became president. using russian equipment because he didn't trust the american intelligence services. and they will want to talk to them about his meetings with various russian banks around the same time. so there is an awful lot to deal with for the trump family. ten years ago, torrential summer downpours left large parts of the country under

gary o'donoghue, thanks, in washington. our top story this lunchtime: after four days of negotiations, brussels and the uk still have "fundamental" disagreements about citizens' rights. and still to come: ian poulter helps —— heads up the leaderboard at royal birkdale on day one of the golf open. we'll have the latest. coming up in sport: alvaro morata arrives in london to complete his move to chelsea from real madrid. the spain international will cost around £60 million, making him the second biggest deal of the summer so far. ten years ago, torrential summer downpours left large parts of the country underwater, as the rain was followed by widespread flooding. thousands of people had to leave their homes. our correspondent phil mackie has returned to some of the worst affected areas, and joins me from upton—upon—severn in worcestershire. yes, i don't think anybody who lived through it will remember, will ever forget, sorry, july 20 2007. it was a day where people got separated from theirfamilies, a day where peopl

thank you for being with us, gary o'donoghue, our correspondent in washington. the duke and duchess of cambridge have described as "shattering" their visit to a former concentration camp, part of their five day tour of poland and germany. the royal couple met holocaust survivors at stutthof, near gdansk, where 65,000 people were killed during the second world war. prince william hailed the country's "incredible bravery" during the nazi occupation. our royal correspondent peter hunt was travelling with them. poland, a country with a troubled past, provides presidential—style security for visiting royal dignitaries that leaves little to chance. part of that past is captured here at stutthof, a concentration camp turned museum with evil on display, the shoes of those murdered here. it's an education for all visitors. with two survivors, tens of thousands perished here. the duke and duchess paid their respects at the camp's jewish memorial and reflected. "what the nazis did here", william and kate wrote later, "was a terrible reminder of the cost of war". they des

gary, thank you. gary o'donoghue. the family of a seven—year—old autistic boy with a rare condition that puts him at risk of severe brain damage are beginning a high court challenge to an nhs decision which has denied him a life—changing drug. nhs england says the effectiveness of the drug, which would cost £100 a day, hasn't been proved. our legal correspondent, clive coleman, is at the high court. clive? well, this young boy, who we are calling david for legal reasons, has a condition known as pku, which means that he cannot metabolise protein. that means he is limited to 12 grams of protein per day. to put that into context, a slice of bread has four grams of protein in it. in addition to that he has severe autism, so he simply doesn't understand that he can't eat the foods that he wants. i spoke to david's father and asked him about the challenges of dealing with david. he'll sometimes run into a room if we're eating, and he will literally take food off our plates. he doesn't realise that he can't have cert

let's speak to our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue. gary more questions about the russia connection, how embarrassing they have surfaced at this time? well, it has been embarrassing for where are we now, thursday, since it started to, that the details of the e—mail chain involves donald trumpjune your is that righted emerges last saturday, so where are we now? five days later and it is still front—page, these things, they become unsustainable if they are on the front—pages every day, what you are getting a robust edefence of his son by the president. he said something similar yesterday saying other people would have taken the meeting as well, trying to distance themselves from it being a russian government person that donald trump jr met, doing those things but the pressure will continue because donald trump jr has pressure will continue because donald trumer has been asked to appear before one of those congressional committees that are looking into the business of russia and the general election, we don't know whether he will. i

gary o'donoghue is in washington who was listening to that news conference. straight to the e—mails, gary and what the president was saying about that, what did you make of the long passage in terms of his answer to that question? i think it is what we have heard all ready in terms of the defence of his son. it says he's a good sky, it was a short meeting, most people would take that meeting because we take opposition research and he repeated this idea this was not a russian government lawyer, of course that e—mail chain from donald trump junior makes it course that e—mail chain from donald trumpjunior makes it pretty course that e—mail chain from donald trump junior makes it pretty clear he is expecting someone who is least connected to the russian government to be bringing him some information so that avoids the point, interestingly he was offered the opportunity to swipe at his new fii director or nominee for the fbi director or nominee for the fbi director job director or nominee for the fbi directorjob and chose not to do that because yesterday t

thank you, gary o'donoghue on capitol hill. a gay man has won a landmark ruling at the supreme court which will give his husband the same pension rights as a wife would receive. the ruling could have a dramatic effect on the entitlement of thousands of people in same sex marriages or civil partnerships. clive coleman reports. victory after an 11—year legal battle. john walker worked for the company innospec for 23 years, paying into the firm's pension scheme. victory for basic fairness and decency... civil partnerships became legal in december 2005. shortly after, mr walker and his long—term partner entered into one. they are now married, but innospec, relying on an exemption in the equality act, refused to take account of his pension contributions before that date, dramatically reducing the pension mr walker's husband would receive. the highest court in the land found that an anomaly. if mr walker married a woman, even after his retirement, indeed even now, she would be entitled to a pension. the court ruled that eu equali

our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue has more. how much trouble is donald trump junior in having released the e—mails? junior in having released the e-mails? i think it depends who you ask. clearly those people who think there is a bad smell about donald trump and his election campaign and connection with russia cbs is getting quite close to a smoking gun. those who support the president theatre just as part of the general media conspiracy, witchhunt, nick hewer insult of the day. i think the difference here is that we have had before records of meetings between trump officials in the campaign and the russian ambassador and the odd banker here and there but here we have actually in his own words donald trump junior reaching have actually in his own words donald trumpjunior reaching out to someone, donald trumpjunior reaching out to someone, responding to someone who said look, i have a connection with the russian state, i have some search for you on hillary clinton, would you like it. and him saying i love it. to me that seems l

the bbc‘s gary o'donoghue is in washington for us. this new york times article and the claims, how much consternation is this costing four presidentjohn's tea m this costing four presidentjohn's team and how interested are the people investigating these alleged links between russia and the campaign? this has been dominating for the last four years or so, various stages of the meeting had been revealed by the new york times in particular. it took place injune of last year, around the time donald trump had won the republican nomination for the presidency. donald trump junior was there, nomination for the presidency. donald trumpjunior was there, his campaign chairman and his son and law. it was a high—powered meeting at trump tower. the lawyer wanted to speak to them because she had evidence useful to them about damaging hillary clinton. that is what donald trump junior damaging hillary clinton. that is what donald trumpjunior has originally set. the lawyer is alleged to have ties to the kremlin and russia. she has denied that. the kr

thank you, gary o'donoghue in washington. in a moment, a look at how the financial markets in europe close the day but first the headlines. failings at every level. for many decades. a long—awaited report gives a damning verdict into the historical abuse and mistreatment of children injersey. historical abuse and mistreatment of children in jersey. 19—year—old heroine saili has beenjailed for life at the old bailey for plotting to bomb targets like an eltonjohn concert in hyde park or oxfordshire. a teenage girl pleads guilty to killing seven—year—old katie rough during a vicious attack in york. let's have a look at how the markets in europe have ended the trading session. european shares have had a great start of the week, helped by energy prices. the price of crude oil touching $49 and barrel. the pound jumped off during the morning following the release of manufacturing data for june. shares in the owner of superdry have risen after it reported a big rise in profits and plans for stand—alone sports stores. supe