ebrahim raisi in a helicopter crash last month. and the party'sjust beginning — as glastonbury closes out its first day of music with a headline set from the british pop star dua lipa. coldplay, shania twain and sizza will play over the weekend. the green party have today launched their charter for small business — they claim the plan, which pledges amongst other things vat exemptions, public transport subsidies, and raising the national minimum wage, is designed to help small business and high streets thrive in the green economy of the future. let's speak now to the green party's spokesperson on housing & communities — ellie chowns. we recognise the vital role that small businesses play in our community and with millions of small

businesses in places like ledbury where i am today they are essential to our economy so we are proposing £2 billion of investments and local authorities to give that support and community arts events and pubs and clubs and theatres because those sorts of events bring new life to our high sorts of events bring new life to our hi-h streets sorts of events bring new life to our high sorts of events bring new life to our hi-h streets and sorts of events bring new life to our high sorts of events bring new life to our hi-h streets and he sorts of events bring new life to our high sorts of events bring new life to our hi-h streets and he then our high streets and he then ledbury, the ledbury poetry festival is launching today and that is a great example of how cultural activities can bring new people into our high streets and help revitalise them. we also want prompt payment charter put into law and it made easierfor charter put into law and it made easier for breaches of payment terms to be investigated proactively because we know late payment has caused real issues for many small businesses and we would like to rejoin the customs union because so

many small businesses tell us brexit has made trading harderfor them and we think that would be good for them and we would like to see more investment in public transport to help people get into our high streets so all these measures that taken together that i think would be a real boost to our small businesses that are so crucial to our economy. it sounds like everything you have planned would give a boost to them but how do you plan to fund it? we have put out about how we would find all the pledges and significant investment in our nhs and care system and deep investment in the economy and the green party are not the only one saying this but the investments worth making the primary way we can do it is making the tax system work more fairly so the

broadest shoulders asking them to contribute so we can invest in these things that will benefit all of us. and your party leader said that any question time yesterday. it sounds like a wish list more than perhaps something you can tangibly achieve. i think we are very realistic up out the fact we will not be forming a government after the 4th ofjuly but the role of more green selected to parliament is to put forward the sorts of policies, so this is the right you need to move on as a country and show how it can be funded so we set out how the things we want to see cheap can be funded and the reason we are working so hard across the country to get more, green mps elected is because we need those independent voices in parliament saying come on, guys, we can all come together and invest in these things that will make life better for all of us. we all want thriving high streets and all want a

functioning nhs and care service and i want a livable planet we can hand on to our children and grandchildren. the greens are proposing very sensible ideas about how we can achieve that and it is affordable, it is about political choices and i think it is essential we have more, green mps in westminster so we can push the next government, whatever colour it ends up government, whatever colour it ends up being, in the direction of these policies. the labour leader sir keir starmer is in hampshire, along with the shadow defence secretary, john healey, where they are attending a veterans coffee morning to mark armed forces day. our political correspondent harry farley is following the labour election campaign and hejoins me now. why this choice of location for keir starmer today? the

why this choice of location for keir starmer today?— why this choice of location for keir starmer today? the coffee morning for veterans — starmer today? the coffee morning for veterans is _ starmer today? the coffee morning for veterans is just _ starmer today? the coffee morning for veterans is just finishing - starmer today? the coffee morning for veterans is just finishing off - for veterans is just finishing off and for veterans isjust finishing off and it is armed forces day keir starmer here to meet veterans and announce further details about what he is calling the armed forces commissioned letter will introduce giving them powers to launch investigations and dishes such as poor housing, poor military housing and report directly to parliament. we have just had a chat with the labour leader who was asked about a number of things, particularly the comments by the reform campaigners, that we have been talking about all morning and particularly he was asked about the comments from rishi sunak yesterday about his own daughters. and keir starmer said those comments were powerful and he was glad that rishi sunak made them and he shared his disgust. they were made by our reform uk campaigner who

made by our reform uk campaigner who made races, is about the prime minister. ~ made races, is about the prime minister. also there are questions minister. also there are questions about whether the labour party is offering enough hope and notjust frustration about what some may feel about the conservatives. he said he thinks people don't want fantastical, they want ordinary hope, and the labour party was the only campaign with a positive case and a smile on the face and a spring in the step. but in these last few days of the campaign it is as much about getting your people to vote, persuading and reminding your supporters to go to the polling station as about the air war and the battle of ideas we have been talking about over the past few weeks and so keir starmer very much as message today was as much it is not over, we have been talking about the polls and the lead labour apparently have those polls, but his message very

clearly today was what we have heard of the last few days in particular, if you want change you have to vote for it anything that gives you a bit of an indication there is concern among some labour party members about the number of people have yet to make up the mind who to vote for and the implication is that it out for the result on thursday. —— that could have. elsewhere, the liberal democrats are kicking off their final tour of the country — a five—dayjourney from john o'groats in northern scotland, to lands end in the south—west of england. our correspondent tom symonds is travelling on the lib dem's bus — and he told me what we can expect from the party today. today a lot of mileage.

this whole trip from john o'groats, the most northerly point on the british mainland to lands end, is 1300 miles. and they're not going in a straight line either. we're currently in the scottish highlands with amazing scenery, but we're going to be heading through some constituencies that sir ed davey, the party leader, wants to hit because he thinks he can take them predominantly from the conservatives. now that's in particular scotland, right up to the north east of scotland. we're heading for fife, another area where he feels he can make progress. and edinburgh, then there's quite a gap. the liberal democrats don't have many target seats in the north of england, though they say if they'd have had time

on this tour, they'd have stopped in cumbria, say, as an example, in the lake district, for example, and also in yorkshire. but we're heading then to the west of england, the south coast, before back to london at the end of this five day trip. the hope is that they can move from 15 seats, which is what they currently have in parliament, to perhaps 50, which would be a great result for the liberal democrats. but of course, it's early days now. we've been asking ed davey about this tour and we'll we'll be asking him about policies along the way. but there was one particular travel arrangement which we thought was interesting, and we asked him aboutjohn o'groats last night. you flew here in a private jet, i understand. should you, as somebody who's just done that, be paying more tax? well, liberal democrats believe that private jets should pay more tax on those flights. that's what we're proposing now. it sounds a bit silly. i had to get here. it was the only way i can manage to come to this wonderful part of scotland and actually be with my children as well, at the same time in a short period.

it sounds a bit silly, but that's what it is. the key thing, though, is liberal democrats are standing up to for our environment, and we do believe that private jets should pay more tax. and that liberal democrat policy on flying is to increase taxes the more you fly and have higher taxes on private flights, for example on private jet trips, because of the impact they have on the environment, and also to remove some vat exemptions that aviation currently enjoys. now, the liberal democrats look to be trying to catch up now with reform. reform have had a big increase in their polling during this election campaign. liberal democrats have had a smaller increase, but some increase, partly because of these very public events that sir ed davey is taking part in stunts, i think you might call them. he's become a bit of an electoral stunt man during this campaign. it's all about getting the liberal democrats attention. they're not likely to form a government. they do hope to influence government policy as an opposition party in the new parliament. and so there'll be many more of these stunts as this week continues. stopping the boats has been a major theme of the general election

debates, with party leaders clashing over how it should be achieved. it's an issue that's particularly hard to ignore in dover, where migrants who've risked their lives to cross the channel in the boats, are brought to shore. our correspondent simon jones has this report. the channel, the world's busiest shipping lane. there are no constituencies at sea, this stretch of water is not home to any voters, but what happens here has become a key election battleground because of the issue of small boats. fisherman matt coker regularly sees firsthand what's happening. the last one, i think i see had about 70 or 80 people on board, and that was a good ten or iim long. pretty dangerous. well, they are, because they're massively overloaded. i mean, even a dinghy of that size, its really playing with danger. when the weather is calm, you can stand on top of those famous white cliffs of dover and see the border force and rnli bring groups of migrants to shore. some channel watchers even have clickers and literally count people in. it's become a very visible thing, which helps explain why politicians have become so exercised by the issue. so far this year, around 13,000

migrants have arrived by small boat, but that figure is dwarfed by the number of migrants coming legally. last year, net migration, the difference between the number of people arriving in the uk and leaving, stood at 685,000. at this cafe in dover, migration in all its forms is certainly a hot topic. if they didn't let them in the country, you wouldn't have the problems we got. what problems? erm, housing, cost—of—living and everything like that. there's too many of them being brought in on our money, really. it's been going on for such a long time and nobody�*s solved it. the cafe's owner, heather horne, used to work looking after child asylum—seekers. she thinks politicians are too quick to scapegoat. i think they use the immigrations to deflect real problems that we have in england. such as? as homeless people, rates,

the price of everything. rishan, who came to the uk in the back of a lorry aged 17 and now has uk citizenship, is preparing to vote for the first time in a general election. now training to be a nurse, she says all the focus on immigration, particularly illegal immigration, can be dehumanising. it's always on the negative side. it's always in the way of the illegal, illegal, as if someone comes as a refugee is being like a criminal or trying to do something different than what it's supposed to be, rather than human, basic things than just someone seeking safety in this country. so i guess it gives me a feel of upsetting and annoyed. the main political parties agree that people should not be risking their lives in the channel on small boats. immigration is an issue, perhaps more than most, where there appears to be clear blue water between the parties. simon jones, bbc news. air travel is booming again and this summer, passenger numbers are finally expected to be similar to before the pandemic. but many of us will still have

memories of the disruption over the past few years — including the air traffic chaos last august bank holiday. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has been looking at what the industry's doing to ensure it can cope with the number of travellers expected this summer. everyone wants to make memories on holiday, but not ones like these. we've just been told that our flights have been cancelled. just not being given any information as to whether or not we're even flying today. last august bank holiday, an it failure at the uk's main air traffic services provider, nats, left three quarters of a million passengers facing cancellations or delays, everyone wants to make memories on holiday, but not ones like these. we've just been told that our flights have been cancelled. just not being given any information as to whether or not we're even flying today. last august bank holiday, an it failure at the uk's main air traffic services provider, nats, left three quarters of a million passengers facing cancellations or delays, and there have been recent smaller

scale disruptions to air travel. take the power cut at manchester airport last weekend, or flights cancelled at gatwick because of an air traffic control staff shortage. after the quiet pandemic times, air travel this summer is expected to be pretty much as busy as it was in 2019, despite higherfares. most flights happen absolutely fine, but there's not much spare space in the system, so if something does go wrong, it can have a big impact very quickly. this place plays a crucial role. the control centre in hampshire, where much of the uk's air traffic is managed. so over here we have heathrow airport. final approach. it was here that the it failure happened last august. nats insists the same problem won't happen again. with airlines and airports, and it's as well—resourced as it can be for the summer. the priority has absolutely been in making sure that we're ready for the demand that's coming in the summer. there is no organisation that can confirm nothing will happen, whether it's a weather event or a technical event or somebody else's technical event. but what i can say is communication is absolutely key to make sure people know what's going on and that we manage

the recovery of any issue or event as quickly as possible. for airlines, strengthening their operations to minimise the impact of any problems, whatever the cause, is the big focus. including easyjet. we control all of our flying from here. so for all of the uk, all of europe, all of switzerland, it's all controlled here. we were allowed in to its new control centre at luton, where several teams, including crew rostering and maintenance, have been brought together. putting in every kind of resilience measure we can think of. so everything that we've learned from the past, everything that we learned from last year, things that we learnt from pre—covid. so looking at making sure we've got enough standby crew, making sure we've got plenty of standby aircraft and they're in the right places, making sure we've got gaps in the programme so that we can pick up any delays that are happening. extra customer service staff are also being introduced at bigger airports. it's impossible to prevent any problems happening. the industry hopes it's done enough to cope with whatever comes along and recover quickly,

so it can be a summer to remember for the right reasons. katie austin, bbc news. some flights to and from the republic of ireland being disrupted today because of strike action by aer lingus pilots. the strike, which is part of an ongoing dispute over pay, began at five o'clock this morning and will last for eight hours. the airline says there are "a number of options" for passengers affected. if you haven't seen the video sensation of the scouse baby on social media yet, you're probably in the minority. tens of millions of people have watched baby 0rla from liverpool arguing about bedtime in what sounds very much like a scouse accent — despite the fact she can't talk. but the star at the centre of it is taking it all in her stride, as phil mccann reports. we've had a nice day together and then you're kicking off now. orla babbles. but why?

how do you know when a baby is a scouser? when they can't even talk. it's when they sound like 0rla. but you're the baby. so you're meant to listen to what i'm saying. orla babbles. i didn't hear it. but then people were saying, i was like, oh. and then i kept listening to it and i suppose you can hear a little bit, but obviously we are scouse so you don't recognise it, it's just normal to us. i changed your bum. but people from across the world recognised 0rla's scouseness. 0layka was babysitting her a few weeks ago when she filmed this battle at bedtime and put it on her tiktok. she was crying and i thought, i don't know what to do. so i was just speaking to her, wasn't i? i was talking to you. and then she stopped crying. so ijust kept talking to her and that's it. that's literally the whole story, isn't it? the video has now been seen by 20 million people

on 0layka's tiktok, and by tens of millions more elsewhere. she's none the wiser. i think it's absolutely hilarious. she's absolutely fed up with seeing the video of herself now, so... she's bored of herfame already? yeah. atjust 20 months old, 0rla may not yet be able to talk, but she definitely knows what she wants. what you saw in that video, that's just what she's. .. bye— bye! that's just what she's normally like? yeah, she knew what she wanted. she did not want to go to bed and she was getting her point across. and in case you're wondering, yes, 0rla is speaking scouse. no, it's not a coincidence, it's no accident that the child sounds scouse. it's because they're babbling, using the sounds and the intonation patterns that their parents and the other people who are talking to them use when they're talking to them. if you listen to the speech melody, you can actually make out that this is scouse. so you have this final rise, for example. so the intonation goes up. and this is something that we associate with the scouse dialect as well. do you love going to bed, 0rla?

orla babbles. 0nly sometimes? you love going to sleep, don't you? do you love the camera? you can tell 0rla likes cameras and microphones. just as well, she's now got her own tiktok so she can tell everyone what she wants. orla babbles. and what she doesn't want. phil mccann, bbc news, liverpool. the glastonbury festival goes into its second full day of performances today, with about 200,000 people expected to attend over the weekend. coldplay top the bill today, but last night, the singer dua lipa was the headline act on the pyramid stage. 0ur news reporter emily brown, is at the festival now. she told us more about that special performance from dua lipa. she really held the crowd with so much confidence. everyone here is slowly waking up this morning after that incredible performance from dua lipa, herfirst time

that incredible performance from dua lipa, her first time at glastonbury and she set the bar pretty high for all the performances this weekend. everyone was on their feet and the she kept telling the crowd this was a moment she always dreamt of and she was alsojoined a moment she always dreamt of and she was also joined on stage by tame impala frontman and she held the crowd with her performance and she was just phenomenal. crowd with her performance and she wasjust phenomenal. there crowd with her performance and she was just phenomenal. there were lots of performances coming up today from the likes of cyndi lauper, keen, and femi kuti, the nigerian superstar and son of fela kuti will be the first person on the pyramid stage today. coldplay will be on tonight and tomorrow shania twain and scissor will take the headline spot

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up train as walking boots and soaking up the nice weather. it has been quite chilly at night and lots of people and jumpers and coats as the night goes on but it has been pretty largely dry at glastonbury. moise night goes on but it has been pretty largely dry at glastonbury. now time to have a look _ largely dry at glastonbury. now time to have a look at _ largely dry at glastonbury. now time to have a look at the _ largely dry at glastonbury. now time to have a look at the rest _ largely dry at glastonbury. now time to have a look at the rest of - largely dry at glastonbury. now time to have a look at the rest of the - to have a look at the rest of the weather. hello, the very warm and humid air that affected the uk and in the week is long gone but this is the rain with expecting to accumulate over the next five days. wettest of all over the north and west of the uk further south pale blue colours are not huge amounts of rain into the south of the country. for saturday there is some rain on away courtesy of this rather weak frontal system which will bring a zone of cloud and mostly light patchy rain across parts of wales and into northern england. not of that, northern ireland and southern central

scotland seeing sunny skies develop in northern scotland greasy with showers and the best of the sunshine across the south and south—east england where we will see what maria return, 25 degrees in london and coolerfor return, 25 degrees in london and cooler for the return, 25 degrees in london and coolerfor the north return, 25 degrees in london and cooler for the north west, return, 25 degrees in london and coolerfor the north west, 16 glasgow and 17 belfast. 0n coolerfor the north west, 16 glasgow and 17 belfast. on saturday night this sort of cloud and light patchy rain will sink further south with clear skies following behind although another area of cloud and showers pushing and across the north and west of scotland. mild and muggy start to sunday morning across the south—east, 15 in london but cooler and fresher the north west and all of us getting cooler air during sunday. ridge of high pressure trying to build in so actually a lot of dry weather on sunday with plenty of dry weather on sunday with plenty of cloud around that ridge of high pressure. this sun of cloud spilling south with some showers and sunshine towards the south coast but even here showers for the time. north to south 1a degrees to 21 degrees and

just below the average for this time of year. a ridge of high pressure still having some influence on monday pushing in from the west frontal system bringing rain across northern ireland and western scotland and the further south along this weather front of will not be much rain and it is this area high pressure trying to build squeeze out some of the wet weather. temperatures struggling a little, 1a to 21 degrees. a big area of high pressure still with us to the south—west as we head into tuesday bridging back across the uk for a time so that frontal system clears and we will see dry weather and spells of sunshine although it may well be more cloud and some patchy rain pushes back across the west later in the day. next week when the front approaching. temperatures are stubbornly stuck between 1a and 21 degrees. by wednesday, don't take the detail of this book to

literally, we are likely to see another frontal system bring literally, we are likely to see anotherfrontal system bring cloud another frontal system bring cloud and anotherfrontal system bring cloud and some patchy rain from the west. the heaviest rain most likely across the north and west uk and later rain for the south with highs of 1a to 20 degrees. next week is all about the jet stream ready for that weather systems are way, it is of low pressure and showers are longer spells of rain. the big question is weather this ridge of high pressure to the south—west will still maintain some influence. i think it is likely the for the uk probably won't see huge amounts of rain for the end of next week and into the weekend. a greater chance of rain for the north and west but one thing that looks pretty certain is that sign of any heatwave on away. —— on away. —— on away.

live from london, this is bbc news. president biden vows to fight on after a poor debate performance against donald trump, as the new york times calls on him to drop out of the race. iran will hold a run—off election, after no candidate wins a majority in the first round of the presidential vote. reform uk leader nigel farage faces questions about racist language used by a canvasser used to describe rishi sunak. volunteersjoin police in tenerife to mount a widescale search for missing british teenager jay slater. glastonbury, one more time! and the party's just beginning, as dua lipa headlines the first

night of glastonbury. hello. welcome to the programme. president biden has come under more pressure to stand down from the race for the white house with an editorial in the influential new york times newspaper calling on him to leave the race, in the best interest of america. it comes after his widely criticised performance in thursday's tv debate with donald trump when he stumbled over words, and at times seemed to lose track of what he was saying. mr biden remains defiant at his first campaign rally since that debate. he told supporters in north carolina that the us itself was at stake in november's election calling his opponent a genuine threat to democracy. directly addressing concerns about his age, mr biden told the rally he'd been knocked down but would get back up. 0ur north america correspondent david willis reports. fired up by a faithful

crowd, joe biden took