is messy, it is keir starmer.given that laundry list of things they're doing, that's what them people care about, does that payoff come the next election if they can point at all these things that they have done or do they need to make sure people are still listening to them? if works, if you ask the public to describe britain in a word, the word that always comes up is broken and people know it needs fixing and they know it will take time and impatient for change, the more distressing progress now immediately but the one thing i would say there's a bright spot to government and focus groups, it is the nhs. from the first time the study can go see actually come as a bit shorter than i thought to get an appointment, it is easier to get on that waiting list and you laugh at it but that really matters because that's the day-to-day stuff that matters to people in the nhs really maddens to britain. in one thing we're really proud of you getting that working getting that fixed is the key test of the government. let's co

the prime minister sir keir starmer says the bbc has 'questions to answer' after it broadcast the punk duo leading the crowd in chants of 'death to the idf' during their set, while the shadow home secretary, chris philp, says the corporation should be prosecuted. the bbc said a warning had been shown on screen, and there were no plans to make the performance available on demand. let's speak to our correspondent at the festival - charlotte gallagher. morning catherine, you can probably see behind me the party is very much over here at glastonbury. it is all being cleared, the litter is being picked up. some of the stages are going to be taken down and lots of people are leaving before the temperatures really start to rise, but of course, one story dominating the headlines today from glastonbury, is as you said bobby vylan, they performed on saturday at the west holt stage and the crowd was pretty much as maximum because kneecap were on next and they had been highly anticipated so thousands were in the audience at one point bob vylan led the crowd in a chant of death, death, to the idf.

fantastic interview with keir starmer. if you want to see the entire interview, check it out on the bloomberg terminal or on bloomberg.com. for more analysis on the big story, let's bring it kenneth pollick, vice president for policy at the middle east institute but served in the past and the national security council and the cia. thank you for joining us. i will start with the market reaction, which is stocks are down but not by a lot in oil prices are surging, up about 5.5%. treasuries are higher up -- lower, pushing yields higher as investors focus on the inflation ramifications of these strikes. are these appropriate responses given what you see geopolitically? kenneth: nice to be here and things are having me. nobody wants me doing market analysis now. i'm just a middle east analyst. i will make a few points that seem consistent with what i think you are describing which is the israelis have demonstrated both in last night strikes and previous strikes in october and april they can be discreet in their military operati

keir starmer to retreat on the cuts. there, are they going to back down? let's hope so. for the sake of some esa people let's hope you will back off. patty will be here tomorrow. good night.

a day after being forced into a u-turn on welfare reform, sir keir starmer says britain's benefits system is broken, and he's committed to repairing it. fixing it is a moral imperative, but we need to do it in a labour way, conference. and we will. health alerts and fears of wildfires. much of southern europe is entering a heatwave, with temperatures forecast to reach more than 40-degrees. and a controversial day at glastonbury, kneecap performs but is not telecast live by the bbc, while another performer chants slogans against the israeli army. hello, i'm lauren taylor. let's start this hour in gaza where the hamas-run health ministry says israeli airstirkes have killed 81 people and injured 422 in various parts of the territory in the last 24 hours. the ministry, whose figures the un finds reliable, says that ambulance and civil defence crews are facing difficulties in reaching a number of victims trapped under the rubble and on the roads, due to the field situation and the impossibility of movement in some of the affected areas. israel does not allow foreign journalists free access to

how did sir keir starmer go from that... ..to massive unpopularity? i've been trying to answer why the prime minister's political honeymoon faded so fast for a new radio four programme - starmer's stormy year. when i caught up with him recently in kyiv, i asked the prime minister to reminisce about that exit poll moment. i was sitting on a settee with my wife and our two kids. i wanted to be with them. the moment the exit poll came through was an incredible moment. i was conscious of the sense of responsibility that that would bring and what my role would be and what i must do to rise to the challenge. but was the labour party really ready? in his first interview about those early days, that's what i asked simon case, until recently the head of the civil service. there were some elements where not enough thinking had been done. there were some areas where the prime minister and his team and, you know, including me as his sort of core team, knew what we wanted to do, but we weren't communicating that effectively across all of government. any prime minis

ladies and gentlemen, sir keir starmer. thank you. applause studio: keir starmer speaking at the business conference in london, i can confirm, and, yes, the eagle eyed among you may have spotted it as the bbc's clive myrie speaking to him and he was talking about the government's trading policy, trade policy, but one of the things he said that they have pricked up your ears, he talked about how he thought the world was not going back to the arrangements that existed before president donald trump introduced a raft of new tariffs. keir starmer said, we live in a different world now and we need to recognise that. so, that was just a little bit of what he was talking about earlier. let us get more now on the european leaders meeting in brussels when it comes to gaza, the eu has struggled to play a meaningful role in trying to broker a ceasefire or alleviate humanitarian suffering. here is nick beake. more than 100 charities say the european union must do more to stop israel's alleged human rights abuses. some say the eu is complicit in wa

a tough crowd - uk prime minister sir keir starmer announces a new trade strategy but will it be enough to bring businesses on board? bucking the trend! the us dollar tumbles to a three-year low, following reports donald trump will announce his next pick for the head of us central bank early. plus - making a mint on the main stage. mega music festival glastonbury is bigger than ever - so why are smaller rivals struggling to survive? let's take you to the heart of the global economy on business today with me, mark lobel. we start here in the uk where the prime minister sir keir starmer has been laying out the governments new trade strategy after what he called a hatrick of recent trade deals. that's with the us, india and the european union. the government's plan is to boost opportunities for british businesses to export while protecting domestic firms from unfair trade practices hitting uk shores. all part of his overall push to achieve promised economic growth. but this comes against a backdrop of growing dismay from the business world at the governments handling of the economy and hef

and also a bigger strategic challenge that keir starmer and european leaders are grappling with which, yes, is personified by the trump presidency but will probably extend beyond it which is america's international posturing increasingly being shaped around the pacific region and looking a little less in a european direction and with the consequence that europe is having to think more carefully about its own security as opposed to hovering under the american security umbrella so in a curious sense, yes, it's about donald trump but some strategic questions will perhaps outlive his presidency for many european countries. and when it comes to the middle east we have been hearing president trump saying that the strikes have caused a total of lit oration of iran's nuclear site setting back their nuclear programme by decades. we heard from the prime minister after this? he was asked specifically about this, the defence secretary, and the anger in response to these leaked reports about intelligence and how much damage was done and mr healy absolutely saying he wouldn't be drawn on that. the

keir starmer is on the run isn't he really. nowhere to be seen out and about. really? he was demanding reparations five and a half years in prison. is that all you get for killing a man? punching a man to death on the london underground after he just brushes past you? we�*re going to be talking about that. there's also a slovakian paedophile ring that has been exposed. they raped a 12 year old british schoolgirl. the other terrible thing about that, of course, is that they were given some of them anyway, british taxpayers money for a music video. and on lighter news as well, glastonbury started. i think that might have the hardest and tightest border anywhere in europe. all of that after your weather. >> expect a warm front moving from the kitchen right through to the rest of the house. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello there. good evening. welcome to your gb news weather update from the met office. as we head through the overnight period, a risk of thundery showers across the southeast, but elsewhere, plenty of cloud and further outbreaks o

and northern ireland, sir keir starmer. >> it is a good spot. yeah. yeah. [inaudible] >> her excellency giorgia meloni, president of the council of ministers of the italian republic, son excellence madame giorgia meloni, president de conseil de de la republique, italian. [inaudible] >> the honorable donald j. trump, president of the united states of america, donald j. trump, president. >> it's so beautiful. thank you. >> my wife, diana. [inaudible] >> you go over there. it's not bad. [laughter] [inaudible] >> thank you. ok. all right. if you come this way. >> sir, are you considering? [inaudible] >> his excellency emmanuel macron, president of the french republic. so excellence, monsieur emmanuel macron. [inaudible] >> number two. [inaudible]>> pm carney: mr. prt welcome to canada. it's a great honor, happy birthday a few days short. did not get a chance to see you on the day. happy birthday to the u.s. military as well. this is the 50th birthday if you will of the g7, this

i now call the prime minister, keir starmer. in westminster, the pressure the prime minister is minister's facing is huge. today, he changed his tone as he tries to avoid a damaging rebellion from his own mps, promising conversations, which is likely to mean concessions when it comes to reform of what he calls a broken welfare system. i know colleagues across the house are eager to start fixing that, and so am i, and that all colleagues want to get this right and so do i. we want to see reform implemented with labour values of fairness. that conversation will continue in the coming days so that we can begin making change together on tuesday. tuesday is when a crucial vote on the government's plan is expected here. so no surprise the conservatives are trying to keep up the pressure, urging the government to go further to rein in welfare spending. with 126 of his own mps all openly undermining his authority, his government is incapable of making even the smallest changes to bring down the cost of our ever expanding welfare bill. t

keir starmer warns of a risk of the crisis spiralling beyond the region - and calls for iran to return to negotiations after speaking to president trump. and coming up on business today - oil prices climb after us strikes on iran raise fears of supply disruption. welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. the un security council has held an emergency meeting to discuss the us air strikes on iran's nuclear sites. the session merely exposed divisions - with iran's allies russia and china condemning the american attack - and along with pakistan, putting forward a draft resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire - a move likely to be vetoed by the us. the un secretary general, antonio guterres warned that that the fighting needed to stop and negotiations needed to resume - otherwise there was a risk of descending into what he called a rathole of retaliation after retaliation. meanwhile, american stealth bombers have returned to base in the united states - after striking iran's nuclear facilities. the b-2 planes were in the air for more than 36 hours - in the unprecedented us m

sir keir starmer address that in an interview with bloomberg saying that he planned to call benjamin at your letter today but we don't know if that call has been taking place. there's been a real effort from the government here to focus on the escalation in the promisee and to put pressure on to reach a diplomatic solution by putting pressure with allies. there was a call between keir starmer and the frederick -- french president and german chancellor and in that call the leaders discuss what was described if their long-held grave concerns about the nuclear programme of iran and they called on all sides to refrain from further escalation which they say could destabilise the region so that certainly does intubate the focus from the government here. as i say, there is a slightly different term coming from the leader of the opposition kemi badenoch, who says that this should not be confirmed or condemned even though it is an escalation if it stops getting nuclear weapons and iran. the very fact that donald trump have to say a phrase like there would not be a regional war underlines what

the uk's prime minister, sir keir starmer has sent raf fighters to cyprus. and this lunchtime the foreign office advised against all travel to israel. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports. three times last night, the sky is lit up over israel and the nation hunkered down. israel's air defences shattering iranian missiles into glowing fragments above the crowds. the price of missing a single one of them was written on this neighbourhood in bat yam. a direct hit to this apartment block. the blast so destructive that 20 buildings around it are due to be pulled down. rescue teams digging for residents trapped in the rubble have reportedly lost contact with some of them. there was smoke everywhere, carty said. i couldn't breathe, the door flew off its hinges. my mother is 76 and was injured in the head and had stitches on both arms. i am trying not to cry. they are still digging for people missing from this apartment block. injured residents climbing over the rubble lining the streets outside. this is a different kind of attack to those israel is

prime minister sir keir starmer says that fixing what he called a broken welfare system is a moral imperative, after his government's recent u-turn. fixing it is a moral imperative but we need to do it in a labour way. and we will. iran has held a major state funeral in tehran for senior iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists assassinated by israel earlier this month. health alerts and fears of wildfires. much of southern europe is braced for a heatwave, with temperatures forecast to reach more than 40 degrees celsius. and we'll be live from glastonbury festival where controversial band knee-cap are performing this afternoon with neil young, doe-chee and charli xcx headlining tonight. hello, this is bbc news. sir keir starmer says there is a moral imperative to change the welfare system, despite having to perform a u-turn on his benefits cuts plans to stave off a backbench rebellion. speaking to the welsh labour conference this morning, the prime minister said fixing the broken welfare system would have to be done in a labour way, after more than 120 mps threatened to block his pr

there are still anti-keir starmer chants, there are still anti-israel chants and there a speech about the uk selling weapons to israel, that set is now available to watch. this is definitely been a glastonbury that has had a fair bit of controversy. a deal reducing import tariffs between the us and uk has come into force this morning - after president trump and sir keir starmer signed the agreement two weeks ago. it gives producers of steel and cars in the uk preferential access to the world's biggest consumer market. our world news correspondent joe inwood has more. they are flagship british brands, popular in the us but vulnerable to the global trade instability caused by donald trump. the news that, from today, 100,000 uk-manufactured cars can be sold to the us with a tariff - or import tax - of 10% has been welcomed as a win for this key sector. it's probably the headline from this us-uk deal, which is now in force. it also sees tariffs on certain aerospace products removed. in return, up to 1.4 billion litres of us ethanol could arrive in the uk tariff-free each year, along with

prime minister sir keir starmer spoke to president trump by phone this evening. downing street says the two leaders discussed the actions taken by the us to reduce the quote, "grave risk" posed by iran's nuclear programme. the agreed that iran must never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon - and urged iran to return to the negotiating table as soon as possible. we have long had concerns about the iranian nuclear programme and been very clear that iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. the us has now taken action to alleviate that threat. it is important that we now de-escalate the situation, stabilise the region and get the parties back around the table to negotiate. joining me live is our political correspondent joe pike. very good to see you. what more do we know about how the uk is working with the us to push forward some sort of negotiations? yeah, what is interesting and certainly complex about the uk's response is that keir starmer has stopped short of endorsing the us position and the us action overnight, and yet, the result of that action, the fact that ir

but the view is that keir starmer has been kind of forced into this.had been talking up until yesterday saying it was going to press ahead with these benefit cuts, these big reforms to the welfare bill, to try to bring that bill down, at least prevent it rising as fast as it has been. now, it seems that in the face of more than 120 labour mp's, who have been adamant that they were not going to support this and would block the legislation when it is due to come before parliament, that forced the prime minister's hand. and it seems what is being discussed is a pretty big climb down come if we get the details. that would mean what is being talked about is those existing claimants of benefits under the old plan would see because, quite a lot of them. some would not. that would be what is being talked about now amongst the people here is that those existing claimants protected, they keep the benefits as they are, and the changes would only apply to new claimants. that's not confirmed. we are waiting to hear on that. but it would mark a significant u-turn by

let's return now to listen to sir keir starmer, the prime minister. it was not plucked out of the sky by the government but reflecting back what you told us needed to change. that is what i mean by partnership, where both partners do different things, bring different things to the table. it is a statement shared by other leaders. what siobhan said was not just what she thought, what you thought, it was the sentiments of the cbi, of enterprise nation, the federation of small businesses, small business britain, and the start-up coalition. backing british business with significant investment in rnd. electricity bills slashed for more than 7000 businesses. that will make a massive difference. so many people in this room and elsewhere say it is the energy costs, they are not competitive across europe, we have to find a way to bring them down. that is what we have been able to do to boost our competitiveness. a promise that we made and a promise that we have delivered. and across the country, it is the same story, stripping out regulation that blocks invest

but the view is that keir starmer has been kind of forced into this. the government have been talking tough up until yesterday, saying it was going to press ahead with these benefit cuts, these big reforms to the welfare bill to try to bring that bill or at least prevent it rising as fast as it has been. now it seems that in the face of more than hundred and 20 labour mps who have been adamant that they were not going to support this and can block the legislation when it was due to come to parliament on tuesday, that's forced to prime minister's and and it seems what's been discussed is a pretty big climb-down if we get the details confirmed. and that would mean what's being talked about is that those existing claimants of benefits under the old plan would see cuts, quite a lot of them, some would not. but what's being talked about now, amongst people here, is that those existing claimants could be protected and they keep the benefits as they are in the changes would only apply to new claimants. that's not confirmed and we are waiting to hear on that.

this may have been a session of prime minister's questions that keir starmer was fortunate to miss. he was at the nato summit, so it fell to angela rayner to come to the defence of the government's welfare reforms. ..we are investing £1 billion into tailored employment support. jeers. a right to try, to help more people back into work and ending reassessments for the most severely disabled who will never be able to work. mr speaker, we won't walk away and stand by and abandon millions of people trapped in the failing system, left behind by him and his colleagues. jeers. the shadow chancellor mel stride was standing in for the conservative leader. he said if the current government wanted opposition support on next week's welfare vote, they would have to meet strict conditions. we will help her to get their bill through, if they can commit to actually reducing the welfare bill and getting people off benefits and into work. but first he wanted an assurance that the government wouldn't shelve its reforms in the face of internal opposition. can she at least assure the house that the vote

it comes after the prime minister sir keir starmer announced that there would now be a full national statutory inquiry into the issue. our correspondent leigh milner reports. this building site in london was once a children's home. it was here, in 2012, when emma was 14 years old, that groomers gave her alcohol and drugs, then sexually abused her. made us feel loved. made us feel special. we thought it was cool that we had the attention from these blokes. emma - whose identity we've disguised - was being cared for by the council. her case notes described her as promiscuous and persistently reckless. she says she was blamed, not helped. bruises, ripped clothes, half naked. i don't know how much more the signs could be. two men were eventually convicted of abusing her and others, but a review found she had tried to tell police, social and health workers what was happening on 25 occasions. today, the findings of baroness louise casey's report into the nature and scale of group-based child sexual abuse will be published, already prompting the prime minister to launch a national inquiry -

the opposition say sir keir starmer has had to change his mind again. this is just another example of the prime minister being pressurised - principally, by us - into u-turning, in the same way as we've seen with the winter fuel payments means-testing u-turn as well. the conservatives were in government just last year, and others have criticised their record, too. well, i don't recall seeing it in their election manifesto, which means, frankly, i think they're a bit johnny-come-lately. and of course, they were the people that didn't carry out any of the recommendations from the previous report. politicians of all stripes say the victims in these towns deserve justice. ministers will now be under pressure to make sure that happens as soon as possible. jack fenwick, bbc news. the company building the hs2 rail line between london and birmingham has formally alerted revenue and customs to allegations about the practices of two firms supplying workers to the project. it's understood one of the companies has been suspended. hs2 limited said it treated whitleb

in the event, though, it seems as though keir starmer was saved. the need to have to say yes or no, because it's been reported that these aircraft flew for 37 hours from the us to iranian airspace to drop the bombs and then and then fly back. but yes, for the british, it's been a difficult few days. there was a cobra emergency meeting earlier in the week that the prime minister chaired, and off the back of that, there was there was a lot of reporting and uncertainty about the advice that the attorney general had given to the prime minister over the legality of israel's actions. legal advice is never definitive, it's always nuanced, and it is ultimately a political decision. and so clearly, that wouldn't have precluded keir starmer from supporting the us in its action. but the british prime minister has taken this consistent position of condemning iran's nuclear program, but urging de-escalation and diplomacy to defuze the crisis and has been, you know, very much stiffly ignored by donald trump, given the military action that took place overnight. a

briefly, anthony, how is keir starmer handling donald trump? he's done generally a good way, for check in and put them in a little box. donald trump likes to perpetrate inside the old oval office, he and the professor had done a great job of that. that was an absolutely fascinating discussion, thank you so much. a huge vote is affected in the commons on the assisted dying bill. a yes vote and it goes to the lords. from there, providing it passes all its parliamentary stages, the law in england and wales would allow someone with a terminal diagnosis of six months or less to ask for an assisted death subject to certain conditions. last night, vic spoke to kim leadbeater, the labour mp who is the driving force behind the bill. well, in the first big vote back in november 147 labour mps voted against the bill. one of those voting no was polly billington, the labour mp for east thanet - who joins us. those people in the final weeks and months of life to give them the choice and the dignity, it's absolutely the right thing to do. with the safeguards

just taking you to live pictures to keir starmer landing at calgary airport. he is among the leaders gathering in canada for the g7 summit. he has been in canada and already met up with the canadian prime minister mark carney. and the g7 summit is due to last until tuesday. the other six leaders are also on their way for the gathering. of course, unsurprisingly a big dominating subject on the agenda will be the conflict between israel and iran. and they will consider whether to take a common stance on this, on the subject, as the violence intensifies. keir starmer is among the leaders who has called for a de-escalation of the conflict between israel and iran. but we have also have been hearing that the uk is also preparing or has been sending fighters jets to the reg. they say it was to help protect bases there. despite sending raf jets there, they're still calling for de-escalation of the conflict there. now, the prime minister, the hosting prime minister, canadian prime minister mark carney, had an agenda originally drawn up aiming to look at reducing disagr

and keir starmer talks to president trump and warns of a risk of the crisis spiralling beyond the region calling for iran to return to negotiations. plus the night sky like it's never been seen before - the first images are released from the world's most powerful telescope. president trump has raised the possibility of regime change in iran, despite his administration insisting that was not the aim of its strikes on the country. at an emergency session of the united nations security council, iran condemned the attacks as 'blatant aggression.' it comes as american stealth bombers returned to base in the united states - after striking those nuclear facilities. the b2 planes were involved in a 37-hour round trip flight with multiple mid-air refuelings and a series of decoys. the un says the full extent of the damage is not yet clear. although in the last few hours president trump posted that monumental damage was done adding "obliteration is an accurate term!" he said the biggest damage took place far below ground level ending his post with the word "bullseye!!!" at the united nations secur

a clear indication, not utterly explicit, but that say keir starmer believes it is better to talk to iran and negotiate rather than bomb facilities in the country. two key things we do not know the full details of at the moment, to question marks on uk policy. what could they do, some talk about diego garcia, a military base in the indian ocean being used by american bead to stealth bombers. also the uk could shoot iranians missiles out of the sky on the way to israel. the second is over the legal advice. whether it would be legal according to the uk attorney general for the uk to get involved. also the uk i worried about maintaining their reasonably close relationship with donald trump. on the note of the us uk close relations, potentially tough conversations as... this afternoon, uk time, taking place in the morning and the us, those two foreign ministers were close at the start of donald trump is like term, but in recent weeks, we saw the uk alongside canada and australia sanctioning right-wing israeli ministers, bezalel smotrich and another for their comments about gaza. there mi

people, including three children, have been killed in israeli strikes on sunday prime minister sir keir starmer strongly criticises punk duo bob vylan for calling for "death" to the israeli military during their glastonbury performance, which was live streamed on the bbc. health authorities in southern europe are warning people to stay indoors, as temperatures continue to rise with many areas of spain and portugal forecast to reach over 40 degrees celsius. could there be a more glamorous and elegant location for a night of great music than the palais garnier? this jewel of a theatre, built for napoleon iii, one of the homes of paris national opera. tonight, yannick nezet-seguin conducts the vienna philharmonic. cheering and applause the prelude to carmen. this is one of opera's greatest duets. # c'etait le soir! # dans l'air par la brise attiedi # les brahmines # au front inonde de lumiere # appelaient lentement # la foule a la priere! # au fond du temple saint # pare de fleurs et d'or # une femme apparait! je crois la voir encore! # je crois la voir encore! # la foule prosternee # la regarde,

sir keir starmer says his welfare reforms strike "the right balance" after making concessions to his own backbench mps. speaking to the welsh labour conference, the prime minister said he was committed to making changes. we have a report from the iranian capital, where a major state funeral took place honouring military commanders and nuclear scientists killed by israel during its 12-day war. record numbers are expected at hungary's annual pride march in budapest, despite the prime minister's attempt to ban any material that "propogates" homosexuality. and the second full day of glastonbury festival is well and truly under way, with neil young, doechii and charli xcx set to headline at worthy farm later today. and all eyes are on a secret set by the could there be a more glamorous and elegant location for a night of great music than the palais garnier? this jewel of a theatre, built for napoleon iii, one of the homes of paris national opera. tonight, yannick nezet-seguin conducts the vienna philharmonic. cheering and applause the prelude to carmen. this is one of opera's greatest due

and keir starmer's call for de-escalation, and the relationship between the two countries? it is key to point out that the us can go ahead without british approval. they can use diego garcia despite the recent deal, they can do it. but if the uk wants to leveraged outcome, and say we are happy to participate or help, but would also like for the war in gaza to end, or would like a pan- arab force to administer a post-war gaza map, now is the time for that horse trading to advocate for britain to be a global power, rather than just be on the back seat saying, we urge restraint and not being able to shape the conversation. let's turn to the meeting in geneva. what you make of the line-up, and what we should be looking out for their mac well, clearly, it is an attempt to redo the iran deal that barack obama negotiated. i'm certain... it has all the allies on board, the iranians are in a weaker position now, and it would be nice if, for example, they would agree to inspections and some kind of de-escalation. that would be great. it could be used as a carrot and stick, to try to

keir starmer has been meeting his canadian counterpart ahead of the summit. and a second black box has been recovered from the air india crash site as the death toll

keir starmer somewhere in the middle, i suppose. i got this a bit wrong last week. last week i thought that if asked to choose between lord. mandelson and lord hermer, he would choose lord mandelson. but it appears that so far we. >> haven't seen an. >> authorization of any uk involvement, and they aren't. and clearly ministers do not want to answer that question, probably for fear that refusal often. offends and so are sidestepping it. so maybe he is actually closer to him than to mandelson and all of this. >> or maybe he managed to get president trump not to ask him the question yet. which which is, i guess, another possibility. mari, just just snapshot for us the difference in position from luke pollard and james cartlidge this mornin. and whether that's a principled difference, is there a kind of public opinion gap to play on for the conservatives there, or is this sort of too contentious a topic for it to be playing politics? >> i think a cynical mind would say nothing's too controversial to be playing politics, but i think the conservatives are, you know, they

prime minister sir keir starmer says that fixing what he called a broken welfare system is a moral imperative, after his government's recent u-turn. fixing it is a moral imperative, but we need to do it in a labour way, conference. and we will. we have a report from the iranian capital, where a major state funeral has taken place honouring military commanders and nuclear scientists killed by israel during its 12-day war. health alerts and fears of wildfires. much of southern europe is braced for a heatwave, with temperatures forecast to reach more than 40 degrees. sir keir starmer says there is a "moral imperative" to change the welfare system, despite watering down his initial plans to try to see off a backbench rebellion. more than 120 labour mps had signalled their intention to vote against the proposals in the commons this week. downing street offered significant concessions, meaning that new claimants - not existing ones - would face stricter checks to decide whether they could claim disability benefits. our political correspondent, harry farley, has more. the lights on the dashboard are

sir keir starmer strongly criticises punk duo bob vylan after controversial comments made during their glastonbury performance, which was live streamed on the bbc. the health secretary wes streeting admits government has made mistakes on its plans to reform benefits. hello. russia targeted ukraine with more than 500 missiles and drones overnight in what ukraine's air force described as the biggest attack of the war. one ukrainian f-16 pilot was killed in the fighting and some homes and factories were damaged, leaving residents trapped. the barrage came as president putin suggested a ceasefire could be discussed at a new round of peace talks. the prospect of a halt in fighting is deeply worrying to ukrainians living under russian control. russia now occupies just under 20% of ukraine, mainly districts in the east. the bbc has managed to communicate with some ukrainians in one city there, mariupol, and along with the testimony of those who escaped, we've pieced together the details of daily life. the city's russian administration did not respond to the bbc's questions. yogita limaye repo

the rebels say that they are not opposed to keir starmer cosmic leadership, that it is this one issue want him to rethink on, but as you say, his government has you turned on some key policies already. this is, if anything, and even bigger one, it is a much bigger part of the government's core agenda, its plan, coming to office promising to reform welfare. it says the welfare system has to be reformed, it is unsustainable. this would only lower the costs even as they keep rising, but if there keir starmer is not able to command the authority over his mps, that reasonable questions about future parts of his legislation, so will the government weight and delay -- that raises questions. there are several questions day still to go but all of the indications are it is pressing ahead. -- there are several questions. damian, think you very much. police have clashed with demonstrators in nairobi and a number of other kenyan cities, on the first anniversary of anti-tax protests. according to emergency services, at least 300 people have been injured, 67 of them critically. water cannon and tear

first, hits let's hear more from sir keir starmer. we face war in europe, new nuclear risks, cyber attacks. growing russian aggression in our waters, reckless actions driving up the cost of living here at home. this is creating economic pain and hitting working people the hardest. i knew error in the threats that we face demands a new era for defence and security. not just to survive in this new world, but to lead. we will never gamble with our national security, instead, we will act in the national interest. to make britain safer and stronger. a battle ready, armour clad nation with the strongest alliances and the most advanced capabilities, equipped for the decades to come. just to remind you that we are keeping a close eye on vilnius. where waiting for president zelensky, who we will go to live when it happens. now, let's bring in the former uk defence secretary from 2014 to 2017. very good to see you. i wonder if the message that we hearing today, from so keir starmer, is going to be strong enough for president zelensky. and the w

. >> the fog is building around me here at london tech week, as prime minister keir starmer and nvidiasen huang are set to take the stage. peter carl, the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, tells me the uk, uk is the place to be for ai. >> the uk is a stable economy now. we have stable politics. we are a great place to invest and a great place to do business now and invest in the ai future that the world is starting to embrace. >> a new round of high level trade talks between the us and china are set to kick off in london today somewhere. the meeting comes just days after us president donald trump and chinese president xi jinping held their first direct phone call since trump's return to the white house. isn't it extraordinary? it took that long as the pair looked to break an impasse over trade tariffs. now, in a sign of cooling tensions ahead of today's meeting over the weekend, china said it had granted some applications for rare earth exports but didn't actually specify exactly which countries were approved. well, like a pouncing tiger waiting to pounce, wait

people, including three children, have been killed in israeli strikes on sunday prime minister sir keir starmer strongly criticises punk duo bob vylan for calling for "death" to the israeli military during their glastonbury performance, which was live streamed on the bbc. the head of the un's nuclear watchdog says iran will be able to start enriching uranium again in a matter of months - contradicting statements by the united states. health authorities in southern europe are warning people to stay indoors as temperatures continue to rise, with many areas of spain and portugal forecast when i first started to play sidhu moose wala, i remember just being entranced. who is this guy? he's a bad boy lyricist. he's an amazing performer, and he is none other than sidhu moose wala. punjab has not seen something like this, at least in the last 20, 25 years. i suddenly realised, wow, this guy is the nearest thing we have to a modern-day poet. he was brought to the civil hospital in a bloodied condition. he did not survive that attack. this is the biggest killing that has happened in the last few decades

prime minister sir keir starmer says addressing what he called, a broken welfare system is a matter of principle, after his government's recent u-turn. fixing it is a moral imperative, but we need to do it in a labour way, conference. and we will. hospital staff in gaza say at least 34 people have been killed in israeli strikes since early saturday morning. iran has held a major state funeral in tehran for senior iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists assasinated by israel earlier this month. health alerts and fears of wildfires. much of southern europe is braced for a heatwave, with temperatures forecast to reach more than 40-degrees. rainbow flags are flying high as crowds gather for hungary's annual pride march in budapest, despite the prime minister's attempt to ban any material that "propogates" homosexuality. hello and welcome. sir keir starmer says there is a "moral imperative" to change the welfare system, despite having to perform a u-turn on his benefits cuts plans to stave off a backbench rebellion. speaking to the welsh labour conference this morning, the prime

you heard the phrase that keir starmer used, a battle ready, armour-clad nation, and that is what theythey are trying to do, they want to prepare the uk, and a context as the russian invasion of ukraine, but in terms of some of the details, we have got 7000 missiles, 1.5 billion for factories, talking about new advances, 12 new attack submarines, and just to give you the context, these are hunter killer submarines that protected the vanguard class with the nuclear missiles, these are nuclear powered, a crucial difference, and then they say world leading drum capabilities and £15 billion for warheads, so some serious ambitions with a serious price tag. the prime minister was talking about innovation and his rhetoric around that, in terms of the shopping list, how long is it going to take before we see implementation, whether it is a munitions factory or submarines built? that is a very good question, they're going to be trying to get those things implemented quite quickly, with defence spending, we did have that figure of one new attack submarine every 18 months, these are hugely compli

obviously he's not a huge fan of keir starmer and has changed his mind as far as i can tell. he might want to apply for asylum with the way this is going. what do you do in this situation in terms of dealing, if you are the uk government? there's nothing you can do. you watch in horrified fascination don't you? he is weaker. it's a pity they can't both lose. i think if you are the uk government, you try to just keep growing your boat there and trying to... a month of relief on those steel tariffs, but we still don't know if that is going to be in perpetuity. we've got the state visits coming. donald trump is going to come and get the golden coach going up the mall, it is not going to be you on musk in the golden tesla. so, i mean, the days of the tesla... if you look at the share price, i don't think we will be building factories had anywhere else in europe anytime soon. you are obviously not going to go into a hostile position. i think rishi sunak had to cuddle up to elon musk, i remember, at that ai summit there, it was elon who came and went in obviously, i don't think had

we are at a moment of danger and must prepare for it are - the message from sir keir starmer as the war in ukraine escalates tensions between russia and the west. the circular has outlined the uk's defence spending plan is to be unveiled later, involving up to ten a new attack submarines. he spoke of moving to a war fighting readiness and new munitions factories. ukraine and russia has sent delegates to a new round of peace talks in turkey, hopes for progress are, shall we say, low. moscow is reeling from a massive ukrainian and drone assaults which according to kyiv, to get a third of russia's strategic bombers. russia itself launched its own drone attacks on ukraine last week, thought to be the biggest so far. we hear worse from sir keir starmer has been speaking about moving britons what he called a state of war fighting readiness. we face war in europe, new nuclear risks, daily cyberattacks. growing russian aggression in our waters, menacing our skies. their reckless actions drive up the cost of living here at home, creating economic pain and itching working people the hardest. a ne