learned that the three women we have learned that the three women killed in the attack are... the three women killed in the attack are carol hunt, the wife of bbc racing radio commentatorjohn hunt, and two of their daughters. i'm ben brown — in other news this hour... the prime minister is in washington where fresh military aid to ukraine is high on the agenda as nato leaders continue their annual summit. and, excitement is building among fans in dortmund as england prepare to play the netherlands in tonight's second euros semifinal. hello. police investigating a triple murder in hertfordshire say they're searching for a suspect who may be carrying a crossbow. detectives want to question 26—year—old kyle clifford, from enfield, in north london — and they've issued a direct appeal to him to get in touch.

the bbc has named one of the victims as carol hunt, wife of the bbc racing radio commentator, john hunt. two of their daughters were also killed. the women were aged 61, 28, and 25. and they were found with severe injuries at a property in bushey last night, they died at the scene. police have described it as a targeted and horrific attack involving a crossbow and possibly other weapons as well. armed police and a specialist search teams are focusing on areas of hertfordshire and north london, they have urged members of the public to be very alert and say that anyone who does seat mr clifford should not approach him but instead should call 911. let's speak to our correspondent nicky schiller who's in bushey. ..

yes. you can see behind me the police activity is still going on here, and we have seen officers going door to door in the last hour, knocking and asking people what they saw last night. it was at around 7:00pm yesterday evening that police were called to bushey in hertfordshire, this cul—de—sac. and they found three women who are at that time or seriously injured. ambulances came to the scene and paramedics did what they could, but unfortunately they were unable to save the three women who died. as you mentioned in the last few minutes, we have had details of those victims. my colleague lynette wilkinson is here, helena, you have been here all morning, what do we know about the three victims? we have had it confirmed in the last couple _ have had it confirmed in the last couple of— have had it confirmed in the last couple of minutes, it was three women — couple of minutes, it was three women who were killed in the triple murder— women who were killed in the triple murder last night in a house at the end of—

murder last night in a house at the end of the — murder last night in a house at the end of the cul—de—sac behind us. here _ end of the cul—de—sac behind us. here in _ end of the cul—de—sac behind us. here in bushey. they are at carol hunt, _ here in bushey. they are at carol hunt, who— here in bushey. they are at carol hunt, who is the wife of the bbc racing _ hunt, who is the wife of the bbc racing radio commentatorjohn hunt, and two _ racing radio commentatorjohn hunt, and two of— racing radio commentatorjohn hunt, and two of their daughters. so, confirmation we have had that the three _ confirmation we have had that the three women who died in that attack last night— three women who died in that attack last night are the wife of the bbc racing _ last night are the wife of the bbc racing radio commentatorjohn hunt, the victims. — racing radio commentatorjohn hunt, the victims, his wife, carol hunt, and their— the victims, his wife, carol hunt, and their two daughters. in the last hour we _ and their two daughters. in the last hour we had that news conference in which _ hour we had that news conference in which we _ hour we had that news conference in which we had confirmation that the three _ which we had confirmation that the three women were 61 years old, 28 and 25 _ three women were 61 years old, 28 and 25 it _ three women were 61 years old, 28 and 25 it is — three women were 61 years old, 28 and 25. it is very difficult to imagine _ and 25. it is very difficult to imagine what must he be feeling at the moment. john hunt, a commentator, a radio commentator for many— commentator, a radio commentator for nrany years _ commentator, a radio commentator for many years. we have not had any statement — many years. we have not had any statement from him but the shock that he _ statement from him but the shock that he will be feeling right now would _ that he will be feeling right now would he — that he will be feeling right now would be undescribable. and that he will be feeling right now would be undescribable. and there is a lot of shock — would be undescribable. and there is a lot of shock here _

would be undescribable. and there is a lot of shock here in _ would be undescribable. and there is a lot of shock here in this _ a lot of shock here in this community, because it is a very quiet community. i heard at one of the residents saying that the worst that they had had with some fly—tipping. that they had had with some fly-tipping— that they had had with some fly-tipping. that they had had with some fl -tiin. , . ., , fly-tipping. yes, that was the words of a councillor _ fly-tipping. yes, that was the words of a councillor we _ fly-tipping. yes, that was the words of a councillor we spoke _ fly-tipping. yes, that was the words of a councillor we spoke to - fly-tipping. yes, that was the words of a councillor we spoke to earlier. of a councillor we spoke to earlier on, of a councillor we spoke to earlier on. he _ of a councillor we spoke to earlier on. he was — of a councillor we spoke to earlier on, he was watching the football last night— on, he was watching the football last night when he heard air ambulance land very close to his house _ ambulance land very close to his house. another resident has been speaking — house. another resident has been speaking about hearing a woman screaming, the chaos that followed, she talked _ screaming, the chaos that followed, she talked about how armed police then arrived. there is a real sense of shock, — then arrived. there is a real sense of shock, this is a very leafy, suburban _ of shock, this is a very leafy, suburban area. and there is going to be suburban area. and there is going to he support— suburban area. and there is going to be support for people if they needed, _ be support for people if they needed, following what happened here last night _ needed, following what happened here last night. and we heard from the press _ last night. and we heard from the press conference that police have described — press conference that police have described it as a horrific attack, a targeted — described it as a horrific attack, a targeted attack, and not only here where _ targeted attack, and not only here where that forensic investigation, evidence — where that forensic investigation, evidence gathering is continuing, there _ evidence gathering is continuing, there is— evidence gathering is continuing, there is that huge manhunt as we know, _ there is that huge manhunt as we know. for— there is that huge manhunt as we know, for the suspect. kyle

clifford. _ know, for the suspect. kyle clifford, 26 years old. lots of areas — clifford, 26 years old. lots of areas being searched at the moment and a _ areas being searched at the moment and a direct— areas being searched at the moment and a direct feel from the police to him to— and a direct feel from the police to him to contact them immediately. and police _ him to contact them immediately. and police will— him to contact them immediately. and police will be very heavily reliant on members of the public, who are their— on members of the public, who are their eyes— on members of the public, who are their eyes and ears, who will be hoping — their eyes and ears, who will be hoping after that very public appeal we have _ hoping after that very public appeal we have had in the last half—hour that they— we have had in the last half—hour that they will be able to, someone might— that they will be able to, someone might spot him, but they are warning people _ might spot him, but they are warning people to _ might spot him, but they are warning people to not approach him, ring 999 _ people to not approach him, ring 999 he — people to not approach him, ring 999. he may have a crossbow on him still and _ 999. he may have a crossbow on him still and police believe that in that instant last night, other weapons may have been used. stay with us, because _ weapons may have been used. sit: with us, because we weapons may have been used. 6it

they are looking for 26—year—old kyle clifford from enfield in north london in connection to the incident. london in connection to the incident-— london in connection to the incident. ~ . , . incident. we have extensive police resources deployed _ incident. we have extensive police resources deployed to _ incident. we have extensive police resources deployed to various - resources deployed to various locations in north london and also the bushey area of hertfordshire. the men also involves armed police officers and a specialist search teams responding at pace in the wake of what has been an horrific incident involving what is currently believed to be a crossbow but other weapons may also have been used. police have asked anyone who saw anything significant in the ashlyn close area of bushey between yesterday lunchtime and 7:00pm to get in touch. yesterday lunchtime and 7:00pm to get in touch-— get in touch. local residents have been speaking — get in touch. local residents have been speaking of _ get in touch. local residents have been speaking of their _ get in touch. local residents have been speaking of their shock. - get in touch. local residents have been speaking of their shock. we | get in touch. local residents have . been speaking of their shock. we are not used _ been speaking of their shock. we are not used to— been speaking of their shock. we are not used to this in this area, it is a very— not used to this in this area, it is a very typical bushey suburb. the most _ a very typical bushey suburb. the most dramatic thing that has ever happened — most dramatic thing that has ever happened here is a bit of a legal fly—tipping, and suddenly we are told there are three murders and we have had _ told there are three murders and we have had a _ told there are three murders and we have had a helicopter landing last night, _ have had a helicopter landing last night, police all over the place. have had a helicopter landing last night, police all overthe place. i am concerned for residents, i think

we are _ am concerned for residents, i think we are a _ am concerned for residents, i think we are a little bit traumatised by what _ we are a little bit traumatised by what is _ we are a little bit traumatised by what is going on here. hertfordshire olice have what is going on here. hertfordshire police have asked _ what is going on here. hertfordshire police have asked for _ what is going on here. hertfordshire police have asked for the _ what is going on here. hertfordshire police have asked for the privacy - what is going on here. hertfordshire police have asked for the privacy of| police have asked for the privacy of the victims families to be respected while they come to terms with what has happened. 1ng while they come to terms with what has happened-— while they come to terms with what has happened. as we mentioned, the forensic officers _ has happened. as we mentioned, the forensic officers behind _ has happened. as we mentioned, the forensic officers behind me _ has happened. as we mentioned, the forensic officers behind me are - forensic officers behind me are continuing to gather as much evidence as they can hear at the scene of the triple murder. the tenants that you normally see after an incident like this are up in —— the tenants that you see. both sides of the house, it is a cul—de—sac here, in a quiet bushey in hertfordshire. if you're not quite sure where bushey is, one of the big towns near to it is watford. it is about 17 miles from enfield, and thatis about 17 miles from enfield, and that is crucial in the search because that is where there have been searches throughout the afternoon going gone as police try to look for the suspect, kyle

clifford. enfield is one of the areas where they think he may have gone. we have seen a lot of police activity going on in enfield, and at the police news conference that they gave, they said that there were multiple searches going on both here in hertfordshire, around the bushey area and also in enfield as they tried to find the suspect, kyle clifford. he is 26 years old. they will be hoping that the public can help them to track him down. because in incidences like this, it is the eyes and the ears of the public that will help the police. during that news conference that they held, they appealed for anyone who had any information to call 999, but crucially they also said not to approach the suspect because as we heard in nick's report, they believe that he may have a crossbow or other weapons. my colleague helena has been here all morning, still with

us, and just for viewers who are joining us, a recap on that breaking news. we now know the identities of the three women who were killed here last night. the three women who were killed here last niuht. , ., the three women who were killed here last niuht. , . ., last night. yes, we have had confirmation _ last night. yes, we have had confirmation in _ last night. yes, we have had confirmation in the - last night. yes, we have had confirmation in the last - last night. yes, we have had confirmation in the last ten l last night. yes, we have had - confirmation in the last ten minutes or so— confirmation in the last ten minutes or so that _ confirmation in the last ten minutes or so that the three women who were killed _ or so that the three women who were killed in— or so that the three women who were killed in the _ or so that the three women who were killed in the property at the end of the cul—de—sac last night are carol hunt, _ the cul—de—sac last night are carol hunt, who— the cul—de—sac last night are carol hunt, who is— the cul—de—sac last night are carol hunt, who is the wife of the bbc racing _ hunt, who is the wife of the bbc racing radio commentatorjohn hunt and their— racing radio commentatorjohn hunt and their two daughters. so, confirmation that carol hunt and her two daughters died in that attack last night. carol hunt is the wife of the _ last night. carol hunt is the wife of the bbc racing radio commentator john hunt, _ of the bbc racing radio commentator john hunt, and their two daughters. and we _ john hunt, and their two daughters. and we had — john hunt, and their two daughters. and we had confirmation from hertfordshire police in the last hour— hertfordshire police in the last hour or— hertfordshire police in the last hour or so _ hertfordshire police in the last hour or so that the ages of the female — hour or so that the ages of the female victims, 25, 28 and 61. absolutely devastating news for him. yes, absolutely, and all morning i

know there has been a lot of police activity here. know there has been a lot of police activity here-— activity here. yes, we have cut the court and just _ activity here. yes, we have cut the court and just behind _ activity here. yes, we have cut the court and just behind us. - activity here. yes, we have cut the court and just behind us. the - activity here. yes, we have cut the | court andjust behind us. the police court and just behind us. the police are not— court and just behind us. the police are not letting anyone go through unless— are not letting anyone go through unless they need to be at the property. _ unless they need to be at the property. the property itself is 'ust property. the property itself is just at — property. the property itself is just at the end of the cul—de—sac, we think— just at the end of the cul—de—sac, we think on— just at the end of the cul—de—sac, we think on the right—hand side. we have seen— we think on the right—hand side. we have seen from our life helicopter pictures— have seen from our life helicopter pictures a — have seen from our life helicopter pictures a lot of police activity at the property. forensic teams will be gathering _ the property. forensic teams will be gathering evidence, trying to piece together— gathering evidence, trying to piece together and collect much evidence as they— together and collect much evidence as they can, as well as what we have -ot as they can, as well as what we have got here _ as they can, as well as what we have got here. we've got that huge manhunt _ got here. we've got that huge manhunt that is continuing. a very public— manhunt that is continuing. a very public appeal by hertfordshire police — public appeal by hertfordshire police in the last hour. they want to speak — police in the last hour. they want to speak to — police in the last hour. they want to speak to a man called kyle clifford. — to speak to a man called kyle clifford, he is 20 60 sold. the police — clifford, he is 20 60 sold. the police have described the attack yesterday is targeted, as horrific, they yesterday is targeted, as horrific, thev sav— yesterday is targeted, as horrific, they say a — yesterday is targeted, as horrific, they say a crossbow was used and possibly— they say a crossbow was used and possibly other weapons as well. so, there _ possibly other weapons as well. so, there are _ possibly other weapons as well. so, there are lots of police out. a specialist _ there are lots of police out. a specialist team is trying to find kyle clifford. they made a direct appeal— kyle clifford. they made a direct appeal to —

kyle clifford. they made a direct appeal to him to contact police immediately. it also members of the public, _ immediately. it also members of the public, and _ immediately. it also members of the public, and they will be really important. we have seen that in previous— important. we have seen that in previous searches when, for people that police — previous searches when, for people that police wanted to speak to. it is the _ that police wanted to speak to. it is the public who play a crucial part _ is the public who play a crucial part in— is the public who play a crucial part in all— is the public who play a crucial part in all of this, so they will be hoping, — part in all of this, so they will be hoping, after putting out a picture of kvle _ hoping, after putting out a picture of kyle clifford, after putting that public _ of kyle clifford, after putting that public appeal out, that somebody might— public appeal out, that somebody might have information as to where he is _ might have information as to where he is and — might have information as to where he is. and searches are continuing at the _ he is. and searches are continuing at the moment for, police have described — at the moment for, police have described as targeted, horrific attack — described as targeted, horrific attack last night in this very quiet area _ attack last night in this very quiet area in— attack last night in this very quiet area in a — attack last night in this very quiet area. in a property where three women — area. in a property where three women died. and we now know who those _ women died. and we now know who those victims are. we have had confirmation ourselves that they are carol hunt, — confirmation ourselves that they are carol hunt, who is the wife of the bbc racing — carol hunt, who is the wife of the bbc racing radio commentator, john hunt _ bbc racing radio commentator, john hunt and _ bbc racing radio commentator, john hunt. and they are two daughters, the three _ hunt. and they are two daughters, the three women who died in that incident~ — the three women who died in that incident. . ., the three women who died in that incident. ., ,, , ., ~ , ., incident. thank you. as helena mentioned. — incident. thank you. as helena mentioned, when _ incident. thank you. as helena mentioned, when incidents - incident. thank you. as helena| mentioned, when incidents like incident. thank you. as helena - mentioned, when incidents like this happen it is the public that help

the police in their investigation. you may remember, about a decade ago, there was the incident in the northeast of england when a man called raoul moat went on the run for over six or seven days, and the police took a lot of information from the public to track him down. and the chief constable at the time was sue sim. she has been talking to my colleague about the operation that they mounted and what hertfordshire police here will also be going through. the issue is for a manhunt, as this is, we know that hertfordshire police have named kyle clifford. what they are asking and what they absolutely need is to have everybody who may know kyle clifford to report immediately any sightings or any knowledge that they have of him. that is the most important thing. dial 999 if you know

where this man is. do not approach him. back to your question, in relation to why they have not announced who they were looking for earlier, that is actually rather surprising. when we had the raoul moat incident in northumbria, what happened was we announced we were looking for him immediately, because we knew that it was him who had killed and maimed a number of people. so it should have been an immediate announcing of who they were looking for. of course, it may well be that they did not know it was kyle clifford until fairly recently. the three ladies who have died, i believe, at the scene, they will have been trying

to find out who had got into their properties or who had actually done this terrible crime. it may well have been that it has taken them a significant amount of time to actually find out who it was that they were looking for. the whole thing with a manhunt is the earlier that you get that name out to the public, the more likely it is they can track him down more quickly, because the public are the eyes and ears of the police in these dreadful incidents. they will be using cctv, of course, but it is the public who know this man, it is the public who may have seen something suspicious in the area, it is the _ public who can actually help resolve this incident as quickly as possible. so we now know who this man is and the police are concentrating their efforts

on the bushey area. why are they doing that and why are they not potentially looking further afield? do you think they have information or is this a normal process for a man of this type? they will be checking immediately the scene, they will be going to his last known— the scene, they will be going to his last known locations, they will be looking _ last known locations, they will be looking for his home address, they will be _ looking for his home address, they will be checking up for any associates that he has. to see if he has an— associates that he has. to see if he has an effect run to his friends. that— has an effect run to his friends. that is— has an effect run to his friends. that is sue _ has an effect run to his friends. that is sue sim, talking a little bit earlier to my colleague. she was

involved in that hunt for it raoul moat back in 2010. that manhunt lasted for seven days. here in hertfordshire, the police are hoping that the eyes and the ears of the public will be able to help them track down where the suspect, in this case kyle clifford, it is. as we said, if you are justjoining this case kyle clifford, it is. as we said, if you arejustjoining us, the incident took place last night in this close here in bushey in hertfordshire. police were called around 7:00pm last night. when they arrived they found three women who were seriously injured. two air ambulances arrived but unfortunately the paramedics were unable to save those women. in the last 30 minutes orso those women. in the last 30 minutes or so we have learned the names of, at the identities of those three people. they are the wife of the bbc racing commentatorjohn hunt, carol hunt, and their two daughters. so, that news coming in the last half hour or so. we were talking to

my colleague helena wilkinson a little bit earlier, you cannot imagine what is going through his thoughts at the moment. a lot of people, including the home secretary, have sent their thoughts to the family and friends of the victims, indeed, the home secretary saying that she is being kept fully informed about what is going on here informed about what is going on here in the hunt for the suspect. she also, as police have urged anyone with any information to dial 999 and indeed the police made a direct appeal during their news conference to kyle clifford. if he was watching, to come forward and called them on 999. they have advised members of the public if they do have any information about a sighting, not to approach him, because as we have heard they believe he has a crossbow and may have other weapons on him. highly dangerous. they are saying that this attack was targeted and it has sent shock waves through the local community. joining me now is one of

the local councillors here in bushey, that is luis nicholas. louise, thank you very much for joining us on bbc news. i wondered if i could just first get your reaction to what has gone on here in the last 20 for hours.— the last 20 for hours. shocked, i am absolutely shocked. _ the last 20 for hours. shocked, i am absolutely shocked. i _ the last 20 for hours. shocked, i am absolutely shocked. i think- the last 20 for hours. shocked, i am absolutely shocked. i think the - absolutely shocked. i think the whole community, i was in a meeting yesterday evening and the new started to come through that something had happened locally on my telephone. i got up this morning to find that this tragic incident has taken place in three women have lost their lives in a violent crime. it was awful. their lives in a violent crime. it was awful-— their lives in a violent crime. it was awful. . , ., , ., ., , was awful. can you explain what this area is like? — was awful. can you explain what this area is like? you _ was awful. can you explain what this area is like? you can _ was awful. can you explain what this area is like? you can see _ was awful. can you explain what this area is like? you can see by looking| area is like? you can see by looking around you — area is like? you can see by looking around you that _ area is like? you can see by looking around you that it _ area is like? you can see by looking around you that it is _ area is like? you can see by looking around you that it isjust _ area is like? you can see by looking around you that it isjust a - area is like? you can see by looking around you that it isjust a leafy - around you that it is just a leafy suburbs like many other leafy suburbs like many other leafy suburbs in this part of the world. it is very quiet, the most we ever deal with is a bit of graffiti and some fly—tipping. everybody lives peacefully. everyone gets on well with one another. to find something like this happening today is just horrific, it is the most horrific

crime. my heart goes out to the people involved, to the community that have been affected by this. it is just awful. brute that have been affected by this. it is just awful-— that have been affected by this. it is just awful. isjust awful. we have heard in the last half an — isjust awful. we have heard in the last half an hour— isjust awful. we have heard in the last half an hour the _ isjust awful. we have heard in the last half an hour the identity - isjust awful. we have heard in the last half an hour the identity of. last half an hour the identity of the victims, the wife of the bbc racing commentatorjohn hunt, carol hunt, and their two daughters. that means that people will have known them, but he is well known. in this area, they will have known. the fact that it was a — area, they will have known. the fact that it was a family _ area, they will have known. the fact that it was a family that _ area, they will have known. the fact that it was a family that are - that it was a family that are clearly part of the communityjust makes it... it is unbearable to think what everybody is going to be going through, what the families going through, what the families going through. and i want to reassure the local community that councillors local police officers are out here in force today, they are out here in force today, they are here to support everybody if they need help, if they want to speak to somebody they should get in touch with us. speak to somebody they should get in touch with us— touch with us. what sort of support can ou touch with us. what sort of support can you offer _ touch with us. what sort of support can you offer the _ touch with us. what sort of support can you offer the local— touch with us. what sort of support can you offer the local community? my can you offer the local community? my telephone is available, everybody has got our telephone and e—mail addresses. my councillor colleagues will be happy to talk to anybody,

offer them the support they need if they are feeling distressed. naturally, many people are. i have got two young daughters myself. the thought of anything happening to your child isjust thought of anything happening to your child is just horrific. thought of anything happening to your child isjust horrific. nobody wants to imagine. and there will be people living around here feeling unsafe at the moment, because we know that the alleged perpetrator is still on the loose and we can only hope that the police find him and arrest him swiftly.— arrest him swiftly. yes, that is a oint. arrest him swiftly. yes, that is a point- the _ arrest him swiftly. yes, that is a point. the fact _ arrest him swiftly. yes, that is a point. the fact that _ arrest him swiftly. yes, that is a point. the fact that at _ arrest him swiftly. yes, that is a point. the fact that at the - arrest him swiftly. yes, that is a i point. the fact that at the moment the police do not know where he is and they are saying he could have a crossbow or other arms. that must be a concern, notjust for the people here on this cul—de—sac but the wider community. 1 here on this cul-de-sac but the wider community.— here on this cul-de-sac but the wider community. i think i would be encouraging — wider community. i think i would be encouraging people _ wider community. i think i would be encouraging people not— wider community. i think i would be encouraging people not to - wider community. i think i would be| encouraging people not to speculate around the circumstances, obviously. it is an ongoing life police investigation. it is imperative that they get in touch with the police if they get in touch with the police if they have any information about this individual. obviously, if they see him clearly, the advices do not approach him. and to phone 999

immediately. our local police pcs oh, the community are offering support and i have already had contact from them to say that they are looking to provide support to local residents if they need it. and local residents if they need it. and this is not just _ local residents if they need it. and this is notjust now, what will happen is the media will be here for the next few days. this is something that will affect the community long—term. i that will affect the community long-term— that will affect the community long-term. that will affect the community lona-term. ,, , , ., ., long-term. i think this is going to affect the community _ long-term. i think this is going to affect the community for - long-term. i think this is going to affect the community for weeks i long-term. i think this is going to l affect the community for weeks and weeks, long after you have gone people will still be feeling the shock waves of this. you do not expect to wake up on a wednesday morning when you're thinking about the football this evening and find that three people have tragically lost their lives and the most violent way. and it is so shocking yet again to hear of the deaths of three women at the hands of a man. it is really terrible.— it is really terrible. louise nichols from _ it is really terrible. louise nichols from the - it is really terrible. louise nichols from the local - it is really terrible. louise - nichols from the local council here in bushey, thank you very much for joining us. as she said, there is a lot of shock here in the community. in the last hour since i've been

here the police have been knocking on doors, asking local residents what they heard and saw last night. we have heard local residents say they heard screaming at one point. while the incident was taking place. as i said, the police have appealed directly to kyle clifford to give himself up, to call them, to come forward. a big manhunt is under way. as we said, not only here in bushey in hertfordshire, but also about 17 or 18 miles away in enfield we have seen a lot of police activity. because that is one of the areas where police think that the suspect, kyle clifford, may have gone. because he is from enfield. so, an operation on going here in hertfordshire but also wider police say there are specialist search teams that have been brought in to try and help them. of course, they are relying on the public to come forward if they see anything or have

any information. then, the news as we have been saying in the last half an hour or so is that we do know the identities now of the three women who died here last night. they are at the wife of the bbc racing commentator, john hunt, carol hunt and their two daughters. anyone who listens to it five life will know the voice ofjohn hunt on the racing commentaries. whether that be the grand national or others, he is a very well—known racing commentator. our thoughts and the thoughts of people here going out to him and his widerfamily as they people here going out to him and his wider family as they come to terms with the fact that three of their family have died here. overnight. and the manhunt, as i say, continues for the suspect. for the moment, back to you in the studio. thank you very much, our condolences to him. absolutely heartbreaking news. much

more throughout the afternoon, now we are going to take a look at some of the other main stories. to the us — and president biden has launched the nato summit in washington, marking the 75th anniversary of the alliance's creation. he promised that the us and four other allies would provide ukraine with "dozens" of additional tactical air defence systems. the package will include additional patriot systems that kyiv has been seeking to fight off the russian advance. at the opening of the summit, biden insisted that ukraine could and would stop vladimir putin. he called nato the single greatest and most effective defence alliance in the world, and stressed the importance of international stability. let's take a listen to what he had to say. let's speak to peter apps who is author of 'deterring armageddon: a biography of nato.�* in the long history of nato, this is one of the great challenges. the

threat from russia, the threat from vladimir putin.— vladimir putin. yes, if you go back to the original _ vladimir putin. yes, if you go back to the original formation _ vladimir putin. yes, if you go back to the original formation of- vladimir putin. yes, if you go back to the original formation of nato . vladimir putin. yes, if you go backj to the original formation of nato in 1949, to the original formation of nato in 19119, obviously, there was stalin and 100 plus russian divisions placed across eastern europe and western europe still very much recovering from world war ii. nato has always had two main challenges, one of which has been russia. the second of which has been maintaining its own internal unity. so, divisions over the crisis in 1956, the iraq war in 2003. and currently trying to find a sense of common ground and how to approach ukraine. and that of course brings us to one of several elephants in the room, donald trump. he may well be president from november, who is obviously famously sceptical of nato. in the second is that whoever wins that election, the usa is not really prioritising china and the confrontation on the far side of the

world. and really relying on the europeans to step up to defend themselves. 50 europeans to step up to defend themselves.— europeans to step up to defend themselves. ., ., , ., , ., themselves. so how nervous do you think the other _ themselves. so how nervous do you think the other nato _ themselves. so how nervous do you think the other nato members - themselves. so how nervous do you think the other nato members were j think the other nato members were gathered there for the summit will be about the possibility, maybe some would say even probability, of another donald trump presidency? we know that last month to donald trump advisers presented president zelensky with a plan to end russia's were in ukraine if donald trump wins that election that would involve telling ukraine and has to enter peace talks, otherwise it will not get any us weapons.— peace talks, otherwise it will not get any us weapons. yes, i think there is obvious _ get any us weapons. yes, i think there is obvious the _ get any us weapons. yes, i think there is obvious the concern - get any us weapons. yes, i think there is obvious the concern in i there is obvious the concern in ukraine. there is a lot of concern in the countries on nato's eastern flank, like the baltic states which were part of the subject union until 1991 and now part of nato. they are really worried whether they ukraine or continues or ends, that russia will come next for them. and they are worried that the us is not doing enough, they are particularly worried that europe is not doing enough, they will be putting some pressure on keir starmer as he goes out there to increase the british

commitment to defence and general and the defence of eastern europe in particular. there is a real alarm there, you've got to remember that these are, these are populations that were occupied by the soviet union within relatively recent memory. they were extremely concerned when russia invaded ukraine two and a half years ago. they were really worried that they would be next. and they have become worried about that again this year. particularly after some of the comments that donald trump made at the start of the year about not looking after it nato allies and potentially encouraging that putin to do whatever he wants with european countries that were not pulling their weight. 1 european countries that were not pulling their weight.— pulling their weight. i suppose in the history of _ pulling their weight. i suppose in the history of nato _ pulling their weight. i suppose in the history of nato there - pulling their weight. i suppose in the history of nato there have i pulling their weight. i suppose in i the history of nato there have been different presidents with different views of the alliance. some us presidents more isolationist than others. , . , presidents more isolationist than others. , ., , , presidents more isolationist than others. , ., ,, ., others. yes, donald trump is more isolationist — others. yes, donald trump is more isolationist than _ others. yes, donald trump is more isolationist than anyone _ others. yes, donald trump is more isolationist than anyone else - others. yes, donald trump is more isolationist than anyone else we i isolationist than anyone else we have seen in the white house since the 1930s. that really worries people. but a lot of the frustrations he talks about about european nations not spending enough

on defence, not pulling their weight, have been shared by a whole bunch of previous presidents, including eisenhower and kennedy. i'll they have tended to vocalize that in much less extreme ways. this is a long time coming... but the next 25 years for nato it will probably be amongst its most challenging. it has been through a bunch of challenges in the past. donald rumsfeld, ambassador to the nato in the 1970s, said it was saved once a decade by a flare up with the kremlin that pulled everyone back together. that really happened in 2022, and asjoe biden says that gave the alliance a sense of unity it had been lacking before. maintaining that unity in the next years is not going to be that easy. good to talk to you, a nato historian and a biographer of nato. thank you very much to for your time. let's take a quick look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. for some of you, it's been a day to hide away from the weather. but for others across england

you may be heading outside to watch a certain match on a big screen later. if you're in southern parts of england, the prospects are good as far as the weather is concerned. a bit breezy but dry with some late sunshine. but for the midlands northwards we'll see a lot more cloud and particularly northern england, there will be some outbreaks of rain around this evening. not as wet though, as has been experienced on the north coast of aberdeenshire today. just look at that. doesn't scream summer, does it? the rain continues to fall across the north east of scotland right now and will do into the start of the night. cold breeze with it. elsewhere, outbreaks of rain, some thundery across northern england, will gradually fizzle out. the rain will push in its way southwards just a touch into parts of north wales and the north midlands later. southern counties will stay clearer and not as humid as it was the last couple of nights. temperatures down into single figures for some. look at the chart for thursday. we've got high pressure trying to build in, but low pressure stilljust about dominant to the east of us. a weather front straddling northern england, north midlands, north wales brings outbreaks of rain or drizzle through the morning. lots of cloud here throughout the day. to the north of it, a chilly breeze but a brighter,

drier day across the north east of scotland. best of sunshine in the west and northern ireland, and reasonably sunny across southern counties of england and wales. there are just a small chance of one or two showers. the breeze here lighter than today. elsewhere, it's a north or north westerly breeze, and if you're out in the sunshine, and certainly in those cloudier moments across the damper parts of central uk, it will feel distinctly chilly for this stage injuly. and we see cloud patchy rain start to work its way southwards as we go through into thursday evening. clear skies in scotland and northern ireland. this little ridge of high pressurejust about in. but as we go through into friday, we've got even that chilly air reaching southern areas. mightjust interact with some rain across the south for a time. this weather system, a bit of uncertainty attached to it, just how far north it gets. but greatest probability of some rain at times is towards the south and southeast. few showers dotted around elsewhere. chilly and brisk wind down those north sea coasts. lighter winds in the west. we might get up to around 20 degrees in glasgow, but elsewhere we're looking at mid—teens generally

for the vast majority. temperatures will lift a little bit, though this weekend. some rain around at times, particularly to eastern coast and on sunday across scotland too. take care.

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police in hertfordshire have urged kyle clifford to contact them following the deaths of three women, but they warn he could be carrying a crossbow. if members of the public see kyle clifford, they are urged not to approach him at any point and to dial 999 immediately. the three women killed in the attack are carol hunt, the wife of bbc racing radio commentatorjohn hunt, and two of their daughters. in other news, the prime minister is in washington where fresh military aid to ukraine is high on the agenda as nato leaders continue their summit. excitement is building amongst fans in dortmund as england prepare to play the netherlands in tonight's second euros semifinal.

i want to bring you some breaking news we are getting on water industry, the bosses of all of england's water companies will meet any new environment secretary, steve reed, tomorrow. the meeting will take place the same day as the water regulator ofwat is going to give its draft a verdict on the financial plans that have been provided by the water companies, including their request to put up customer bills. the final decision on that is expected in december. once negotiations have been carried out between the companies and the water watchdog, ofwat. so that is the latest on that. now that we are just if few hours away from england's euro 2024 semifinal against the netherlands. the big match tonight. in germany and across the uk fans are gearing up for another evening of drama and tension. and who knows, possibly another

nail—biting penalty shootout. let's hope not. whoever will play the impressive spain team in sunday's final, after they beat france last night. that was a good game too. andy swiss reports from dortmund. # oh, saka, run it down the wing, saka! excited? but of course. england fans soaking up the atmosphere in dortmund, even enjoying a quick spot the ball competition. # can't start a fire without a spark!# a euro semifinal beckons. so will it be another nail—biter? oh, my gosh. it's the stuff of dreams. i'm here with my 16—year—old son, who's just finished his gcses so this is our summer holiday. i don't think you need to play well |to win this particular tournament, j and england is not playing well, so we'll see how that goes. - do you think they can go all the way? i do, i do, we are- definitely going to berlin. watched bellingham's overhead kick, watched the penalties, and now we're going to play better and win. come on! how confident are you feeling? ifeel confident, i really do feel confident. believe in them, i think they're

doing t'right things, playing t'right way. i think we've got it. we can win, this easy. well, getting this far has hardly been an easyjourney for england, but for their thousands of fans arriving here in dortmund, there is now one simple question — can they reach another euros final? gareth southgate's side haven't played their finest football so far in germany, but they know this is some opportunity. this is now the chance to make history, which we've enjoyed doing that. chance to get to the first final not held in england. first time england will have ever done that. so we're trying to break new ground. dumfries across the goal, it's an inviting ball, gakpo came in. the netherlands, though, should be their toughest test so far. they're seventh in the world rankings, just two places below england. here we go. but in their penalty shoot—out win over switzerland, england showed their spirit here.

can they now show their best when it really matters? england go through! andy swiss, bbc news, dortmund. former england striker alan shearer, who made over 60 appearances for the national side, says he has no doubt that gareth southgate had put the team in a strong position to defeat the netherlands. gareth has taken us to a semifinal in the world cup, a final in the european championships, another semifinal in the european championships. we're all hoping it is going to be a final. so when gareth took over, england were near rock bottom. from there to where he's taken us in tournaments has just totally changed things. we now expect england to go this far and that is down to gareth and to the job that he's done. he now has to find a way to get over the line and win that trophy. we are dreaming. one player who has played every game for england so far is decan rice, and i am joined now by his former

teacher stephen willmore. you taught him a creek court skill, you are director of sports. what was he like as a kid? he you are director of sports. what was he like as a kid?— he like as a kid? he is a smashing man, he he like as a kid? he is a smashing man. he came _ he like as a kid? he is a smashing man, he came to _ he like as a kid? he is a smashing man, he came to us— he like as a kid? he is a smashing man, he came to us in _ he like as a kid? he is a smashing man, he came to us in year- he like as a kid? he is a smashing | man, he came to us in year seven. he like as a kid? he is a smashing - man, he came to us in year seven. he made any tremendous impression, not only in pe lessons, but also on the football field. you could see he was an outstanding leader and more importantly, an outstanding young man throughout his time at grey court. ., . . man throughout his time at grey court. ., ., ., , ., court. not all talented young footballers _ court. not all talented young footballers make _ court. not all talented young footballers make it. - court. not all talented young footballers make it. what - court. not all talented young | footballers make it. what you court. not all talented young - footballers make it. what you think was the difference with him? why did he write so far? i mean, £100 million player and a key part of the england national team —— why did he rise in so far. he england nationalteam -- why did he rise in so far-— rise in so far. he had a certain drive about — rise in so far. he had a certain drive about him. _ rise in so far. he had a certain drive about him. declan - rise in so far. he had a certain drive about him. declan usedl rise in so far. he had a certain i drive about him. declan used to train with chelsea only wednesday and he would regularly play for the school team and made a point of playing for the school team amongst his team—mates before going off to train afterwards. they had that

drive, that passion. i think you also need to look at the fact he has also need to look at the fact he has a massive resilience about him. unfortunately, he was released by chelsea at 14, had to leave it grey court to go away to live in digs up in west ham, to carry on that footballjourney, so the ability to deal with having to leave home, live in digs and carry on with his football was huge. you could see that, you could see straightaway at west ham, obviously, he was immediately called into that first—team squad. everything you say about him and read about him, that drive, the ability to keep going, it's huge. drive, the ability to keep going, it's hue. , , drive, the ability to keep going, it'shu~e. , ,, it's huge. yes. sometimes setbacks like that and — it's huge. yes. sometimes setbacks like that and sacrifices _ it's huge. yes. sometimes setbacks like that and sacrifices like - it's huge. yes. sometimes setbacks like that and sacrifices like that - like that and sacrifices like that are actually making of great player. they are. of course. within any sport or career, you're going to have your setbacks. it's how you deal with that. and i think that is

huge with declan. he had to take that disappointment, that initial disappointment, and obviously the next step with him, for him, was to go to west ham and continue on that journey. i think you can see with declan and over the last, since he has broken into that west ham first team and now with arsenal, he has become one of the main players and he is a key player in the team. to carry on driving and be the driving force behind the team is huge. there must be great _ force behind the team is huge. there must be great pride _ force behind the team is huge. there must be great pride at _ force behind the team is huge. there must be great pride at the _ force behind the team is huge. there must be great pride at the school that he has come so far, he has done so well, he is such an england still worked. i guess you're all going to be pretty nervous watching tonight? 0f be pretty nervous watching tonight? of course we are. i think one of the massive things with declan is he has stayed in contact with the school, so the individual that we taught, the individual that we knew, he has

carried on making that connection with the school. only last december time, our nationaljunior cross time, our national junior cross country time, our nationaljunior cross country boys reached the final of the national corpus country cup and addicting give up his time to send them a lovely video wishing them luck —— declan gave up his time. we have a picture of declan on our wall at the school and everyone is aware that he came to grey court and everyone will be following him tonight, obviously hoping that ultimately england win, but hopefully as well that declan has a superb game. you know, he has a corey —— able to play for england tonight and everyone will be on the edge of their seats watching the game. edge of their seats watching the name. 1 , , , edge of their seats watching the name. 1 , 1 1 1 edge of their seats watching the ame. 1 , , , , ., edge of their seats watching the ~a1me. , , 1 ., game. just briefly, he is a great credit and _ game. just briefly, he is a great credit and example, _ game. just briefly, he is a great credit and example, isn't - game. just briefly, he is a great credit and example, isn't he, i game. just briefly, he is a greatl credit and example, isn't he, too all the kids at the school, but also around the country, the way he carries himself, the way he plays? as i said, he is a smashing young man. everything you see, it is the

passion, the desire, his drive, he has that aura about him when you meet him, when you speak to him. he is a lovable young man and he is a credit to grey court, and above all, he is a huge role model for boys and girls growing up to how they carry themselves and if you keep working hard, you might have the disappointment, but you can get to top. disappointment, but you can get to to, ,, , . disappointment, but you can get to to. ,, , . ., ,, disappointment, but you can get to to. ,, , . ., top. stephen wilmer, thank you so much. top. stephen wilmer, thank you so much- declan _ top. stephen wilmer, thank you so much. declan rice's— top. stephen wilmer, thank you so much. declan rice's former - top. stephen wilmer, thank you so l much. declan rice's former teacher, director of sport at grey court school. maybe, who knows, declan rice will score the winning goal tonight. rice will score the winning goal toniaht. �* , rice will score the winning goal toniaht. h .,, rice will score the winning goal toniaht. �*, .,, rice will score the winning goal tonight-_ my - rice will score the winning goal- tonight._ my pleasure. tonight. let's hope so. my pleasure. thank you- — tonight. let's hope so. my pleasure. thank you. you're _ tonight. let's hope so. my pleasure. thank you. you're watching - tonight. let's hope so. my pleasure. thank you. you're watching bbc - tonight. let's hope so. my pleasure. i thank you. you're watching bbc news. it is just approaching quarter to three. let's bring you a reminder of our top news story this afternoon.

police investigating a triple murder in hertfordshire say they're searching for a suspect who may be carrying a crossbow. detectives want to question 26—year—old kyle clifford, from enfield, in north london, and they've issued a direct appeal to him to get in touch. the bbc has named one of the victims as carol hunt, the wife of the bbc racing radio commentatorjohn hunt. two of their daughters were also killed. the women, aged 61,28 and 25, were found injured at a property in bushey last night and died at the scene. police have described it as a horrific and targeted attack involving a crossbow and possibly other weapons. let's speak to our correspondent nicky schiller who's in bushey. as you say, a horrific incident that happened here last night at 7pm.

police were called to a house. if i step out of the way, you will be able to say this is the cul—de—sac, ashlyn close in bushey in hertfordshire. they were called to a property around the corner there, you can see recording is still in place and police are dotted along the curtain. they have been questioning the residence as they come in and out. we have seen throughout the afternoon door—to—door inquiries going on. detectives knocking at the doors, asking what local residents are so last night. there is a lot of shock here in this community. one local resident talking about how they heard screaming last night. the police found three, at that time seriously injured women, air ambulances were called, but sadly the paramedics were unable to save them and, as you said, in the last half an hour so we have learned the identities of those three people. they are the wife of the bbc racing

commentator, jon hunt, carol and they are two daughters, aged 61, 25 and 28. jon hunt a very well known racing commentator. you will know his voice. there is a lot of shock in this community this afternoon. the local councillor telling us a little earlier that there will be resources available to local people if they need them. there is a massive manhunt now under way for the suspect, kyle clifford, 26 years old. the police say they are deploying extra resources here in hertfordshire because at the moment, they do not know where he is and they do not know where he is and they say he is dangerous because they say he is dangerous because they believe that a crossbow was involved in the incident last night and that he may still have that

crossbow and indeed may have other weapons. during a news conference a little earlier on, the police made a direct appeal to kyle clifford to contact them, dial 999, and basically give himself up. they also urge members of the public who come in cases like this, we know from cases over the years, the eyes and ears of the public are what helps police track down the suspects they're trying to find. the police are asking anyone with any information to dial 999 or go via crimestoppers. but what they are saying is if anyone does see someone they think is at the suspect, kyle clifford, not to approach him because he is dangerous, as we say. the detectives believe he may still have a crossbow, so they are just saying please dial 999. we have seen

searches around this area and police operation and that has been happening also in enfield. bushey in hertfordshire and just about 17 miles as enfield did not [and him kyle clifford is from. the police have been searching a number of areas around enfield as part of this operation. helicopters, of course, being used as well. both by the media to be able to see the pictures, but the police are carrying out searches around the area here in hertfordshire, around bushey in hertfordshire and in enfield. a lot of shock in this community that something could happen also another councillor we spoke to said in a bit of fly—tipping was about as bad as it got here in this area of bushey in hertfordshire. but as we say, last night they heard the screams and the

commotion we heard residents saying that within 15 minutes of that happening, the police were here, armed police, and they were swarming the area, asking people to stay indoors. we do now sadly no that the three women who lost their lives here are the wife of the bbc cut racing commentator, jon hunt, carol and their two daughters. == racing commentator, jon hunt, carol and their two daughters.— and their two daughters. -- we do now sadly — and their two daughters. -- we do now sadly no- _ and their two daughters. -- we do now sadly no. utterly _ and their two daughters. -- we do now sadly no. utterly tragic - and their two daughters. -- we do now sadly no. utterly tragic news. j now sadly no. utterly tragic news. thank you for that, nicky schiller. looking at some other stories now. the amount of sugar we consume has dropped after an extra tax on soft drinks making them more expensive was introduced in 2018. both adults and children drank less of them after the sugar tax was brought in, but researchers who analysed the figures say we're still eating too much of it. lauren moss has more. fizzy drinks, chocolate,

cake and biscuits — just some of the sweet treats that may taste so good but can contain a lot of sugar. to try and cut the amount of sugar we consume, six years ago, the soft drinks industry levy was brought in — a tariff on certain sugary drinks. experts say it's had a big impact. scientists looked at the daily sugar consumption of 16,000 people across the uk between 2008 and 2019. they found that it fell by around 4.8g for children and 10.9g for adults in the year after the levy was introduced. most of that came from a reduction in the amount of sugar in soft drinks, slashing three grams off a child's daily sugar consumption and more than five grams off an adult�*s. sugary drinks have been linked to obesity, type two diabetes, and heart disease. there are now calls for the tax to be extended and cover other food and drinks, but some doctors say better education is needed too.

we need to educate our children, particularly, who are our future. if we can make them healthier, that reduces the health economical burden we have on the nhs. but i think what we can do to educate our populations to eat healthy, cook healthy, obviously, as well as disincentivizing high sugar foods. i think we need to incentivise healthy foods, make them more accessible. despite the reduction, people in the uk are still having too much sugar over the recommended guidelines. the department of health says it will tackle the obesity crisis head on and plans to restrictjunk food advertising to build what it's called a healthy society. lauren moss, bbc news. an army veteran and invictus games competitor has been speaking about the death of his 14—year—old son and the impact it had on him. mark abel lost his sight after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and competed as a swimmer in 2016. months later, his 14—year—old son sam took his own life

after being bullied. paul hawkins has more. and drive. hold that edge, hold that edge. left and right. hold that edge and drive. ultimately, you have to have 100% trust in your guide, but it's the best experience you can get, ifeel, in sport as a visually—impaired person, just the freedom of the mountain. your guide is in an ear via bluetooth? tells me everything i need to know. so snow conditions, snow under skis, even tells me the weather forecast. cheering mark served in the army for 12 years. it was in 2011, having suffered headaches and eye pain, that he suddenly lost his sight. but the invictus games gave him a new goal. i fancied myself as a good swimmer. with no winter sports, mark took to the pool and in four events achieved two personal bests. how was it competing in those games?

oh, my god, it was absolutely out of this world. yeah. i mean, it was in florida, it was awesome. it was like going back into the military, which was great. you ended up sitting next to someone quite notable. just talk us through that. prince harryjust happened to come in, perched down next to us. and as he stood up to leave, i thought i'd stand up as well, and then we had a little chat. he's so down to earth. it was great. he actually took the time to listen. hope you've enjoyed this little channel update and i hope you like my background. it's pretty cool. this is when we went to invictus. mark's young son, sam, was a keen supporter. i think sam was in his awe. i think it was... he loved it, didn't he? yeah. thank you guys for watching this video and i'll see you in my next one. peace _ a year later, aged just 14, sam took his own life. it was heartbreaking.

my daughter called me, told me that sam had been in an accident. i thought, he's fallen off his bike, you know. then i got a call from a nurse saying that sam had died. he was being bullied at school. quite a bit, but we thought we'd got on top of that. um... and he was always so happy. always smiling. we'd never even imagined anything was going to happen. if you're approached by somebody that's saying these sorts of things, that's what they're going to do, self—harm or going to take their own life, is not to withhold the secret, but actually to speak up. bright, talented. anything a mum would want from a son. he was just amazing. yeah. completely lost without him. you stopped competing for a while, understandably. when and why did you decide to go back to competing and appear

in these games next year? i fell out with a love of sport completely following sam. i wasn't in the right space, and eventually, i can't remember if you said just do it, or if i said i'm just going to go and try, put my skis back on, and it was like i'd never been away. together we're strong. and when an obstacle comes across, well, there's a wall in front of us, what do you do? do you go around it, do you go through it, do you go over it? you just knock it down and keep going. i'm just super excited about next year. yeah, i bet. super excited. paul hawkins, bbc news. much more news at the top of the error. now it's time for a look

at the weather with matt taylor. hello. for some of you, it's been a day to hide away from the weather. but for others across england you may be heading outside to watch a certain match on a big screen later. if you're in southern parts of england, the prospects are good as far as the weather is concerned. a bit breezy but dry with some late sunshine. but for the midlands northwards we'll see a lot more cloud and particularly northern england, there will be some outbreaks of rain around this evening. not as wet though, as has been experienced on the north coast of aberdeenshire today. just look at that. doesn't scream summer, does it? the rain continues to fall across the north—east of scotland right now and will do into the start of the night. cold breeze with it. elsewhere, outbreaks of rain, some thundery across northern england, will gradually fizzle out. the rain will push its way southwards just a touch into parts of north wales and the north midlands later. southern counties will stay clearer and not as humid as it was the last couple of nights. temperatures down into single figures for some. look at the chart for thursday. we've got high pressure trying to build in, but low pressure stilljust about dominant to the east of us. a weather front straddling northern england, north midlands,

north wales brings outbreaks of rain or drizzle through the morning. lots of cloud here throughout the day. to the north of it, a chilly breeze but a brighter, drier day across the north—east of scotland. best of the sunshine in the west and northern ireland, and reasonably sunny across southern counties of england and wales. there is just a small chance of one or two showers. the breeze here lighter than today. elsewhere, it's a north or north—westerly breeze, and if you're out of the sunshine, and certainly in those cloudier moments across the damper parts of central uk, it will feel distinctly chilly for this stage injuly. and we see cloud, patchy rain start to work its way southwards as we go through into thursday evening. clearer skies in scotland and northern ireland. this little ridge of high pressurejust about in. but as we go through into friday, we've got even that chilly air reaching southern areas. mightjust interact with some rain across the south for a time. this weather system, a bit of uncertainty attached to it, just how far north it gets. but greatest probability of some rain at times is towards the south and south—east. few showers dotted around elsewhere. chilly and brisk wind down

those north sea coasts. lighter winds in the west. so we might get up to around 20 celsius in glasgow, but elsewhere we're looking at mid—teens generally for the vast majority. temperatures will lift a little bit, though, this weekend. some rain around at times, particularly to eastern coasts and on sunday across scotland too. take care.

i'm nicky schiller, here in bushey where three women were murdered yesterday evening, and a manhunt is on for the suspect. police in hertfordshire have urged 26—year—old kyle clifford to contact them, but they say he could be carrying a crossbow. if members of the public see kyle clifford, they are urged not to approach him at any point and to dial 999 immediately. the three women killed

in the attack are carol hunt, the wife of bbc racing radio commentatorjohn hunt, and two of their daughters. i'm ben brown. in other news this hour... the us secretary of state says much awaited f—16fighterjets are on their way to ukraine, as the second day of the nato summit kicks off. and excitement is building among fans in dortmund as england prepare to play the netherlands in tonight's second euros semifinal. hello, i'm ben brown. police investigating a triple murder in hertfordshire say they're searching for a suspect who may be carrying a crossbow. detectives want to question 26—year—old kyle clifford, from enfield, in north london — and they've issued a direct appeal

to him to get in touch. the bbc has named one of the victims as carol hunt, the wife of the bbc racing radio commentatorjohn hunt. two of their daughters were also killed. the women, aged 61,28 and 25, were found injured at a property in bushey last night and died at the scene. police have described it as a targeted attack, involving a crossbow — and possibly other weapons. armed police and specialist search teams are focussing on areas of hertfordshire and north london. they've urged members of the public to be alert — and say anyone who sees mr clifford should not approach him — but instead call 999.

let's speak to our correspondent nicky schiller who's in bushey. .. good afternoon. there is a lot of shock, as you can imagine, here in this street in hertfordshire, in bushey. a police operation is continuing behind me. the road that the house is in has been sealed off and we have seen forensic attendance at the house. officers have been knocking on doors, asking locals what they saw last night and what they heard. we have heard from local people about how at around 7:00pm last night they did hear screams and a commotion. and then the police arrived. the police themselves found three seriously injured women at the house. two ambulances were called and despite the best efforts of the paramedics, those three women did

die. in the last hour or so we have learned the identities of those women, they are the wife of the bbc racing commentatorjohn hunt, carol, and their two daughters. if anyone has listened to five live, you will know the voice ofjohn hunt on the racing commentaries, whether it be the grand national or other races or indeed the other big races that take place across the country. it isjohn thatis place across the country. it isjohn that is the voice of those races on five for life. the controller of five for life. the controller of five life, has sent an e—mail to staff at five live. i just want to read you a little bit of what she has said. she says, dear all, the news today aboutjohn hunt's a family is utterly devastating. our thoughts are withjohn and his family at this incredibly difficult time. and we will provide him with all the support we can. many

colleagues at five life and the wider bbc will knowjohn well, and we will offer you any support you might need as well. so, that is a message that has been sent from the controller of five live, heidi dors and, to staff @ five life saying that the news aboutjohn hunt's family is utterly devastating. the police have launched a massive manhunt, it takes and not only here in hertfordshire, but also at the infield area of north london, which is about 17 miles from here. that is because the suspect, kyle clifford, is from infield, so the police are trying to track him down —— infield. earlier they made a direct appeal to him to call them, to basically give himself up. they also urged the public to come forward if they have any information that might help them

with their inquiries. but crucially, they are urging people if they do see the suspect not to approach him because he is dangerous, they say that he could have a crossbow and other weapons. that he could have a crossbow and otherweapons. now, that he could have a crossbow and other weapons. now, the home secretary says that she is being kept updated on developments in this case, and we know from previous cases over the years that the public are crucial to finding a suspect when they are on the run. so, the police will be hoping that someone may see something that leads them to be able to find kyle clifford, the 26—year—old who they want to question about this triple murder in bushey, in hertfordshire. the police gave more details a little earlier on at a news conference that was held at hertfordshire police headquarters in hatfield, let's hear a little of that press conference

from the police that was held earlier. police were called to a property in ashlyn close just before 7pm last night. officers attended alongside colleagues from the east of england ambulance service and on arrival found three women with serious injuries. sadly, despite their best efforts, the women who are believed to be related, died a short time later at the scene. the victims are aged 25,28 and 61. our overarching objective today is to protect public safety and to locate kyle clifford, who is wanted in connection with the murder of the three women in what we believe is a targeted incident. we have extensive police resources deployed to various locations in north london and also the bushey area of hertfordshire. the manhunt also involves armed police officers and specialist search teams responding at pace in the wake of what has been an horrific incident involving what is currently believed to be a crossbow. but other weapons may also have been used.

if members of the public see kyle clifford, they urge not to approach him at any point and to dial 999 immediately. kyle, if you are seeing or hearing this, please make contact with the police via 999. beyond the immediate search operation, a major crime inquiry has been launched. and we also appeal to the public for any information in relation to the incident. this incident will be, of course, of concern to local residents. additional local officers will be in the area today, so please do speak to them if you need to. you can report information online hearts.police.uk. /report via webchat at hartsop police.uk. alternatively, you can stay 100% anonymous by contacting the independent charity crimestoppers on 0800.

treble five treble one or via their untraceable online form at crimestoppers—uk.org. thank you. that is chief superintendentjon simpson from hertfordshire police who gave that news conference a little earlier. interestingly, he did not take any questions from members of the press. it was just a direct statement which, as you heard, he did appeal to kyle clifford if he was watching or listening to contact them to hand himself in. but also, as we heard, urging the public not to approach him if they do see him, because they believe the crossbow was used in this attack last night here in bushey in hertfordshire and that he may have other weapons with him. throughout the afternoon, we have seen detectives here knocking on doors, asking local people what they have seen. and heard last night. we

heard some of the people saying that they heard screams and once the police were here, they urged them to stay inside their house while the operation was going on here. that, of course, has now expanded out across hertfordshire. police are saying that they have brought in extra teams, specialist search teams to try and locate the suspect. also, we have seen pictures of big police operation going on in enfield, which is of course where kyle clifford is from. so police have been searching areas and properties there, in their hunt for the suspect. as we say, the public will hopefully be able to offer a clue to them. we have seen in the past that often these suspects who go on the run are actually spotted first by the public, who then give the police that crucial tip—off which then allows them to go in and capture them. as i said, here we have been

talking to local people. a lot of shock, as you can imagine. a little earlier i spoke to the local council here, i asked earlier i spoke to the local council here, iasked herfor earlier i spoke to the local council here, i asked herfor her reaction to the events of last night. luis nicholas. absolutely shocked. i think the whole community. i was in a meeting yesterday evening and the news started to come through, that something had happened locally on my telephone, and then obviously i got up this morning to find that this tragic incident has taken place and three women have lost their lives in a violent crime. it'sjust awful. just explain for viewers who won't know what's this area like? well, i think you can see by looking around you, nick, that it's just a leafy suburb, like many other leafy suburbs in this part of the world. it's really quiet. as my colleague, councillor brass said this morning, the most we ever deal with is a bit of graffiti and some fly—tipping. everybody lives peacefully. it's a really close knit community where everybody gets on well with one another. so to find something like this happening today is just terrific. it's the most horrific crime, and my heart goes out to the people involved, to the community that have

been affected by this. it'sjust awful. we have heard in the last half an hour the identity of the victims, the wife of the bbc racing commentatorjohn hunt. carol hunt and their two daughters. that means that people will have known them because they are. but he is well known. but in this area they would have known. i think the fact that it's two people, a family that were clearly part of the community, just makes it just it's unbearable to think what everybody is going to be going through, what the family is going through. and i want to reassure the local community that counsellors, our local police officers who are out here in force today, are here to support everybody if they need help, if they want to speak to somebody, they should get in touch with us. yes. what sort of support can you offer the local community? my telephone's available. everybody's got our telephone numbers, our emailaddresses. my counsellor colleagues will be happy to talk to anybody, point them in the right direction and offer them support they need if they are feeling distressed about this incident, which naturally,

many people are. i've got two young daughters myself. you know, the thought of anything happening to your child isjust horrific, isn't it? nobody wants to imagine and there'll be people living around here feeling unsafe at the moment, because we know that the alleged perpetrator is still on the loose, and we can only hope that the police find him and arrest him swiftly. yes, that is a point. the fact that at the moment the police don't know where he is, and they're saying he could have a crossbow or other arms. that that must be a concern, not just for the people here on this cut de sac, but wider community. i think i'd be encouraging people not to speculate around the circumstances. obviously, it's an ongoing live police investigation, but it's imperative that they get in touch with the police if they have any information about this individual. obviously, if they see him clearly, the advice is do not approach him and to phone 999 immediately. but again the our local police,

pcsos, the wider community. i'm sure our churches will be stepping in in the community later on today as well to offer support, and i've already had contact from them to say that they're looking to provide support to local residents if they they need it. and this is of course notjust now what will happen is we as the media will be here for the next few days. but this is this is something that will affect the community long term. i think this is something that is going to affect the community for weeks and weeks, long after you've gone, people will be still feeling the shock waves of this. it's just you don't expect to wake up on a wednesday morning when you're thinking about the football this evening and find that three people have tragically lost their lives in the most violent way. and it's so shocking, yet again, to hear of the deaths of three women at the hands of a man. it's really terrible. that was the local councillor here in bushey in hertfordshire talking to me a little earlier, and the police are at deploying extra

officers as you can see behind me, there is a cordon with police there. they are talking to the local residents that live in that road before they go in and out checking who they are. and also asking them what they knew about what happened, if they were here last night, as we say, a triple murder investigation is under way after those three women were found here last night by police. paramedics did try to save them, but unfortunately that was not possible. we have learned the identities of those three women in the last hour or so. they are the wife of the bbc racing commentator john hunt, carol hund, and they are two daughters. they are aged 61, 25, and 28. a lot of shock here in bushey in hertfordshire, which is a quiet and residential area. it is very near to watford, north of london. we have been speaking to some of the people in the area for

their reaction to events last night. the thing that really struck me was that there — the thing that really struck me was that there were police with guns in black— that there were police with guns in black outfits, so like semi automatic rifles and stuff like walking — automatic rifles and stuff like walking around. ijust thought for a moment— walking around. ijust thought for a moment maybe it is terrorist related _ moment maybe it is terrorist related. �* , 1 related. blue lights everywhere, olice related. blue lights everywhere, police cars _ related. blue lights everywhere, police cars everywhere, - related. blue lights everywhere, police cars everywhere, roads i related. blue lights everywhere, i police cars everywhere, roads being blocked _ police cars everywhere, roads being blocked off, — police cars everywhere, roads being blocked off, what— police cars everywhere, roads being blocked off, what is— police cars everywhere, roads being blocked off, what is going _ police cars everywhere, roads being blocked off, what is going on. - blocked off, what is going on. obviously. _ blocked off, what is going on. obviously, panicking, - blocked off, what is going on. obviously, panicking, i- blocked off, what is going on. obviously, panicking, i had i blocked off, what is going on. - obviously, panicking, i had family call me— obviously, panicking, i had family call me up — obviously, panicking, i had family call me up and _ obviously, panicking, i had family call me up. and then _ obviously, panicking, i had family call me up. and then i _ obviously, panicking, i had family call me up. and then i find - obviously, panicking, i had family call me up. and then i find out. obviously, panicking, i had family. call me up. and then i find out that obviously— call me up. and then i find out that obviously somebody, _ call me up. and then i find out that obviously somebody, something i call me up. and then i find out that. obviously somebody, something tragic had happened — obviously somebody, something tragic had happened here. _ obviously somebody, something tragic had happened here. right— obviously somebody, something tragic had happened here.— had happened here. right now, a massive manhunt _ had happened here. right now, a massive manhunt is _ had happened here. right now, a massive manhunt is continuing i had happened here. right now, a| massive manhunt is continuing for the suspect, kyle clifford, 26 years old, who the police have urged to get in contact with them. we heard from the controller of five life, heidi dors and, saying that the news was utterly devastating. and their thoughts were with the family of john hunt. i think we can all echo

that. back to you in the studio. indeed, so much shock, not least here at the bbc. thank you. nicky schiller their life at the scene and much more from him throughout the afternoon on that continuing manhunt. to the us — where president biden has launched the nato summit in washington, marking the 75th anniversary of the alliance's creation. he promised that the us and four other allies would provide ukraine with "dozens" of additional air defence systems. the package will include additional patriot systems that kyiv has been seeking to fight off the russian advance. significantly, there has been another development on that in the last few minutes. nato allies have begun the promised transfer of f—16 fighterjets to ukraine to bolster their defences against russia. this is according to the us secretary of state, antony blinken. the transfer

of f-16 state, antony blinken. the transfer of f—16 is under way, they are coming from denmark, from the netherlands. we also gather that they will come from a couple of other countries later on as well. president zelensky has said these f-16s president zelensky has said these f—16s will bring a just and lasting peace. closer, and as expressed his gratitude for that. we are also hearing that nato allies in a draft communique i have said that they intend to provide ukraine with minimum funding of 40 billion euros within the next year. so, those are some of the coming out already of that nato summit to help ukraine. at the opening of the summit, resident biden insisted ukraine could and would stop president vladimir putin of russia. he called to nato the single greatest and most effective defensive alliance in the world and he stressed the importance of international stability. this is what he had to say. before this war, putin thought nato would break. today, nato is stronger than it's

ever been in its history. when this senseless war began, ukraine was a free country. today it is still a free country. and the war will end with ukraine remaining a free and independent country. russia will not prevail! ukraine will prevail. that is some of what president biden has been saying. on the agenda of the nato summit... is defence funding, they want to spend two and a half percent of gdp on their figures. the latest figure suggest that we are running just over 2.3%,. here's what defence secretary john healey had to say when questioned about how concrete the new labour government's commitment is to increasing defence spending by 2.5%. it's a total commitment to increase spending on defence to 2.5%. it's a unique commitment that was in our manifesto

that we put to the people last week. it wasn't unique. the conservatives had that commitment plus a timescale. you haven't got a timescale. the conservatives have been saying it for some time. we had it in our manifesto, a unique commitment as a new government, that we will increase spending to 2.5% of gdp on defence. and the last time britain spent 2.5%, of course, was in 2010 with labour. now, we will do that as part of the getting to grips with the challenges that we face. next week, the prime minister will launch a strategic defence review. it's the way we get to grips with the threats we face, the capabilities we need for the future, the state of our armed forces, and also the state of the public finances when we open the books. and we will set alongside that a clear pathway to meeting that commitment of 2.5% on defence. so, that is the defence secretary.

let's speak live now to the former ukrainian president petro poroshenko. thank you very much for being with us, very good to have you on the programme. can i ask you first of all, we havejust heard programme. can i ask you first of all, we have just heard as programme. can i ask you first of all, we havejust heard as i reported that news coming out of the nato summit that the allies are going to transfer or they have begun the promised transfer of f—16 fighterjets to ukraine. they are going to come in initially from denmark and the netherlands. how big a breakthrough is that? how much help will that be in the fight against the russians? this is definitely one _ against the russians? this is definitely one of— against the russians? this is definitely one of the - against the russians? this is definitely one of the most i against the russians? this is - definitely one of the most positive news until now from the summit. we have been waiting for that for more than two years. me as a president, fighting for that all of my presidential term. and why it is so important, because all russian attacks they made against the independent and innocent civilian victims, against a children

hospital, against schools... they do from the russian bomb. and thejet fighter f—16 can help us to return the dominance in ukrainian dial, it can stop more significant part of the russian attack. together, we have a very positive news from the british prime minister, the new british prime minister, the new british prime minister, the new british prime minister. he said there would be no limits to ukrainian armed forces, we used a british long—range missile against the legitimate military target on the legitimate military target on the russian territory. russians should understand that they are in danger when they plan new operation against ukraine. f—16 and storm shadow, it would be extremely efficient break for this russian...

that is the good news as far as you are concerned, but how worried are you that we may get somebody else in the white house, in other words, donald trump once again. because we know that a couple of donald trump's advisers presented president zelensky with a plan to end russia's were in ukraine and said that if trump wins the election, that would involve telling ukraine it would only get more us weapons if ukraine enters peace talks with russia. in other words, enters peace talks with russia. in otherwords, donald enters peace talks with russia. in other words, donald trump could cut off the supply of weapons to ukraine and that would be devastating, wouldn't it? for your country. and that would be devastating, wouldn't it? foryour country. first wouldn't it? for your country. first of all, wouldn't it? for your country. first of all. the — wouldn't it? for your country. first of all, the united _ wouldn't it? for your country. first of all, the united states _ wouldn't it? for your country. f “st of all, the united states is a democratic country and democratic nation. i want to assure that we enjoy bipartisan support by american people. no one single person, even

the president of the us, can be against american people. second position, me personally as the president of ukraine, has a positive experience. almost three years to work directly with president donald trump. ijust want work directly with president donald trump. i just want to work directly with president donald trump. ijust want to remind you that the first lethal weapons, the first anti—tank missile, the first electronic warfare that we will see, was from president trump. and his administration, from secretary of defence. that is why i do not believe that it would be any form of pressure or stopping the support, because every in the world who is civilised free and democratic, everyone understands that ukraine fights for the whole world. ukraine fights for the whole world. ukraine fights for the whole world. ukraine fights for you, we are given every day, for protecting freedom and

democracy. this is not assistance for ukraine, even from the united states, this is investment. investment in the global security, european security, and at the end of the day, investment in the american security. that is why i am definitely not so... today, for russia to wait another news, additional to the f—16, additional to the air defence, additional to the sanction, we need one single word in the resolution of nato. and this word is invitation. no matter condition, subject to reform, subject to the war, but invitation please launch the process who is suspended from the year 2008, when the whole world declared that nato is open for ukraine. my position with the result is c. {lilia

is open for ukraine. my position with the result is c.— is open for ukraine. my position with the result is c. 0k, we heard that message. — with the result is c. 0k, we heard that message, former _ with the result is c. 0k, we heard that message, former president l with the result is c. 0k, we heard| that message, former president of ukraine. thank you so much for your time. we can also speak about this... let's speak to ivo daalder, a former us ambassador to nato. thank you so much forjoining us. can i ask you the same question, really, about what might happen to nato and to the united states's view of the war in ukraine if there were a donald trump presidency, do you think that the supply of weapons would be cut off or is it not that simple? 1 would be cut off or is it not that simle? . ., would be cut off or is it not that simle? ., ., , ,, , simple? i fear that the supply of wea ons simple? i fear that the supply of weapons would _ simple? i fear that the supply of weapons would be _ simple? i fear that the supply of weapons would be cut _ simple? i fear that the supply of weapons would be cut off. - simple? i fear that the supply ofj weapons would be cut off. there might be a bargaining trick that mr trump thinks he has up his sleeve, and that is the threat of cutting it off would somehow induce ukraine to settle for an end to the conflict thatis settle for an end to the conflict that is contrary to both his wishes and needs and indeed nato's needs. i also fear that president trump who

has never given much stake in our un—organization like nato will be very supportive. it is therefore all the more incumbent on the european countries to do what they can. to continue to assist ukraine. and in fact have done so in the last two years, they have done more than the united states in both monetary and every other term to help ukraine. economically, humanitarian lead, in terms of missile and defence capabilities and training. and also, to bolster their own defences. the good news here is that this year, nato, europe, all the countries but the united states are spending $1 trillion on defence, that is $180 billion more than they did in 2020, when donald trump was president. and as a result they are taking on more responsibility for european and nato security. not because they want to be able to do so in case donald

trump is there, they need to do so because it is important for the alliance, for europe to be strong and have a strong pillar. within the alliance. it also so happens that if donald trump does become president, it gives europe an extra leg to stand on. it gives europe an extra leg to stand on— it gives europe an extra leg to stand on. ., ., ., 1, ., ., stand on. you have talked about what nato has done — stand on. you have talked about what nato has done to _ stand on. you have talked about what nato has done to help _ stand on. you have talked about what nato has done to help ukraine, - stand on. you have talked about what nato has done to help ukraine, we i nato has done to help ukraine, we were just talking to the former ukrainian president who is saying that with the f—16 fighter jets which are now finally on their way, he said they had been waiting two years for those. has nato been too slow, do you think, to help? 140 slow, do you think, to help? no doubt. slow, do you think, to help? no doubt- in _ slow, do you think, to help? iijr'? doubt. in fact, in every stage there has been a hesitancy from even providing javelin anti—tank weapons, which were opposed by the german chancellor and us president after the first time ukraine was invaded backin the first time ukraine was invaded back in 2014. all the way to f—16s and the still existing caveat on at

least us, not as the president pointed out, uk weapons about where and how they can be used. all of that needs to be relaxed. the caveats seem to be relaxed and more weapons need to be provided in a faster and more drastic way. the good news is on the air defence side, a doubling of the number, in fact more than doubling of the number of patriot systems that are going to come to ukraine in the next few months. overdue, but necessary, as we saw in the last few days. yes, nato and europe and the united states need to continue to provide ukraine with everything it needs in order to defend itself, as ukraine, at the same time, needs to mobilise more troops. because you can have as much equipment as you want, if you do not have enough troops that is going to be a problem too. this is a war that requires everyone to do the maximum necessary in order to ensure that ukraine succeeds, that russia fails, and that nato is in the position to enable ukraine to become

a member of the alliance it has long promised to do. that a member of the alliance it has long promised to do— a member of the alliance it has long promised to do. that was going to be m last promised to do. that was going to be my last question- _ promised to do. that was going to be my last question. should _ promised to do. that was going to be my last question. should nato - promised to do. that was going to be my last question. should nato admit| my last question. should nato admit ukraine as a member, do you think? that is what the ukrainian president was just saying to me, let us that is what the ukrainian president wasjust saying to me, let us in. where would that be dangerous? would that take us conceivably to the brink of a third world war? 1 that take us conceivably to the brink of a third world war? i think we have learned _ brink of a third world war? i think we have learned the _ brink of a third world war? i think we have learned the lesson - brink of a third world war? i think we have learned the lesson here. brink of a third world war? i think. we have learned the lesson here. to countries that have been neutral, in the case of sweden, for 200 years, reacted to the russian use of military force to change batteries in europe by immediately applying for nato membership. they believe and the people in finland and sweden believe that becoming a member of nato was vital to their security. that is true for the people of ukraine. and as a result... there is a big difference, _ ukraine. and as a result... there is a big difference, because _ ukraine. and as a result... there is a big difference, because those - a big difference, because those countries are not at war with russia, where is ukraine currently is at war with russia. 1 russia, where is ukraine currently is at war with russia.— is at war with russia. i think the ruestion is at war with russia. i think the question of _ is at war with russia. i think the question of how _ is at war with russia. i think the question of how and _ is at war with russia. i think the question of how and when - is at war with russia. i think the question of how and when is -

is at war with russia. i think the question of how and when is a l is at war with russia. i think the i question of how and when is a little judgment set of issues, but not whether. —— make a legitimate set of issues. there needs to be an understanding that this war will not end, that russia will always want to influence the future of ukraine unless and until ukraine is fully integrated into the west. so, moving along that as we can is absolutely vital. thank you so much for your time this afternoon. former united states ambassador to nato. his thoughts on that nato summit in washington. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. for some of you, it's been a day to hide away from the weather. but for others across england you may be heading outside to watch a certain match on a big screen later. if you're in southern parts of england, the prospects are good as far as the weather is concerned. a bit breezy but dry with some late sunshine. but for the midlands northwards we'll see a lot more cloud and particularly northern england, there will be some outbreaks of rain around this evening.

not as wet though, as has been experienced on the north coast of aberdeenshire today. just look at that. doesn't scream summer, does it? the rain continues to fall across the north—east of scotland right now and will do into the start of the night. cold breeze with it. elsewhere, outbreaks of rain, some thundery across northern england, will gradually fizzle out. the rain will push its way southwards just a touch into parts of north wales and the north midlands later. southern counties will stay clearer and not as humid as it was the last couple of nights. temperatures down into single figures for some. look at the chart for thursday. we've got high pressure trying to build in, but low pressure stilljust about dominant to the east of us. a weather front straddling northern england, north midlands, north wales brings outbreaks of rain or drizzle through the morning. lots of cloud here throughout the day. to the north of it, a chilly breeze but a brighter, drier day across the north—east of scotland. best of the sunshine in the west and northern ireland, and reasonably sunny across southern counties of england and wales. there is just a small chance of one or two showers. the breeze here lighter than today. elsewhere, it's a north or north—westerly breeze, and if you're out of the sunshine, and certainly in those cloudier

moments across the damper parts of central uk, it will feel distinctly chilly for this stage injuly. and we see cloud, patchy rain start to work its way southwards as we go through into thursday evening. clearer skies in scotland and northern ireland. this little ridge of high pressurejust about in. but as we go through into friday, we've got even that chilly air reaching southern areas. mightjust interact with some rain across the south for a time. this weather system, a bit of uncertainty attached to it, just how far north it gets. but greatest probability of some rain at times is towards the south and south—east. few showers dotted around elsewhere. chilly and brisk wind down those north sea coasts. lighter winds in the west, so we might get up to around 20 celsius in glasgow, but elsewhere we're looking at mid—teens generally for the vast majority. temperatures will lift a little bit, though, this weekend. some rain around at times, particularly to eastern coasts and on sunday across scotland too. take care.

this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. the latest headlines: police investigating the murder of a mother and her two daughters in hertfordshire are urging 26—year—old kyle clifford to contact them. the bbc have learnt he served with the british army for a short time in 2022.

if members of the public see kyle clifford, they are urged not to approach him at any point and to dial 999 immediately. the three women killed in the attack are carol hunt, the wife of bbc racing radio commentatorjohn hunt, and two of their daughters. the us secretary of state says long—awaited f—16fighterjets are finally on their way to ukraine. it was announced on the second day of the nato summit in washington. and excitement is building among fans in dortmund as england prepare to take on the netherlands in tonight's second euros semifinal. more on our top story this afternoon. police investigating that afternoon. police investigating that a triple murder in hertfordshire now say they are searching for a suspect who may be carrying a crossbow. detectives want to question

26—year—old kyle clifford, who is from enfield in north london. they haveissued from enfield in north london. they have issued a direct appeal to him to get in touch. they have warmed members of the public not to approach him. the bbc has named one of the victims as carol hunt, the wife of the bbc racing radio correspondent and commentatorjohn hunt. two of their daughters were also killed. the women were aged 61, 28 and 25. they were found with serious injuries at a house in bushey last night and sadly they all died at the scene. police have described it as a targeted attack and also said it was a horrific attack involving a crossbow and possibly other weapons as well. the very latest now, joining my colleague nicky schiller at the scene in bushey.— colleague nicky schiller at the scene in bushey. colleague nicky schiller at the scene in bushe . , ., ., scene in bushey. yes, we have learnt in the last few _ scene in bushey. yes, we have learnt in the last few minutes _

scene in bushey. yes, we have learnt in the last few minutes a _ scene in bushey. yes, we have learnt in the last few minutes a bit - scene in bushey. yes, we have learnt in the last few minutes a bit more - in the last few minutes a bit more information about the suspect, kyle clifford. the bbc understands that he left at the british army after a short period of service in 2022. the bbc understanding he was a very short period of time in the british army, but left in 2022. police, of course, have said he is dangerous. in their appeal to the public, they have said do not approach him because they believe he may well have a crossbow and could be armed. detectives continue here in bushey with their forensic operation at the house, but in the road behind me, and it was about to 7pm yesterday evening that officers were called to the area. they found three women in the area. they found three women in the house is seriously injured. two air ambulances were called and paramedics tried to save the three

women but unfortunately they were not successful. in the last couple of hours, we have learned that the victims are the wife of the bbc cut racing commentator, john hunt, carol, and two of their daughters. the controller of five live, where john hunt worked, if you listen to five live, you will know his voice from any of the racing commentaries, including things like the grand national. the controller issued an email to staff saying they were utterly devastated. and it was utterly devastated. and it was utterly devastating news. we have had reaction coming in from other broadcasters in the sports world, for example, the racing broadcaster matt chapman, who boasted that it was impossible to comprehend the pain, just know we are all here for you, john, we love you. racing loves you. also commentator mike vince is saying his heart bleeds for mr hunt,

adding the incident is simply shattering, whilst sky sports racing said its team are deeply saddened by the tragic deaths, adding there are thoughts are with their colleague, john hunt, his family and friends at this awful time. becausejohn hunt well known in the racing industry, both as a commentator, but also amongst others who would know him from racing. and a lot of people in the bbc would also know him. heidi dawson, the controller of five live, also seeing support was available for people who knew him personally and wanted help and support. the home secretary has also said she is being kept updated and yvette cooper, the new home secretary been kept updated by police here in hertfordshire. there is now a massive manhunt under way for the suspect, kyle clifford. not only here in hertfordshire, but also he

was from enfield, about 17 miles from here, and we have seen a police operation there searching areas as they try to find this a suspect. i am joined by adrian allen, a local resident here in hertfordshire. your mother—in—law lives at the end of the street. for people who don't know bushey, just give us an idea of what is areas like? it is know bushey, just give us an idea of what is areas like?— what is areas like? it is very genteel. — what is areas like? it is very genteel, nothing _ what is areas like? it is very genteel, nothing ever - what is areas like? it is very i genteel, nothing ever happens what is areas like? it is very - genteel, nothing ever happens here. it is genteel, nothing ever happens here. it is most _ genteel, nothing ever happens here. it is most famous for george michael and andrew originally going to school— and andrew originally going to school locally and meeting there. that is _ school locally and meeting there. that is about as exciting as it gets — that is about as exciting as it gets and _ that is about as exciting as it gets. and what is the local community reaction to this? profoundly shocked. it is a profoundly shocking thing to happen in the _ profoundly shocking thing to happen in the community but very, very shocking — in the community but very, very shocking. do in the community but very, very shockina. 1., in the community but very, very shockina. 1 ., 1, in the community but very, very shockina. 1., ~' , shocking. do you think this will last for more _ shocking. do you think this will last for more than _ shocking. do you think this will last for more than now? - shocking. do you think this will last for more than now? to - shocking. do you think this will i last for more than now? to think shocking. do you think this will. last for more than now? to think it will have a lasting impact on the community? the fact it is someone

well? , ., community? the fact it is someone well? , 1, �* , 1 well? yes, i think so. the bushey community _ well? yes, i think so. the bushey community pulls _ well? yes, i think so. the bushey community pulls together, - well? yes, i think so. the bushey community pulls together, so - well? yes, i think so. the bushey community pulls together, so i'mj community pulls together, so i'm sure this — community pulls together, so i'm sure this will have a lasting effect for not _ sure this will have a lasting effect for notjust days sure this will have a lasting effect for not just days or weeks, months and years — for not just days or weeks, months and years. of for notjust days or weeks, months and ears. .., , .., 1 and years. of course, the community also buried — and years. of course, the community also buried at — and years. of course, the community also buried at the _ and years. of course, the community also buried at the moment _ and years. of course, the community also buried at the moment because l also buried at the moment because the suspect is still on the run. yes, there are lots of hiding places around _ yes, there are lots of hiding places around here. there is a huge disused lolf around here. there is a huge disused golf course _ around here. there is a huge disused golf course locally that at one point — golf course locally that at one point watford football club are trying — point watford football club are trying to build at their new stadium on. trying to build at their new stadium on so— trying to build at their new stadium on so it _ trying to build at their new stadium on so it is — trying to build at their new stadium on so it is a — trying to build at their new stadium on. so it is a huge site. the arterial— on. so it is a huge site. the arterial routes, the m1, m25 are literally— arterial routes, the m1, m25 are literally within a minute of this location. — literally within a minute of this location, and the train service, you can get— location, and the train service, you can get a _ location, and the train service, you can get a train into euston, which is 17 _ can get a train into euston, which is 17 minutes away, so he could be anywhere — is 17 minutes away, so he could be an here. �* . �* . ., anywhere. 0k, adrian allen, thank ou anywhere. 0k, adrian allen, thank you very much- _ anywhere. 0k, adrian allen, thank you very much. adrian _ anywhere. 0k, adrian allen, thank you very much. adrian who - anywhere. 0k, adrian allen, thank you very much. adrian who lives i anywhere. 0k, adrian allen, thank you very much. adrian who lives in j you very much. adrian who lives in bushey in hertfordshire. as he said, ben, a quiet area and one of the local councillors we spoke to said at the worst that usually happens here is a bit of fly—tipping. you can see behind me there is a cording

in place and we have seen throughout the afternoon officers knocking on doors, asking local residents what they saw last night. but of course, our thoughts go out tojohn hunt and his family after the confirmation that it was his wife, carol, and they are tonight daughters who were killed here last night.— killed here last night. indeed, nic . killed here last night. indeed, nicky. definitely _ killed here last night. indeed, nicky. definitely echo - killed here last night. indeed, nicky. definitely echo that. i killed here last night. indeed, i nicky. definitely echo that. such heartbreaking news. thank you, nicky schiller reporting live from the scene in bushey. you're watching bbc news. it is approaching quarter to four. we're just hours away from england's euro 2024 semifinal against the netherlands. in germany and across the uk fans are gearing up for another evening of drama and tension. and who knows, possibly another nail—biting penalty shootout. whoever wins will play the impressive spain team in sunday's final, after they beat france last night. andy swiss reports from dortmund.

# oh, saka, run it down the wing, saka!# excited? but of course. england fans soaking up the atmosphere in dortmund, even enjoying a quick spot the ball competition. # can't start a fire without a spark!# a euro semifinal beckons. so will it be another nail—biter? oh, my gosh. it's the stuff of dreams. i'm here with my 16—year—old son, who's just finished his gcses so this is our summer holiday. i don't think you need to play well |to win this particular tournament, j and england is not playing well, so we'll see how that goes. - do you think they can go all the way? i do, i do, we are- definitely going to berlin. watched bellingham's overhead kick, watched the penalties, and now we're going to play better and win. come on! how confident are you feeling? ifeel confident, i really do feel confident. believe in them, i think they're doing t'right things, playing t'right way. i think we've got it. we can win this, easy.

well, getting this far has hardly been an easyjourney for england, but for their thousands of fans arriving here in dortmund, there is now one simple question — can they reach another euros final? gareth southgate's side haven't played their finest football so far in germany, but they know this is some opportunity. this is now the chance to make history, which we've enjoyed doing that. chance to get to the first final not held in england. first time england will have ever done that. so we're trying to break new ground. dumfries across the goal, it's an inviting ball, gakpo came in. the netherlands, though, should be their toughest test so far. they're seventh in the world rankings, just two places below england. here we go. but in their penalty shoot—out win over switzerland, england showed their spirit here. can they now show their best when it really matters? england go through! andy swiss, bbc news, dortmund.

i think we can take you to germany now and see some pictures of dutch fans are waiting for that game. england versus the netherlands. a beautiful day there, actually, in dortmund, where the game will take place. a big screen there. dutch fans there, we are told, could outnumber england fans inside the stadium, so we will wait and see. but any huge semifinal clash not too far away now. whoever wins will meet the spanish on the final in sunday —— in the final on sunday and that will be a very difficult task for either the netherlands england, however triumphs tonight, they will face the mighty spain. to washington now — where the nato summit is continuing. alongside the main events, sir keir starmer has taken the chance to meet with a group of us senators alongside nato

secretary generaljens stoltenberg. both the republicans and the democrats were represented at a senior level. live to washington and my colleague helena humphrey. just bring us the main points from the summit so far, because it has emerged that ukraine is finally getting these f—16 fighters it has been calling for for so long. that his riuht. been calling for for so long. that his right. president _ been calling for for so long. trust his right. president zelensky arrived here in washington yesterday and i think he had, unfortunately, a really strong case study of exactly why ukraine continues to say it needs renew and up and needs more air defence, so f—16s but also these patriot missiles promised last night from the allies during that speech from the allies during that speech from us presidentjoe biden. this is kind of settled months of wrangling between european nations trying to get these patriot missile systems assembled. they are costly and it also comes at a time when countries want to be sure they have enough in

their own stockpile, so at least five of those patriot missiles going to ukraine and on top of that at tactical air defence systems as well. that was one of the main takeaways. we are waiting see more about ukrainian nato membership. we are expecting it to be announced as something irreversible as opposed to a direct invitation. and of any bridge to membership, so ways to make sure ukraine can get on board swiftly after the war. there will be a nato command centre established in wiesbaden in germany, currently run by the americans, and a nato office, a direct nato office they are in kyiv. some of the main takeaways are there so far. all eyes were on the us presidentjoe biden last night, how he was performing at that historic auditorium amid concerns about his health, his stamina, his mental acuity following that debate against donald trump which, by his

own admission, was, he said, a bad night. i think it was a forceful defence of nato, but i think it will not necessarily quell any concerns. we will wait for thursday when he has the all—important solo press conference when he will be answering questions in a far more off the cuff unscripted manner. you questions in a far more off the cuff unscripted manner.— unscripted manner. you mention donald trump- — unscripted manner. you mention donald trump. this _ unscripted manner. you mention donald trump. this nato - unscripted manner. you mentionj donald trump. this nato summit unscripted manner. you mention - donald trump. this nato summit any senseis donald trump. this nato summit any sense is being held against the backdrop of a possible trump presidency, another trump presidency, another trump presidency, and lots of questions about what that would mean for nato and, in particular, for ukraine, the possibility that a trump presidency would cut off arms supplies to ukraine. ~ ,,., 1 ~' ukraine. absolutely. ithink president — ukraine. absolutely. ithink president zelensky - ukraine. absolutely. ithink president zelensky himself| ukraine. absolutely. ithink. president zelensky himself put ukraine. absolutely. ithink- president zelensky himself put it very well when he was speaking yesterday, saying everybody in ukraine, around the world, is looking to see what happens here in the november election. he did not necessarily criticise donald trump

and probably norway t in the world of diplomacy when he knows there is a potentialfor him of diplomacy when he knows there is a potential for him to have to work with donald trump again in the future, but if you take a look at some of the comments from the former president, you will be able to see why kyiv is concerned. —— and probably not in the world of diplomacy. there is the concern he would pull the us out of nato, or at least support cutting off more aid to ukraine because you only have to look at how long it took to get that supplemental bill passed through congress and that was due to maga lawmakers in congress taking their cues from a donald trump, who still holds enormous sway of the republican party, just holding up the aid for so long. meaning it was not able to get through the house. so there is legitimate room for concern for ukraine and also when you look at any kind of communique here at nato there is not

necessarily a way to trump prove any commitments either. and we know from his previous presidency that he has been keen to waive the executive order pen, hasn't he? so yes, there is concern here, and people are talking about it.— is concern here, and people are talking about it. helena, thank you ve much talking about it. helena, thank you very much for— talking about it. helena, thank you very much for the _ talking about it. helena, thank you very much for the update _ talking about it. helena, thank you very much for the update from - talking about it. helena, thank you very much for the update from the | very much for the update from the nato summit, which is continuing in washington. in santa fe new mexico, opening statements are under way and the trial of the actor movie producer alec baldwin. he's accused of involuntary manslaughter following a fatal shooting on a film set. halyna hutchins died and another man was injured when alec baldwin fired a prop gun. mr baldwin has maintained his innocence. the film's armourer hannah gutierrez—reed, who was responsible for the weapons on the set, has been jailed after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. if you want to continue following the alec baldwin story,

we're streaming the whole trial on the bbc iplayer — just navigate to the news channel page to see all our available live streams. as well as the alec baldwin trial, we have streams on the bushey manhunt and a stream live watch on your tv, online or on the iplayer app. ireland's prime minister, simon harris, says than an irish national who'd been detained in the united arab emirates on a charge of attempted suicide has been released and is flying home. tori towey was a resident of dubai, employed as a flight attendant, and had become a victim of gender—based violence. mr harris told parliament she'd woken up in a police station after an attack and been charged with attempted suicide. the uae is one of relatively few countries that still treat suicide as a crime. there had been intensive diplomatic moves to free her.

let's speak to our correspondent in dubai, sameer hashmi. he has more on this. an extraordinary case.- he has more on this. an extraordinary case. just give us more details. _ extraordinary case. just give us more details. that _ extraordinary case. just give us more details. that is _ extraordinary case. just give us more details. that is right. - extraordinary case. just give us| more details. that is right. this case came to the limelight when it was raised in the parliament by the sinn fein leader mary lou mcdonald. that is when the prime minister, the irish prime minister responded to that, saying he would intervene in the case. tori towey was a dubai —based resident working as a cabin crew member any leading airline over here. she allegedly was attacked by here. she allegedly was attacked by her husband, due to which she received massive injuries, but ended up received massive injuries, but ended up in the police station. there are charges that she consumed alcohol and tried to commit suicide and these charges were pressed by the do by government. the funny bit is that in 2020, the uae government had actually scrapped both of these

laws, these allegations because there was a lot of ambiguity around these charges. in 2020, the government came out, introduced a slew of reforms where decided attempted suicide would no longer be criminalised, but despite that, these charges were pressed against her. this case actually happened at the end ofjune, and it is only when edward casey group based in the uk raised the issue with politicians in the parliament, after which the irish government intervened through the irish embassy and at the uae government has finally gone ahead and lifted a travel ban and also possibly scrap the charges. to clarify, we have not heard back from the uae government, we have been chasing them for a reaction, but have not heard anything on that. all the information has come through ireland and the advocacy groups helping tori towey. fishd ireland and the advocacy groups helping tori towey.— ireland and the advocacy groups helping tori towey. and it is pretty clear there have _ helping tori towey. and it is pretty clear there have been _ helping tori towey. and it is pretty clear there have been some - helping tori towey. and it is pretty clear there have been some very i clear there have been some very intensive diplomatic efforts behind

the scenes for the irish government to get this irish citizen release. they have been very swift. from the moment the irish prime minister made that in the parliament, the irish ambassador reached out to the uae, the foreign ministry intervened in this matter and steps were taken to rectify the errors that were made. the uae government has not reacted, but i've spoken to a lot of legal experts hear her say that since these two clauses were scrapped and decriminalised, which is committing suicide, attempting to commit suicide, attempting to commit suicide, and alcohol consumption in 2020, there could be a possibility these charges were wrongly brought up these charges were wrongly brought up against tori towey, which is another reason why the diplomatic efforts made by the irish government, the uae government was able to act quickly. we have not heard officially from the uae government and their position on this issue, but this is what a lot

of legal experts have been raising and talking about.— and talking about. good to talk to ou. and talking about. good to talk to you- thank _ and talking about. good to talk to you- thank you — and talking about. good to talk to you. thank you very _ and talking about. good to talk to you. thank you very much - and talking about. good to talk to you. thank you very much for - and talking about. good to talk to| you. thank you very much for that update, samir hashmi. let's go back to the euros in the semifinal tonight. england versus the netherlands. i think we can show you some pictures of dutch fans, the orange army waiting for the game. we are hearing they might actually outnumber the england fans inside the stadium. it is going to be a great game and it kicks off a little later on. a crucial semifinal, kicks off a little later on. a crucialsemifinal, of kicks off a little later on. a crucial semifinal, of course. will it be england or the netherlands who face spain in the final on sunday? i'm sure it will be a great game. let's look at the weather forecast with matt taylor. hello. for some of you, it's been a day to hide away from the weather. but for others across england you may be heading outside to watch a certain match on a big screen later. if you're in southern parts of england, the prospects are good as far as the weather is concerned.

a bit breezy but dry with some late sunshine. but for the midlands northwards we'll see a lot more cloud and particularly northern england, there will be some outbreaks of rain around this evening. not as wet though, as has been experienced on the north coast of aberdeenshire today. just look at that. doesn't scream summer, does it? the rain continues to fall across the north—east of scotland right now and will do into the start of the night. cold breeze with it. elsewhere, outbreaks of rain, some thundery across northern england, will gradually fizzle out. the rain will push its way southwards just a touch into parts of north wales and the north midlands later. southern counties will stay clearer and not as humid as it was the last couple of nights. temperatures down into single figures for some. look at the chart for thursday. we've got high pressure trying to build in, but low pressure stilljust about dominant to the east of us. a weather front straddling northern england, north midlands, north wales brings outbreaks of rain or drizzle through the morning. lots of cloud here throughout the day. to the north of it, a chilly breeze but a brighter, drier day across the north—east of scotland. best of the sunshine in the west and northern ireland, and reasonably sunny across southern counties of england and wales. there is just a small chance

of one or two showers. the breeze here lighter than today. elsewhere, it's a north or north—westerly breeze, and if you're out of the sunshine, and certainly in those cloudier moments across the damper parts of central uk, it will feel distinctly chilly for this stage injuly. and we see cloud, patchy rain start to work its way southwards as we go through into thursday evening. clearer skies in scotland and northern ireland. this little ridge of high pressurejust about in. but as we go through into friday, we've got even that chilly air reaching southern areas. mightjust interact with some rain across the south for a time. this weather system, a bit of uncertainty attached to it, just how far north it gets. but greatest probability of some rain at times is towards the south and south—east. few showers dotted around elsewhere. chilly and brisk wind down those north sea coasts. lighter winds in the west, so we might get up to around 20 celsius in glasgow, but elsewhere we're looking at mid—teens generally for the vast majority. temperatures will lift a little bit, though, this weekend. some rain around at times, particularly to eastern coasts and on sunday across scotland too.

take care.

i'm nicky schiller, here in bushey where three women were murdered yesterday evening and a manhunt is on for the suspect. a massive search is on for the suspect. the bbc understand that 26—year—old kyle clifford served with the british army for a short time in 2022. police warn he could be carrying a crossbow. if members of the public see kyle clifford, they are urged not to approach him at any point

and to dial 999 immediately. the three women killed in the attack are carol hunt, the wife of bbc racing radio commentatorjohn hunt, and two of their daughters. i'm ben brown — in other news this hour... the us secretary of state says long—awaited f—16fighterjets are finally on their way to ukraine, on the second day of the nato summit in washington. and excitement is building among fans in dortmund as england prepare to take on the netherlands in tonight's second euros semifinal. hello, good afternoon. police investigating a triple murder in hertfordshire say they're

searching for a suspect who may be carrying a crossbow. detectives want to question 26—year—old kyle clifford, from enfield, in north london — and they've issued a direct appeal to him to get in touch. the bbc has named one of the victims as carol hunt, the wife of the bbc racing radio commentatorjohn hunt. two of their daughters were also killed. the women, aged 61,28 and 25, were found injured at a property in bushey last night and died at the scene. sadly, paramedics could not save them. sadly, paramedics could not save them. police have described it as a targeted attack, involving a crossbow — and possibly other weapons. armed police and specialist search teams are focussing on areas of hertfordshire and north london. they've urged members

of the public to be alert and say anyone who sees mr clifford should not approach him but instead call 999. let's speak to our correspondent nicky schiller who's in bushey. .. as you can imagine, there is a lot of shock in this community here. in the last half an hour it we have seen a couple of and lay flowers at the front of the road here that is cordoned off by police. one of those women was in tears, understandably. they did not want to want to talk to the media, there is a lot of media here, as you can imagine. flowers have been laid here, as you can imagine. flowers have been [aid at the front of the road. where it last night, at around 7:00pm in the evening, police were called. locals say they heard screaming. when police arrived they

found three women seriously injured in the house. ambulances were called and paramedics did what they could to save those women, but unfortunately they were unable to do that. this afternoon we have learned the identity of the three victims, they are the wife of the bbc racing commentatorjohn hunt, carol and two of their daughters. police have urged people with any information on the suspect to come forward. we understand that kyle clifford served for a short period of time in the british army, but left in 2022. police say that they believe the crossbow was used in this attack and that kyle clifford could still have that kyle clifford could still have that crossbow on him and indeed could be armed in other ways. they have appealed for the public not to approach him if they do see him, there is a massive search operation under way, as you can imagine. not

just here in bushey in hertfordshire, but also in enfield, which is where the suspect it's from. that is about 17 miles from here in bushey. we have seen a lot of police activity in enfield. the detectives say that specialist search teams are being brought in to help with that operation. here in the street, of course the area is cordoned off and there are forensic tents all and are forensic officers are working. during the afternoon we have seen police knocking on the door of local residents asking if they saw anything last night. a little earlier on, the police held a news conference at hertfordshire police headquarters. this is what they had to say, this is chief superintendentjon simpson. police were called to a property in ashlyn close just before 7:00pm last night. officers attended alongside colleagues from the east of england ambulance service and on arrival found three women with serious injuries.

sadly, despite their best efforts, the women who are believed to be related, died a short time later at the scene. the victims are aged 25,28 and 61. our overarching objective today is to protect public safety and to locate kyle clifford, who is wanted in connection with the murder of the three women in what we believe is a targeted incident. we have extensive police resources deployed to various locations in north london and also the bushey area of hertfordshire. the manhunt also involves armed police officers and specialist search teams responding at pace in the wake of what has been an horrific incident involving what is currently believed to be a crossbow. but other weapons may also have been used. if members of the public see kyle clifford, they urge not to approach him at any point and to dial 999 immediately. kyle, if you are seeing or hearing this, please make contact with the police via 999.

beyond the immediate search operation, a major crime inquiry has been launched. and we also appeal to the public for any information in relation to the incident. this incident will be, of course, of concern to local residents. additional local officers will be in the area today, so please do speak to them if you need to. you can report information online hearts.police.uk./report via webchat alternatively, you can stay 100% anonymous by contacting the independent charity crimestoppers on 0800. treble five treble one or via their untraceable online form at crimestoppers—uk.org. thank you.

that was the appeal to the suspect to hand himself into contact as the search continues. we have heard that the victims are the wife of the bbc racing commentatorjohn hunt, carol and two of their daughters. the comptroller of five live, heidi dawson, has sent an e—mail to staff. it says, dear all, the news today aboutjohn hunt's family is utterly devastating. if you feel you need support, please do use the support we have. that is the e—mail that was sent by heidi dawson, the controller of five live.

if you have listened to five live, any of the racing commentaries, whether the grand national or other big events, you will know the voice ofjohn hunt, he is one of the main commentators. he is known across the racing community, we have had other tributes to him and sending condolences, the racing broadcaster matt chapman boasted that it is impossible to comprehend the pain, just know we are all here for you and we love you, racing loves you. whilst commentator mike vince said that his heart bleeds for mr hunt, adding that the incident is simply chattering. notjust from the bbc, also the sky sports racing team said that its team was deeply saddened by the tragic deaths post up our thoughts with colleagues and john hunt and his family and friends at this awful time. we have had tributes from the wider racing community. here in bushey it is

really impacted the local community. this is a quiet, residential area. if you are not sure, just outside london, the nearest town is watford. about 17 miles from enfield in north london. one of the local councillors told me a little earlier that one of the biggest things they have had to deal with his fly—tipping. now, as you can see behind me, there is a massive police operation continuing but the forensic officers at the scene of this triple murder, but also wider police are combing this area. locals have told me that there is a disused golf course, there are lots of areas that the suspect could go. also, this area is very well—connected, that m1 is not very far from well—connected, that m1 is not very farfrom here well—connected, that m1 is not very far from here and well—connected, that m1 is not very farfrom here and it has well—connected, that m1 is not very far from here and it has also got train service. and indeed, we are about, as we have said, 17 miles or so from enfield where there has also been a big police operation because

that is where the suspect is from. the local community are coming to terms with what has happened and a little earlier i spoke to the local councillor here. louise nicholas. absolutely shocked. i think the whole community. i was in a meeting yesterday evening and the news started to come through, that something had happened locally on my telephone, and then obviously i got up this morning to find that this tragic incident has taken place and three women have lost their lives in a violent crime. it'sjust awful. just explain for viewers who won't know what's this area like? well, i think you can see by looking around you, nick, that it's just a leafy suburb, like many other leafy suburbs in this part of the world. it's really quiet. as my colleague, councillor brass said this morning, the most we ever deal with is a bit of graffiti and some fly—tipping. everybody lives peacefully. it's a really close knit community where everybody gets on well with one another. so to find something like this happening today is just terrific. it's the most horrific crime, and my heart goes out to the people involved, to the community that have been affected by this.

it'sjust awful. we have heard in the last half an hour the identity of the victims, the wife of the bbc racing commentatorjohn hunt. carol hunt and their two daughters. that means that people will have known them because they are. but he is well known. but in this area they would have known. i think the fact that it's two people, a family that were clearly part of the community, just makes itjust it's unbearable to think what everybody is going to be going through, what the family is going through. and i want to reassure the local community that counsellors, our local police officers who are out here in force today, are here to support everybody if they need help, if they want to speak to somebody, they should get in touch with us. what sort of support can you offer the local community? my telephone's available. everybody's got our telephone numbers, our emailaddresses. my counsellor colleagues will be happy to talk to anybody, point them in the right direction and offer them support they need if they are feeling distressed about this incident, which naturally, many people are. i've got two young daughters myself.

you know, the thought of anything happening to your child isjust horrific, isn't it? nobody wants to imagine and there'll be people living around here feeling unsafe at the moment, because we know that the alleged perpetrator is still on the loose, and we can only hope that the police find him and arrest him swiftly. yes, that is a point. the fact that at the moment the police don't know where he is, and they're saying he could have a crossbow or other arms. that, that must be a concern, not just for the people here on this cul de sac, but wider community. i think i'd be encouraging people not to speculate around the circumstances. obviously, it's an ongoing live police investigation, but it's imperative that they get in touch with the police if they have any information about this individual. obviously, if they see him clearly, the advice is do not approach him and to phone 999 immediately. but again the our local police, pcsos, the wider community. i'm sure our churches will be

stepping in in the community later on today as well to offer support, and i've already had contact from them to say that they're looking to provide support to local residents if they need it. and this is of course notjust now what will happen is we as the media will be here for the next few days. but this is something that will affect the community long term. i think this is something that is going to affect the community for weeks and weeks, long after you've gone, people will be still feeling the shock waves of this. it's just you don't expect to wake up on a wednesday morning when you're thinking about the football this evening and find that three people have tragically lost their lives in the most violent way. and it's so shocking, yet again, to hear of the deaths of three women at the hands of a man. it's really terrible. that is louise nicholas, the local councillor here in bushey in hertfordshire. the home secretary has said that she has been kept

updated by police on the operation and indeed, the home secretary is urgently considering the findings of a home office review to see if tougher cross boat laws need to be introduced in the wake of the deaths of the wife and two daughters of racing commentatorjohn hunt. because at the moment, when it comes to crossbows, there is no requirement to have a licence. although it is illegal to carry one in a public place. the police are saying that they believe that suspect has a crossbow. the statement from the home office says that this is a un—appalling incident, and the home secretary is being, as i said, kept updated by the police. they go on to say we keep legislation under constant review, and a call for evidence was launched earlier this year to look at whether further controls on cross both should be introduced. it says the home secretary will swiftly consider the findings to see if laws need to be tightened further. so thatis need to be tightened further. so that is the latest from the home office while the search for the suspect, kyle clifford, continues

both here in hertfordshire and also in the enfield area. we are hearing that some local schools in enfield have been kept in a sort of lockdown while the police operation is continuing there about 17 miles from here. ben, ithink continuing there about 17 miles from here. ben, i think most of our thoughts are withjohn hunt, as heidi dawson the controller of five live said it is utterly devastating, this news that he, the bbc racing commentator, has lost his wife and two daughters in this incident last night here in bushey in hertfordshire.- night here in bushey in hertfordshire. , ., , ., night here in bushey in hertfordshire. , . , ., ., hertfordshire. yes, devastating and heartbreaking. _ hertfordshire. yes, devastating and heartbreaking, thank _ hertfordshire. yes, devastating and heartbreaking, thank you _ hertfordshire. yes, devastating and heartbreaking, thank you for - hertfordshire. yes, devastating and heartbreaking, thank you for the i heartbreaking, thank you for the moment. that is nicky schiller, our correspondent live at the scene in bushey in hertfordshire. now, ijust want to bring you some breaking news coming to us from the united states. it concerns george clooney, the hollywood star, producer, director, actor. and he isjoining the calls

for presidentjoe biden to step down from the presidential campaign for the race for the white house. he has written an article in the new york times. this is significant, because george clooney is a lifelong democrat, a huge supporter of the democratic party and has been a huge supporter of presidentjoe biden. lots of democrats, senior democrats, have started to call onjoe biden to pull out of the race after that disastrous tv debate with donald trump the other day, in whichjoe biden, who is now 81 years old, seemed to lose his train of thought quite significantly. let me read you some of what george clooney is saying. i am a lifelong democrat, i make no apologies for that and i am proud of what my party represents and what it stands for. i lovejoe biden. i consider him a friend, i believe in him, i believe in his

character and his morals. in the last four years he has won many of the battles he faced. one battle he cannot win is the fight against time, says george clooney. none of us can. he says it is devastating to say it, but the joe us can. he says it is devastating to say it, but thejoe biden i was with three weeks ago at a fundraising event was not the joe three weeks ago at a fundraising event was not thejoe biden of 2010, he was event was not the joe biden of 2010, he was not even thejoe event was not thejoe biden of 2010, he was not even thejoe biden of 2020. he was the same man we all witnessed at that debate. is it fair to point these things out? says george clooney. it has to be, this is about age, nothing more. but also nothing that can be reversed. we are nothing that can be reversed. we are not going to win in november with this president, says george clooney, on top of that we will not win the house and we are going to lose the senate. this is not only my opinion, it is the opinion of every senator and congress member and governor that i have spoken to in private.

every single one, irrespective of what he or she is saying publicly, is saying that in private. and he says, the top democrats like chuck schumer and nancy pelosi and senators and representatives will face losing in november and need to ask the president to voluntarily step aside and george clooney ends his article by saying, joe biden is a hero. he saved democracy in 2020. now, we need him to do it again in 2024. that is a pretty devastating critique from one ofjoe biden's closest supporters and supporters of the democratic party. calling on him to stand down, to abandon his race for the white house and make way for a younger man or woman. we will have much more on that as it comes into us. let's stay in washington now, because at the nato summit, ukraine's president has thanked

members of the alliance for sending ffighterjets. president biden described it nato as the single greatest and most effective alliance in the world. this is some of what he had to say. before this war, putin thought nato would break. today, nato is stronger than it's ever been in its history. when this senseless war began, ukraine was a free country. today it is still a free country. and the war will end with ukraine remaining a free and independent country. russia will not prevail! ukraine will prevail. ukraine will prevail, that is the message from joe biden. i think we

can show you some pictures of the new british prime minister, keir starmer, meeting volodymyr zelensky in washington. there they are, embracing. they met at the d—day commemorations quite recently, you may remember. keir starmer, the new uk prime minister who is in washington for that summit. he has said already to president zelensky of ukraine, the prime minister of britain may have changed but what will not change its british support for it ukraine and it will stay as steadfast as it has under previous prime ministers. britain very much part of the military alliance that is supporting ukraine, sending weapons from the very beginning, actually, of the conflict after the full—scale russian invasion. and what is cheering president zelensky no doubt is the news that those f—16 fighterjets, which ukraine has been waiting forfor so long,

fighterjets, which ukraine has been waiting for for so long, are finally on their way now. courtesy of denmark and the netherlands, initially. and i think ukraine believe that could make a huge difference, but no doubt president zelensky is going to be asking keir starmer and the other nato leaders for more help. and more air defences in particular. defence of ukraine is top of the agenda at that nato summit. ukraine hoping tojoin the alliance. but how likely is that to happen? here's the appraisal of nato secretary general — jens stoltenberg. we need consensus and all allies agree that ukraine will become a member but it is too early to say exactly when that will happen. what i can say is that we are moving, together with ukraine, ukraine closer and closer to nato membership. the fact that we now will have a nato command with 700 people based in germany at the nato command there, but also at hubs

in the eastern part of the alliance, to facilitate the training and the security assistance to ukraine that will give us stronger nato framework basis for what we do and help to move ukraine closer to our membership. also on the agenda that nato summit is the level of defence spending by nato member countries. the latest figures for the uk it show around 2.3% of national income being spent on defence, and this is what the new defence secretary had to say when he was asked how concrete labourer�*s commitment is to increasing that level of spending two 2.5%.

it's a total commitment to increase spending on defence to 2.5%. it's a unique commitment that was in our manifesto that we put to the people last week. it wasn't unique. the conservatives had that commitment plus a timescale. you haven't got a timescale. the conservatives have been saying it for some time. we had it in our manifesto, a unique commitment as a new government, that we will increase spending to 2.5% of gdp on defence. and the last time britain spent 2.5%, of course, was in 2010 with labour. now, we will do that as part of the getting to grips with the challenges that we face. so we will launch... next week, the prime minister will launch a strategic defence review. it's the way we get to grips with the threats we face, the capabilities we need for the future, the state of our armed forces, and also the state of the public finances when we open the books. and we will set alongside that a clear pathway to meeting that commitment of 2.5% on defence. that is the new british defence secretary. air strikes have been reported in the centre of gaza city hours after israel's military issued an evacuation order for palestinians in the area. it is a fortnight since

israel issued its first formal evacuation order for gaza city where an estimated quarter million people are still living. the israeli military has dropped leaflets over gaza city telling people to evacuate and head towards the centre of the territory. the united nations says it is deeply concerned about those evacuation orders. further south in khan younis, a fourth school was hit by israeli missiles. medics say at least 29 people were killed and many others seriously injured. videos show more than a dozen dead and seriously injured people, including children, on the floor of a hospital. one of the survivors described what happened. translation: when it happened, i was by the door, leaving - the school to buy my children some things. suddenly, the strike hit. people were injured and martyred and there was no—one to help them. there were no ambulances. people die and get injured

and no—one is asking about them. no—one is asking about our people. they can all die and nobody helps them. we will take you back to bushey in hertfordshire, where more developments on that horrific triple murder that we have been reporting and the manhunt, the 26—year—old kyle clifford, which is still under way. more developments, let's go straight to our correspondent nicky schiller at the scene. yes. straight to our correspondent nicky schiller at the scene.— schiller at the scene. yes. we re orted schiller at the scene. yes. we reported a _ schiller at the scene. yes. we reported a couple _ schiller at the scene. yes. we reported a couple of— schiller at the scene. yes. we reported a couple of hours - schiller at the scene. yes. we | reported a couple of hours ago schiller at the scene. yes. we - reported a couple of hours ago that we knew that the three women killed were the wife and daughters of the bbc racing commentatorjohn hunt. well, we are now in a position to name those two daughters, so first of all, it is louise hunt, who is 25 years old. she was killed along with her sister, years old. she was killed along with hersister, hannah years old. she was killed along with

her sister, hannah hunt, who is 28 years old and as we knew, they died along with their mother, carol hunt, who is 61. the news in the last few minutes is that we know that the daughters of the racing commentator john hunt who died are 25—year—old louise hunt and 28—year—old hannah hunt, as well as their mother carol hunt, as well as their mother carol hunt, who was 61. we have heard from the controller of five life, heidi dawson, who called it utterly devastating news. and the racing community have been paying tribute to john and community have been paying tribute tojohn and his saying that their thoughts are with him here at the scene, a lot of locals did know that john hunt's family lived in this street. the police operation, you can see behind me, is continuing in the last half hour or so more police vehicles have arrived. partly because there is a lot of media, as

you can imagine, here. because of this triple murder investigation, not only making headlines here in the uk but also around the world. also within the last hour at some flowers have been laid, one of the young women who laid some of those flowers was in tears as she put them down at the front of the street. understandably, she did not want to talk to the media, she laid her flowers and then left the area. all the time that this is happening here, the manhunt continues for the suspect, kyle clifford. 26 years old. now, police say that he is dangerous. they think he may have a crossbow, because they believe a crossbow, because they believe a cross boat was used in these killings here in bushey last night. the manhunt is not only taking place here in hertfordshire, but also in north london, about 17 miles from here in enfield. because kyle

clifford came from enfield and we have seen armed police there and an operation going on in different areas around enfield. indeed, one of the local schools in the enfield area has kept the school children inside while this operation is going on. the police say that they have brought in specialist search teams. the operation being led by hertfordshire police, because bushey is in hertfordshire, but also the met police are involved as well because of course enfield is in north london. the police are hoping that members of the public may be able to help them track down the suspect. a little earlier on they made an appeal to any members of the public who have any information to dial 999. they were stressing that you must not approach the suspect, because of the fact that he may have a crossbow or be armed in some other way. the police are saying that this

was a targeted incident, they call it here in hertfordshire at last night. it all started around 7:00pm last night in this cul—de—sac. police were called, local residents reported hearing screaming and shrill noise, one described it as, in the area. when police arrived they found the three women seriously injured in the house. paramedics were called, to mac ambulances landed, but unfortunately they were unable to save the lives of the three women who we now know are the wife of the bbc racing commentator john hunt, carol hunt, who is 61, and also their two daughters, who are aged 25 and 28. that is louise hunt, and hannah hunt. and i think everyone's thoughts are withjohn hunt and his wider family, everyone's thoughts are withjohn hunt and his widerfamily, with everyone's thoughts are withjohn hunt and his wider family, with what as the five life controller heidi

dawson said in an e—mail to staff, was utterly devastating. one of the police vehicles just going off with its blue lights sounding, whether thatis its blue lights sounding, whether that is to do with the operation, we do not know. as you can see, there is still a big police operation here in the close where this triple murder happened last night. thank ou ve murder happened last night. thank you very much _ murder happened last night. thank you very much indeed, _ murder happened last night. thank you very much indeed, nicky - you very much indeed, nicky schiller. we were talking about the latest situation in gaza and the middle east. a senior palestinian official who is familiar with the talks for trying to get a ceasefire has told the bbc in direct negotiations between hamas and israel negotiation teams will start in toha within the next 48 hours. we can get more on this from a gaza correspondent. rushdi abualouf.

we have been talking about a ceasefire and hostage release for a long time, but nothing has really happened. are we any closer? the mediators happened. are we any closer? tie: mediators and happened. are we any closer? t1e: mediators and even happened. are we any closer? t“19 mediators and even hamas happened. are we any closer? t19: mediators and even hamas say happened. are we any closer? “t19 mediators and even hamas say we should not be overly optimistic about it, but what is significant is the two mediators with the americans managed to get hamas and israel to sit not at the same table because the talk is indirect, but they are in the same place talking about a possible ceasefire deal. this is the significance about it, whether to achieve something or not. there is some level of hope, the egyptians are talking about some level of hope, the qataris and hamas as well. but we know there is still many obstacles and many outstanding points that need to be discussed and addressed and achieved before we can say there is a breakthrough. what is

significant also is that hamas dropped the precondition that israel should put a clear line that ending the war. they have dropped that line which has made it easier to have the mediators approach the israeli side and have hamas to make some cash and is, now it is your time, that is what the egyptians have told me. —— some concessions. since four o'clock, serious meetings with the egyptian intelligence place, the cia director, the israeli mossad, and the qatari prime minister are now talking in toha and we are expecting a meeting with hamas by the egyptian and qatari tonight —— in doha. we may see some signals tonight, but these talks arejust may see some signals tonight, but these talks are just started and it may take days or weeks. {lilia these talks are just started and it may take days or weeks.- these talks are just started and it may take days or weeks. 0k, we will see what happens. _ may take days or weeks. 0k, we will see what happens. thank _ may take days or weeks. 0k, we will see what happens. thank you - may take days or weeks. 0k, we will see what happens. thank you for- may take days or weeks. 0k, we will|

see what happens. thank you for that analysis, rushi. so we're just a few hours away from kick off in england's euro 2024 semifinal against the netherlands. in germany and in england fans are gearing up for another evening of drama and tension. and who knows, possibly another nail—biting penalty shootout. whoever wins will play the impressive spain team in sunday's final, after they beat france last night. andy swiss reports from dortmund. # oh, saka, run it down the wing, saka!# excited? but of course. england fans soaking up the atmosphere in dortmund, even enjoying a quick spot the ball competition. # can't start a fire without a spark!# a euro semifinal beckons. so will it be another nail—biter? oh, my gosh. it's the stuff of dreams. i'm here with my 16—year—old son, who's just finished his gcses so this is our summer holiday.

i don't think you need to play well |to win this particular tournament, j and england is not playing well, so we'll see how that goes. - do you think they can go all the way? i do, i do, we are- definitely going to berlin. watched bellingham's overhead kick, watched the penalties, and now we're going to play better and win. come on! how confident are you feeling? ifeel confident, i really do feel confident. believe in them, i think they're doing t'right things, playing t'right way. i think we've got it. we can win this, easy. well, getting this far has hardly been an easyjourney for england, but for their thousands of fans arriving here in dortmund, there is now one simple question — can they reach another euros final? gareth southgate's side haven't played their finest football so far in germany, but they know this is some opportunity. this is now the chance to make history, which we've enjoyed doing that. chance to get to the first final not held in england. first time england will

have ever done that. so we're trying to break new ground. dumfries across the goal, it's an inviting ball, gakpo came in. the netherlands, though, should be their toughest test so far. they're seventh in the world rankings, just two places below england. here we go. but in their penalty shoot—out win over switzerland, england showed their spirit here. can they now show their best when it really matters? england go through! andy swiss, bbc news, dortmund. former england striker alan shearer, who made over 60 appearances for the national side, says he has no doubt that gareth southgate had put the team in a strong position to defeat the netherlands. gareth has taken us to a semifinal in the world cup, a final in the european championships, another semifinal in the european championships. we're all hoping it is going to be a final. so when gareth took over, england were near rock bottom. from there to where he's taken us

in tournaments has just totally changed things. we now expect england to go this far and that is down to gareth and to the job that he's done. he now has to find a way to get over the line and win that trophy. let's speak to my colleague christian fraser in dortmund. freshman covering the chaos of french politics, he is now covering the chaos of england's campaign to win the euros! i the chaos of england's campaign to win the euros!— win the euros! i had to check the satnav, and _ win the euros! i had to check the satnav, and it _ win the euros! i had to check the satnav, and it definitely - win the euros! i had to check the satnav, and it definitely said - satnav, and it definitely said dortmund, germany! look at this behind me, it is like amsterdam, the netherlands, it is absolutely jumping here. 100,000 dutch fans making their way to germany, it is only a couple of hours from eindhoven, so not a long journey for them, but it has been a long time coming for a semifinal. last time was back in 2004, so they are definitely going to make the most of it. what we are waiting for when this place fills up in a couple of hours is at the anthem, the left and

to the right, it is amazing to watch. we will certainly bring some of that as and when it happens. let me introduce you to two fans. we come _ me introduce you to two fans. we come from — me introduce you to two fans. we come from amsterdam. we me introduce you to two fans. we come from amsterdam.— me introduce you to two fans. we come from amsterdam. we came in a van. it is come from amsterdam. we came in a van- it is there _ come from amsterdam. we came in a van. it is there anyone _ come from amsterdam. we came in a van. it is there anyone left _ come from amsterdam. we came in a van. it is there anyone left in - come from amsterdam. we came in a van. it is there anyone left in the - van. it is there anyone left in the netherlands? hat van. it is there anyone left in the netherlands?— van. it is there anyone left in the netherlands? not possible. ithink about have a _ netherlands? not possible. ithink about have a million _ netherlands? not possible. ithink about have a million people - netherlands? not possible. ithink about have a million people are i about have a million people are still home, _ about have a million people are still home, the _ about have a million people are still home, the wives _ about have a million people are still home, the wives and - still home, the wives and girlfriends. _ still home, the wives and girlfriends. we _ still home, the wives and girlfriends. we are - still home, the wives and girlfriends. we are all. still home, the wives and i girlfriends. we are all here! still home, the wives and - girlfriends. we are all here! find girlfriends. we are all here! and exectin: girlfriends. we are all here! and expecting it _ girlfriends. we are all here! expecting it relatively win with girlfriends. we are all here!- expecting it relatively win with 2—0 to the _ expecting it relatively win with 2—0 to the netherlands. england have not been performing that well. a lot to the netherlands. england have not been performing that well.— been performing that well. a lot of encland been performing that well. a lot of england players — been performing that well. a lot of england players need _ been performing that well. a lot of england players need to _ been performing that well. a lot of england players need to perform i england players need to perform better. who needs to perform better for the dutch question a guy thing you guys have more of a problem that we do, but i would predict 60 minute weghorst and the whole great britain, not a song when weghorst comes in! :, :, 1, :, ., ., comes in! you do know i am a birmingham _ comes in! you do know i am a birmingham fan! _ comes in! you do know i am a birmingham fan! that -

comes in! you do know i am a birmingham fan! that would l comes in! you do know i am a. birmingham fan! that would be comes in! you do know i am a - birmingham fan! that would be really cruel! a au birmingham fan! that would be really cruel! a guy who _ birmingham fan! that would be really cruel! a guy who wants _ birmingham fan! that would be really cruel! a guy who wants transferred i cruel! a guy who wants transferred from burnley and scores against england, that would be wrong expect —— a burnley fan. it is england, that would be wrong expect -- a burnley fan-— -- a burnley fan. it is all set up already- — -- a burnley fan. it is all set up already- it _ -- a burnley fan. it is all set up already- it is — -- a burnley fan. it is all set up already. it is all— -- a burnley fan. it is all set up already. it is all in _ -- a burnley fan. it is all set up already. it is all in the - -- a burnley fan. it is all set up already. it is all in the stars. i already. it is all in the stars. what does — already. it is all in the stars. what does it _ already. it is all in the stars. what does it feel _ already. it is all in the stars. what does it feel like - already. it is all in the stars. what does it feel like to - already. it is all in the stars. what does it feel like to be i already. it is all in the stars. - what does it feel like to be here amongst us. lhie what does it feel like to be here amongst us— what does it feel like to be here amonust us. ~ :, �* :, . 1, , amongst us. we don't have tickets, but 'ust amongst us. we don't have tickets, butjust feel — amongst us. we don't have tickets, but just feel the _ amongst us. we don't have tickets, but just feel the ambience - amongst us. we don't have tickets, butjust feel the ambience here. i amongst us. we don't have tickets, butjust feel the ambience here. al butjust feel the ambience here. a lot of— butjust feel the ambience here. a lot of other— butjust feel the ambience here. a lot of other dutch in the centre, so it's really— lot of other dutch in the centre, so it's really nice.— it's really nice. would you to berlin? we _ it's really nice. would you to berlin? we think— it's really nice. would you to berlin? we think so! - it's really nice. would you to berlin? we think so! we - it's really nice. would you to berlin? we think so! we see it's really nice. would you to - berlin? we think so! we see how today goes- _ berlin? we think so! we see how today goes- l _ berlin? we think so! we see how today goes. i don't _ berlin? we think so! we see how today goes. i don't think- berlin? we think so! we see how today goes. i don't think there i berlin? we think so! we see how. today goes. i don't think there will be anyone — today goes. i don't think there will be anyone left _ today goes. i don't think there will be anyone left in— today goes. i don't think there will be anyone left in holland. - today goes. i don't think there will be anyone left in holland. no. - today goes. i don't think there willj be anyone left in holland. no. and what be anyone left in holland. and what about the a bit of needle - what about the a bit of needle between the germans and the dutch? are they supporting tonight? we were discussing _ are they supporting tonight? we were discussing it. ithink are they supporting tonight? we were discussing it. i think the germans are heavily— discussing it. i think the germans are heavily supporting the dutch now. _ are heavily supporting the dutch now. so — are heavily supporting the dutch now, so everything is ok now. you have _ now, so everything is ok now. you have seen— now, so everything is ok now. you have seen the stadium, it is an absolute — have seen the stadium, it is an absolute monster. | have seen the stadium, it is an absolute monster.— have seen the stadium, it is an absolute monster. i had to check it, but that south — absolute monster. i had to check it, but that south stand _ absolute monster. i had to check it, but that south stand when - absolute monster. i had to check it, but that south stand when they're l but that south stand when they're all standing, the borussia dortmund fans, it is 24,000 capacity, so when the dutch fans have it be an orange

wall. they will be sucking it into the net! 1 �* .. wall. they will be sucking it into the net! 1 �* 1, :, the net! they willbut i think for us, it is the net! they willbut i think for us. it is rrot _ the net! they willbut i think for us, it is not a _ the net! they willbut i think for us, it is not a problem. - the net! they willbut i think for us, it is not a problem. the - the net! they willbut i think for - us, it is not a problem. the biggest problem _ us, it is not a problem. the biggest problem is — us, it is not a problem. the biggest problem is for— us, it is not a problem. the biggest problem is for you _ us, it is not a problem. the biggest problem is for you guys! _ us, it is not a problem. the biggest problem is for you guys! it- us, it is not a problem. the biggest problem is for you guys! [it is - problem is for you guys! it is really good _ problem is for you guys! it is really good of _ problem is for you guys! it is really good of you _ problem is for you guys! it is really good of you to - problem is for you guys! really good of you to come problem is for you guys!- really good of you to come over problem is for you guys!— really good of you to come over and talk to us. best of luck, i think... prediction. 2—0, easy. lhie talk to us. best of luck, i think... prediction. 2-0, easy.— talk to us. best of luck, i think... prediction. 2-0, easy. we don't even score? ! may — prediction. 2-0, easy. we don't even score? ! may be _ prediction. 2-0, easy. we don't even score? ! may be i _ prediction. 2-0, easy. we don't even score? ! may be i used _ prediction. 2-0, easy. we don't even score? ! may be i used to _ prediction. 2-0, easy. we don't even score? ! may be i used to like - prediction. 2-0, easy. we don't even score? ! may be i used to like you . score? ! may be i used to like you exect score? ! may be i used to like you expect very _ score? ! may be i used to like you expect very confident _ score? ! may be i used to like you expect very confident dutch - score? ! may be i used to like you expect very confident dutch fans, | expect very confident dutch fans, and why — expect very confident dutch fans, and why not, we haven't been great? we are _ and why not, we haven't been great? we are going to get a performance, and not very long. you have also been talking to dutch fans now we will talk, in the interests of impartiality, to some england fans. let's speak now to colin saunders and his son elliot. they are two fans who will really want england to win tonight, because they have tickets to the final. how excited are you, how confident are you?

how excited are you, how confident are ou? 1 : �* how excited are you, how confident are ou? 1 ~ �* , are you? very excited. i'm very confident _ are you? very excited. i'm very confident as _ are you? very excited. i'm very confident as well. _ are you? very excited. i'm very confident as well. i _ are you? very excited. i'm very confident as well. i know - are you? very excited. i'm very confident as well. i know the i are you? very excited. i'm very - confident as well. i know the dutch think they have got their chance, but i'm really confident. i really confident tonight. it's about time we turned up. although it will probably go to penalties again! elliott, what are your thoughts? how do you think england had done so far just watching? do think they have been getting a little bit better? i been getting a little bit better? i think from the group stage, they have _ think from the group stage, they have been— think from the group stage, they have been poor. but as the rents have _ have been poor. but as the rents have gone — have been poor. but as the rents have gone on, the knockouts, i think we've _ have gone on, the knockouts, i think we've got— have gone on, the knockouts, i think we've got and gradually better. colin. _ we've got and gradually better. colin, you're going to the final. are you going whether it is the english or dutch in the final question if it is england, i will be there, have already booked the flights and everything. lhie there, have already booked the flights and everything. we haven't actually got _ flights and everything. we haven't actually got tickets. _ flights and everything. we haven't actually got tickets. i'm _ flights and everything. we haven't actually got tickets. i'm not - flights and everything. we haven't actually got tickets. i'm not sure l actually got tickets. i'm not sure where that has come from! but i will get them, don't worry! you will get them, somehow, by hook or crook. we will indeed. but i can't taken out of school any more, we're already in

enough trouble! d0 of school any more, we're already in enough trouble!— enough trouble! do you go to a lot of encland enough trouble! do you go to a lot of england games? _ enough trouble! do you go to a lot of england games? we _ enough trouble! do you go to a lot of england games? we went - enough trouble! do you go to a lot of england games? we went to . enough trouble! do you go to a lot - of england games? we went to qatar, is to, i of england games? we went to qatar, is to. i went — of england games? we went to qatar, is to. i went out _ of england games? we went to qatar, is to, i went out with _ of england games? we went to qatar, is to, i went out with my _ of england games? we went to qatar, is to, i went out with my mates - of england games? we went to qatar, is to, i went out with my mates for . is to, i went out with my mates for the first week of the euros, then took elliott out for the second week, which was brilliant. tonight very different weeks! ltrul’hat week, which was brilliant. tonight very different weeks!— very different weeks! what is it about england _ very different weeks! what is it about england and _ very different weeks! what is it about england and football? i very different weeks! what is it | about england and football? we very different weeks! what is it - about england and football? we have lived through so a mini tournament since 1966 when there has been so many hope —— so much hope and so much disappointment, but we always seem to begin, don't we? it’s much disappointment, but we always seem to begin, don't we?— seem to begin, don't we? it's the ho -e that seem to begin, don't we? it's the hope that kills — seem to begin, don't we? it's the hope that kills you, _ seem to begin, don't we? it's the hope that kills you, isn't - seem to begin, don't we? it's the hope that kills you, isn't it? - seem to begin, don't we? it's the| hope that kills you, isn't it? every time, it will probably all come crashing down again tonight, you know what it's like, but it is just a buzz of the term and has fantastic, the whole country gets into it, ijust love it. it’s into it, ijust love it. it's wonderful. _ into it, ijust love it. it's wonderful. elliott, - into it, ijust love it. it's wonderful. elliott, you i into it, ijust love it. it's wonderful. elliott, you must enjoy the tournament on the tv and the prospect of actually, if you could 9°. prospect of actually, if you could go, well, you went to the one in qatar anyway, go, well, you went to the one in qataranyway, but go, well, you went to the one in qatar anyway, but watching england live, it must be quite a thrill? it

live, it must be quite a thrill? it was amazing just to seeing those players _ was amazing just to seeing those players and the atmosphere was just electric _ players and the atmosphere was just electric h_ players and the atmosphere was 'ust electric. : :, :, , players and the atmosphere was 'ust electric. :, :, , electric. a lot of people say en . land electric. a lot of people say england have _ electric. a lot of people say england have got _ electric. a lot of people say england have got these - electric. a lot of people say i england have got these great players, people like phil foden, rice, bellingham, but somehow it does not click together. what do you think is maybe been a problem in games we have seen so far? especially in the group stages when england did look pretty flat? thihk england did look pretty flat? think we are way too _ england did look pretty flat? think we are way too negative. - england did look pretty flat? “t11a; we are way too negative. absolutely way to negative going forward to start. i think if we attack teams, it seems to be the way with all the teams now come all the big teams, but if we attack, think we can tear things apart. i really do. i'm not sure it will change tonight. i think it will probably be another defensive performance, but if we scrape through, it is enough, isn't it? �* :, , ,, it? and then it would be spain. elliott, it? and then it would be spain. elliott. are _ it? and then it would be spain. elliott, are you _ it? and then it would be spain. elliott, are you confident - it? and then it would be spain. i elliott, are you confident england could beat spain in the final? and could beat spain in the final? and not as confident as most people! as

we keep— not as confident as most people! as we keep on— not as confident as most people! as we keep on passing around the back are not— we keep on passing around the back are not driving at defenders, we're 'ust are not driving at defenders, we're just not— are not driving at defenders, we're just not going to really get anywhere. i just not going to really get anywhere-— just not going to really get an here. :, :, ., 1, anywhere. i love it. to make downbeat — anywhere. i love it. to make downbeat pessimistic - anywhere. i love it. to make. downbeat pessimistic england anywhere. i love it. to make - downbeat pessimistic england fans! hang on, we're quite confident, be honest. :, hang on, we're quite confident, be honest. , . :, hang on, we're quite confident, be honest— 0-0. i hang on, we're quite confident, be - honest._ 0-0, when honest. score predictions? 0-0, when i can honest. score predictions? 0-0, when i can penalties- _ honest. score predictions? 0-0, when i can penalties. can _ honest. score predictions? 0-0, when i can penalties. can we _ honest. score predictions? 0-0, when i can penalties. can we not— honest. score predictions? 0-0, when i can penalties. can we not have - i can penalties. can we not have enalties i can penalties. can we not have penalties for _ i can penalties. can we not have penalties for once? _ i can penalties. can we not have penalties for once? 5-0! - i can penalties. can we not have penalties for once? 5-0! rushi i penalties for once? 5-0! rushi patrick! good _ penalties for once? 5-0! rushi patrick! good to _ penalties for once? 5-0! rushi patrick! good to talk _ penalties for once? 5-0! rushi patrick! good to talk to - penalties for once? 5-0! rushi patrick! good to talk to you, i penalties for once? 5-0! rushi i patrick! good to talk to you, and aood luck patrick! good to talk to you, and good luck to _ patrick! good to talk to you, and good luck to england _ patrick! good to talk to you, and good luck to england --. - patrick! good to talk to you, and good luck to england --. we - patrick! good to talk to you, and - good luck to england --. we believe good luck to england ——. we believe the euros and ta ke take you to washington where the nato summit is under way. alongside the main events, sir keir starmer has taken the chance to meet with a group of us senators alongside nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg. both the republicans and the democrats were represented at a senior level.

live to washington and my colleague helena humphrey. this is a very important summit, not least for ukraine, of course, and we have already had this promise of new f-16 have already had this promise of new f—16 fighter have already had this promise of new f—16fighterjets have already had this promise of new f—16 fighter jets that will finally be delivered to ukraine courtesy and via denmark and the netherlands. it is a big breakthrough, something the ukrainians have been calling for and asking for 40 long time. absolutely. of course, asking for 40 long time. absolutely. of course. you _ asking for 40 long time. absolutely. of course, you will— asking for 40 long time. absolutely. of course, you will remember- of course, you will remember president zelensky has always said, let us fight this war, you just need to give us the weapons to do so, and we will fight this war. but we need to defend our skies. you will remember. and of course he came to washington with those horrific images of what happened with there was a wave of strikes, including at children's hospital in kyiv. last night, we heard from president biden saying patriot missiles and other tactical air defence systems would

be made available. it took a long time to rally enough components. they are expensive, these patriot missile systems, and the top of that, the announcement from the us secretary of state antony blinken about f—16s today. ukrainian pilots have been in the united states for about a year—and—a—half learning how to fly these f—16s, f—16s, which are complicated jets, and are reportedly training has been going well. now, at long last, they will finally have those planes as well. it remains to be seen how long it actually takes to get them there on the ground in terms of the weapons pipeline, but some other key sandat moment so far the outgoing secretary general, jens stoltenberg, he has called china the enabler of this war, talking about electric component parts that they supply to russia, allowing them to continue to make weapons and

continue to make weapons and continue its warmish gain. something to watch out for later today is president biden will speak to the new uk prime minister, sir keir starmer and we have heard from the uk defence secretary now, john healey, talking about not putting a date on when the uk will meet that commitment of 2.5% of defence spending out of gdp, echoing words from keir starmer. and the backdrop to all of this comedy split screen here is what is happening at the summit, what is happening on capitol hill as well as the us presidential race, and at the concerns are president biden staying in the race, including from congressional democrats this morning, we heard on msnbc comments from nancy pelosi, former speaker of the house of commons highly influential democrat saying it is time for president biden to decide whether he is going to stay in this race. interesting to interpret those words come of course, because president biden has said on numerous occasions,

including sending a letter to congressional democrats, "i'm staying in this race in court. she is not outright calling for him to 9°. is not outright calling for him to go, but that pressure on him continues to go —— i'm staying in this race". continues to go -- i'm staying in this race'-_ continues to go -- i'm staying in this race". : 1 :, ., this race". and they were do what the nato this race". and they were do what they nato leaders _ this race". and they were do what they nato leaders meeting - this race". and they were do what they nato leaders meeting therei they nato leaders meeting there might think, but not saying anything, but might think about the possibility of a donald trump presidency. obviously what that would mean for ukraine in particular, possibly the end of a us arms supplies to ukraine. 1 particular, possibly the end of a us arms supplies to ukraine.— arms supplies to ukraine. i have been speaking — arms supplies to ukraine. i have been speaking to _ arms supplies to ukraine. i have been speaking to the _ arms supplies to ukraine. i have been speaking to the estonian i been speaking to the estonian defence minister, for example, who had been very diplomatic about it. president zelensky as well has the kind of what this line between ingratitude, of course, for the weaponry, the support, and respect for democratic processes and how people alike, particularly when building democratic institutions are something important for ukraine with its bid for eu membership. at the

same time, he put it frankly last night that everyone is watching and waiting to see what happens here in november. donald trump has said sometimes that the us should leave nato altogether. i think what he really wants to see is larger defence commitments from the eu. i think they're being diplomatic about it, but certainly behind closed doors, it is fair to say this will be a hot topic of conversation. and be a hot topic of conversation. and of course there _ be a hot topic of conversation. and of course there is also the question for nato about whether to allow ukraine to become a member of nato. and all the implications that would bring and the possibility, of course, heightened angerfrom russia and president putin if that is announced in any form concrete way. i do not think it will be announcing any firmer concrete way. lhie i do not think it will be announcing any firmer concrete way.— i do not think it will be announcing any firmer concrete way. we did hear from the finnish _ any firmer concrete way. we did hear from the finnish president _ any firmer concrete way. we did hear from the finnish president today - any firmer concrete way. we did hear from the finnish president today who said that ukraine wasn't part nato

membership is now irreversible, so post—war, of course, not triggering article 5. what they have been doing is trying to set out a bridge to membership, including various things such as nato taking over command centre in these banned in germany, previously run by the americans, when it comes to coordination of aid, and then in kyiv establishing a nato office —— wieseban. and all of these measures being put in place so in the days post they were, this can be signed off fairly swiftly. £116 be signed off fairly swiftly. 0k. helena, thank— be signed off fairly swiftly. 0k. helena, thank you _ be signed off fairly swiftly. 0k. helena, thank you very much indeed. helena, thank you very much indeed. helena humphrey with the very latest on the nato summit in washington. opening statements have begun in the trial of the hollywood actor alec baldwin. he is accused of involuntary manslaughter. that is over the shooting

of halyna hutchins. just bang as up—to—date on what is happening now. this tragic accident unfolded on the movie set here in new mexico nearly three years ago now. it was during a rehearsal for scene for the western movie that alec baldwin during a pistol out, but it fired a live round which killed the cinematographer halyna hutchins. this is all about how much responsibility he should bear. there was also a conviction in this case several months ago, the armour on set, hannah gutierrez, she was found guilty of the same charge, and voluntary manslaughter, because she was in charge of weapons that day and had mixed up my rants that belong to her personally with the dummy bullets that were supposed to be used on sets. —— mixed up live rounds. prosecutors are arguing in court today that alec baldwin as the person handling the weapon in that

scene did also not follow safety protocols, and if he had, it could have prevented this tragedy. the golden rule, whether on movie sets or in life, whether handling a weapon in life are on movie sets, you should never pointed at someone. and he must have pulled the trigger for this weapon to be fired. he disputes that, saying it was the crew's responsibility to make sure it was safe, and he never pulled the trigger. that is what the jury will have to decide today over the next two weeks as to whether he should be found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. he found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.— found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. he has always protested _ manslaughter. he has always protested his _ manslaughter. he has always protested his innocence. - manslaughter. he has always protested his innocence. hei manslaughter. he has always . protested his innocence. he said manslaughter. he has always - protested his innocence. he said he did not know the gun was loaded. also his lawyer can i gather, is said tojurors, do not let anything you know about alec baldwin cloud yourjudgment, including his famous impersonations of donald trump on saturday night live. that

impersonations of donald trump on saturday night live.— saturday night live. that is right. of course. _ saturday night live. that is right. of course, like _ saturday night live. that is right. of course, like any _ saturday night live. that is right. of course, like any celebrity - saturday night live. that is right. of course, like any celebrity trial, it is very difficult to find a jury remembers on thejury it is very difficult to find a jury remembers on the jury have not heard of the person in question. and we watched as the potentialjury members in the jury selection being askedif members in the jury selection being asked if they had heard of the case i knew who alec baldwin was at all but two put their hands up. so everyone has some knowledge of this case, but they are being asked to be fair and case, but they are being asked to be fairand impartialand it will case, but they are being asked to be fair and impartial and it will be a difficult task when you have a very famous celebrity sitting there in court in front of you, but it is some serious matters they are being asked to consider and what is at the heart of this case is the death of halyna hutchins, a mother who left the sun behind, young son, and her family still grieving. they have always welcomed the charge against alec baldwin, saying they want to get you the truth of what happened. thank you very much, and of our day, live in santa fe. if you want to continue following the alec baldwin trial, we are streaming every day of the proceedings on bbc iplayer. just

navigate to the news channel page to see all of our available live streams and there are streams on the bushey manhunt and from downing street as well. you can watch from your tv, street as well. you can watch from yourtv, online street as well. you can watch from your tv, online or the iplayer app. ireland's prime minister, simon harris, says than an irish national who'd been detained in the united arab emirates on a charge of attempted suicide has been released and is flying home. tori towey was a resident of dubai, employed as a flight attendant had become a victim of gender—based violence. mr harris told parliament she'd woken up in a police station after an attack and been charged with attempted suicide. the uae is one of relatively few countries that still treat suicide as a crime. there had been intensive diplomatic moves to free her. earlier i spoke for more to our correspondent in dubai. this case

came to the _ correspondent in dubai. this case came to the limelight _ correspondent in dubai. this case came to the limelight when - correspondent in dubai. this case came to the limelight when it. correspondent in dubai. this case| came to the limelight when it was raised in the parliament by the sinn fein leader mary lou mcdonald, that is when the prime minister, the irish buy minister responded to that saying he would intervene in the case. tori towey was aided by base resident working as a cabin crew member in an earlier line over here. she was allegedly attacked by her husband, due to which she received a massive injuries, but she ended up in the police station. there are charges she consumed alcohol and tried to commit suicide. these charges were pressed by the by government. the funny bit is in 2020, the uae government had actually scrapped both these laws, both these allegations because there was a lot of ambiguity around these charges and in 2020, the government came out, introduced a slew of reforms when it decided that attempted suicide will no longer be

criminalised. but despite that, these charges were pressed against her and at this case actually happened in the end of it is only when edward casey groups based in the uk raised this issue with politicians in ireland that it was raised in the parliament and after which the irish government intervened through the irish embassy here and at the uae government has finally gone ahead and lifted a travel ban. and possibly scrapped as charges. we have not heard back from the uae government, we have chased them for reaction, but we have not heard anything on that. all the information has come from ireland and the advocacy group that had been helping tori towey. fishd and the advocacy group that had been helping tori towey.— helping tori towey. and it is pretty clear there have _ helping tori towey. and it is pretty clear there have been _ helping tori towey. and it is pretty clear there have been some - helping tori towey. and it is pretty i clear there have been some intensive diplomatic efforts behind the scenes from the irish government to get this release?— from the irish government to get this release? yes, they have been very swift- — this release? yes, they have been very swift- from — this release? yes, they have been very swift. from the _ this release? yes, they have been very swift. from the moment - this release? yes, they have been very swift. from the moment the | very swift. from the moment the prime minister made the statement in parliament, the irish embassy immediately reached out through the

ambassador to the uae foreign ministry, which we understand intervened in the matter, and immediately steps were taken to rectify the errors made now. as i said earlier, the uae government has not reacted, but i have spoke to a lot of legal experts here who say that since these two necklaces were scrapped and decriminalised, which is committing suicide, attempting suicide and concerning alcohol in 2020, there could be the case that these charges were wrongly brought up these charges were wrongly brought up against tori towey, which is one of the reasons why due to the diplomatic efforts made by the irish government that the uae government was able to act quickly. we have not heard officially from the uae government their position on the issue, but this is what a lot of legal experts have been raising and talking about. legal experts have been raising and talking about-— legal experts have been raising and talkin: about. ., , talking about. sameer hashimi there. here's the weather _ talking about. sameer hashimi there. here's the weather forecast _ talking about. sameer hashimi there. here's the weather forecast with - here's the weather forecast with matt taylor. hello. for some of you, it's been a day

to hide away from the weather. but for others across england you may be heading outside to watch a certain match on a big screen later. if you're in southern parts of england, the prospects are good as far as the weather is concerned. a bit breezy but dry with some late sunshine. but for the midlands northwards we'll see a lot more cloud and particularly northern england, there will be some outbreaks of rain around this evening. not as wet though, as has been experienced on the north coast of aberdeenshire today. just look at that. doesn't scream summer, does it? the rain continues to fall across the north—east of scotland right now and will do into the start of the night. cold breeze with it. elsewhere, outbreaks of rain, some thundery across northern england, will gradually fizzle out. the rain will push its way southwards just a touch into parts of north wales and the north midlands later. southern counties will stay clearer and not as humid as it was the last couple of nights. temperatures down into single figures for some. look at the chart for thursday. we've got high pressure trying to build in, but low pressure stilljust about dominant to the east of us. a weather front straddling northern england, north midlands, north wales brings outbreaks of rain or drizzle through the morning. lots of cloud here throughout the day. to the north of it, a chilly breeze but a brighter, drier day

across the north—east of scotland. best of the sunshine in the west and northern ireland, and reasonably sunny across southern counties of england and wales. there is just a small chance of one or two showers. the breeze here lighter than today. elsewhere, it's a north or north—westerly breeze, and if you're out of the sunshine, and certainly in those cloudier moments across the damper parts of central uk, it will feel distinctly chilly for this stage injuly. and we see cloud, patchy rain start to work its way southwards as we go through into thursday evening. clearer skies in scotland and northern ireland. this little ridge of high pressurejust about in. but as we go through into friday, we've got even that chilly air reaching southern areas. mightjust interact with some rain across the south for a time. this weather system, a bit of uncertainty attached to it, just how far north it gets. but greatest probability of some rain at times is towards the south and south—east. few showers dotted around elsewhere. chilly and brisk wind down those north sea coasts. lighter winds in the west, so we might get up to around 20 celsius in glasgow, but elsewhere we're looking at mid—teens generally for the vast majority.

temperatures will lift a little bit, though, this weekend. some rain around at times, particularly to eastern coasts and on sunday across scotland too. take care. live from london — this is bbc news. where three women were murdered in a house last night. a massive manhunt is under way. 26—year—old kyle clifford 's or to the british army for a few short time in 2022 and co—police are morning —— police are

warning you could carry a carol hunt, the whites ofjon hunt and two of their daughters, hannah and two of their daughters, hannah and louise. —— the wives. this is the scene live. we'll have the latest on that manhunt and the other stories is our. the us secretary of state says f-16 our. the us secretary of state says f—16 fighter our. the us secretary of state says f—16fighterjets are on the way to ukraine. a hollywood actor george clooney has become the latest high—profile democrat to call on presidentjoe biden to drop his bid for reelection to the white house. alec baldwin is in court charged with involuntary manslaughter after a fatal shooting on the film set of

rustin a fatal shooting on the film set of rust in 2021. an excitement is building among fans in dortmund as england prepared to take on the netherlands into night's second euros semifinal. hello, good afternoon. police investigating that triple murder in hertfordshire say they're searching for a suspect who may be carrying a crossbow. detectives want to question 26—year—old kyle clifford, from enfield, in north london — and they've issued a direct appeal to him to get in touch. the bbc has named one of the victims as carol hunt — the wife of the bbc racing radio commentatorjohn hunt. two of their daughters were also killed. the women, aged 61,28 and 25, were found injured at a property in bushey last night and died at the scene. police have described it

as a targeted attack, involving a crossbow — and possibly other weapons. armed police and specialist search teams are focussing on areas of hertfordshire and north london. they've urged members of the public to be alert, and say anyone who sees mr clifford should not approach him, but instead call 999. especially enfield. let's get the latest from the scene in bushey.

as you can see, there is still a lot of officers here. we have seen officers knocking on door asking people what they saw, and we know what the property where the three women were murdered, there are telltale signs of a murder investigation. there are the forensic teams, the tents up, and they are looking for clues to what happened. it is a residential area. one local counsellor told me that it was just a quiet area and not a lot happened. there is a search going on here, but we can also show you live pictures. the suspect, who is 26—year—old kyle clifford, came from enfield. there has been a big operation in bushey and enfield

today. we have seen in the last half hour a lot of activity. a lot of officers were seen there in the police helicopter up in the air. at the moment, we don't know if it is definitely connected to this incident. throughout the day, there has been a big police operation in enfield. armed officers... there is a heightened amount of police in the enfield area. as i said in the last few minutes, we have seen by a heightened activity around the park area that you can see from the helicopter. but also, there have been a large amount of extra officers put in here in

hertfordshire. the police said there are specialist teams. earlier during are specialist teams. earlier during a press conference, the police made a press conference, the police made a direct appeal to kyle clifford, saying please call us, basically saying please call us, basically saying give yourself up. the police believe that he may be armed with a crossbow because they believe that a crossbow because they believe that a crossbow was used in the incident last night. it all happened at around seven o'clock in the evening and this road in harvard sure, when locals report hearing screaming and shrill pitch screaming —— hertfordshire. they found three women inside the house and they were seriously injured. two air ambulances landed and paramedics tried their best to save the three women, but unfortunately weren't able to do that. we have learnt this

afternoon who those three people were. they were the wife of the bbc racing commentatorjon hunt, carol hunt. she is 61 years old, and two of their daughters, louise, who is 25, and hannah, who is 28 years old. in the last hour or so, the local mp here in watford, the newly elected labour mp matt tremaine, posted calling it a horrific and tragic crime. the locals here are trying to come to terms with what happened. the police made a direct appeal to the suspect to call them. that was made earlier on today at hertfordshire police headquarters. here is superintendentjohn simpson. people were called to a property in ashlyn close after 7pm and found

three women with serious injuries. sadly, the women, who are believed to be related, died a short time later at the scene. the victims are age 20 five, 28 and 61. our overall —— the overarching objective is to locate kyle clifford and protect public safety. he is wanted and what we believe is a targeted incident. we have extensive resources to flow to various locations —— deployed, and also the bushey area of hertfordshire. the manhunt also involves armed officers and specialist search teams involving what is believed to be a crossbow and also other weapons possibly. they are urged not to approach kyle clifford and to dial 999 immediately. kyle,

if you are seeing or hearing this, please make contact with the police via 999. beyond the immediate search operation, a major inquiry has been launched and we also appeal to the public for any information in relation to the incident. this incident will be of course of concern to local residents. local officers are in the area, so please do speak to them if you need. you can report information at heart via website. call101, quoting... you can stay 100% anonymous by contacting the independent charity crimestoppers on zero 800 trouble thank you. that his chief inspector

jon making that appeal. ——jon simpson. not to approach him, because they believe he has that crossbow. here in bushey, you may be able to see just below the street sign behind me, some flowers have been left a little earlier on. a couple of women came and laid those flowers. one of them i have to say was in tears when she laid those flowers. understandably didn't want to talk to the media. this is a very big story. there is a lot of media here, notjust from the uk, but around the world. the residents here getting used to seeing us, the media. we've also had lots of condolences sent to jon media. we've also had lots of condolences sent tojon hunt, whose wife and two daughters were murdered. amongst them came from the

five life controller heidi dawson. —— 5live. if you have listened to the grand national, it is his voice. this is 5live stuff. —— staff. that the e—mail that heidi dawson, the controller of five live sent this afternoon. police are saying

this afternoon. police are saying this is a targeted incident. as i said, the local community is in a lot of shock. a little earlier, i spoke to a local resident, adrian allen, who has a relation and lives on this street. i asked him for his reaction. profoundly profoundly shocked. everybody is talking about this, but it's very. _ everybody is talking about this, but it's very, very shocking. do everybody is talking about this, but it's very, very shocking.— it's very, very shocking. do you think this _ it's very, very shocking. do you think this will _ it's very, very shocking. do you think this will last _ it's very, very shocking. do you think this will last for _ it's very, very shocking. do you think this will last for more - think this will last for more than just now? is this going to have a lasting impact? the fact that it's someone who is well—known as well. yes, i think so. the bushey yes, ithink so. the bushey community pools together, so i'm sure that — community pools together, so i'm sure that this will have a lasting effect _ sure that this will have a lasting effect for— sure that this will have a lasting effect for notjust sure that this will have a lasting effect for not just days or weeks — months _ effect for not just days or weeks — months or— effect for not just days or weeks — months or years. the effect for notjust days or weeks - months or years.— effect for notjust days or weeks - months or years. the community are also worried — months or years. the community are also worried because _ months or years. the community are also worried because the _ months or years. the community are also worried because the system - months or years. the community are also worried because the system is i also worried because the system is

still around —— suspect is still on the run. still around -- suspect is still on the run. �* . . still around -- suspect is still on the run. �*, :, , , ., the run. there's a huge disused golf course that — the run. there's a huge disused golf course that at _ the run. there's a huge disused golf course that at one _ the run. there's a huge disused golf course that at one point _ the run. there's a huge disused golf course that at one point watford - course that at one point watford football — course that at one point watford football club are trying to build a new stadium on. it's a huge site. the m1. — new stadium on. it's a huge site. the m1. dm _ new stadium on. it's a huge site. the m1, dm 25, will literally within a minute _ the m1, dm 25, will literally within a minute of location. the train service. — a minute of location. the train service, you can get a train service into houston, 70 minutes away. he could _ into houston, 70 minutes away. he could be _ into houston, 70 minutes away. he could be anywhere. that is local resident adrian allen saying he could be anywhere. i want to show you those life pictures we are getting from the bbc helicopter. this is a cemetery in the enfield area. pictures on the ground that we have around the cemetery in enfield. the suspect came from the enfield area, 26—year—old kyle clifford, and there has been in operation going on in the enfield area throughout the day a little earlier on. armed

police were seen in the area at a property opening, approaching a property opening, approaching a property believed to belong to the family. this is the lavender hill cemetery, where there has been a lot of activity in the last half—hour. because this is an ongoing operation, the police aren't going to confirm to the media whether this is part of their operation. at the moment, we don't know if this operation that is going on around that lavender hill cemetery in enfield is connected to this manhunt. as we have said, we know that the suspect, 26—year—old kyle clifford, comes from the enfield area and the police did say officers from the met police were involved in the search operation and we have seen a lot of police activity in the

enfield area throughout the day so far. it could be that this is connected, but at the moment, we have not had any confirmation from the police that this is related to the police that this is related to the search. the police are of course asking for the public�*s help in tracking down the suspect, who they believe has a crossbow which was used in the incident last night. when it comes to crossbow 's, there is no requirement at the moment to have a licence for a crossbow, and the home secretary and the home office have been looking into that and have issued a statement this afternoon. i want to cross to westminster and our correspondent jenny hill, who has more. we know is being kept updated —— yvette cooper

is. being kept updated -- yvette cooper is. :, ,, . ., 1 , being kept updated -- yvette cooper is. the home secretary is urgency lookin: is. the home secretary is urgency looking into _ is. the home secretary is urgency looking into a _ is. the home secretary is urgency looking into a finding _ is. the home secretary is urgency looking into a finding into - is. the home secretary is urgency looking into a finding into the - looking into a finding into the review begun by the previous government. there are no laws for people who own crossbow as firearms. there are a few laws governing crossbow ownership. they can't be sold to or owned by children, they can't be used in hunting and people can't be used in hunting and people can't go out with a crossbow in public unless the law would deem them to have a good reason to do so. the last government, actually, as recently as february issued what it called a call for evidence, a consultation into whether or not laws governing crossbow ownership should be tightened. that call for

evidence closed at the end of april. it's not clear what the finding word or whether they were published. it's possible he got lost in the run—up the election. nevertheless, they are going to have a look as quickly as possible as to whatever comes up as a result. it has always been that killings using crossbows were very rare. there have been fewer than ten homicides involving crossbows between 2011—2021. that all seemed to change under priti patel after on christmas 2021, a man was arrested on the grounds of windsor castle carrying a crossbow. officers say that he told them that he was planning to kill the late queen.

then home secretary priti patel announced this review. it's possible she was also under pressure from some other corridors earlier the same year. a woman whose husband had been killed in a crossbow attack and she herself seriously injured had begun a petition. the corner in that case had also written to the government to demand that they review the situation regarding crossbow laws. yvette cooper is urgently reviewing this. the home office said in a statement that she views what's happen as appalling. she will swiftly consider the findings of that report, that review, rather, to see if laws need to be further tightened.— to be further tightened. jenny, thank you _ to be further tightened. jenny, thank you very _ to be further tightened. jenny, thank you very much. - to be further tightened. jenny, thank you very much. the - to be further tightened. jenny, i thank you very much. the home secretary being kept in contact with the police on this operation. we mentioned there is police activity around the cemetery. what can you

tell us about what the operation is going on at the moment? the tell us about what the operation is going on at the moment?- going on at the moment? the row behind me — going on at the moment? the row behind me leads _ going on at the moment? the row behind me leads up _ going on at the moment? the row behind me leads up through - going on at the moment? the row behind me leads up through pasti going on at the moment? the row i behind me leads up through past the cemetery and passed hilly fields park, and the air is thick with the sound of helicopters. there are quite a few around and there have been a large number of emergency vehicles going up and down the road to the right. we have been prevented from going any further down that road there. over by the side that's closer to the cemetery, there's been a lot of police activity there as well. this is in the north enfield area and i'vejust well. this is in the north enfield area and i've just spoken to many people who are residents who say this has been a really stressful time for them because they've just

been dealing with the uncertainty of not knowing, of knowing that the police have not been able to catch him yet. he was still on the loose and earlier, they talked about how some schools were in lockdown, as they called it, where children were kept indoors with the gates locked, and they weren't able to go outside until parents had come along and specific to staggered times to try and maintain a safe way of keeping the children indoors. some parents i spoke to said it was really worrying, but they felt the schools handle it quite well. where i am at the moment isjust handle it quite well. where i am at the moment is just on the edge of the moment is just on the edge of the hilly fields park area. a lot of the hilly fields park area. a lot of the residents have come out to see what the commotion is because of course, it is something where it's quite close—knit —— close knit and a little earlier, i was near the

property that was raided by armed police this morning, neighbours and saying that was the family home of kyle clifford. people here feeling a little bit on unsettled. this is the busiest part of north enfield at the moment with the police presence. that is because this is on the edge of where we understand the search is focusing. of where we understand the search is focusint. . .. of where we understand the search is focusint. :, 1, 1 :, 1 of where we understand the search is focusint. . ~' 1:, 1 : focusing. thank you very much indeed. focusing. thank you very much indeed- as _ focusing. thank you very much indeed. as you _ focusing. thank you very much indeed. as you said, _ focusing. thank you very much indeed. as you said, there - focusing. thank you very much indeed. as you said, there hasj focusing. thank you very much - indeed. as you said, there has been a big police operation. what is the atmosphere like there?— a big police operation. what is the atmosphere like there? there's an air of uncertainty. _ atmosphere like there? there's an air of uncertainty. i've _ atmosphere like there? there's an air of uncertainty. i've been - atmosphere like there? there's an air of uncertainty. i've been here i air of uncertainty. i've been here throughout the afternoon and a lot of people said they were aware of what was going on when they heard the police helicopters this morning. that gave them a sense of uncertainty. i spoke to a resident

who said they'll have a community group that they're all on and they've been informing each other and updating each other on what police have been telling them to do, to stay safe and stay indoors. it's on that chat where they've been speaking to each other. it was the uncertainty and the lack of information and the fear that he was still out there and police had not managed to catch him yet. when a message was circulated by a lot of the schools in the local area about children being kept in lockdown, while that was seen as a really sensible move by a lot of them, it will have made people feel a little bit anxious. people said it did make

them fearful, but were pleased that it was carried out. this was circulated to all but one of the schools and passed on to parents to make sure they were there to pick up their children the specified time and in a staggered way so that children weren't wandering around outside school. one parent told me that her child normally walks home because this is normally a very safe area and her daughter normally walks home, but she came specially to pick her daughter up notjust because it was a message that had been put out by the police and by the schools, but because she wanted to have the peace of mind. so, this is a very safe neighbourhood normally, that's what the residents here have told me. they say it's a very close knit community. i know it sounds like cliche, you often hear that mentioned. one resident said genuinely, they all communicate on this app. which is why it's

particularly shaken them up. you can get a sense of the flurry of activity. this is really unsettling people, what's happen here and the afternoon at —— —— after mass. the residents told me they have been kept fairly informed in terms of staying indoors when need be. it is a community that's been shaken by the horrific attack and also is still a bit uncertain and also is still a bit uncertain and unsettled until they know exactly what the police operations have managed to carry out. at the moment, that is still uncertain. we do know that police presence is concentrated here. at the moment,

it'sjust concentrated here. at the moment, it's just a question of what that police operation will have found. yes, luxumy, the police is not going to confirm that it is definitely linked to the triple murder yet. as you say, all the evidence we've had throughout the morning is that there has been that massive police operation in the enfield area. that's right. as i said, this morning, neighbours knew that there was a concentration of police activity at that house that was the family property, is believed to be the home of a family member of kyle clifford. even now, there's a police presence there, with an officer in position and police cars surrounding the area as well. and there have

been police around the area of north enfield. the edge of hilly fields park, which is further down that way, there were police there earlier as well. even before the surge had intensified there, i spoke to some officers who were positioned there who set of that stage, there had been a section of the area cordoned off or specifically focused on part off or specifically focused on part of the search. they were still there in position ready and waiting. there has been a police presence dotted around this area of north enfield throughout the day and the helicopters were here and the police were hearing them this morning. you can really hear the air is thick with the sound of police helicopters. there has been a very

extensive police presence in this area and it's here that it's been concentrated. as i said, there's a fire brigade presence as well. a couple of fire engines and fire crews as well. on the other side of this section, we're not allowed to go much further, but closer to where the cemetery is, there are officers stationed there as well. they are stopping the public but also being in public as part of this very extensive police of operation to try to find kyle clifford.— extensive police of operation to try to find kyle clifford. luxumy, thank ou ve to find kyle clifford. luxumy, thank you very much- _ to find kyle clifford. luxumy, thank you very much- i— to find kyle clifford. luxumy, thank you very much. i know _ to find kyle clifford. luxumy, thank you very much. i know you - to find kyle clifford. luxumy, thank you very much. i know you will- to find kyle clifford. luxumy, thank| you very much. i know you will keep us updated. while i was talking to you here in bushey, which is where the triple murder took place last

night, four young women have turned up night, four young women have turned up and laid more flowers to the entrance to this road. they were visibly upset, they were holding hands. that was replicated a little earlier on where a young lady came. one of the first to lay flowers here. tears were streaming down her face as she laid those flowers, because bushey is a tight—knit community. this doesn't happen. everyone i've spoken to says this sort of thing doesn't happen in bushey. particularly in this area. joining me is father david stevenson, who has the local parish here. father, thank you very much forjoining us. ijust wondered if i should get your initial reaction to what has happened last night. i what has happened last night. i think like everyone, it's one of shock. as you've said, this is

bushey. this is an leafy hertfordshire, things don't happen here, the last thing i thought when i woke up is that i talk to you today. but it's happened and i think it brings the reality of the world very close to us all when something like this does happen. fishd very close to us all when something like this does happen.— like this does happen. and we know that the family _ like this does happen. and we know that the family are _ like this does happen. and we know that the family are of— like this does happen. and we know that the family are of the _ like this does happen. and we know that the family are of the bbc- that the family are of the bbc racing commentator. they will be known here in this area. absolutely, i have parishioners _ known here in this area. absolutely, i have parishioners who _ known here in this area. absolutely, i have parishioners who live - known here in this area. absolutely, i have parishioners who live in - known here in this area. absolutely, i have parishioners who live in the i i have parishioners who live in the street and around and they are known. it's notjust sunday goers, but they are known to people in the community. this is what happens when an event like this happens. somebody will know somebody in this is why it spreads through and this is why the community is so affected. what can ou sa to community is so affected. what can you say to the _ community is so affected. what can you say to the community _ community is so affected. what can you say to the community when - you say to the community when something like that happens? tithe you say to the community when

something like that happens? one is flawed, something like that happens? one is flawed. really. _ something like that happens? one is flawed, really, because _ something like that happens? one is flawed, really, because the - flawed, really, because the community does expect answers and i'm so sorry that i'm not able to give that. the one thing i can say is that the church year is here to support the hunt family but also the community. i think it's really important that we don't go speculating or gossiping, that we actually turn our focus to what has happened. three innocent people lost their lives and there is a father and a husband who is grieving. we as and a husband who is grieving. we as a community, church, politicians — we are all gathered here to support the family and hope to get this young man, who is so sadly committed this crime. i was talking to a local councillor earlier who said this is not something that is just going to be three orfour days, something that is just going to be three or four days, perhaps the media focus on this, this is really going to affect the community long—term? going to affect the community long-term?—

going to affect the community long-term? going to affect the community lont-term? : ,,:, 1 ~' long-term? absolutely. i think it will. like long-term? absolutely. i think it will- like i _ long-term? absolutely. i think it will. like i say, _ long-term? absolutely. i think it will. like i say, this _ long-term? absolutely. i think it will. like i say, this is _ long-term? absolutely. i think it will. like i say, this isjust - long-term? absolutely. i think it will. like i say, this isjust a - will. like i say, this isjust a quiet, leafy community, as it were, and things like this just don't heal overnight, and it will take a long time for that to happen. and the church stands ready to support everybody in that healing process. father david, thank you very much forjoining us. as we have heard, the local community in a lot of shock, but i think everyone's thoughts this evening are withjohn hunt and his family, because of course he has lost his wife, carol, and his two daughters as police try and his two daughters as police try and find the suspect. back to you in the studio. studio: that is nicky schiller in bushey, on that manhunt. we'll bring any developments as they come into

us. to the nato summit in washington now. the family photograph is just about to happen, when we the nato leaders gathered together, and it's particularly important from the point of view of ukraine, and there has been an announcement already at that summit that f—16 fighter jets are being sent to ukraine to bolster its defences against russia. secretary of state antony blinken has announced that the he said, the transfer of f—16 jets is under way, coming from denmark and coming from the netherlands. so that is... it is the netherlands. so that is... it is the 75th anniversary summit of the nato alliance in washington. let's go to helena humphrey in washington. 75th anniversary, and it cannot be a more important summit because of the

threat from russia in the war in ukraine. : ,,:, 1 threat from russia in the war in ukraine. : , 1 ., ., , ukraine. absolutely, and that is certainly the — ukraine. absolutely, and that is certainly the case _ ukraine. absolutely, and that is certainly the case that - ukraine. absolutely, and that is certainly the case that us - ukraine. absolutely, and that is - certainly the case that us president joe biden made last night, he delivered that address at the melvin auditorium, where in 1949 the ashes of the second world war, the washington treaty was signed, and he said, now today, nato is stronger, it is larger of it is safer than it has ever been before, and indeed under his leadership we have seen the alliance expand, including now finland, including sweden as well, and we have seen an increase in defence spending as well, just going back to your point there with regards to f—16s, long—awaited, i think it's fair to say from the ukrainians, ukrainian pilots had beenin ukrainians, ukrainian pilots had been in the united states for a year and a half, training, learning how to use these fighter planes, and more weaponry also headed to ukraine now we know, patriot missiles,

tactical defence of air defence systems as well, on top of that. just some other comments to run you through. we have got high—level meetings with world leaders today, the family photo as well, and the secretary—generaljens stoltenberg has been speaking and he took direct aim at china. he called it china direct labour —— the direct enabler of russian aggression, using the component using weaponry, and you can see there the family photo, jens stoltenberg, he will be wrapping up his tenure as the secretary—general of nato, and mark rawdah, the former prime minister of the netherlands, will be taking over from the 1st of october. just run you through some other points that we have also heard today, you might see in that family photo, we have got the uk prime minister sir keir starmer, you will be meeting tonight with us president joe biden for a bilateral meeting,

and just some other comments of note, including from the president of finland, he has said ukrainian membership of nato is now your reversible — just some of the key points to bring you. i am nowjoined by the new foreign minister for the netherlands. it is good to have you with us here on bbc news. we were just talking about the fact that mark rutte, somebody who was the prime minister of the netherlands, now will be coming in as the secretary—general of nato. what do you think his leadership of the defensive alliance will look like? he is a bridge builder, he is someone _ he is a bridge builder, he is someone who is very much always reaching _ someone who is very much always reaching out to build bridges, to -et reaching out to build bridges, to get things done. that's also the practical— get things done. that's also the practical added to the netherlands has in _ practical added to the netherlands has in general. also in the current circumstances toward ukraine, which it needs _ circumstances toward ukraine, which it needs air— circumstances toward ukraine, which it needs air defence capabilities, we are _ it needs air defence capabilities, we are building bridges, we have built an — we are building bridges, we have built an international coalition of

with denmark, norway, belgium and others. _ with denmark, norway, belgium and others. to— with denmark, norway, belgium and others, to get at 60 fighterjets to ukraine. _ others, to get at 60 fighterjets to ukraine, building bridges to get patriots. — ukraine, building bridges to get patriots, surface—to—air missiles, batteries— patriots, surface—to—air missiles, batteries to — patriots, surface—to—air missiles, batteries to ukraine, and we continue _ batteries to ukraine, and we continue to build those kind of bridges — continue to build those kind of bridges -- _ continue to build those kind of bridges —— f—16 fighter continue to build those kind of bridges —— f—16fighterjets. mark rutte _ bridges —— f—16fighterjets. mark rutte is— bridges —— f—16fighterjets. mark rutte is certainly some who embodies that bridge _ rutte is certainly some who embodies that bridge building. let�*s rutte is certainly some who embodies that bridge building.— that bridge building. let's talk about the practical. _ that bridge building. let's talk about the practical. donald . that bridge building. let's talk - about the practical. donald trump has called mark rutte a friend. i wonder whether is any concern or talk or conversations about the possibility of a donald trump presidency when he has not always spoken positively about nato? how do you think someone like mark rutte would deal with those challenges, navigate them? i would deal with those challenges, navigate them?— would deal with those challenges, navigate them? i think someone like mark rutte will _ navigate them? i think someone like mark rutte will always _ navigate them? i think someone like mark rutte will always make - navigate them? i think someone like mark rutte will always make clear, i mark rutte will always make clear, what's _ mark rutte will always make clear, what's in _ mark rutte will always make clear, what's in it — mark rutte will always make clear, what's in it for the us or any us president — what's in it for the us or any us president who was there, because nato is _ president who was there, because nato is not — president who was there, because nato is not only beneficial for europe. — nato is not only beneficial for europe, yes, it is very important, it is the _ europe, yes, it is very important, it is the most— europe, yes, it is very important, it is the most important insurance

policy— it is the most important insurance policy that— it is the most important insurance policy that western citizens have together. — policy that western citizens have together, it is also very much anchored _ together, it is also very much anchored in american leadership in europe, _ anchored in american leadership in europe. and — anchored in american leadership in europe, and i think mark rutte can make _ europe, and i think mark rutte can make that — europe, and i think mark rutte can make that very clear to anyone who is us— make that very clear to anyone who is us president, from january 2025. one of— is us president, from january 2025. one of the — is us president, from january 2025. one of the concerns that has been expressed, including from former president donald trump but others as well, is about european allies raising their share of defence spending, when the us takes up a large part of that. is that something the netherlands will consider doing? it is something the netherlands will consider doing?— something the netherlands will consider doint? , 1 ., consider doing? it is very important euro ean consider doing? it is very important european countries _ consider doing? it is very important european countries are _ consider doing? it is very important european countries are really - european countries are really raising — european countries are really raising their defence spending. 23 of the _ raising their defence spending. 23 of the 32 — raising their defence spending. 23 of the 32 nato member states now reach _ of the 32 nato member states now reach the — of the 32 nato member states now reach the 2% defence spending target. — reach the 2% defence spending target, and also those who are not there _ target, and also those who are not there yet. — target, and also those who are not there yet, they are increasing their defence _ there yet, they are increasing their defence spending, sol there yet, they are increasing their defence spending, so i think that's really— defence spending, so i think that's really a _ defence spending, so i think that's really a positive development. and will be really a positive development. 9.1.9 will be netherlands potentially increase their defence spending was blue our defence spending will be increased, he is blue our defence spending will be increased, he— blue our defence spending will be increased, he ., 1 , ., increased, he is already beating the 2% tart et,

increased, he is already beating the 2% target. in _ increased, he is already beating the 2% target, in the _ increased, he is already beating the 2% target, in the new _ increased, he is already beating the 2% target, in the new headline - 2% target, in the new headline agreement of the new coalition, we also decided this will be enshrined into law— also decided this will be enshrined into law as— also decided this will be enshrined into law as a minimum. 1 also decided this will be enshrined into law as a minimum.— into law as a minimum. i want to touch on the _ into law as a minimum. i want to touch on the clinical _ into law as a minimum. i want to touch on the clinical climate - into law as a minimum. i want to touch on the clinical climate in i into law as a minimum. i want to. touch on the clinical climate in the netherlands. many european countries have started to see increases in support for the far right. geert wilders there in the netherlands has spoken out against further into ukraine. are you concerned about the little climate in the netherlands, potential fatigue in the little climate in the netherlands, potentialfatigue in the population for further support to potentialfatigue in the population forfurther support to ukraine? for further support to ukraine? support for forfurther support to ukraine? support for ukraine is very broadly established in dutch society, it is also very— established in dutch society, it is also very brought in the new parliament. last december i introduced a motion part of it which was supported by about two thirds of parliament _ was supported by about two thirds of parliament to continue with the proactive — parliament to continue with the proactive stance of the netherlands towards _ proactive stance of the netherlands towards ukraine, and we do so. my first foreign — towards ukraine, and we do so. my first foreign visit as a new foreign minister. — first foreign visit as a new foreign minister, together with the new defence — minister, together with the new defence minister from last weekend was to— defence minister from last weekend was to ukraine. we went to kyiv, had

our meetings, drove down to odesa, had a _ our meetings, drove down to odesa, had a long _ our meetings, drove down to odesa, had a long been with president zelensky. a very practical operational beating, to get the f-lbs_ operational beating, to get the f—16s there, to get the patriot air defence _ f—16s there, to get the patriot air defence batteries there, to get things— defence batteries there, to get things done, practically until international coalitions. and we will continue to do that. you know there has been _ will continue to do that. you know there has been recent _ will continue to do that. you know there has been recent disease - will continue to do that. you knowj there has been recent disease and of a slow drip of weaponry to ukraine and ukraine has that if they had had some of his weaponryjust from the outset, they believe perhaps they could have made quicker progress against russia. do you think there is something nato allies could do that they have not done yet that could help ukraine turn the tide on russia? :, , , :, russia? one of the things is to organise--- _ russia? one of the things is to organise... we _ russia? one of the things is to organise... we don't _ russia? one of the things is to organise... we don't have - russia? one of the things is to i organise... we don't have limits russia? one of the things is to - organise... we don't have limits on the use _ organise... we don't have limits on the use of. — organise... we don't have limits on the use of, for example, the f—16 fighter— the use of, for example, the f—16 fighterjets — the use of, for example, the f—16 fighterjets flying into russian territory, airspace, to get, to target. — territory, airspace, to get, to target. to— territory, airspace, to get, to target, to act over there. this is important — target, to act over there. this is important. some are saying you'd have _

important. some are saying you'd have a _ important. some are saying you'd have a 100 — important. some are saying you'd have a 100 km limit, etc. we are saying _ have a 100 km limit, etc. we are saying some of the airbases from which _ saying some of the airbases from which russian bombers take off to target _ which russian bombers take off to target ukraine are just beyond 100 km limit~ _ target ukraine are just beyond 100 km limit. let's look at what these airbases— km limit. let's look at what these airbases are, ukraine has all the right— airbases are, ukraine has all the right to — airbases are, ukraine has all the right to defend itself according to article _ right to defend itself according to article 51— right to defend itself according to article 51 of the un chapter, and for the _ article 51 of the un chapter, and for the netherlands, there is no limits. — for the netherlands, there is no limits, there is no specific limit, geographical limit, on the 60s we will deliver. geographical limit, on the 60s we will deliver-— geographical limit, on the 60s we will deliver. :, ,, ., ., , will deliver. into russian airspace? into will deliver. into russian airspace? into russian _ will deliver. into russian airspace? into russian air— will deliver. into russian airspace? into russian air definitely - into russian air definitely possible. into russian air definitely possible-— into russian air definitely ossible. : ., , , possible. alt-right, casper veldkamp. _ possible. alt-right, casper veldkamp, the _ possible. alt-right, casper veldkamp, the new - possible. alt-right, casper| veldkamp, the new foreign possible. alt-right, casper- veldkamp, the new foreign minister for the netherlands, -- 0k, —— ok, casper veldkamp. -- ok, casper veldkamp. and with that, i will— -- ok, casper veldkamp. and with that, i will back _ -- ok, casper veldkamp. and with that, i will back to _ -- ok, casper veldkamp. and with that, i will back to you. _ -- ok, casper veldkamp. and with that, i will back to you. thank - -- ok, casper veldkamp. and with that, i will back to you. thank you. j that, i will back to you. thank you. just a couple of hours until the netherlands take on england in the semifinal the euros. excitement is building and without further ado we can go live.

to ome fanzones in brixton and in sheffield with joe inwood. what are the fans thinking? are they confident quietly? bhd what are the fans thinking? are they confident quietly?— confident quietly? and that comes from the performance _ confident quietly? and that comes from the performance of - confident quietly? and that comes from the performance of the - confident quietly? and that comes - from the performance of the weekend. i have been here at brixton at the last five games, this is my sixth one here, and the mood gradually built. there was despondency at those, frankly, lackluster early england performances, but as england have progressed through and have had these almost miraculous last—minute winners, you will remember the one jude bellingham scored the bicycle ticket, and then bukayo saka plus mikkel against the swiss, the feeling has been building that this really could be england's here. it could also not be england's said, because netherlands have been

building their performances throughout. here, you have optimism, but let's be honest, you always have that with england fans until they decide england will not win. indeed. as ou decide england will not win. indeed. as you say. — decide england will not win. indeed. as you say. you _ decide england will not win. indeed. as you say. you are _ decide england will not win. indeed. as you say, you are a _ decide england will not win. indeed. as you say, you are a bit _ decide england will not win. indeed. as you say, you are a bit of- decide england will not win. indeed. as you say, you are a bit of a - as you say, you are a bit of a veteran of that particular fanzone. i guess the fans they are used to do highs and lows of following england? they certainly are. not a veteran of this fanzone, but on two separate occasions, i have been filming, interviewing fans in an incredible he despondent mood that gareth southgate should be sacked immediately, as the goal went in, and those moments have gone viral somewhat of a slain being told that i need to start any viewing depressed england fans from the fifth minute of the game! because apparently that's the way to guarantee they score a goal! we will see how they get on and a couple hours' time. ltaste see how they get on and a couple hours" time-— see how they get on and a couple hours' time. we are relying on you to do exactly _ hours' time. we are relying on you to do exactly that _ hours' time. we are relying on you to do exactly that tonight, - hours' time. we are relying on you to do exactly that tonight, joe! . hours' time. we are relying on you to do exactly that tonight, joe! in | to do exactly that tonight, joe! in the meantime, let's go tojim connko the meantime, let's go tojim connolly at another fanzone, in sheffield, anyway! tell us exactly where you are. ltaste

sheffield, anyway! tell us exactly where you are-— sheffield, anyway! tell us exactly where ou are. :, :, where you are. we are in the common room bar in — where you are. we are in the common room bar in sheffield _ where you are. we are in the common room bar in sheffield city _ where you are. we are in the common room bar in sheffield city centre. - room bar in sheffield city centre. the atmosphere is slowly starting to build as— the atmosphere is slowly starting to build as people start to filter in afterward. you can see we have got the flags. _ afterward. you can see we have got the flags, we have got the football, and down _ the flags, we have got the football, and down here, we've also got a few fans and _ and down here, we've also got a few fans and one — and down here, we've also got a few fans and one of the staff working. eliot. _ fans and one of the staff working. eliot. you — fans and one of the staff working. eliot, you have drawn the short straw — eliot, you have drawn the short straw will— eliot, you have drawn the short straw. will you still be up to watch the game? — straw. will you still be up to watch the tame? . straw. will you still be up to watch the tame? :, , straw. will you still be up to watch the game? straw. will you still be up to watch the tame? . . 1 are the game? yeah, tvs everywhere. are ou the game? yeah, tvs everywhere. are you nervous? — the game? yeah, tvs everywhere. are you nervous? very _ the game? yeah, tvs everywhere. are you nervous? very much _ the game? yeah, tvs everywhere. are you nervous? very much so, _ you nervous? very much so, southgate. .. _ you nervous? very much so, southgate. .. a _ you nervous? very much so, southgate. .. a very - you nervous? very much so, - southgate. .. a very enthusiastic character here. _ southgate. .. a very enthusiastic character here. tell _ southgate. .. a very enthusiastic character here. tell us - southgate. .. a very enthusiastic character here. tell us about. southgate. .. a very enthusiastic| character here. tell us about the fla- character here. tell us about the flag on _ character here. tell us about the flag on your head. got character here. tell us about the flag on your head.— flag on your head. got to keep it ttoin , flag on your head. got to keep it going. had _ flag on your head. got to keep it going. had it _ flag on your head. got to keep it going, had it every _ flag on your head. got to keep it going, had it every game, - flag on your head. got to keep it going, had it every game, keepl flag on your head. got to keep it| going, had it every game, keep it going _ going, had it every game, keep it going do — going, had it every game, keep it ttoin. ~' going, had it every game, keep it ttoin. 1, ., ., going. do you think england can do it tonitht? going. do you think england can do it tonight? yes _ going. do you think england can do it tonight? yes the _ going. do you think england can do it tonight? yes the stub _ going. do you think england can do it tonight? yes the stub production j it tonight? yes the stub production is 2-1, 80 eighth — it tonight? yes the stub production is 2-1, 80 eighth minute, - it tonight? yes the stub production is 2-1, 80 eighth minute, john - is 2—1, 80 eighth minute, john stones.. — is 2—1, 80 eighth minute, john stones.. on! _ is 2-1, 80 eighth minute, john stones.. on!— is 2-1, 80 eighth minute, john stones,, on! . :, ., 1, stones,, on! what about you guys down at the _ stones,, on! what about you guys down at the end, _ stones,, on! what about you guys down at the end, are _ stones,, on! what about you guys down at the end, are you - stones,, on! what about you guys| down at the end, are you nervous, excited? _ down at the end, are you nervous, excited? : ., :, excited? excited! i am done with

nerves. excited? excited! i am done with nerves- after— excited? excited! i am done with nerves. after the _ excited? excited! i am done with nerves. after the last _ excited? excited! i am done with nerves. after the last five - excited? excited! i am done with i nerves. after the last five matches, four matches. — nerves. after the last five matches, four matches, pretty— nerves. after the last five matches, four matches, pretty nervous, - nerves. after the last five matches, four matches, pretty nervous, so ii four matches, pretty nervous, so i am excited — four matches, pretty nervous, so i am excited to _ four matches, pretty nervous, so i am excited to hopefully _ four matches, pretty nervous, so i am excited to hopefully enjoy- four matches, pretty nervous, so i am excited to hopefully enjoy it i four matches, pretty nervous, so ii am excited to hopefully enjoy it and see us— am excited to hopefully enjoy it and see us get— am excited to hopefully enjoy it and see us get through _ am excited to hopefully enjoy it and see us get through to _ am excited to hopefully enjoy it and see us get through to the _ am excited to hopefully enjoy it and see us get through to the final! - am excited to hopefully enjoy it and see us get through to the final! fingj see us get through to the final! any predictions? _ see us get through to the final! any predictions? l _ see us get through to the final! any predictions? i think— see us get through to the final! any predictions? i think we _ see us get through to the final! any predictions? i think we will- see us get through to the final! any predictions? i think we will be - predictions? i think we will be done. predictions? i think we will be done- l'm _ predictions? i think we will be done. i'm going _ predictions? i think we will be done. i'm going 2-0. - predictions? i think we will be done. i'm going 2-0. what i predictions? i think we will be . done. i'm going 2-0. what about ourself? done. i'm going 2-0. what about yourself? l _ done. i'm going 2-0. what about yourself? iwill— done. i'm going 2-0. what about yourself? i will say _ done. i'm going 2-0. what about yourself? i will say 2-1. - done. i'm going 2-0. what about yourself? i will say 2-1. we - done. i'm going 2-0. what about yourself? i will say 2-1. we will. done. i'm going 2-0. what aboutl yourself? i will say 2-1. we will be yourself? i will say 2—1. we will be in the drawer until the 88th minute i think as well! is in the drawer until the 88th minute i think as well!— i think as well! is the point to settle a few _ i think as well! is the point to settle a few nerves? - i think as well! is the point to i settle a few nerves? definitely, i think as well! is the point to - settle a few nerves? definitely, and we need them- _ settle a few nerves? definitely, and we need them. over _ settle a few nerves? definitely, and we need them. over at _ settle a few nerves? definitely, and we need them. over at the - settle a few nerves? definitely, and we need them. over at the bar, - settle a few nerves? definitely, and we need them. over at the bar, it i we need them. over at the bar, it mitht be we need them. over at the bar, it might be the _ we need them. over at the bar, it might be the man _ we need them. over at the bar, it might be the man himself- we need them. over at the bar, it might be the man himself or - we need them. over at the bar, it| might be the man himself or might not be. _ might be the man himself or might not be, gareth southgate! let�*s might be the man himself or might not be, gareth southgate! let's see if gareth southgate _ not be, gareth southgate! let's see if gareth southgate and _ not be, gareth southgate! let's see if gareth southgate and the - not be, gareth southgate! let's see if gareth southgate and the boys i not be, gareth southgate! let's see| if gareth southgate and the boys can do it! thank you very much indeed for being with us. of course, there's a lot of natural talent that got the lions to where they are today. but what about the teachers and coaches who've guided the individual players to greatness? well i am joined now by graeme fowler, football coach

for england's cole palmer's youth team in wythenshawe. thank you very much indeed for being with us. tell us a little bit about cole palmer's back to superstardom. he has been doing so well in this tournament?— he has been doing so well in this tournament? :, ., 1, , :, ., tournament? yeah, takes for having me. he tournament? yeah, takes for having me- he has — tournament? yeah, takes for having me. he has been _ tournament? yeah, takes for having me. he has been doing _ tournament? yeah, takes for having me. he has been doing really - tournament? yeah, takes for having me. he has been doing really well. me. he has been doing really well when he has come on. i think he is really influence the games when he has come on and changed it. yeah, so whole really started out as a five—year—old with me, and straight away, you could tell he was a naturally gifted player, lots of talent and was going to go far —— cole really started out. i talent and was going to go far -- cole really started out.— talent and was going to go far -- cole really started out. i am really fascinated when _ cole really started out. i am really fascinated when people _ cole really started out. i am really fascinated when people talk - cole really started out. i am really fascinated when people talk about j fascinated when people talk about sports men and women as a young age. can you really tell us from the age of five, for example, that someone is different, on another plane? yeah. with football, there's a lot of factors that go into making it as a footballer, but you've got to work hard, you've got to be determined,

and cole is that, but you've got to have some natural ability. to play at the level he is playing at, and at the level he is playing at, and at five years of age, the way he moved with the ball, his timing, his reading of the game, his football iq. reading of the game, his football iq, it was there at five, six, when he played in games, and so from an early age he was someone so talented, you can see that, but there's a lot of factors into making it, there's a lot of talented players, but you need that after something and cole has definitely got that. —— that extra something. making a difference when he comes on and plays? iflah making a difference when he comes on and tla s? :, 1:, making a difference when he comes on and tla s? . , ., making a difference when he comes on and tla s? :, , ., ., making a difference when he comes on and plays?_ l- and plays? can you repeat that? i was 'ust and plays? can you repeat that? i wasjust saying. _ and plays? can you repeat that? i wasjust saying, you _ and plays? can you repeat that? i wasjust saying, you must - and plays? can you repeat that? i wasjust saying, you must feel. and plays? can you repeat that? i wasjust saying, you must feel so | was just saying, you must feel so much pride when you see him taking to the pitch and an england shirt, because he really makes a difference?— because he really makes a difference? :, , , :, , difference? from his debut, he does, he fills me with _ difference? from his debut, he does, he fills me with a _ difference? from his debut, he does, he fills me with a lot _ difference? from his debut, he does, he fills me with a lot of _ difference? from his debut, he does, he fills me with a lot of pride, lot - he fills me with a lot of pride, lot ofjoy, and a lot of people in the area know him well, he fills us all

with pride. and not only that, when he comes on, he performs, and now he is showing everyone what he can do him hejust makes it even better, standing up to take the first penalty, so brave, but he is so confident to do that, and that sums cole of relief. bhd confident to do that, and that sums cole of relief.— cole of relief. and he is part of a talented generation, _ cole of relief. and he is part of a talented generation, there - cole of relief. and he is part of a talented generation, there is . cole of relief. and he is part of al talented generation, there is phil foden, declan rice, bellingham, harry kane, but some people are confused why we have all these amazing players and we don't play more free—flowing bulk —— that sums cole up, relief. may be we will tonight, maybe england will tonight. it is football, a lot of factors... it is football, a lot of factors... it could be tactics, it could be players nerves. there's a lot of things. and at the end of the day these players are talented, they know what they're doing on the pitch. southgate has been a player

himself, he's got enough semifinals and finals. we've just got to trust him, and hopefully come after the last game, i think we might be a bit more open and free—flowing tonight. and his corporate action you could give us? —— any score prediction? i give us? —— any score prediction? i am hoping not penalties, but i've a feeling it will go to penalties. a lot of the games and the zeros have gone the full way to penalties, but i can see it's 2—1. i think cole can change the game, i've got money on him score the winner! let’s change the game, i've got money on him score the winner!— him score the winner! let's see your bo cole him score the winner! let's see your boy cole palmer _ him score the winner! let's see your boy cole palmer score _ him score the winner! let's see your boy cole palmer score the _ him score the winner! let's see your boy cole palmer score the winter, i him score the winner! let's see your| boy cole palmer score the winter, or a hat—trick. many thanks indeed for being with us, graeme fowler. let's take you back to that nato summit in washington. the new prime minister of the uk, sir keir starmer, has been talking to reporters there in washington.

is president zelensky reassured that he is getting the help that he needs? 1 he is getting the help that he needs? . he is getting the help that he needs? :, , ., ., needs? i have 'ust had a good meetint needs? i have 'ust had a good meeting with i needs? i have just had a good meeting with president i needs? i have just had a good i meeting with president zelensky where i made it absolutely clear that as far as the uk is concerned, the change of government makes no difference to the support we have all provided, we have been united on this, when we are in opposition, and it was really important to me to be able to affirm that face—to—face in the meeting. i did not speak to them immediately after i was sworn in as prime minister last week. and so we go on that here at nato can add this in porton summit, because it is an opportunity for our labour government to reaffirm our commitment to nato —— we build on that here at nato, at this summit. we have reaffirmed today but also discuss with president zelensky would further support he needs and to use our opportunity here with our allies to make sure that that support is agreed and to reinforce,

in a sense, as a message to putin, the resolve of nato, bigger now than it has ever been, more united than it has ever been, more united than it has ever been, more united than it has ever been, and absolutely right about the threat of russian aggression. right about the threat of russian aggression-— right about the threat of russian at tression. :, :, 1:, , aggression. how have your meetings with world leaders _ aggression. how have your meetings with world leaders gone _ aggression. how have your meetings with world leaders gone today? i aggression. how have your meetings with world leaders gone today? very i with world leaders gone today? very tood. with world leaders gone today? very good- bilateral _ with world leaders gone today? 9 good. bilateral meetings that we have had an opportunity to make sure that those relationships are reset, for me to be able to say that our position on the world stage, leading on issues like defence and security, on issues like defence and security, on climate change and on energy are so important, so really good opportunity, but now we go on and the work. . 1 opportunity, but now we go on and the work. :, 1 ., opportunity, but now we go on and the work. . 1 :, 1 :, opportunity, but now we go on and the work. :, 1 ., 1:, the work. finally, are you looking forward to — the work. finally, are you looking forward to your _ the work. finally, are you looking forward to your trip _ the work. finally, are you looking forward to your trip to _ the work. finally, are you looking forward to your trip to the i the work. finally, are you looking forward to your trip to the white i forward to your trip to the white house later? i forward to your trip to the white house later?— forward to your trip to the white house later? :, 1 . :, :, ~' house later? i am very much looking forward to it. — house later? i am very much looking forward to it, thank _ house later? i am very much looking forward to it, thank you. _ there we are, that is the new prime minister, sir keir starmer. live pictures coming in from washington as those nato leaders gather, have chats, informal chats, and it is

already been, there is president macron, with some nato political problems —— political krummins back home in france. but in washington for this crucial 75th anniversary nato summit. very, very important issues, such as the middle east, the war in gaza of what is going on in terms of deepening bonds between russia, iran, china and north korea, but i'm ending it all is definitely ukraine. what nato can do —— dominating it all. we have had an announcement from tector a blinken that nato allies have started, belatedly, you might think, the transfer of f—16 fighter belatedly, you might think, the transfer of f—16fighterjust transfer of f—16 fighter just ukraine. transfer of f—16fighterjust ukraine. bolstering the defence, they are coming initially from denmark and from the netherlands. but of course, the elephant in the room, if you like, is that this time

next year but we might be seeing donald trump at a summit like this, because if he wins the presidency of the united states, he will be there, and there are a lot of questions about his commitments to nato and his commitment to ukraine, in particular whether he would continue sending us weapons to ukraine or not, quite a lot of doubt about that, so there is some nervousness amongst nato allies about what might happen if donald trump returns to the white house. speaking of the race for the white house, there's more bad news forjoe biden, because the hollywood superstar actor and producer and director george clooney has added his voice to those who are calling forjoe biden to end his campaign for calling forjoe biden to end his campaignfora calling forjoe biden to end his campaign for a second term in office. he wrote in the new york times that he is a lifelong democrat

supporters, lovesjoe biden, supporters, loves joe biden, considers supporters, lovesjoe biden, considers and a friend but has decided he simply too old to seek reelection george clooney said he had spent time withjoe biden recently, a few weeks ago, at a party fundraiser, and described him as the same and we all witnessed in the debate, the debate televised with donald trump where the president was widely criticised for a stumbling, full soaring performance, some even said it was disastrous —— faltering performance. so george clooney is among those democrats now calling onjoe biden to step aside. that role: democrats keeps growing. the first senator added to that list, now george clooney, as we have mentioned, he has raised millions of dollars for mr biden's campaign, and in a tv interview, nancy pelosi, the former democrat exterior of the house, seems to be hinting as well that she too thinks the president should change his mind —— the aquatic

speaker of the house. she was big into msnbc. it is speaker of the house. she was big into msnbc-— into msnbc. it is up to the president _ into msnbc. it is up to the president to _ into msnbc. it is up to the president to decide i into msnbc. it is up to the president to decide if i into msnbc. it is up to the president to decide if he i into msnbc. it is up to the president to decide if he isi into msnbc. it is up to the - president to decide if he is going to run. we are all encouraging him to run. we are all encouraging him to make that decision, because time is running short. i want him to decide whatever he decides to do. whatever he decides, we go with. i think it's really important and i would hope everone would join in, let him deal with this nato conference. this is a very big deal. over 30 heads of state are here. he is the host of it, and that means notjust hosting, it means orchestrating the discussion and setting the agenda, and he is doing so magnificently, and i have said everyone, let'sjust so magnificently, and i have said everyone, let's just hold off. whatever you're either tell somebody privately, but you don't have to put that out on the table until we see how we go this week. nancy pelosi s-eakint how we go this week. nancy pelosi speaking to — how we go this week. nancy pelosi

speaking to msnbc. _ how we go this week. nancy pelosi speaking to msnbc. still _ how we go this week. nancy pelosi speaking to msnbc. still in i how we go this week. nancy pelosi speaking to msnbc. still in the i speaking to msnbc. still in the united states opening statements have begun in the trial of the hollywood actor alec baldwin. he's accused of involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the set of the film rust in 2021. let's go to santa fe in new mexico and join our correspondent emma va rdy. she gave me this update and back onto the trial. this she gave me this update and back onto the trial.— onto the trial. this tragic accident unfolded on _ onto the trial. this tragic accident unfolded on the _ onto the trial. this tragic accident unfolded on the movie _ onto the trial. this tragic accident unfolded on the movie set i onto the trial. this tragic accident unfolded on the movie set in i onto the trial. this tragic accident unfolded on the movie set in new mexico nearly three years ago now. it was during a rehearsal for the western movie that alec baldwin dreyfus out and it fired a live round and killed the cinematographer helena hutchins. this trial is about how much response to that he should bear. there was also a conviction in this case once ago, the armour onset and a she was found guilty of the same charge, involuntary manslaughter, because she was in charge of weapons that day and it

mixed up live rounds belonging to her personally, and so that is how this tragedy came to happen, but what prospectors are arguing is that alec baldwin is the person handling the weapon in that scene, that he did not also follow safety protocols and if he had, it could have prevented this tragedy. the golden rule, even if you believe it is safe but you should never point a weapon at someone. also, alec baldwin must have pulled the trigger for this weapon to be fired. he disputes that, saying it was the crew's response bilic to make sure it was safe and that he never pulled the trigger. that is what the jury are going to have to decide today, or over the next of the course of the next two weeks, as to whether he should be found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. th involuntary manslaughter. in averting reporting from new mexico. —— emma vardy. want to bring the latest on the manhunt for kyle clifford, 26—year—old man, wanted in

connection with a triple murder in bushey in hertfordshire, in which it is believed a crossbow was used, and three people have died. it has been confirmed they were 61—year—old carol hunt and two of their daughters, louise hunt, who was 25, and hannah, who was 28, and there is now a huge police operation at a cemetery. this is lavender hill in enfield and you can see there a little bit of the scene at that cemetery, close to a house that was searched in enfield, and we know enfield was where the suspect, kyle clifford, lived. this is quite close to where it's believed that he lived. the cemetery has been closed off and an air implants, we gather, has been seen nearby —— air ambulance. that is what is going on at the moment in and filled. there's

been a manhunt, as i say, for the last few hours —— in enfield. the police gave a news conference at around lunchtime, about 12:30pm, saying that they were looking for 26—year—old kyle clifford from enfield in north london. they should direct appeal to him to get in touch, they sent to members of the public, don't approach him, do not approach him. but they appealed also for kyle clifford to give himself up. you can see i think forensic officers there in that cemetery, forensic outfits, so quite what has transpired there, we are not yet sure, but they have said i , the police, this was a targeted attack in which three people were killed, the wife of racing commentatorsjohn hunt, carol hunt,

and two of their daughters, louise and two of their daughters, louise and hannah, and kyle clifford has been hunted in relation to those deaths and those murders. police have urged kyle clifford to get in touch with them, but they are now focusing their inquiries on this cemetery, close to where kyle clifford lives, and we will bring you more on that as it comes into us. the police have said that the suspect may be carrying a crossbow stuck six o'clock —— the six o'clock news is coming up with sophie raworth, the situation in hertfordshire, and also that unfolding investigation in enfield, nearby in north london. you are watching bbc news.

at six — a huge manhunt is underway after the wife and daughters of a bbc sports commentator are killed in a brutal attack at their home. john hunt's wife carol and his daughters hannah and louise, were killed in a cross bow attack and died at the scene.

officiers are currently scouring an area in enfield, scouring an area in enfield, north london. police are urgently searching for the suspect — 26—year—old kyle clifford — after what they're calling a targeted attack. a community in this leafy town are in deep shock and total disbelief tonight. also tonight sir keir starmer arrives in washington at the start of a nato summit — later he will have his first face to face talks with president biden. the hollywood star george clooney calls on president biden to stand aside at the us elections — the actor has helped raise millions for the democrats. england prepare for kick off in their crucial euros semi final against the netherlands tonight — your chance to make history says the team's manager gareth southgate. coming up on bbc news — never mind jimmy, it's all about gust act in sin, taking seven wickets of gets the west indies —— gus atkins.