'to a as third party, and to be fair to them, _ a as third party, and to be fair to them, he— a as third party, and to be fair to them, he looks a bit silly in some of the _ them, he looks a bit silly in some of the shot. — them, he looks a bit silly in some of the shot, he looks like he is having — of the shot, he looks like he is having a — of the shot, he looks like he is having a good time, sliding down a weter— having a good time, sliding down a water slide — having a good time, sliding down a water slide in a rubber ring, but he is getting _ water slide in a rubber ring, but he is getting the lib dems talked about and some _ is getting the lib dems talked about and some of these shots, there is one baking — and some of these shots, there is one baking a cake taste linked to the litt— one baking a cake taste linked to the lib dem policy of free school meat, _ the lib dem policy of free school meal, they are getting policies talked — meal, they are getting policies talked about more than otherwise, any clem _ talked about more than otherwise, any clem inches is good news for the lib dems _ any clem inches is good news for the lib dems an— any clem inches is good news for the lib dems an it is working.— lib dems an it is working. 100%, he needs to lib dems an it is working. 10096, he needs to remind _ lib dems an it is working. 10096, he needs to remind people _ lib dems an it is working. 10096, he needs to remind people that - lib dems an it is working. 10096, he needs to remind people that the - lib dems an it is working. 10096, he needs to remind people that the libi needs to remind people that the lib dems exist, i am looking forward to him going zorbing or surfing or what is happening next. it is an endless round of entertainment which is brilliant for news the industry, but if they were going to announce a new policy on a tax change or a some extra standing we wouldn't be talking about it, we wouldn't have devoted much time. it talking about it, we wouldn't have devoted much time.— devoted much time. it says a lot about us in _ devoted much time. it says a lot about us in the _ devoted much time. it says a lot about us in the media. - it says a lot about us in the media. that's it from us tonight, i'll see you monday. have a great weekend

live from london. this is bbc news this is a scam, this is a rigged trial apart donald trump rages trial against his conviction — and confirms that he will appeal. a new israeli proposal to end the war in gaza is set out by president biden. after days of confusion over the status of diane abbott, labour's leader says she is free to stand in the election. and the moment you need a crowd when you discover skills you never knew you had.

hello, i'm lucy grey. after his conviction on multiple counts of falsifying delivering a rambling a0 minute off—the—cuff monologue — during which he attacked among others thejudge and the district attorney involved in his prosecution. president biden called his words dangerous and irresponsible. mr trump is due to be sentenced injuly. he says he will appeal. also injuly is the republican party convention, where he is expected to be confirmed as the party's presidential candidate. he still faces three other criminal trials. our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue reports. this is where it all began ten years ago, and today, donald trump returned here to begin his fightback. scrapping the teleprompter with its scripted remarks, he spent a0 minutes ad—libbing and railing against his opponents,

hurling around insults like "fascist" and "sleazebag". it was a rigged trial. we wanted a venue change, where we could have a fair trial. we didn't get it. we wanted a judge change, we wanted a judge that wasn't conflicted and obviously he didn't do that. nobody has ever seen anything like it. this is the man donald trump blames for his legal woes, even though it was a jury of donald trump's peers that found him guilty. it's reckless, it's dangerous, it's irresponsible, for anyone to say this was rigged, just because they don't like the verdict. 0urjustice system has endured for nearly 250 years and it literally is the cornerstone of america. eight years ago donald trump

famously said he could shoot someone right here in the middle of fifth ave and not lose voters. now he really is a criminal, multiple times over, those voters may well get their chance to prove him right or wrong. as commuters arrived for work from republican—leaning staten island, there was plenty of loyalty for the former president. i love trump. why? because he will make america great again. i'm not a fan of him, or biden, but he's very charismatic. - i think people are still going to vote for him, no matter what anyway. according to the trump campaign, more than $34 million was raised from small donors in the hours following the guilty verdict, almost doubling their previous daily record. party leaders were also completely on message. this is a purely political exercise, not a legal one. key figures, like house speaker mikejohnson, said the conviction was absurd and outrageous, and plenty more leading republicans followed suit. donald trump has their complete loyalty. donald trump will undoubtedly appeal against his conviction, but that won't happen for months.

before that, he'll be sentenced and will enter the final lap of this presidential election with a criminal conviction around his neck. this is uncharted territory in the 250—year history of this country. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, new york. for weeks now, there have been talks, and anticipation around a ceasefire deal to end the conflict in gaza. and, for weeks, those talks and that anticipation has led to nothing. could there be a breakthrough tonight? president biden has been speaking in the last few hours. he said israel had submitted a comprehensive new proposal for a ceasefire to end its war with hamas. the plan would involve

the withdrawal of israeli troops from populated areas of gaza as well as the release of israeli hostages. mr biden said the proposal has been sent to the palestinian side and he urged hamas to accept it. let's hear some of president biden's speech. for the past several months, my negotiators and foreign policy and intelligence community and the like have been relentlessly relentlessly focused — notjust on a ceasefire that would inevitably be fragile and temporary, but on a durable end to the war. that's been the focus, a durable end to this war — one that brings all the hostages home, ensures israel's security, creates a better day after in gaza without hamas in power and sets the stage for a political settlement that provides a better future for israelis and palestinians alike. our state department correspondent tom bateman said he believes this represents a significant intervention— and one which is designed to end the war.

now, at the heart of the announcement, there was one very significant expression phrase byjoe biden, and that was about a permanent end to hostilities. he called it a permanent cessation in the second phase, negotiated in the first. but after six weeks, a permanent cessation, that means an end to this war. and the critical point there is that had been the crucial demand of hamas all the way through. and one senior administration official telling me tonight that this text gets hamas extremely close to what it had already agreed to in previous talks that later fell apart. so i think this is meant designed to be seen as a major concession by the israelis to try and get a deal back on the table and then over the line. but what about those crucial sticking points? well, tonight, hamas have said that they view what mr biden has said here positively. but one senior palestinian official familiar with the text has told the bbc they don't see that guarantee to an end of hostilities in there.

but also president biden putting pressure on both sides to try and take this notjust sticks, but carrots to an incentive given and take this notjust sticks, but carrots, too — that's how far mr biden wants to go to get this deal over the line and the war ended. hamas issued a statement saying it was ready to deal positively with any proposal offering a permanent ceasefire and a complete israeli withdrawal. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu said a negotiating team would present an outline for the release of israeli hostages. but he said this would maintain israel's insistence that the war could only end with the elimination of hamas' military and governmental capabilities. sir keir starmer says the veteran labour mp diane abbott is free to stand for election in her north london constituency.

it follows days of wrangling over her future following suspension from the party over comments she made about how jewish, irish and traveller people experience racism. ms abbott has yet to say if she'll stand. joe pike reports. for four days, the questions have kept coming. but it may have been the deputy leader's support for diane abbott, as well as the scottish leader's sympathy towards her, that pushed keir starmer to act. angela rayner down here on the front | row says that diane abbott should be | allowed to stand if she wants to. anas sarwar standing beside you says he agrees with angela rayner. - do you agree with them - or are you sticking to the line that no decision has been taken? well, no decision has been taken, so that's the factual position. no decision to bar diane. this afternoon, that changed. she's free to go forward as a labour candidate. the whip is back with her, it's been restored.

senior labour insiders concede this week's events have been a distraction. chanting: we stand with diane! including wednesday's rally on diane abbott's ..including wednesday's rally on diane abbott's home turf of hackney. theyjust want me excluded from parliament. tonight, the veteran left—winger has told me whilst keir starmer�*s intervention is "positive", she doesn't want to speak on camera until after her candidacy is rubber—stamped next week. and we still don't know if she will definitely stand. if she'll definitely stand. it just reconfirms what we know about keir starmer, _ and that's that he constantly changes his mind. _ and it's clear that - angela rayner is in charge of his party and not him. in hackney north, this row has left some voters unhappy. as the first black british female mp in history, the amount she has done for the community and for those that don't have a voice is something that has resonated with so many of us around here. i think it's pretty awful, really,

how they've treated her. i don't particularly think she has been treated unfairly. _ she has said things in the past |which are not on the political, | not politically correct. the tussle over who will be labour's candidate in this seat is all about the age old internal battles between right and left. is all about the age—old internal battles between right and left. not quite as strong as we thought. and angela rayner�*s arguably decisive role in this row could give and angela rayner�*s arguably decisive role in this row could give us a taste of the dynamics at the top of government to come, if labour were to win this election. if diane abbott does stand and win, she will become the longest serving labour mp, and the mother of the house. joe pike, bbc news, hackney. the conservatives unveiled plans to punish fly—tippers in england by adding points to their driving licences. they also say they want to evict disruptive tenants from social housing. the prime minister, rishi sunak was on the campaign trail in the north—west of england. he's been speaking to our political

correspondentjessica parker what i'm focused on is being out and about across the country, as i am here today, talking to people about the choice at this election. and the choice is increasingly clear because we are the only party that is taking bold action, that's got a clear plan so that we can deliver a secure future for everyone. and in contrast, the labour party have nothing to offer the country, no ideas, no plans for the future. and that choice is clear. that's what i'm talking to people about. and we've got so many fantastic candidates across the country working really hard for their communities, an example of which i'm standing in right now. it's been the first full week of the campaign. you've announced lots of policies. you've been around the country, but polling would suggest it's not really making a difference. aren't you worried that your campaign is falling flat? the only poll that matters is the poll on july 4th. that's the poll that i'm focused on. and as you acknowledged, we are announcing bold policies because that's what the situation demands.

i want to deliver a more secure future for everyone i want to deliver a more secure future for everyone in our country. that requires a clear plan and bold action. now, our plan is working when it comes to the economy, inflation down, wages rising, the economy growing — and people everywhere i've been across the country are engaging with the ideas that we're putting forward — a modern form of national service, the triple lock—plus for pensioners and 100,000 new high—quality apprenticeships. these are things that people are talking to me about. they think those are the right things for the future of our country. and that's the choice at this election, cos there's not a single idea that we've heard in the first week of this campaign that's come from the labour party. scotland's first ministerjohn swinney, the third snp leader in ia months, has admitted his party faces a "tough challenge" in the general election. campaigning also took the labour leader sir keir starmer to scotland to launch his party's green energy plan. here's our political editor chris mason.

there's been no shortage of this — a merry—go—round in the scottish national party this spring. one first minister out, a second first minister in. hello. and now there's a general election. so, forjohn swinney today, meeting and greeting on the southside of glasgow, followed by a speech in the city's east end, and his pitch... we've demonstrated that decisions made in scotland are decisions for scotland, and that's the choice that people in this election have. he had a pop at the conservatives... austerity, brexit, the cost of living crisis, austerity, brexit, the cost of living crisis — for all these reasons, the tory government deserves to be removed from office and the best way to do that is to vote snp to remove the tory mps in scotland, all six of them, at this election. ..and there was a pop at labour, too, criticising their promise not to put up income tax, national insurance and vat. they've signed up to the tight fiscal limits of the tories, they've signed up to tight borrowing. that is austerity on steroids.

and look who was 30 miles away in greenock at around the same time. the labour leader, rather keen on nabbing a whole load of snp seats. the snp say they want you to vote to send a message. i don't want you to vote to send a message. i want you to vote to send a government. and he set out one of his key ideas, which would be based in scotland. great british energy. that publicly owned company, owned by the taxpayer, making money for the taxpayer, harnessing clean power. i mean, he's been talking - about his net zero ambitions, but yet again, there's no substance. there's no ideas, no- policy, there'sjust logo, and the british people deserve a lot more than that _ scotland is critical to the liberal democrats. we have four mps, we think we can get many more after the election.

we can beat a lot of the snp mps. the snp has been in government in scotland since 2007. senior party figures, including the former first minister nicola sturgeon, have been under police investigation over the party's finances, and with the prospect of another independence referendum any time soon appearing to recede, how is he managing? how's he managing? yes, it's been an absolutely whirlwind month, you know... and so... let's be blunt. times are pretty tough for the snp. do you feel that? of course, and that's frankly why i'm here. it's why you're interviewing me, as snp leader, because of those tough times. and i've stepped in to build the snp and to build trust in the snp. does it feel like managing decline? no. it feels like building the party up, and that's what i'm about. we've undoubtedly had a rough period. you've said today that it is important, to quote you, to get rid of the tories. we are in second place in each constituency, so if we want to numerically get rid of the tories in scotland, people just need to vote snp. isn't the easiest way for people

in scotland to get rid of the tories to vote for labour? but then people have got to ask themselves, who is going to make the bigger impact in westminster? what happens here in scotland on july the ath matters wherever you're watching. chris mason, bbc news, in glasgow. helen, after questions, keir starmer out finally having a decision on the diane abbott controversy. hoping to draw a line under it, will it? it abbott controversy. hoping to draw a line under it, will it?— line under it, will it? it will brin: line under it, will it? it will bring to — line under it, will it? it will bring to include _ line under it, will it? it will bring to include -- - line under it, will it? it will. bring to include -- conclusion line under it, will it? it will- bring to include -- conclusion of bring to include —— conclusion of sorts. sir keir starmer says diane abbott is free to go forward as a labour cabinet, candidate. very long—standing labour mp, the first black woman to be elected to parliament. she claimed she had been blocked by the party. there is a method by the deputy leader who said she thought that dynamic should be

allowed to stand as a live beer mp. —— labour mp. there does still need to be proved by labour�*s national committee. i think the last piece is to wait for diane abbott to about this. she had previously suggested to riley that she would stand, she would promise people that she would, as long as it is possible, be a member of parliament for the sheet she represented. but she said the narrative is positive. i think what labour will do is hoping that draws enough of a line under things for now to stop being such a distraction.— now to stop being such a distraction. ~ . . ,., , now to stop being such a distraction. ~ . . , ,, . distraction. what about rishi sunak? he's been finding _ distraction. what about rishi sunak? he's been finding time _ distraction. what about rishi sunak? he's been finding time for _ distraction. what about rishi sunak? he's been finding time for the - distraction. what about rishi sunak? he's been finding time for the photo | he's been finding time for the photo ops as well. he's been finding time for the photo ops as well-— he's been finding time for the photo

osaswell. , . , ., , ., ., ops as well. yes, always a photo-op! that is a classic _ ops as well. yes, always a photo-op! that is a classic of _ ops as well. yes, always a photo-op! that is a classic of a _ ops as well. yes, always a photo-op! that is a classic of a campaign. - that is a classic of a campaign. he was out meeting farmers, was also want to heritage well weight train and talking about flight and he was talking about introducing new penalties for low—level fly—tippers. they could have built he put their driving licenses and there are a actual spend quite a suggestion that fly—tippers are not punished enough. opposition parties have said the conservatives are not dealt enough with the. i conservatives are not dealt enough with the. , ,,.,, conservatives are not dealt enough with the. , , ,.,, . .. with the. i suppose what we can exect with the. i suppose what we can exneet over _ with the. i suppose what we can expect over the _

with the. i suppose what we can expect over the weekend, - with the. i suppose what we can expect over the weekend, i - with the. i suppose what we can expect over the weekend, i see | expect over the weekend, i see the conservatives are announcing plans to lie about money for several million pounds announcement sir keir starmer talking about wealth creation. 1&5 starmer talking about wealth creation. �* . creation. as he said, the conservative _ creation. as he said, the conservative policy - creation. as he said, the conservative policy that l creation. as he said, the - conservative policy that they talk about is the sensation of the existing scheme it's a long—term plan for towels, 75 towns already part of it. it involves giving them £20 million each over ten years to spend and decide what they want to send it on. conservatives will announce tomorrow, as if they win the election, they will extend it for further 30 towns. labour will be out attacking the levelling out but didn't do as they locked their battle is. we've also got sir keir

starmer asking where there he was intensely relaxed about world creation. that is a reference to something that's said by lord mendelson many years ago. sir keir starmer has not further and said not only is he relaxed, he doggedly determined, and it is absolutely vital for the country.— vital for the country. thank you very much _ vital for the country. thank you very much for— vital for the country. thank you very much for having _ vital for the country. thank you very much for having us - vital for the country. thank you | very much for having us through vital for the country. thank you - very much for having us through all that, helen catt. if all the latest on the bbc new challenge. —— tunnel.

labour's pitch to voters on the economy. that's he trying to appeal to the centre ground. the daily mail please on donald trump after he said he would appeal his conviction. the telegraph has former prime minister borisjohnson. the ft leads on president biden, saying israel has offered a three—part proposal. the guardian leads on ukraine, president zelensky saying the use of western weapons being delayed is cost ukraine lives. and in the daily express, a new at home so i the test to look for prostate cancer.

police have charged a 20—year—old man with murder after a woman was stabbed to death on a beach in bournemouth. arnie gray — here on the left — was attacked on durley chine beach last friday night. the 3a—year—old personal trainer died at the scene. another woman was taken to hospital with serious stab wounds but has now been discharged. the man who's been charged will appear in court on saturday. the world's best darts players will face off against players from north america tonight in front of a record crowd in new york. one of the first round matches at the us masters will see british teenage sensation luke littler take on canada's numberi matt campbell. littler�*s rise to fame, alongside the likes of world number numberi luke humphries, has seen a whole host of new fans take up the sport, on both sides of the atlantic, as matt graveling reports. swapping bull's eyes for baskets, switching tops for touchdowns. the biggest names in darts have arrived in america. tonight, littler humphreys and co will face off against players from the usa and canada in front of fans in new york.

fans are pretty good, i'm telling you to see the best players fans are pretty good i'm telling you to see the best players in the world and not have to go over overseas to do so — there's a buzz right now. well, works for usa darts, interviewing players and travelling the country to stream matches online. we went from 10,000 followers on facebook at 2021, i'll say, and now we're at 32,000 on facebook and almost 12 k on youtube. and that's just subscriber numbers. i mean, viewership numbers are unreal. fresh from the premier league, world number two michael smith later, he'll throw in the iconic madison square gardens — this the third year the world series has come to new york. ticket sales went up and more funds are coming in now, this year's record sales in new york. so you canjust see it's growing and growing and growing. and this is why it's important to teach the kids as well, cos we need the younger generation to come through and help

another of those watching his chin — a former player who now works for america's largest online darts distributor. we can definitively say that darts is growing in america again because of our sales data. we're up year over year. if you buy a dartboard in a set of darts, you're instantaneously connected globally to a ton of great talent. but before dart was even thrown in new york, it was cupid's arrow hitting the target. world number one, new humphreys hoping this isn't his only perfect match this weekend as he and rival luke littler fly the flag as new british talent bringing eyes to the game. i think that's what we're lacking is just this huge american break—out star that is winning in america to revitalise matt graveling, bbc news. take a look at this. this is scott whitehouse in his driveway. he's taken the internet by storm after displaying these nifty football skills that were captured

on a home security camera. it was one of them moments of magic that got caught by camera. put something in the bin, so ijust says, you might as well throw it. so she had a go at throwing and obviously it hit the rim of the bin. i just stuck my foot up, like that, and hoped for the best and the best happened. my maradona came out of me, chesterfield maradona came out of me. it's good i had cameras, otherwise no one would have believed me. football crowd cheers. so good those cameras were on. it is now time for look at the weather. hello there. tomorrow marks the start of meteorological summer, and there's going to be a lot of dry weather this weekend and some warm sunshine as well. and earlier today, it was very pleasant in cumbria, but there was a chilly wind blowing. some of the strongest winds have been here in cromer in norfolk,

gusting a0 mph. the wind off the north sea making it feel quite chilly. and around the edge of this area of high pressure, this is where we've got the strongest of the winds. that's been bringing a lot of cloud to some eastern parts of england. a little rain earlier as well, but that's moving away. we're still going to hang on to some cloud for eastern areas of the uk overnight. one or two spots of rain heading down across eastern parts of scotland. but further west, we're going to have clearer skies and lighter winds as well. it could turn a little chilly, 6—7 degrees first thing in the morning. heading into tomorrow, and it will warm up in the sunshine and there'll be more sunshine across east anglia and the south—east of england, should be dry here as well. a bit more cloud, though, coming down across scotland into northern england and the midlands could bring one oi’ two showers. the south—east of england, should be dry here as well. a bit more cloud, though, coming down across scotland into northern england and the midlands could bring one or two showers. otherwise, it should be dry. sunny spells for northern ireland, lots of sunshine in scotland. temperatures in the central belt reaching 20 degrees on saturday afternoon. and across the south—east, it will be a warmer day with

in from the atlantic. that'll bring cloudier skies into scotland and northern ireland, maybe a few spots of rain in the north—west. some of that cloud will push into northern england, but further south, we've got some sunny spells. the winds continuing to fall lighter across south—eastern areas, so it's warming up here further. highs could reach 22 degrees. and still quite warm across north—east england, eastern scotland with some sunshine. not quite so warm in the west of scotland, where we've got all this cloud. and that cloud will push its way southwards overnight and into monday together with that weather front, which is very weak, so there's little or no rain on that. it's more cloud that's moving southwards, followed by sunshine in northern england and scotland and perhaps northern ireland. temperatures reaching 17—18 degrees. further south, even with some cloud, we've still got highs of 20 celsius, but the area of high pressure is getting pushed away, and that's allowing north—westerly winds to come in. those will be stronger on tuesday. polar maritime air could bring some showers. wintry over the scottish mountains, still warm and dry in southern england.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. i found myself wondering the other day — how many elections has diplomatic correspondent james landale covered in total? and now i can find out the answer. uk general elections. i don't mean, like,

honduran elections. i've definitely not covered the honduran... i suppose the first one you could say i covered was 1992, as a student, helping my professor who was a pundit on the local regional programme. and i sat in the back, working out the swings with a calculator and a pad of paper, which i then passed him a piece of paper so that he could sound terribly informed about the swings in each constituency. i also spent a bit of time clock—watching output, both the bbc and itv and others, for a private company that was just assessing whether or not they were meeting the election guidelines and giving all the parties a fair crack at the whip... which is why you've always been so intrinsically fair at election time. it's hard—wired into you! but i know that this is probably the first... well, i know for a fact this is the first ever uk general election where the party leaders have had to comment on the fact that a former us president has just been found guilty of a felony. yeah.

cos it's never happened before.