live from london, this is bbc news. joe biden criticises the us supreme court's decision to grant trump partial immunity from criminal prosecution. hurricane beryl hits several caribbean islands, causing extensive damage and killing at least one person. rishi sunak denies having given up on the general election despite talking up the possibility of a labour super—majority. hello. i'm sally bundock. we start in the us where president biden has criticised the supreme court after it said

that donald trump and other former presidents are partially immune from criminal prosecution. in a message delivered at the white house, mr biden said the nation had been founded on the principle that there were "no kings in america", adding that no—one was above the law. but, he warned with the supreme court decision, "that fundamentally changed" and the judgement would likely further delay the criminal case against mr trump for allegedly trying to subvert the 2020 election result. he called on the american people to make the decision instead. the american people must decide if they want to entrust the president once again, the presidency to donald trump. now knowing he'll be more emboldened to do whatever he wants to do. but any president including donald trump will now be free to ignore the law. i concur with the justice�*s dissent today. in every use of official power, the president is now a king above law. with fear for our democracy, i dissent. end of quote.

so should the american people dissent. our correspondent peter bowes joins me now. joe biden warning the supreme court warning is a dangerous precedent tell us more rest in this was an angry sounding speech from the president. considering his somewhat lacklustre performance last week, he was very animated with his feelings towards the supreme court and the implications of the decision regarding presidential immunity and as you said he talked about there being no kings in america. no—one being above the law but that now he said had fundamentally changed and there were virtually no limits on what a president could do in office. very quickly pivoting to the election in november and posing the question to the american people — do you want to re—elect someone like donald trump we may well be according to mr biden emboldened by the

court �*s decision. someone who could re—enter the white house and decide whatever he wants to do at any time. so he is making this amongst other issues a central issue to the election as we move forward to november. has there been other reaction to all of this?— to all of this? there has been a lot of reaction _ to all of this? there has been a lot of reaction to _ to all of this? there has been a lot of reaction to this - to all of this? there has been a lot of reaction to this and i a lot of reaction to this and as you might imagine political reaction divided on both sides. you get the traditional supporters of donald trump clearly and in many cases quite elated by the decision, that will certainly be the response of the former president himself describing this as a big win. others deeply concerned about it, not only what it will mean for donald trump and it is going to mean those criminal charges will certainly be delayed beyond november, unlikely to see donald trump facing a jury over the next few months during the campaign, but

implications longer term for future presidents as well. whatever their political persuasion. many people believing the politicised supreme court as many americans see it has simply gone too far. peter, thank you very much indeed. peter bows with the latest on that. let's speak to frank bowman, a emeritus professor of law at the university of missouri and a former federal and state prosecutor. i believe we do have frank bowman available to speak to us. welcome to bbc news. give us. welcome to bbc news. give us your take on what the supreme court ruling mean, we clearly heard from president biden, your interpretation? i think those who say this opinion fundamentally alters the nature of american democracy potentially and the nature of the american constitutional scheme of separation of powers are quite correct full. the supreme court

here essentially out of whole cloth invented a structure in which exercises presidential power which they deemed to be core, exercises of prudential power are absolutely immune, any official act as deemed to be presumptively immune and only private conduct is deemed to be free of immunity. and that means, that prosecuting a president for awful conduct that we would traditionally have thought plainly criminal, it becomes at the very least extraordinarily difficult. and thatis extraordinarily difficult. and that is a new thing in american history. that is a new thing in american histo . �* , ., history. and we will see that -la er history. and we will see that player because _ history. and we will see that player because in _ history. and we will see that player because in the - history. and we will see that player because in the case i history. and we will see that| player because in the case of donald trump the trialjudge must now determine which actions were carried out in trumps capacity as president and which ones were not. when it came to what happened in january sex?— it came to what happened in january sex? exactly on one of the many _ january sex? exactly on one of the many problems _ january sex? exactly on one of the many problems of- january sex? exactly on one of

the many problems of this - the many problems of this opinion is the court, the supreme court provides no guidance to the trial court about how to make those distinctions living in the end those kind of vague distinctions to itself and any appeal. to give one example of the kind of unchecked power this opinion may confer on future presidents, the supreme court says absolute immunity attaches to the president oversight of prosecutorial investigations and prosecutions of criminal cases. by the united states department of justice. they are saying a president can decide to order the department ofjustice, completely factually baseless lead to investigate, prosecute arrest, imprison the president �*s political enemies and nothing can be done about that. at all. the president suffers no criminal consequence for

that. this is especially frightening given we have donald trump was threatening to do exactly that kind of. ii i do exactly that kind of. if i 'ust do exactly that kind of. if i just ask — do exactly that kind of. if i just ask you _ do exactly that kind of. if i just ask you it _ do exactly that kind of. if i just ask you it is _ do exactly that kind of. if i just ask you it is now likely this will take many, many more months in that particular case, which is about the storming of capital hill following the last election in the united states. in trial is unlikely to start before the november presidential election. if donald trump is elected as president in november what would that mean from a legal point of view going forward as far as this case is concerned? well, the two federal criminal cases pending against mr trump one involving january sex and the other documents case, essentially will go away if he is elected because in this does not depend on today's ruling, trump would then become the head, of the executive branch and he could even under existing law essentially order the justice department to dismiss the cases against. if

he is elected again these cases, the federal cases will disappear. cases, the federal cases will disappear-— cases, the federal cases will disappear. interesting, thank ou for disappear. interesting, thank you for talking _ disappear. interesting, thank you for talking us _ disappear. interesting, thank you for talking us through - disappear. interesting, thank. you for talking us through what is at stake there.— is at stake there. thank you very much- _ several caribbean nations are assessing the damage after hurricane beryl, the first named hurricane of the season, made landfall over their territories in recent hours. at least one person has died in st vincent and the grenadines, with authorities warning that this figure may rise. power is down across the island of grenada as hurricane beryl sweeps through. reports from the tiny island of carriacou, which is part of grenada, say it's being flattened by the storm. there are also storm surges in the sea and leaders of nearby islands have all issued hurricane warnings. the prime minister of st vincent said he was expecting a natural disaster that could continue for days. it's already passed through barbados, leaving a trail of damage.

beryl is the most powerful hurricane ever recorded injune, and of a strength not normally seen until much later in the season. here's a map of its predicted path. a true landfall, with the eye passing over a coast, may not occur, but even so, beryl will unleash a devastating blow to the nearest islands. will grant is monitoring this storm from mexico city. the first indications are hurricane beryl has brought real damage especially to the ireland of grenade and two parts of st vincent and the grenadines as it has moved through that region somewhere between a category four and category three storm. part of the problem of course is because it intensified so quickly in a matter of around 48 hours, which incidentally is one of the fastest times a

storm has ever gone from a tropical depression to a category four storm, and hurricane history in the atlantic, because of that small lapse in time, may be certain communities were not able to react in time, maybe people were caught on the back foot. either way against the ferocity of a storm that big there may have been very little they can do beyond simply boarding up your homes, beyond gathering basic supplies and enough you will to work their generators. the governments at this stage arejust the governments at this stage are just trying to assess how bad the damage is in the territories. parts of grenade for example are completely cut off it will take time for the authorities, the emergency planners and the military is in question to get an idea of how bad things are. and the worst perhaps part of all of this as we are so early in hurricane season. we are still a long way to go and if it is setting the

tone then that bodes very badly about what is to come. nevertheless the focus now of course is firstly on those nations that have already been hit by hurricane beryl and those who already lie in its path stop. the israeli army has issued an evacuation order for parts of khan yunis and rafah in southern gaza, causing many palestinians to flee. the sign people are subjected to a new ground assault happening there. people in khan younis expressed their anger over being displaced again. translation: they - announced that we should evacuate out of the eastern parts of khan younis. where should we go? tell us where to go. when we were displaced from rafah, we had to spend two weeks out in the open. translation: we seek peace, not war. -

enough is enough. we are slowly dying. this is unfair. what is our fault? we are innocent civilians. we got the view from doctor mohammed tahir a british surgeon who has been operating at the european hospital near khan younis. he works with fajr scientific, a group of medical professionals. he sent us this after being ordered to leave. i had been at the medical complex where i was lecturing medical students i returned to the european hospital to start my operating. the european hospital to start my operating-— the european hospital to start my operating. then we got the news that _ my operating. then we got the news that the _ my operating. then we got the news that the hospital - my operating. then we got the news that the hospital was - news that the hospital was being evacuated. ifound that to be very strange because i always assumed the european hospital would be one of the safe havens organise a false. and yet the news was confirmed to us it was in the red zone and had been deemed unsafe. our team mission and our leaders asked us to leave and we have

been hosted by a very generous ngo, right now, but, priorto leaving of course we witnessed all the injured of varying severities, forced to stay in the hospital. and all the persons and families that camped in the hospital were evacuating. the state of panic and the extent of the fear was extremely palpable. some people have nowhere to go they have nowhere safe to be. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. why are the people being asked to evacuate? what are you hearing. first astonishing _ what are you hearing. first astonishing to _ what are you hearing. first astonishing to see - what are you hearing. first astonishing to see a - what are you hearing. first astonishing to see a british doctor working in gaza in the situation, sacrificing their time and risking their lives to help the people there. people were asking to leave khan

younis because there were rockets launched from khan younis into towns nearby gaza — israeli towns in gaza. it is astonishing also to see after nine months of war, against hamas and the prime minister israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying they are close to eliminating hamas, seeing hamas still can launch rocket into israel. so israel really next target after the current operation in the town of gaza would be definitely khan younis to try and eliminate the rockets capabilities there. of the hospital there the european hospital the evacuation means one of the few hospitals working in gaza would be in a threat to be in ruins, this has

happened before in al—shifa hospital, it happened in the joseph hospital and and in the kamalu erdogan hospital. is there sign of this conflict coming to an end at any point soon? we hope so, the americans say they are working on a proposal of a ceasefire, no three saying the new proposal has nothing new for them. —— hamas. the new proposal has nothing new forthem. —— hamas. it the new proposal has nothing new for them. —— hamas. it is new forthem. —— hamas. it is confirming new for them. —— hamas. it is confirming the permanent israeli military presence in gaza. we saw also an announcement from the israeli broadcast corporation saying that israel is going to move to the third phase of the war, the third phase of the war means a permanent presence of the israeli forces in that corridor separating the north from the south of gaza, and a permanent presence of the israelis troops

in the philadelphia corridor separating egypt from gaza. so this is putting away a little bit in talks regarding the trees. ~ . , ., , ., trees. what is the latest on casualties? _ trees. what is the latest on casualties? over _ trees. what is the latest on casualties? over the - trees. what is the latest on casualties? over the last i trees. what is the latest on | casualties? over the last 24 hours 20 — casualties? over the last 24 hours 20 palestinians - casualties? over the last 24 hours 20 palestinians killed | hours 20 palestinians killed and different shelling and israeli shelling in different parts of gaza, and there are talks about the israeli first announced they lost one soldier and about 12 soldiers injured. we sought less intensity to be honest in the numbers of casualties in the previous months when i was talking to you and we were talking about 200, 300 palestinians dying every day. now 20 and this is i think putting, israeli forces and israel are getting ready

for the american elections and the desire from the usa to see less intensity of this war. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

some breaking news the latest on the hurricane beryl which you were just hearing about on this programme from mr grant. it has strengthened to a category five hurricane in the eastern caribbean according to the us national hurricane centre. it is located 840 miles east, southeast of kingston, jamaica currently. packing maximum sustained wind of 160 miles an hour, that is the latest on that and we will keep a close eye on its

developments. with just a two full days of campaigning left, the uk prime minister rishi sunak has denied that he's given up on winning the election, saying, "it is not over till it's over" — despite talking about the prospect of a labour "supermajority. " our political editor chris mason has been catching up with the conservative party leader on the campaign trail. welcome to the bus. thank you. this, a business that distributes medicines. the production line of campaigning has a similar regularity too. visits like this are a chance to make his pitch to workers in a relatively controlled environment. here we go. here he comes. and take a listen to rishi sunak�*s tone and emphasis. to vote for the conservatives is notjust a vote to stop a super majority, but it's

also a vote to make sure that we will fight for you. i will fight for you. i will make sure that your voice is heard, right? that is what this is about. and crucially, i will keep cutting your taxes. prime minister, listening to you, talking to the workers just now, it sounded like you'd given up. no, absolutely not. i'm talking to as many people as i can across the country. talking about a super majority? yeah, what i was saying to people is i don't want anyone to sleepwalk into thursday, because there is a danger of a labour government that i want people to be alive to. and the choice for everyone on thursday is a vote for the conservatives, which will mean their taxes continue to get cut. we will get migration down and secure our borders. pensions will be protected. a vote for anyone else is just going to get the precise opposite of those things. you and your campaign have talked in the last few days about the irreversible damage that a labour government could do, and do very quickly, in power, and there'll be many people who might share that fear.

but if you believe that, why did you call the election six months earlier than you needed to? you could have governed as a conservative prime ministerfor another six months before this moment. i think people deserve a choice. and my priority when i became prime minister was to deliver economic stability, and we have done that. inflation is down from 11% back to normal. wages are rising, the economy is growing faster than our competitors, and taxes are starting to be cut. this is the week where all the leaders returned to their big pitch. here's sir keir starmer, miles ahead in the opinion polls, in hitchin in hertfordshire. and look, the sun is just about shining. this is the summer, and we have one job which is to make this a summer of change. but perhaps rishi sunak can take inspiration from the last minute heroics of the england team last night. is there a rishi sunak equivalent of thejude bellingham overhead kick that we're going to see in the next 48 to 72 hours to radically

change what looks like the scoreline could be? mine is probably more a kind of flashy, you know, i don't know, cover drive or off drive or something instead! and talking of cricketing shots, rishi sunak came next to nuneaton in warwickshire to show off a few of them in the nets. the prime minister there as we have just the prime minister there as we havejust mentioned the prime minister there as we have just mentioned two full days left of campaigning. it is all happening in france as well. in terms of the political landscape changing there. french political parties must today pick their candidates for sunday's run—off general election. those on the left and centrists are trying to ensure the far right is beaten after coming top in the first round. a number of centrist and left—wing candidates who came third in sunday's parliamentary elections have already pulled out of sunday's second round in an attempt

to avoid splitting the vote and handing an easy win to france's far—right national rally. andrew harding has the story. paris, the day after. and for many here, a profound sense of shock. "it's like having a hangover," says sandrine, a legal assistant of yesterday's election results. "people are fed up with politics," says caroline, "so they're turning to the extremes." the people's choice says margarita. given the high turnout we will get the government we deserve. they're all talking about this woman, marine le pen, whose party, the national rally, took the lead in sunday's vote. if the surname is familiar, that's because her father, jean—marie le pen, was a notorious far right politician, a racist and anti—semite. but his daughter has softened the national rally�*s image

and platform, and last night won big across the nation. her party's populist, anti—immigrant, eurosceptic message and its 28—year—old candidate for the prime minister's job, finding broad appeal. formerly, it was more people that were workers in complicated economic situations. now you have also white collars voting for national rally. you have women voting for national rally, you have young people. meanwhile, france's president is in trouble. no wonder it looked like emmanuel macron was trying to hide yesterday. his election gamble has backfired. his centrist party on track to lose heavily. so what of plans to block the far right from sweeping to victory? this afternoon, different parties began arriving at parliament, aiming to forge a united front

against the national rally. but the divisions are all too evident. the leader of the green party here brought to tears of frustration during this debate. love it or loathe it, the national rally is now at the heart of france's political mainstream. more than that, it is the most powerful party across the country. but can it translate that into enough seats in parliament to win outright? if it can, france will be changed utterly. andrew harding, bbc news, paris. the final two quarterfinal places in football's euro 24 championships will be decided today. in—form austria are aiming to reach the last eight for the first time in their history against turkiye. and the netherlands will be are favourites as they take on romania in stuttgart. portugal needed penalties to beat slovenia after it finished goalless. in 90 minutes, cristiano ronaldo had been reduced to tears after his penalty in extra—time was saved. but the five—time ballon d'or winner made amends by scoring in the deciding

penalty shoot—out. business today is next. hello there. not much change to the weather as we move into tuesday. in fact, the upcoming week will remain pretty unsettled, i think, with low pressure always nearby. it will be breezy, even turning windier across northern areas by the end of the week. some rain at times, mainly in the north and the west, and it will remain on the cool side for earlyjuly. this ridge of high pressure, though, bringing quite a bit of dry weather, i think, on tuesday. we'll start off with quite a bit of sunshine around in northern, central and western areas. more cloud for eastern england, a few spots of rain — that rain will tend to ease down. and then as we head into the afternoon, skies will turn cloudy again as the temperatures rise a little bit, and we'll see some patchy rain pushing into western scotland, mainly through the afternoon. again, disappointing temperatures, 13 to maybe 19 or 20 degrees across the south.

so i think it should stay mostly dry for wimbledon on tuesday — temperatures around 20 degrees — but with low pressure moving in on wednesday, i think there's a greater chance of seeing some disruption to play with temperatures also at around 18 degrees. so as you move out of tuesday into tuesday night, we start to see this low—pressure system moving in, bringing thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain and stronger winds. i think the far southeast will stay dry until we reach the morning period, but because of the cloud, the rain, and southwesterly winds, i think it'll be a slightly milder night for all. so wednesday, we have this area of low pressure and its weather front crossing the country. it'll be a breezy day for most and a cloudy one. i think cloudy from the word go, outbreaks of rain splashing their way from west to east. i think it stays quite wet across northern and western scotland through the day. we could see something a little bit drier perhaps into the afternoon across eastern areas, maybe skies brightening up out west, certainly for northern ireland, but a breezy, even blustery day to come for all areas — these are mean wind speeds. temperatures disappointing for earlyjuly at 12 to 17 or 18 degrees across the south. so that's wednesday out. as we move through thursday,

this area of low pressure will bring even stronger northwesterly winds to the country, most of the rain across the north. and then for friday into the start of the weekend, could see another area of low pressure hurtling across the uk to bring another spell of wet and windy weather. so, yes, an unsettled outlook for the end of the week. most of the rain in the north and the west. there will be a little bit of sunshine at times in the south and the east.

heading in the right direction — the european central bank warns it's in no hurry to keep lowering interest rates, ahead of the latest inflation numbers. boeing announces it will buy one of its biggest suppliers, spirit aerosystems, in a bid to improve the safety of its planes. and an english summer garden. we find out how to create a beautiful space on a budget at one of the world's biggest flower shows here in london. welcome to business today. i'm sally bundock. we start in portugal, where some of the world's most influential central bankers are gathering to discuss what's been called an era of transformation for the global economy.

hosted by the european central bank, the us fed chairjerome powell is there,