southgate's men seuthgate's men read euros. gareth southgate's men read serbia 1—0 after the first half through ajude serbia 1—0 after the first half through a jude bellingham header —— lead serbia. these are live pictures from an england fan zone in london as the second half is just about to get under way. away from the football match action, away from the football police in germany shoot a man armed with a pick—axe as he tried to set off a bomb near a football fan—zone. as the ukrainian summit for peace draws to a close, president zelensky says that vladimir putin isn't ready to end the war. and he may be the heir to the throne, but he's also a dad. a royal father's day for the prince of wales. welcome to bbc news. i'm kasia madera.

england have started their euro 2024 campaign in style. gareth southgate's team lead serbia 1—0 at half time after a header from jude bellingham. the real madrid player picked out a pass from bukayo saka to give england the momentum heading into the second half. and these were the scenes of celebration from an england fan zone in london as the goal went in. the three lions are one of the favourites to win the tournament, having reached the final in the last euros. ecstatic fans there when that goal went in. let's cross over to speak to some more fans. let's speak to our correspondent joe inwood who is at a pub with england fans in london. howjubilant how jubilant where they went howjubilant where they wentjude bellingham scored? how jubilant where they wentjude bellingham scored? the? howjubilant where they went jude bellingham scored?— bellingham scored? they went absolutely _ bellingham scored? they went absolutely wild, _ bellingham scored? they went absolutely wild, possibly - bellingham scored? they went absolutely wild, possibly a - bellingham scored? they went - absolutely wild, possibly a slightly smaller scale than the pictures you had there, but here at brixton in south london, they are having a

great time, really getting into it. people are feeling really, really confident. it is interesting, there has always been a sense of trepidation with england performances, but especially the first half hour, down the right—hand side with bukayo saka and jude bellingham, the golden boy of english football now, people are starting to believe. of course, it is only the first game, and serbia are farfrom the is only the first game, and serbia are far from the most difficult opponent they will face. at the early signs do seem to be good. also there has been slightly kind of unusual, unorthodox use of trent alexander—arnold in the centre of the pitch. usually he plays at right back for liverpool, but now he is playing in a central midfield role alongside declan rice. it seems to be working. as you can see, plenty of people here, to sold out, they are having a great time. let's speak to one of the fans. you are obviously an england fan, what do you think of that so far? bier? obviously an england fan, what do you think of that so far? very solid start to the — you think of that so far? very solid start to the game. _ you think of that so far? very solid start to the game. great _ start to the game. great performances from bukayo saka and

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flew in from sydney last week. good to be here watching the game. what are our to be here watching the game. what are your thoughts _ to be here watching the game. what are your thoughts on _ to be here watching the game. twat are your thoughts on the to be here watching the game. “wrist are your thoughts on the performance so far? it are your thoughts on the performance so far? , ., ., ., .,, so far? it is good that gareth has tone so far? it is good that gareth has gone attacking- _ so far? it is good that gareth has gone attacking. after _ so far? it is good that gareth has gone attacking. after the - so far? it is good that gareth has gone attacking. after the goal, i so far? it is good that gareth has gone attacking. after the goal, it seems _ gone attacking. after the goal, it seems like the boys sat back and it went a _ seems like the boys sat back and it went a hit— seems like the boys sat back and it went a bit sideways. they could mix it up a _ went a bit sideways. they could mix it up a hit. _ went a bit sideways. they could mix it up a bit, back themselves. does seem like they _ it up a bit, back themselves. does seem like they sort _ it up a bit, back themselves. does seem like they sort of _ it up a bit, back themselves. does seem like they sort of went - it up a bit, back themselves. lire" seem like they sort of went into their shell, and to themselves slightly. predictions for the second half? i slightly. predictions for the second half? ~' slightly. predictions for the second half? ~ ., , slightly. predictions for the second half? ~ , ., , slightly. predictions for the second half? ~ , , ., ., half? i think he has probably had a chat at half-time, _ half? i think he has probably had a chat at half-time, they _ half? i think he has probably had a chat at half-time, they will- chat at half—time, they will probably come out with energy. we have talent on the bench as well, so we might— have talent on the bench as well, so we might make some changes, get on the front— we might make some changes, get on the front foot and get some more goals _ the front foot and get some more goals in— the front foot and get some more toals. , ., ., the front foot and get some more i oals, , ., ., ~' goals. in terms of what it like this, a bit _ goals. in terms of what it like this, a bit of— goals. in terms of what it like this, a bit of a _ goals. in terms of what it like this, a bit of a community - this, a bit of a community environment, what are your thoughts? i noticed an old beers on your table. ., , :: ., ,, ., , table. there have been 20 appears throuth table. there have been 20 appears through the _ table. there have been 20 appears through the travels. _ table. there have been 20 appears through the travels. everybody - table. there have been 20 appears through the travels. everybody is l through the travels. everybody is making _ through the travels. everybody is making a — through the travels. everybody is making a really good atmosphere —— quite _ making a really good atmosphere —— quite a _ making a really good atmosphere —— quite a few— making a really good atmosphere —— quite a few beers. it making a really good atmosphere -- quite a few beers.— quite a few beers. it was a great first half from _ quite a few beers. it was a great first half from england. -

quite a few beers. it was a great first half from england. they - first half from england. they slightly went defensive in the last ten minutes or so. you have kicked off again now, so i will go back to the studio. is off again now, so i will go back to the studie— the studio. as always, thank you very much- _ the studio. as always, thank you very much. thank _ the studio. as always, thank you very much. thank you _ the studio. as always, thank you very much. thank you to - the studio. as always, thank you very much. thank you to the - the studio. as always, thank you | very much. thank you to the fans there, as well. job wearing a 1996 shirt, i believe. ——joe. is he working? yes, he is working. i am telling myself that. we are continuing to monitor the score as we speak. we will be back withjoe, i“m we speak. we will be back withjoe, i'm sure, as and when and if another goal comes in. let's see. butjust before that match between the netherlands and poland in hamburg, there was an altercation between serbia and albania fans. one syrup is being investigated on a complaint of grievous bodily harm —— one serobyan person. the police have

said that the england — serbia match is a high—risk game. i have been speaking to nick speak in gelsenkirchen.— local police the local police here said that potentially 500 people who they have deemed to be hooligans from serbia had managed to get to germany. and the problem is serbia haven't appeared in major tournaments over the past, you know, 5, 10, 15, 20 years, so there isn't this intelligence picture, this database for them to look at. in contrast to that, we know the british police have stopped 2,000 people from coming to germany in the first place, so the hope is that those who may have been intent on causing trouble won't be able to make it here. but still, a lot of english police here cooperating with the germans, really looking to spot potential troublemakers in the crowd. and i think the key thing is keep the two sets

of supporters apart each other, so that is the hope. we are monitoring the match there as it is under way. let's have a look at some of the day's other matches. the netherlands won their first game, coming from behind to beat poland 2—1. in denmark and slovenia have drawn 1—1 in stuttgart. butjust before that match between the netherlands and poland in hamburg, german police shot a man who threatened officers with a pickaxe and a molotov cocktail, close to a fanzone in the centre of the city. these pictures show a man wielding an axe, being confronted by police. they use pepper spray, and then fire 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. the attacker was injured in the leg, and has been receiving medical care but his condition is not life—threatening. it is not thought to be related to the game between netherlands and poland, which took place

in hamburg today. a spokesperson for the hamburg police spoke 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. of course, we are monitoring the football, but let's bring you up—to—date with some of the day's other news. 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 you doing? very good, and you? keir starmer campaigning this weekend, claiming he'll get the nhs back on its feet. but that will require more ambitious treatment, says a leading health think tank, as it warns both the conservatives and labour that their current manifesto commitments amount to the tightest spending plans in nhs history. with the lack of social care support one of the key reasons the nhs is struggling, labour says it would improve pay and career progression for care workers. but today, the man who might be health secretary in a few weeks“ time had to defend why there's no extra cash for social care in labour's manifesto.

you're 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's a decade in the making, that's honest, and that's 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“ proposals around social care have been repeatedly delayed and also face questions about funding, but they insist bringing taxes down is a priority and claim labour would end up spending more. i think he's let the cat out of the bag a bit about labour's plans. he confirmed both on your show and on one he did earlier that their manifesto actually wasn't the whole story. it wasn't actually a programme for government, it was a document to get them through the election campaign. and he's confirmed that there

are more spending promises to come and that can mean only one thing. it means more taxes. that's not really what labour are saying. their argument is they“d spend more if economic conditions allow. 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's required. that liberal democrat figure doesn't include their separately costed plans for free personal care for those who need it. if you don't support the family carers as well as the care workers, you're not going to sort this out. and i am absolutely passionate that we're going to do that. we've come forward with probably

the most ambitious agenda on it. i'm really excited about it. and, you know, because we've talked about it, we've 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. more on the election on our website. world leaders have committed to ukraine's territorial integrity at the conclusion of a peace summit in switzerland. they've urged dialogue, the exchange of all prisoners and the return of abducted ukrainian children. but russia—friendly nations, including india, south africa and brazil, refused to sign the final declaration. president volodymyr zelensky said russia and its leadership were not ready for a just peace. here he is making his closing statement. 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 in 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 violence". 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. our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, is in switzerland — and she's sent this update. ukraine is calling this summit a great success. president zelensky is talking about it as a huge achievement to get so many countries here represented at any level around the table and talking about a peace plan for ukraine. now, of course, not everyone was here and the key absence was china — russia's great backer, russia's powerful ally, did not attend this conference, although they had been involved in previous meetings ahead of this main summit. so i think it shows that this is going to be an extremely challenging process, an extremely long one. the issues that were actually discussed here in any kind of concrete detail were, in a sense, the easier ones. that was a consensus about the need to return prisoners of war and a full exchange of all prisoners of war, the return of children who've been abducted from russian

controlled areas of ukraine. also talking about food security, which affects all of the countries who are represented here at this summit and nuclear security, too. but the really contentious stuff — you know, border control, control of territory — all of that is way down the line in the future. now, i asked president zelensky if the fact that this peace summit was taking place, the fact that ukraine is talking about peace, means that he doesn't believe that they can win on the battlefield any more. they're not getting the support that they need. he said, no, it's about standing up to putin. it's about being strong on the battlefield, but also in the diplomacy. and he said that these events here, this summit, was an important first step on that path. they're calling it a path to peace. it's going to be an extremely long path. the idea is to come up with a peace proposal and eventually present that to russia. but of course, we've heard from vladimir putin issuing an ultimatum to ukraine on the eve of this summit, basically “'capitulate because you're not going to win". ukraine's rejected that as absurd, and this process is, in a sense,

ukraine's answer to that. it wants to move towards peace, but it will continue fighting the war for as long as it possibly can. sarah rainsford in switzerland on the ukraine summit there. now it's time for a look at today's sport. we are in the second half and serbia have come back fighting. stiiiii we are in the second half and serbia have come back fighting.— have come back fighting. still at 1-0 to england _ have come back fighting. still at 1-0 to england in _ have come back fighting. still at 1-0 to england in that _ have come back fighting. still at 1-0 to england in that euro - have come back fighting. still at| 1-0 to england in that euro 2024 1—0 to england in that euro 2024 game. jude bellingham scored the first goalfor england game. jude bellingham scored the first goal for england at the 2022 world cup, he has done the same in this tournament. they are into the second half in gelsenkirchen, as they play their opening game against serbia. the goal came in the 13th minute. they have not added to it, and serbia, as you say, have had a much better fist of it in the second half, which is about 12 minutes old. england's lead looking more slender than i did at the time they took that advantage because it was a pretty dominant opening for england

in gelsenkirchen. as things stand, is still serbia 0—1 england. there's a chance for either england or serbia to take control of group c at the european championship after the tournament's first draw. in the same group slovenia and denmark couldn't be separated in stuttgart. the first goal of the game was a significant one for cristian eriksen, in his first match at the tournament since collapsing on the pitch during a game nearly exactly three years ago. slovenia“s equaliser 13 minutes from time came from erikjanza, his shot slightly deflected, providing the first stalemate of euro 2024. the netherlands made a winning start by beating poland — but onlyjust. coming from a goal down in hamburg, adam buksa was playing in place of the injured robert lewandowski and gave his side the lead afterjust 16 minutes. the netherlands weren't behind for long, however. liverpool's cody gakpo drew them level 13 minutes later although his goal owed a bit to good fortune after it deflected past wojciech szczesny. seeking a winner, ronald koeman brought on wout weghorst for gakpo,

and with his first touch of the match, the burnley striker scored the winner with less than eight minutes remaining. britain's jack draper has won his first atp tour title after beating the former wimbledon runner up matteo berrettini in the final of the stuttgart open. draper had already secured his place as the new british number one and beat a two—time winner of this tournament, fighting back from a set down. draper had lost his first two tour finals, but this win moves him up to number 32 in the world and into a potential seeded position for wimbledon which starts in a couple of weeks. and alex de minaur is also celebrating — for him a second grass court title — the incoming world number seven has beaten america's sebastian korda in straight sets at the libema open on the shertogenbosch grass in the netherlands. the australian's ninth career title. a good day, too, for de minaur“s partner. katie boulter won the wta event in nottingham for a second year running.

the british number one had to overcome a one set deficit to even make the final. but after her victory over compatriot emma raducanu, then did the same against karolina pliskova to win the trophy. afterwards joking that boyfriend de minaur might have made the effort to come and watch her do so. pakistan have ended their t20 world cup campaign with a win, albeit not a particularly mood—changing one. they beat ireland with both having been eliminated at the group stage. ireland were 3—4 four at one stage having been put into bat in florida. ireland were 3—4 at one stage having been put into bat in florida. they eventually made 106—9. in response, pakistan were 62—6 at one point, but captain babar azam guided his team to a three—wicket victory. later on sunday, bangladesh meet nepal in st vincent and the grenadines. a win for the tigers will see them book their place in the super eights. should they lose, the netherlands can climb above them in the table with victory over a winless sri lanka side in st lucia. bryson dechambeau is out

on the course for his final round of the us open at pinehurst, having started the day with a three shot lead. the american won this tournament in 2020. his advantage now only one shot over rory mcilroy, who has picked up an advantage early in his round. they have both played nearly the first nine holes as they round the turn. it is very tight at the top of the leaderboard with patrick cantley, who led early on in this tournament, just a shot behind mcilroy. it is tight and there is still plenty of time to go into north carolina before we find out the us open champion this year. they have had an hourin champion this year. they have had an hour in gelsenkirchen, still 1—0 to england. and that's all the sport for now. as he was saying, one hour of play so far and it is still 1—0 to england. we will keep you updated on that. israel has announced what it calls a daily “'tactical pause of military

activity" in one part of southern gaza to let more aid in. israeli military operations are being halted between 8am and 7pm every day along the road that leads from the kerem shalom crossing to the main salah al—din highway, which extends north through the territory. the suspension will not apply to rafah — where more than a million palestinians were taking refuge but which is now the scene of intense fighting. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports. with little left standing in gaza, they stood to pray in the crumpled streets. the festival after eid al—adha, marking another milestone in this war. those for whom conflict and celebration are new. those who have lived through both, many times before. translation: for all muslims, eid means sacrificing animals, l to shed blood, but this eid, there are no sacrificed animals. now we sacrifice ourselves. we sacrifice our own bodies.

agencies warn a lack of aid is causing acute malnutrition in gaza. today, confusion over a limited daily truce announced by the army along a key aid route. it sparked fury from israel's far—right ministers and a rapid army response to say the fighting in gaza wouldn't stop. but the costs of this war are also pressing on israel's prime minister. 11 soldiers killed in gaza yesterday. his instruction to dismantle the hamas army has left his soldiers still facing a guerrilla war. translation: when the price is so heavy, we will remember what we are fighting for. we are fighting to ensure our existence and our future. we are fighting to return all our hostages. mr netanyahu“s room for manoeuvre on gaza is narrowing.

protesters last night called again for an end to the war. but ending it now probably means an end to his government. and the rhetoric over gaza is straining to mask the reality of his choices. caught between his promise of total victory and the prospect of a forever war. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. our correspondentjon donnison is in jerusalem. he says there are mixed messages about the tactical pause. it started this morning with an announcement from the idf that they were going to be introducing a daily tactical military pause on that kerem shalom crossing, which is right on the border with israel and gaza, very close to rafah, very close to the egyptian border. and they were going to be having that between 8:00 in the morning at 7:00 at night. however, very quickly, we had israeli cabinet ministers

notably the hardline national security minister, saying that whoever had made that decision was both evil and a fool. we then had a clarification from the israeli military saying that there would be no cessation to hostilities in rafah or in southern gaza. so i think we're going to have to wait and see whether this makes any difference the united nations have. the united nations have said they welcome the move, but they want to see if it really brings any progress on getting much needed aid in. 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. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has more. it's a really sweet picture. as you said, it's taken in norfolk on a beach. the family members there, the prince of wales and his three children,

prince louis, prince george and princess charlotte, have their backs to the camera. they're looking out to sea. they're all dressed very casually. prince william in a baseball cap and a hoodie. and then the message that accompanies the photo is actually the first time the children have posted a message on social media. and it reads, “'we love you, papa. happy father's day. “' then there's two little pink loveheart emojis, and then they've got their three initials. so really lovely, sweet, casual, relaxed family photo. and emojis as well. it's not the only photo that's been released today, is it? no. so prince william also issued a tribute to his father, who, of course, is king charles. and the photo is from 1984, and it's when prince william was a toddler. it's taken in the grounds of kensington palace, and they're playing with a football, probably a nod to england's game today, i think. and itjust really shows you as well how royal photos have changed because the one that was taken by the princess of wales and posted today of the three children and their father is very relaxed, it's very casual, but the one from nearly 40 years ago

is a lot more formal. prince charles, as he was then, wearing a suit and shoes. you wouldn't probably see him back then doing a photo with a baseball cap on and a hoodie. lots more on our website. from me and the team, thanks for watching. goodbye. hello there. well, it's been a rather mixed day of weather with some heavy, persistent rain across parts of scotland. heavy thundery showers breaking out mostly across eastern areas of england, but some bright and sunny spells in between. some of the best of that sunshine has been across the south and the west. and of course, it always feels pleasantly warm in the sunshine at this time of year. there will be more of it as we head through next week. it's been cool and unsettled of late, but an improvement for most of us turning warmer and drier. still some wet weather around, though, at times. and overnight tonight, that band of cloud and showery rain will slowly continue to sink further southwards. it“s weakening as it goes,

and there will be some clear spells to the north and to the south of that front. and any lengthy clear spells temperatures could drop back potentially to mid single figures. so locally, another chilly start to the day tomorrow for some and then into monday morning, well, it's another day of sunshine and showers. that band of cloud pushes further southwards, but it's weakening, of course, the cloud breaking up in the strong june sunshine. showers developing, particularly to the north and the east of that band of cloud. a cloudy day, really, 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 here could rise as high as 22 degrees celsius maybe. and then we look out towards the near continent as we go through monday night into tuesday to find this weather front that's starting to edge some more cloud into parts of kent and east sussex, perhaps, maybe some showers here, but a lot of uncertainty still at this stage. some more showers developing, i think mostly across northern and eastern areas of england, perhaps into eastern scotland, too. but some bright and some sunny spells. a lot of dry weather,

particularly out towards the west. it“s warm in the south, temperatures in the low 20s, but cool across northern scotland, still with more of a northerly wind starting to develop. as we go through wednesday, that front towards the south starts to pull away. high pressure edges in from the azores and that's set to keep us largely dry, i think, for much of the rest of the week. still low pressure out towards the north and the west, though, and that's going to send a few weather fronts our way. so if we just take a look at the outlook for our capital cities. you can see that temperatures have bounced back to the seasonal average across the board. there could still be some more wet weather across edinburgh and belfast but drier in london and cardiff. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... a perfect start for england at the euros — gareth southgate“s men currently lead serbia 1—0 after a jude bellingham header in the first half. police in the german city of hamburg have told the bbc a man with a pickaxe tried to ignite a petrol bomb near a fanzone for dutch supporters — ahead of today's euro 2024 match between poland and the netherlands. the israeli military says it will hold a daily “'tactical pause of military activity" along a road in southern gaza to enable more

humanitarian aid to enter — but emphasised that there is no ceasefire and combat would continue in rafah. and prince george, princess charlotte and prince louis post a father's day tribute to their father, prince william, in their first social media post. let's return to the general election campaign and the liberal democrats are gaining ground in the polls — hoping to grab seats from the conservatives in the blue wall as they promise free personal care for the elderly, more gps, and joining the eu single market. but it's the leader, ed davey“s photo—ops, that have really been getting attention. he's been speaking to the bbc“s 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,

aand 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. the question i'm asking is about what happened when you were in government, not what happened after. and when you were in government, real term spending on social care fell. there's a lot of evidence that shows

that people who have real difficulties in life struggled enormously as a result of the austerity that was enacted during that period when you were in government. do you regret how far it went? well, it's true there were some difficult decisions. we fought the conservatives every day. we managed to get through the care act in when we were in government and if that had gone on, 1 million more people would be getting care now. but the conservatives didn't take that forward. i'm asking about the decision to remove some funding from people who believe very strongly that they needed it. you were part of that government. do you regret being part of those decisions? i fought the conservatives very hard. you were part of it. you could have resigned, said, “'i don't want any part of this". i'm asking a straightforward question, you“ve talked very movingly and i think very honestly about the situation that families where they have relatives who need care find themselves in. many people really struggled

with the outcomes of those decisions that were made by the coalition government. do you regret being part of that? well, there were tough decisions, that's really clear. but what we were doing was planning for the future to get much more generous care. and the 2014 care act was at the heart of that and liberal democrats championed that. i remember debating it in cabinet and pushing that forward. and unfortunately, in 2015 we thought the conservatives would continue that and they didn't, and look what they did after we left office and they were by themselves — the first budget of george osborne, he cut the welfare spending in one year by £12 billion. now, we had stopped that, we had fought them and we'd stopped them cutting the welfare budget by that huge amount, which really caused huge problems. and we'd planned for the future. and i'm really proud that actually in our manifesto now we're taking forward some of those plans, both because improving care is right in itself, it“s hugely important to help the health service.

ijust don't believe you can sort out the health service and rescue it unless you sort out social care. and here's the other thing which no—one is talking about except for the liberal democrats, and it's partly because of my personal experience and i was a young carer when my mum was terminally ill. then when my grandmother, who looked after me after my mum died, i looked after her a bit and then i have my disabled son, so i've got a whole lifetime of caring and both my own experience and the experience of millions of people out there, millions of people, is that the family carers are critical. and what i want to say at this election is if you don't support the family carers as well as the care workers, you're not going to sort this out. and i am absolutely passion that we're going to do that. we've come forward with probably the most ambitious agenda on it. i'm really excited about it. and you know, because we've talked about it, we've had a really strong reaction from people who really think that we get it. and to pay for it you're proposing more than £26 billion of tax rises on big business. are you not worried about the effect that that might have?

well, let me take you through those. on the health and care plan, it's about £9 billion. and there are two big things that we're doing for that. we“re basically taking the tax on banks back to what it was in 2016 under the conservatives. the conservatives have cut taxes on their big banks. you think those businesses can take it? we“re short of time. you think the business won't be affected? they took it in 2016. and the other bit, the capital gains tax is going to be paid by the 0.1% of the population who basically the billionaires are multimillionaires because at the moment they're paying a lower tax rate on their capital gains than the rest of us on our income. that's not fair. do you think you're now to the left of the labour party? we're the liberal democrats. and i'm so proud of our manifesto. we think we can beat lots of conservatives, some snp. and i think the more people look at our manifesto on health and care, on ending the sewage scandal and the cost of living, the more they look at their local liberal democrat, they know they get a local champion with a big,

strong national voice. so i hope people back us on the 4th ofjuly. the televised leaders debates in the past couple of weeks have given a chance for the leaders of some of the smaller parties to share their views — including rhun ap yorwerth 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? i 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're 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 the 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, snd 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. you've been arguing also that wales is owed billions of pounds because of hs2 being cancelled. now, you're price tag for that is £4 billion. we asked mark harper, the transport secretary, if he was going to pony up the cash for wales and he said, no. he said, “'no, that's not our calculation, you're wrong to ask for that money". what do you make of that? but they gave it to scotland and they gave it to northern ireland. the way funding is meant to work is, you know, if money is given to england, then there are consequentials to wales, scotland and northern ireland. this is a project that was designated — an england and a wales project, even though there's not a centimetre of track in wales. kpmg did a study that said it would be detrimental to the welsh economy, yet we're paying for it, and as spending on hs2 goes up, spending available for rail in wales actually goes down. i don't think that is a just situation. it needs to be addressed, and imagine what we could do with that £4 billion

for connectivity in wales. one of the other things in your manifesto this week is you say you want to have net zero carbon emissions by 2035. now, some of our viewers might think that sounds like a laudable goal, but 2035 is extremely stretching. is that realisitc? i think we have to be setting the bar high. and for us in wales in particular, given that we are energy rich, there is an economic element to this as well as policies and aspirations that allow us to reach our environmental obligations. now, labour in wales agree with us that the crown estate should be devolved so we can make the most of our natural resources. uk labour say no, just as they say no to other elements that labour in wales agree with us on — devolution of crime and justice, post—eu funding. labour in wales are being dis—powered by uk labour. that is why we need that plaid cymru voice.

rhun ap yorwerth. our pollsterjohn curtice tells us in 60 seconds how the overall picture is looking for the main parties on the polls. one poll this week stole the headlines. a yougov poll put reform one point ahead of the conservatives. but no other poll reported the same finding, though every poll has reported a fall in the conservative support and nearly all, a narrowing of the conservative lead over reform. so what last week was an average eight point conservative lead over reform has now halved to just four points. and standing atjust 20%, conservative support is now at its lowest ever in british polling history. mr sunak, whose own personal ratings have clearly fallen, must be beginning to doubt his decision to call the election early. not that labour have had it their own way. like the conservatives, their support is also down by two points.

labour are being challenged by the greens, still on 6%, and the liberal democrats, whose vote, up in every poll this week, now stands at 12%. much more on the uk election on our website. they call it "panda diplomacy". china's premier, li ciang, says he'll send australia two new pandas, as beijing looks to cement improving ties with canberra. mr li made the offer at adelaide zoo during a four—day visit to australia , the first by a chinese leader in seven years. two pandas already at the zoo are due to return home. the trip also included a visit to winemakers in the famed barossa valley in south australia. a reminder that beijing has only recently lifted tariffs on australian wine. the trade barriers imposed by china on australian products cost exporters 13 billion us dollars a year. but relations have since thawed with prime minister anthony albanese“s

government adopting a softer diplomatic approach towards china. last year, two—way trade with china grew over 9% to some 216 billion us dollars. now, china is by far australia's biggest trading partner, taking in over 50% of its exports last year — mainly iron ore and coal. the two leaders will hold talks on monday around issues of foreign influence, rivalry in the pacific and economic opportunities, with executives from key sectors such as energy and green tech. our correspondent phil mercer explained the significance of this visit. but still for australia, the chinese premier is the first person holding that position to come

to this country since 2017. so there's symbolism in lee qiang simply stepping off the plane in australia. plenty of symbolism to visiting those two pandas at adelaide zoo suggesting this soft diplomacy that's at play there. also significant that he went to a winery. given that the wine trade in australia was one of those industries hard hit by china's economic sanctions that it imposed on a range of australian commodities beginning back in 2020. but significant challenges lie ahead. we are expecting some fairly robust political talks when the chinese premier meets the australian prime minister, mr albanese, in canberra on monday. national security, china's ambitions in the pacific, china's ambitions in the south china sea and human rights likely to be included in those talks. but for now there is optimism that australia's relationship with its most important trading partner is finally improving after years in the deep freeze. phil mercer in sydney.

here in the uk, 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 by the young cow, called beau lucy, is about to come to an abrupt end. police said they'd been trying to capture her for several hours after she'd been running at members of the public. what happened next has been described by the rspca as distressing. the cow is deliberately hit at speed by a police car. as she attempts to get up, she's hit again. i'm thinking, why is there a cow at the top of my road? so, as i come out i've seen the police car come. it“s rammed it and then it got up, carried on running again and it'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 cow was being kept

on staines moor. from there, she was first reported to the police to be on the loose on friday night in the nearby town. she ran for several miles before being struck in raleigh road in feltham. what happened on this road 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, rob, who didn't want to give his surname, said, i think the video speaks for itself. it was quite horrific. after being hit, beau lucy managed to get back on her feet and she is now recuperating back at her farm. simon jones, bbc news. at the age of 94, barbara buttrick could be forgiven for enjoying her retirement — but the boxing legend is still inspiring women into the sport — from her home in east yorkshire. barbara was the first ever women's world champion, and 70 years later she's still sharing her

advice with teenagers. amanda white has been to meet them. she was known as the mighty atom. at 4“11“', she lost only one fight in 32 professional bouts and barbara butterick is sharing her battling attitude with the next generation. you're in a position to defend yourself properly and then jab at her, you know? two east yorkshire boxers with big dreams have been enjoying hearing stories of the cottingham girl that had to spar with men on herjourney to the 1956 world women's boxing title. hi. i'm tallulah pulling and i'm an english national champion. i've been boxing for around four, five years now. hi, i'm lehanna smith. i i'm 17 years old and i'm a youth. amateur boxer for england boxing. give me a name and i'll tell you who i“ve sparred with. muhammad ali, maybe? he's a bit too big! you've met him, though, haven't you? oh, yeah. at the fifth street gym in miami beach. can you really believe

that you've done it? i are you proud? are you happy with it? well, i'm glad the females now have got into boxing and got their own sport. i think all this talk about girls not boxing is old fashioned. girls aren't the delicate flowers they used to be. it's more open to them now. they've accepted the fact that they're there and they're going to box, right? whereas, back in my day, they weren't accepted that much. honestly, it's an honour to meet her, seing how far she's come with boxing, what she's done for women's boxing when she was younger. obviously, there were so many barriers. it's impressive to say how she's worked around that. still to this day it's . not completely equal, but i definitely think with barbara, she mentioned to us that - for her there was not really such a thing as amateur boxing. - it was all pretty much been thrown into the deep end, i so i think what she's done has really helped to give us - opportunities on the amateur side of boxing, as well. - a great lesson for two young women dreaming of being the next world champion.

let's turn to football because england, i believe it is full—time, full—time with the euro 2024 match, england versus serbia, england winning that much 1—0, and let's have a look at the fan's reactions. these talks are a little bit delayed, we know it's full—time, but there it is the fans finally celebrating as england make their way into the next stage of the euro 2024 tournament. with that goal, 13 minutes into the first task, jude bellingham. he“s minutes into the first task, jude bellingham. he's going to be 21 years old in two weeks. and he's achieved so, so much, he makes me feel very old but there you go. the

fans are not celebrating as much as i would've hoped, there is a wave. this is london and like i was saying, these images are a bit delayed but we've got the cheering and happy supporters, happy england supporters as england does indeed beat serbia 1—0, and we were talking about the second half that it was quite tough. serbia coming back fighting, trying to equalise but they weren't able to and we know that difficult moments during that second half for the england team, they came under a lot of pressure but they did manage to hold on and england are going through to the next stage of euro 2024 as they beat serbia in germany. hello there. well, it's been a rather mixed day of weather with some heavy, persistent rain across parts of scotland. heavy thundery showers breaking out

mostly across eastern areas of england, but some bright and sunny spells in between. some of the best of that sunshine has been across the south and the west. and of course, it always feels pleasantly warm in the sunshine at this time of year. there will be more of it as we head through next week. it's been cool and unsettled of late, but an improvement for most of us turning warmer and drier. still some wet weather around, though, at times. and overnight tonight, that band of cloud and showery rain will slowly continue to sink further southwards. it“s weakening as it goes, and there will be some clear spells to the north and to the south of that front. and any lengthy clear spells temperatures could drop back potentially to mid single figures. so locally, another chilly start to the day tomorrow for some and then into monday morning, well, it's another day of sunshine and showers. that band of cloud pushes further southwards, but it's weakening, of course, the cloud breaking up in the strong june sunshine. showers developing, particularly to the north and the east of that band of cloud. a cloudy day, really,

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 here could rise as high as 22 degrees celsius maybe. and then we look out towards the near continent as we go through monday night into tuesday to find this weather front that's starting to edge some more cloud into parts of kent and east sussex, perhaps, maybe some showers here, but a lot of uncertainty still at this stage. some more showers developing, i think mostly across northern and eastern areas of england, perhaps into eastern scotland, too. but some bright and some sunny spells. a lot of dry weather, particularly out towards the west. it“s warm in the south, temperatures in the low 20s, but cool across northern scotland, still with more of a northerly wind starting to develop. as we go through wednesday, that front towards the south starts to pull away. high pressure edges in from the azores and that's set to keep us largely dry, i think, for much of the rest of the week. still low pressure out towards the north and the west, though, the north and the west, though — and that's going to send a few

weather fronts our way. so if we just take a look at the outlook for our capital cities. you can see that temperatures have bounced back to the seasonal average across the board. there could still be some more wet weather across edinburgh and belfast but drier in london and cardiff. bye— bye.

live from london, this is bbc news. england start their euro 2024 campaign in style by winning their first game

of the tournament 1—0 with serbia. away from the football match action, police in germany shoot a man armed with a pick—axe as he tried to set off a petrol bomb near a fan—zone. asa ukrainian as a ukrainian peace summit draws to a close, volodymyr zelensky says putin isn't ready to end the war. and he may be the heir to the throne, but he is also a dad. a royal father's day for the prince of wales. welcome to the programme. in the past few minutes, england have beaten serbia in their first game at the euro 2024 in germany. jude bellingham scored the only goal in the first—half. the real madrid player picked out a pass from bukayo saka in the 13th minute. and these were the jubliant scenes

at an england fan zone in london as the goal went in.