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thanks for your company — have a good night. live from london. this is bbc news the general election betting controversy deepens — a fifth conservative figure is investigtated — two conservative candidates lose their party's support and a labour candidate has been suspended the wikileaks founderjulian assange lands in a remote us territory in the pacific, where he'll face a final court hearing — and then should be free — we're there live. and, a england draw 0—0 with slovenia but they're still through to the last 16

at the euros. hello i'm kasia madera. a fifth conservative figure is now being investigated by the gambling commission over alleged bets on the timing of the general election. the conservative party has withdrawn its support for two candidates craig williams and laura saunders. now russell george — a conservative member of the welsh parliament is being looked into as well. and labour has suspended one of its candidates — kevin craig — who admitted he had bet against himself losing in a suffolk constituency. and now a cabinet minister has said he was joking when he told the bbc he'd won more than 2000 pounds on the timing of the election. and elsewhere the metropolitan police says five more officers are being investigated by the gambling commission — again over alleged bets on the timing of the election. here's our political editor chris mason.

this is craig williams, a friend and parliamentary aide to the prime minister, he turned down my request for an interview but said this on social media this afternoon. i remain on the ballot paper on the lath ofjuly and i hope to secure your support after years of delivering. i committed an error ofjudgment, not an offence, and i want to reiterate my apology directly to you. that video followed this statement from the conservative party this morning. as a result of an ongoing internal inquiry, we have concluded that we can no longer support craig williams or laura saunders as part of parliamentary candidates at the forthcoming general election. and so, on the radio at lunch time, one key question. why has this decision been taken now not a week or more ago? well, look, i'm as disappointed and angry as the prime minister is and various other conservative

spokesmen who have commented on this in recent days. these bets should not have been placed, and it is right that we've had this internal process and those inquiries have led to the decision today to suspend these candidates. here is where craig williams was the mp and is hoping to be reelected. i think craig williams has been incredibly stupid for such a small amount of money, for any amount of money, but for a few hundred pounds, i mean, he is an idiot. well, ijust think it's all blown out of proportion. far more terrible things have been done in the house of commons than this. enter another politician from montgomeryshire, this is conservative russell george who sits in the welsh parliament. he is not a candidate in the general election. he bet on a july election over a week before it was called. i understand he didn't know about mr williams' bet nor mr williams, his.

in a statement, mr george said he would cooperate fully with the gambling commission, adding... and this is laura saunders, the conservative candidate in bristol northwest who is now no longer supported by the conservatives. i asked her for comment today. she hasn't replied. it's taken rishi sunak the best part of two weeks to act on this. that is just weak leadership. but hang on a minute, labour are disowning this guy tonight, a candidate and a donor. i'm kevin craig, and it is the honour and privilege of my life to be labour's parliamentary candidate here in central suffolk and north ipswich. he is also being investigated by the gambling commission, a labour spokeswoman said. in a statement, mr craig said, "a few weeks ago when i thought

it has been quite the day. amid all the political shenanigans, the emperor ofjapan is in london on a state visit. a yen for his thoughts on all of this stuff. chris mason, bbc news. we will catch up with our political correspondent in just a moment. four men have been arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass at the prime minister's constituency home. north yorkshire police say they detained the men at lunchtime around 12.40 at the property, and they remain in custody. jessica lane has more from north yorkshire.

there is still a police presence here near the north yorkshire constituency home of prime minister rishi sunak. it's after north yorkshire police arrested four men earlier this afternoon on suspicion of trespassing at his property. police say they had arrested the men within one minute of them entering the grounds, which was at around 12:40 this afternoon. it's as a video has been released by protest group called youth demand, which appears to show a man entering the grounds of the prime minister's property. the downing street spokesperson said, "the prime minister thinks the police were there swift response to keep him and his family safe." the four men remain in police custody. let's speak to our political correspondent iain watson. that trespass, a worrying development for the prime minister after what has been a very busy day in terms of the gambling commission.

is it right to say that they are expanding their investigation? ladle expanding their investigation? we don't expanding their investigation? , don't yet know if the gambling commission or having to expand their investigation. what we do know is that it has been expanding in the expectation is that further allegations will emerge. so we have had, of course, five conservatives either party staff or in one case a member of the welsh senate all being confirmed under investigation by the gambling commission. 0ne confirmed under investigation by the gambling commission. one of them, of course, craig williams aid to the prime ministerfor a campaign video saying he was only guilty of an error ofjudgment. that was his position and therefore he had apologised to his constituents and emphasised to them that he was staying on the ballot paper. that was fairly defiant but it looks as though he will be interviewed quite soon by the gambling commission. elsewhere, of course, i think rather

surprising development, was there wasn'tjust surprising development, was there wasn't just the conservatives surprising development, was there wasn'tjust the conservatives who are coming under scrutiny under the gambling commission because obviously the reason they were looking into this was whether he had in fruit —— inside information on the question of when the general election might be held and therefore placed a bet inappropriately. but in labour's case, they swiftly suspended a candidate in suffolk, and then this candidate had kevin craig had bizarrely enough not placed a bet in the date of the general election but actually placed a bet against himself. he'd bet on the conservatives to win that seat. but you would comply and has apologised profusely and said that it was an error ofjudgment. labour said they would act swiftly to suspend his candidacy. unlock the conservatives, they would say, who had taken quite some time to deal initially with mr williams come

almost two weeks. that's a political appointment there wishing to make, but the fact is that gambling commission is looking at activities of conservative and labour politicians and as i was saying, it is likely that as they continue that scrutiny to look up to placed bets when come about their investigations may well continue. there's also the separate case of the cabinet minister who is standing down at this next election and in his case he says he had actually placed some bets, but not in the run—up to general election but on a range of dates when the old general election may be held. 0ne dates when the old general election may be held. one of them actually came up trumps for him because he said it would be held betweenjuly and september. again, he is insistent he has not been investigated by the gambling commission. he is not quite in the same boat as the others but it is another thing which keeps this whole story going at a time when rishi sunak hasjust over a story going at a time when rishi sunak has just over a week to go until polling day and wants to get back onto the issues. i think quite

frankly from the keir starmer who wants to do the same again stop am sure they do, and yet this is going to be dominating. we will take a look at the newspaper in just a moment and i'm sure they will be dominated by this. i did terms of the campaigning, inching towards the election, what can we expect tomorrow? tomorrow is the big debate on the bbc between keir starmer and rishi sunak. this is if you like, the battle for number 10. they will be walking through that black door interest over a week's time. keir starmer hoping to eject, to evict rishi sunakfrom number 10 downing st, of course, rishi sunak behind in the polls, so it is a crunch debate for them, the second and final time that they will meet head to head in this campaign. ahead of that debate, they want to talk about subjects where they feel comfortable, the health service for labour, talking about cutting down on gp waiting times for the conservatives, it's

about cutting tax, saying that if reelected in the first budget will make further cuts to national insurance. so that's the dividing lines between the parties. good luck to them if they are going to get onto that territory in the debate because think it's a fair bet that it's going to come up and questions to both leaders.— it's going to come up and questions to both leaders. yes, indeed. thank ou ve to both leaders. yes, indeed. thank you very much _ to both leaders. yes, indeed. thank you very much for — to both leaders. yes, indeed. thank you very much for bringing - to both leaders. yes, indeed. thank you very much for bringing us - to both leaders. yes, indeed. thank you very much for bringing us up - to both leaders. yes, indeed. thank you very much for bringing us up to | you very much for bringing us up to a busy day and what is also going to be another busy day tomorrow in the uk election campaign. iain watson live from westminster. thank you. let's take a quick look at some of tomorrow's front pages. julian assange is featured on several of tomorrow's front pages after being freed from belmarsh prison. the financial times shows the wikileaks founder looking on his way to the us owned mariana islands, in the pacific, where he will formalise a plea deal with us authorities. the same image of a pensive assange— is used on other front pages including the telegraph and guardian. the telegraph leads however, with another story

about election betting— this time scottish minister alister jack�*s claim that he won £2,000 on an election bet, in comments made to the bbc. the election betting controversy isn't going away. the guardian reports on a fifth conservative politician facing investigation by the gambling watchdog for allegedly placing suspicious bets on the election date. the mail splashes on its interview with sir keir starmer. the paper quotes the labour leader as insisting he has been "ruthlessly changing" the labour party since the 2019 corbyn days— and pledging to lower the voting age to 16. the mail also references england's draw with slovenia in the euros— describing gareth southgate's team as the "lacklustre lions". it's a theme echoed by the i on its back page which says england has won the group— but what it describes as the "latest failure", will increase pressure on manager

southgate. you are up—to—date with the papers. as we saw many of the papers leading on the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, has arrived at a court in the northern mariana islands, a remote us territory in the pacific, where he's expected to enter a plea deal that should result in him being set free. he flew to the northern mariana islands as part of an arrangement struck with us prosecutors, after spending five years in belmarsh prison fighting extradition to the united states. mr assange uploaded classified us military files to his website nearly 15 years ago. 0ur correspondent caroline hawley reports. julian assange, a polarising figure, was already airborne when the world learned of the deal that secured his release. it's a whirlwind of emotions. i mean, i'm just elated, frankly. it's just incredible.

i don't know... it kinda feels like it's not real. light them allup... it was this footage released by wikileaks in 2010 that brought julian assange international attention. it shows an american helicopter gunship shooting unarmed iraqi civilians. it was part of a flood of classified material, military files and diplomatic cables, spilt by wikileaks that year. months later, an international arrest warrant was issued. sweden wanted to his question him about allegations of sexual assault made by two women. to avoid extradition, he sought refuge in ecuador�*s london embassy. he spent seven years there, but in 2019, a dramatic moment, as he's dragged out after the ecuadorian government withdrew his political asylum. he's jailed for skipping bail, and soon it was the americans asking for his extradition. backed by his supporters, he fought against it in the courts and lost.

his extradition was approved in 2022. butjulian assange kept appealing until finally this deal allowed him to fly out of the uk. we don't know the full details of the negotiations to secure his release, but australia, his home country, had been pushing hard for it. the charges were first brought under donald trump. his former vice president, mike pence, said julian assange had endangered the lives and should've been prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. here on a little—known pacific island that's us territory, there's one last legal procedure. away from the holiday—makers, a judge approving his guilty plea before he can reunite with his family. a bizarre final twist in this long—running saga. caroline hawley, bbc news. let me show you the live shot where he is right now, this is in the

northern mariana islands where assange walked through the doors of that court accompanied by the australia's at besser to the us and former prime minister, alsojust outside the court is my colleague who has been watching all of the slide for us. what can we expect what is happening in that building behind you? ladul’eiiii. in that building behind you? well, now that julian _ in that building behind you? well, now that julian assange _ in that building behind you? well, now that julian assange is - in that building behind you? all now that julian assange is here in that building behind you? all now thatjulian assange is here in the building behind me accompanied by kevin rudd, australia's ambassador to the united states, man who is seen to have exerted a lot of diplomatic effort for that deal to be reached, that we don't know all the details. what we do know is that julian assange is expected to plead guilty for one felony, that is illegally obtaining and disclosing national security material, no jail time for the founder, because as per the deal once it is formalised, he

will be given credit forjail time spent in the uk. this feels like such a contrasting location to be at, if you compare it to where he was only a few hours ago, he was released from a prison cell in london, boarded a plane to get to bangkok and then here arrived here. where he went into the courthouse. in this picturesque serene but also surreal scene where we are surrounded by lush greenery. this courthouse overlooks a beautiful beach. and this is where the last chapter of that legal saga, about long and very aqua remoteness standoff between us officials, the us government didn'tjulian assange will play out. this was chosen because assange refused to go to continental united states. he deeply mistrusts the us authorities and he has accused them of plotting to kill him before, which is something that

washington has repeatedly denied, so instead we are here, a very unique and uncommon location to end this long ordeal. this is a case that has lasted nearly a decade and a half. it is spanned five countries, involved immense amounts of diplomacy and advocacy, raised a question about freedom of speech, especially national security reporting. polarised opinions across the world, but here, this us specific territory, for the first time in a very long time, julian assange will head to australia, his home country, a free man. goad assange will head to australia, his home country, a free man. good to have ou home country, a free man. good to have you there- _ home country, a free man. good to have you there. reporting - home country, a free man. good to have you there. reporting live - home country, a free man. good to| have you there. reporting live from outside the court where julian assange is formalising that plea deal on the us territory northern mariana islands. thank you. in kenya, president william ruto has described violence during huge demonstrations against tax rises as an unprecedented attack on the country's democracy. police in the capital nairobi have shot dead at least five people

medics say at least five people were shot dead by police in nairobi, as protesters broke through cordons. the military has been deployed to restore order.from nairobi, barbara plett usher sent this report. they called for a total shutdown, and in towns across kenya today, tens of thousands took to the streets. in nairobi by lunchtime, there were running battles as police tried to hold back the tide of fury. but then this... ..hundreds of demonstrators pushed through the gates of parliament, overwhelming officers lined up outside. the response was quick and brutal — live shots fired. reports of five killed in the street and dozens more wounded. others made it inside, challenging the government's authority in the building where mps had been voting on the contentious finance bill. this is as close as we feel safe to get to parliament because police are firing live rounds there. the government had warned protesters

to stay away from parliament, and this has been the response. but the fact that the protesters were able to breach the building and that there have been casualties could galvanise them further. it may also increase the pressure for a government crackdown. this is uncharted territory for president ruto. at the end of the day, he addressed the nation. i have directed all the organs of our national security to deploy measures to thwart any attempts by dangerous criminals to undermine the security and stability of our country. those on the streets earlier were united in anger. i want to demand that our leaders give us accountability. there has been too many years of the system going round and round. we never get accountability from these leaders, such that it has come to a point when we as the people can tell them no and they still go ahead and do what they want to do. this evening, the wounded were being treated in hospital

as the streets began to calm. the days ahead will show if protesters heed the president's warning. kenya's powerful are facing an unprecedented challenge from the people. barbara plett usher, bbc news, nairobi. the emperor and empress ofjapan have been welcomed by king charles and camilla with a state banquet at buckingham palace tonight at the start of a three—day visit. princess anne, who was due to attend, remains in hospital in bristol recovering from concussion and a minor head injury. 0ur senior royal correspondent daniela relph reports. the centrepiece of any state visit, the grandeur and glitter of the state banquet. senior members of the royal family led the guest list, as the king tried out his japanese.

welcome back to britain. earlier, there was a seven with ceremonial welcome for princess empress masako. this state visit was planned well before the election was called, having already been delayed due to the covid lockdown. there was no appetite for a further postponement. instead, all the big political moments have been stripped away, so no trip to downing street and no formal meeting with the prime minister. the carriage journey included a masked empress. she has a chronic allergy to horsehair. the japanese royal couple are anglophiles. they both studied at oxford and maintain links to the uk. arriving at buckingham palace, the royal welcome has not included princess anne. she remains in hospital in bristol after suffering concussion.

in an accident at her estate in gloucestershire on sunday night. today, her daughter, zara tindall, went to see her mother, as did the princess's husband sir tim lawrence. how's she doing, sir? doing fine. slow, but sure. not everyone could be here. kanpai. but this is a state visit that unites two royal households and celebrates their shared experiences and friendship. not all the family can be present, but this is a visit that unites two royal households, and will celebrate their shared experiences and friendship. daniela relph, bbc news. to the football now — and it's been a frustrating night they were held to a goal less draw by slovenia. but england are still through to the last 16. andy swiss watched the action in cologne. a lazy day in cologne, but only if you were a supporter. under sweltering skies at the stadium, there was one burning question... would england fans finally get a performance to cheer? england! england had already qualified for the knockout stage, but hardly in style.

now they were hoping to win their group and silence their critics. on paper, their opponent, slovenia, are the weakest in their —— group, and england soon threatened. bukayo saka putting the ball in the net, but it was offside and it was no goal. and the first half brought only more frustration. folden went close before a tantalising cross was so nearly touched in by harry kane. but england looked nervy. he doesn't look nearly as accomplished as the right back does. and come half—time whistle, there were jeers from some fans. and it is a straight swap for that... after the break, a change, 19—year—old kobbie mainoo brought on, and england started to build some pressure. slovenia were having to scramble, but england still couldn't find a way through. time for another fresh face. a first euros appearance for palmer,

but still no break there. a shot from declan rice flashed wide as england searched desperately for a goal. but it was all to no avail, as slovenia held on for a goalless draw. delight for them but for england another disappointing display and another difficult night. they might be through to the last 16, but they know they'll need to find some form there and fast. now it's time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there, good evening. well, it's been the warmest day of the year so far in england and wales today. lots of blue sky and sunshine here in the lavender fields of hertfordshire, but it's turned a lot fresher for scotland and northern ireland. now, yesterday afternoon, 27 degrees celsius was recorded in aberdeenshire, but this afternoon across north—eastern scotland,

just 12—13 degrees. so, that's quite the drop, and the cooling trend is set to continue over the next couple of days or so. there will be some showers around at times. the heat and humidity will last longest across england and wales, but it will be gone by the end of the day on thursday. now, overnight tonight, still feeling rather muggy and warm for most. there'll be a lot of low cloud around. that's going to be rolling in from the north sea as well, so rather murky conditions for many. a few spots of rain, but generally dry. freshest conditions again out towards north—west scotland and northern ireland. here, lows of a 6—8 degrees celsius, so a much more comfortable night's sleep. into tomorrow, and a lot of that low cloud, mist and murk will roll back towards north sea—facing coasts — a bit of an onshore breeze going on here. a few showers, also some sunny spells across scotland, and despite the fine start to the day, it will cloud over across northern ireland through the afternoon. of course, the best of the sunshine and the highest of the temperatures will be for much of england and wales. mid to high 20s, but locally, possibly 30 degrees celsius maybe

in the far south and the east, where pollen levels will also be very high. and then this area of low pressure rolls in on thursday. here's the cold front that brings behind it that cooler—feeling air, so the heat and humidity get pushed further eastwards into the near continent as that cooler airjust rolls in. but some strong gusty winds for a time across parts of northern ireland and north—west scotland. there will also be some showers here as well. lots of sunshine elsewhere, including across eastern scotland. in fact, could be a few showers on the front as it gradually clears, and it will take some time, probably until the end of the day, for that cooler air to get to east anglia and the far south—east of england. temperatures here could possibly still be in the mid—20s in celsius perhaps, but much closer to the seasonal average as we head into friday and the weekend. still some sunny spells around. it will still feels warm in the best of the sunshine. any showers tending to be towards the north and the west, but much cooler as we head into the weekend. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, we will have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello. you're about to witness a podcasting experiment that we just recorded in this very studio. it is a mega mash up of three of the bbc�*s biggest podcasts. newscast, when it hits the fan, and the today podcast, and the subject is how the media

cover elections and the effect the media might have on the elections. so that's what you're going to see right now. newscast from the bbc. hello, it's adam from the newscast podcast. and amol from the today podcast podcast. does that work? it is the today podcast. yeah, it is... have you heard of this medium called podcasting? it's amol from a podcast called the today podcast and thrilled to be here. it's david yelland from the when it hits the fan podcast. and it's simon lewis from the bbc, when it hits the fan podcast. - and it's alex forsyth from newscast. and just to explain what we're doing is we formed a podcasting supergroup like the travelling wilburys. you guys will remember them. i'm a recent convert to them. where we've got some of the bbc�*s star podcasters who are the most engrossed in the election, and we've thought we'd all sit down and just chat through an issue that is important to all of us, which is the role of the media. because, let's be honest, david, actually, the way most people experience the election is either

a leaflet through the door, a knock