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

thank you gary o'donoghue and sarah raynsford. the manager of borussia dortmund had urged his players not to give into terror. he was speaking after the tea m terror. he was speaking after the team bus was hit by three explosions last night. both sides agreed a short while ago that they would still play tonight and federal investigators are investigating. that means this is a serious crime and terrorism is being looked at. letters have been sent claiming responsibility and it seems the investigation is moving fast. a narrow escape from a targeted attack on the borussia dortmund football team. three roadside explosions triggered at the same time last night as the coach left its hotel in the south of dortmund. the spanish international marc bartra was sitting close to the window. he is being treated for a broken wrist. translation: marc bartra is being operated on right now for a broken bone in his right hand. and he has various glass shards that had been blasted into his arm. the team through their captain just rang me. they are st

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

gary o'donoghue, thank you, in washington. chris morris from bbc reality check has been looking at where the negotiations go from here, at the end of the third round of talks. there's a lot of frustration about because the uk cosmo mail —— main goal in the brexit negotiations is to move on as quickly as possible from talking about past obligations to talking about a future partnership with the eu. but there's a long road ahead and it's going to get bumpy. the eu's chief negotiator michel barnier said yesterday there had been no decisive progress on any of the main issues. in other words, for the moment, it's no go. so a quick reminder about the issues on which the eu says progress has to be made before it will talk more about the futur first, the status of eu citizens in the uk and uk citizens elsewhere in europe. there was some progress this week — confirmation that after brexit these citizens will still be able to use their ehic health insurance cards. there's no agreement on that, though, for the rest of us. and here'

our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue is outside the fbi headquarters in washington. president trump is defiant, how much ofan impact president trump is defiant, how much of an impact could his decision have? sophie, they have seen some things here at thej edgar hoover building, but the sacking of a director less than four years into a ten year term has rocked washington. the president has been out there on social media defending his decision, saying people will thank him and lambasting the democrats saying they we re lambasting the democrats saying they were not keen onjames comey and now they play so sad. the question now is the timing. why now? because the things that were cited in all the letters released yesterday talk about the way james comey handled the hillary clinton investigation. there is this over riding issue — the links with russia and the possible co—ordination between the trump campaign and russia. subpoenas potentially flying around. people asking for immunity from prosecution. it is something that had got unther the president's skin and there ar

gary o'donoghue is in philadelphia. theresa may will address congressmen later today and president trump is expected to attend, a big moment for the prime minister. expected to attend, a big moment for the prime minister. what sort of reception is the prime minister likely to get? i think she will get a warm reception, the chemistry when she meets donald trump tomorrow will be fascinating, you could not really imagine two different characters in terms of their personal style. the torture issue is difficult because she will be under a lot of pressure to raise that. but what she needs to do when she comes here is the persuade congress to republicans when she speaks to them behind me and the president himself that britain can negotiate a good bilateral trade deal once it is out of the european union. the difficulty for her is that donald trump is in favour of bilateral trade deals, he really likes them, he hates multilateral deals, but he likes bilateral deals because he believes america can always get the upper hand, the

gary o'donoghue, thank you. the education secretary, justine greening, has defended plans to push ahead with new grammar schools in england saying she wants to create schools that are "truly open to all". in a speech this morning, she said she wanted grammar schools to serve more children from disadvantaged backgrounds. labour argues that poorer pupils won't be helped by new grammars. 0ur education correspondent, gillian hargreaves, reports. it's big business coaching children to pass the test for grammar school. there are only 163 such schools in england at the moment, but the government plans to open more. some parents, like these at a tuition centre in kent, find such an education immensely appealing. my daughter has been in a grammar school for the past five years and i have found that she is really progressing. the girls of the grammar school, they are really behaving themselves, and it's notjust the academics. they do extracurricular activities, which can kind of polish their personality, and they are much

our correspondent gary o'donoghue is in washington for us. it seems the president is insuring that this is a row that is just not going away. yes, and this is self—inflicted harm. these are political own goals. they'd been all over the place on this one. all week. first of all we were told the sacking of james comey was week. first of all we were told the sacking ofjames comey was a decision effectively made by the deputy attorney general, endorsed by the president, that has now changed, the president, that has now changed, the president said he would do it anyway. secondly, we were told, nothing to do with russia, the president said russia was in his mind jarring that interview last mind. —— during that interview last night. and thirdly, we were told that effectively the president sacked him because he had no support in the pi. the fbi acting director yesterday saying he had broad support, deep and positive connection with his staff. this morning, the president says, by the way, guys, all those people at the podium making the case for

let's go live now to washington and our correspondent, gary o'donoghue. what's gone on here — is this a u—turn? it's certainly a u—turn from the president's rhetoric when he was a candidate, when he talked about afghanistan being a waste of money, by bringing the troops home etc. you heard in his analysis last night the reason why. once you get behind the desk in the oval office, things look different. he is now surrounded by xxx marine corps generals with serious afghan war fighting experience. and the one man, his chief strategist, who was against the involvement in afghanistan, steve bannon, he has been fired. you can see the confluence of events has come to this moment. it is short on detail. there are key differences from the obama era. the metrics are different. no specific number on troops, no specific number on when and where drawdown happens. and the one big difference you will see is that he has devolved a lot more power down to the pentagon. president obama ford a lot of his wards from the white house. —— fought. i think donald trump

our correspondent gary o'donoghue is in washington. what a extraordinary start was presidency. absolutely extraordinary. a vitriolic battle with the press over the weekend, over the numbers that make tended his inauguration. perhaps setting the tone for a confrontational and abrasive relationship to go forward. then this first week he has promised to hit the ground running. today he is meeting with business leaders and unions, which i think is perhaps an indication that trade will be one of the first things he takes concrete steps on. we are hearing that he is planning to sign an executive order pulling out of the transpacific partnership. that is the deal with those countries in asia that accou nts those countries in asia that accounts for something like 40% of world gdp. that seems dead in the water. of course what will happen with the wall. we seen actions on signing some kind of order to start building the wall along the mexican border. meanwhile he has problems with his cabinet nominees in the senate. only two of the cabinet in place at the moment. to borrow likely to be v

our correspondent gary o'donoghue is in washington. and another tweet from president trump this morning, this time about an american student who was held there. this was a student that returned from north korea after a year in prison in a coma back injune, and then died. there was a lot of circumspection around the way the american described that. this morning, donald trump said he was unbelievably tortured. that's the first time he's made that accusation, the us has made that accusation. that will ratchet up the pressure, bear in mind that north korea already says america has declared war on it, and has threatened to shoot down any american aircraft flying off its coast, as they did on saturday, when a whole bunch of strategic bombers and warplanes, american warplanes, flew north of the demilitarised zone. this is ratcheting up very seriously now. people are wondering exactly what is going to break the cycle of rhetoric, because now that it's got personal, the north koreans will find it very, very hard to back off, because any insult

gary o'donoghue reports from alabama. mr moore, mr moore. why won't you answer any questions? what would you tell your accusers? what would you tell them? a month ago, roy moore looked dead and buried. accused by eight women of sexual assault and harassment, including one who was 14 at the time. even the staunchest of republicans had deserted him. but now this hugely controversial figure is ahead in the polls, just, and defiant in the face of many who said he should have stepped down. we are alabama, we are republican. and we're not going to stand by and let other people from out of state and money from california control this election. wow! alabama has not elected a democrat as senator for more than a quarter of a century. and the fact that doug jones is still in the running shows just how unpredictable this race has become. we say, no more to discriminating against those that are the least fortunate among us. it is time, folks, that we say, no more! donald trump has also faced allegations of sexual harassment, and for several weeks he declined to publicly back the republican

well, in a moment we'll speak to our correspondent in moscow, but first gary o'donoghue in washington. trouble for the white house. anything worse than that? well, it is clearly a huge blow. this man was loyal to donald trump, through the campaign, he was at his right hand in national security matters, clearly discussing matters day in day out multiple times a day, so it isa day out multiple times a day, so it is a huge blow to donald trump, but i think it became a choice between honouring that loyalty and effectively humiliating the vice president, and it looks like the vice president won that. the white house is very keen to limit this to theissue house is very keen to limit this to the issue of the vice president being misled, and you can understand that for good political reasons, because there are still wider questions about what make flynn actually said to the russians, what promises he made to them, what he said to them during the campaign and those are the sorts of areas where the white house wants to be careful. let's go to steve rosenberg in moscow. not much comment there, b

in a moment we'll speak to laura bicker at the senate in washington, but first to gary o'donoghue in alabama. has roy moore conceded defeat yet? no, he hasn't. but he is clutching at straws. he is still 1.5% still behind in the overall tally. he is 20,000 votes a jerk. the last time -- 20,000 20,000 votes a jerk. the last time —— 20,000 votes a drift. the republican party in alabama has said that they respect the voting process and that suggests they are not prepared to pay for a recount. he would have to be within half a percentage point for the state to decide to do that so he is nowhere near that. he may not concede for a few days but i think his senate run is over at this stage. alabama has its first democratic senator in a quarter of a century. president trump has already taken to twitter trying to distance himself from roy moore. how significant is this defeat for him. he said he didn't back roy moore in the first place because he knew he wouldn't win. you are right he is trying to distance himself. the republican party will see this as a weak candidate rather than a refere

but first, over to gary o'donoghue, in washington. this flurry of tweets in the last hour, suggesting the president is rather angry? yes. not entirely coherent, some of it, as well. but he has really whipped out this morning at the fbi and the intelligence community, accusing them of interfering in politics, of a legally leaking, really reigniting that war with the intelligence community that he had during the campaign. it's an extraordinary attack from a sitting president on his own agencies, that are charged with the security of the state. but he's clearly furious about this, particularly because these agencies do seem to be leaking quite a lot. the latest instalments suggest that they believe there were contacts between the trump campaign and intelligence officers from russia during last year. that's all denied all round, of course. but we do know that the intelligence community has said publicly that they believe russia did interfere in the election on mrtrump‘s russia did interfere in the election on mr trump's behalf, or to ge