hello. welcome to the programme. in the uk, police say they have arrested a man in connection with human remains that were found in two suitcases on the clifton suspension bridge in bristol. let's speak to our reporter simonjones. just bring us up to date with what just bring us up to date with what we know about this arrest. fiser just bring us up to date with what we know about this arrest. flarer the we know about this arrest. over the ast we know about this arrest. over the past coume — we know about this arrest. over the past coume of _ we know about this arrest. over the past couple of days _ we know about this arrest. over the past couple of days police _ we know about this arrest. over the past couple of days police here - we know about this arrest. over the past couple of days police here in i past couple of days police here in london and also in bristol have been carrying out major manhunt, after late wednesday and early thursday morning, the remains of two men were found in suitcases that had been

dumped at clifton suspension bridge. human remains are also discovered that a property in shepherd's bush in london yesterday, widening the manhunt this morning, the metropolitan police say there has been a major development in this case. in the early hours of this morning they arrested a 24—year—old man at bristol temple meads station. he was arrested by armed officers from avon and somerset police. late last night police have issued an appeal and issued a photo of a man they said they wanted to trace in connection with the discovery of the human remains were both in london and also in bristol. he was a 24—year—old colombian national. police say the man arrested is 2a years old and they said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with what happened. for the community here, this has been a very shocking development, knowing that human remains were found here over the past couple of days. the police manhunt has brought them here

and also to areas around bristol. police said they recognise this will be worrying for local communities and say extra officers will be in the areas to try to reassure people just to take you through exactly what happened. it was late on wednesday when members of the public saw a man they said was behaving suspiciously at clifton suspension bridge. later, two suitcases were found. the grim discovery made of human remains. police believe there is human remains are linked to the human remains discovered also here yesterday. forthese human remains discovered also here yesterday. for these two communities, a sense of shock and also development this morning of the us that has been made.— ajudge in the us has dismissed the manslaughter case against hollywood actor, alec baldwin involving a fatal shooting on a film set in 2021. the judge ruled that the state witheld a key piece of evidence related to the ammunition that

killed the cinematographer, haleena hutchins. the actor wept when the case was thrown out — meaning he cannot be tried again — but does still face civil lawsuits. emma vardy reports from santa fe, new mexico. your motion to dismiss with prejudice is granted. this was the moment alec baldwin was told his court ordeal had ended. hugging his legal team in pure relief. this case had been hanging over him for nearly three years. how's it going, sir? when a gun alec baldwin was rehearsing with fired a live round, it killed the cinematographer, halyna hutchins. oh, my god! the film's armourer, hannah gutierrez, was later convicted for having mistakenly loaded a live bullet into the weapon, but prosecutors believed alec baldwin was also partly responsible for the way he handled the gun. but three days into his trial, new evidence emerged about a box of bullets that had been handed in to police but hadn't been included

in the evidence. the box, said to be from the film's ammunition supplier, contained a mix of live rounds and dummy bullets. the defence argued that it cast doubt on some of the events leading up to the shooting, and that the prosecution had suppressed evidence that should have been disclosed. thejudge agreed. this disclosure during the course of trial is so late that it undermines the defendant's preparation for trial. there is no way for the court to right this wrong. alec baldwin is now a free man, and the collapse of this case is a disasterfor the prosecution. he cannot be tried again, but there may have to be a retrial of the film's armourer, hannah gutierrez. outside court, the lead prosecutor defended her actions. we did everything humanly possible to bring justice to halyna and to her family, and we're proud of the work that we did. again, we disagree with the court's decision, but we have to respect it. for alec baldwin, this case has

already had enormous professional and personal consequences. he left court with a potential prison sentence averted, but the tragic accident forever on his conscience. emma vardy, bbc news, new mexico. meghann cuniff is an legal affairs journalist based in los angeles. she gave me her thoughts on why the judge made this decision. well, it's always been a question of where did the live round that killed hutchins come from? and that has never been pinpoint—decided. so to have any kind of live rounds being introduced as evidence, suggested as evidence, it goes to the potential exculpatory evidence, uh, of the brady law that this case was dismissed under. and itjust shows the importance of disclosing everything to the defence. and as the defence attorney said today, it's not up to the prosecutors to decide

what's potentially exculpatory — that the defence can make those decision based on the disclosure of all the evidence. so how can a piece of evidence like this that seems central to the case that you... as you say, how can it not be disclosed? well, the prosecutor had explained that she just deemed it irrelevant. she didn't feel that it was... she felt that it was obviously on site, not related to the live rounds on the rust movie set, so she didn't feel that it needed to be disclosed. this was a decision that she made. and the other prosecutor has made clear that she doesn't agree with that. the other prosecutor actually resigned in the middle of the day during the proceedings, which was really quite extraordinary. it is. um, so alec baldwin, let's look forward. alec baldwin cannot be tried again, but he can face some civil lawsuits.

what are those and how does that work? yes, there are wrongful death lawsuits that are proceeding. and, of course, those lawsuits have really been on hold pending the outcome of these criminal proceedings. so we could see those really accelerate now and see some outcomes. we don't have the same evidentiary rules in these civil cases that we do in criminal cases. so those are still going to proceed. and we could see some liability here. but, of course, the punishment in civil cases is money. monetary damages as opposed to prison time. and then let's look at hannah gutierrez—reed. she faces trial. what could this mean for her trial? well, her attorney has said tonight that he'll be moving for her immediate release from prison. and he's wanting to look at potential discovery violations in her trial that could lead to a new trial. and finally, you know, when you look at this, this again, puts the us legal system in the spotlight — in the global spotlight.

how do you think people are viewing the system at the moment? it does. ithink... i know defence attorneys, criminal defence attorneys in the united states are really celebrating this decision because brady material, as it's called for the supreme court decision that it's named after, brady versus maryland, complaints about that material being withheld, potential exculpatory evidence, that's the most common complaint from the criminal defence bar in the united states. and i think there's kind of a fear thatjudges and prosecutors just don't see the importance of that. so i think people see this decision today as sending a strong message about the importance of disclosing everything and not letting prosecutors decide what the defence can see as exculpatory or not. president biden has attempted to put his re—election campaign back on track — with a defiant rally in the us state

of michigan. he came out on stage in detroit to chants of "don't you quit!". mr biden told the crowd he was the only politician to have beaten donald trump and promised to do it again in november. a growing number of democrats have called on the president to step aside from the contest, after his disastrous debate performance last month. our correspondent, nada tawfik, was at the rally. they chant: don't you quit! don't you quit! feeding off the energy of his supporters, joe biden delivered a gaffe free and forceful defence for his candidacy. despite continued panic about his ability to beat donald trump, he insisted that he was going to win in november. i'm the nominee. i'm the nominee of this party because 14 million democrats like you voted for me in the primaries. you made me the nominee. no—one else. not the press, not the pundits, not the insiders, not donors. you, the voters. you decided, no—one else.

and i'm not going anywhere. he laid out his vision for a second term, restoring abortion rights, strengthening social programmes and fighting for working americans. in contrast, he said, trump would be a threat to democracy. trump is even more dangerous now. trump said if he wins, he'll be a dictator on day one. he means it, folks. we're not going to let that happen. over my dead body it will happen. after a bruising few weeks, this was the boost his campaign needed. the biden campaign may be betting that these rallies and the optics of cheering crowds of supporters can help him outlast the calls to step aside — but some democrats fear that if he stays in the race, it's notjust a choice between him and trump. some voters may sit out the election entirely. that could be disastrous in key battleground states, such as here in michigan.

tom moran, a 69—year—old bus driver and a lifelong democrat, doesn't see how biden can win. the party, the people that can influence him, his family, anyone, they need to let him know that if he doesn't step aside, i believe he'll lose in a landslide and he'll drag the other candidates down. elissa slotkin for senate, she doesn't have a prayer if he's at the top of the ticket in michigan — and it would be a shame to end his career that way. joe biden has made clear he isn't going anywhere, but his stamina and endurance will continue to be under a microscope for as long as he's in the race. nada tawfik, bbc news, detroit, michigan. let's get some of the day's other news now. in ecuador, five people have been sentenced to jail for their involvement in the assassination of a presidential candidate. formerjournalist fernando villavicencio was shot dead at the end of a campaign event in august 2023.

prosecutors accused at least two of the defendents of having links to a notorious criminal gang. pakistan has agreed a $7 bilion bailout with the international monetary fund. in return for the loan, the government has promised to implement reforms and step up efforts to collect more tax. pakistan is one of the worst affected asian countries battling soaring public debt and poor economic growth. elon musk says he'll take the european union to court, after it accused his social media firm, x, of breaching online content rules. the bloc�*s tech regulator said the site's blue tick system, could trick users into thinking accounts were verified. anticipation is building for sunday's euro 2024 final when england play spain. the spanish, who've been the tournament's outstanding team,

go into the final as favourites. but england fans are full of hope. john watson is in berlin — he gave me this update. well, as you can probably appreciate, for both the spanish supporters and the the english fans, there's been a sort of frantic dash to try and get hold of tickets for the final for those who haven't had them already, because of course, for these supporters, some of whom have followed their team throughout this tournament for the last three or four weeks, but it all comes down to tomorrow's final. and if you have to try and pick between the two and who's going to win, its very, very hard to predict. spain, of course, have been arguably the in—form side have performed brilliantly. england are the team who've essentially found a way through in difficult moments. they were very close to going out of this tournament, but they've had crucial interventions from some of their star players — jude bellingham — penalty shootout successes and then, of course, there was that late goal drama once again, as substitute 0llie watkins

scored that goal to guide england past the netherlands and into back to back european championship finals. as you can appreciate, there is a great mood amongst the england fans and perhaps a growing sense that maybe, just maybe, their name is on the trophy this year. as andy swiss now reports. all smiles for england fans as they arrived in berlin hoping for history. # it's coming home, it's coming home. # it's coming. # football's coming home.# as well as a photo, the other must—have accessory is a ticket, of course. some have got them, others are still searching. i've seen... i've seen tickets go for £6,000. um, obviously a different categories i know, but i don't think they're going to be going much less than £1,000 as it stands. would you pay that? depends if my wife's watching. 0h! what does it mean to have a ticket to the euros final with england? god.

everything. it's your second one, isn't it, really? yeah, it's my second one. so, hopefully, we'll improve on the last one. butjust to be there is, like, just an amazing experience anyway, so... but hopefully we'll actually get across the line this time. to use that dreaded phrase, do you think it's coming home? it's coming home, it's coming home! well, if england's fans have had quite a journey here to berlin, it's nothing compared to england's players. their progress has been full of twists and turns. and yet here they are in the final with a shot at sporting glory. and a shot at redemption too. at the last euros, england lost to italy in the final in agonising fashion. those who played that day have an extra incentive. it hurt, you know. it still hurts to this day. um, you know, seeing italy walk up at our stadium, our home stadium, and lift that trophy, something that lives with you as a football player. but the beauty of football is you get chances to, you know, recreate them memories. and, you know, we have that chance now on sunday. and what a chance it is! as they proved with their last—gasp victory in the semis, england

are finding ways to win here. now, they'rejust one more win from glory. andy swiss, bbc news, berlin. and the stage is perfectly set, isn't it? as the countdown continues towards tomorrow's final. and i guess in many ways this is a team in spain who have real international pedigree, who've been here, won major tournaments in the past against a team who, let's be honest, in england, have ridden their luck at times throughout this tournament. they were 60 seconds from going out at one point against slovakia, beforejude bellingham scored that brilliant overhead kick. they needed penalties to get past switzerland and then another late goal — that winning goalfrom 0llie watkins against the netherlands. so is it the in—form team with the pedigree in the shape of spain, or is it england? is that lucky run they've had and those crucial interventions,

is that going to continue and get them over the line? because, let's be honest, england have not had a great deal of success in recent years when it comes to major tournaments. it has been 58 years since they last won a major men's tournament. you have to go all the way back to the world cup in 1966. but signs that england are starting to turn that poor run around, having made it to the final last time out, as we heard there. but if you had to ask me for a winner between these two, ijust don't think i could pick it. 0ur correspondent, jayne mccubbin, caught up with some lively fans in leeds. let me tell you, nobody here has any problem predicting who's going to win. good morning, everybody. good morning. they're in fine voice this morning. and we have one small message from the kids, which is... come on, england! do we believe it? oh, yeah. see, i told you, there's no doubt down here in yorkshire, is there? right, kids, we need to talk to you. where are you watching,

8pm, tomorrow night. my dad's friend has a bar. 0h. dad's friend has a bar. 0h, heck. this is going to be a late one, isn't it? yeah. has anybody got special dispensation monday morning — a late start in school? not yet, but it might be on the cards, mightn�*t it? what's on the menu tomorrow night? uh, pizza with too many sweets. oh, yes. are we excited? yes! yeah, it feels special, doesn't it? it feels special. let me introduce some of the parents. come over here. i mean, we're talking about 58 years waiting. you remember, don't you? you remember, grandma linda, 58 years ago? yes, vaguely. but of course, we all remember england women have done it, haven't they? they've done it before. let me introduce maria. again. maria from... spain. split loyalties in your house? yeah. we all got to celebrate. yeah, of course. and the women have shown the men

it can be done, haven't they? yes. have you got a pep talk for the team, maria? for ourteam. putting you on the spot now. well... take it with grace, my win. nobody else believes you, maria. come on. come on, come on, come on, come on. where are you going to be watching? what's it going to be like in your household? we're actually going to a big event and we're going to watch it. a big fan zone. so with all the family, it's going to be amazing. can't wait. grandparents there. grandmas there. getting them all out for it. yeah. it's going to be exciting, isn't it? yeah, it's going to be close. we need to see some skills because what we have here is the next generation. hands up who wants to be a professional footballer? absolutely. let me introduce... let me introduce ben. ben, you run this place and i need to tell everybody at home. this is called the catalan soccer school for a reason. yeah, well, um, forthree major tournaments, spain won the euros and won the world cup, and they dominated world football. it inspired us to start a soccer school, to basically emulate all the amazing football

they were playing. but what we've done is we've created a hybrid of the spanish flair with the english grit, determination and all those characteristics that are going to help us win on sunday. so it's grit and determination and maybe not flair, which will carry us through. maybe a bit of both. we saw bellingham's overhead kick. we've got the kids practising them over here. have we got time to show you? because it's pretty impressive. come and see. come and see, come and see. let's see. this is the bellingham brilliance. bellingham brilliance. are we ready? come on, will. 0h! one more, one more, one more. who's on next? let's have some chants. let's go. arthur! listen, we're... i mean, i know there's other news going on, but we're not allowed to stop until somebody scores. come on, come on, come on, come on, come, come, come on, come on, come on. ready? put it in the goal. oh, oh! 0k. i think we're going to have to...

come on. 0llie. oh, no. there was somebody picking it up as it hit the bar and throwing it in. and a little cheer as if you'd won. but listen, excellent work down here. do we have any doubt at all that england can do it? no. hold on, hold on. i need to hear that again. no. oh, yeah. let's speak to sergei forcada freixas in barcelona. a bbc journalist. good a bbcjournalist. good to see you. not as busy as it was in leeds but i am sure it is going to be extremely busy tomorrow. what is the build up like where you are? we busy tomorrow. what is the build up like where you are?— like where you are? we have excitement _ like where you are? we have excitement for _ like where you are? we have excitement for now - like where you are? we have excitement for now but - like where you are? we have excitement for now but i - like where you are? we have| excitement for now but i have like where you are? we have - excitement for now but i have to say there is one story in town, everyone talking about the final against england tomorrow. there will be plenty of watching parties organised, like this one behind me. hundreds of parties are being

organised in planned zones across the country. the biggest in barcelona and madrid. in any town and city across the country they will be watching the match tomorrow night. excited about it. it has been more than a decade since the men's national team managed to reach a final. then last one was in 2012 when they actually won the competition. now, they arejust when they actually won the competition. now, they are just 90 minutes away from victory. what minutes away from victory. what other preparations _ minutes away from victory. what other preparations of _ minutes away from victory. what other preparations of spain when? well, they are being quite cautious. usually they don't say much about what will happen if spain wins. what we can say from previous experiences in 2008 or 2012 or even last year with their women's national team after they won the world cup, usually what happens is a team wins, once they are back in madrid, that tends to be first ever a reception by local authorities and then a parade. there is always a parade. if the team wins, as soon as they are

back from berlin, we can expect a parade in the streets of madrid and then some kind of post celebration but i can tell you. usually at these parades there is lots of music and i had to say lots of drinking as well. i am sure there will be as well in england. before you go, even mentioned one story in spain. 0ne footballer they had their eyes on. what about an england footballer, are they worried about anyone? hat are they worried about anyone? not an one in are they worried about anyone? iirrt anyone in particular, i would say. actually, they are quite confident here. if you ask people in the streets of spain when they are quite confident they can make this happen. they have actually faced in their team, particularly in lamale, the 16—year—old, turning 17 today. he has been a sensation during the tournament. he managed to score a goal against france. all the faith in this guy. now notjust worried about england but you know, it is

again, anything can happen in the end. if you ask people around here, they will say they think that the trophy is coming to spain. i am sure an hinu trophy is coming to spain. i am sure anything can — trophy is coming to spain. i am sure anything can happen. _ trophy is coming to spain. i am sure anything can happen. great- trophy is coming to spain. i am sure anything can happen. great to - trophy is coming to spain. i am sure anything can happen. great to have| anything can happen. great to have you the programme. at least 30 palestinians have been killed in an israeli air strike that targeted an area densely populated with displaced people in southern gaza. the attack happened in the masawi area of khan younis. we arejust we are just showing you some live pictures nearby. the israeli military had designated this area as a safe zone, urging palestinians to seek shelter there. an eyewitness described the scene to the bbc, saying it was like an earthquake. we are going to get more from our correspondence in the area as soon

as we can. that breaking news, at least 30 palestinians were killed in an israeli air strike that targeted an israeli air strike that targeted a densely populated area of displaced people in khan younis. a significant strike we are being told. more in the next half an hour. stay with us. hello, there. we'e got low pressure close by to the east of england and eastern scotland, hence we've seen some rather cloudy, wet conditions in places this morning, whilst further west and increasingly in the south the sunshine will develop but trigger a few showers. this is the low pressure bringing the rain. it has brought rain to many eastern areas of england, in particular, through the morning, and it's pushing progressively into eastern scotland. so, clearing away to southern parts, perhaps a shower or two brewing. one or two heavy, thundery ones here, and the risk for wimbledon, we will see a scattering of showers through wales and northern ireland. drier for the north—west highlands, whilst we've got really rather

cloudy, cool conditions in many areas further east, disappointing 11! or 15, well below par, only 18 or 19, because the wind is coming from the north even in the sunshine. that north wind continues through this evening and overnight. more rain spilling in across the south—east of scotland, the north—east of england. drier as the showers start to fade away further south and west and a little cooler than the night just gone as well. perhaps a little bit of mist and fog first thing and certainly around the east coast and over the hills as we have seen during the morning today, that continues during tomorrow. if anything, less rain around tomorrow. more bright skies and sunshine developing for scotland and northern ireland, across england and wales, away from those east coasts. still a few showers but not as heavy as they will be today when there could be some thundery downpours. temperatures a little bit higher as a consequence, as well, responding to a little more sunshine and slightly less of a north breeze, which will continue into tomorrow evening. if you are sitting out watching the football, there is a lot of dry weather to be found away from the north sea coast. it should be dry as well for the football itself over in germany.

some fine and dry weather around to end the weekend, but it doesn't really last very long because as that low pressure moves away into scandinavia another one approaches from the south and west to bring some heavy and thundery rain in, potentially, to wales, central and southern england and then northern ireland by the end of the day, all of the time brightening up across the north and east of scotland and the northeast of england. a warmer day here, with the winds offshore rather than onshore into monday. as for beyond, it does look set to stay unsettled in the north, but something a little drier and warmer promised further south. as ever, you can catch up with the weather on the website.

this is bbc news, the headlines: alec baldwin's manslaughter case for the rust film set shooting is dismissed because of withheld evidence. a man is arrested on suspicion of murder over human remains found in a suitcase on a bristol bridge. more body parts have been found in london. fans are already in berlin for sunday's euros final the health ministry in gaza say people have been injured in and israeli arms strike in khan younis.

fans are already in berlin for sunday's euros final between england and spain. joe biden fiercely defends his re—election campaign — despite growing calls from within his party to step aside. and, after months of lavish events — the son of asia's richest man ties the knot in a three day star—studded ceremony in mumbai. let's start with some breaking news. at least 30 palestinians have been killed in an israeli air strike that targeted an area densely populated with displaced people in southern gaza. the attack happened in the masawi area of khan younis. these pictures have just come in of the moment of the blast. the israeli military had designated this area as a safe zone, urging palestinians to seek shelter there. an eyewitness described the scene to the bbc,

saying it was like an earthquake.