killed 61 people on monday. that killed 41 people on monday. russia has denied responsibility. in washington sir keir starmer will meetjoe biden as the white house pushes back on questions about the president's fitness. we build up to the euros semifinals. england play the euros semifinals. england play the netherlands on saturday. hello. the new parliament sits later today for the first time with labour ministers on the government front bench for the first time in more than a decade. let me show you pictures from downing street. we are also watching out for cabinet ministers walking into number 10. let me take you through a detailed look at what we are expecting today.

sir keir starmer is set to speak his first words at the despatch box as prime minister and mps are electing a speaker to referee all the debates. in a busy day, sir keir starmer will hold a cabinet meeting, his second since the election. metro mayors had been meeting at downing street. this report now from harry farley. political careers end in removal vans. the furniture and the residents of number 10 are changing. this morning, sir keir starmer will meet with england's regional mayors, promising a major programme of devolution. labour is expected to announce what they call a take back control act in the king's speech to give

mayors new powers over things like transport and housing. this is what a labour majority looks like. today, the house of commons sits for the first time since the election to choose a speaker, and some new mps can't quite believe they're here. i feel hugely excited. i think that's probably a feeling that you're getting from a lot of the other new mps. but there is a lot of work to do, so it'sjust about getting started now. this is what we've been working for the last eight years towards and even longer in west dorset, 139 years they've had conservative mps. so there's been a lot of people who have been working for a very long time to get to the point where a lib dem can call themselves the mp for west dorset. but as well as the smiles, there is the serious work of government. the health secretary will meet unions for initial talks over the junior doctors' strikes today and face demands for increased pay. labour's election slogan was change. the question will quickly be, when can they deliver it? harry farley, bbc

news in westminster. we are keeping an eye on downing street. the metro mayors we can see our gathering, they had meeting the prime minister and we are also waiting for cabinet members. in terms of the metro mayors, how big a change do you think that will be in terms of real devolution? i think more symbolic to begin with. having nearly all of the metro mayors who were labour when the conservative government was in place, with the discussions, now we have a labour and with labour mairs, there is a chance they could be more

closely aligned. the keir starmer administration won't want to let loose more powers. there will be warm words to begin with. but how soon there will be division of powers will be seen. a big day in westminster. we have been seeing the tweets and interviews from the many new and young mps, some in their 20s. parliament will look and feel very different. absolutely. it will seem like a mirror image of what it has been for ten years. there were way too many labour mps to fit on one side so interesting to see how they fit in when they file into the commons chamber. william hague has written about how it will look he talks about the

tories struggling to fill out the green benches, the liberal dems come to the front, replacing snp. words of advice for where reform uk should sit. physically the make—up a changer, —— of the chamber. how very british that we cannot fit all the mps elected, they have expanded it over time. on one side we have over 400 labour mps. it will be symbolic for those critical of the administration. known as the awkward squad. interesting to see where those people go. whether they sit with the independent mps. where those people orient themselves will be interesting. a big majority gives keir starmer a huge personal authority but further

down the line because lots of those mps will not be on the government payroll because there won't be enough junior ministerialjobs or enough junior ministerial jobs or select enough junior ministerialjobs or select committee posts. eventually you store up potential trouble. there has to be party discipline. there has to be party discipline. the issues for labour party management. whips will be working in overdrive. lots of new mps who have never been to westminster, looking starry eyed. there will need to be for those mps who are more difficult or rebellious, whatjobs they could find for them. there are only a certain number of payrolljobs and select committee jobs. there will need to be more to keep the entire parliamentary party in check.

and a body programme to help them learn to act and look, where to go, how to submit amendments or work on legislation. there will be a lot of work behind the scenes before legislation gets started. a big moment when we see sir keir starmer on the front bench as prime ministerfor the first time. minister for the first time. absolutely. it is more ministerfor the first time. absolutely. it is more ceremonial these first few days, the election of the speaker. sir lindsday hoyle is most likely to be elected again. and speeches on both sides. then the laborious process of swearing in every one of the 643 mps before we get started ahead of the king's speech on the 17th.

the conservative front bench has been reshaped, david cameron has stepped away, he was never in the house of commons. we have a new foreign secretary. richey there but we don't know for how long. he has been vague in his messages about how long he would like to stay on. it comes down to how long the conservative party wants this new contest to take. whether they want a longer discussion about the future of the party, towards party conference season, and a longer debate. there is a lot of anger towards rishi sunakfrom remaining mps and the idea of him sticking around and being leader of the opposition for a number of months is unlikely but how quickly they can sort that out, with an interim leader of the opposition, still to be decided. the first steps are getting the shadow cabinet in place

but how long they will be in position remains to be seen. in terms of the other parties. nigel farage will take his place in the house of commons after multiple attempts. we will see the pro—gaza independent police complaints commissions. and liberal democrats. for green mps, we have only had caroline lucas, they now have four. it will feel different in that regard with smaller parties being more represented. a multiparty system, as we saw in the election, that is part of what lindsay hoyle's job will be as speaker to get those voices to be heard. labour have the overwhelming majority but is is making sure those voices who were sent to parliament to speak up for the causes they believe in, to give them their chance to have a say on legislation and speak in debates without

diminishing the fact that labour have the majority, to make sure there is a plurality of voices that get a good hearing. thank you for talking to us and talking us through the new day at westminster. let me show the latest picture from downing street. you might have seen our political correspondent in and out of shot, we will speak to him, he has been speaking to some of the new mayors all gathered for their meeting today with keir starmer. the prime minister is heading to the nato summit. these are pictures in the aftermath of the attack were five cities have been hit. russia has denied targeting civilian infrastructure insisting the strikes have been aimed at military

facilities. volodymyr zelensky will also be at the nato summit and says russia must answer for the attacks. james waterhouse reports. frantic desperation on a kyiv summer morning. people help with their bare hands at ukraine's largest children's hospital. even for a war—hardened city, this was a missile strike which broke the gruelling rhythm of russia's invasion. some of the young patients were being treated for cancer, already fighting for their lives. they illustrate how these attacks don't discriminate. 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. tatiana had a near miss. translation: we got here five minutes before it all started. i

then the search for survivors stops for another missile alert. an underpass acts as a shelter this time. residential buildings were also hit in kyiv. here, bodies were recovered. other cities were also attacked. on a visit to neighbouring poland, president zelensky promised a retaliation. translation: beyond any doubt, we are going to rebuild everything j that these terrorists have destroyed and beyond any doubt we are going to respond to these savages from russia. everybody who was injured will get the necessary help, and we pledge to work on bringing russia tojustice. ukrainians often describe a daily weight on their shoulders. sirens sound in cities like kyiv all the time, and occasionally explosions will follow, and occasionally it's a big one. now, you can see people singing as they're giving out water.

attacks like this don't really influence the battlefield, but what they are designed to do is terrorise and suppress the ukrainian people. now, you can see people singing as they're giving out water. it's not special operation, it's not the war, it's genocide of population in ukraine. it's right now the whole world see how russian missiles and kamikaze drones killed ukrainian citizens. our peaceful city is right now, the children's hospitals will be hitting from russian missiles. we don't know exactly the numbers of the people who will be killed and injuries. right now, we're saving people from the rubble of the buildings. for a second time, rescue teams have to find cover because of another air alert. only on this occasion, they sing the ukrainian national anthem underground. a dark day for a city still defiant. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv.

henry, as we watch out for the cabinet arrivals, we are expecting a meeting shortly in downing street, but we are also across what is happening in ukraine because there has been this reaction to the attacks yesterday at the children's hospital in kyiv. the prime minister is heading to nato. everyone knows the international agenda is incredibly tense and difficult, talk about what the defence budget will be. how much of that international agenda is going to be a matterfor the cabinet. we have seen prime minister is getting blown off course from their domestic agenda because the international agenda takes over. i don't think it will blow keir starmer�*s agenda of course at this

stage. he knew that there was a war taking place on the european continent before he became prime minister and that is still the case this morning even with this latest episode. but it is clearly going to be something the new cabinet will want to discuss. that is the new attorney general arriving behind me. maybe the kind of issue which will impinge on his in tray. i am sure it will be a focus of the cabinet generally if not necessarily the meeting today. also, keir starmer met local bears this morning, that is a particular focus. met local bears this morning, that is a particularfocus. —— mayors. and he is flying to washington as a world leader to meetjoe biden and top of the agenda will be ukraine. is it that first meeting, and it comes across that president macron

is in a difficult position, how much does nato look weak and even though keir starmer has a fresh new mandate. joe biden is in a precarious position, keir starmer will arrive at the way —— at the white house, the first time they have met but you can forgive him for wondering whether before long he will be meeting either donald trump or kamala harris, who knows. but yes, it is the first opportunity for keir starmer notjust to meet it is the first opportunity for keir starmer not just to meet these it is the first opportunity for keir starmer notjust to meet these world leaders but to give a flavour to an audience here in the uk but globally about the kind of role that he wants the uk to play on the world stage at a time when as you say so many of the major forces in a time when as you say so many of the majorforces in global a time when as you say so many of the major forces in global politics are buffeted by internal and international crises. a lot of the difficulties

governments around the world and in europe are facing are to do with disparities in wealth. that brings us back to the uk and the phrase, levelling up. we saw angela rayner, the deputy prime minister, who has confirmed she is getting rid of the phrase, levelling up, she says there will be no gimmicks or slogans, she says her department will be the department for housing, communities and local government. what message are they sending? levelling up a conservative linked phrase. it is and they are revising that department to the name it had to years ago before it became the department for levelling up, three years ago, under michael gove. the clear message is of a rupture with what went on before. what the conservatives said they wanted to do with levelling up which was rebalance the economy, improved prospects for people around the uk,

thatis prospects for people around the uk, that is liz kendall, the new work and pensions secretary. what the conservatives said they wanted to do with levelling up is still on their agenda. but the way they talk about it will be different. an intriguing double shot of you, one from the front, one from the side, to catch these cabinet rivals, if people are wondering what is going on here. this is the second time the cabinet is meeting, a labour cabinet, they met for the first time on saturday. in terms of, from your point of view, westminster will look very different, the cabinet looks very different, keir starmer addressing this new chamber for the first time today as prime minister, rich is soon opposition benches. a whole bunch of new mps. that is right, one chamber that will look the same is the house of lords.

that is the new leader of the house of lords. the house of commons will look extremely different. keir starmer will start at the despatch box for the first time as prime minister. conservatives will be on the opposition benches, they have not sat there for 14 years, in almost all cases, no conservative mp who is currently a conservative mp, is sitting there. today we will get a physical representation of the extent to which britain's political map has gone —— has transformed and that will be striking. notjust a much dwindled conservative parliamentary party... that is david lammy, foreign secretary, he will have a big role in dealing with the ukraine situation. what is your message for vladimir putin, foreign secretary? in the immediate term his priority

was gritting anneliese dodds, his number two. was gritting anneliese dodds, his numbertwo. he was gritting anneliese dodds, his number two. he will be at the nato summit with the prime minister, leading the uk respond to what is happening in ukraine. the business and trade minister there. more arrivals we can see. we will be across the events in westminster throughout the day, following up on the nato summit later. thank you. the war in ukraine is set to dominate talks at this year's nato summit which kicks off in washington later today. president biden will host world leaders in the us capital as the military alliance marks its 75th anniversary. mr biden has called the alliance the most unified it has ever been. but, the rise of the far—right in some european countries, and the prospect of a second donald trump presidency, is raising concerns that support for the alliance may not last in the coming years, particulary on military aid, which its members send to ukraine. president zelensky will be in attendance this year,

and is expected to stress to nato allies that more support is needed to strengthen his country's air defenses against russia's assault. more now from our defence correspondentjonathan beale in washington. jens stoltenberg, the head of nato, has managed to get allies to commit to spend another 40 billion — that is £30 billion, $40 billion, on ukraine's military support for the next year. what he has not been able to do is to turn that into a five—year commitment, what has been called trump—proofing that military support. and that is because of the political uncertainty. he has strong support from keir starmer. this will be his first big test as british prime minister on the international stage. he has made clear nato will remain a cornerstone for britain's security, and he wants to speed up military aid to ukraine. but the question gnawing in the heads of many leaders here is while, yes, they are expected to show unity on ukraine, will it be the same next year? especially if donald trump, a past critic of the alliance, a critic of giving weapons to ukraine, is elected a second term. that is the elephant in the room.

ed miliband going into street, we are keeping an eye on the cabinet arrivals, the new labour ministers going into downing street. they are all heading into that meeting ahead of parliament sitting later for the very first time. that i think is hilary benn from what i can see posing outside as he goes into downing street. to pick up on the nato meeting and the challenges for defence. apologies if i enter upjust to defence. apologies if i enter up just to show who is going into downing street, we are following events in westminster. with this new government and a

pledge by the new government to increase defence spending, does that give you enough confidence for the future security of this country and support for nato? well, words are good, but money is even _ well, words are good, but money is even batten — well, words are good, but money is even better. as i understand this new government's policy, the 2.5% of gdp payment for defence is conditional upon economic conditions, that key phrase, as soon as resources— conditions, that key phrase, as soon as resources allow. that seems to me the critical_ as resources allow. that seems to me the critical issue because there is no good — the critical issue because there is no good to— the critical issue because there is no good to president zelensky or noto— no good to president zelensky or noto or— no good to president zelensky or noto or britain's defence now. i am still concerned. i want that as soon as resources— still concerned. i want that as soon as resources allow to be scotched from _ as resources allow to be scotched from the — as resources allow to be scotched from the lexicon. although affordability and the budget is also crucial, isn't it, in determining what is affordable. there you go. here is keir starmer

keen_ there you go. here is keir starmer keen to _ there you go. here is keir starmer keen to say— there you go. here is keir starmer keen to say like all politicians the first priority is to get it defence, but not — first priority is to get it defence, but not as— first priority is to get it defence, but not as important as balancing the hooks — but not as important as balancing the books. we have to be realistic, we are _ the books. we have to be realistic, we are fighting an enemy in putin who see— we are fighting an enemy in putin who see the challenges he faces as it is essential. when he looks across — it is essential. when he looks across as _ it is essential. when he looks across as the west, he sees people saying. _ across as the west, he sees people saying. we — across as the west, he sees people saying, we will put in defence spending when conditions allow. that is hot _ spending when conditions allow. that is not a _ spending when conditions allow. that is not a strong response. a strong response _ is not a strong response. a strong response is— is not a strong response. a strong response is 2.5% now and you are true _ response is 2.5% now and you are true to— response is 2.5% now and you are true to your— response is 2.5% now and you are true to your words. you pay that money— true to your words. you pay that money now _ true to your words. you pay that money now. you tackle, otherwise you have an _ money now. you tackle, otherwise you have an asymmetry of the approach were russians take this will seriously and we are not. in those _ seriously and we are not. in those conditions in russia will win _ in those conditions in russia will win |s— in those conditions in russia will win. , ~ , �* , in those conditions in russia will win. ,,, in those conditions in russia will win. is the west's strategy or ukraine the _ win. is the west's strategy or ukraine the right _ win. is the west's strategy or ukraine the right one - win. is the west's strategy or ukraine the right one so - win. is the west's strategy or ukraine the right one so far? | ukraine the right one so far? because ukraine have called for more support and with the us election

coming up in november, and an unknown level of support for nato if president trump was to win, there is an imperative isn't there for that all those who support ukraine on getting on the front foot against russia now. absolutely, i couldn't agree more. what _ absolutely, i couldn't agree more. whatjonathan beale said about trump proofing _ whatjonathan beale said about trump proofing contributions to defence would _ proofing contributions to defence would be — proofing contributions to defence would be a great aspiration, it wordy— would be a great aspiration, it wordy thing to aim for. it is not happening _ wordy thing to aim for. it is not happening. no one can trump prove the world _ happening. no one can trump prove the world unfortunately. it is happening. no one can trump prove the world unfortunately.— the world unfortunately. it is not a ersonal the world unfortunately. it is not a personal view. _ the world unfortunately. it is not a personal view. i — the world unfortunately. it is not a personal view, i am _ the world unfortunately. it is not a personalview, i am putting - the world unfortunately. it is not a l personalview, i am putting forward personal view, i am putting forward the argument that is where the questioning has been. if that does not happen, if things continue as they are with a politically weakened us president, politically weakened french president, if we continue as

we are, if the nato alliance continues on the current course what does that mean for ukraine in your view? well, ukraine is obviously crucially dependent on western support, nato support— dependent on western support, nato support in— dependent on western support, nato support in particular. therefore if that we _ support in particular. therefore if that we can — support in particular. therefore if that we can then ukraine is in a weaker— that we can then ukraine is in a weaker position. it is notjust about— weaker position. it is notjust about ukraine but the uk. note the words _ about ukraine but the uk. note the words of— about ukraine but the uk. note the words of the outgoing chief of general— words of the outgoing chief of general staff general saunders who said our— general staff general saunders who said our equipment stocks are too low, _ said our equipment stocks are too low, personnel numbers too small. that is— low, personnel numbers too small. that is a _ low, personnel numbers too small. that is a double bill keir starmer is facing. — that is a double bill keir starmer is facing, notjust that is a double bill keir starmer is facing, not just support for ukraine, _ is facing, not just support for ukraine, but really equipping and reinforcing the british defence. —— re—equipping. and _ re—equipping. and we will keep events on nato

events. thank you. wejust and we will keep events on nato events. thank you. we just saw yvette cooper going into downing street, and peter kyle a few minutes earlier, the new cabinet members walking in for this meeting today. we are just going to pause briefly i think and catch up with the weather. as we go through the next few days the weather remains unsettled. rain at times, we certainly have that today, most of us seen rain today. it will continue through the week. if we look at the rain for a key measurement chart, you can see much of the country sees rain in the next few days. by tomorrow night, parts of north east scotland widely could have 30 millimetres, three times the amount on higher ground. a clutch of weather france is moving north today, this one pushing towards the

east, taking some rain. driest conditions will be across the north of scotland. some sunshine. the rain advancing through scotland, england and east of northern ireland. the rain drifting towards the east. it will brighten up later in the west but still with huge showers and feeling muggy across england and wales. at wimbledon, likely to be rain interruptions. tomorrow a drier and brighter day but again showers around. this evening, the rain makes progress across scotland and northern ireland. showers behind, some clear skies, a muggy night. temperatures falling away between ten and 15 degrees. we start tomorrow with our weather front again across the north east, rainfall totals mounting up. not much wind further south, in any showers, they will be slow moving. it will brighten up in the day

across england and wales in particular with sunshine coming through. rain continuing across scotland with showers in northern ireland and northern england. more of a northerly component to the wind in the north, it will feel cool. thursday, the weather front weakens. friday sees another area of low pressure across southern areas. thursday, the rain will sink south, patchy in nature, a northerly wind, a lot of cloud, some sunshine further south. these are the temperatures. up to 22 degrees. the outlook beyond that, it does remain unsettled, rain at times, showers, a little bit of sunshine, top temperatures of 22.

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is prime minister with rishi sunak and the conservatives on the opposition benches for the first time in 14 years. we have been seeing a number of arrivals. we saw the metro mayors gathered earlier this morning, meeting the prime minister, as this government pledges to devolve political power outwards. and angela rayner the deputy prime minister dropping the term levelling up minister dropping the term levelling up from her department which was of course a conservative phrase, and she is reverting to the former description of her department, which is the ministry of housing, communities and local government. that was before borisjohnson added the phrase levelling up. so that phrase is confirmed to be dropped by labour, but of course, the whole agenda of a fairer distribution of wealth as labour would see it, and

the question of how to inject wealth across the country is the key one facing the government now, with a lot of pressure facing them on how quickly they can reach those manifesto pledges. you will see outside downing street pictures of the st george's flag that had been up the st george's flag that had been up there for a few days and you will know why because by tomorrow night we will know the line—up for the euro 2024 final and as we wait once more to see if england or the netherlands reach the final, we are going to first find out who the rapana is going to be because france play spain tonight in munich and both sides of had different tournaments, spain looking impresses with five successive victories whilst ones have yet to score from open play. tomorrow as england tries to reach the european championship finalfor a second to reach the european championship final for a second successive time, left back luke shaw says he is desperate to earn his first start of the tournament after returning from injury against switzerland in the quarterfinal. forthe injury against switzerland in the quarterfinal. for the fans it has been tournament that hasn't had many

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some of the fans made the point, england have yet to hit the heights. but they are still in it. i have lost count of the number of tournaments i have been out before, when england would have happily swap playing a little bit better for one of those teams still in it at the semifinal stage you had not quite sort of blade and set the tournament alight, so they would happily swap that, and i think people are quick to forget that. i think it is a growing mood of optimism, if i can say it like that. luke shaw spoke well yesterday, talking about coming good. so did phil foden, just about may improving on the switzerland game. i think it is a really tough semifinal against holland. it is a real 50—50 game, but i think there's growing belief and confidence in this england camp. haifa growing belief and confidence in this england camp.— growing belief and confidence in this england camp. how do you rate their chances _ this england camp. how do you rate their chances the _ this england camp. how do you rate their chances the netherlands? - this england camp. how do you rate their chances the netherlands? i . their chances the netherlands? i think it is going to be very tight. if england are at their best i think england are the better team and will

win. but i think again it will be a very tight game, we are familiar plots of the dutch players, cody gakpo, virgilvan plots of the dutch players, cody gakpo, virgil van dijk, plots of the dutch players, cody gakpo, virgilvan dijk, so, ithink we will be familiar with them, we will reflect that they are a danger, and i have no doubt, this tournament has almost been defined by being quite defensive and tight, spain being the exception to the rule. i feel that it will be a tight game again. if it goes to penalties i think england will really fancy their chances, because they are so strong in that department. what strong in that department. what about the harry _ strong in that department. what about the harry kane _ strong in that department. what about the harry kane question? strong in that department. what - about the harry kane question? harry kane will definitely _ about the harry kane question? harry kane will definitely play. _ about the harry kane question? tia"? kane will definitely play. should he is another debate entirely, but he will play, he will captain the team, i have no doubt about that. i love harry kane, england's record goal—scorer, his england team—mates, luke shaw and trent alexander—arnold spoke about his qualities, he has

scored twice in a tournament but people can see that he is not at his peak of match fitness and sharpness. is that an injury that has affected his kind of label that he had towards the end of the season that he is may be carried into this tournament? probably yes. i was still back him as a great finisher. but it is about linking up with the team as being a bit sharper and more reactive. and i think these are things that can be overcome but he will be speaking later at a press conference, which is always a clue that that player is going to start. do you think that the victor of the moral play after today? i do you think that the victor of the moral play after today?— do you think that the victor of the moral play after today? i think that robabl moral play after today? i think that probably spain- _ moral play after today? i think that probably spain. as _ moral play after today? i think that probably spain. as long _ moral play after today? i think that probably spain. as long as - moral play after today? i think that l probably spain. as long as spain can overcome the sort of weary legs and also they have got a couple of big suspensions in morata and carvajal, they are facing a french team loaded with talent, but they have a half

fit and struggling kylian mbappe, because he had his broken nose, early in the tournament, he is travelling with it, he's my favourite player in the world, is wonderful, but if he's not playing well because not fully fit, that makes the french threat less, so i think that spain will make it through. think that spain will make it throu~h. , :, , think that spain will make it throuh. :, ~ :, through. john cross from the mirror, thank ou through. john cross from the mirror, thank you and _ through. john cross from the mirror, thank you and enjoy _ through. john cross from the mirror, thank you and enjoy the _ through. john cross from the mirror, thank you and enjoy the next - through. john cross from the mirror, thank you and enjoy the next couple | thank you and enjoy the next couple of days. an inquiry has found what it describes as a deeply dysfunctional culture at the regulator governing nurses and midwives in the uk. the review into the nursing and midwifery council found staff were experiencing bullying, racism and burnout. he was a health correspondent dominic use. the nursing and midwifery council is the body responsible for maintaining professional standards among tens of thousands of nhs and private health care workers. but it stands accused of putting the public at risk as well as endangering nurses and midwives. i

well as endangering nurses and midwives. :, :, i, : :, :, midwives. i found a dysfunctional organisation _ midwives. i found a dysfunctional organisation causing _ midwives. i found a dysfunctional organisation causing you - midwives. i found a dysfunctional organisation causing you distress| midwives. i found a dysfunctional i organisation causing you distress to staff, having an impact on the case decisions, meaning that good nurses were for many months and years, being investigated for minor offences, bad nurses were allowed to virtually get away with it if it took place. virtually get away with it if it took place-— virtually get away with it if it took lace. :, took place. the review into the culture of— took place. the review into the culture of the _ took place. the review into the culture of the mnc _ took place. the review into the culture of the mnc displayed i took place. the review into the | culture of the mnc displayed an environment of poorjudgment, toxic behaviours and paralysis affecting decision—making. the report says that the mnc is struggling with a backlog of 6000 cases, many of which drag on for years. when case involving allegations of sexual assault and rape took seven years before the nurse was struck off the register. delays in resolving cases can have a devastating impact. last year alone, six nurses have taken their own lives while waiting for disciplinary investigations to be completed. the mnc has apologised and accepted all of the recommendations in the report, promising to deliver a change in

culture. but some who followed the saga closely on not sure that that is possible without resignations at the top. is possible without resignations at the to -. :.: , is possible without resignations at theto. , ,, the top. racism exists within the mnc, the top. racism exists within the mnc. bullying — the top. racism exists within the mnc, bullying exists. _ the top. racism exists within the mnc, bullying exists. and - the top. racism exists within the mnc, bullying exists. and we - the top. racism exists within the | mnc, bullying exists. and we are supposed to be looking after people who care for people. it is a very stressful job, who care for people. it is a very stressfuljob, to be, in my case a nurse, and midwifery, the same, but we have got to know that we are being listened to properly, when we report an incident. this is outrageous, and people have to go. this is the first in a number of reviews into how the mnc carries out its work, driven by concerns first raised by a whistle—blower. it is a deeply damaging assessment and more are likely to follow. as we have been reporting all morning, sir keir starmer and the deputy prime minister angela rayner have been

meeting england's regional mairs this morning, the government would like first meeting to discuss shifting power out of westminster as they put it, 12 areas of england including greater manchester, the west midlands and middlesbrough have this devolution, and i'm joined by the conservative mayor of tees valley, ben howson, thank you for joining us. you havejust posted on x, formerly twitter,, yourself gathering with a selfie for all of the labour mairs after meeting keir starmer and you said teesside before politics. what do you mean by that and what happened at the meeting? that was a quick reaction because i have only the second posted it so well done on that. i met with the mairs and the prime is keir this morning. keir starmer was kind enough having not met me before, kind enough to offer 15 minutes with him privately to introduce ourselves, and he was very keen to

impress upon me that he wanted to put the country first, and to work with me irrespective of party politics, to get things done, to deliver on his growth agenda and i was clear that i will work with anybody who will help me deliver for the people of teesside, darlington and hartlepool. isaid the people of teesside, darlington and hartlepool. i said to the prime minister that he has won the election, if he succeeds then the country will succeed so now that the election is out of the way the business of governing takes over. we need to deliver in local and national government, and hopefully, that relationship will blossom into a contract of one and we can deliver for people in our communities. you said that you _ for people in our communities. you said that you had 50 minutes on your own with him. we have never met before, keir starmerwas own with him. we have never met before, keir starmer was kind enough to introduce himself and we had a brief conversation about wanting to work together. brief conversation about wanting to work together-— work together. hopefully that relationship _ work together. hopefully that relationship will _ work together. hopefully that relationship will grow - work together. hopefully that relationship will grow and - work together. hopefully that relationship will grow and he | work together. hopefully that. relationship will grow and he will be true to his word and began work interactively together to deliver on their growth plans that he needs to succeed if he wants to deliver on his electoral promises and the promises that i make to the people i represent a cross teesside, darlington and hartlepool, to

deliver theirjobs, investment darlington and hartlepool, to deliver their jobs, investment and growth we have seen since i was elected in 2017.— growth we have seen since i was elected in 2017. traditionally when eo - le elected in 2017. traditionally when people look— elected in 2017. traditionally when people look at _ elected in 2017. traditionally when people look at the _ elected in 2017. traditionally when people look at the distribution - elected in 2017. traditionally when people look at the distribution of l people look at the distribution of money on either side of the main governing parties, there are questions about whether the centre will give as much money areas held by opposition councils or areas. rather than their own political side, all of the other mayorship sound held by labour. certainly not conservatives. do you have confidence in sir keir starmer and this government that they will not be partisan about helping the north—east, where they need to? truth of the matter is slightly different. looking back to the conservative government, it is true to say that places like greater manchester and andy burnham got far more money than i did in the tees valley. so i don't think history shows that that is true but irrespective of the past, i had never met keir starmer before, it was a constructive private meeting

and a meeting with all of the mayors and a meeting with all of the mayors and the prime minister and if he is true to his word, i don't see that being the case and i think it would being the case and i think it would be strike strange for a labour prime minister to come in and one of his actions is to be vindictive against actions is to be vindictive against a conservative mayor and the region because they dared to vote conservative, different from the national party in government. than? national party in government. any criticism for _ national party in government. any criticism for wanting to cooperate with the government from your own party which is obviously going to go through huge leadership question, and you have written about that, and the direction of travel. the and you have written about that, and the direction of travel.— the direction of travel. the issue with the conservative _ the direction of travel. the issue with the conservative party - the direction of travel. the issue with the conservative party is i the direction of travel. the issue i with the conservative party is more existential and it is going to take some time. the lessons we must learn from last week's defeat is not, do we need to lurch more to the right or left, we need to learn the lesson and a lesson from the public what they did not trust us to be able to deliver, didn't trust our election promises, because they have lost confidence in our competence to deliver effective government. that is why we lost. so whether it was

immigration, not getting that under control, whether it was the nhs, justice, local government, people had seen that it wasn't working the way they wanted it to in recent years, that is why we lost, it was about effective governance, not ideology, and i hope the conservative party realise that, that was the piece that i wrote in the sunday times to say that this is about competence and trust, not ideology, and i was pleased to see the leadership election kick off and i hope that the contenders realise that, otherwise the road to redemption could be as long or as short as a conservative party wish to make it, and it depends how sensible they want to be, or want to spiral into navel—gazing and ideological politics that will keep us in opposition for many years ahead. :, :, , :, :, ahead. reform party got a strong vote, ahead. reform party got a strong vote. even _ ahead. reform party got a strong vote, even though _ ahead. reform party got a strong vote, even though they _ ahead. reform party got a strong vote, even though they only - ahead. reform party got a strong i vote, even though they only got five mps, but that is the first time that they will be in the house of commons, and there are those who argue that the conservatives should

embrace that agenda, if they are going to have a chance of resuming power. i going to have a chance of resuming ower. ~' :, , power. i think there are very few --eole power. i think there are very few people making — power. i think there are very few people making that _ power. i think there are very few people making that argument. i power. i think there are very few - people making that argument. there may be one or two but nobody in the conservative party that i spoke to thinks that is a good idea. we are already seeing some potential leadership contenders rule that out. not all of them but most of them. i don't think there is an appetite to merge with reform uk. that will increase the length of the road to redemption i talked about. this is about confidence, competence and trust, not ideology.— trust, not ideology. would you like to see leading _ trust, not ideology. would you like to see leading the _ trust, not ideology. would you like to see leading the conservative - to see leading the conservative party, give me a couple of names you would have trust in, you think would be good for your party and the uk? i don't know the moment. there are the usual suspects he will throw their hat in the ring. there will be some left field candidates that people do not expect. it will be interesting to see who comes out of the woodwork. it is too early to tell who should be the right person. i

have no preconceptions. i'm looking forward to the 1922 committee, the union of the conservative party, electing the chairman, setting out the competition rules for the leadership election so we can have that constructive debate, elect a leader and start to form an effective opposition.- leader and start to form an effective opposition. leader and start to form an effective 0- osition. :, ~ , :, , effective opposition. thank you very much, ben houchen, _ effective opposition. thank you very much, ben houchen, eddie - effective opposition. thank you very much, ben houchen, eddie mayor. effective opposition. thank you very| much, ben houchen, eddie mayor of teesside. president biden has again insisted that he is standing for election after falling into a morning tv show in america. it comes after a growing number of senior members of the nay —— the democratic party privatelyjoined calls for him to pull out of the presidential race after a disastrous performance in a tv debate with donald trump. would it be joe tv debate with donald trump. would it bejoe or will it be kamala fighting the election for the democrats? it is being seriously considered by party members in congress. more and more are coming forward to say the president should

step down after that disastrous debate performance against donald trump. the latest and most senior is adam smith, with this blunt assessment of mr biden's chances. we would be better off with another nominee, 0k? i believe that in my heart, my soul and my brain, i'm100% convinced. the president has continued to insist he won't be dropping out. he sent a letter to fellow democrats saying he's firmly committed to staying in the race. it's he even called a us breakfast show to hammer home the point. a i've not lost and i haven't lost. i beat him last time, i'll beat him this time. adding to the questions swirling around mr biden, it's emerged that an expert in parkinson's disease has visited the white house eight times in the past year. has the president been treated for parkinson's? no. is he being treated for parkinson's? no, he's not. is he taking medication for parkinson's? no. so those are the things that i can give you full— blown answers on. but i'm not going to, i'm not going to confirm a specialist,

any specialist that comes to the white house out of privacy. now, president biden has to host the nato summit in washington. he'll meet the new british prime minister, sir keir starmer, at the white house. and on thursday, he'll be quizzed by internationaljournalists at a news conference. three gruelling days and a world stage to prove he's still up to the job. peter bowes, bbc news. useful adam smith there, a democrat on the armed services committee in that report. he actually was speaking to my colleague in the us. let me play you a bit more of that interview. i let me play you a bit more of that interview. ~ let me play you a bit more of that interview. ,, :, , , :, interview. i think donald trump is a comlete interview. i think donald trump is a complete disaster. _ interview. i think donald trump is a complete disaster. i _ interview. i think donald trump is a complete disaster. i think- interview. i think donald trump is a complete disaster. i think our- complete disaster. i think our country has a clear majority against maga and we have a clear message that run only in winning this election. we have an extraordinary economic record. the president assad foreign policy successes, uniting the world against ukraine. it is a

terrific message. the problem is and what was proven in the debate and in the days since then, at this point, joe biden is incapable of delivering that message. any democrat watching that debate was fairly well begging the president to hit back. trump was lying, he was leaving these huge, big open arguments. the president was completely incapable of doing something that any sort of relatively novice debater should have been able to do. and it hasn't got better since then. we need a stronger messenger. and secondarily, there are concerns about his health. concerns they have brushed off and not addressed, that are distracting us from being able to deliver exactly the message senator fetterman outlined. so, that is my concern. that is my problem. i think this election is enormously important. and i think we need to be in the strongest possible

position to make that case. president biden at the moment is not. i have enormous respect for the job he has done as president. i do. but we have got to win this campaign. congressmen, let me ask you. the president and his team say they believe that these calls for him to drop out of the race are coming from what they call "a group of elites in washington who are out of touch with voters." i know you have been critical without criticism from the biden team. until now the polls after the debate, they have not changed significantly. joe biden is still trailing donald trump in those polls. is there any truth that young voters, black voters, union voters, do not agree with the politicians perhaps here in washington? yes. that is so ludicrous, ok? the concerns that i have been getting have been coming from my constituents, young voters, black voters, old voters, democrats. i didn'tjust come up with this on my own. ever since the debate i had been deluged with requests from hardcore democrats who do not want to see trump re—elected, saying, my

goodness, you have to do something. our candidates are not strong enough to hold him off. the notion that this is... i mean look. it is a card i guess the president has to play to stay in. what i am hoping is the president recognises a key aspect of his legacy is he was the candidate who defeated trump in 2020. if you cannot do that in 2024 because of the limitations that he now has that have become obvious, he lets him back in. he was the right candidate in 2020. but what we have seen from the debate now is he is not the right candidate now. the democrats adam smith there. alec baldwin was mike in voluntary manslaughter trial today nearly three years after the fatal shooting on the set of the film, rust. he was

rehearsing with a prop gun and are seen on the set in new mexico when the gun went off, killing hutchins and wounding the director. he faces 18 months injail if convicted of wrongdoing. he has maintained in multiple interviews that he did not pull the trigger. ajudge ruled that borden had my role as producer on the film isn't relevant to the trial and cannot be entered as evidence. for more on this we can hear from criminal defence attorney and legal analyst. criminal defence attorney and legal anal st. : :, criminal defence attorney and legal analst. :, , :, analyst. prosecution was relying on the fact that _ analyst. prosecution was relying on the fact that borden _ analyst. prosecution was relying on the fact that borden was _ analyst. prosecution was relying on the fact that borden was a - analyst. prosecution was relying on | the fact that borden was a producer on the film to show that he would have been more knowledgeable about the safety protocols on the set, and more responsible for enforcing those safety protocols, and the wind today was that the judge determined that that cannot, the prosecution cannot

put forward evidence relating to his role as a producer, to show that knowledge, which is really going to be key to the case. let knowledge, which is really going to be key to the case.— knowledge, which is really going to be key to the case. let me 'ust show ou some be key to the case. let me 'ust show you some pictures h be key to the case. let me 'ust show you some pictures from _ be key to the case. let me just show you some pictures from kyiv, - you some pictures from kyiv, because we are hearing that rescue workers have completed a search and rescue operation at the hospital, the children's hospital, that was hit on monday. the ukrainian state emergency services say that two people were killed in the attack, and 32 were wounded. we are also hearing from the un that the head of the monitoring mission in ukraine say that the un assessment suggests the likelihood that the kir children's hospital strike was from a russian missile. they say video footage and analysis shows a high likelihood that the hospital has suffered a direct hit. they say that people were sheltering in a bunker during the strike otherwise the casualties would have been much higher. that information just coming

into us. we have also had differing information about what kind of missile might have been used. the russian foreign ministry talking about one type of missile being responsible, the ukrainians talking about another type of missile being responsible, but that is the information coming in to us on the attack at present. more online on that of course from ukraine. now the weather, with carol. as we go through the next few days the weather remains unsettled. rain at times, we certainly have that today, most of us seeing rain today. it will continue through the week. if we look at the rain accumulation chart, you can see much of the country sees rain in the next few days. by tomorrow night, parts of north east scotland widely could have 30 millimetres,

three times the amount on higher ground. a clutch of weather fronts is moving north today, this one pushing towards the east, also taking some rain. driest conditions for longest will be across the north of scotland. some sunshine. the rain advancing through scotland, northern england and east of northern ireland. the rain drifting towards the east. it will brighten up later in the west but still with a few showers and feeling muggy across england and wales. at wimbledon, there are likely to be rain interruptions. tomorrow a drier and brighter day but again some showers around. this evening, the rain makes progress across scotland and northern ireland. showers behind, some clear skies, a muggy night. temperatures falling away between ten and 15 degrees. we start tomorrow with our weather front again across the north east, rainfall totals mounting up.

not much wind further south, so any showers will be slow moving. it will brighten up in the day across england and wales in particular with sunshine coming through. he rain continuing across scotland with showers in northern ireland and northern england. more of a northerly component to the wind in the north, it will feel cool. heading into thursday, the weather front weakens. friday sees another area of low pressure across southern areas. on thursday, the rain will sink south, patchy in nature, a northerly wind, a lot of cloud, some sunshine further south. these are the temperatures. 13 up to 22 degrees. the outlook beyond that, it does remain unsettled, rain at times, showers, a little bit of sunshine, top temperatures of 22.

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the deadly missile attacks that killed dozens of people. in washington, and we build up to the euro 2024 finals with england versus the netherlands on wednesday. thanks forjoining us. the new parliament sits later today with labour ministers on the front bench for the first time in more than a decade. so kier starmer is —— keir starmer is due to speak. in what is set to be very busy day in westminster, keir starmer is holding a cabinet meeting, his second since

the election. the government has already pledged to loosen white holes tight grip. later, he will meet president biden. let's get this from harry farley. political careers end in removal van. the furniture and the residents are changing. this morning, keir starmer will meet with london mayors. there is a desire to give mayors new power over things like transport and housing. this is what a labour majority looks like. today, the house of commons sits for the first time since the election to choose its speaker and some new mps can't quite believe they are here. there is a lot of work to do so it's

about— there is a lot of work to do so it's about getting started now. this is what _ about getting started now. this is what we've been working on and even longer— what we've been working on and even longer in _ what we've been working on and even longer in west dorset. 139 years. there's— longer in west dorset. 139 years. there's been a lot of people who have _ there's been a lot of people who have been— there's been a lot of people who have been working for a very long time _ have been working for a very long time to— have been working for a very long time to get— have been working for a very long time to get to a point where a lib dem— time to get to a point where a lib dem can— time to get to a point where a lib dem can call themselves the mp for dorset _ dem can call themselves the mp for dorset. �* :, , :, , , , dorset. but as well as the smiles, there the serious _ dorset. but as well as the smiles, there the serious work _ dorset. but as well as the smiles, there the serious work of - there the serious work of government. the government meets with unions about the junior doctors strikes today. the election slogan was changed, the new question will be, when can they deliver it? i can't quite get my head round, to have _ i can't quite get my head round, to have the _ i can't quite get my head round, to have the labour mps on the other side, _

have the labour mps on the other side, it's— have the labour mps on the other side, it's something that has been waiting _ side, it's something that has been waiting for— side, it's something that has been waiting for for some time. it will be interesting to see how they file into the _ be interesting to see how they file into the commons today.- into the commons today. william ha . ue into the commons today. william hauue has into the commons today. william hague has written _ into the commons today. william hague has written how _ into the commons today. william hague has written how it's - into the commons today. william hague has written how it's going | into the commons today. william i hague has written how it's going to look and how labour are going to be quite squashed together. the tories might struggle to fill the green benches. there is some words of advice from where reform should sit. physically, the make—up of the chamber, how do you think it's going to pan out? i chamber, how do you think it's going to an out? ~ 3 , to pan out? i think it's very british that _ to pan out? i think it's very british that we _ to pan out? i think it's very british that we have - to pan out? i think it's very british that we have a - to pan out? i think it's very - british that we have a chamber that literally— british that we have a chamber that literally cannot fit all of the mps that we — literally cannot fit all of the mps that we have into it. they have not expanded — that we have into it. they have not expanded it— that we have into it. they have not expanded it over the time and we have _ expanded it over the time and we have over— expanded it over the time and we have over 400 labour mps on one side _ have over 400 labour mps on one side it— have over 400 labour mps on one side it will— have over 400 labour mps on one side. it will be quite symbolic for those _ side. it will be quite symbolic for those who— side. it will be quite symbolic for those who are quite critical of the keir starmer administration and it will be _ keir starmer administration and it will be interesting to see where those _

will be interesting to see where those people go, who they sit next to, whether they sit with independent mps who have been elected _ independent mps who have been elected for the first time and where that internal opposition will come from _ that internal opposition will come from. where those people will align themselves in the chamber. a big ma'ori themselves in the chamber. a big majority does _ themselves in the chamber. a big majority does give _ themselves in the chamber. a big majority does give keir _ themselves in the chamber. jr majority does give keir starmer a huge personal authority but further down the line because lots of those mps are not going to be on the government payroll because they will be on select committee posts. eventually, you store up potential trouble much further down the line or you've got to keep a lot of people happy then you need a lot of party discipline. they will be quite a lot of issues for labour party management. a lot of issues for labour party management-— a lot of issues for labour party management. the whips will be workinu management. the whips will be working in _ management. the whips will be working in overdrive _ management. the whips will be working in overdrive to - management. the whips will be working in overdrive to keep - management. the whips will be i working in overdrive to keep their flock in check. initially they will look starry eyed as they come through the gates under big ben. those mps might be slightly more

rebellious, and its finding those jobs for them. there's only so many payroll and select committee jobs so it's about trying to keep your party in check. they will be a lot of working out of who is who in the induction and those they should keep their eye on. the new ones are a body to get them to act and look and look at where you need to go and how you need to submit things like amendments and work on legislation, that will be your very new. there is a lot of work going on behind—the—scenes as this get started later on this month. blah started later on this month. alan tolhurst speaking _ started later on this month. alan tolhurst speaking to _ started later on this month. alan tolhurst speaking to us a little bit earlier. let's speak to our correspondentjenny hill. a huge day in westminster and lots

of words of advice from x mps and committee members —— former mps. this is a chance for younger mps to have the rope shown to them by the more experienced ones. it will look very different when the mps gather today? ii very different when the mps gather toda ? , :, ~' very different when the mps gather toda ? ,, �*, :, ,:, today? if you like, it's a visual representation _ today? if you like, it's a visual representation of _ today? if you like, it's a visual representation of the - today? if you like, it's a visual| representation of the complete transformation of britain's political landscape so you will have those labour mps, well over 400 of them crowded into the government's side of the chamber, not really enough seats to go round. it will be first come first serve so it will be fun watching them try to cram in and then, of course, looking across the chamber, you will see that fastly diminished cohort of conservative mps. barely double the number of lib

dems mps and then you'll be able to keep an eye out for the handful of green and reform mps and those independent candidates. the biggest and most significant change you will see keir starmer and rishi sunak at the dispatch box but in completely different roles. we will watch all of this unfold. so it will be interesting to see those two men standing there in those reversed roles. this will be for presumably the real election of lindsay hoyle, the real election of lindsay hoyle, the speaker of the house. —— re—election. the speaker of the house. -- re-election._ the speaker of the house. -- re-election. :, :, :, re-election. then we have the formal o enin: of re-election. then we have the formal opening of parliament _ re-election. then we have the formal opening of parliament next _ re-election. then we have the formal opening of parliament next week. - re-election. then we have the formal opening of parliament next week. inl opening of parliament next week. in terms of the smaller parties, obviously, the greens have got four

mps and the leader of reform taking his seat? yes it will be interesting to see nigel farage take his seat. you don't get the same and number of questions when pm cues get going so it will be interesting to see how a new mps adapt to that system. we are told by a number of new mps that these have changed a little bit in previous parliaments, they were in effect left to get on with it, find an office, organise their staff. this time around, many of the new

mps are talking about the fact they are given welcome packs, more information about where to go, what to look out for and what to do but i guess for many people it will be a few days of really having to get used to a different way of working and very excited many of them seem to be about it. the and very excited many of them seem to be about it— to be about it. the lib dems take their official _ to be about it. the lib dems take their official places _ to be about it. the lib dems take their official places third - to be about it. the lib dems take their official places third because | their official places third because their official places third because the snp has been much reduced and we've seen sir ed davey in a very different light during the campaign, back to his more formal, traditional role today. back to his more formal, traditional role toda . ~ :, , , role today. what will be interesting is that perhaps _ role today. what will be interesting is that perhaps some _ role today. what will be interesting is that perhaps some of— role today. what will be interesting is that perhaps some of you - role today. what will be interesting is that perhaps some of you will. is that perhaps some of you will have remembered that in the last week or so before the election while he was doing all his crazy stunts, falling off paddle boards, one of his promises was to push the new government, whoeverformed it because we didn't know at that stage, into an emergency budget on

health care. now he has repeated that promise and it's going to be interesting to see how he is going to hold the new labour government to account. he wanted to see the now labour governments putting out an emergency health care budget to tackle what he is calling the crisis in the nhs and social care. it will be very interesting and illuminating and will give us an idea of how well lib dems will work with labour as an opposition force and we will see how labour reacts to that. beyond all of the excitement in the chamber, we've seen plenty of work going on behind the scenes. the deputy prime minister as well as keir starmer has met with regional mayors to do two things, devolve more power to the regions but also to encourage local

economic growth. we are not sure how they want to go about it but they want to have ideas from mayors of all regions about how their region would best benefit. they want to hear from the mayors about their ideas. all this of course before keir starmer heads to the states tonight where he will be meeting with nato allies and having his first face—to—face talks with joe biden. we did see ben how chen, with sir keir starmer. the mayors have been in, there's been a cabinet meeting today. we know that the prime minister is heading to nato later today and i'm not sure who

those figures are who are walking in but we will try to find out for you. it's a very busy day, as i've said with a cabinet meeting and then parliament sitting later this afternoon with new mps taking their places for the first time in the house of commons chamber. and, of course, the england flags for the euro is proudly flying outside downing street too. keir starmer is heading to the nato summit and leaders will be discussing ukraine. five cities across the country have been attacked. but russia has denied targeting civilian infrastructure — insisting the strikes had been aimed at military facilities. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, who'll also be

at the nato summit says russia must answer for the attacks. james waterhouse reports from kyiv. frantic desperation on a kyiv summer morning. people help with their bare hands at ukraine's largest children's hospital. even for a war hardened city, this was a missile strike which broke the gruelling rhythm of russia's invasion. some of the young patients were being treated for cancer, already fighting for their lives. they illustrate how these attacks don't discriminate. 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. tatiana had a near miss. translation: we got here five minutes before it all started. i then the search for survivors stops for another missile alert.

an underpass acts as a shelter this time. residential buildings were also hit in kyiv. here, bodies were recovered. other cities were also attacked. on a visit to neighbouring poland, president zelensky promised a retaliation. translation: beyond any doubt, we are going to rebuild everything j that these terrorists have destroyed and beyond any doubt we are going to respond to these savages from russia. everybody who was injured will get the necessary help, and we pledge to work on bringing russia tojustice. ukrainians often describe a daily weight on their shoulders. sirens sound in cities like kyiv all the time,

and occasionally explosions will follow, and occasionally it's a big one. now, you can see people singing as they're giving out water. attacks like this don't really influence the battlefield, but what they are designed to do is terrorise and suppress the ukrainian people. it's not special operation, it's not the war, it's genocide of population in ukraine. it's right now the whole world see how russian missiles and kamikaze drones killed ukrainian citizens. our peaceful city is right now, the children's hospitals will be hitting from russian missiles. we don't know exactly the numbers of the people who will be killed and injuries. right now, we're saving people from the rubble of the buildings. for a second time, rescue teams have to find cover because of another air alert. only on this occasion, they sing the ukrainian national anthem underground. a dark day for a city still defiant. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. the war in ukraine is

set to dominate talks at this year's nato summit. president biden will host world leaders as the military alliance marks its 75th anniversary. mr biden has called the alliance the most unified it has ever been. but, the rise of the far—right in some european countries, and the prospect of a second trump presidency, is raising concerns that unity in nato and support for ukraine may not last. as we've been hearing president volodymyr zelensky is on his way to the summit and is already stressing more support is needed to strengthen his country's defenses against russia's assault. more now from our defence correspondentjonathan beale in washington. he has strong support from kier

starmer. this will be the first test for the prime minister on the international stage. for the prime minister on the internationalstage. it for the prime minister on the international stage. it will remain a cornerstone for britain's security and he wants to speed up military aid to ukraine but the question gnawing in the heads of many leaders here are while they are expected to show unity on ukraine, will it be the same next year? especially when donald trump, the alliance critic, critical of giving weapons to ukraine is the elephant in the room. major generaljonathan shaw, former uk assistant chief of defence staff says starmer�*s pledge to support ukraine and his upcoming travel to the nato summit are crucial steps in reaffirming the uk's commitment on an international stage. words are good but money is better.

my understanding is that the gdp payment — my understanding is that the gdp payment is conditional upon economic conditions _ payment is conditional upon economic conditions. there is that key phrase, _ conditions. there is that key phrase, "as soon as resources allow." _ phrase, "as soon as resources allow." but — phrase, "as soon as resources allow." but that's no good to the president— allow." but that's no good to the president of the ukraine or nato at the moment. so there's still some concern _ the moment. so there's still some concern about that phrase to be scotched — concern about that phrase to be scotched from the lexicon. although affordability and _ scotched from the lexicon. although affordability and the _ scotched from the lexicon. although affordability and the budget i scotched from the lexicon. although affordability and the budget is i affordability and the budget is obviously crucial, isn't it, in terms of what's affordable? here is keir starmer _ terms of what's affordable? here is keir starmer keen _ terms of what's affordable? here is keir starmer keen to _ terms of what's affordable? here is keir starmer keen to say _ terms of what's affordable? here is keir starmer keen to say that i terms of what's affordable? here is keir starmer keen to say that the i keir starmer keen to say that the first duty— keir starmer keen to say that the first duty of government is a security— first duty of government is a security and defence, saying it's not as— security and defence, saying it's not as important as having balanced books _ not as important as having balanced books. we've got to be realistic here~ _ books. we've got to be realistic here we — books. we've got to be realistic here. we have a leader like putin who sees—

here. we have a leader like putin who sees challenges as existential. he can _ who sees challenges as existential. he can see — who sees challenges as existential. he can see across the west people saying. _ he can see across the west people saying, when resources allow, is not a strong _ saying, when resources allow, is not a strong response. you need to be true to— a strong response. you need to be true to your— a strong response. you need to be true to your words and secure defence — true to your words and secure defence and you pay the money now. you tackle, _ defence and you pay the money now. you tackle, otherwise we have this asymmetry — you tackle, otherwise we have this asymmetry of approach where the russians— asymmetry of approach where the russians are taking this war seriously— russians are taking this war seriously and we are not and in those _ seriously and we are not and in those conditions, russia will win. is those conditions, russia will win. is the _ those conditions, russia will win. is the strategy on ukraine the right one so far? because, obviously, ukraine have called for more support and with the us election coming up in november, if president trump was to win, there's an imperative for those putting ukraine first and getting on the front foot now? i could not agree more. whatjonathan

beale _ could not agree more. whatjonathan beale said _ could not agree more. whatjonathan beale said about trump— proofing contributions to defence will be great _ contributions to defence will be great aspiration. a very worthy thing _ great aspiration. a very worthy thing to— great aspiration. a very worthy thing to aim for because it matters but it's— thing to aim for because it matters but it's very — thing to aim for because it matters but it's very difficult to trump — proof— but it's very difficult to trump — proof the — but it's very difficult to trump — proof the world, unfortunately. it proof the world, unfortunately. tl lot proof the world, unfortunately. a lot of proof the world, unfortunately. lot of the questioning has been because if that doesn't happen, if things continue as they are with a politically weakened us president at the moment, politically weakened french president, if we continue as we are, if the nato alliance continues on the current course, what does that mean the ukraine, in your view? what does that mean the ukraine, in our view? ~ ~ :, what does that mean the ukraine, in our view? ~ ,, :, , your view? well... ukraine is crucially _ your view? well... ukraine is crucially dependent i your view? well... ukraine is crucially dependent on i your view? well... ukraine is i crucially dependent on western support— crucially dependent on western support and nato support in particular and therefore, if that weakens— particular and therefore, if that weakens then obviously, ukraine is in a weak— weakens then obviously, ukraine is in a weak position. but it's not

just— in a weak position. but it's not just about _ in a weak position. but it's not just about ukraine, it's about the uk as— just about ukraine, it's about the uk as well — just about ukraine, it's about the uk as well. that's the outgoing words — uk as well. that's the outgoing words of— uk as well. that's the outgoing words of the outgoing chief, general saunders _ words of the outgoing chief, general saunders. it's a double bill that keir starmer is facing on the defence _ keir starmer is facing on the defence budget, notjust support for ukraine _ defence budget, notjust support for ukraine which is all very good but reinforcing — ukraine which is all very good but reinforcing the british defence. major— reinforcing the british defence. major generaljonathan shaw, there. we are still showing you pictures of downing street. at the moment, there are currently ministers coming in. the metro mayors have been in and we are expecting parliament to gather later this afternoon for the first time. well, in the us, as that nato summit also starts and gets under

way with keir starmer heading there, president biden has insisted that he is standing for election after phoning in to a morning tv show in america. it all comes after a growing number of senior members of his parties havejoined the growing number of senior members of his parties have joined the call for him to pull out of the presidential race after a difficult appearance in a debate with donald trump. will it bejoe or will it be kamala fighting the election for the democrats? it's a question being seriously considered by party members in congress. more and more are coming forward to say the president should step down after that disastrous debate performance against donald trump. dealing with everything we have to do with... the latest and most senior is adam smith, with this blunt assessment of mr biden's chances. we would be better off with another nominee, 0k? i believe that in my heart, my soul and my brain,

i'm100% convinced. the president has continued to insist he won't be dropping out. he sent a letter to fellow democrats saying he's firmly committed to staying in the race. he even called a us breakfast show to hammer home the point. i've not lost and i haven't lost. i beat him last time, i'll beat him this time. adding to the questions swirling around mr biden, it's emerged that an expert in parkinson's disease has visited the white house eight times in the past year. has the president been treated for parkinson's? no. is he being treated for parkinson's? no, he's not. is he taking medication for parkinson's? no. so those are the things that i can give you full— blown answers on. but i'm not going to, i'm not going to confirm a specialist, any specialist that comes to the white house out of privacy. now, president biden has to host the nato summit in washington. he'll meet the new british prime minister, sir keir starmer, at the white house. and on thursday, he'll be quizzed by internationaljournalists at a news conference. three gruelling days and a world stage to prove he's still up to the job. peter bowes, bbc news.

alec baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial is to begin on tuesday nearly three years after the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the set of the film "rust". baldwin was rehearsing with a prop gun for a scene in october of 2021 on the set in new mexico when the gun went off, killing hutchins and wounding directorjoel souza. baldwin faces 18 months injail if convicted of wrongdoing. he has pleaded not guilty and has maintained in multiple interviews that he did not pull the trigger. on monday, the actor scored an early legal win in the trial as the judge ruled baldwin's role as a producer on the film isn't relevant to the trial and cannot be entered as evidence. for more on this, we heard from criminal defense attorney and legal analyst rachel fiset. the prosecution was attempting to use the fact that baldwin was a producer on the film to show that he

would have been basically more knowledgeable about the safety protocols on the set, and more responsible for enforcing those safety protocols. and the win today is that the judge determined that that fact cannot come in and prosecution cannot put forth evidence relating to his role as a producer, to show that knowledge, which is really going to be key to the case. �* , :, which is really going to be key to the case. 3 :, :, :, ~ which is really going to be key to the case. �*, :, :, the case. let's get a look at the weather now. _ as we go through the next few days the weather remains unsettled. rain at times, we certainly have that today, most of us seen rain today. it will continue through the week. if we look at the rainfall accumulation chart, you can see much of the country sees rain in the next few days.

by tomorrow night, parts of north east scotland widely could have 30 millimetres, three times the amount on higher ground. a clutch of weather fronts is moving north today, this one pushing towards the east, taking some rain. driest conditions will be across the north of scotland. some sunshine. the rain advancing through scotland, england and east of northern ireland. the rain drifting towards the east. it will brighten up later in the west but still with huge showers and feeling muggy across england and wales. at wimbledon, likely to be rain interruptions. tomorrow a drier and brighter day but again showers around. this evening, the rain makes progress across scotland and northern ireland. showers behind, some clear skies, a muggy night. temperatures falling away between ten and 15 degrees. we start tomorrow with our weather front again across the north east, rainfall totals mounting up. not much wind further south, in any showers, they will be slow moving.

it will brighten up in the day across england and wales in particular with sunshine coming through. rain continuing across scotland with showers in northern ireland and northern england. more of a northerly component to the wind in the north, it will feel cool. thursday, the weather front weakens. friday sees another area of low pressure across southern areas. thursday, the rain will sink south, patchy in nature, a northerly wind, a lot of cloud, some sunshine further south. these are the temperatures. up to 22 degrees. the outlook beyond that, it does remain unsettled, rain at times, showers, a little bit of sunshine, top temperatures of 22.

this is bbc news, the headlines. cabinet ministers are holding their second meeting as the new parliament gears up for a fresh term. the new pm will then fly to washington for a nato summit — marking the 75th anniversary of the alliance. leaders at the summit will be discussing ukraine and the deadly missile attacks that killed dozens of people.

iam not i am not lost, iam not lost, i haven't i am not lost, i haven't lost, iam not lost, i haven't lost, i beat him last time and i will beat him this time. in washington keir starmer will meetjoe biden — as the white house pushes back on questions about the president's fitness. he made the unusual decision to call a cable news show to insist he's fit to stand. and we build up to the euro 2024 semi—finals — with spain v france today before england v netherlands on wednesday. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. more on the football. by tomorrow night, we'll know the line—up for the euro 2024 final, and as we wait one more night to see if england or netherlands reach the final — we'll first find out their opponent. france play spain tonight in munich — with the two sides having had very different tournaments. spain have looked impressive with five successive wins whilst france have yet to score from open play. tomorrow, as england tries to reach the european championship final for a second successive time, left—back luke shaw says

he is desperate to earn his first start in the tournament after returning from injury against switzerland in the quarter—final. what about the fans? given its been a tournament that hasn't had many highlights for the england team, are they surprised to still be here in germany? the bbc�*s been speaking to a few supporters to gauge the mood. if we get to the next game at don't know how we plan on getting home, i would sleep in the car if i had to to be part of this. we are ok. i have enough pairs left for the final. we have run out of these, just like england have been playing, pants. but dare we think that we might win? you have got your england leg. is there any space in their four "it's coming home?" definitely, it is going here. i had to go to the shop today to get some bits and pieces.

i got a red top because my england tops have to be washed. socks. shorts. if you do not want to show us your pants, you don't have to! pa nts! i am down to my last pair of underpants but i can do another two weeks. i went home for three days after the last 16 and then came back. one for my home country and one for my hometown — ithat is everything to do with wigan,| pies, heinz beans are made in wigan. are those lucky pants? the ones that i have got on, they definitely are not lucky because they need to go, trust me, they need to go, they are not lucky. i do not think i will be taking them back to wash, they will be gone! an interesting theme, i apologise for that! speaking to the daily mirror's chief football writer, john cross in germany — i asked what the mood is like there.

the mood has lifted after the last 16 game against slovakia then the penalty shoot—out against switzerland. as some of the fans made the point, england have yet to hit the heights. but they are still in it. i have lost count of the number of tournaments i have been at before, when england would have happily swap playing a little bit better for one of those teams still in it at the semifinal stage who had not quite sort of played and set the tournament alight, so they would happily swap that, and i think people are quick to forget that. i think it is a growing mood of optimism, if i can say it like that. luke shaw spoke well yesterday, talking about coming good. so did phil foden, just about maybe improving on the switzerland game. i think it is a really tough semifinal against holland. it is a real 50—50 game, but i think there's growing belief and confidence in this england camp. how do you rate their chances against the netherlands? i think it is going

to be very tight. if england are at their best i think england are the better team and will win. but i think again it will be a very tight game, memphis depay, cody gakpo, virgilvan dijk, so, i think we will be familiar with them, we will reflect that they are a danger, and i have no doubt, this tournament has almost been defined by being quite defensive and tight, spain being the exception to the rule. i do feel that it will be a tight game again. if it goes to penalties i think england will really fancy their chances, because they are so strong in that department. what about the harry kane question? harry kane will definitely play. should he is another debate entirely, but he will play, he will captain the team, i have no doubt about that. i love harry kane, england's record

goal—scorer, his england team—mates, luke shaw and trent alexander—arnold spoke about his leadership qualities, he has scored twice in the tournament but people can see that he is not at his peak of match fitness and sharpness. is that an injury that has affected his kind of level that he had towards the end of the season that he's maybe carried into this tournament? probably yes. i was still back him as a great finisher. but it is about linking up with the team, being a bit sharper and more reactive. and i think these are things that can be overcome but he will be speaking later at a press conference, which is always a clue that that player is going to start. who do you think that the victor of tomorrow will play after today? i think probably spain. as long as spain can overcome the sort of weary legs and also they have got a couple of big

suspensions in morata and carvajal, if they play near their best, they are facing a french team loaded with talent, but they have a half fit and struggling kylian mbappe, because he had his broken nose, early in the tournament, he is travelling with it, he's my favourite player in the world, he's wonderful, but if he's not playing well because not fully fit, that makes the french threat less, so i think that spain will make it through. john cross from the mirror. is that cabinet meeting breaks up, we are showing you the cabinet ministers walking out, theirfirst meeting was on saturday, and we have seen a lot of departures. the cabinet obviously went on for 45 minutes or so. and this comes after the metro mayors also met keir

starmer, and we will see parliament meeting for the first time at all of the new mps and a very different look to the house of commons, coming up look to the house of commons, coming up later this afternoon. the cabinet ministers just leaving as that meeting breaks up, the second labour cabinet gathering. also going on, the popcon populist can serve the group are holding up meeting called beginning the rebuild. speakers are expected to include suella braverman, jacob rees—mogg, lord frost. and we will keep across that also. of course, there is a big debate getting under way, of course, about the future of the conservative party. we are going to see rishi sunak with his new shadow cabinet later today, as he takes the

opposition benches, reduce numbers and at different line—up, with david cameron having stepped back. he is in the house of lords but andrew mitchell is going to be on the front bench as the shadow foreign secretary and the new line—up and some other shadow cabinet posts also with some very familiar names of recent years have lost their seats, on the conservative front bench, and a new line—up there. a very big day in westminster which we will keep across for you. keir starmer and deputy pm angela rayner met the english regional metro mayors this morning. it's the government's first meeting to discuss "shifting power out of westminster". twelve areas of england, including greater manchester, the west midlands and tees valley, currently have devolution deals giving powers over areas such as transport, housing and employment. angela rayner said that she was

losing the title of levelling up arrivals there, from earlier today. angela rayner losing the title of levelling up, which was a boris johnson time, of course. ben houchen is one of the mayors who met with the prime minister earlier. keir starmer was kind enough having not met me before, kind enough to offer 15 minutes with him privately to introduce ourselves, and he was very keen to impress upon me that he wanted to put the country first, and to work with me irrespective of party politics, to get things done, to deliver on his growth agenda and i was clear that i will work with

anybody who will help me deliver for the people of teesside, darlington and hartlepool. i said to the prime minister that he has won the election, if he succeeds then the country will succeed so now that the election is out of the way the business of governing takes over. we need to deliver in local and national government, and hopefully, that relationship will blossom into a constructive one and we can deliver for people in our communities. you said that you had 15 minutes on your own with him. we have never met before, keir starmer was kind enough to introduce himself and we had a brief conversation about wanting to work together. hopefully that relationship will grow and he will be true to his word and began work constructively together to deliver on their growth plans that he needs to succeed if he wants to deliver on his electoral promises and the promises that i make to the people i represent a cross teesside, darlington and hartlepool, to deliver their jobs, investment and growth we have seen since i was elected in 2017. traditionally when people look at the distribution of money on either side of the main governing parties, there are questions about whether

the centre will give held by opposition councils orareas, ratherthan political side, all of the other mayorships are held by labour. certainly not conservatives. do you have confidence in sir keir starmerand this government that they will not be partisan about helping the north—east, where they need to? the truth of the matter is slightly different. looking back to the conservative government, it is true to say that places like greater manchester and andy burnham got far more money than i did in the tees valley. so i don't think history shows that that is true but irrespective of the past, i had never met keir starmer before, it was a constructive private meeting and a meeting with all of the mayors and the prime minister and if he is true to his word, his word, i don't see that being the case and i think it would be strike strange for a labour prime minister to come in and one of his actions is to be vindictive against a conservative mayor and a region because they dared to vote

conservative, different from the national party in government. any criticism for wanting to cooperate with the government from your own party which is obviously going to go through a huge leadership question, and you have written about that, and the direction of travel. the issue with the conservative party is more existential and it is going to take some time. the lessons we must learn from last week's defeat is not, do we need to lurch more to the right or left, we need to learn the lesson and a lesson from the public was, they did not trust us to be able to deliver, didn't trust our election promises, because they have lost confidence in our competence to deliver effective government. that is why we lost. people did not believe that we were going to effect change. so whether it was immigration, not getting that under control, whether it was the nhs, justice, local government, people had seen that it wasn't working the way they wanted it to in recent years, that is why we lost, it was about effective governance, not

ideology, and i hope the conservative party realise that, that was the piece that i wrote in the sunday times to say that this is about competence and trust, not ideology, and i was pleased to see the leadership election kick off and i hope that the contenders a realise that, otherwise the road to redemption could be as long or as short as the conservative party wish to make it, and it depends how sensible they want to be, or want to spiral into navel—gazing and ideological politics that will keep us in opposition for many years ahead. obviously reform got a strong vote, even though they only got five mps, but that is the first time nigel farage will be in the house of commons, and there are those who argue that the conservatives should embrace that agenda, if they are going to have a chance of resuming power. i think there are very few people making that argument. there may be one or two but nobody in the conservative party that i spoke to thinks that is a good idea. we are already seeing some potential leadership contenders rule that out. not all of them but most of them.

i don't think there is an appetite to merge with reform. if we do that that will be a long spiral into a position for many years. that will increase the length of the road to redemption i talked about. this is about confidence, competence and trust, not ideology. would you like to see leading the conservative party, give me a couple of names you would have trust in, you think would be good for your party and the uk? i don't know the moment. there are the usual suspects he will throw their hat in the ring. there will be some left field candidates that people do not expect. it will be interesting to see who comes out of the woodwork. he i have no preconceptions. i'm looking forward to the 1922 committee, the union of the conservative party, electing the chairman, setting out the competition rules for the leadership election so we can have that constructive debate, elect a leader and start to form

an effective opposition. ben houchen, mayor of teesside. an inquiry has found what it describes as a deeply dysfunctional culture at the regulator that governs nurses and midwives in the uk. a review into the nursing and midwifery council discovered that some staff were experiencing bullying, racism and burnout. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. the nursing and midwifery council is the body responsible for maintaining professional standards among tens of thousands of nhs and private health care workers. but it stands accused of putting the public at risk, as well as endangering nurses and midwives. i found a dysfunctional organisation which was causing real distress to staff, which was having an impact on their casework decisions, which meant that good nurses were, for many, many months and years, being investigated for minor offences. bad nurses were allowed virtually to get away with it if it took place the review into the culture of the nmc describes how staff are struggling in an environment where poorjudgment, toxic behaviours and paralysis

are affecting decision making. the report describes how the nmc is struggling with a backlog of more than 6,000 cases, many of which drag on for years. one case involving allegations of sexual assaults and rape took seven years before the nurse was struck off the register. delays in resolving cases can have a devastating impact. in the last year alone, six nurses have taken their own lives while waiting for disciplinary investigations to be concluded. the nmc has apologised and accepted all the recommendations in the report, promising to deliver a change in culture. but some who followed this saga closely are not sure that's possible without resignations at the top. racism exists within the nmc, bullying exists within the nmc, and we are supposed to be looking after people who care for people. it's a very stressfuljob to be, in my case, a nurse, at midwifery the same.

but we've got to know that we are being listened to properly when we report an incident. this is outrageous and people have to go. this is just the first in a number of reviews into how the nmc carries out its work, driven by concerns first raised by a whistle—blower. it's a deeply damaging assessment and more are likely to follow. let me show you what is going on outside downing street. this let me show you what is going on outside downing street.— let me show you what is going on outside downing street. this is the scottish labour _ outside downing street. this is the scottish labour mps _ outside downing street. this is the scottish labour mps who i outside downing street. this is the scottish labour mps who were i outside downing street. this is the i scottish labour mps who were invited into downing street, and they are now posing for photographs. douglas alexander, a familiar figure, now posing for photographs. douglas alexander, a familiarfigure, who has been returned to politics, into government, as a junior minister, and labour have had huge success from their point of view, with the

numbers in scotland which was very significant for them, numbers in scotland which was very significant forthem, getting numbers in scotland which was very significant for them, getting an overall majority. of course, the snp suffered quite heavy losses as a result. and these are the scottish labour mps who have presumably been in to see the prime minister. we saw people going into downing street earlier, and they are now posing outside. turning to us politics now — a senior democrat has echoed calls fo joe biden to withdraw from the presidential race. adam smith was speaking to my colleague sumi somaskanda. i think donald trump is a complete disaster. i think our country has a clear anti—maga majority and we have a great opportunity and a great message to run on in winning this election. we have a strong economic record.

the president has had foreign policy successes, uniting the world against ukraine. it is a terrific message. the problem is and what was proven in the debate and in the days since then, at this point, joe biden is incapable of delivering that message. any democrat watching that debate was fairly well begging the president to hit back. trump was lying, he was leaving these huge, big open arguments. the president was completely incapable of doing something he that any sort of relatively novice debater should have been able to do. and it hasn't got better since then. we need a stronger messenger. and secondarily, there are concerns about his health. concerns they have brushed off and not addressed, that are distracting us from being able to deliver exactly the message senator fetterman outlined. so, that is my concern. that is my problem. i think this election

is enormously important. and i think we need to be in the strongest possible position to make that case. president biden at the moment is not. i have enormous respect for the job he has done as president. i do. but we have got to win this campaign. congressmen, let me ask you. the president and his team say they believe that these calls for him to drop out of the race are coming from what they call "a group of elites in washington who are out of touch with voters". i know you have been critical of that criticism from the biden team. until now the polls after the debate, they have not changed significantly. joe biden is still trailing donald trump in those polls. is there any truth that young voters, black voters, union voters, do not agree with the politicians perhaps here in washington? yes. that is so ludicrous, ok? the concerns that i have been getting have been coming from my constituents, young voters, black voters, old voters, democrats. i didn'tjust come up

with this on my own. ever since the debate i have been deluged with requests from hardcore democrats who do not want to see trump re—elected, saying, my goodness, you have to do something. our candidates are not strong enough to hold him off. the notion that this is... i mean, look. it is a card i guess the president has to play to stay in. what i am hoping is the president recognises a key aspect of his legacy is he was the candidate who defeated trump in 2020. if you cannot do that in 2024 because of the limitations that he now has that have become obvious, he lets him back in. he was the right candidate in 2020. but what we have seen from the debate and elsewhere is he is not the right candidate now. i wish that he and his advisers will take a look at this. the

i wish that he and his advisers will take a look at this.— take a look at this. the idea that it is 'ust take a look at this. the idea that it is just a _ take a look at this. the idea that it isjust a few— take a look at this. the idea that it isjust a few people, it i take a look at this. the idea that it isjust a few people, it is i it is just a few people, it is people across the board who are concerned. people across the board who are concerned-— people across the board who are concerned. :, :, :, , :, concerned. can i ask how many of our concerned. can i ask how many of your colleagues _ concerned. can i ask how many of your colleagues are _ concerned. can i ask how many of your colleagues are concerned, i concerned. can i ask how many of i your colleagues are concerned, only a couple have spoken out publicly as you have, how many house democrats speak you the way you do. let you have, how many house democrats speak you the way you do.— speak you the way you do. let me put it this way. — speak you the way you do. let me put it this way. if — speak you the way you do. let me put it this way, if the president _ it this way, if the president announced he was stepping aside tomorrow, about 90% of my colleagues would breathe an enormous sigh of relief. and i respect the fact that some of them have made a calculation that, look, what can we really do about it? we may as well make the best of it. and i hear that argument. and i thought about that. it was 11 days after the debate before i said anything because of that argument, but what i have seen since the debate and reliving the debate is that that is the least risky option, to give us a different option. it is not risk free, nothing is. but it would give us the better chance and the better options so the

overwhelming majority of people are deeply concerned about the ability of the president to prosecute this campaign. of the president to prosecute this cam aiun. :, , , , campaign. congressmen, is there an hint campaign. congressmen, is there anything the _ campaign. congressmen, is there anything the president _ campaign. congressmen, is there anything the president and i campaign. congressmen, is there anything the president and his i campaign. congressmen, is there i anything the president and his team could do to assuage some of those concerns that you, and as you said many of your colleagues, cher? no absolutely, one of the things you could do, and donald trump should be running either. using multiple time convicted felon. he has health care issues of his own. he convicted felon. he has health care issues of his own.— convicted felon. he has health care issues of his own. he wasn't exactly coherent in — issues of his own. he wasn't exactly coherent in the _ issues of his own. he wasn't exactly coherent in the debate, _ issues of his own. he wasn't exactly coherent in the debate, he i issues of his own. he wasn't exactly coherent in the debate, he did i issues of his own. he wasn't exactly coherent in the debate, he did the l coherent in the debate, he did the second worst debate performance in the history of presidential debates but unfortunately president biden did the worst right next to him. president biden could say, look, it is legit, i'm 81 years old, you should know what my health is, let's bring in a physician and do a health care assessment, do a neurological cognitive test, be transparent, be open and then held a press

conference. presently, you have told us, watch me, hold a press conference, take questions for one hour about it, show. but that the debate was just an anomaly, my health is good, and i can do this, something that he should have done immediately after the debate, but i think if they did it now, it would help. think if they did it now, it would hel. , �* , , help. president biden says he is sta in: in help. president biden says he is staying in this — help. president biden says he is staying in this race. _ help. president biden says he is staying in this race. if— help. president biden says he is staying in this race. if he i help. president biden says he is staying in this race. if he does i help. president biden says he is| staying in this race. if he does do you think is going to lose in november? i you think is going to lose in november?— you think is going to lose in november? :, :, :, :, november? i am not going to say that, i november? i am not going to say that. i will— november? i am not going to say that, i will support _ november? i am not going to say that, i will support him, i november? i am not going to say that, i will support him, if he i that, i will support him, if he stays in and is the nominee, i will support him. he's a better choice than donald trump or anyone else in this race and i will support him. i don't know for sure. i think the risk is high. i think he was far more damaged by that debate than they are admitting. i think it is a huge risk, i'm not going to say that he could not win, you've got to go work, but a better candidate could

deliver the message more clearly and give us a much better chance to stop donald trump from getting back into the white house.— donald trump from getting back into the white house. adam smith, senior democrat congressmen, _ the white house. adam smith, senior democrat congressmen, talking i the white house. adam smith, seniorj democrat congressmen, talking about the prospects for his party and joe biden. authorities in japan authorities injapan have issued heat alerts in tokyo, in the capital, and for more than half of the country's prefectures after four people died of heat stroke, with scores more taken to hospital with heat —related symptoms. on sunday, temperatures hit a record 40 celsius in the central city of shizuoka. people have been told to stay in air—conditioned areas and drink plenty of water. greece hit the hottestjune in over six decades, according to researchers there. and they say that the month ofjune had

long periods of elevated temperatures surpassing normal seasonal temperatures, since 1960, the hottest june seasonal temperatures, since 1960, the hottestjune since 1960. very different here. it is rainy, part of the hugely changing weather patterns that we are seeing at the moment. dear�*s carol. —— here's carol. as we go through the next few days the weather remains unsettled. rain at times, we certainly have that today, most of us seen rain today. it will continue through the week. if we look at the rainfall accumulation chart, you can see much of the country sees rain in the next few days. by the end of tomorrow night, parts of north east scotland widely could have 30 millimetres, three times the amount on higher ground. a clutch of weather fronts is moving north today, this one pushing towards the east, also taking some rain. the driest conditions will be across the north of scotland. some sunshine.

the rain advancing through scotland, northern england and east of northern ireland. the rain in the south drifting towards the east. it will brighten up later in the west but still with a few showers and feeling muggy across england and wales. at wimbledon, there are likely to be rain interruptions. tomorrow a drier and brighter day but again showers around. this evening, the rain makes progress across scotland and northern ireland. showers behind, some clear skies, a muggy night. temperatures falling away, between ten and 15 degrees. we start tomorrow with our weather front again across the north east, rainfall totals really mounting up. not much wind further south, any showers will be slow moving. it will brighten up in the day across england and wales in particular with sunshine coming through. rain continuing across scotland with showers in northern ireland and northern england. more of a northerly component

to the wind in the north, it will feel cool. heading into thursday, the weather front sinks south and weakens. friday sees another area of low pressure across southern areas. thursday, the rain will sink south, patchy in nature, a northerly wind, a lot of cloud, some sunshine further south. these are the temperatures. 13 to 22 degrees. the outlook beyond that, it does remain unsettled, rain at times, showers, a little bit of sunshine, top temperatures of 22.

live from london, this is bbc news. cabinet ministers have arrived at downing street — as the new parliament gears up for its first meeting. prime minister keir starmer says the government will set up a council for nations and regions during a meeting

with england's mayors in downing street. the new pm will then fly to washington for a nato summit — marking the 75th anniversary of the alliance leaders at the summit will be discussing ukraine and the deadly missile attacks that killed dozens of people. in washington keir starmer will meetjoe biden — as the white house pushes back on questions about the president's fitness. and we build up to the euro 2024 semifinals — with spain vs france today, before england vs netherlands on wednesday. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. the new parliament sits later today with labour ministers on the government front bench for the first time in more than a decade. let me show you the outside of downing street. it has been a very busy morning there. i think we are seeing a few of the scottish mps who

gathered there this morning, they were all photographed outside because, obviously, labourwon a huge number of seats in scotland. a number of people have been in and out of number 10. the scottish labour party members up there, including douglas alexander. sir keir starmer is set to speak his first words at the despatch box as prime minister, and mps will also be electing a speaker to referee debates. in what's set to be a busy day at westminster, sir keir starmer has been holding a cabinet meeting, just his second since the election. metro mayors this morning met with the prime minister at downing street. the government has already pledged to loosen whitehall�*s "tight grip" and has pledged to set up a council for regions and nations. later, sir keir starmer will head to washington for the nato summit and his first meeting with president biden.

first, this report from harry farley. political careers end in removal vans. the furniture and the residents of number 10 are changing. this morning, sir keir starmer has been meeting with england's regional mayors, promising a major programme of devolution. labour is expected to announce what they call a take back control act in the king's speech to give mayors new powers over things like transport and housing. this is what a labour majority looks like. today, the house of commons sits for the first time since the election to choose a speaker, and some new mps can't quite believe they're here. i feel hugely excited. i think that's probably a feeling that you're getting from a lot of the other new mps. but there is a lot of work to do, so it'sjust about getting started now. this is what we've been working for the last eight years towards and even longer in west dorset, 139 years they've had conservative mps. so there's been a lot of people who have been working for a very

long time to get to the point where a lib dem can call themselves the mp for west dorset. but as well as the smiles, there is the serious work of government. the health secretary will meet unions for initial talks over the junior doctors strikes today and face demands for increased pay. labour's election slogan was change. the question will quickly be, when can they deliver it? harry farley, bbc news in westminster. earlier, chief reporter at politicshome alain tolhurst gave his take on what difference the new parliamentary intake will make to the house of commons. i still can't quite get my head around the idea i'm going to stand, sit in the press gallery and be looking and have the labour mps on the other side. it's going to seem like the kind of mirror image of what it's been like for the past ten years. i think it was also way too many labour mps to fit on one side, so it's going to be interesting to see how they all kind of fit in when they finally file

into the commons chamber for the first time today. william hague has written a piece in the times about how it's going to look and where everyone should sit. he talks about that, how labour are going to be quite squashed together. the tories might be struggling to fill out the green benches. the lib dems, of course, come to the front of those benches, replacing the snp. he has also got some words of advice for where reform should sit. i mean, just physically the makeup of the chamber, how do you think it's going to pan out? well, i think it's very british that we have a chamber that literally cannot fit all of the mp5, that we have to be elected. they haven't expanded it over the time. and actually, yeah, certainly now we have on one side more than 400 labour mps. yeah, i think it's going to be quite symbolic for those mps who are perhaps more critical of the star administration, where they end up putting themselves. there's always been a kind of an area that's known as kind of the awkward squad for both sides, and it's going be interesting to see where those people go, who they sort of sit next to, whether it's some of them sit

with the independent mps that we saw get elected for the first time. and where that kind of that internal opposition, i think, for labour comes from and where those people choose to sort of orient themselves within the chamber. yeah, exactly. i was going to say that obviously a big majority does give keir starmer a huge sort of personal authority, but further down the line, because lots of those mps are not going to be on the government payroll because there won't be enough sort ofjunior ministerial jobs or select committee posts. eventually, you store up potential trouble, don't you, much further down the line, or you've got to keep a lot of people happy. there's got to be a lot of party discipline. i mean, those are the the sort of the issues that i guess for, for labour party management. yeah, absolutely. i think the whips will be working overdrive now to kind of make sure they keep their flock in check. and as you say, lots of new mps who've never been down to westminster before, kind of looking very starry eyed as they come through the gates by big ben. and so, yeah, there's going to have to be, i guess, for those mps who perhaps are more, more difficult and perhaps slightly more rebellious, whether it's whatjobs they can potentially find for them to do. as you say, there's only a certain number of payrolljobs

on the government, and there's only so many select committee jobs. so there's going to have to be more if you're going to keep your keep your entire kind of parliamentary party in check, certainly i think, there's going to be a lot of work to do. i think there's going to be a lot of kind of trying to work out who's who. i think they're trying to sort of the induction, trying to make sure they can keep an eye on the new ones are there's lots of kind of things, like a buddy programme to sort of, to kind of get them to learn the ropes of how to act and look in the chamber, how to kind of where you need to go. and also how you, how you need to kind of submit things like amendments or to work on legislation, that sort of stuff. it's going to be all very new. there's going to be an awful lot of work going on behind the scenes before kind of actual legislation gets started later on this month. the former labour prime minister, sir tony blair, is warning britain faces what he calls "an unenviable triple whammy" of high taxes, heavy debt and poor outcomes. in a speech in london, he is expected to say worse is to come because of an aging population and deep structural health problems. here he is speaking to the bbc�*s nick robinson

on the today programme. the present plans of the last government are higher taxes, higherspending, or cuts in spending, actually. but we have had higher spending and poor outcomes and rising debt. that's what this government will have if it doesn't embrace this vision. this is its inheritance. the question is how does it change it? and, in my view, the combination of the short term measures, such as the ones rachel announced, and then this long term embrace of. the chief economist at your institute, says it's a very powerful and well—resourced institute, says taxes could go up by £53 billion if this sort of approach isn't. i'm not saying that what he's saying is, if you look at all the pressures that are coming through the system, this is why it's important we take action. we're not saying labour's planning this. we're saying the inheritance that labour's got means that it's got to take avoiding action. but finally on this, to be clear, you're not saying this is nice to have. tony blair's kind of got a vision of the future. it'd be lovely to have. you're saying must have. don't have it, you get higher taxes.

you get failure from public services. i think if you don't do this, then the future is one in which we're going to be poorer. and at least what i say to people is because this is the purpose of having an institute like this, let's debate it, because if you think of this election campaign and you think how many days we spent on rishi sunak in his wet suit, and then how many days we spent on d—day, and then how many days we spend on betting. i mean, in the end, none of those things are going to determine the future of the country. this, whether we embrace it or not, will determine the future of britain. let's speak to our correspondent, jenny hill, who's at westminster for us. ifi if i can quickly pick up on the point of what tony blair was saying, that the campaign did not relate reflectively massive policy questions that the country is facing that might have determined the way people voted. those are the really big questions facing the government. but today we have just seen the issuer pressure on the diary to get

new government going. tia issuer pressure on the diary to get new government going. no pressure on those newly elected _ new government going. no pressure on those newly elected shoulders. it - new government going. no pressure on those newly elected shoulders. it is - those newly elected shoulders. it is probably worth pointing out that tony blair himself, he was speaking ahead of an event was planned before everyone knew the election was be called, nonetheless, his words reflect concerns shared by many. keir starmer, for his part, has got on with yet another extremely busy day, there has been a second cabinet meeting. but pressure that he met with a number of regional mayors. this is all about labour's plans to further devolve power away from westminster to the various parts of britain. secondly, to encourage growth at a local level. keir

starmer himself says the people who run local communities are the ones best place to come up with ideas about how to encourage local growth. as he put it, you need people who have got skin in the game. the mayors who attended that meeting this morning have spoken very positively about the talks, saying it may signal a step change between the central government and local mayors. sir key is very keen to further devolve power. that is something that has been picked up by a number of mayors, the mayor of west yorkshire are saying local mayors are excellent champions before local communities. andy burnham, the mayor of greater manchester, not always getting on well with central government regardless of his political cover, he was also echoing a positive note,

saying that in the past he has really struggled to get the perspective of the north over to whitehall. he thinks that could change. interestingly we had from the only tory mayor at that meeting this morning, ben houchen from the tees valley. he had a private conversation with keir starmer, in which he says that the prime minister told him he wants to make change happen regardless of political differences. positive tone is all around, we will have to see what comes of it in terms of practical steps. we know the funding of housing, planning issues and in particular trying to make sure there are ways in which power can be shifted when the issues discussed. in terms of how the rest of the day is going to pan out, when exactly do we see the new mps and the new make up we see the new mps and the new make up of the comment right in front of

us, with keir starmer at the dispatch box as prime ministerfor the first time. there is a new shadow foreign secretary, david cameron has stepped away. it is going to look and feel so different. it all kicks off at half past two this afternoon. for it all kicks off at half past two this afternoon.— it all kicks off at half past two this afternoon. ., , this afternoon. for the first time i su ose this afternoon. for the first time i sunpose we _ this afternoon. for the first time i sunpose we get — this afternoon. for the first time i suppose we get what _ this afternoon. for the first time i suppose we get what you - this afternoon. for the first time i suppose we get what you could i this afternoon. for the first time i l suppose we get what you could call this afternoon. for the first time i i suppose we get what you could call a visual representation of the sweeping shift in the british political landscape. you are going to see all of those labour mps, rather too many of them to fit into one side of the chamber. looking across to a vastly diminished cohort of conservative mps, now of course in opposition. they will be sat next to a lib dem mps, more of them that we have had before. then you will see a handful of greens, independents, scottish nationalists, and so on. i suppose the greatest

change at the dispatch box is that we are very familiar with the two men, rishi sunak and keir starmer, but now their bulls are completely reverse. keir starmeras but now their bulls are completely reverse. keir starmer as prime minister and for the time being rishi sunak is the leader of the opposition. you will see a little bit of ceremony in the house of commons this afternoon. the speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, is thought to be putting himself forward for re—election. if he is re—elected, black rod will be dragging sir lindsay to the seat. we will have to wait until next week, when the formal state opening of parliament happens, the king's speech and so on. ethnicjenny hill in westminster, thank you very much for now. let

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covid, the proportion was 65%. it is now 61%. that is a further breakdown on the expected levels there. the education minister says that the figures show that far too many people are still not meeting the expected standards and that has been almost total stagnation of the levels in the past three years. previous commentators said they wanted 90% of children leaving primary school to leave the expected standards of reading, writing and maths. an inquiry has found what it describes as a deeply dysfunctional culture at the regulator that governs nurses and midwives in the uk. a review into the nursing and midwifery council discovered that some staff were experiencing bullying, racism and burnout. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. the nursing and midwifery council is the body responsible for maintaining professional

standards among tens of thousands of nhs and private health care workers. but it stands accused of putting the public at risk, as well as endangering nurses and midwives. i found a dysfunctional organisation which was causing real distress to staff, which was having an impact on their casework decisions, which meant that good nurses were, for many, many months and years being investigated for minor offences. bad nurses were allowed virtually to get away with it if it took place in their private lives. the review into the culture of the nmc describes how staff are struggling in an environment where poorjudgment, toxic behaviours and paralysis are affecting decision making. the report describes how the nmc is struggling with a backlog of more than 6,000 cases, many of which drag on for years. one case involving allegations of sexual assaults and rape took seven years before the nurse was struck off the register. delays in resolving cases can have a devastating impact. in the last year alone, six nurses have taken their own lives

while waiting for disciplinary investigations to be concluded. the nmc has apologised and accepted all the recommendations in the report, promising to deliver a change in culture. but some who followed this saga closely are not sure that's possible without resignations at the top. racism exists within the nmc, bullying exists within the nmc, and we are supposed to be looking after people who care for people. it's a very stressfuljob to be, in my case, a nurse, at midwifery the same. but we've got to know that we are being listened to properly when we report an incident. this is outrageous and people have to go. this is just the first in a number of reviews into how the nmc carries out its work, driven by concerns first raised by a whistle—blower. it's a deeply damaging assessment and more are likely to follow. dominic hughes, bbc news.

with me is sir david warren, chair of the nursing and midwifery council. at the nmc refer to themselves and cooperated with this review. what is your response to it? the cooperated with this review. what is your response to it?— your response to it? the first thing i would like — your response to it? the first thing i would like to _ your response to it? the first thing i would like to say _ your response to it? the first thing i would like to say is _ your response to it? the first thing i would like to say is i _ your response to it? the first thing i would like to say is i am - i would like to say is i am profoundly sorry. i want to say sorry to our staff, who should not tolerate the type of environment described. i want to say sorry to those registrants who are caught up in fitness to practise processes that are taking far too long, and which imposes tremendous pressures on them. i say sorry to both staff and at registrants, because it is crucial that we accept all the recommendations of this report, as we will, in order to continue to

earn the public trust. figs we will, in order to continue to earn the public trust.— we will, in order to continue to earn the public trust. as we heard, six nurses — earn the public trust. as we heard, six nurses took _ earn the public trust. as we heard, six nurses took their _ earn the public trust. as we heard, six nurses took their own _ earn the public trust. as we heard, six nurses took their own lives - earn the public trust. as we heard, six nurses took their own lives last | six nurses took their own lives last year while under investigation by the nmc. what is a response to that? i was very shocked to see the reference to sick nurses who died by suicide either during or after fitness to practice processes, and i want to apologise to the families of those nurses who died so tragically. we await the coroner's inquest on those deaths. we will welcome the coroner's recommendations and implement them with urgency. but it is important we understand the processes of our fitness to practice processes. ”5 processes of our fitness to practice rocesses. , ., , ~ processes of our fitness to practice rocesses. , ., a ., processes. is there a risk to the ublic processes. is there a risk to the public also _ processes. is there a risk to the public also as — processes. is there a risk to the public also as a _ processes. is there a risk to the public also as a result _ processes. is there a risk to the public also as a result of - processes. is there a risk to the public also as a result of what l processes. is there a risk to the i public also as a result of what this review has found? it is

public also as a result of what this review has found?— review has found? it is never ossible review has found? it is never possible to — review has found? it is never possible to reduce _ review has found? it is never possible to reduce risk - review has found? it is never possible to reduce risk in - review has found? it is never possible to reduce risk in the review has found? it is never - possible to reduce risk in the world of health to an absolute minimum. we are committed to ensuring that we take every action to reduce risk wherever we can, and i believe that we are doing that. it is important that we do have a working environment that enables our staff to operate in ways which they find happy and fulfilling, which is clearly not the case at the moment, and it is important that we manage our fitness to practice processes so as to reduce the risk at every stage. i believe that we do that, we are certain committed to accepting the recommendations, which are really helpful from the point of view of tackling the issue of risk. we are committed to doing this in the future. the we are committed to doing this in the future. h, we are committed to doing this in the future. ,., , ., the future. the report is urging an uruent the future. the report is urging an urgent turnaround _ the future. the report is urging an urgent turnaround after _ the future. the report is urging an urgent turnaround after finding . urgent turnaround after finding bullying, racism and then add. this is not the first report, i think that has been a bit half a dozen over the last 15 years. they suggest

that action has not been taken early enough and... me that action has not been taken early enough and- - -_ that action has not been taken early enough and... we have taken action on key areas — enough and... we have taken action on key areas covered _ enough and... we have taken action on key areas covered in _ enough and... we have taken action on key areas covered in the - enough and... we have taken action on key areas covered in the report. | on key areas covered in the report. we have invested much more money, £30 million, into ourfitness we have invested much more money, £30 million, into our fitness to practice processes so as to accelerate the reduction in the caseload. we have also brought in at the human resource managers who have professionalised areas of management performance within the nmc that had not been tackled in that way for far too long. we are appointing an adviser on quality, diversity and inclusion to the executive board, and we will be working also to improve the diversity of the executive board, as well as introducing a freedom to speak up guardian, and a safeguarding hub so that we can tackle complex safeguarding cases more effectively. we are doing a lot at the moment, this report will be valuable for us.

and it is recommendations which we accept without reservation as a basis in ensuring that we become a stronger organisation in the future. thank you very much indeed, said david. sir keir starmer is heading to the nato summit later today. i just want to show some light pictures from ukraine, i believe, from the rescue operation after the attack on that children's hospital in kyiv —— live pictures. russia has denied targeting any civilian infrastructure, insisting the strikes have been aimed at military facilities. but in the last few hours the un said there is a "high likelihood" the hospital suffered a direct hit from a russian missile. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky — who'll also be at the nato summit —

says russia must answer for the attacks. james waterhouse reports from kyiv. frantic desperation on a kyiv summer morning. people help with their bare hands at ukraine's largest children's hospital. even for a war—hardened city, this was a missile strike which broke the gruelling rhythm of russia's invasion. some of the young patients were being treated for cancer, already fighting for their lives. they illustrate how these attacks don't discriminate. 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. tatiana had a near miss. translation: we got here five minutes before it all started. i then the search for survivors stops for another missile alert. an underpass acts as a shelter this time.

residential buildings were also hit in kyiv. here, bodies were recovered. other cities were also attacked. on a visit to neighbouring poland, president zelensky promised a retaliation. translation: beyond any doubt, we are going to rebuild everything i that these terrorists have destroyed and beyond any doubt we are going to respond to these savages from russia. everybody who was injured will get the necessary help, and we pledge to work on bringing russia tojustice. ukrainians often describe a daily weight on their shoulders. sirens sound in cities like kyiv all the time, and occasionally explosions will follow, and occasionally it's a big one. now, you can see people singing as they're giving out water. attacks like this don't really influence the battlefield, but what they are designed to do is terrorise and suppress the ukrainian people.

it's not special operation, it's not the war, it's genocide of population in ukraine. it's right now the whole world see how russian missiles and kamikaze drones killed ukrainian citizens. our peaceful city is right now, the children's hospitals will be hitting from russian missiles. we don't know exactly the numbers of the people who will be killed and injuries. right now, we're saving people from the rubble of the buildings. for a second time, rescue teams have to find cover because of another air alert. only on this occasion, they sing the ukrainian national anthem underground. a dark day for a city still defiant. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. as we go through the next few days

the weather remains unsettled. rain at times, we certainly have that today, most of us seeing some rain today, and it will continue through the week. if we look at the rainfall measurement chart, you can see much of the country sees rain in the next few days. by tomorrow night, parts of north—east scotland widely could have 20—30mm, three times the amount on higher ground. a clutch of weather fronts moving north today, this one pushing towards the east, also taking some rain. driest conditions will be across the north of scotland. the rain advancing through scotland, england and east of northern ireland. the rain in the south drifting towards the east. it will brighten up later in the west but still with a few showers, and feeling muggy across england and wales. today at wimbledon, likely to be rain interruptions.

tomorrow a drier and brighter day, but again showers around. this evening, the rain makes progress across scotland and northern ireland. showers behind, some clear skies, a muggy night. temperatures falling away between 10 and 15 degrees. we start tomorrow with our weather front again across the north—east, rainfall totals really mounting up. not much wind further south, in any showers they will be slow moving. it will brighten up in the day across england and wales in particular with sunshine coming through. rain continuing across scotland with showers in northern ireland and northern england. more of a northerly component to the wind in the north, so it will feel cool. thursday, the weather front weakens. friday sees another area of low pressure across southern areas. thursday, the rain will sink south, patchy in nature, a northerly wind, a lot of cloud, some

sunshine further south. the outlook beyond that, it does remain unsettled, rain at times, showers, a little bit of sunshine, top temperatures of 22.

this is bbc news. the headlines... cabinet ministers held their second meeting as the new parliament gears up for a fresh term. prime minister keir starmer says the government will set up "a council for regions and nations" during a meeting with england's mayors in downing street. angela rayner also confirmed that the phrase �*levelling up' will be replaced with �*local government'. keir starmer also met with scotland's 57 mps

who are preparing to be sworn in at westminster. this afternoon, he will address parliament for the first time as prime minister. afterthat, he'll fly to washington for a nato summit, marking the 75th anniversary of the alliance. leaders at the summit will be discussing ukraine and the deadly missile attacks that killed dozens of people. i'm haven't lost, i beat him last time and i will beat him this time. in washington, keir starmer will meetjoe biden, as the white house pushes back on questions about the president's fitness. he made the unusual decision to call a cable news show to insist he's fit to stand. and we build up to the euro 2024 semi—finals, with spain v france today before england v netherlands tomorrow. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. thanks for being with us today, it is a very busy day of course for the

government. talks will begin today between the government and junior doctors, in the hope of ending the government's long—running pay dispute with them. the new health secretary, wes streeting, will meet with the british medical association — the union that has staged 11 strikes in the last 16 months. government sources say they are optimistic a compromise will be found. let's speak to our health editor hugh pym. i gather he is at the department of health. what other potential areas for compromise or for a what other potential areas for compromise orfor a deal here? talks compromise or for a deal here? talks beain at compromise or for a deal here? talks begin at about _ compromise or for a deal here? talks begin at about 1pm, _ compromise or for a deal here? talks begin at about 1pm, so _ compromise or for a deal here? t—iags begin at about 1pm, so the junior doctors delegation for the reg medical association will arrive shortly. the health secretary wes streeting is another engagement at westminster, so we will have to see how this first stage develops. it is being emphasised that this is a first round of preliminary talks,

formal negotiations will not begin to be set up the ground for it. i think the optimism that has been expressed by sources close to wes streeting health secretary is based on him acknowledging, in his own words, this is a journey not an event. in other words, words, this is a journey not an event. in otherwords, it words, this is a journey not an event. in other words, it will be a multi—year deal if the junior doctors are to be brought on side. they have asked for what they call pay restoration, that is getting their pay in real terms back to where it should have been after erosion by inflation over the last decade and a half, and that is where this figure of 35% came from, which the previous government said was unaffordable. the doctor's union is saying that if it is phased in, that is what is considered to be reasonable. it is a question of how much this new government can do some form of multi—year deal on top of the existing average of around 9% that was paid out anyway to junior

doctors in the last financial year. i should say there has been another demonstration here today by a different health union, unite representing nurses, who say they are being asked to work longer hours for no extra pay. it is an indication of the sort of pressures that will come on wages or health unions right across the nhs in england. thejunior unions right across the nhs in england. the junior doctors unions right across the nhs in england. thejunior doctors is one issue for the government to settle, but wes streeting will face claims from quite a few other health unions, i'm sure.— from quite a few other health unions, i'm sure. and because the nhs was shown _ unions, i'm sure. and because the nhs was shown in _ unions, i'm sure. and because the nhs was shown in polling - unions, i'm sure. and because the nhs was shown in polling to i unions, i'm sure. and because the nhs was shown in polling to be i unions, i'm sure. and because the nhs was shown in polling to be an absolutely huge and fundamental concern and priority for voters and for the public, it has to be a priority for the government, presumably, to sort this out, because the strikes and the cost of the problems with sorting out the ongoing covid backlog and waiting times all need this dispute to be resolved, presumably?- resolved, presumably? indeed, resolvinu resolved, presumably? indeed, resolving this _

resolved, presumably? indeed, resolving this dispute _ resolved, presumably? indeed, resolving this dispute and i resolved, presumably? indeed, resolving this dispute and any l resolved, presumably? indeed, i resolving this dispute and any other pay dispute which might emerge. then they have these very ambitious pledges which are basically to bring all key performance indicators in the nhs in england back to their targets. one of those is that more than 90% of patients get their appointment or operation within 18 weeks of being referred. right now, there are more than 3 million who are waiting longer than 18 weeks, there are similar pledges on making a&e units work more rapidly to see patients. trying to achieve that overfour patients. trying to achieve that over four or five years is going to be a very big ask. and some of the think tanks have been arguing that the sort of money that labour pledged during the election campaign, covered by certain tax rises, is onlyjust the beginning of what really will be needed while everyone is acknowledging in government and in the health world that there needs to be better productivity and efficiency. that is

nhs management. yes, these are key pledges, the nhs was a major issue in the election campaign, and certainly this issue is about england, a devolved question. for england, a devolved question. for england, a devolved question. for england, a big question with some very ambitious commitments, which i'm sure voters and the media will watch very carefully. just i'm sure voters and the media will watch very carefully.— watch very carefully. just briefly and finally. _ watch very carefully. just briefly and finally, can _ watch very carefully. just briefly and finally, can you _ watch very carefully. just briefly and finally, can you give - watch very carefully. just briefly and finally, can you give us i watch very carefully. just briefly and finally, can you give us an l watch very carefully. just briefly i and finally, can you give us an idea of the range of salaries that we are talking about here forjunior doctors? it varies because everyone knows that a study for five years and then go through a range of different grades. roughly what are we talking about?— we talking about? yeah, it is an interesting _ we talking about? yeah, it is an interesting question. _ we talking about? yeah, it is an interesting question. it - we talking about? yeah, it is an interesting question. it is i interesting question. it is completed. doctors will train for five years and then will be two foundation years where they have clinical roles in hospitals, but it is still part of her training. and when they get into those foundation years, they might start at around £30,000 a year, but that is topped up £30,000 a year, but that is topped up with extra hours for other social shifts. then they can move up

through various grades over the next few years to £40,000 and beyond. but junior doctor covers a whole range of doctors, from those foundation years then it's are medics who start their career right through to those who have done eight years or more after that and are waiting to become consultants. so it is a range of different doctors in hospitals, and therefore a range of pay grades. obviously a lot of key work that everyone feels the need for when one needs it. hugh, thank you very much. the department of health will be across those talks today. by tomorrow night, we'll know the line—up for the euro 2024 final, and as we wait one more night to see if england or netherlands reach the final, we'll first find out their opponent. france play spain tonight in munich, with the two sides having had very different tournaments. spain have looked impressive — with five successive wins — whilst france have yet to score

from open play. these are some live pictures from germany, and it is the england training camp, i think, germany, and it is the england training camp, ithink, in germany, and it is the england training camp, i think, in erfurt, jordan pickford the goalkeeper they're taking some practice shots. as far as i can see. not a football expert, as you will have gathered! but he looks pretty good. the pictures coming to us from germany. let me take it as a body who knows a bit more about this and will find out more from john watson. if we get through our next game, i don't know how we would ever plan on going home. because i think i would sleep in the car if i had to to be part of this. we have done washing a few times! but, no, we are ok. i've still got a few clean pairs left. enough for the final. we have run out of these. just like england havel been playing — pants —

but we keep scrap... do you know what? dare we think that we might win? you've got your england leg, have you got any travel space in their for "it's coming home"? definitely. where is that going? it's going here. that is where it is going. we had to go to a shop today and get some bits and pieces. i got a red top because my england top is having to be washed, socks, shorts... if you don't want to show us your pants, you don't have to! 0k? pants. — we've got the pants! i'm down to my last pair of underpants, but i can do another two week. and we went home for three days between the last 16 and the quarters, so did the washing and came back. one for my home country and then one for my hometown. _ that is everything to do with wigan — so pies, . heinz beans are made in wigan, but you didn't know that. - are these lucky pants? well, i tell you what, the ones i've got on, they definitely are not lucky, because they need to go. trust me, they need to go.

they are not lucky, they have outworn... i don't think i will be taking them back to wash them, i think they will be gone. a sample of some of the football fans there and an unusual theme of plants there, i'm not sure why. anyway! speaking to the daily mirror's chief football writerjohn cross in germany, i asked what the mood is like there. i think it has lifted after the last—16 game against slovakia then the penalty shoot—out win against switzerland. as some of the fans made the point, england have yet to hit the heights. but they are still in it. i have lost count of the number of tournaments i have been at before when england would have happily swapped playing a little bit better for one of those teams still in it at the semifinal stage who had not quite sort of played and set the tournament alight. so they would happily swap that, and i think people are quick to forget that. i think it is a growing mood of

optimism, if i can say it like that. luke shaw spoke well yesterday, talking about coming good. so did phil foden, just about maybe improving on the switzerland game. i think it is a really tough semifinal against holland. it is a real 50—50 game, but i think there's growing belief and confidence in this england camp. how do you rate their chances against the netherlands? i think it is going to be very tight. if england are at their best, i think england are the better team and would win. but i think again it will be a very tight game, we are familiar with lots of the dutch players — memphis depay, cody gakpo, virgilvan dijk, so, i think we will be familiar with them, we will reflect that they are a danger, and i have no doubt. this tournament has almost been defined by being quite defensive and tight, spain being the exception to the rule. i do feel that it will be

a tight game again. if it goes to penalties, i think england will really fancy their chances, because they are so strong in that department. what about the harry kane question? harry kane will definitely play. should he is another debate entirely, but he will play, he will captain the team, i have no doubt about that. i love harry kane, england's record goal—scorer. his england team—mates luke shaw and trent alexander—arnold spoke about his leadership qualities. he has scored twice in the tournament, but people can see that he is not at his peak of match fitness and sharpness. is that an injury that has affected his kind of level that he had towards the end of the season that he's maybe carried into this tournament? probably yes. i still back him as a great finisher. but it is about linking up with the team, being a bit sharper and more reactive. and i think these are things that

can be overcome, but he will be speaking later at a press conference, which is always a clue that that player is going to start. who do you think the victor of tomorrow will play after today? i think probably spain. as long as spain can overcome the sort of weary legs, and also they have got a couple of big suspensions in morata and carvajal. if they play near their best, they are facing a french team loaded with talent, but they have a half—fit and struggling kylian mbappe, because he had his broken nose, early in the tournament. he is struggling with it, he's my favourite player in the world, he's wonderful, but if he's not playing well because he's not fully fit, that makes the french threat less, so i think that spain will make it through. john cross from the mirror.

sir keir starmer and the deputy prime minister angela rayner have been meeting with england's regional mayors. with a change of government has come a change of name with the department for levelling up reverting to its former title the ministry of housing, communities and local government. ben houchen is one of the mayors who met with the prime minister earlier. i had a meeting with the mayors this morning and the prime minister, keir starmer. keir starmer was very kind enough to, having not met him before, very kind to offer up 15 minutes with him privately to introduce ourselves. and he was very keen to impress upon me that he wanted to put the country first. he wanted to work with me, irrespective of party politics, to get things done to deliver on his growth agenda. and i was also very clear with him. i've always said that i'll work with anybody if it's going to help me deliver for the people of teesside, darlington and hartlepool.

i said to the prime minister that he's won the election, he is our prime minister, and if he succeeds, then the country will succeed. so now the election's out the way, the business of governing takes over. we need to deliver both in local government and in national government, and hopefully that relationship will blossom into a constructive one where we can deliver for people in our communities. did you say you had 15 minutes on your own with him? yes, because we'd never met each other before, and keir starmer was kind enough to introduce himself, and we had a brief conversation, like i say, about wanting to work together. and, like i say, hopefully that relationship will grow and he will be true to his word and we can work constructively together to be able to deliver on the growth plans that he needs to succeed if he wants to deliver on his election promises, and also the promises that i made to the people that i represent across teesside, darlington and hartlepool to continue to deliver thejobs, the investment and the growth that we've seen since i was elected in 2017. you will know, of course, that traditionally, when people look at the distribution of money on either side of the main governing parties, there are questions about whether the centre will give as much money to areas held by opposition councils or areas,

rather than their own political side. obviously, most of the mayors, i think almost all the other mayors are held by labour or possibly, you know, certainly not conservatives. do you have confidence in sir keir starmer and this government that they won't be partisan about helping the north east where they need to? well, i think the truth of the matter is actually slightly different. if you look back to the conservative government, it's absolutely true to say that places like greater manchester and andy burnham got far more money than i did in the tees valley. so i don't think the history shows us that that's true. but irrespective of the past, like i say, i've never met keir starmer before, it was a very constructive private meeting, as well as a meeting with all of the mayors and the prime minister. and if he's true to his word, then i don't see that being the case. and i think it would be slightly strange for a labour prime minister to come in and one of his first actions is to be vindictive

against a conservative mayor and a region just because they dared to vote a conservative that is different from the national party in government. i didn't get the impression from keir starmer... any criticism for wanting to cooperate with the government from your own party, which is obviously going to go through now a huge leadership question, and you have written about that and the direction of travel. the issue for the conservative party is a much more existential one, and it's one that's going to take some time. i mean, the lessons we need to learn from last week's defeat is not one of "do we need to lurch more to the right or more to the left?" we need to learn the lesson, and the lesson from the public was they didn't trust us to be able to deliver. they didn't trust our election promises. and the reason they didn't trust us is because they'd lost confidence in our competence to deliver effective government. that's why we lost. people didn't believe that we were going to effect change. so whether it was immigration and not getting that under control, whether it was the nhs, whether it was justice, whether it was local government, people had seen in recent years that it wasn't working in the way that they wanted it to. and that's why we lost the election. it wasn't an ideological one.

it was about effective governance. and i hope that the conservative party realise that. that was the piece i wrote in the sunday times, to try and say this is about competence and trust, it's not about ideology. and i'm very keen to see the leadership election kick off, because i hope that the leadership contenders realise that, otherwise, as i pointed out, the road to redemption can be as long or as short as the conservative party wish to make it. and it depends on how sensible we want to be in getting to the root cause of our defeat. or do we want to spiral into navel—gazing and ideological politics that will keep us in opposition for many years ahead? but, you know, obviously reform did get quite a strong vote, even though it only got five mps. but it is the first time that nigel farage is going to be in the house of commons. and there are those that argue that the conservatives should embrace that agenda if they're going to have a chance of resuming power. well, i actually think there are very, very few people who actually are making that argument. there may be one or two, but nobody in the conservative party that i've personally spoken to think that's a good idea. and i think we're already seeing some of the potential leadership contenders rule that out. not all of them, but most of them.

and i don't think there is an appetite to be able to merge with reform. i think if we do that, that will be a long spiral into opposition for many, many years. that will increase the length of time in that road to redemption that i talked about. i think that would be the wrong way to go, because this is about confidence, competence and trust. it's not one of ideology. and we saw that. we lost to the lib dems... who would you like to see lead the conservative party? give me a couple of names that you personally would have trust in, and who you think would be good for your part of the uk? i mean, i don't know at the moment, is the honest answer. there are the usual suspects that i suspect will throw their hat in the ring. a couple have already said that they're interested. i think there'll be some left—field candidates that people don't expect, so it'll be interesting to see who might come out of the woodwork. like who? but it's absolutely too early to tell who should be the right person. i honestly have no preconceptions about who it should be, and i'm looking forward to the 1922 committee, which is, in effect, a union of the conservative party electing the chairman today,

setting out the rules of the competition and the leadership election so we can get into having that constructive debate and letting a leader and starting to form an effective opposition. ben houchen there, one of the mayors of the tees valley. i want to show you some pictures from the last few hours of narendra modi, indian prime minister, meeting vladimir putin with this visit in moscow in russia. the two countries have had historic strong relationship and narendra modi saying the relationship is built on a strong foundation of mutual trust and respect and talking about trade, saying from semiconductors to electronic manufacturing, from green hybrid into electric vehicles, world—class infrastructure, indian's pace will write a new chapter of world development. india maintaining that relationship that they have had historically with russia and being welcomed to moscow. the visit has not been welcomed, as one might predict, by volodymyr zelensky of ukraine on the anniversary of the

nato summit where he will be meeting with nato leaders at later today. at that visit with the russian and indian leaders, narendra modi there in moscow saying that the deal will help providejobs in moscow saying that the deal will help provide jobs to the youth of india. the war in ukraine is set to dominate talks at this yea r�*s nato summit. president biden will host world leaders as the military alliance marks its 75th anniversary. mr biden has called the alliance the most unified it has ever been. but the rise of the far—right in some european countries and the prospect of a second trump presidency is raising concerns that unity in nato and support for ukraine may not last. as we've been hearing, president volodymyr zelensky is on his way to the summit and is already stressing more support is needed to strengthen his country's defenses against russia's assault. more now from our defence correspondentjonathan beale in washington. jens stoltenberg, the head of nato,

has managed to get allies to commit to spend another 40 billion — that is £30 billion, $40 billion, on ukraine's military support for the next year. what he has not been able to do is to turn that into a five—year commitment, what has been called trump—proofing that military support. and that is because of the political uncertainty. he has strong support from keir starmer. this will be his first big test as british prime minister on the international stage. he has made clear nato will remain a cornerstone for britain's security, and he wants to speed up military aid to ukraine. but the question gnawing in the heads of many leaders here is while, yes, they are expected to show unity on ukraine, will it be the same next year? especially if donald trump, a past critic of the alliance, a critic of giving weapons to ukraine, is elected a second term. that is the elephant in the room. as he prepares to host the nato summit, president biden has again insisted he is standing

for re—election, after phoning into a morning tv show in america. it comes after a growing number of senior members of his democratic party have privatelyjoined calls for him to pull out of the presidential race, after a disastrous performance in a tv debate with donald trump. peter bowes reports from los angeles. will it bejoe or will it be kamala fighting the election for the democrats? it's a question being seriously considered by party members in congress. more and more are coming forward to say the president should step down after that disastrous debate performance against donald trump. the latest and most senior is adam smith, with this blunt assessment of mr biden's chances. we would be better off with another nominee, 0k? i believe that in my heart, my soul and my brain, i'm100% convinced. the president has continued to insist he won't be dropping out. he sent a letter to fellow democrats saying he's firmly committed to staying in the race. he even called a us breakfast show

to hammer home the point. i've not lost and i haven't lost. i beat him last time, i'll beat him this time. adding to the questions swirling around mr biden, it's emerged that an expert in parkinson's disease has visited the white house eight times in the past year. has the president been treated for parkinson's? no. is he bein- treated for parkinson's? no, he's not. is he taking medication for parkinson's? no. so those are the things that i can give you full— blown answers on. but i'm not going to... i'm not going to confirm a specialist, any specialist that comes to the white house out of privacy. now, president biden has to host the nato summit in washington. he'll meet the new british prime minister, sir keir starmer, at the white house. and on thursday, he'll be quizzed by internationaljournalists at a news conference. three gruelling days and a world stage to prove he's still up to the job. peter bowes, bbc news.

a senior democrat has added his voice to calls forjoe biden to step aside from the presidential race. congressman adam smith said the president's recent performance in the televised debate with donald trump had been �*alarming'. i think donald trump is a complete disaster. i think our country has a clear anti—maga majority and we have a great opportunity and a great message to run on in winning this election. we have a strong economic record. the president has had foreign policy successes, uniting the world against ukraine. it is a terrific message. the problem is, and what was proven in the debate and in the days since then, at this point, joe biden is incapable of delivering that message. any democrat watching that debate was fairly well begging the president to hit back. trump was lying, he was leaving these huge, big open arguments. the president was completely

incapable of doing something that any sort of relatively novice debater should have been able to do. and it hasn't got better since then. we need a stronger messenger. and secondarily, there are concerns about his health. concerns they have brushed off and not addressed, that are distracting us from being able to deliver exactly the message the senator fetterman outlined. so, that is my concern. that is my problem. i think this election is enormously important. and i think we need to be in the strongest possible position to make that case. president biden at the moment is not. i have enormous respect for thejob he has done as president. i do. but we have got to win this campaign. congressman, let me ask you. the president and his team say they believe that these calls for him to drop out of the race are coming from what they call a group of elites in washington who are out of touch with voters.

i know you have been critical of that criticism from the biden team. until now, the polls after the debate, they have not changed significantly. joe biden is still trailing donald trump in those polls. is there any truth that young voters, black voters, union voters, do not agree with the politicians perhaps here in washington? yes. that is so ludicrous, ok? the concerns that i have been getting have been coming from my constituents — young voters, black voters, old voters, democrats. i didn'tjust come up with this on my own. ever since the debate, i have been deluged with requests from hardcore democrats who do not want to see trump re—elected, saying, "my goodness, you have to do something. our candidate's not strong enough to hold him off." the notion that this is... it is a card i guess the president has to play to stay in. what i am hoping is the president recognises a key aspect of his legacy is he was the candidate who defeated trump in 2020.

if you cannot do that in 2024 because of the limitations that he now has and have become obvious, he lets him back in. he was the right candidate in 2020. but what we have seen from the debate now is he is not the right candidate now. finally, some stunning pictures from the deserts of chile. the sand dunes of the atacama desert, the driest on the planet, have been blanketed by white and purple blooms after early rains caused flowers to spring up in the dead of the southern hemisphere winter. the weather phenomenon known as el nino is believed responsible for the recent heavy rains. early blooming of the atacama last happened in 2015. finally this half hour, i wanted to show you one of the most—watched videos on the bbc news website and app right now. it's out of the us and is the moment a teenager stops a runaway boat. take a look at this.

you can see the empty boat going round and round in circles on a lake in new hampshire. it happened when the boat's throttle got struck sending the pilot overboard. but then along came 17—year—old brady procon on a water—ski and jumped onto the moving boat and cut its engine. brady, who isjoining the us navy in the autumn, said the experience had been both scary and fun, adding, "i'd do it again." we are back at the top of the hour.

live from london, this is bbc news. cabinet ministers hold their second meeting as the new parliament gears up for a fresh term. prime minister keir starmer says the government will set up "a council for regions and nations" during a meeting with england's mayors in downing street the new pm will later fly to washington for a nato summit — marking the 75th anniversary

of the alliance talks will begin today between the government and the bma in the hopes of ending the long—running pay dispute. and build up to the euro 2024 semi—finals — with spain v france today before england v netherlands tomorrow. hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. we arejust a we are just a few hours away from the new parliament's inaugural setting, with labour ministers on the government front bench for the first time in more than a decade. we expect parliament to convene just after two o'clock this afternoon. sir keir starmer is set to speak his first words at the despatch box as prime minister, and mps will also be electing

a speaker to referee debates. later sir keir starmer will head to washington for the nato summit — jenny hill is in westminster for us and discuss the day that keir starmer has got. keir starmer, for his part, has got on with yet another extremely busy day, there has been a second cabinet meeting. but pressure that he met with a number of regional mayors. this is all about labour's plans to further devolve power away from westminster to the various parts of britain. secondly, to encourage growth at a local level. keir starmer himself says the people who run local communities are the ones best place to come up with ideas about how to encourage local growth. as he puts it, you need people who have got skin in the game. the mayors who attended that meeting this morning have spoken very

positively about the talks, saying they signal a step change change in the relationship between the central government and local mayors. sir keir is very keen to further devolve power. that is something that has been picked up by a number of mayors, the mayor of west yorkshire saying local mayors are excellent champions before local communities. andy burnham, the mayor of greater manchester — regardless of its political colour — he was also echoing a positive note, saying that in the past he has really struggled to get the perspective of the north over to whitehall. he thinks that could change. interestingly we heard from the only tory mayor at that meeting this morning, ben houchen

from tees valley. he also had a private conversation with keir starmer, during which he says that the prime minister told him he wants to make change happen regardless of political differences. positive tones all around, we will have to see what comes of it in terms of practical steps. we know the funding of housing, planning issues and in particular trying to make sure there are ways in which power can be shifted were the issues discussed. in terms of how the rest of the day is going to pan out, when exactly do we see the new mps and the new make up of the commons in front of us, with keir starmer at the dispatch box as prime ministerfor the first time? there is a new shadow foreign secretary, david cameron has stepped away. it is going to look and feel so different. it all kicks off at half past two this afternoon.

for the first time i suppose we get what you could call a visual representation of the sweeping shift in the british political landscape. you are going to see all of those labour mps, rather too many of them to fit into one side of the chamber. looking across to a vastly diminished cohort of conservative mps, now of course in opposition. they will be sat next to lib dem mps, more of them that we have had before. then you can see a handful of greens, reform mps, independents, scottish nationalists, and so on. i suppose the greatest change at the dispatch box is that we are very familiar with the two men, rishi sunak and keir starmer, but now their roles are completely reversed. keir starmer as prime minister and for the time being rishi sunak as the leader of the opposition. you will see a little bit

of ceremony in the house of commons this afternoon. we think we will see the election of the speaker of the house of commons. the speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, is thought to be putting himself forward for re—election. if he is re—elected, black rod will be dragging sir lindsay to the seat. we will have to wait until next week, when the formal state opening of parliament happens, the king's speech and so on. it is at that point that all of these new mps can settle down to get down to the business of debates and their vital function, down to the business of debates and their vitalfunction, making down to the business of debates and their vital function, making the laws of this country. earlier, chief reporter at politicshome alain tolhurst gave his take on what difference the new parliamentary intake will make to the house of commons. i still can't quite get my head around the idea i'm going to stand, sit in the press gallery and be looking and have the labour mps on the other side. it's going to seem like the kind of mirror image

of what it's been like for the past ten years. i think it was also way too many labour mps to fit on one side, so it's going to be interesting to see how they all kind of fit in when they finally file into the commons chamber for the first time today. william hague has written a piece in the times about how it's going to look and where everyone should sit. he talks about that, how labour are going to be quite squashed together. the tories might be struggling to fill out the green benches. the lib dems, of course, come to the front of those benches, replacing the snp. he has also got some words of advice for where reform should sit. i mean, just physically, the makeup of the chamber, how do you think it's going to pan out? well, i think it's very british that we have a chamber that literally cannot fit all of the mp5, that we have to be elected. they haven't expanded it over the time. and actually, yeah, certainly now we have on one side more than 400 labour mps. yeah, i think it's going to be quite symbolic for those mps who are perhaps more critical of the starmer administration, where they end up putting themselves. there's always been a kind of an area that's known as kind of the awkward squad for both sides, and it's going be interesting to see where those people go,

who they sort of sit next to, whether some of them sit with the independent mps that we saw get elected for the first time, and where that kind of that internal opposition, i think, for labour comes from and where those people choose to sort of orient themselves within the chamber. yeah, exactly. i was going to say that obviously a big majority does give keir starmer a huge sort of personal authority, but further down the line, because lots of those mps are not going to be on the government payroll because there won't be enough sort ofjunior ministerial jobs or select committee posts. eventually, you store up potential trouble, don't you, much further down the line, or you've got to keep a lot of people happy. there's got to be a lot of party discipline. i mean, those are the the sort of the issues that i guess for, for labour party management. yeah, absolutely. i think the whips will be working overdrive now to kind of make sure they keep their flock in check. and as you say, lots of new mps who've never been down to westminster before, kind of looking very starry eyed as they come through the gates by big ben. so, yeah, there's going to have to be, i guess, for those mps who perhaps are more difficult and perhaps slightly more rebellious, whether it's whatjobs they can potentially find for them to do.

as you say, there's only a certain number of payrolljobs on the government, and there's only so many select committee jobs. so there's going to have to be more if you're going to keep your keep your entire kind of parliamentary party in check, certainly i think, there's going to be a lot of work to do. i think there's going to be a lot of kind of trying to work out who's who. i think they're trying to sort of the induction, trying to make sure they can keep an eye on the new ones, there's lots of kind of things, like a buddy programme to sort of, to kind of get them to learn the ropes of how to act and look in the chamber, kind of where you need to go. and also how you, how you need to kind of submit things like amendments or to work on legislation, that sort of stuff. it's going to be all very new. there's going to be an awful lot of work going on behind the scenes before kind of actual legislation gets started later on this month. let me show you very quickly what is happening on the conservative front. popular conservative activists have been meeting today. earlier suella braverman told actavis party has been weak and squeamish on... the

conservatives obviously will be back in the house of commons, those who have been re—elected. jacob rees—mogg of course lost his seat last week. but those who are back will be on a regroup front bench. david cameron has stepped away from the shadow front bench. rishi sunak will be back as leader of the opposition fought now, he says that he will stay in post as the tory leader until the arrangements have been made to elect a new one. but it is not clear exactly how long that will be. but the conservatives obviously under focus too for help they go forward. sir keir starmer will head to the nato summit later. leaders will be discussing ukraine and the deadly bomb attack in kyiv and other cities that killed 38 people on monday. five cities across the country

have been attacked. russia has denied targeting civilian infrastructure, insisting the strikes had been aimed at military facilities — but in the last few hous the un said there is a "high likelihood" the hospital suffered a direct hit from a russian missile. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky — who'll also be at the nato summit — says russia must answer for the attacks. james waterhouse reports from kyiv. frantic desperation on a kyiv summer morning. people help with their bare hands at ukraine's largest children's hospital. even for a war—hardened city, this was a missile strike which broke the gruelling rhythm of russia's invasion. some of the young patients were being treated for cancer, already fighting for their lives. they illustrate how these attacks don't discriminate. translation: we were in the middle of surgery i 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. tatiana had a near miss. translation: we got here five minutes before it all started. i then the search for survivors stops for another missile alert. an underpass acts as a shelter this time. residential buildings were also hit in kyiv. here, bodies were recovered. other cities were also attacked. on a visit to neighbouring poland, president zelensky promised a retaliation. translation: beyond any doubt, we are going to rebuild everything j that these terrorists have destroyed and beyond any doubt we are going to respond to these savages from russia. everybody who was injured will get the necessary help, and we pledge to work on bringing russia tojustice. ukrainians often describe a daily

weight on their shoulders. sirens sound in cities like kyiv all the time, and occasionally explosions will follow, and occasionally it's a big one. now, you can see people singing as they're giving out water. attacks like this don't really influence the battlefield, but what they are designed to do is terrorise and suppress the ukrainian people. it's not special operation, it's not the war, it's genocide of population in ukraine. it's right now the whole world see how russian missiles and kamikaze drones killed ukrainian citizens. our peaceful city is right now, the children's hospitals will be hitting from russian missiles. we don't know exactly the numbers of the people who will be killed and injuries. right now, we're saving people from the rubble of the buildings. for a second time, rescue teams have to find cover because of another air alert. only on this occasion, they sing the ukrainian national anthem underground. a dark day for a city still defiant.

james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. we will have more on the nato summit today and more on what is going on in westminster. for now we will say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. we are continuing of course on the bbc news channel. i'm geeta guru—murthy. do stay with us if you can. talks begin today in the hopes of ending the previous's government's long—running dispute with junior doctors. laboursources

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erosion by inflation over the last decade and a half. that is what this figure of 35% has come from. the doctors that union says if it is phased in, that is considered to be reasonable. it is a question of how much this government can do, some sort of multi—year deal, and top up the existing average of 9% that was paid out tojunior the existing average of 9% that was paid out to junior doctors anyway in the last financial year. that has been another demonstration here today like a different health union, unite, representing nurses, who say they are being asked to work longer hours for no extra pay at one major london hospital. that is an indication of... thejunior london hospital. that is an indication of... the junior doctors is one issue for the government to settle, but wes streeting will face claims from quite another health

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