and actor alec baldwin in court for his trial over a fatal shooting on the set of the film "rust". hello and welcome to the programme. a nato summit, to mark 75 years of the trans—atlantic alliance, has begun in washington amid pomp and ceremony, led by president biden. ukraine is uppermost on the agenda, with the bloc aiming to present a united front helping kyiv counter russia's aggression. on arrival, ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, said he'd be appealing for more air defences alongside sustained security guarantees.

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. let's go live to the bbc�*s carl nasman — who's in washington. we know that stoltenberg and biden have spoken. this we know that stoltenberg and biden have spoken.— we know that stoltenberg and biden have spoken. this was the big opening _ biden have spoken. this was the big opening event _ biden have spoken. this was the big opening event of _ biden have spoken. this was the big opening event of the - biden have spoken. this was the big opening event of the nato i big opening event of the nato summit marking 75 years of the alliance, it took place in the building that the treaty was signed 75 years ago. we heard from the secretary general, but many people were anticipating the speech from us president joe biden, what would he deliver, how did he deliver, he called this a pivotal moment for the alliance and for the world, it's one that calls for collective strength and he said that ukraine can defeat vladimir putin. he also

announced some concrete steps for ukraine. a lot of focus now on the country's air defence system after those attacks on monday, he said he would be providing ukraine with more equipment to help defend itself from those sorts of attacks by russia, and then the president really touting some of his achievements during his administration, the strengthening of the alliance, adding two new members come up to 32, and also more funding for nato. saying that 2020 when he came in office, only nine allies at that point were spending at least 2% of the gdp on defence, now in 2024 that's up on defence, now in 2024 that's up to 23 of those 32 members. let's hear more now from what president biden had to say at that summit. it's a pleasure to host you in this— it's a pleasure to host you in this milestone year, to look back— this milestone year, to look back with _ this milestone year, to look back with pride at all we've achieved _ back with pride at all we've achieved and look ahead to our shared — achieved and look ahead to our shared future with strength and with resolve. together, we rebuild _ with resolve. together, we rebuild europe from the ruins

of war. — rebuild europe from the ruins of war, held high the torch of liberty, — of war, held high the torch of liberty, through long decades of the — liberty, through long decades of the cold war. when former adversaries became fellow democracies, we welcome them in the no _ democracies, we welcome them in the no alliance. when war broke out in _ the no alliance. when war broke out in the — the no alliance. when war broke out in the balkans, we interviewed to restore peace and stop _ interviewed to restore peace and stop ethnic cleansing. when the united states was attacked on september", our the united states was attacked on september 11, our nato allies— on september 11, our nato allies stood with us, evoking article — allies stood with us, evoking article five for the first time in nato _ article five for the first time in nato history. treated an attack _ in nato history. treated an attack on _ in nato history. treated an attack on us as a tack on all of us — attack on us as a tack on all of us a _ attack on us as a tack on all of us. a breathtaking display of us. a breathtaking display of friendship that the american people — of friendship that the american people will never ever forget. certainly a momentous summit, notjust because of the big number, the 75th anniversary of nato, but also of course because of ukraine and the support that nato nations have been giving to it, that were grinding into its third year and this alliance wanted to put

on some display of strength after those big strikes on key. this is being watched notjust from what biden was going to say but how he would say it. yeah, there was a big political component to this as well, we've seen president biden making several more of these public appearances, speeches and every one of those words that he delivers will be analysed and kind of looked over, this was a speech though that was delivered much more forcefully, much more clearly, he seemed to have more strength than he did in that disastrous debate against former president donald trump. and really showing some humanity, too. he awarded the presidential medal of freedom to stoltenberg there, and hejoked about making him extend his stay for a couple of more years, talking about apologies to your wife, but i think anybody who was watching the speech and may be a bit on tenterhooks to see how

we might do, whether there might be a flood or he might trip over his words again, they were probably disappointed this was a strong speech and one of his better showings, more equivalent to his state of the union speech rather than his debate against donald trump. we'll be getting more into this with biden with our next guest. but i want to get your thoughts will about what's going to happen next in regards to the nato summit. taste happen next in regards to the nato summit.— happen next in regards to the nato summit. we know that on wednesday. — nato summit. we know that on wednesday, sweden, - nato summit. we know that on wednesday, sweden, which - nato summit. we know that on wednesday, sweden, which is| nato summit. we know that on i wednesday, sweden, which is the newest member, the 32nd member, will be welcomed into the nato alliance, there will be a dinner at the white house were various different politicians from all the nato countries will be gathered there for a state dinner on thursday, probably one of them biggest events, if you want to look at the political situation with the political situation with the present, he will deliver a press conference and he won't be on teleprompter, it will be a bit more spontaneous. that will probably be another pressurised moment to see how the president behaves and how he performs during that press conference on thursday. and

he performs during that press conference on thursday. and we are also expecting _ conference on thursday. and we are also expecting to _ conference on thursday. and we are also expecting to hear - conference on thursday. and we are also expecting to hear from | are also expecting to hear from ukraine's president zelenskyy at some point?— ukraine's president zelenskyy at some point? speaking with a lot of ukrainian _ at some point? speaking with a lot of ukrainian officials - at some point? speaking with a lot of ukrainian officials and - lot of ukrainian officials and i spoke with the head of its parliament yesterday, there are some things that ukraine wants to make sure they get out of the summit. what they are really hoping for is what they're calling a bridge to membership. ukraine obviously wants tojoin nato membership. ukraine obviously wants to join nato as soon as possible, that's unlikely to happen, they want though, some concrete steps towards membership. also what i heard from head of the parliament was that they want to be able to strike deeper into russian territory. they are saying air defences are great but we need to be able to take the initiative and try to stem the sorts of attacks before they actually take place. so they want the lifting of some of these red lines it specifically joe biden and the us have laid some of these outcome restrictions on how deeply they can attack into russia, so we'll have to watch and see what kinds of, not necessarily concessions, but what ukraine can get out of this conference because it's crucial on the

battlefield for them to have not only more ammunition, more defence, but also more capability to use it. thank you for getting — capability to use it. thank you for getting us _ capability to use it. thank you for getting us un _ capability to use it. thank you for getting us up to _ capability to use it. thank you for getting us up to speed - capability to use it. thank you | for getting us up to speed with those events in washington, dc at the nato summit. i'm joined now by ray la raja — political science professor, at university of massachusetts, amherst. thanks forjoining me, ray. i understand you watch the speech earlier by president god, what did you make of it and will it have assured any doubters? —— by president biden. have assured any doubters? -- by president biden.— by president biden. you, make no doubt people _ by president biden. you, make no doubt people are _ by president biden. you, make no doubt people are watching l no doubt people are watching his every word to see if he falters, he delivered a good speech, he looked frail at the same time, but this was a good opportunity for him to convey vigour. opportunity for him to convey viaour. ., ,, opportunity for him to convey viaour. ., i. ., opportunity for him to convey vi.our_ ., y., ., ., opportunity for him to convey viaour. ., i. ., ., vigour. now, you wrote a column last week — vigour. now, you wrote a column last week in _ vigour. now, you wrote a column last week in the _ vigour. now, you wrote a column

last week in the boston - vigour. now, you wrote a column last week in the boston globe - last week in the boston globe saying it was a huge risk to ditch the incumbent, have you change your mind? i ditch the incumbent, have you change your mind?— change your mind? i still have my doubts _ change your mind? i still have my doubts for _ change your mind? i still have my doubts for a _ change your mind? i still have my doubts for a lot _ change your mind? i still have my doubts for a lot of - change your mind? i still have | my doubts for a lot of reasons, the party is still divided, there is no overwhelming consensus to move ahead and that itself is a problem. my other concern is the whole process itself. going to a convention, you know, the way the us used to nominate people was at conventions. but we haven't done that in over half a century. and i'm not sure we have the muscle memory to do that again, and the whole world will be watching and it could prove very divisive, could actually drag the party down and at the end of the day, you might not even get the best possible candidate. those are some of the risks. i know the risk of not going with the best possible candidate, and yet, you know, i'm not convinced of the alternatives. that they will do better, that's very tough to pull. so some democrats are saying the upside

is much bigger because the risks are too great right now. great right now. you're a pollster. are you seeing any data that suggests a change in democratic candidate would impact november's election outcome? i don't see much right now. one thing i should say is even the democratic voters are divided, just under 50 think he should leave, not too far behind think he should stay and there really is no consensus among democratic voters. there was a yugo of poll today saying that not many candidates can surpass him except for maybe michelle 0bama, and that's not happening., harris might do a little bit better, but there's still a lot of things out there that we don't know and the biden team isjust that we don't know and the biden team is just saying we are bulldozing straight ahead, we are going to win this thing. and while the democrats are wondering what to do perhaps, what is the republican strategy as this plays out? the

republicans _ as this plays out? the republicans have - as this plays out? the republicans have just| as this plays out? tie: republicans have just brought out the popcorn and are watching for the most part, they want to see this internal battle so they can point the finger and say look, these guys can't come up with the nominee, they do want us switch out the candidate —— switch out biden... as long as the democrats are not unified they are not focused on trump and that's the case they have to make to win the election. thank ou for make to win the election. thank you for your _ make to win the election. thank you for your thoughts _ make to win the election. thank you for your thoughts today, - you for your thoughts today, political science professor at the university of massachusetts amherst. india's prime minister narendra modi is on a visit to austria. it follows his trip to moscow, where he told the russian president vladimir putin that he was pained by the death of innocent children, a day after a missile strike on a ukrainian hospital. the us expressed concern over the trip and ukraine's president zelensky described it as a huge disappointment. and narendra modi had this to say in a meeting with president putin.

translation: innocent children are killed. when we see innocent children dying, then the heart pains and that pain is very horrible. as a friend, i have always said that peace is most important for the bright future of our future generations. but i also know that a solution is not possible on the battlefield. we have to adopt the path of peace only through talks. so what are the implications for that russia india relationship? here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg in moscow. the russians will say, prime minister modi represents a country of 1.4 billion people, he was inc. has asked on, the leader of china, another 1.4 billion people, so this is all things that the russians can use to say, attempts by the west to isolate russia have

failed and you hear that point being made regularly by russian officials. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

it's being reported that at least 29 people have been killed and dozens injured, in an israeli air strike on a camp for displaced 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. 0pen 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. in gaza, the price of war doesn't always cover the cost

of the price of protest. it is a price amin abed has paid before. savagely beaten by a group of armed men hours after the activist criticised hamas on social media and days after he chose to speak to television channels, including the bbc. friends say it was hamas security forces who broke his limbs and local women who saved his life, braving bursts of gun fire to make them stop. speaking to the bbc from his hospital bed, amin 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 hamas again. hours latee, he released this video clip. i will continue to speak and say to you, my people, we will remain committed to our vow 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. amin's 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 said, "did you win victory by kidnapping and beating my son?" some in gaza say open criticism of hamas is becoming more common, with residents cursing its leaders online and on the streets. this university teacher filmed screaming his frustration over palestinian casualties from an israeli raid last month.

nine months of war has left hamas facing other adversaries in gaza whose fear of speaking out maybe shrinking and whose weapons are words. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines... a court in moscow has issued an arrest warrant for yulia navalnaya — the exiled widow of the late russian opposition leader, alexei navalny. he died in february after three years injail for charges widely seen as politically motivated. ms navalnaya is accused of involvement in an extremist society. the leader of france's socialist party, 0livier faure, has thrown his hat in the ring to be prime minister, after the left—wing alliance to which he belongs won sunday's parliamentary election. the leftist new popular front, which also includes socialists, greens and communists, were the surprise winners on sunday, but they have nowhere near enough seats to form a credible

government by themselves. the former president of brazil has been accused of benefiting from an illegal scheme to sell $1.2 million in jewellery and other luxury gifts given to his government. it comes after brazil's federal police last week recommended charging jair bolsonaro with crimes including money—laundering over undeclared jewellery gifted between 2019 and 2022. prosecutors in new york say they intend to seek a new indictment against the formerfilm producer, harvey weinstein, in connection with previously unknown sexual assaults. his lawyer has dismissed the move, saying prosecutors shouldn't seek to add more victims to a case where convictions had already been overturned. ukraine will dominate the nato summit in washington. but let's update you on the attack on a childrens hospital in kyiv that killed at least 40 people. the director of the hospital told the un security council

about the horror of monday's deadly missile attack — describing it as real hell. experts, including from the un, have backed broadly ukraine's claim the building was hit by a russian cruise missile. a senior un official told the security council that targeting hospitals amounted to a war crime. the kremlin has denied responsibility. merlyn thomas from bbc verify looks at the evidence around what happened. this was the scene in the ukrainian capital kyiv yesterday — parts of a children's hospital totally destroyed. it happened during a russian air strike, but russia say this damage was caused by a ukrainian air defence missile. ukraine says it's found remnants of a russian cruise missile. so who's right? two videos we've verified are crucial to investigating russian claims. in the first, you can see a huge plume of smoke in the distance, before a moment of impact. the second video is crucial. and we've slowed it down so you can see this missile moments before impact. so just watch it here.

and you can see that coming down. we'll actually stop and zoom in for you. you can see it right there. it's worth bearing in mind this is a still and it's a very blurry freeze—frame, but we showed this video to six weapons experts who regularly review grainy footage just like this, and all of them said that this is not a surface to air defence missile as the russians have claimed. for example, one of them, timothy wright, said... now, this is a russian cruise missile. one of its identifying features is its turbo engine at the rear. and that's what some of our experts have focused on, particularly this one, who says... now, we've overlaid a model of the kh—101 on top

of the freeze—frame of the video we showed you earlier. nobody�*s been absolutely definitive about the exact missile used, but they all agreed that it was likely an air—launched russian missile. five of the seven mentioned a russian kh—101 as a possibility, in line with what ukraine has said. ukraine's security services have posted photos of what it says is debris of the russian weapon at the site of the strike, specifically the kh—101 missile. we can't verify these images ourselves. this isn't the first time russia has claimed that ukrainian weapons have accidentally hit their own cities. we'll continue to examine this claim as this story develops. the trial of the hollywood actor, alec baldwin, has begun in the us state of new mexico. it's almost three years since the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the set of the film "rust". the first day in court is focused on the selection of a jury who must decide if the hollywood star was culpable for the death of ms hutchins.

alec 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 when the gun went off — killing hutchins and wounding directorjoel souza. baldwin faces 18 months in jail if convicted. 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 alec baldwin's role as a producer on the film isn't relevant to the trial and cannot be entered as evidence. 0ur la correspondent emma vardy has been following the case. when halyna hutchins, the cinematographer, was shot on that film set. it already had an instant effect on the film industry. lots of calls from crew members for greater safety and standards were changed as a result. but here we are, two years on and the question of who was responsible is still there, because earlier this year the armourer on set, hannah gutierrez, she was already found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

she was the person in charge of weapons, in charge of making sure that they were safe. but the reason that alec baldwin is also on trial here now himself is because the prosecution argued that he also did not follow the kind of safety protocols and rules that you should follow when you're handling a gun. and if he had, then this death would not have occurred. it was a tragic mistake, a tragic accident. that's not in doubt, because what we know is that hannah gutierrez, the armourer, had mistakenly mixed up the bullets. so live rounds that belonged to her, with dummy rounds that are supposed to look identical to the real thing. and that's how this shooting happened. so the question for alec baldwin is going to be, did he pull the trigger? and if so, then of course, that's an obvious break of rule of gun safety on set, because you are never supposed to point a gun at someone and pull and pull the trigger unless you're intending to kill them, whether you believe it's a dummy round or not. and also, he alleges that he didn't pull the trigger at all. so there's a few key questions here about safety, about handling a gun

that the jury are going to have to weigh up here today. football: spain have made it through to sunday's final of the euro 24 tournament after comiming from behind to beat france 2—1 in a pulsating semi final france took the lead from a towering header by their forward kolo muani, afterjust 8 minutes but before france had time to settle a stunnimg goal by 16 year old lamine yamal, pulled spain level and before half time dani 0lmo scored following a corner to put spain into the lead for the first time. the spaniards saw out the rest of the game — and will now play either england or the netherlands, who meet in the second semifinal on wednesday. the european space agency has a new rocket.

he speaks french. the ariane—6's launch from a spaceport in french guiana went off without a hitch, including a demonstration of the new vinci engines that can turn on and off during flight, allowing the spacecraft to reach a range of different orbits. the rocket will take payloads into orbit more cheaply than its predecessor. the esa plans up to eleven launches a year. unlike some of its recent american competitors, the ariane—6 is expendable: a new one is needed for every mission. now — everyone wants their wedding day to be a little bit special — but one very wealthy couple in india are taking the idea to new extremes. for anant ambani and radhika merchant no expense has been spared. the groom is the son of india's richest man. and the pre—wedding celebrations have already included a cruise around the mediterranean and private performances from rihanna, justin bieber and the backstreet boys. the nuptials have fascinated and captivated notjust india — but many around the world.

and while the dresss, decor and jewllery from the wedding are going viral on social media, there is also criticism that the opulence of the event comes in stark contrast to the poverty affecting tens of millions in the country. it is with bated breath that ambani wedding—watchers are awaiting news of who will perform at the actual wedding itself this weekend. rumours swirling on the internet suggest it could be adele, but the family are remaining tight—lipped. ask for your company on newsday, goodbye for now. hello. thanks forjoining me. well, it does feel like summer has come to an abrupt end. or perhaps it never started in the first place. and more rain clouds on the horizon for the rest of this week, but here's some good news. at least it's not going to be raining all the time. i want to show you the big picture first and where the jetstream is relative to the uk. here it is over the next few days, to the south of us, now north of the jet stream,

we generally have cool air. south of the jet stream we generally have warm air. notice where it is over the coming days to the south of us. to the south of us. that means we get that air stream from the north and with a rippling jet stream, we also have weather patterns heading our way and in fact, a lot of rain to come in the coming days, particularly across northern parts of the uk. in fact, the north east of scotland in the next 24 hours, particularly soggy with this weather system here. that rain unrelenting here, particularly in the northeast highlands, in grampian. to the south by the end of the night, i think just a few scattered showers, but it is relatively humid air, so that means that the temperatures aren't dropping particularly low overnight, say 14 degrees first thing in the morning. now here's wednesday, low pressure to the north. so that rain that i mentioned in the north and the east of scotland. the met office is pointing to 20—30mm of rain quite widely.

in the extreme case it could be double, even triple that. so really, really wet across this part of the world. to the south, scattered showers, maybe some thunderstorms. but i think come the afternoon there will be some sunshine in the south of the uk. and that, of course, is good news for wimbledon because the weather has been dreadful. however, there is a rain symbol there for wednesday. that's to indicate the showers we should have in the morning, but come the afternoon it will be better. now, high pressure is close by. it's just in the wrong position. we're on the edge of the high, so that means that the winds are coming in from the north. so really cool air sliding across the uk with showers and again rather a lot of cloud. look at the temperatures. 14 in aberdeen, we might squeeze 22 or 23 in the south east of the country if there will be some prolonged sunny spells, but the outlook into the weekend really says it all. it's that mixed bag and it is on the cool side forjuly. bye— bye.

federal reserve boss jerome powell says the us economy is moving in the right direciton, raising hopes of an interest rate cut soon. as hurricane beryl slammed america's oil—producing capital texas, we assess the impact on the us energy industry.

hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. before we get to our top story, let's recap bring on capitol hill for his second report to congress with the business correspondent with more details on this testimony including more details on his testimony, including clues about where interest rates are headed. he said that he and others are waiting for more evidence that inflation is heading back down to the 2% target before they can begin cutting interest rates. to be sure, that line made its way into the testimony again and there is clues the tides are changing. powers of the us economy is no longer overheated and acknowledge that the once red—hot labour market is calling. just the kinds of things that would take things away from the rate cuts. the next policy — away from the rate cuts. the next policy move _ away from the rate cuts. the next policy move would increase we do _ next policy move would increase we do not — next policy move would increase we do not take things like that of the — we do not take things like that of the table but that does not

seem — of the table but that does not seem like the likely direction that seems