To whitewash the scale of its election defeat. The result has brought shame on us. We let our country down. To go into an election at any time with such a divergence between party and people is unacceptable. President trump faces a vote on removing him from office today he writes a furious a letter to top democrat nancy pelosi in which he claims shes declared open war on american democracy. And bulls eye. Fallon sherrock becomes the first woman to win against a man at a darts World Championship. Im an disbelief what id just done. Looking back on it im so proud of myself but at that moment in time ijust couldnt believe what id done, im still lost for words how i felt. And learning to play the piano, without a piano. How one man defied the odds to play at International Concert venues good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. More than 15,000 nurses have gone on strike across Northern Ireland to protest about pay and safety levels. Its the first time in its 103 year history that members of the Royal College of nursing have joined a picket line. Routine medical appointments have beeen cancelled, minor injury units have been closed and there may be delays to some ambulance responses. 0ur correspondent, chris page is outside the ulster hospital for us. As you say industrial action like this has never been seen before anywhere in the uk. A number of trade unions involved, notjust nurses, in whole range of health ca re nurses, in whole range of Health Care Professionals taking part from paramedics to social workers to administrators but it is significant for members of the Royal College of nurses, 9000 of them have what out, the first time in the unions yesterday that members have taken that step. Lets hearfrom yesterday that members have taken that step. Lets hear from the top official at the Royal College of nursing, the general secretary. We have taken every single step that we can as the Royal College of nursing and the nurses to ensure that Patient Safety continues on the ward. But actually every single day Patient Safety is compromised in Northern Ireland because there aren t enough nurses to deliver safe care so actually today is no different. We ve taken special measure to ensure that the wards are covered, particularly for life preserving care, but actually if nurses do not stand up then Patient Safety is compromised every single day, today and thereafter. The general secretary of the royal couege the general secretary of the Royal College of nursing. And joint on the picket line in dundonald by a nurse on strike today, andrew high have you taken this step . Two things why we are here today, first about pay parity with our colleagues and the mainland of uk and scotland and secondly about Staffing Levels and Northern Ireland within our trusts have over 3000 nursing vacancies and approximately the same figures within the independent sector which is about 6000 vacancies within register nurses across Northern Ireland, that is significant and unprecedented and we are having significant charges in relation to recruiting and retaining nurses and pa rt of recruiting and retaining nurses and part of the issue around attention is around pay parity. We are disappointed our politicians have not been here and resolve this issue before today, no member wants to be young today, we would rather have it resolved but our concerns and message have fallen on deaf years and this is about Public Safety as well. We are here for the patients and the public because we recognise the challenges they face daily as do we and this is about getting this issue brought to the attention of the public and our partitions and get this issue resolved immediately because this is a huge concern to us. Because this is a huge concern to us. Is it the case that because you paid us. Is it the case that because you pa id less us. Is it the case that because you paid less than your colleagues in scotla nd paid less than your colleagues in scotland and wales that means it is harder to fell nursing vacancies . That is part of it but it is also about normative staffing, other areas of the uk have legislation and which Nurse Staffing is enshrined in law and we would be welcome to that happening and Northern Ireland but also about adequate workforce planning which has not happened in Northern Ireland for years, this has been apparent for years but it has come to an unprecedented level because nurses are finding it difficult to contain Patient Safety and are working longer than their shifts are, meant to be working 12 hour shifts are working 14 or 16 hours to maintain some level of safety for their patients and colleagues. We are human beings as well, not robots and theres all this much we can do within a working day to maintain the safety of our Patient Population across our health ca re Patient Population across our health care notjust within hospitals but communities and Nursing Homes and gp surgeries. We are calling on the government and politicians to really listen to us because Patient Safety is being compromised, a population is being compromised, a population is suffering within the Health Service and across public surfaces and we are calling on them to engage immediately and negotiate terms and conditions but equally safe staffing becomes the focus of this government moving forward because not take us a couple of years, this will take up to ten years to attract the right units, to increase numbers which has been done to a small scale buttress to nurses who want to work in Northern Ireland because we are now seeing nurses moving to scotland, england and wales and across the globe because of better pay, terms and conditions. Thank you. One of more than 15,000 nurses on strike today, he spoke about the political situation, Northern Ireland has been without a devolved government for three years which is very much a factor, a pay what has been given to other Health Care Staff in the uk but not here, talks and going on between parties today and people on the pack if i will be hoping the message goes out to them, they want to see Government Back as soon as possible so as reforms can be brought and to the Health Service which is widely acknowledged and Northern Ireland to be in a state of crisis. Relatives of four british soldiers killed in thejuly1982 hyde park bombing have won a High Court Civil case against suspectjohn downey. It paves the way for a damages claim to be made against him. The attack killed four soldiers from the household cavalry and injured 31 people. The lawyer from the families told the high court there was clear evidence of his involvement in the attack including damning fingerprint evidence, he had previously been charged with murdering the four men but that case dramatically collapsed after it emerged he had been given a letter of assurance from the former Prime Minister tony blair that he was not wanted by authorities for this is the culmination of a long fight for those families. 0ur correspondent Angus Crawford has been at the high court and joins us now. We had thejudge decided we had the judge decided thatjohn downey was an active participant in the hyde park bombing which caused the hyde park bombing which caused the death of the claimants father and that participation was part of a concerted plan by the ira aimed at killing or at least during really serious harm to members of the household cavalry. Thejudge said that that meant he personally was liable to pay damages to families of the dead. That hearing to discover to work out the level of damages will take place at a later date but it is worth reminding you about the events that have led to this court decision. In 1982 a terrible attack and that london in which four members of the household cavalry we re members of the household cavalry were murdered, it is worth reminding you of their names, roy bright two was 36, simon tipper was 19 and Geoffrey Young was just 19. A car bomb and a Morris Marina had £20 of explosive packed into it, on the route taken by the household cavalry towards buckingham palace, at exploded, 31 people were injured, four members of the household cavalry were killed outright and seven horses also died and that. John downey was never prosecuted for that particular offence although being a member of the ira there was an attempt five years ago but a comfort letter was produced in court said to more than 180 so called on the run former and active ira member to tell them they were not being actively sought for prosecution. As actively sought for prosecution. As a result the criminal prosecution againstjohn downey, 67, collapsed and it was clear he would never be prosecuted for that crime. Families fought to get legal aid and plotted to the high court in a civil context to the high court in a civil context to see if they could find him liable for the deaths of their loved ones and today after this long fight for justice, he has been found liable on the balance of probabilities of being an active participant in that plot to milder those for soldiers. Murder those soldiers. There was a dignified reaction in court, a sense of a long struggle ofjustice being done, they have been speaking of the steps behind me saying may have taken a very long time, it has been a significant effort for all of them but in fact they felt it was vital that justice had to them but in fact they felt it was vital thatjustice had to be done and seen to be done and ifjustice delayed actually is no justice served at last. In terms of what they get ultimately, this is about opening the possibility of damages for the family from john downey, is that actually any prospect of them getting money on is that the basis for this and it is about much more than that . I think would be an admission amongst the families that this is symbolic, a sense they have finally had justice, that an individual has been identified as being responsible for the deaths of their loved ones. That has always been the midget name. Yes there is a possibility a court, want them significant damages and a previous case of the 0magh bombing, £6 million awarded to the families of the dead against those found liable but at the moment mr downey is on remand facing charges of another alleged ira attack, he is not known to have significant assets. There is a possibility that no money may ever be forthcoming but i think as we heard outside the court significant issueis heard outside the court significant issue is symbolic, it is at last these families believe a measure of justice has been served. Thank you. Former Prime Minister tony blair is warning that labour will be replaced as a serious Political Force if it tries to in his words whitewash the scale of its election defeat. Speaking this morning, mr blair who led the party to three general election victories, says labours problems go far deeper than its brexit stance, or the unpopularity ofJeremy Corbyn in some parts of the country. In a speech this morning the former labour leader said the party went in to the general election with what he called a strategy for defeat and is now marooned on a fantasy island. He warned that labour faces electoral oblivion unless it changes course. 0ur assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster. He is very clear about what he thinks the issues are, the question is how much has he listened to these days . I suspect the honest answer is not much by many under a Labour Party Members but he knows that his comments will be dismissed as those ofa comments will be dismissed as those of a has been but that is not his game, what he is trying to do is open upa game, what he is trying to do is open up a genuine debate in the aftermath of labours must defeat since 1935. His fear is that it will in effect be a whitewash, a sticking plaster postmortem and there will be a nip and tuck at the party will not really address the fundamental problems which he suggests are so profound that there is a . About whether labour can any longer expect to be the progressive alternative to the conservatives as an alternative government. His message was carried on with organism vote at the party is finished. It doesnt really get to the guts of how grave the challenges now facing which from his point of view is an existential crisis. This is a moment in the labour partys history. Its not like any election defeat labour has ever had. This is a moment when it has got to re engineer Progressive Social democratic politics. And it can lead that or, over time, it will be replaced. Because there is too much Political Energy that is not conservative. Has analysis is a pretty brutal one which is the party needs to get rid of the far left policies espoused by Jeremy Corbyn, he dismisses the idea that his policies were popular at the election and if so why unearth that Voters Decide to vote for boris johnson. The attribute that wasnt at brexit, of course that was going to bea at brexit, of course that was going to be a big issue butJeremy Corbyn went into it and a state of chronic indecision about what has position was going to be that compounded all the reservations about his leadership and the only way forward 110w leadership and the only way forward now for the party was basically to reverse the Jeremy Corbyn now for the party was basically to reverse theJeremy Corbyn agenda. The takeover of the labour party by the far left turned it into a glorified protest movement, with cult trimmings, utterly incapable of being a credible movement. The result has brought shame on us. We let our country down. To go into an election at any time with such a divergence between party and people is unacceptable. To do it at a time of national crisis, when a credible opposition is so essential to the national interest, is unforgivable. He was asked to you like to see take over as labour leader and he avoided giving any sort of answer because he knows full well that what he to put forward a name that would be the kiss of death for that person. Nevertheless names are beginning to emerge, keir starmer clearly indicated he will have a crack at it. He though has held back from criticising Jeremy Corbyn of the ma nifesto criticising Jeremy Corbyn of the manifesto instead stressing the party must not oversteer to the Centre Ground so following some considerable way short of the blair analysis when i would expect mr blairs view as the party needs to steer dramatically back towards the Centre Ground. Keir starmer perhaps aware he is to win over the membership which is overwhelmingly still supportive of Jeremy Corbyn, once to be fairly cautious and any criticism of the current labour leadership. Fallon sherrock becomes the first woman to win a match at the pdc world darts championship. She came from behind to beat tedd evetts and said afterwards shes proven women can beat the men. Liverpool are right in the middle of a strange 24 hours. Their youngest ever side were thrashed 5 0 by aston villa in the quarterfinals of the carabao cup last night. As their senior team gear up for their first fixture at the Club World Cup in qatar. They play the mexican side monterrey in doha this evening and its live on bbc two. Ill be back with more on those stories. Australia has experienced its hottest day on record. Data shows the average national reached 40. 9 celsius yesterday. In some inland areas, the temperature rose to more than 45 degrees. It comes as Fire Services continue to battle a drought and bushfire crisis. Forecasters predict the most intense heat could come later in the week so the record could be broken again. Joining me now is professor Ross Bradstock director at the centre for environmental Risk Management of bushfires at the university of wollongong. These university of wollongong. Temperatures obviously going these temperatures obviously are not going to do anything to improve the situation, what is your Current Assessment . Tomorrow, thursday will be another very challenging and dramatic day in terms of the fire situation. We will probably see more loss of property unfortunately. What can be done at this point . It is pretty much a situation of hanging on and triage the problem, all the problems were the arise giving the enormity of active fire at the moment, thousands of kilometres of front, and to be frank exhausted and services and management personnel, it isa services and management personnel, it is a matter of trying to keep the lid on things and more or less fallen back and defending property under the conditions tomorrow. The a nswer to under the conditions tomorrow. The answer to this is obvi