the euro 2024 match there. police tell the ppc the ma tried the police tell the ppc the man tried to lie to a petrol bomb. officials say it is not football related. a peace summit on ukraine closes — with the final declaration committing to ukraine's territorial integrity. they recognise that all parties are needed to end the war, but was to —— russia did not attend. israel announces an hours—long pause in military activity along a road in southern gaza — but not in the city of rafah. and princes george and louis and princess charlotte pay a father's day tribute to prince william in a post on social media. police in the german city of hamburg have shot and severely injured a person who threatened them with an axe near a fan zone for dutch supporters ahead of today's euro 2024 match between poland and the netherlands.

the attacker was injured in the leg and has been receiving medical care putters intend to discuss my condition is not considered life—threatening. the police use peppe" life—threatening. the police use pepper spray and then fired several shots. this video doesn't capture all of those shots fired, there were more. we've paused them at the moment when some of those gun shots were fired. german authorities have put police on high alert during the euros tournament. here's a spokesperson for the hamburg police, speaking shortly after the incident. translation: according to what we know now, i a man came out of a restaurant. he obviously had a molotov cocktail in his hand and also pickaxe. he also apparently tried to set fire to this molotov cocktail and then walked towards several people with it, including police officers who were on duty here at the time. and the police officers then made use of their firearms. we're assuming that this is an isolated case, which means that it's

not football related. there's obviously no football connection, but we're dealing with an individual offender. and in this respect, i don't see any danger at all or any impact on the game today. meanwhile, england are preparing for their opening game of the euros against serbia this evening. our correspondent, nick beake, is in gelsenkirchen, where that game will be played and described what the atmosphere is like ahead of the match. 40,000 england fans estimated to be descending on this city today. we're right in the heart of the place. this is one of the pubs where a lot of the fans have congregated. they've been there for quite a few hours now, and i think they'll remain here until they set off to the stadium, which is to the north of this particular part of the city. but as you were saying earlier on, the german police, the german authorities, want this to be a tournament which is typified by people having lots of fun, but also they have talked about the security considerations.

and this particular match today between england and serbia is one that's been deemed to be high—risk. now, why is that? on the one hand, you've got the police here saying that they think maybe 500 known hooligans from serbia may have made their way here. also, a concern about who may have travelled from england already. some 2000 passports have been confiscated — people told they can't travel here. but they are on high alert here. there are police... and actually when i was speaking to you about an hour ago, there was a small disturbance — some footage on social media showing potentially what looked like serbian fans and some english fans, some bottles being thrown. that was at a restaurant just down the road. the hope is that that is an isolated incident and doesn't set the tone for the day. but certainly lots of police here — and in all we're told about 1000 police officers — and the working assumption actually more than that. the plan is that the two sets of supporters will be kept apart. right, interesting.

what more do we know about the preparations on the football side? yeah. well, gareth southgate has been playing down those expectations. of course, england one of the key favourites for this tournament, really, the team having come together over the past few years with so many top—notch players. it's all about managing expectations. the fans here, i think, you know, as you'd expect, they're in high spirits, hoping that england can get off to a really flying start today with a with a victory against serbia. so that is the hope for what's happening on the field later. in terms of what's happening here, i think fans will be milling around for another few hours or so. the question, i think, is that not all of the fans here have tickets to the match. so what do they do at that point? we know there are some british police here monitoring who's about, what's being said, what's being done. and actually, we should report it was a small number of fans, but probably about 30 or40 singing, chanting.

a short time ago, one of the the fans, one of the songs which relates to the second world war, which fifa and other footballing governing bodies have asked england fans not to sing, but that has been sung. and actually, while we were there, there was a german family, and afterwards we asked them, what did you think of it? and they said, well, we can't really understand it. it upsets us. so i think the hope is that sort of thing, if it happens, is very much in the minority and it's the football which is the big talking point this evening and into tomorrow morning. let's speak to football writer henry winter. we heard that gareth southgate almost downplaying expectations. you said earlier that his side must be exceptional. what you make of that? what you think your chances are? it is quite difficult for a england

manager to put an expectation because the media experts, the funds are certain expert. you see the numbers of funds who have descended upon gelsenkirchen. if i can echo those concerns about the german bomber chance. i mean, england funds need to grope in the same things like that. in fairness them, the incident and the restaurant, so suggest that there were six arrests, also being. —— fans need to grow up. on the pitch, you look at england's front six, the six that are going to start today and gelsenkirchen against serbia, and there is exceptional talent. trent alexander amma, declan rice, bakary sako, phil foden, footballer of the year, hurricane up front. and jude

bellingham upfront. —— harry kane. expectation should be tempered when you look further back in defence, and also the quality of the other teams. we saw germany the other night against cotton, bisson spain, italy's resilience, we saw the dutch earlier today. italy's resilience, we saw the dutch earliertoday. back italy's resilience, we saw the dutch earlier today. back teams are hitting the ground running, and england need to do likewise. the result was that of a hype about england's chances in any international tournament. when you look at tonight's much, let's stay focused on this what are the up with the serbian side? fix, focused on this what are the up with the serbian side?— the serbian side? a team who are very committed. _ the serbian side? a team who are very committed, very _ the serbian side? a team who are| very committed, very determined, the serbian side? a team who are - very committed, very determined, who have absolutely been playing up in the press conferences that england other favourites. pitching the press conferences that england otherfavourites. pitching himself almost as a sort of plucky underdogs. but they will absolutely have a go at the english, and they have a go at the english, and they have players like mitchell rich, who played in england, he will cause

problems with his physicality and his aerial threat —— mitrovic. and you have their captain, dusan tadic, who had four good years at southampton. they are not so good defensively, a bit like england, but they have an attacking threat and have also have a very wily manager, also one of the best technical players europe are seen in the last 30 years. players europe are seen in the last 30 ears. , , ., ., 30 years. they will be a threat. just to 30 years. they will be a threat. just to touch — 30 years. they will be a threat. just to touch on _ 30 years. they will be a threat. just to touch on what _ 30 years. they will be a threat. just to touch on what you - 30 years. they will be a threat. just to touch on what you said i just to touch on what you said before about the mood amongst the fans. of course, that is hopefully just a minority who are those chance. what is the other general mood amongst the fans who have travelled there. many don't have tickets but there are still there in force. ., ., , ., , force. the ma'ority of the funds, they come — force. the majority of the funds, they come here, _ force. the majority of the funds, they come here, there _ force. the majority of the funds, they come here, there is - force. the majority of the funds, they come here, there is money| force. the majority of the funds, i they come here, there is money for local charities, they make friends, but unfortunately there is a fairly

vocal, malevolent minority who just come to offend, and there is an arrogance. unfortunately, there is a drug element as well. and that is domestic as well as following england overseas. but the majority are here in good spirits, and a good mood because the light england team, they like gareth southgate. but unfortunately england have some followers they could do without. what is your prediction for tonight? 2-1 what is your prediction for tonight? 2—i england, but it's going to be tight. 2-1 england, but it's going to be tiuht. ., tight. 0k, we will find out in three overs time- _ tight. 0k, we will find out in three overs time. thank— tight. 0k, we will find out in three overs time. thank you _ tight. 0k, we will find out in three overs time. thank you very - tight. 0k, we will find out in three overs time. thank you very much. | more than two years since russia's invasion of ukraine and world leaders have been gathering in switzerland for a summit aimed at pressuring moscow to end the conflict. russia was notably absent from the meeting. it wasn't invited.

as the two—day event concluded, ukraine's president, volodymr zelensky, said he hoped that results could be achieved as soon as possible. the final declaraton, signed by dozens of countries, said it was committed to ukraine's territorial integrity. some countries didn't sign up to the document, including india, south africa and saudi arabia. here is the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, speaking in the past hour. i thank all the participants of the first peace summit for taking the first steps towards peace together. we are responding to russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine, not only with a full—scale defence of human life but also with full—scale diplomacy. these days, united, 101 countries and international organisations. big success for ukraine

and all partners. and our objective is to get all countries of the world to join this noble cause. previous political generations have left us the un charter as a basis for the cooperation of peoples. we will pass to the next generations an effective mechanism to implement the un charter and the communique adopted and the summit these days fully reflects our intention and remains open for accession by everyone who respects the un charter. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, said the eu will continue standing with ukraine and called russia to bring to an end its "imperialist violenence". ultimately, it will be for ukraine to determine the conditions of a just peace. the european union will support you in this and it will continue to rally support across the globe.

we can build on the un general assembly resolution of february 2023. it clearly expressed the need for comprehensive and lasting justice and peace. this resolution was approved by 141 countries, the vast majority of whom joined this summit. and i call on russia to heed the message of the international community, respect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine, put an end to imperialist violence and bring back the children. when russia says it is ready for peace based on the un charter, then the time will come for russia to be part of our efforts to bring the path to peace to its destination, and i hope and i work for this day to come soon.

the kremlin spokesman said president putin was not ruling out talks with ukraine. he was speaking to a reporter from ukraine. he was speaking to a reporterfrom russian ukraine. he was speaking to a reporter from russian state tv. it is important to know that that interview was recorded on the 14th ofjune, before that summit concluded.— concluded. let's listen. translation: - concluded. let's listen. | translation: vladimir concluded. let's listen. - translation: vladimir putin is concluded. let's listen. _ translation: vladimir putin is not detectinu translation: vladimir putin is not detecting anything, _ translation: vladimir putin is not detecting anything, not _ translation: vladimir putin is not detecting anything, not rejecting . detecting anything, not rejecting the possibility of talks. she says it is a legitimate body suit in accordance with the country's constitution. who is authorised to conduct negotiations? negotiations as are conducted by expert people, but the results are recorded by legitimate representatives. i spoke to our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, who's in switzerland, and i asked what substantive change this two day meeting could bring about. the fact that so many countries came together here at this lakeside resort in switzerland is already an important moment in this war in ukraine. it has been more than two years in ukraine itself,

that whole process has been devastating, thousands and thousands of people killed, many injured and a war that at this point shows no sign of ending. this is really ukraine seizing the initiative and saying look, we have always said we want peace, we don't want war and this is how we think we can achieve that. it now has switzerland on board as the host of a process that is beginning tentative first steps here but ukraine hopes it can go a lot further. we have just heard from president zelensky himself talking about who is here, the support they have had. they have signed a communique, a few countries did notjoin, president zelensky said he was not worried by that and he thought when they got higher levels of support they would join, but it was noticeable it was countries like saudi arabia and mexico and others who have spoken out more critically of ukraine who did not sign up.

i think it is an important first step and i think president zelensky himself mentioned so many countries were here and he is calling that a great success, but russia and china were not here and there is a long way to go until you can call this a successful summit. here in the uk, the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, has said he would have liked labour to have been more ambitious in its plans for social care in its election manifesto. in an interview this morning, he acknowledged that successive governments of all parties had failed to deal with the problems in the sector. a leading health think tank warned that the nhs is facing its tightest spending for decades and called on all the main parties to be more transparent about that. hannah miller reports. good morning, how are we doing? keir starmer campaigning this

weekend, claiming he will get the nhs back on its feet. but that will require more ambitious treatment, says a leading health tank, as it warns both the conservatives and labour that their current manifesto commitments amount to the tightest spending plans in nhs history. with a lack of social care support one of the key reasons the nhs is struggling, today labour had to defend why it has not come up with a clearer plan for reform. today, the man who might be health secretary had to defend why they will be no care. you are still offering people a vague we'll talk about it, we'll maybe fix it in the long—term. i think in being honest with people, that building a national care service is work that is a decade in the making. that is honest and that is where the credibility comes from. i make no bones about the fact, of course on social care i would have wanted the manifesto to be more ambitious, but to get policies in the manifesto,

you had to run the gauntlet of answering two fundamental questions — can we keep this promise, can the country afford this promise? the conservatives' plan to limit social care costs to a maximum of £86,000 has been repeatedly delayed, with questions about its funding. but they're still claiming labour have tried to spend more of your morning. i think he has let the cat out of the bag a bit about labour's plans. he confirmed both on your show and one he did earlier that their manifesto was not the whole story — it was not actually a programme for government, it was a document to get them through the election campaign. he confirmed that there are more spending promises to come, and that can only one thing — it means more taxes. that is not really what liberalism. their argument is that they would spend more of economic conditions allow. —— what labour are saying. both labour and the conservatives are signed up to a plan to bring

in thousands more staff to the nhs, which would require funding to increase significantly to almost £200 billion by 2028. but this is the level of funding they've allocated in their manifestos — around £20 billion less. the nuffield trust says it amounts to tougher spending plans than even during austerity. the liberal democrats have pledged very slightly more, but still way below what is required. that liberal democrat figure does not include their separately costed plans for free personal care for those who need it. if you don't support family carers, as well as care workers, you are not going to sort this out. and i am absolutely passionate that we will do that. we have come forward with probably the most ambitious agenda on it. i'm really excited about it. and because we have talked about it, we have had a really strong reaction from people. politicians from all parties have said they need to work together to address the social care challenge. the question is who voters trust more and whether anyone will deliver. hannah miller, bbc news. a tactical pause of military

activity by the israeli defence forces on a key road in southern gaza has just ended. the halt in operations during daylight hours was to enable humanitarian aid to be delivered to palestinians. aid organisations have repeatedly warned of a humanitarian crisis in gaza. israel has emphasised this is not part of a ceasefire and combat would continue in the city of rafah. the hamas—controlled health ministry in gaza has said that 37,337 people have now been killed since the start of the israeli military offensive. meanwhile, israel has released the names of the eight soldiers killed by a hamas rocket in rafah on saturday — the deadliest incident for its troops in six months. the israeli army said the incident occurred during what it called �*operational activity�* in the city of rafah. the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said the war should continue regardless. it comes as israel's defence minister is to visit washington shortly to discuss president biden�*s

recent ceasefire plan. a short while ago, i spoke tojon donnison about what a tactical pause means. i'm not sure it means too much of a change, really. certainly we have been getting very mixed messages from the israeli military today. we woke up first thing this morning to hear news of this tactical military pause that apparently would take place daily between the hours of eight o'clock in the morning and seven o'clock in the evening, and that was to allow aid to pass in through the kerem shalom crossing from israel into gaza, which is right in the south of gaza, very close to rafah, and then to travel along towards the salah al—din road, which is the main road which stretches right from the north of gaza to the south. however, within about an hour, we had a clarification from the israeli military, who said that this did not mean an end

to fighting in rafah or in southern gaza, and we had some very strong comments from israel's national security minister, the hardline right—winger itamar ben—gvir, who said whoever made the decision for a pause in fighting was both evil and a fool. wow, strong words there, then. i mean, one of the main questions is what difference this might make for much—needed humanitarian aid. it is certainly desperately needed, you have the united nations saying more than a million people in gaza are facing starvation within a matter of weeks. israel maintains that it is allowing trucks into gaza, it says it is allowing around about 200 trucks in through kerem shalom every day and that the problem is on the other side of the border where aid agencies are failing to pick those trucks up and distribute the aid. of course, aid agencies say

it is too dangerous in many cases to do so because kerem shalom is so close to rafah. you have to remember of course that the border with egypt, the rafah crossing, that is closed entirely because israeli forces have now taken control of that whole border and there is a huge backlog of trucks, thousands of them, on the egyptian side of the border waiting to pass in. the aid agencies maintain there simply isn't enough aid getting into gaza at the moment, israel rejects the idea that there is any sort of humanitarian crisis there. let's get some of the day's other news now. russia says it's captured a settlement in the south near zaporizhzhia and taken up more advantageous positions. the kremlin spokesman has again claimed that the situation on the front line is worsening for ukrainians and they would do well to reflect on what he called putin's proposals for peace. these amount to an ultimatum for ukraine to withdraw from several regions and give up

on its nato ambitions. many palestinians across gaza gathered for prayers to mark eid al—adha — the �*feast of sacrifice�*. some have described the festival, normally celebrated with food and gifts, as another day of misery. with tens of thousands killed and three—quarters of the strip�*s population displaced. russian security forces have stormed a detention centre in the southern city of rostov, killing six inmates and freeing the two officers they�*d been holding hostage. the prisoners had got out of their cell by knocking out the bars of a window. reports say three were is suspects waiting to appear in court on terrorism charges. the prince and princess of wales have released an official photograph to mark father�*s day. the picture — taken by catherine on a beach in norfolk — shows prince william wearing a baseball cap with his arms around his three children. i spoke to our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, for more. "we love you, papa, happy father�*s day." there�*s a little pink emoji — don�*t usually get emojis on posts by the royal family —

and then they�*ve got their initials, which are of course g, c and l. it�*s a photo of them at a beach in norfolk, they�*ve got their backs to the camera, they are looking out to sea. the family have a home in norfolk and we believe this was done on a day trip to the coast. as you said, the picture was taken by their mum, the princess of wales. and then of course we�*ve had another photo as well from the family today. prince william has paid tribute to his father, the king of course, and he�*s published a photo of them together in 1984 when prince william was a toddler and they are playing football in the garden at kensington palace, and prince william is smiling and laughing, wearing little dungarees, and then charles is in a suit, and i think you can really see the difference in the two photos, that in the photo that�*s been published today, that was taken quite recently of prince william, he�*s wearing a baseball cap, he�*s wearing a hoodie, he�*s wearing shorts, and it�*s a very casual family photo. the photo of the king, then prince charles, he�*s wearing a suit, he�*s wearing shoes, and they didn�*t tend to have these very casual, relaxed photos like they do now. but the royalfamily, they�*ve kind

of moved with the times, like most people have, and they do these more relaxed photos, more intimate photos and people really get a glimpse of their life. tv chef gordon ramsay says he is lucky to be alive after an accident riding his bike in the us. he warned his followers on social media always to wear a helmet after the incident in connecticut this week — and he revealed the large bruise on his midriff. i want to wish you all very happy father�*s day. but please, please, please, please, please, wear a helmet because if i didn�*t, honestly, i wouldn�*t be here now. stay with us here on bbc news.

it has been a rather mixed it up further. some bright and sunny spells in between, some of the best of the sunshine has been across the south and the worst, and of course it also feels pleasantly warm in the sunshine at this time of year. more of it as we head through next week. it has been cool and unsettled of late, but in a treatment for most of us, turning warmer and drier. still somewhat further around the times. tonight, that band of cloud and showery rainbows fully continue to sink further southwards, weakening as it was, and there will be some clear spells to the north and south of that front. any lengthy clear spells, temperatures could drop back potentially to mid—single figures. locally, another cherry start to the div tomorrow for some. monday morning, another day of sunshine and showers. that band of cloud pushes further southwards. showers developing particularly to the north

and east of that band of cloud. a cloudy day for northern ireland but it should say right here. the driest conditions are towards the south—east of england. temperatures could rise as high as 22, may be. and then we look out towards the near continent as we go through monday night into tuesday to find this weather front that are starting to urge summer cloud into parts of kent and east sussex, perhaps maybe some showers here, but a lot of uncertainty still at the state. showers developing across northern and eastern areas, perhaps scotland too, but bright and sunny spells. a lot of dry weather out towards the west. warm in the south, temperatures in the low 20s, but cool across northern scotland, with more of a northerly wind starting to develop. as we go through wednesday, that front starts to pull away. high—pressure edges and from the azores, and that will keep us largely dry for much of the rest of the book. still low pressure towards the book. still low pressure towards the north on the west, and that was

sent a few weather fronts other way. if you take a look at the other for our capital cities, you can see temperatures will bounce back to the seasonal average across the board. there could be some wet weather across edinburgh and belfast, but drier in and cardiff. goodbye.

live from london. this is bbc news. police in germany tell the bbc a man

with a pickaxe tried to ignite a petrol bomb, close to to a euro 2024 fan zone in hamburg. officials say it�*s not football—related. in the general election — a warning from a leading health think tank over nhs funding promises — with a plea for all parties to be more transparent. and excitement builds — as england players and fans prepare for their opening match against serbia. hello, i�*m rajini vaidyanathan. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s hugh. and all of that build—up before england�*s debut match. yes. one of the favourites, not england, but they never once have made an winning

start by beating poland, but only just. they had to come from a goal down in the game in hamburg. they took the lead inside 16 minutes, but went behind for that long. cody gakpo drew them level 30 minutes later, but it had a bit of good fortune as a deflected past the polish goalkeeper. speaking winner, wout weghorst came on for cody gakpo, and with his first touch of the match, the burnley striker scored the winner with less than eight minutes remaining. that result in hamburg, no attention turns to group c. denmark are taking on slovenia in stuttgart. they are taking the lead. christian eriksen has got the goal, nearly three years to the day exactly that he collapsed on the pitch in, and he can during the last european championship. this is first game since, quite understandably, in the finals of

this competition, and his goal has given denmark i—0 this competition, and his goal has given denmark 1—0 lead over slovenia. as has been mentioned already, in gelson calculator, england get their campaign under way. they play serbia. titer? england get their campaign under way. they play serbia. very tough sto the way. they play serbia. very tough step they have — way. they play serbia. very tough stop they have good _ way. they play serbia. very tough stop they have good individual- stop they have good individual players, fantastic collective spirit, dangerous forwards, so we know that this is a very difficult opening game for us, and we have to play at our very best to win the game. play at our very best to win the name. �* . �* , play at our very best to win the came.�* ., , play at our very best to win the ame. ., ., game. britain's jack draper has won his first atp — game. britain's jack draper has won his first atp tour _ game. britain's jack draper has won his first atp tour title _ game. britain's jack draper has won his first atp tour title after - his first atp tour title after beating the former wimbledon runner—up matteo berrettini in the final of the stuttgart open. yet already secured his place as the british number one, and played a two—time winner of the tournament, fighting back from a set down. he had lost his first two tour titles, but this moves them up into a potential seated position in time for wimbledon, which starts injust a couple of weeks. alex de minaur is also celebrating. a second world

grass title, beating sebastian korda in straight sets in the netherlands. it is the australian�*s ninth career title. former us open champion emma raducanu lost to the defending champion, katie boulter, industry sets. the british number one is now facing karolina pliskova, bottom of the screen the semifinal. it is about to get under way. these matches stacked up because of wet weather on saturday. plus,, a former finalist... pakistan and ireland are playing for pride today in the t20 world cup before the super eight stage. ireland were 3—4 from one stage, having been put into bat in florida. they eventually made 106—9 in their 20 overs. pakistan�*sjust

begun, they are in the second over and asked for without loss. the final round of the us open is under way in pinehurst, north carolina. the leading contenders will be off a lot later on. bryson roshambo is leading the he is well positioned. he is leading a trio of players by three shots, one of them rory mcilroy, who is looking to end a run of ten years without a major. of fuel, the chequered flag was taken at the wheel of the ferrari hyper scar, and spaniard miguel molina. the number seven hybrid finished just over 14 second behind them. you can head to the bbc sport website for much more coverage of the games at euro 2024. still denmark i—0 slovenia. that is. —— that is it for

now. let�*s return now to our coverage of the uk general election — and we�*re now past the halfway mark in the campaign ahead of voting day onjuly 4th. polls suggest the liberal democrats are gaining some ground — hoping to grab tory seats — as they promise free personal care for the elderly, more gps, and joining the eu single market. but it�*s the leader sir ed davey�*s photo—ops, that have really been getting attention. he�*s been speaking to laura kuenssberg. in terms of the things we�*ve been doing, the stunts, actually, the real issue is engaging people, and they have done. and one of the reasons i�*m so pleased to be on your programme is to talk about what liberal democrats are standing for. we�*re standing for health and care. we put that at the centre of our manifesto. we�*re talking about the cost of living, and that�*s not coming up enough. people are really struggling out there. and we�*re talking about the environment. we�*re the ones campaigning against the sewage scandal, for example. and i�*m determined in all the seats that we can win across the blue wall against many conservatives in the west country and so many other places, people hear about what the democrats stand for from our local champions, because we could make real

gains at this election. and we will talk about those policies. and you�*ve already actually had wes streeting say your ideas on social care are good ones, and we will come to that. but isn�*t there a risk, though? we heard it from lee castleton. we have had emails from some other viewers about this that people watch what you�*re doing and they think you�*re not really taking this seriously and perhaps you�*re not taking them seriously. well, we�*re taking the voters�* concerns really seriously. that�*s why we�*ve been putting forward all these policy proposals,

and whenever we do one of those stunts to engage people so i show that i�*m not taking myself too seriously, i�*m taking the voters seriously. we�*ve had lots of policy ideas. so when i was coming down that slide, we were talking about mental health. while you were on the slide, talking about mental health? well, actually, the bbc were covering our policy as i came down and i was pleased that they did, because it�*s really important we�*ve got a crisis, the mental health of our young people. we�*ve got hundreds of thousands of young people waiting for therapies, waiting for counselling, waiting for support. and what we�*ve said is let�*s make sure there�*s a qualified mental health professional in every primary school and every secondary school. let�*s fund that by asking the social media giants to pay more in digital services tax. and so we�*ve come forward with a very, very significant policy. and, you know, when i had the baker�*s hat on and i was baking biscuits with schoolkids, but we�*re talking about free school meals. and one of the policies in your manifesto is to have an office for whistle—blowers, to have much more protection for people who call out bad bosses or bad practices in their workplace or wherever else. yes, very important. and you say there it�*s very important. but lee castleton, who was one of those sub—postmasters and you were a post office minister at a time when some of the horizon

scandal was unfolding, he wants to know, how can we trust anyone with your record on the post office scandal to do the right thing by whistle—blowers in government? well, because the whistle—blower was key in the horizon scandal. we really only heard it in the panorama programme by bbc in 2015, quite a few years after i left office, and then in 2019 in the high court case, and that whistle—blower from fujitsu and inside fujitsu said actually the post office have been telling lies to subpostmasters, to ministers, to courts and judges. that whistle—blower was crucial, as the itv drama on alan bates showed. his question is how could people trust you to protect whistle—blowers when you were post office minister, one of the people who was in charge of the system when concerns were already being raised? now i know you say you weren�*t told or you would have done something about it, but some of the campaigners feel that you didn�*t do enough, that you weren�*t listening. well, i was listening. actually, i was the first minister to meet alan bates, and i took his issues really seriously. in the end. well, the first minister to meet him, and i put his concerns to the post office, and i think i was the only minister who did that in that level of detail. and i was lied to just like the subpostmasters were lied to, just like thejudges

and the courts were lied to. and that�*s why the whistle—blower is so important. we have to change the system. you know, laura, we�*ve seen it in the contaminated blood scandal. we�*ve seen it in the hillsborough scandal. you know, you can�*t run a system if people are lied to. you know, you need to find a way through that. so we�*ve got several issues, actually — the whistle—blower protection and it�*s been liberal democrats leading on that, the duty of candour to make sure that public servants have to tell the truth. and there�*s a whole range of things that i�*d like to see changed. and when i give evidence to the inquiry, which i�*ve campaigned for, because i want these people to be held to account, they�*ve imposed the most awful misery on hundreds of people, when we have that inquiry, i�*m looking forward to giving evidence to it. let�*s talk about some of your other policies, then, and you have very movingly made your experience of caring for your disabled son, john, part of your campaign to give more support to carers and really free adult social care was the centrepiece really of your manifesto, wasn�*t it? but you also served as a minister during the coalition government between 2010 and 2015.

it made significant cuts to the support for people in those kinds of situations. do you regret that now? well, actually, if you look back at that record, the liberal democrat record with great liberal democrat ministers, we produced the care act of 2014 that came from the dilnot commission, and it would have meant that we�*d have had proper care from 2015, 2016. what happened then? the conservatives alone reneged on their promises, even though there have been a legislation in parliament which everyone have voted for. that is ed davey, speaking to laura kuenssberg. the televised leaders debates in the past couple of weeks have given a chance to the leaders of some of the smaller parties to flash their wares — including rhun ap iorwerth, the leader of plaid cymru. his party has three out of 40 welsh westminster seats and its manifesto wants more public spending, and bigger windfall taxes on energy companies. he�*s been speaking to laura kuennsberg.

in 2021, you stood for a referendum on welsh independence, but now you�*re only offering a consultation. so why have you backed off that? haven�*t backed off at all. i was listening to brian cox speaking earlier. it�*s right there on page one of our manifesto. you know my firm belief that i�*ve had all my life that wales won�*t reach its potential until we have all those levers of change in our own hands. i believe it�*s in the hands of the people of wales what the timescale is for that. but interestingly, listening to brian cox, he was talking... we clearly see the world in the same way. i believe in independence, but i�*m not an isolationist in any way. i�*m an internationalist and i see welsh independence as part of the redesigning of the uk, where as independent nations then would work very, very closely together. but this isn�*t an independence election. this is about getting fair play for wales in the here and now. but it�*s what you believe so strongly, though, why not have in your manifesto actually a demand for a referendum?

because a consultation, we hear it often from politicians in this studio on sunday mornings, promising a consultation is promising some more chat and then maybe a commission and then things take time. why back off from your clear request, demand perhaps, for a referendum? again, well, there is clearly a demand implicit for a referendum, because we want to get to that point where we ask the people of wales if they are ready to embrace this. the fascinating thing for me as somebody who�*s believed this all my life is the direction that we�*ve been on in recent years. we�*re now regularly a third of people, 50% of the younger age group say yes to independence, but it�*s about getting more people curious in what it might mean and answering those questions about the challenges that we face. there was an independent commission recently, government appointed, on the constitutional future of wales that said there are three viable options for us more devolution, perhaps federalism — bit difficult, i think, given the size of england. and the third viable one is independence, so it�*s viable, we can do it. it�*s about getting people excited about what it is. and that of course means recognising what the challenges are too. do you think you�*ll see it in your lifetime? there�*s no reason why not. that wasn�*t my question. do you think it will happen

is a different question. there�*s no reason why not, and it can. and it�*s up to the people of wales. that�*s the key thing here. i don�*t believe that wales�* situation now is the best it could be. i don�*t think the uk�*s situation now is the best it could be. i think many people watching this, this morning, whether they�*re in wales or elsewhere, thinks that something needs to happen in politics in these islands that leads in a different direction. one of the things that i think could be very valuable for everybody, wherever they are, is to have that redesign. but for now, in this election, it�*s about in this uk context making sure that wales has that fairness that we deserve. joining me now is our election panel , ed campbell, senior producer at politicste, and lucy fisher, whitehall editor at the financial times. welcome to you both. we will start with you, lucy. sunday papers have more opinion polls showing a really

shocking prediction, if they are to be believed, for the conservative party. one says they are projected to get only 72 seats, and polling company saying that the party is set for electoral extinction. is there any way for the party to turn these pools around?— any way for the party to turn these pools around? with less than three weeks until — pools around? with less than three weeks until voters _ pools around? with less than three weeks until voters head _ pools around? with less than three weeks until voters head to - pools around? with less than three weeks until voters head to the - pools around? with less than three | weeks until voters head to the polls on july the 4th, weeks until voters head to the polls onjuly the 4th, it is really impossible to see what kind of miracle rishi sunak could pull off in order to form a majority after the election. that is why we have heard in the past ten days, first in adverts put out by the conservative party on social media, and then in the kind of language deployed by grant shapps, the defence secretary, and other conservative ministers, this suggestion that one reason to vote conservative is to ensure that it is a strong opposition to labour and tried to stop keir starmer having what grant shapps calls a super majority in the commons that

would allow him to have free reign in terms of policy, potentially change the franchise by extending the vote to 16 or 17—year—olds, and perhaps other people, and then also steer a ten year term in the face. i think it is a dose of realism and pragmatism that has crept into the tory campaign, and defeatism among some activists. i�*ve spoken to some tory candidates who say some of their canvassers are just not turning up to help them pound the pavements and delivering leaflets, knock on doors, because they think the result is not a fait accompli. let me bring you on that, and if there are many in the party from the top to the bottom of the ranks that believed the party is headed for electoral defeat, what do you think can be done to prevent electoral extinction? 72 seats is quite a

drop, if this projection is going to turn out to be accurate on polling day? i turn out to be accurate on polling da ? ~ , , , , turn out to be accurate on polling da 2 ~ , , , , i day? i think this is the issue. i'm not sure there _ day? i think this is the issue. i'm not sure there is _ day? i think this is the issue. i'm not sure there is anything - day? i think this is the issue. i'm not sure there is anything that i not sure there is anything that rishi _ not sure there is anything that rishi sunak are the conservatives can do— rishi sunak are the conservatives can do to — rishi sunak are the conservatives can do to halt this predicted to be electoral— can do to halt this predicted to be electoral humiliation. you saw that in the _ electoral humiliation. you saw that in the conservative manifesto launch — in the conservative manifesto launch. there was nothing there that would _ launch. there was nothing there that would he _ launch. there was nothing there that would he a _ launch. there was nothing there that would be a real tub thumping, inspiring, _ would be a real tub thumping, inspiring, get out the vote drive. i think_ inspiring, get out the vote drive. i think the — inspiring, get out the vote drive. i think the public is absolutely sick and tired — think the public is absolutely sick and tired of the conservatives... let and tired of the conservatives... let me _ and tired of the conservatives... let me just _ and tired of the conservatives... let me justjump and tired of the conservatives... let mejustjump in, and tired of the conservatives... let me justjump in, because they let mejustjump in, because they hope that being seen as a party of tax cuts and trying to paint the labour party as the party of tax rises, which labour say aren�*t the case, they think that will close on boots. what is your analysis of that? , it is curious that tax is resented at such a bad thing. . i resented at such a bad thing. , i

don't think our sensible, rational voter— don't think our sensible, rational voter could — don't think our sensible, rational voter could assess the state of the country _ voter could assess the state of the country we — voter could assess the state of the country we are in and think we get out of— country we are in and think we get out of this— country we are in and think we get out of this without taxes being raised — out of this without taxes being raised i— out of this without taxes being raised. i don't think necessarily people — raised. i don't think necessarily peopte are _ raised. i don't think necessarily people are as scared of tax rises as the conservatives and the pramac seem _ the conservatives and the pramac seem to _ the conservatives and the pramac seem to think.— the conservatives and the pramac seem to think. what do you make of that, lucy? — seem to think. what do you make of that, lucy? i — seem to think. what do you make of that, lucy? i am _ seem to think. what do you make of that, lucy? i am not _ seem to think. what do you make of that, lucy? i am not sure _ seem to think. what do you make of that, lucy? i am not sure i- that, lucy? i am not sure i disagree- _ that, lucy? i am not sure i disagree- i— that, lucy? i am not sure i disagree. i think _ that, lucy? i am not sure i disagree. i think we - that, lucy? i am not sure i disagree. i think we will i that, lucy? i am not sure i. disagree. i think we will have slightly more self—interest when it comes to tax, and people are struggling for the cost of living crisis and not feeling like they have ability to pay more tax. to the argument that the conservatives are making about tax cuts, of course, under the conservatives after 14 years, we are in track to see the highest tax levels in the post—war era in 70 years. there is a sense that whatever the conservatives put forward now, whether it is tax cuts or other novel policies around immigration, trying to repair public services, the question is why have you not done this before now? you beenin you not done this before now? you been in charge for almost a decade

and a half. i�*ve been interested today in comments that rishi sunak made at the g7 in italy, where i accompanied him this week, turning also to the welfare bill. he said it is notjust tax where there is a big dividing line between labour and the conservatives, but also spending. he is trying to talk about the way the conservatives would bring down the welfare bill by ensuring that more people are brought off benefits and into work, cracking down on some of the people on long—term sickness welfare is another dividing line. i think that is a site pivot that we will hear more about from the tories. ., , ~ will hear more about from the tories. ., ,~' , ., ., will hear more about from the tories. ., i. ., ., tories. let me ask you more about this, because _ tories. let me ask you more about this, because there _ tories. let me ask you more about this, because there has _ tories. let me ask you more about this, because there has been - tories. let me ask you more about this, because there has been a - this, because there has been a growing conversation about reform, and how it may or may not impact core conservative votes. i was up in the north—west of england a week or so ago, and i spoke to voters who also said that they might consider voting for a reform act over labour in some of those former labour

seats. what is your assessment that? —— voting for reform. i seats. what is your assessment that? -- voting for reform.— -- voting for reform. i think reform have become — -- voting for reform. i think reform have become a _ -- voting for reform. i think reform have become a much _ -- voting for reform. i think reform have become a much more - -- voting for reform. i think reform have become a much more serious l -- voting for reform. i think reform l have become a much more serious put cooperation with nigel farage as leader. richard tice was using these lame lines about sue nack leader. richard tice was using these lame lines about sue mack and starmer being socialist wins, which didn�*t have much cut through. nigel farage as hoping to capitalise on the energy of bricks but people saw —— brexit that people saw, and previously there wasn�*t a viable option for voters to almost protest against the conservative government. it was, i don�*t ever see myself voting for labour, soil have to stick with the tories. people in red wall constituencies might be more socially conservative, and if you believe, is the conservatives are like you to, that starmer isn�*t

agent of the walk blob, then they might be inclined to vote reform. lucy, the final question, we saw ed davey, and we have lots of other parties in the next, we have the greens, we have plaid, and then we have the snp, the major party up in scotland. how do you think all of this will play into that picture, remember tactical voting in 1997 as a big factor, wasn�*t it? that remember tactical voting in 1997 as a big factor, wasn't it?— a big factor, wasn't it? that is ritht, a big factor, wasn't it? that is right, and _ a big factor, wasn't it? that is right, and i've _ a big factor, wasn't it? that is right, and i've also _ a big factor, wasn't it? that is right, and i've also been - a big factor, wasn't it? that is - right, and i've also been interested in some _ right, and i've also been interested in some of— right, and i've also been interested in some of the reports from pollsters _ in some of the reports from pollsters about the youth vote. he has a _ pollsters about the youth vote. he has a huge — pollsters about the youth vote. he has a huge lead for labour, 50 per 2% lead _ has a huge lead for labour, 50 per 2% lead for— has a huge lead for labour, 50 per 2% lead for labour in under 35 is, but there — 2% lead for labour in under 35 is, but there is— 2% lead for labour in under 35 is, but there is also in some of the polling. — but there is also in some of the polling, when you drill down into some _ polling, when you drill down into some of— polling, when you drill down into some of the subjects that you care about, _ some of the subjects that you care about, there's a sense economic insecurity, — about, there's a sense economic insecurity, feeling ignored by both

the main _ insecurity, feeling ignored by both the main parties and a bit apathetic towards _ the main parties and a bit apathetic towards them. there is a sense that we are _ towards them. there is a sense that we are seeing now in the polling that it _ we are seeing now in the polling that it could be some of those smaller— that it could be some of those smaller parties, particularly the liberal— smaller parties, particularly the liberal democrats and the greens who stand to _ liberal democrats and the greens who stand to benefit from that among younger — stand to benefit from that among younger voters in this election. thank— younger voters in this election. thank you _ younger voters in this election. thank you very much, lucy fisher and ed campbell. a surrey police officer who deliberately rammed a runaway cow with their police car has been removed from front line duties — while an investigation takes place. officers said they had been acting to protect public safety. but the owner of the cow said that what happened was "horrific." simonjones reports. on the run, but the journey made on the run, but thejourney made by the cow is about to come turn abrupt end. police say they�*ve been trying to capture it several hours after it had been running at members of the public. what happened next has been described by the rspca

as upsetting and distressing. the cow was deliberately hit at speed by a police car. the animal is knocked onto its side and, as it attempts to get up, it�*s hit again by the vehicle. i�*m thinking, why�*s that cow at the top of my road? as i came out, i�*ve seen the police car come, he�*s rammed it and then it�*s got up and carried on running again, and he�*s rammed it again. i think it could have been dealt with a lot more humanely. i think it was quite distressing for everyone. the toe run for several miles before being struck. what happened on the shoot is now under investigation. police say they were unable to contact any vets on the night. the driver of the police car has been removed from front—line duties while investigations take place. the cow�*s owner says, investigations take place. the cow�*s ownersays, i investigations take place. the cow�*s owner says, i think the video speaks for itself. it was quite horrific. the method of dealing with the situation was incorrect. after being

hit, the co—manage to get back on herfeet, and is now recuperating at the farm. studio: i wish the cow well. england�*s footballers are making final preparations for their first match at euro 24 in germany this evening, against serbia. the manager, gareth southgate, has said his players will need to be "exceptional" to progress beyond the group stage. joe edward is with the fans as they get ready for kick—off. over to you, joe. this is pop brixton, which is already getting full up. all the tables are gone. they are exciting are very busy day. i was told by my producer and interesting fact. it is thought that 30 million pints of beer are going to be sold this evening across england. i expect quite a few of them, they reckon a couple of thousands here. let�*s talk to one of the fans. pj, hello. how

are you? to one of the fans. pj, hello. how are ou? �* to one of the fans. pj, hello. how are ou? . ., ., are you? and good, how are you doin: ? are you? and good, how are you doing? we _ are you? and good, how are you doing? we are — are you? and good, how are you doing? we are doing _ are you? and good, how are you doing? we are doing -- - are you? and good, how are you doing? we are doing -- how- are you? and good, how are you doing? we are doing -- how are| are you? and good, how are you - doing? we are doing -- how are you feelin: ? doing? we are doing -- how are you feeling? heat— doing? we are doing -- how are you feeling? heat we _ doing? we are doing -- how are you feeling? heat we are _ doing? we are doing -- how are you feeling? heat we are doing - doing? we are doing -- how are you feeling? heat we are doing well. - doing? we are doing -- how are you feeling? heat we are doing well. is i feeling? heat we are doing well. is this england�*s best chance at a tournament in recent years? , if i�*m honest, i thought it was the world cup. but this is better than any time. we have— cup. but this is better than any time. we have �* ., . ., time. we have jude bellingham coming throu:h, time. we have jude bellingham coming through. optimally _ time. we have jude bellingham coming through, optimally got _ time. we have jude bellingham coming through, optimally got to _ time. we have jude bellingham coming through, optimally got to win. - through, optimally got to win. predictions? connect serbia score first, we get a bit shaky, 3—1. very exact. we will hold you to that! as i was saying, this is a big day for fans, but businesses too. this is a popular venue, and this is gearing. what are your expectations for the game and for how this affects you as a business? irate game and for how this affects you as a business?— a business? we are very sports hea , a business? we are very sports heavy. so _ a business? we are very sports heavy. so we — a business? we are very sports heavy, so we have _ a business? we are very sports heavy, so we have done - a business? we are very sports| heavy, so we have done tickets, a business? we are very sports i heavy, so we have done tickets, it is pretty— heavy, so we have done tickets, it is pretty much sold out today. it is

the first _ is pretty much sold out today. it is the first big — is pretty much sold out today. it is the first big game, so hopefully a great _ the first big game, so hopefully a great buzz. the first big game, so hopefully a treat buzz. �* the first big game, so hopefully a great bun-— great buzz. and hopefully the weather holds. _ great buzz. and hopefully the weather holds. that - great buzz. and hopefully the weather holds. that is - great buzz. and hopefully the weather holds. that is the i great buzz. and hopefully the i weather holds. that is the biggest thin we weather holds. that is the biggest thing we are _ weather holds. that is the biggest thing we are worried _ weather holds. that is the biggest thing we are worried about. i weather holds. that is the biggest thing we are worried about. whatl weather holds. that is the biggest i thing we are worried about. what my prediction— thing we are worried about. what my prediction for the game? i will go for— prediction for the game? i will go for- one — prediction for the game? i will go for- one to— prediction for the game? i will go for— one to england. prediction for the game? i will go for- one to england.— for- one to england. even more optimistic— for- one to england. even more optimistic than _ for- one to england. even more optimistic than before! - for- one to england. even more optimistic than before! there i for- one to england. even more| optimistic than before! there we are. a busy evening. i�*ll bejoining the fans for hopefully a very good name of football. studio: you win this afternoon, out in the sun while i am in the studio. we will be back withjoe throughout the evening as we approach kick—off. more on the bbc news website. i�*m a genie do nothing. stay with us. —— i�*m rajini vaidyanathan.

hello. it has been the persistent rain across parts of scotland, with sundry showers breaking up across eastern england, but some bright and sunny spells in between. some of the best of that sunshine has been across the south and west, and it always feels pleasantly warm in the sunshine at this time of year. there will be more of it as we had through this next week. it has been cool and unsettled as late, but turning warmer and drierfor most of us. still some wet weather around the town. overnight, that band of showery rain will slowly continue to sink further southwards. it weakens as it goes, there will be some clear spells to the north and south of that front. any lengthy clear spells into monday morning, it is another day of sunshine. it weakens. shower was developed to the north and east

of that band of cloud. a cloudy day for northern ireland, but it should stay dry here, and the best of the sunshine, the driest conditions out towards the south—east of england. temperatures could rise as high as 22 celsius, may be. then we look out towards near continent as we head out into tuesday. this where the fun starts to edge more cloud into parts of kent and east sussex, may be more showers here, but a lot of uncertainty still at this stage. washers develop, mostly across northern and eastern areas in england, perhaps and east of scotland too, but some bright and sunny spells, and a lot of dry weather out towards the west. warm in the south, temperatures in the low 20s, but cool across northern scotland still, with more of an northerly wind starting to develop. as we go through wednesday, that front towards the south starts to pull away. high pressure edges and from the azores, and that is set to keep is largely dry for much of the week. the low pressure out towards

the north and the west. that is going to send a few weather fronts are way. if you look at the outlook for our capital cities, you can see temperatures will bounce back across the board. more wet weather across edinburgh and belfast, but drier in london and cardiff.

live from london, this is bbc news. police in germany tell the bbc a man

with a pickaxe tried a petrol bomb close to to a euro 2024 fan zone in hamburg. officials say it�*s not football—related. israel and it daily pause and activities to allow for eight to get in, but it doesn�*t apply to rafah. excitement builds as england players and fans prepare for their opening match against serbia in just under two hours�* time. and princes george and louis, and princess charlotte, pay a father�*s day tribute to prince williamin hello, i�*m kasia madera. german police say they shot at a man who threatened officers

with a pickaxe and an molotov cocktail, close to a fanzone