in herfirst speech — focussing on house—building — the new chancellor said the labour government has inherited "14 years of chaos and economic irresponsibility". the prime minister — sir keir starmer — has been in wales — as he tours the uk — following his visit to belfast this morning. despite more senior democrats urging him to drop out, president biden insists in a letter that he'll stay in the us presidential race "to the end". and the historic theatre in greater manchester that was closed last year — but has just been saved by campaigners. hello i'm kasia madera. welcome to the programme. we start in ukraine, where russia has carried out a massive and deadly bombardment of ukrainian cities, a day before a major nato summit begins in washington. according to reports,

at least 36 people were killed across the country — and dozens more wounded. in the latest development ukraine's prosecutor general says he has discussed russia's actions with with the international criminal court. russia has carried out a massive and deadly bombardment of ukrainian cities, a day before a major nato summit begins in washington. according to reports, at least 36 people were killed across the country — and dozens more wounded. child patients were moved outside, some even still rigged up to drips. ukraine said a cruise missile was used — something russia denies. kyiv�*s mayor, vitaliy klitschko, called it "one of the worst attacks" his city has seen since the start of the war. in total, five cities are thought to have been targetted. including president volodymyr zelensky�*s hometown. earlier vitali klitschko spoke to my colleague lucy hockings.

since the start of a full—scale invasion, they have launched attacks on cities across ukraine numerous times. it is certainly one of the worst attacks. and i think we just lost power here and probably you can see that, but this is also a reflection of what is happening in the city. numerous power cuts because of such air strikes that happened today and hit several parts of kyiv including the biggest hospital in ukraine, the biggest children's hospital in ukraine in kyiv. we visited the scene and spoke to people there. so the doctors told us that some of the patients were in the middle of the surgery when that happened. they had to rescue not just themselves but also their patients. russia attacked notjust kyiv but all their cities across ukraine.

after two and a half years war, the scenes shock like never before. cancer patients miraculously survived a direct hit. they were already battling for their lives, but today they had to escape from russian missiles. the children were taken to a shelter before they were evacuated to other hospitals. the strike happened during the daytime when some of the children were still in the surgery room. in fact, one of the worst affected parts of the building was the department where the children were getting dialysis treatment. the medical staff had to save not just their own lives but the lives of their patients as well. rescuers are still clearing the debris to see if any more people are still trapped under the rubble. translation: we were in the middle of surgery - when the windows got shattered. the surgeon quickly covered the baby to save him. i want the world to stop this. these children are innocent, we are innocent. i want the world to see and hear this.

this shocked parent had a narrow escape. translation: we got here five minutes before it all started. i this man says his family had just left their car when it was blown up. repeated air raid sirens interrupted rescue efforts. emergency responders had to stop and flee to a bomb shelter. residential buildings in kyiv were also hit. bodies were found under the rubble here. for kyiv this was the worst attack this year. but russia targeted cities across ukraine. this deadly bombardment took place on the eve of a major nato summit in washington. president zelensky will likely again make a plea for more weapons and support to prevent days like this.

this attack raises questions about air defence systems that ukraine has got. it appears that they failed to intercept all the missiles that were launched to target cities across ukraine and some of those data managed to pass through. so ukraine will, of course, call to its allies and demand more weapons and more air defence systems to protect its cities. , . ~' , ., defence systems to protect its cities. , ., ~ , ., cities. live in kyiv, thank you so much and _ cities. live in kyiv, thank you so much and continuing _ cities. live in kyiv, thank you so much and continuing to - cities. live in kyiv, thank you so much and continuing to speak . cities. live in kyiv, thank you so - much and continuing to speak during that power cut, a situation that is ongoing, the life of people in ukraine. think you so much for the time being. so what's russia saying about this? here's our russia editor steve rosenberg. a short while ago, the russian defence ministry issued a statement — here it is— basically denying this. they said the russian military issued strikes

at ukrainian airbases. it claims that the damage shown in videos — damage to civilian sites has been caused by ukrainian air defence systems. i can't confirm that. but no mention in the statement that if russia hadn't been fired missiles in the first visit, then ukraine would not be deployed is air defence system to be shooting them down. this very much feels like one of them days where you feel the chasm between appearance and reality. on friday, i was at the kremlin when victor orban flew in for tools with vladimir putin and i was in the room where putin was talking about how committed he was for a diplomatic resolution of the ukraine conflict. he was talking about his so—called peace agreement and here we are some three days later with these

deadly attacks on ukraine. the image we are bringing to you is the image we are bringing to you is the live shot of kyiv, where ongoing recovery and search is continuing with efforts to try to remove rubble after that devastating attack on a children's hospital in kyiv which was hit after russia launched that wave of missile strikes against cities across ukraine, at least 36 people appear to have lost their lives. the new prime minister sir keir starmer has finished a whistle—stop tour of all four nations of the uk. after visiting scotland yesterday, he spent the morning in belfast meeting political leaders before travelling to cardiff to meet wales' first minister. he's also been meeting his party's new mps. in total 412 labour mps were elected last week. they started to arrive in westminster as they begin their careers in parliament. our political editor chris mason reports. applause.

however good your trip to work was this morning, i reckon you weren't applauded and serenaded on the commute like this new mp for plaid cymru, ann davies. the national anthem of wales ringing in her ears, the trip from carmarthen to westminster began. there were flowers rather than song for green mp carla denyer in bristol. it was a laptop and a flask for others, hauling suitcases, a sense of wonder and pride to parliament. it's all been a bit of a whirlwind and there's a lot to take in, but i'm really excited to get started and see how it goes over the next few days. how was it walking into that chamber for the first time? really incredible. down the road, put your name on a sticky label and smile, there are 72 liberal democrat mps now. it was worth bungee jumping. laughter. he has tried to become an mp plenty of times before,

now he has the envelope. reform uk's leader, nigel farage, has spent the day in his constituency in clacton in essex. i shall have to re—memorize all of this by tomorrow morning! first stop for keir starmer today, belfast, meeting the first and deputy first ministers of northern ireland. they sing. by lunchtime, he was also being serenaded in welsh. he was at the senedd in cardiff meeting wales's first minister and talking to reporters. tv interviews usually start with asking the guests to introduce themselves. so here goes. your name and title, | thank you very much. keir starmer, prime minister. it's very important to me to reset relations with scotland, northern ireland and wales because i want to make sure that there is mutual respect and trust. back in westminster this is what a whopping

majority looks like. the prime minister had a photocall with his mps. but for every winner, a loser, as the defeated depart. back in westminster, this is what a photo call with his mps, but for every winner, a loser, as the defeated depart. mixed emotions, absolutely. discombobulated, coming in here, back to parliament and meeting others who are just starting their parliamentary careers and i'm having to pack up and go. the brutality of democracy arrives in reverse and on four wheels in british politics. change is in the air, the chest of drawers is in the van. chris mason, bbc news at westminster. rachel reeves has made herfirst speech as chancellor confirming she'll bring back mandatory house building targets and loosen planning rules in england to encourage the building of new homes. speaking to business leaders at the treasury, ms reeves said economic growth would be �*labour�*s national mission�*. our economics editor faisal islam reports. britain's biggest wind farm is currently this one in scotland

just outside glasgow. the new government has just lifted the ban on a new onshore wind like this in england and fast tracked their approval. part of this planning revolution will also reintroduce mandatory targets for house—building and allow more flexible use of the green belt for development. hello, you all right? lovely to see you. and all that was announced to key business investors. gathered at the treasury to hear the new chancellor's plans for growth and targets for 1.5 million new homes. how prepared are we to make the hard choices and face down the vested interests? how willing, even, to risk short—term political pain to fix britain's foundations? in history, we've only ever had this level of house—building when the state has been involved. are you relying too much on the people behind me from the private sector? we need the private sector to build homes. we are not going to be in the business of building those homes directly.

if this big bang of planning reform works, we will see hundreds of new wind turbines, hundreds of thousands of new homes built across the country every year. and they are notjust expecting there to be political flashpoints locally, they are essentially saying, "bring it on," they want to demonstrate to investors that they are willing to take some political pain in order to give them certainty to boost british growth. house builders were, unsurprisingly, supportive. that all looks good for the industry, but they have to deliver. we have had over ten years of under delivery, and there is such a backlog. the green belt is areas of countryside mainly around major cities that restrict their growth in terms of house—building and industry, most clearly seen in london and between liverpool, manchester and leeds. labour's plans are designed still to concentrate development in existing brownfield areas, but to release land in some more mixed areas that they have termed gray belt.

——in some more mixed areas that they have termed grey belt. high growth oxford and cambridge, for example, might no longer be severely restricted. campaigners are sceptical. the area's research shows that there are enough brownfield sites to deliver 1.2 million homes already, so... so they don't need to go on the green belt? well, we don't think so, no. new cabinet ministers are often spotted in high vis. and hard hats. the government wants spades in the ground across the country and quickly. faisal islam, bbc news. meanwhile, the prime minister is expected to authorise emergency measures this week which could see criminals freed after serving less than half their sentence. it's a key challenge facing the new government after prison governors warned jails could run out of space within days. currently just over 87 thousand people are serving time behind bars ——our senior uk correspondent sima kotecha has been talking with some of those affected, including a prison governor who agreed to speak if we hid his identity.

everyone is talking about being at crisis point. it is at crisis point, we can't sustain this length of being full for so long as we are. there is an emergency in prisons in england and wales. they are overcrowded and at bursting point. and the consequence, dangerous criminals who were jailed by the courts could have nowhere to serve their sentence. one governor says he's never seen it so bad. he's not supposed to speak to the media, so we've hidden his identity. we are having to make single cells into doubles, and certainly we are doing that regularly. there are times where men can't really actually sit up in their bunk bed without their head hitting the ceiling. thatjust doesn't feel right. this is probably the worst i've seen it in my service in terms of consistently not being able to deliver what i want to deliver. the prime minister says, like the previous government, he will continue releasing people early to make room, but it's not clear yet how many and when.

how to sort this problem divides opinion. there are those that think early release sends a signal that the new government is soft on crime. they argue for longer sentences as a deterrent and punishment. then there's building new prisons which takes time. the government says it's clear that a shorter—term fix is needed. jason was inside for drug offences and was released earlyjust weeks ago. he says support on the outside is key. all of a sudden, within maybe 24—48 hours, you are getting ushered out of the building swiftly. it's the resettlement that is really lacking. so you can release people as much as he wants, if you don't resettle them, it's not going to do anything. the new government says it will get to grips with the situation. there isn't going to be a quick fix but we are going to have to deal with the legacy we inherit, but i think it has been totally irresponsible the way the conservatives have handled this for notjust recent months,

but in fact for years. tackling this crisis will be one of its first big tests, with critics watching closely what it decides could be a tough pill for some victims to swallow. there is loads of new initiatives coming out about early release schemes. have we even got places for people to live when they are being released? if they don't have anywhere to live, we are just almost setting people up to fail and reoffend. turning to the united states. president biden has promised to remain in the race for november's election. in a letter to democrats in congress, mr biden said he was firmly committed to beating donald trump, despite what he described as speculation in the press. he called on democrats to unite around his re—election bid. this is the american president's latest attempt to quieten critical voices after his lacklustre debate performance. our north america editor sarah smith reports.

everybody! she sings. seeking salvation for his presidential campaign, joe biden started at a church in philadelphia yesterday. and followed up with a busy schedule of events, specifically designed to show he's got the stamina required for this election. my name'sjoe biden, i'mjill biden�*s husband. but as democrats come back to capitol hill today after a holiday break, its expected more of them will call forjoe biden to step aside. this morning, he sent a letter telling them he is not backing down, saying... and he called into a breakfast tv show to repeat the same message. and i'm not lost, and i haven't lost! i beat him last time. i'll beat him this time. and he dared any potential rivals to try to topple him. to any of those guys who don't think i should run, run against me. go ahead, announce for president. challenge me at the convention.

it will take more than this, though, to erase the memories of that disastrous debate performance. um, dealing with everything we have to do with... uh, look... if... ..we finally beat medicare. in a primetime interview with abc news on friday, he said he didn't need to take a cognitive test and that no one could persuade him to stand down as a candidate. none of my people said i should leave the race. but if they do? well, it's like... we're not going to do that. you're sure? well, yeah, i'm sure! look, i mean, if the lord almighty came down and said, "joe, get out of the race," i would get out of the race, but the lord almighty�*s not coming down. vice president kamala harris has been steadfastly loyal, as those who want mr biden to step down are uniting around the idea that she should be the one to take over. no one can force him out of the race, but many will keep

trying to persuade him to go. sarah smith reporting there. the controversial social media influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan have been accused of failing to pay tax in the uk on 21 million pounds of revenue from their online businesses. devon and cornwall police are bringing a civil claim against the tates, who are based in romania. westminster magistrates' court heard that andrew tate had boasted in an online video about refusing to pay tax — saying that, if you ignored them, the authorities always went away in the end. our correspondent, danjohnson, has more on the story. they have been described today in court as serial and brazen tax evaders. they face accusations that they were funnelling their income from their online subscription activities through a network of uk bank accounts but not paying any tax

on it either here or in romania or anywhere else for that matter. the court was told they haven't paid a penny of tax or vat dating back to 2014. this network of bank accounts was described as a spaghetti trail to make it impossible for anyone to disentangle, and the kc representing devon and cornwall police say their previous arrangements were entirely consistent with money laundering and entirely inconsistent with open and transparent dealings. now, £2.8 million has been frozen by devon and cornwall police across seven bank accounts. at the revenue over the last ten years dating back to 2014 is estimated to amount to £21 million, but the court was told much of that had already been spent on expensive cars and properties. the court was told this is what the brothers were able to afford if they weren't paying the tax that was due. there are cases that they are liable for attacks in the uk, the court heard they haven't paid

a penny of tax there either. and we understand there is an investigation into their tax affairs on going in romania. the two brothers were also arrested 18 months ago interfacing trial accused of rape, sex trafficking and of setting up a criminal gang to exploit women. those are charges that they deny and their defence here will continue tomorrow. danjohnson dan johnson their reporting danjohnson their reporting from central london. france is facing political deadlock after the final round of voting in snap parliamentary elections. this time, there was a victory for the left—wing new popular front alliance, which pushed the far—right national rally into third place. in practice, it means that now no party has a majority and a mandate to govern, in a country that has a big summer ahead. our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield, has the story. it's less than three weeks till the olympics and paris is abuzz with preparation. truth is, the games have been rather eclipsed of late by the small matter

of who's going to run the country. a day after elections to the national assembly, which saw the far—right disappointed, the left triumphant and the centre holding up, it's totally unclear which lot is going to be in charge. the thing about the french parliament, like westminster, is that it was designed for a two—party system — one party in, one party out in opposition. but what happens when there are three political blocs all roughly the same size, none of which can command a majority in the house and none of which wants to form an alliance with either of the others? answer — deadlock. last night, it was the left—wing new popular front that celebrated across the country. they want to name the next prime minister but they can't govern unless they form a deal with the centre, which would mean abandoning their manifesto. something, somewhere will have to give. this is an unprecedented situation in france in the fifth republic,

this is really the first time it has happened. so can we learn the art of compromise, which is so unusual for us? i hope so. nobody knows this morning. this morning, prime minister gabriel attal came to the elysees to offer his resignation — a formality which president macron declined. so the old government stays for now, desperately seeking a new coalition and, in the meantime, oh, yes, running those games. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. returning to the uk. a historic theatre in greater manchester that was closed in march last year when it lost is arts council funding is to reopen. it has just been announced that the oldham coliseum, which is 137 years old, has been saved by campaginers who decided to bring the theatre back to life. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. we have had charlie chaplin here, stan laurel, pat phoenix, anne kirkbride... a lot of the corrie cast.

this is a feelgood theatre story. last march, oldham coliseum shut after almost 140 years. it had lost its arts council funding. but the actressjulie hesmondhalgh refused to give up. we're very experienced at fighting and campaigning for things, but not very experienced at winning. so it was a real shock when we found out that the council had listened to us, because it shows that with passion and persistence, you can change the world. people power! the council had planned to build a brand—new theatre half the size of this one, and it wouldn't put on its own productions. finally got a job. julie's husband, the writer ian kershaw, was born in oldham and some of his earliest work was performed at the theatre. you've written tomorrow night's coronation street. i've written tomorrow night's coronation street, yes. would you have been able to do that without this place? no, no, iwouldn't, because without this building and without theatres, we wouldn't... there would be no tv writers. this is where save oldham coliseum had their meetings...

every two weeks, theatre lovers gathered above an italian restaurant to formulate a plan, and they are overjoyed at today's news. i've just had a massive smile on my face ever since i found out. i think to have have the coliseum back will give everybody in the area such a huge boost. i think people are bitter. as forjulie hesmondhalgh, she does know a thing or two about the power of persistent campaigning. earlier this year, she starred in mr bates versus the post office. how about the stage premiere of mr bates versus the post office here? well, well, we're open to all suggestions, obviously! you know, the future is ours. colin paterson, bbc news, oldham. what a great idea and what a lovely way to end on a feel—good story. let's bring you up to date with all of the weather news. hello there, good evening. it's been a very wet start tojuly for many of us, and the rain was especially heavy over the weekend. there's a lot more wet weather to come, too,

in the forecast as we head through the rest of the week, low pressure remains in charge. it's going to stay unsettled, but it won't be wet all the time. lots of dry spells, some sunshine around at times. the sunshine best across northern england through today, but there will be more rain to come and that's courtesy of this deep area of low pressure just spinning these weather fronts northwards through tonight. there's some really quite muggy, humid—feeling air towards the south of it as well, but some heavy downpours of rain through the night, especially across the moors of the south west, moving across into north wales, the north midlands and northern england in time for tomorrow morning. mild and muggy towards the south — 13—14 celsius — but a lot chillier further north, where we'll keep the clear skies across much of scotland. lows here around 6—8 celsius, perhaps, for some. so that low pressure continues to move very slowly further northwards as we head through tuesday, the humid feeling areas towards the south of it. the heavy rain will push into northern england, eventually curl around into northern ireland, southern—central areas of scotland, as we head through the second half of the day and eventually into eastern scotland, where it's going to be really quite relentless. but northern scotland stays dry. to the south of these

fronts, some sunny spells, a lot of cloud around. watch out for a few showers, particularly where we do get the sunshine, but here temperatures will peak at 20—22 celsius. the air is mild and muggy. and if we take a look at wednesday then you can see we've got this brisk north—easterly wind blowing. it'sjust blowing more rain. it's going to be really quite relentless across many parts of eastern northern scotland as we head through wednesday. and the rainfall totals will really start to rack up. further south, yes, a few showers, but also some bright and some sunny spells appearing between those cloud layers and temperatures will get as high as 20—21 celsius again. the low pressure pulls away from the north sea as we head through thursday. this occlusion sinks further southwards, introducing clouds, some showers, but there's more heavy rain approaching again from the south and that is going to affect southern areas of england, perhaps east anglia, south east england as we head through friday. we'll also draw down more of a north easterly wind so temperatures are likely to drop again by the time we get to the end

of the working week. bye—bye for now.

this is bbc news. the headlines... russia's latest barrage of missile attacks on ukraine has killed dozens of people, including at a children's hospital in kyiv. the prime minister, sir keir starmer, finishes his whistlestop tour of the uk and meets his party's new mps — in total, 412 labour mps were elected last week. in herfirst speech, focusing on house—building, the new chancellor says the labour government has inherited "14 years of chaos and economic irresponsibility". despite more senior democrats are urging him to drop out,

president biden insists in the letter that he will stay in a letter that he will stay in the us presidential race "to the end". now on bbc news — newscast. after a few busy political days, here's newscast. hello, it's adam now in the newscast studio. �* �* , . , hello, it's adam now in the newscast studio. �* �*, . , ., studio. and it's cursed at westminster, _ studio. and it's cursed at westminster, and - studio. and it's cursed at westminster, and for- studio. and it's cursed atj westminster, and for the studio. and it's cursed at - westminster, and for the first time in a while feeling like it's the place to be. i had itchy feet to be back out on the road. it place to be. i had itchy feet to be back out on the road.— back out on the road. it was very weird walking — back out on the road. it was very weird walking past _ back out on the road. it was very i weird walking past westminster the few times i was there during campaign and you could literally hear the tumbleweeds. the power left, hear the tumbleweeds. the power left. basically. _ hear the tumbleweeds. the power left, basically, now— hear the tumbleweeds. the power left, basically, now it's _ hear the tumbleweeds. the power left, basically, now it's come - hear the tumbleweeds. the power| left, basically, now it's come back. that's the nature of the campaign and its aftermath, isn't it? i did m voice

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