jailed for 17 years — the drunk driver who killed a baby boy and his aunt in a car crash on the a1. some parts of the uk have had a month's worth of rain only days intojuly — we report how its impacting one of the country's favourite summer destinations. hello. welcome to the programme. president biden is welcoming world leaders to washington, for a key gathering of members of nato. it's sir keir starmer�*s first international trip as prime minister, and much of the focus of the talks, will be on providing practical support for ukraine, in its battle against russia. but behind the scenes,

pressure continues to mount on president biden, to step back from seeking a second term in office, after last month's poor performance, in a tv debate with donald trump. overnight, a sixth senior democrat, says he should pull out of the race. sarah smith is following events in washington. let's turn to those live shots in washington where that opening banquet of nato leaders is due to take place imminently. nato leaders gathering there ahead of what is going to be a key nato summit for ukraine, ukraine top of the agenda especially after the attacks that we've been saying on the children's hospital in kyiv, but this will also be a key nato summit forjoe biden as he is facing mounting pressure around his presidential reelection campaign, we will of course keep an eye on that banquet that is due to take place imminently. there were

exchanges between reporters and the white house press secretary karine john pierre, which turned testy around questions about resident biden�*s health and his fitness, he is facing intense scrutiny after that widely discussed debate performance against president trump. but at the moment, all eyes are now focused on this banquet which will be opening up imminently and we are expecting presidentjoe biden to speak as well. so the moment that that happens, we will bring you that press, that speech from president biden live imminently. we are keeping an eye on that opening banquet of the nato summit. in washington. we will bring it to you live. as mentioned the new prime minister sir keir starmer, is on his way to washington for that nato summit.

chris mason is travelling with the prime minister, and sent us an update just before they set off earlier. hello from a rather noisy and soggy airfield. quite the moment this for keir starmer, about to get on board the prime ministerial plane for the first time. i have been doing trips with prime ministers on this plane for two years now and this is the fourth prime minister i will have had the chance to scrutinise and question on their foreign travels. here's what keir starmer has been saying to us. today, tomorrow and the next day is all about standing together with or allies discussing practically how we provide further support for ukraine and send a very, very clear message to putin that we will stand against russian aggression wherever it is in the world. beyond the being personal moment then for the prime minister, beyond the big personal moment then for the prime minister, the real focus of the next few days is on security. and he is saying that this new government will spend 2.5%

of national income on defence. that is an increase, but he has not put a time frame on it, a deadline on it with critics therefore asking whether it will actually ever happen. chris mason there ahead of that journey across from the uk to the us, of course are keir starmer on his first international trip since becoming prime minister, since the uk election last week, he will be taking a seat at the table when it comes to the nato summit and on the agenda, of course, will be ukraine, especially given those most recent attacks across cities in ukraine and attacks across cities in ukraine and at children's hospital in kyiv. the united nations says it's highly likely that yesterday's strike on a children's hospital in kyiv, was "a direct hit" from a russian missile. at least 42 people were killed and 190 wounded, in attacks

right across ukraine. moscow has denied targeting civilian sites, but president zelensky says the kremlin must be held accountable. james waterhouse, has the very latest from kyiv. sobbing. "oh, my god," she says, "i don't know whose hand that is, i don't know if my daughter is alive." the frantic seconds of a mother looking for her child. a russian missile had just hit the hospital where her daughter had been receiving dialysis. after a relative eternity, she finds her alive with a few scratches. after being reunited we meet them at the hospital her daughter was transferred to, where they returned to those haunting moments.

translation: i told my husband on the phone, "i don't _ know if i'll survive and if our daughter is alive". i had debris falling on me in the basement and my child was upstairs on the second floor. i didn't know what was happening to her. it seemed we would be buried alive. translation: i fainted. when i opened my eyes, i saw ceiling right next to my face. i was praying my mother was alive. it's a view you wouldn't have seen yesterday for a ukrainian emergency worker, demolition is firmly part of thejob description. kyiv has strongly rejected moscow's claim this was caused by a ukrainian air defence missile, saying it has evidence it was russian and deliberately launched.

this attack has posed difficult questions for ukraine several cruise missiles hit their targets in the centre of the city and, as far as kyiv is concerned, the need for air defences has never been greater. missiles do terrorise, but thus far they haven't weakened ukrainian resolve, but if the risk to life increases, that will only impact morale. valentina, a nurse, was working here when the attack happened. she tells some of the hospital's 600 or so patients now can't she tells us some of the hospital's 600 or so patients now can't access critical care. translation: here we help children with complicated diseases. _ it is a horror for ukraine and for everyone. we ask the world to stop this war, to stop this nightmare for our children not to suffer. large scale missile strikes are common in war—time ukraine, but this one has especially caused political shockwaves because of who and what it hit.

kyiv wants to convert this western shock into more military support. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. the ongoing war in ukraine absolutely the top of the agenda when it comes to what nato leaders will be discussing at the summit in washington. the trip to the us comes after a busy day for sir keir starmer. he earlier addressed mps in parliament for the first time as prime minister. surrounded by labour mps on the government benches for the first time in 14 years, he said it was time to turn the page and unite in a common endeavour of national renewal. opposite him was rishi sunak — now leader of the oppostion, who congratulated the prime minister on his victory. the process of swearing in 650 mps is underway. our deputy political editor vicki young has been following today's events. cheering.

this hasn't happened for a while. a labour prime minister entering the commons after a landslide election victory. it was standing room only for all the new mps on the government side, happily breaking the rule that they shouldn't clap in the chamber. then it was back to tradition, black rod kicking off the ceremonial side of the day. nothing can happen in the commons without a speaker, so sir lindsay hoyle was re—elected and — another ancient convention — dragged to the chair by mps. i now call the prime minister, sir keir starmer. the bad—tempered election debates are over. this was a more reflective moment. service is a precondition for hope and trust. and the need to restore trust should weigh heavily on every member here, new and returning alike. we all have a duty to show that politics can be a force for good.

for one former prime minister, a different title to get used to. i now call the leader of the opposition, rishi sunak. it is important that after 14 years of government, the conservative party rebuilds, so now we will take up the crucial role of his majesty's official opposition professionally, effectively, and humbly. for the longest serving female mp, this was a chance to highlight the changing face of the commons. when i was a new member in 1987 there were only a0 female members of parliament. today, we have 264. and some of us are glad that we have lived to see this. with fewer conservative mps, other parties will have a louder voice. the new government of the day, as the mother of the house hasjust said, faces a very difficult task, clearing up the mess

it has inherited. we on these benches will hold the government to account. we are the new kids on the block. we have no experience in this parliament whatsoever, - even though some of us have tried many times over the years - previously to get here. what's it been like, sitting in that chamber on the other side? yeah, of course it's a whole new experience, and getting to know so many new people, a lot of new names to learn. it does sort of bring home just how big the labour majority is, and what a job we've got to do to hold them to account, effectively, as the new opposition. labour mp peter prinsley, who is a surgeon, turned up for his first day and bumped into one of his former patients, a doorkeeper in the commons. he is quite surprised to be here after winning one of the safest tory seats in the country. you do realise that some people spend a lifetime trying to get into this place as an mp. no, i do realise that. and i understand that i'm extremely lucky to have managed to get to be an mp, really, in one month flat. but i shall do my very best.

the political arguments will start again soon, but first all mps, old and new, have to swear their oaths of allegiance to the crown. and then the work begins. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. let's stay at westminster to speak to our political correspondent iain watson. hejoins us live now, we he joins us live now, we saw pomp and ceremony and all those traditional things that go when it comes to westminster, but we also saw lots of new faces and when it comes to labour, we saw a lot of those very new mps being appointed as ministers. what is sir keir starmer�*s thinking they're? it as ministers. what is sir keir starmer's thinking they're? it took some peeple _ starmer's thinking they're? it took some peeple by — starmer's thinking they're? it took some people by surprise _ starmer's thinking they're? it took some people by surprise because. starmer's thinking they're? it took - some people by surprise because what he done initially was largely keep his shadow cabinet intact and it became the actual cabinet with one or two exceptions. in addition to that, he then brought people in specific expertise from outside

politics, patrick vallance, chief scientific adviser becomes a science minister, for example. but some people have been slogging away in opposition for 1h years, or at least very many years before the selection. some of them have been passed over in favour of people who were elected simply last week to parliament for the first time. an mp that leads a local authority, keir starmer has his constituency in north london, camden, she has now been made a cabinet office minister. i guess the argument you would make is he wants people with expertise and some of those again might be politicians outside, away from westminster, who have actually run things, run big local authorities, dealt with staffing issues with change, with reform. she gets catapulted straight into the cabinet office. it was a very senior, armed

forces he becomes a veterans minister. we also had the former adviser to gordon brown when he was by minister, christopher mcneil elected in scotland becomes the scotland office minister, but also a return to the front bench for some people who had been missing for some time. courtesy in some cases of the electorate, for example where emma rails had been in wolverhampton was defeated in 2019, came back in hempstead, sorry, hyde wickham, taking overfor cover hempstead, sorry, hyde wickham, taking over for cover ministers steve baker, she was made the working pensions and treasury minister. the initial position of labour leadership was not calling for an immediate cease—fire in gaza, she resigned, she said she was reflecting the views of her constituents, that is pretty much correct looking at the narrow election victory she scored in her birmingham seat. she now becomes a home office minister and she is dealing with issues such as tackling violence against women and girls

which was one of keir starmer's priorities and his mission he said out a year and a half before the manifesto and the election. we've not the manifesto and the election. we've got the government _ manifesto and the election. we've got the government covered, - manifesto and the election. we'vel got the government covered, when manifesto and the election. we've got the government covered, when it comes to the opposition, i guess there's going to be a lot of discussion about what happens with the tory leadership, because rishi sunak is describing his shadow cabinet as an interim cabinet, one piece of that block is already in place when it comes to the 1922 bench —— backbench committee. i’ll bench —— backbench committee. i�*ll explain bench —— backbench committee. l�*ll explain myself, effectively the 1922 committee plays a crucial role in deciding the precise rules of the leadership contest, who will succeed rishi sunak. there seems to be a bit of a consensus emerging that it's best to not go for a quick contest, a snap poll and take time to think things over, but the first stage of that process was not without some bumps in the road. tonight, a london

mp, bob blackman has been elected of the new chairman of the 1922 committee, so he will play a pivotal role in that whole process. it seems to be a mix up over time and some mps felt they had until six o'clock this evening to vote, others were told it was 530 in the evening, one mp mark francois has been a private campaigner and the conservative benches over the years, he said the whole contest should be rerun because he was unable to cast the ballot, jeremy hunt was too late as well, the shadow chancellor. newly elected chair was because he won by such a large margin he does not believe a rerun is necessary and it doesn't look like that's going to happen, but it's notjust controversial loan for future direction white candidates to choose, but even over who has been chosen to oversee the process. lt chosen to oversee the process. it never ends, but ian, thank you for clarifying all of that for that.

much more of course on our website. if you want to get some of the background or also a live page as well. it's being reported that at least 29 people have been killed and dozens injured, in an israeli air strike on a camp for dosplaced people in gaza. this footage was shot by a camera crew working for the bbc. doctors say a blast hit tents outside a school. there's been no immediate comment from israel. meanwhile, a palestinian activist who's been outspoken against hamas in gaza, is in hospital in a critical condition, after being kidnapped near his home. amin abed is now said to be in a stable condition. open dissent against hamas appears to have increased in recent months, as suffering in the territory has grown, since the start of the war with israel. lucy williamson has the story.

savagely beaten by a group of armed men shortly after he criticised hammers on social media and... , security forces are said to have broken his limbs, and local women who saved his life braving bursts of gunfire to make them stop. speaking to the bbc from his hospital bed, he said his attackers carried knives, axes and pistols. they called him a traitor and an agent for israel, he said, and their commander told them to break his fingers to stop him writing anything against hammers

again. hours later, he released this video clip. translation: l video clip. translation: . ., ., translation: i will continue to seak and translation: i will continue to speak and say — translation: i will continue to speak and say to _ translation: i will continue to speak and say to you, _ translation: i will continue to speak and say to you, my - translation: | will continue to | speak and say to you, my people, translation: i will continue to - speak and say to you, my people, we will remain committed to our vowed not to accept the torment of prison cells, shackles and bars. we will continue to speak until we can rid ourselves of this bad reality they have put us in. his ourselves of this bad reality they have put us in.— have put us in. his father left to broadcast _ have put us in. his father left to broadcast his _ have put us in. his father left to broadcast his anger _ have put us in. his father left to broadcast his anger in _ have put us in. his father left to broadcast his anger in the - have put us in. his father left to | broadcast his anger in the ruined streets, shouting at his son's attackers through an old plastic water bottle. enough, you cowards, he says. did you win victory by kidnapping and beating my son? some in gaza say open criticism of hammers is becoming more common, with residents cursing its leaders online and on the streets. this

university teacher films screaming his frustration over palestinian casualties from the israeli raid last month. nine months of war has left hammers facing other adversaries in gaza, whose fear of speaking out may be shrinking. and whose weapons are words. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. a drunk driver who killed an eight month old baby and his aunt, has been jailed for 17 years at durham crown court. daryl anderson was taking pictures of himself behind the wheel, when he crashed into another car on the a1 in county durham. he was travelling at more than a 140 miles an hour, and was three times over the alcohol limit. fiona trott reports. drunk and dangerous. i've just got back off holiday. a driver who'd caused two deaths just minutes before. have you had anything alcoholic to drink? i had a little bit to drink on plane.

daryl anderson had more than that... keep going, keep going, stop. ..just listen to what the breathalyser revealed. what does that say? that's a fail. 95. the legal limit is 35. is it? yeah. an empty vodka bottle was found nearby. he'd been using whatsapp on his phone and had even taken a photograph of his speedometer. eight—month—old zachary blades was killed. his aunt, karlene warner, also died. this was an emotional hearing. relatives called anderson a coward and said, "look at me" when they gave their impact statement. and it had an impact — anderson himself was crying. zachary�*s mum, who was karlene's sister and was driving that night, said she'd fight for anderson and people like him to be disqualified from driving for life. we were never going to be happy with our sentence todaym, with our sentence today, because it doesn't make up

for what we've lost, but if we can stop that next person, make them think twice, then we've done some good and karlene's and zach's lives and more than that. i've, i've drove into the back of another car, yeah? but i'm not a bad person. the family of those he killed disagree. fiona trott, bbc news, durham. thames water says it has enough money left to last until may of next year — but will need additional cash to keep going. the uk's largest water company — which has faced intense criticism over releasing sewage into rivers and streams, and on the cost of leaks — released its latest financial report this morning. our business correspondent theo leggett has more. raw sewage overflowing into rivers and streams, mounting leaks from piping and crumbling and failing infrastructure. these are the obvious signs of trouble at thames water, a company which serves 16

million people in london and the thames valley. beneath the surface it's also suffering financially and today's figures are far from reassuring. the company did make a profit before tax over the past year ofjust over £157 million, but that was dwarfed by a major increase in debt from just under £14 billion a year ago to £15.2 billion. and although it does have £1.8 billion worth of ready funding, thames says that's only enough to keep it going until may next year. speculation has been mounting that if thames can't find new investment, it might have to be taken over by the government, something ministers say they want to avoid. why on earth should billpayers pay twice? they've already paid for 1h years through their bills for a water service that in many parts of the country, theyjust haven't been getting the idea. on top of that, we then take taxpayers' money to bail it out. frankly, is for the birds. it's not going to happen. for these hardy swimmers taking to the thames itself in teddington today, the most pressing issue was muck in the water

rather than thames water's finances. the company admitted last year the number of sewage discharges more than doubled due to prolonged heavy rainfall. i'd like them to think more positively about water management, and not think it's 0kjust to be fined and dump sewage in the water every time there's a strong rainfall. i'm just really worried about sewage going into the water. _ the fact that it's actually legal for them to discharge sewage | into the water when it's been raining, i and the environment agency and ofwat seem to have very little _ say over the matter. later this week the regulator ofwat will give its verdict on five year business plans provided by water companies across the country. thames water wants to hike consumer bills by up to 44%, in part to pay for work like this, replacing 100—year—old pipes with new ones. ultimately, people need water and sewage has to be dealt with. and whether it's thames water's customers or taxpayers, someone will have to foot the bill.

theo leggett, bbc news. spain have made it through to sunday's final of the euro 21l football tournement after comimng from behind to beat france 2—1 in a pulsating semi final one )france took thr lead france took the lead from a towering from their forward kolo muani, afterjust 8'minutes kolo muani, afterjust 8 minutes but minute later a stunnimg goal by 16 yearl old lamine yamal, pulled spain level and before half time spain's dani olmo scored following a corner to put his team in t e lead for th firtst time — spain saw out thr resy of tr gme and will now play either englans and will now play either england or the netherlnd who meet in the secon semi final on wednesday we'll end the programme with images of a rare occurance in chile. these are the sand dunes

of the atacama desert, the driest on the planet, which have been blanketed by white and purple blooms. this desert has been nicknamed the "flowering desert," because these resistant plants endure the harsh weather to flower every few years in the spring. this year early rains have caused the flowers to blossom in the middle of the southern hemisphere's winter. the weather phenomenon known as el nino is believed to be responsible for the recent heavy rains. the last time flowers bloomed so early in the atacama desert was nearly ten years ago, in 2015. i'll be back at the top of the hour, but we are going to continue to bring you live coverage of president biden's speech here on bbc news, but before that, the weather with elizabeth rossini. hello there, good evening. it's feeling muggy and humid today in the south. plenty of rain around yet again, including here in chelmsford, in essex — in fact, many spots across the south have already seen over a month's worth of rainfall — we're only nine days intojuly. and there's yet more unsettled conditions as we head through the rest of the week, so expect further wet weather at times. won't be raining all the time everywhere.

there'll also be some sunshine — it's been in short supply today, some of the best of it across the far north of scotland, shetland, and orkney. but overnight tonight, we'll see that rain push further northwards into northern scotland. it'll be particularly relentless across eastern scotland, driven in on this brisk northeasterly wind. some sharper showers, too, further south, including across northern ireland. but lots of dry weather across the southern half of the uk — always plenty of cloud. it's a muggy and a mild start to the day tomorrow. and then, on wednesday, our area of low pressure continues to push very slowly out into the north sea. we're keeping the feed of northeasterly winds and all of that relentless rain throughout the day. so the rainfall totals really starting to rack up here — particularly over the higher ground, there could be as much as 70—90mm of rainfall locally. some longer spells of rain, too, across northern ireland, with the low pressure. a few showers across wales, northern england, but across southeast england, it could stay largely dry and, given any sunshine in the muggy, warm—feeling air, temperatures will rise to the low—20s in celsius.

so, we stand a much better chance of getting a full day's play on the outside courts on wednesday, and also on thursday, perhaps a bit more in the way of sunshine then, too. but if we just take a look at thursday, then, our area of low pressure still out in the north sea, still a little bit of rain for eastern scotland, but generally drier. we're drawing down this northerly wind, so it will feel cooler, particularly for the northern half of the uk, a few showers, too, further south. but with the sunshine, then, temperatures here should again lift into the low—20s. it will be feeling cooler further north, particularly in exposure to that northerly wind. and we're also keeping a close eye on this little feature towards the south — it could affect southern coastal areas on thursday into friday, perhaps. higher pressure building out towards the west — so west probably best, in terms of temperature and sunshine amounts on friday, but these temperatures are below the seasonal average. cool and still unsettled at times through the weekend. bye— bye.

special coverage of the nato summit taking place in washington, dc. moments away from us presidentjoe biden speaking and also the nato secretary—general, i am joined biden speaking and also the nato secretary—general, iam joined here in the studio by retired us on the

leader and joined by former pentagon correspondent. barbara, we havejust been discussing high facing nato nato members as they did with assistance to ukraine with the offence from russia and what you're expecting to hear for the next two days? l expecting to hear for the next two da s? ~ ., expecting to hear for the next two da s? ~' ., ., days? i think were going to obviously _ days? i think were going to obviously see _ days? i think were going to obviously see president - days? i think were going to - obviously see president zelensky literally begged nato for more weapons, for more long—range missiles, more air defence. he is expecting, key issue for delivery from european highlights this summer that should help but general hodges would say, all of these items have been dribbling in the f—16s have been dribbling in the f—16s have been delayed for so long in their constraints of what targets ukraine is allowed to hit in the bottom

line, russia has