and in an exclusive interview — janet jackson tells the bbc how she taught herself to dance. the uk's new foreign secretary, david lemmy, has arrived in india for talks with ministers and business leaders, promising a reset in the countries�* relationship. the foreign secretary says india would be �*an indispensable partner�* in efforts to grow britain's economy and tackle climate change. he hopes to move negotiations forward for a post—brexit free trade deal, which have dragged on for two years. our diplomatic correspondentjames landale is in delhi and told me more about this visit. the economy is the fundamental purpose of this visit simply because labour's domestic priority in the uk is to grow the british economy

and to do that it simply needs to do trade with other countries around the world and as you have just heard, india is a very fast growing economy, and if few years it will be third largest in the world so the uk simply has to do more trade with this country, that is why they hope to get negotiations under way again. they have been frozen for many months also because of the long election here in india that delayed the process because the moment elections start, these things have to be frozen, so labour wants to get that back, the foreign secretary said he is keen for those to start and technically it is not really his job, it is for the business secretary and trade secretary, but this is something we are the context is all, so why they are here is notjust economics, it is about sending a message

to here and the rest of the world, the global south, other developing countries that the uk is notjust interested in europe or the united states and in its own areas, it wants to start thinking about making new relationships, reviving other relationships around the world simply because india is, in the words of mr lammy, becoming the superpower of the 21st century so it is notjust britain beating down a path to delhi, down a path to delhi, the uk, you'rejoining a very long queue. sir dominic asquith told me more about what this meeting means for the relationship between the uk and india. it is important and significant. they made it clear in the manifesto they wanted to establish a new strategic partnership with india including the free trade agreement but cooperation in other areas like climate,

security, education and so on and the foreign secretary, as shadow foreign secretary, visited india earlier in the year with the business secretary and he committed himself to visiting india before the end ofjuly and that is what he is doing. i think it is important, geopolitically, as long as there is competition, india occupies a important position. it is the most populous country in the world and potentially a stabilising force, a champion of the global south, an area that the uk is interesting in developing a better, fuller relationship with and it is ambitious to increase presence and influence. a connector country.

and a key maritime passage of goods, so geopolitically it is important. it is the fastest growing large economy in the world, growing 6—7%. it has overtaken the uk economy and has deep links with a lot of indian companies operating around the uk so that is important in the broader uk economy and it is one of the most innovative developers of technology, a leader in start—up economies and frankly if foreign policy has to deliver domestically benefits for the uk, then india provides a pretty obvious example. looking at india's side of things,

what would they want from the uk? it wants to build that relationship that it should have with important powers around the world, with its ambition to play an influential role around the globe, more influential than the past and its economy, in part, depends on a fuller integration into the global economy and into the supply chains around the globe, particularly in the context where other industries and countries are looking at alternatives to china so for india it is important to establish that sort of trading investment and economic relationship as well as the political one i've i've just mentioned, so there is a lot there and it builds on that,

those links, the human link. here in the uk, sir keir starmer will face his first prime minister's questions this afternoon — just a day after he suspended seven labour mps for rebelling against the government. they'd voted for a scottish national party amendment to scrap the two—child benefit cap the prime minister has previously said it's unaffordable to ditch the policy. but many within his party disagree, and hope he'll change his position in the coming months. here's nick eardley. the ayes were 103, the noes were 363. so the noes have it, the noes have it. unlock. less than three weeks in power, the new government has had its first rebellion. it was small, but the prime minister has responded with his first show of force. mps have been debating the king's speech, keir starmer�*s plan for his first months in power. it included almost a0 bills,

but nothing about overturning a controversial conservative policy limiting some benefits to the first two children in most low income families. last night, the snp forced a vote on scrapping the two—child cap, saying it was pushing people into poverty, and a small number of labour mps backed them. the single most effective way of tackling child poverty is immediately lifting 300,000 children out of poverty by scrapping this cruel policy. here are the seven, including the former shadow chancellor john mcdonnell, and rebecca long—bailey, who stood against keir starmer for the labour leadership. they have now been told they are being suspended from the labour party in parliament for six months. the government argues it would be expensive to scrap the two—child benefit cap, and it says it wants to be careful with the country's finances. i strongly support the removal of the two—child cap. this government is less than three weeks in, and it has a pretty terrible economic inheritance.

and i do think they need to be given time and space to be able to look at things in the round. the emphasis should be on, you know, unity and giving the government that space to bring forward their thinking. i now call the prime minister, sir keir starmer. _ cheering. but many more labour mps want a change of heart, and for the government to scrap the two—child benefit cap, so this issue is unlikely to disappear. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman has more on what to expect from pmq's today and the conservative leadership race. it would be a real moment for sir keir starmer and for all of us it will look very odd. we have seen keir starmer and rishi sunak do so many sessions

of prime minister's questions against each other but the roles will be reversed, notjust sitting on other sides of the chamber but also rishi sunak asking the questions for the first time, the first conservative leader to be in a position of asking rather than answering the questions at prime minister's questions for 14 years. i am sure when it comes to backbenchers, other mps asking mps asking questions, this issue of the two—child benefit cap will come up and i expect keir starmer to make a virtue of his ruthlessness. ruthless is a word that he has been very happy to adopt as part of his political personality, when he was in opposition, and he clearly wants to carry on in that vein in government. today is a key day for the opposition conservatives as well. the nominations officially open for the party's leadership race. who can we expect to put their hat in the ring? it is still a bit unclear as and when people might declare publicly. nominations open today but between today and monday, all the candidates need to do is get

ten conservative mps to sign their nomination papers, they don't necessarily have to say anything publicly. their electorate at the moment is the 120—odd conservative mps but one person has put their head above the parapet and gone public, james cleverly, a former foreign secretary and former home secretary and he explained earlier how he wants his leadership bid to play out. what we need to do is to make sure that we speak with one voice, that we do the serious thinking about policy, how we reduce taxes, how we protect our borders, how we defend ourselves and our allies in an increasingly dangerous and difficult world. but doing the heavy lifting on policy, if we don't then speak with one voice as a united, disciplined party, is putting the cart before the horse. some of the other leading contenders, a fellow

former cabinet ministers, robertjenrick, tom tugendhat, kemi badenoch. but even though on monday we will know which conservative candidates were able to get the support of ten of the colleagues we still won't know until november the 2nd, almost four months after the general election, who will be the next leader of the conservative party, so there is an awful lot of twists and turns in this conservative leadership election still to come. the uk government is honouring ukrainian athletes who have died in the conflict with russia with a new display that will be unveiled at parliament square today. the conflict has already claimed the lives of at least a87 ukrainian athletes — though the true number is likely to be even higher. with only 140 athletes from ukraine competing at this year's olympic games in paris, this marks the smallest representation ever in ukraine's summer 0lympic history. 0ur reporter 0lga malchevska has more from parliament square.

one more country who has been supporting ukraine a lot from the very beginning of the russian invasion, and that is the united states, who have provided over 50 billion usd of support. and with me now is the acting deputy us ambassador of the united states to the united kingdom, joseph pennington. thank you very much, ambassador, forfinding time for us. and why is it so special for you today to be here? well, we're here today, you know, as we approach the olympic games in paris coming up next week, we thought it would be useful to take time and reflect on the cost in ukraine of the brutality of the russian invasion, in terms of the athletes that many of whom may have competed in these games are now have been killed. many of them fighting the russian invasion. and so this installation is a way to mark those losses, which is symptomatic of the losses of ukrainian society, of ukrainians across the country who have been victimised by this terrible aggression.

how do you feel about in terms of us has been supporting ukraine through all this russian invasion? and how do you think the us election campaign might or might not impact the us support to ukraine? of course not up to me to speculate on how the election will come out, but what i would say is that we've seen this year in the congress earlier this year, the two parties, republicans and democrats, came together under president biden's leadership to produce a package of 60 billion plus dollars, the biggest package yet for support for ukraine. so i think there is bipartisan support in the country among the american people. the democrat process, of course, will play out and we'll see what happens. but for now, the united states is solidly behind ukraine. and we will, as we said, we will keep doing that as long as it takes. and how difficult it is to deliver that help from the us to ukraine. we can imagine there are quite a lot of logistical challenges. there are, it's difficult,

but it's absolutely necessary. and of course, it's not the united states alone. we're working with our many partners who support ukraine, first and foremost, of course, the united kingdom, which has been a leader on this issue. more details have emerged about an incident which prompted britain's joint—most decorated female 0lympian, charlotte dujardin, to pull out of the paris 0lympics. dujardin made the announcement after a video emerged which she said showed her "making an error ofjudgment". the clip was aired on british breakfast televison this morning — and shows the 0lympian whipping a horse's legs multiple times. dujardin was provisionally suspended on tuesday after equestrian�*s governing body launched an investigation. there's been a spike in cases of whooping cough among infants in england. it follows a drop in the number of pregnant women being vaccinated. nine children have died from the infection so far this year.

0ur health correspondent sharon barbour reports. coughing and whooping. this is what whooping cough can sound like, and it can be fatal. a bacterial infection affecting the lungs, it's currently spreading, and health bosses are worried. we're really extremely concerned. we are seeing cases rise, we know there's been deaths nationally. in january there were 555 cases. that number rose to nearly 2600 confirmed cases in may. in total, there have been 7600 cases of across the uk so far this year, compared to 858 for the whole of 2023. it's young babies that are at the highest risk of severe complications, and even deaths, from whooping cough. the uk health security agency says since this latest outbreak began in december, nine young babies have lost their lives.

one reason for the rise in cases among babies is a fall in the take—up of vaccine by pregnant mums. we have approximately 5000 deliveries at james cook and at the hospital, we are vaccinating approximately 1000 of those a year. there's not many women that give us a real reason. we tend to hear, ijust don't want it, you are not sticking anything in me. now the nhs is targeting areas of most concern. kate had her vaccine in pregnancy, but says she's struggling to persuade other mums. i've had conversations with people, including friends who are new mothers or are pregnant, who say, i don't want to get it because i've seen this piece of information on social media and it's made me think twice. and that's really scary because the fact that information is out there and it's appearing on people's algorithms, particularly when they are most vulnerable.

there is a realfear now that unless more women and children are vaccinated, there will be more deaths. it's scary to think that these women are just not getting the vaccine because they think we are injecting them with something nasty, we are not, we are injecting them with something that's going to protect them and protect their baby from getting whooping cough. and potentially die? and potentially die, yes. babies like birdie have three further doses of the vaccine at eight, 12 and 16 weeks. sharon barber, bbc news. the royal family has unveiled plans for a sustainabilty push — with state cars running on biofuel after the first solar panels were installed on the roof of windsor castle. 0ur senior royal correspondent daniela relph has more. a year of celebration, alongside personal challenges. the sovereign grant of £86.3 million funds the running

costs of the monarchy. new figures reveal around £800,000 of it were spent on the coronation, covering everything from staffing to the modification of the crown jewels. travel remains a major outgoing. the state visit to kenya, this year's most expensive trip, atjust over £166,000. the royal train was used just once lastjune, for a two—day trip to yorkshire. that cost £52,000. its use will be kept under review. helicopters remain widely deployed, with palace officials saying they are a key component of travel plans. two new ones will replace older models in the coming year. but the accounts also show more money being spent on sustainability. the state bentleys will be converted to run on biofuel. eventually, all royal cars will be fully electric. work on windsor castle

saw a leaky lead roof replaced with the castle�*s first solar panels. and more sustainable aviation fuel will be used on aircraft carrying the royal family. the multi—million pound modernisation of buckingham palace is ongoing, helped by a profit boost from the crown estate. latest accounts show the monarch's land and property portfolio made a profit of £1.1 billion last year, some of which will continue to fund the palace work. how are you feeling? the royal accounts note the cancer diagnosis for the king and the princess of wales, and its impact on the royal postbag. 138,000 items of correspondence had to be processed. the vast majority were get well messages or coronation congratulations. these annual financial reports are the best insight we have into the cost of the royal family. the figures don't include security, which is a significant expense, but they do give us an idea of where the family's

priorities lie. for the prince of wales, that focus will continue to be on tackling homelessness, supporting mental health initiatives, and his earthshot environmental prize. senior officials in the prince's household also explained some differences between the way father and son work. the king, they said, likes to pick up a phone and call people, whereas his son is more likely to send a whatsapp message. daniela relph, bbc news, buckingham palace. janet jackson is one of the best—selling artists of all time, with more than 180—million records sold worldwide and a string of hits that have left a lasting impression on pop culture. ahead of her together again tour coming to the uk later this year, she caught up with our music correspondent mark savage. # four, three, two, one. she is known for her dancing, but janet jackson is

entirely self—taught. she says that is because of a harrowing experience in ballet class when she was four. i've got a booty. so they would say that i'm not tucking my butt enough. and she hit me, i was young, i was little. a second attempt at taking classes in her teens also went wrong. i was about to shoot an episode of different strokes, and i remember telling my instructor, my teacher, and he got a little too close to me. and i felt very, very uncomfortable. and i remember coming out of the class and telling my mother, telling mother, and she said, "that's it, you're not going back." # stop. as an adult, janet channelled experiences like those into strong and confident songs like nasty. # nasty, nasty boys, don't mean a thing.

but even in the music industry, she received pushback from male executives. what were the barriers you came up against? being told no. more than once. saying why? because you're a girl, you can't do that, girls don't do that, it's like, well, why not? it's like, well, somebody is going to, what's wrong with trying it? let's just try it, let's try and see what happens. but eventually you stick in there long enough, you find a way to get your way. by sticking to her guns, she sold more than 100 million records. but janet says her proudest achievement is becoming a mum seven years ago. the most beautiful thing, i was so thankful god allowed me to have this experience, this journey in my life. and i love every single minute of it. her career has had its ups and downs, but right now she is in the middle of her most successful tour today.

you sing scream every night. that must be very emotional, to celebrate your brother in that way. yeah, you know, it's listening to him every night saying and remembering us, once again in new york, when michael and i wrote that song in his apartment. the emotion and what he was going through at that time, just me being his little sister, always being by his side, and being that support system, you know what i mean? and that's always been my role. and you still do some of the dance routines from those old videos, do people in the audience do them back at you? are you kidding me? yes! i see them doing miss you much, i see them doing a lot of stuff. and they're also dressed, dressed like me. i can only do the one, which is the countdown. the rhythm nation? shall we do it together? yeah. five, four, three, two, one. you did it very well. thank you!

you can watch the full interview �*janetjackson: life in the spotlight�* this weekend here on bbc news. a reminder of one of our top stories this hour. we have these live pictures coming in from taiwan, where heavy rain and gusting whence have been hitting the island as it braces itself for the full force of typhoon gaemi. it is said to be the strongest storm to hit the island in eight years. lights have so far been cancelled and financial markets have been closed there. people there in taiwan have been given the day off as a result. when is of up to 150 mph are expected. we will keep an eye on the story but next to whether closer to home with carol kirkwood. hello again. for many of us today,

it�*s going to be dry with variable amounts of cloud and some sunny spells. high pressure is dominating our weather, but we do have some fronts bumping into it. they are fairly weak fronts, so they�*re bringing in a bit more cloud and also some light rain generally to the west. but there will be some heavier rain through the afternoon across parts of wales and also south—west england. and as temperatures rise in eastern england, we could catch the odd shower. but a lot of us will stay dry. temperatures 1a to 25 degrees. that 25 will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine, but not quite as warm where we�*ve got the cloud and the rain. now, through this evening and overnight, the cloud and rain push from the west towards the east. it will be heavy at times across the far north of scotland, and we�*re importing some humid air, so you�*ll notice that it will be quite an oppressive night, with temperatures falling away to between 11 and 16 degrees. so that�*s how we start the day tomorrow. the weather front, first one pushing towards the east. then we�*ve got a second one coming in which is going to bring in a bit more rain.

and the rain will turn heavier with that one across the english channel, the channel islands, some southern counties of england, into the far south—east, possiblyjust a little bit further north into central southern england, but a lot of dry weather for many parts of the country, but further showery rain coming in across scotland and also northern ireland through the day. on friday, any early cloud will move away from the south—east. then for most it�*s going to be another dry day with lengthy sunny spells, but some showers, especially so in the north and the west, where they could be heavy. but as temperatures rise once again we could see another few showers just here and there. they�*ll be the exception, though, rather than the rule. friday into saturday, you can see this high pressure ridge trying to build in, but we could also see a front coming in from the west bumping into that. and that will bring in some showery rain across parts of northern and western scotland and northern ireland. for southern scotland, england and wales, largely dry, some sunny spells, but again some afternoon showers popping up here and there. temperatures 15 to 22 degrees.

so down just a touch. but as we head on into sunday, high pressure will firmly be in charge. we�*re looking at a lot of dry weather, some sunshine, but some showers in the north—west.

live from london, this is bbc news. kamala harris says the us presidential election is a choice between freedom and chaos, at her first rally since becoming the presumptive democratic nominee. a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a soldier in uniform was stabbed in kent. the head of the army called

the attack horrific and unprovoked. and this is the scene in taiwan as typhoon gaemi arrives. it�*s set to be the strongest storm to move over the island in eight years. in an exclusive interview janet jackson tells the bbc why she taught herself to dance. hello. we start in the us, where in the first major speech of her white house campaign, vice president kamala harris has described november�*s election as a choice between freedom and chaos. speaking at a democratic party rally in the crucial swing—state of wisconsin, she said that as a former prosecutor she�*d "dealt with predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers and cheaters who broke the rules".

she told cheering supporters that she "knew donald trump�*s type".