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". in a financial boost to her campaign, the vice president's team say they have raised more than $126 million since her endorsement. and a new opinion poll, conducted in the days after biden�*s exit from the race, shows the vice president with a small lead over donald trump — 44% to his 42%. with all the latest, here's david willis. music: freedom by beyonce. under new management. it tookjust over 30 hours for kamala harris to garner the support she needs to head the democratic presidential campaign. she is now her party's nominee in everything but name. beyonce herself approved the use of this track, freedom, as part of the kamala harris campaign, one of a slew

of celebrity endorsements, george clooney among them. for a candidate, whose presence has electrified the residential race. —— presidential. she told supporters in the swing state of wisconsin that donald trump would take the country backwards, and went on to compare his record as a convicted felon with her background as a public prosecutor. in those roles, i took on perpetrators of all kinds. predators who abused women. fraudsters who ripped off consumers. cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. so hear me when i say, i know donald trump's type. cheering. she is calling it a people—powered campaign, one her supporters believe could carry her all the way to the white house. super excited about kamala.

i've been following her for many years. i think she's the perfect candidate to run against trump. i do think she can win. i think she will get the votes that maybe biden couldn't have got, or maybe trump won't get. there is only one old| man in the race now, and it's notjoe biden. we have a vibrant candidate - and this will be a great election, and i expect kamala harris to be elected president _ of the united states. the man to whom kamala harris owes her stunning elevation returned yesterday to the white house. joe biden has spent the best part of a week in isolation suffering from covid. tonight, in a televised address, he will tell the american people why he decided to step aside, leaving his deputy to wage the shortest election campaign in modern american history. are you ready to get to work? cheering. do we believe in freedom? cheering. do we believe in opportunity? cheering.

do we believe in the promise of america? cheering. and are we ready to fight for it? cheering. and when we fight, we went! —— we win! abortion rights and gun control are among the issues that will dominate her campaign. having raised more than $100 million since sunday, kamala harris has injected new life into the democrats' once flagging presidential campaign. david willis, bbc news, washington. cbs news correspondentjarred hill is in new york for us. the campaign is reporting here record numbers of fundraising over just the past couple of days since she was named by president biden as essentially his endorsed candidate for this position here. we're talking about $100 million in just a matter of two or so days. and that does showcase that there is a significant amount of interest in vice president kamala harris, as someone at the top of

this ticket. she is seen as someone with a different type of energy from president biden, someone who is significantly younger, obviously, we know that that was a concern for a lot of voters, uh, in the months and weeks ahead of his departure from this race. and so the question is going to be whether she can maintain this momentum, continue building this momentum to both a victory at the democratic national convention, where she would be named the formal nominee, as well as to the white house in november. and the latest opinion polls conducted after president biden pulled out of the race shows that miss harris is narrowly ahead of trump but, crucially, within the margin of error here. exactly. i was going to say, i think it's important to frame this as there is this margin of error. so according to this reuters ipsos poll that was conducted on monday and tuesday, harris is leading 2% over former president trump. but there's a 3% margin of error with this. something that the harris

campaign will likely tap into is thatjust a week ago, they were tied. and so they would potentially see this as a sign that there, again, is this momentum going forward. president biden — who had been isolating with covid — has now returned to the white house and is due to give an address from the oval office later. we will bring you that here on bbc news. meanwhile, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington, preparing to address a joint meeting of congress later. it's his first trip to the us since the attack by hamas on october the 7th. mr netanyahu is due to meet president biden on thursday. police are scaling up security measures — with fencing around the capitol building. protests against mr netanyahu's policies have already begun. hundreds ofjewish demonstrators staged a sit—in at the capitol to protest against the war in gaza

and were later removed by police. 0ur correspondent tom bateman has more. as we showed up in this part of the building, there were still around 100 or so protesters on the floor of the rotunda here, some of them led away by that stage but others still here. the us capitol police had arrived in force by that point — they were cuffing them behind their backs... pulling people up and taking them away to be processed, being arrested one by one and moved outside of the building. one of the protesters i spoke to said there were 500 americanjews from all over the us, who had come here explicitly to protest benjamin netanyahu's visit. when he is here, in thisjoint address to congress, his message will be around what he will call israel being the indispensable ally in the middle east to the united states and also to thankjoe biden for his support over the war in gaza. but it is that very support that has led to this deep sense of division, notjust within the democratic party but across the united states,

as we will see protests over the visit come to the very heart of washington. benjamin netanyahu is under enormous pressure from the relatives of hostages still being held by hamas. they urged him not to travel until there was a deal for their release. this women was among them, desperate to bring her daughter back home. she soke to bring her daughter back home. sue spoke to us. to bring her daughter back home. sie spoke to us. she is a peace seeker. she is a good sister to her siblings. she is a good daughter. she likes to fight with her mum, it just means she is very normal. i think she is very strong.-

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delay, a distraction. i am asking for the commitment of the prime minister on this, it will be his first priority. minister on this, it will be his first priority-— minister on this, it will be his first riori . ., ., first priority. how important you think the us _ first priority. how important you think the us well _ first priority. how important you think the us well less? - first priority. how important you think the us well less? i - first priority. how important you think the us well less? i think i first priority. how important you i think the us well less? i think the us -la s think the us well less? i think the us plays critical — think the us well less? i think the us plays critical role, _ think the us well less? i think the us plays critical role, reaching - think the us well less? i think the j us plays critical role, reaching the point of brokering a deal. both sides are coming closer with their demands. even saying that, it sounds wrong to me because how can you be talking about demands when you are talking about demands when you are talking about demands when you are talking about my daughter's life? are you hopeful?— are you hopeful? yes. i am not losin: are you hopeful? yes. i am not losing hone _ are you hopeful? yes. i am not losing hone at _ are you hopeful? yes. i am not losing hope at any _ are you hopeful? yes. i am not losing hope at any point. - are you hopeful? yes. i am not losing hope at any point. we i are you hopeful? yes. i am not| losing hope at any point. we are over nine months. i am actually feeling desperate, it has to happen, it has to happen. in the uk, police have arrested a 24—year—old man on suspicion of attempted murder after a british army soldier was stabbed near a barracks in kent.

police say the suspect remains in custody. officials say they do not believe it was terrorism. 0ur reporter aruna iyengar has the latest from chatham in kent. we can say that the ao—year—old soldier, who was attacked yesterday evening has been suffering from serious injuries and is in hospital at the moment. he was airlifted out of here. people who have described what happened last night, they said that there was a lot of activity — helicopters. one person described hearing a scream and then a woman running out of a house and trying to protect the man who was attacked. we understand from the army that the man who was attacked was a soldier, and the bbc has understood that he was wearing uniform at the time of the attack. now, the home office has said this morning that they are not treating this as a terror—related incident. we've also been getting political responses. we've heard from the defence secretary, john healey, who has put out a statement saying that it's shocking to hear of an attack on a british

soldier in kent. my thoughts are with the soldier and his family, who deserve privacy at this difficult time. on behalf of the government,| wish him a swift recovery. we also have heard from the police that a 24—year—old local man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. we're likely to hear more from the police later today but, at the moment, as you can see behind me, there is a police presence here. there is a police cordon in the street where the attack took place at both ends, stopping the traffic going through. and people i've spoken to this morning in chatham in kent, which is a military area, are in shock and completely flabbergasted by what happened yesterday evening at around 6 o'clock in the evening. just down the road, 100m down the road, are barracks, which are the headquarters for the royal school for military engineers. so this place really is steeped in military history and many people

are concerned, very concerned, about what happened yesterday. you can find much more on this developing story on the website. some of the latest lines we are getting is that the suspect remains in custody following the attack on the soldier in paint. you are watching bbc news. —— in kent. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

heavy rain and gusting winds are hitting taiwan as it braces itself for the full

force of typhoon gaemi, which is set to be the strongest storm to hit the island in eight years. flights have been cancelled, financial markets closed, and people given the day off work. winds of up to 150 miles per hour are expected. gaemi has already caused flooding in the philippines. officials in china, which is in the path of the storm, have issued a red alert. these are live pictures from taiwan, as the country braces for the typhoon. we understand it has already hit parts of the island and people are continuing to brace themselves for that situation. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes gave us this update from taipei. we understand the typhoon has now come ashore on the east coast,

the north east coast of taiwan, about 50 miles away from where i'm standing. so over there, over the mountains behind me here they are already experiencing very destructive winds. i've seen some recent video taken in the last hour, with gusts that look like they're well over 100 miles an hour in the streets of yilan, which is a city over the other side of the mountains on the east coast. there have already been reports of lots of trees being brought down by the strong winds. and indeed, we have now got the first report of one death of someone who was riding their motorcycle, and very sadly, a tree came down and hit them and killed them. so, uh, clearly it is very dangerous to be outside along the east coast of taiwan already this afternoon. the storm is going to move across the island later today and into tonight, and indeed its expected to come right over the top of the capital here in taipei. you can see the conditions here. it's raining heavily. we're getting gusts of winds, but this is expected to get a lot stronger in the next few hours. and how are people preparing ahead or as this typhoon lands

there in taiwan now? well, here in taipei and in the cities of taiwan, people are basically hunkering down. they're used to typhoons. typhoons come through here several times a year on average. this is a big one, but they're mostly staying at home. we've been out on the streets this afternoon. there are a few people walking around, a few cars still, but mostly people have been told to stay at home and stay off the streets because of... basically because of the danger from wind—blown objects. i think the real fear from this storm is not so much from the winds, but the amount of rain it's bringing. they're saying it could be over 1,000mm of rain falling over the central mountains of taiwan. tonight, that amount of rain is very likely to unleash landslides and flash flooding. so it's really the people up in the mountains. the central mountains of taiwan are very high, and there are remote towns and villages up there where people have been told to take refuge in local evacuation centres, schools, buildings like that, where they will be safer tonight

and many thousands of people are now evacuating to those places. go live to nairobi now, where the kenyan president william ruto is addressing the nation from the state house. in my last address to the nation, i undertook to consult a broad spectrum of stakeholders from all sectors, and regions in order to have a broad—based government. in have a broad—based government. i�*i line with this undertaking i will be

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education system which looks out for learners from vulnerable backgrounds and ensures canyons from all walks of life live in safe and dignified housing. of life live in safe and dignified housina. ., , ,~ housing. that is the kenyan president — housing. that is the kenyan president addressing - housing. that is the kenyan president addressing the i housing. that is the kenyan - president addressing the nation. apologies for the quality of the sound but we just had to take in some of that address to the nation. kenya has seen weeks of protest, people protesting against rises in taxes. has turned into wider criticism of the government. last friday he named a new cabinet following those protest but there has been real criticism of that government and those changes. as we can hear, he was announcing new policies following those protests in

kenya. to nepal, where at least 18 people have been killed when a plane crashed during take—off from the capital, kathmandu. the saurya airlines flight was carrying 17 company employees and two crew on a test flight to the tourist destination of pokhara. the plane's captain survived and has been taken to hospital. earlier, sanjaya dhakal from bbc nepaljoined us with the latest. this morning around 11:15 local time, and airlines carrying 19 people on board immediately crashed after take—off from the international airport in kathmandu. according to the civil aviation authority of nepal, 18 dead bodies have already been recovered and the captain has been rescued and taken to a nearby hospital. further details are awaited. and how much of a concern is airline safety there in nepal? just last year, 72 people were killed in another crash in the country. just how much of a concern

is airline safety there? it is a big concern in nepal. this is the fourth fatal accident in the last five years, and in last eight years, nearly 70 accidents have happened and that has taken nearly 900 lives. 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. # let me tell you, 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! he while watching bbc news. you can watch a full version of the interview this weekend here on bbc

news. stay with us, we have the business for you next. for many of us today it will be trying with variable amounts of cloud and sunny spells. high pressure is dominating the weather. we do have some front bumping into it. they are fairly weak and bringing in more clout and light rain generally to the west. they will be happier banging in the west. they will be happier banning any upturn afternoon to be of wales and south—west england. as temperatures rise in the east of england we could catch the odd shower. a lot of us will stay dry. temperatures 1a to 25. 25 fulfil pleasantly warm in the sunshine. not quite as warm when we have cloud and rain. this evening it will be happy in the north of

scotland and we will get some humid air. it will be quite an oppressive night with temperatures falling away to 11 to 16 degrees. that is how we start the day tomorrow. the weather front, the first one pushing east. the second one coming in which will bring in more rain. the rain will turn happier with the one across the english channel, the channel islands some southern counties of england into the far south—east, possibly further north into central southern england. a lot of dry weather for many parts of the country. though the showery rain across scotland and northern ireland through the day. on friday any early cradle me the way from the south—east. for most it will be another dry day would link the sunny spells and showers especially so in the north and west where it could be happy. as temperatures rise once again, more showers here and there. they will be the exception rather than the rule.

friday into saturday you can see this high pressure ridge building in but also a front coming in from the west bumping into them. that will bring in showery rain across northern and western scotland and northern ireland. full southern and western scotland largely trailer sunny spells. some afternoon showers napping up sunny spells. some afternoon showers popping up here and there. temperatures 15 to 23, down just a touch. into sunday high pressure will firmly be in charge. we're looking at dry weather, sunshine and showers in the north—west.

low cost airline easyjet reports a 16% increase in pretax profits. tesla loses charge. its profits hit a five—year low as falling prices bite. and taking on the big birds: how brazilian jet maker embraer hopes to prey on boeing and airbus. welcome to business today. two major players in the aviation and travel industry have published results today. heathrow announced their financial results for the last six months. it swung to a profit for the first half of the year, boosted by robust passenger traffic as travel picked up. meanwhile budget airline,

easyjet announced a 16% rise in pre—tax profit in its third—quarter, helped by strong summer travel demand and more customers looking for budget holidays. it has been a turbulent time for the airline industry, especially after friday's global outage which caused thousands of flights to be cancelled. heathrow may have one of the world's largest passenger footfalls but budget airlines are coming under increasing pressure to sell their tickets. let's get the thoughts of our travel experts. let's talk about easyjet festival. its figures are pretty good especially compared to mine air last week. why is easyjet your things differently and doing better? really good question. it is all to do with easyjet saying we have got the best possible network, using primary airports. here in london,

they are flying to london gatwick which a lot of people prefer as well as rating and stansted which is a mine air�*s main base. more particularly, as well as bringing many tourists in london, they are taking loads of holiday and in april, may and june, they so steadily rising load factors are filling up their planes increasingly well and at the same time some pretty good affairs. they made £6 or $8 profit per passenger over those three months and an increase of 16 compared to ryanair is's profit slumping by nearly half. to compared to ryanair is's profit slumping by nearly half. to that is eas jet slumping by nearly half. to that is easyjet and _ slumping by nearly half. to that is easyjet and ryanair. _ slumping by nearly half. to that is easyjet and ryanair. let's - slumping by nearly half. to that is easyjet and ryanair. let's talk- easyjet and ryanair. let's talk about the airports themselves. it is having a pretty good time of it, more personally through the airport. but to the question is can they cope with those passengers? and the question about the additional runway. question about the additional runwa . �* , ., ., .

runway. i've been told to executive and he says — runway. i've been told to executive and he says that _ runway. i've been told to executive and he says that actually, - runway. i've been told to executive and he says that actually, his - runway. i've been told to executive and he says that actually, his way i and he says that actually, his way on friday when you had the crowd strike failure, 7000 flights cancelled. even i did pretty well and still got through 250,000 passengers, making it the uk's, indeed your�*s busiest airport. any long—term significant growth, he says we are absolutely committed to a third runway and a very controversial thing here, but a two at the moment, just two is getting far more passengers in and ad then paris, amsterdam and frankfurt who have far more runways. in the short term, he said we are going to get more people in and out but we are going to do that by using larger aircraft. i going to do that by using larger aircraft. , , ,.,, , going to do that by using larger aircraft. , , , , ., aircraft. i suppose the big question riaht now aircraft. i suppose the big question right now is — aircraft. i suppose the big question right now is what _ aircraft. i suppose the big question right now is what happens - aircraft. i suppose the big question right now is what happens next? i aircraft. i suppose the big question | right now is what happens next? we know that people are still feeling the squeeze, people have less disposable money in their pocket. they are thinking, i will spend a

bit on the summer, i want to escape and get into some good weather. what and get into some good weather. what ha--ens and get into some good weather. what happens later— and get into some good weather. what happens later in _ and get into some good weather. twat happens later in the and get into some good weather. wisgt happens later in the year? there is no visibility and that that is the really interesting thing. we know july, august and september, particularly the first two months, the peak summer months are going to be very good for the airlines but once you get into the northern, 0ctober, once you get into the northern, october, november, nobody quite knows what is going to happen. why rise said this week we haven't got a clue you quickly. we are now going to are going to be slightly under a thousand passengers but that is simply because ryanair cuts there fares to whatever level they need to fill their place. they prioritise that over how much they actually earn from each passenger. bind air and easyjet are by far the biggest low—cost airlines in europe and are solidly profitable but what is going to be happening by the end of the year is anybody�*s guess. i

to be happening by the end of the year is anybody's guess.— year is anybody's guess. i have really will _ year is anybody's guess. i have really will be _ year is anybody's guess. i have really will be talking _ year is anybody's guess. i have really will be talking about - year is anybody's guess. i have j really will be talking about that later on but thank you for now. that's a sign of the latest with what to the airlines and airports are telling us right now. the electric vehicle giant tesla has reported its lowest profit margin in more than five years, missing expectations. the car—maker's been forced to cut prices in recent months to compete with rivals. and it's facing fresh challenges from legacy car—makers in the us and elsewhere. the company's boss elon musk has said he would be shocked if his self—driving cars aren't ready to operate without human supervision on us roads by next year. here's erin delmore in new york. the shares spent most of the year sliding between lagging sales, production snarls, shipping delays and increased competition from overseas ev makers. then, shares started gaining. they were up 40% since the end of may. see investors started focusing less on tesla's slumping ev sales and more on chief executive elon musk�*s plans to make tesla into an artificial intelligence powerhouse with al powered robo

—taxis and humanoid robots. alluring? yes. profitable? no. or at least not yet. tesla unveiled its second quarter earnings tuesday after wall street's closing bell, and reported a 45% drop in profit between april and june. that came in lower than analysts had estimated. sales fell nearly 5% in the second quarter and production fell as well. now, investors are left to see whether tesla can successfully rev up its lagging car sales or begin monetising its ai offerings fast enough to make up for it. the great and good of the global aerospace industry have been gathering in farnborough all this week for the airshow. we've already heard about the difficulties facing boeing in the wake of a safety scandal and how its rival airbus is struggling to cope with extra demand. so could there be room for another player to enter the market for big jets?

one possibility is brazilian firm embraer. it's already a major player in the market for smaller airliners but could it be ready to build something bigger? theo leggett put that to embraer�*s head of commercial aviation. technology wise, we could do it. we have a kc 390 that has the size of a narrow body and the width of a wide body. so we're capable of a lot. but we're currently very focussed on our existing products the e2, the kc 390 and our executive products with the phenoms and the predators. uh, and we have a big team looking at future opportunities. and this is definitely one of them. looking to the future, people are talking about hydrogen power electrification. now that's a technological challenge. and it's likely to start at least with smaller aircraft. does that provide an opportunity for you? absolutely. i think we are... we pride ourselves for being the manufacturer in the up to 150—seat space. that's one of the reasons why we launched energia. we believe that new technology

will find its way to the market soon at the lower end. electric, really small hybrid a little bit bigger. hydrogen, whether with fuel cell or whether with combustion, maybe even a little bit more bigger than that. but we believe it's up to the 100 seat segment in the next 15 to 20 years. and we're talking to customers and suppliers to see what's possible. and we believe that's an area where we're good at and that's what we're focussed on it. of course, there is another player making waves in the market that's still small but could grow, and that's comac of china. how much of a threat would they be to your current position? well, first of all, i think it's amazing what they're doing. and the 909 is a is a is the first big narrowbody that's coming out of china. um, we expect it will take some time to certify that aircraft out of china. um, but i think in the long run, if we're seeing what we've done, for example, on the car manufacturing side, um, they've grown really big. they're building great products. so we're definitely keep an eye on what china, uh, companies are bringing to the market in the years ahead. so that is a potential threat, then?

i think it's the market is big enough for multiple players, especially in the narrowbody sectors. and finally, um, in terms of environmental performance, the aviation industry is trying to go net zero by 2050. do you think that's a manageable target? um, i think it is. uh, if we allow all the different, uh, um, solutions to come together. so i think what we're talking about is doing truly green concept on the lower end. they will contribute, but we'll only partly, uh, we believe hydrogen could be a solution longer term. and we, we believe sustainable aviation fuel is also a very natural pathway. that's basically the lowest hanging apple that we should go after. google's parent company, alphabet, has beaten revenue and profit estimates in its second quarter results. profit was up to 23.5 billion dollars. that's about the same amount it offered to buy the israeli cyber—security firm wiz, but that offer was turned down. had it gone through it would have been alphabet�*s largest—ever acquisition. here's the view of tom stevenson,

investment director at fidelity. 0n the face of it, it is an extremely attractive offer. it's only two months ago that that wizz air raised some money in a fundraising round, and the value of the company then was put at $12 billion. so this offer from google reported offerfrom google is nearly nearly twice that. that price and the other, the other way of measuring the value of the offer, is that in terms of a multiple of whiz�*s sales, it's about 46 times sales. now, if you look at some of the comparable companies out there, including crowdstrike, which of course was was in the news last week because of that, that that big outage that was valued at about 20 times sales. so on the face of it, this was an extremely attractive offerfrom google.

i think the reason why, well, there are two possible reasons why they rejected the offer. one is that the stated reason, which is that they are looking to float the business, and they just think that the company is going to be worth more in a couple of years' time when they come around to floating. i think the other reason is that they mayjust be engaged in a sort of high stakes, uh, game to try and up the price a bit, eitherfrom google orfrom one of the other big, uh, big tech companies. in other news.... here in the uk, the closure of more than 200 carpetright stores has left many customers and staff in trouble. its rival retailer tapi has rescued 5a stores but says it will not fulfil outstanding customer orders at shops that have shut, nor will it rehire around 1,500 staff who lost their jobs. depending on their method of payment, many customers are hundreds of pounds out of pocket with no expectation of recovery. britain's crown estate, which manages the public property of king charles, has posted a record annual profit of £1.1 billion pounds

or $1.11 billion dollars. that's been boosted by income from leases for offshore wind farms. the crown estate controls the revenue from most of britain's sea bed along wih a sizeable footprint of urban property. us defence company lockheed martin has raised its sales targets for the year to $71 billion dollars. it follows the unexpected resumption of deliveries of its f—35 aircraft, after the pentagon began accepting the jets last week. the us resumed taking f—35 deliveries after a long delays due to software upgrades. lets take a look at the markets. we touched on tesla, it will be interesting how the us markets were open and a real evaluation of whether tesla is valued as a tech or motor company. this whether tesla is valued as a tech or motor company-— whether tesla is valued as a tech or motor company. this is what europe is lookin: motor company. this is what europe is looking like _ motor company. this is what europe is looking like at _ motor company. this is what europe is looking like at the _ motor company. this is what europe is looking like at the moment. - motor company. this is what europe is looking like at the moment. oil. is looking like at the moment. 0il back—up, just approaching $82 and we will keep a close eye on what is

happening there. more for you on business today.

hello from the bbc sports centre. we are just two days away from the opening ceremony of the summer 0lympics opening ceremony of the summer olympics in paris but france will be looking ahead to another 0lympics after they were given the hosting rights to 2030 olympics. this is conditional on transmitting the necessary conditions, they want the ioc's necessary conditions, they want the ioc�*s first choice in stone. the current caretaker government were unable to deliver the necessary financial guarantees in time. it will be the fourth time since france

estimated the olympics. 0ne will be the fourth time since france estimated the olympics. one of britain's leading athletes at the game dressage competitor charlotte dujardin, team gb most successful it mp and has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation following the surfacing of a responding that she discovers is an error ofjudgment. having danced her way to dressage stardom at london 2012, with cemented her status as one of the most successful british 0lympian of all time. selected for her fourth 0lympian of all time. selected for herfourth game, she 0lympian of all time. selected for her fourth game, she was attracted to make history in paris by winning another medal, a seventh medal to overtake dame laura kenny as team gb�*s most decorated female athlete. but she went claim that crowned this summer because to claim a shock announcement that she was withdrawing from the games after a video emerged which she showed showing her making an error of

judgment during a coaching session four years ago. in a statement... the world governing body for the question sport the fbi said in a statement... the whistle—blower�*s lower clan in a letter seen by the bbc that the video shows messed up on back but six excessively with a hip. she has been suspended pending the outcome of the fbi's investigation. —— beating a whole is excessively with a whip. her absence will be keenly felt, she was a gold medal contender

notjust individually but as part of the british team. the impact on team gb hopes that this story could have major ramifications for the acceptance of a question of sport in society ahead of an event where it was said to be celebrated. the successful— was said to be celebrated. the successful future _ was said to be celebrated. tie: successful future of the course of sport how public trust at the centre of it. the public have to trust the questions of caring and treating the equines with respect, compassion and understanding and if that trust is damage, it would damage the sport so it is really important that people take on... this is another massive wake—up call for anyone who thinks this is not important because it is most certainly is.— this is not important because it is most certainly is. with the olympics around the corner, _ most certainly is. with the olympics around the corner, this _ most certainly is. with the olympics around the corner, this is _ most certainly is. with the olympics around the corner, this is a - most certainly is. with the olympics around the corner, this is a major i around the corner, this is a major blow to the british team and it could have far—reaching consequences. the canadian olympic committee has apologised after a

canadian soccer staff member allegedly flew a drone as the new zealand training session —— football training schedule football at this happened allegedly when the team a session. the olympic committee will be to the olympic team of the incident to police... is that it will shock and disappointed, and other wedding medalfrom will shock and disappointed, and other wedding medal from the loss in about four years ago. the men's football tournament bigger is wednesday. there will be heading to tokyo... they take on you spec is donein tokyo... they take on you spec is done in the opening fixture while france led by former... chelsea manager does not think there will be any bombs at all when midfielder and if an understrength up with the squad —— mac does not think there will be any problems at all when midfielder enzo fernandezjoins his

team on monday. he was accused of along the of digging a chance on social media. —— a racist chant on social media. —— a racist chant on social media. —— a racist chant on social media. i social media. -- a racist chant on social media.— social media. i don't think that with enzo _ social media. i don't think that with enzo back, _ social media. i don't think that with enzo back, the _ social media. i don't think that with enzo back, the play - social media. i don't think that with enzo back, the play has . social media. i don't think that - with enzo back, the play has already clarified the situation so there is nothing to add.— nothing to add. uefa open disciplinary _ nothing to add. uefa open disciplinary proceedings i nothing to add. uefa open - disciplinary proceedings against spain against these two players after they chanted you dribble to spanish during the you football celebrations in during the us. players celebrated that 2—1 win over england and an official complaint has been made by the edgewater federation and now both have been charged. more stories like this,

please check out the bbc sport website and app but that is it for now. hello. sir keir starmer,... sir keirstarmer,... 0ur sir keir starmer,... 0ur political correspondent nick only has this sport. correspondent nick only has this sort. correspondent nick only has this sort, ., , , correspondent nick only has this sort, , fig: correspondent nick only has this sort. , '::;~, ., , sport. the ayes were 103, the notes were 263 so — sport. the ayes were 103, the notes were 263 so that _ sport. the ayes were 103, the notes were 263 so that no _ sport. the ayes were 103, the notes were 263 so that no smack- sport. the ayes were 103, the notes were 263 so that no smack habit, i sport. the ayes were 103, the notes. were 263 so that no smack habit, the noes coverage. were 263 so that no smack habit, the noes coverage-— were 263 so that no smack habit, the noes coverage. less than three weeks in ower noes coverage. less than three weeks in power and — noes coverage. less than three weeks in power and the _ noes coverage. less than three weeks in power and the government - noes coverage. less than three weeks in power and the government has - noes coverage. less than three weeks in power and the government has had| in power and the government has had its first rebellion, it was small but the prime minister had responded with his first show of force. mps have been debating the kings beach, keir starmer�*s plan for his first

months in power. —— the king beach. there was nothing about overturning and conjuration conservatives 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 so it would push people into poverty and a small number of labour mps backed him. the poverty and a small number of labour mps backed him.— mps backed him. the single most effective way _ mps backed him. the single most effective way of _ mps backed him. the single most effective way of tackling - mps backed him. the single most effective way of tackling child - 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 chancellorjohn mcdonald's and rebecca long bailey who stood against some of the labour leadership. they are now being told they have been suspended from the labour party in parliament for six months. , ., labour party in parliament for six months. , months. the government says it will be is lesser — months. the government says it will be is lesser to _ months. the government says it will be is lesser to scrap _ months. the government says it will be is lesser to scrap the _ months. the government says it will be is lesser to scrap the child - be is lesser to scrap the child benefit cap and set it were to be careful with each country's finances. i careful with each country's finances-— careful with each country's finances. , ., i,

finances. i strongly support the removal of _ finances. i strongly support the removal of the _ finances. i strongly support the removal of the teutonic - finances. i strongly support the removal of the teutonic cup. i finances. i strongly support the i removal of the teutonic cup. the government is less than three weeks in and it has a pretty terrible economic inheriting and i do think they need to be given time and space to be able to look at things. the emphasis should be on unity and given the government, that space to bring forward such thinking. find given the government, that space to bring forward such thinking. and now call forward the _ bring forward such thinking. and now call forward the prime _ bring forward such thinking. and now call forward the prime minister - bring forward such thinking. and now call forward the prime minister sir i call forward the prime minister sir keir starmer. but call forward the prime minister sir keir stamen— call forward the prime minister sir keir starmer. �* ., , ., ., keir starmer. but many more labour mps with a change _ keir starmer. but many more labour mps with a change of— keir starmer. but many more labour mps with a change of heart - keir starmer. but many more labour mps with a change of heart and i keir starmer. but many more labour mps with a change of heart and for. mps with a change of heart and for the government to scrap the two child benefit cap so this issue is unlikely to disappear. 0ne child benefit cap so this issue is unlikely to disappear. one of these seven labour rebels, saro sought an x—ray to my at bbc breakfast by she rated against a labour government. i'm committed to reversing universal —— this should include scrapping the

two child benefit cap. within the labour party, all is affiliated trade unions, they support scrapping the tutor benefit cap. this is also supported by the tuc which supports 6 million workers as well as keir starmer himself in 2020 for his leadership bid. we also have charities like save the children as well as the archbishop of canterbury calling for this. the two child benefit cap is seen as a key driver of child poverty in this country and if the labour party is to have a moral mission, surely it should be to eradicate child poverty. it is such early _ to eradicate child poverty. it is such early days _ to eradicate child poverty. it is such early days into _ to eradicate child poverty. it is such early days into this government, isn't it? are due for like you have achieved anything? i've always said that as a backbench mp representing a constituency where 10,000 children live in poverty, avoidable poverty, it is incumbent on me to use any opportunity to change that reality for those families. 0ne change that reality for those families. one and three children, due south are facing this reality

where they are going to save kenya sleep hungry at night, and cold homes, missing out on lee two key life experiences —— but they are going to sleep hungry at night. as a constituency mp, it is really important that mps are able to make the case for their constituents and a mate in a way that enables them to sleep at night. the a mate in a way that enables them to sleep at night-— sleep at night. the chancellor rachel reeves _ sleep at night. the chancellor rachel reeves say _ sleep at night. the chancellor rachel reeves say no - sleep at night. the chancellor. rachel reeves say no unfunded commitments will be made. you accept that at this point there simply is no money?— that at this point there simply is nomone? , no money? fiscal possibility at this moment in time _ no money? fiscal possibility at this moment in time is _ no money? fiscal possibility at this moment in time is 330,000 i no money? fiscal possibility at this i moment in time is 330,000 children in our country are living in poverty. we are the second largest economy in the world, we have enough world to find this. in fact, under the tories as programme, which decimated our public services, that while they had made a killing, their wealth tripled under tories, it is

now, the total wealth of uk billionaires is now shy of 700 billionaires is now shy of 700 billion so there are policies that we can implement to find this policy. 0ne we can implement to find this policy. one of them is a 2% while tax on assets over 10 million, that would raise £24 billion. if we had a policy that equalises capital gains with income rate thresholds, you would raise £60 billion. if people say there's not enough money to fund this, they are not looking at the right places i need is really important that we make a difference right now because we can change people's lives right now by implementing this and not waiting for a moment in the future. share implementing this and not waiting for a moment in the future. are you sa in: for a moment in the future. are you saying that — for a moment in the future. are you saying that the _ for a moment in the future. are you saying that the labour _ for a moment in the future. are you saying that the labour party - for a moment in the future. are you saying that the labour party and i saying that the labour party and government is unwilling to find this money? government is unwilling to find this mone ? ., . , government is unwilling to find this mone ? ., ., . government is unwilling to find this mone? ., money? politics and the decisions we make are based _ money? politics and the decisions we make are based on _ money? politics and the decisions we make are based on will _ money? politics and the decisions we make are based on will and _ money? politics and the decisions we make are based on will and what i i make are based on will and what i would say is that allowing this to continue is a matter of political will say that is what needs to

change. that was zahara sutana, one of the labour rebels that's voted for this. sir keir starmer will face his first prime is the question as prime minister. for more on this let's speak to our political correspondent rob is set there in the house of commons, what can we accept the mac expect during the prime minister questions? this expect during the prime minister cuestions? , , ., ., , questions? this is going to be the first time in _ questions? this is going to be the first time in u. — questions? this is going to be the first time in 14 years _ questions? this is going to be the first time in 14 years that - questions? this is going to be the first time in 14 years that it's i first time in 14 years that it's been a labour prime ministers answering questions from a conservative leader of the opposition. so it is a big moment, write? a big big moment. iaccepting and may be proved spectacularly

wrong thatjust because this is the first emts with a labour prime minister that there may be a sad certain generous spirit —— prime minister questions with a labour prime minister. i minister questions with a labour prime minister.— minister questions with a labour prime minister. i guess we will say. i auess prime minister. i guess we will say. i guess we — prime minister. i guess we will say. i guess we will— prime minister. i guess we will say. i guess we will see. _ prime minister. i guess we will say. i guess we will see. of— prime minister. i guess we will say. i guess we will see. of course, i prime minister. i guess we will say. i guess we will see. of course, will| i guess we will see. of course, will be watching the performance of the prime minister but also, the leader of the opposition, rishi sunak. how is the conservative party positioning itself as the official opposition now?— positioning itself as the official opposition now? they say they are auoin to opposition now? they say they are going to take _ opposition now? they say they are going to take it — opposition now? they say they are going to take it as _ opposition now? they say they are going to take it as seriously i opposition now? they say they are going to take it as seriously and i going to take it as seriously and try and do a competent a job as they can and in the interim that is going to be done by reaching to the back —— but which sunak, the former prime minister. it is going to be quite difficult, firstly the shock of losing an election quite so spectacularly. they are barely over 100 mp5. they used to have 360. of course, in the process of selecting

a new leader which is going to take until november the 2nd so, if you like, it is kind of beholder operation and by definition it is going to be incredibly difficult for a party that has a 120 odd mps to hold to account a government with a massive majority like this. thy, massive majority like this. a confluence with a massive majority but one database its first rebellion in the house yesterday —— not a government with a massive majority but one that faced its first rebellion in the house yesterday. is that casting a shadow over pm cues today and what are we hearing from the labour party is following that decision from the labour party? i think it's to produce small shadow. i thought it was interesting that sir keir starmer chose to act with a high degree of ruthlessness would make an example of the seven mps but i guess stepping back from all of this, looking at this historically, i guess what you saw something that

is essentially every labour party has had to deal with since 1945. every labour government, there is on the left of the party, which they were doing things that the left of the party likes more. in the particular case of child poverty, the government has set up a review may be in the ads which will decide to add that ban on benefits that were set by the previous conservative government. i think the more general pattern, of labour governments is that which essentially had by a large centrist leaders are facing constant pressures from 1 degrees or another or from those on the left of the party and that is probably something thatis party and that is probably something that is never going to change in the same way that the british weather is unlikely to change. actually, i may be wrong about that but i will see. just to remind viewers who might be joining us at this moment that we arejust waiting for

joining us at this moment that we are just waiting for prime minister's questions to be gained there in the house of commons, this will be the first prime minister's questions for sir keir starmer says the labour party took over and that could happen at any second now. but, rob we have seen the labour government introduced us policies in the last few weeks since they took over, when it comes to migration, precedents. what you think the focus will be cut? let's go to the house of commons, it started now. soldiers have been attacked _ of commons, it started now. soldiers have been attacked in _ of commons, it started now. soldiers have been attacked in kent, - of commons, it started now. soldiers have been attacked in kent, our- have been attacked in kent, our thoughts are with him, his family and our armed forces who serve to keep us safe, we wish him a swift recovery. speaker, the whole house will also want to join me speaker, the whole house will also want tojoin me in speaker, the whole house will also want to join me in wishing speaker, the whole house will also want tojoin me in wishing team gb good luck as they travel to paris for the olympic games. and, mr speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others discussing how this government will bring about the change the country has decisively voted for. in addition to my duties

in this house i will have further such meetings today. i in this house i will have further such meetings today.— in this house i will have further such meetings today. i begin by welcoming _ such meetings today. i begin by welcoming the _ such meetings today. i begin by welcoming the prime _ such meetings today. i begin by welcoming the prime minister l such meetings today. i begin by| welcoming the prime minister to such meetings today. i begin by i welcoming the prime minister to his first questions as prime minister and i also associate myself with his remarks about the soldier in kent and my wishes to the british 0lympians. at my constituency, thames water has dumped sewage into the river for more than 2006 dowas in the last year. thames water was allowed by 0fwat to withdraw £7 billion in dividends but it now wants to jack up the bills of my constituents. i welcome the water bill in the king's speech but will the prime minister agree that the system is broken and will he commit to scrapping 0fwat and replacing it with a tougher regulator that will finally put people and planet ahead of water company profits? can i welcome the — of water company profits? can i welcome the honourable i of water company profits? can i welcome the honourable member to his place and thank him for raising this important in relation to issue water. customers should not pay the

price for the mismanagement by water companies. we have already announced immediate steps to put water companies under tougher regime and the ministerfor water companies under tougher regime and the minister for water will meet the bosses of failing companies to hold them to account for their performance. after 14 years of failure, with our river sand beaches, it falls to this government of service to fix their mess of the failure of the last 14 years. i welcome the prime minister to his place. many young trans people and their families are extremely concerned about the restrictions on puberty blockers implemented by the last government. 0ne puberty blockers implemented by the last government. one of my constituents, a parent of a trans child told me, i am so worried about my child, i am terrified for what this means for them and where britain is going on these issues. will the prime minister meet with

young trans people, theirfamilies and organisations supporting them so he can hear why they feel so strongly that these restrictions must be reversed? can strongly that these restrictions must be reversed?— strongly that these restrictions must be reversed? . _, must be reversed? can i welcome the honourable friend _ must be reversed? can i welcome the honourable friend back— must be reversed? can i welcome the honourable friend back to _ must be reversed? can i welcome the honourable friend back to her - must be reversed? can i welcome the honourable friend back to her place. i honourable friend back to her place. our guiding principles must be the 0ur guiding principles must be the well—being of children. this is a serious government and we will approach that question with care, not inflammatory dividing lines. the cass review was clear there is not enough evidence of the long—term impact of puberty blockers to know that they are safe. the health secretary will consult with organisations supporting young people and families and i will ensure there is a meeting with her and the relevant minister as soon as that can be arranged.— that can be arranged. leader of the opposition. — that can be arranged. leader of the opposition, rishi _ that can be arranged. leader of the opposition, rishi sunak. _ that can be arranged. leader of the opposition, rishi sunak. thank i that can be arranged. leader of the | opposition, rishi sunak. thank you, mr speaker- — opposition, rishi sunak. thank you, mr speaker- can _ opposition, rishi sunak. thank you, mr speaker. can i _ opposition, rishi sunak. thank you, mr speaker. can i join _ opposition, rishi sunak. thank you, mr speaker. can i join the _ opposition, rishi sunak. thank you, mr speaker. can i join the prime i mr speaker. can ijoin the prime minister in expressing my shock at the attack on a british soldier. 0ur the attack on a british soldier. our

thoughts are with him and his family as we wish him a speedy recovery. i alsojoin as we wish him a speedy recovery. i also join the as we wish him a speedy recovery. i alsojoin the prime minster in his warm words about our 0lympic warm words about our olympic athletes will stop i have no doubt that after years of training, focus and dedication they will bring back many gold medals. although to be honest i am probably not the first person they want to hear advice from on how to win. person they want to hear advice from on how to win-— on how to win. laughter but i on how to win. laughter itut i am _ on how to win. laughter itut i am glad _ on how to win. laughter but i am glad in _ on how to win. laughter but i am glad in our- on how to win. laughter - but i am glad in our exchanges... i am glad, mr speaker... iam but i am glad in our exchanges... i am glad, mr speaker... i am glad but i am glad in our exchanges... i am glad, mr speaker... iam glad in our exchanges so far we have maintained a cross—party consensus on important matters of foreign policy and in that spirit today i wanted to focus our exchange on ukraine and national security. the uk has consistently been the first country to provide new capabilities to ukraine such as the long range weapons that have been used so effectively in the black sea. those decisions are not easy and i was grateful to the prime minister for his support as i made those

decisions in government. in opposition i offer that same support to him. can i ask he continues to be responsive to ukraine's new request so they don't just responsive to ukraine's new request so they don'tjust stand still but can decisively win out against russian aggression? can can decisively win out against russian aggression?- can decisively win out against russian aggression? can i thank the leader of russian aggression? can i thank the leader of the _ russian aggression? can i thank the leader of the opposition _ russian aggression? can i thank the leader of the opposition for - russian aggression? can i thank the leader of the opposition for not i leader of the opposition for not only raising the question of ukraine but doing it in a way that maintains the unity across this house which has been so important to the ukrainian people. i can assure him that we are of course talking to ukraine about how they deal with the russian aggression they are facing and have been facing for many months. i will continue to try to do that in the way that he did, which is to reach out across the house, to share such information as we can to maintain the unity that is so important. i maintain the unity that is so important-— maintain the unity that is so imortant. . ~ ., ., important. i thank him for that response- _ important. i thank him for that response. now— important. i thank him for that response. now i _ important. i thank him for that response. nowl also - important. i thank him for that response. now i also found i important. i thank him for that l response. now i also found that important. i thank him for that i response. now i also found that one of the uk's key roles as ukraine

boss �*s closest ally is to encourage other countries to follow our lead in providing new military capabilities. in that vein when he met chancellor 0laf scholz recently i'm sure he thanked him for the air defences that germany is providing ukrainians but did he remind him to provide long—range missiles just as the uk, the us and france have done? i had the opportunity in washington at the nato council to talk to our german counterparts. there was a strong theme there on ukraine, discussed with all our allies, and part of my message was to urge all our allies to provide further support where they can to the ukrainian people and that was well received and there was unity coming out of that nato council, that's what we will do. i’m out of that nato council, that's what we will do.— out of that nato council, that's what we will do. i'm glad to hear the prime _ what we will do. i'm glad to hear the prime minister _ what we will do. i'm glad to hear the prime minister raised i what we will do. i'm glad to hear the prime minister raised the i what we will do. i'm glad to hear. the prime minister raised the nato summit as well because i very much welcome the message that came out

loud and clear from that summit, and indeed the prime minister's words from the dispatch box on monday about ukraine's irreversible path to nato membership. does he agree with me that fatuous russian claims on ukrainian territory must not act as a block to ukrainejoining the nato defence alliance? i a block to ukraine “oining the nato defence alliance? i wholeheartedly a . ree defence alliance? i wholeheartedly aaree and defence alliance? i wholeheartedly agree and it _ defence alliance? i wholeheartedly agree and it is _ defence alliance? i wholeheartedly agree and it is for _ defence alliance? i wholeheartedly agree and it is for nato _ defence alliance? i wholeheartedly agree and it is for nato allies i defence alliance? i wholeheartedly agree and it is for nato allies to i agree and it is for nato allies to decide who is a member of nato, formed 75 years ago, a proud and probably the most successful alliance that has ever been formed, and that is why it was really important at the summit that we were able to say there is now this irreversible path to membership. that's a step forward from a year ago and president zelensky was very pleased we were able to make that successful transition.— pleased we were able to make that successful transition. thanks to the com - lex successful transition. thanks to the complex legal— successful transition. thanks to the complex legal and _ successful transition. thanks to the complex legal and diplomatic i successful transition. thanks to the complex legal and diplomatic work | complex legal and diplomatic work that the uk has led over the past several months, together with our

allies, canada and america, the prime minister will i hope now find there is a sound and established legal basis to go further on sanctions and sees russian assets and use them to fund ukrainian reconstruction. that work has taken time but i hope he has been able to take a look at it and can he confirm for the house that this work is something he will take forward, because if he does i can assure him that the opposition will support him in doing so?— in doing so? again, i'm gratefulfor this opportunity _ in doing so? again, i'm gratefulfor this opportunity to _ in doing so? again, i'm gratefulfor this opportunity to say _ in doing so? again, i'm gratefulfor this opportunity to say how- in doing so? again, i'm gratefulfor this opportunity to say how united i this opportunity to say how united we were on the question of sanctions across this house. the use now made of what has been seized and frozen is an important issue on which i think we can move forward and i know the chancellor is already beginning to have some discussions about how we can take more effective measures. again i will seek to reach out across the house as we do this important work together. i across the house as we do this important work together. i very much welcome the — important work together. i very much welcome the prime _ important work together. i very much welcome the prime minister's i welcome the prime minister's response. i also welcome both his

and the defence secretary's recent emphasis on the importance of the tempest fighterjet programme. it is a crucial sovereign capability, as he mentioned, and are important for our alliances with italy and japan. furthermore other countries wish to participate and in government we had begun initial productive discussions with our friend and ally saudi arabia about their desire to potentiallyjoin the programme. can the prime minister confirm he will continue those initial positive conversations with saudi arabia and again i can assure him he will have our support in doing so. to again i can assure him he will have our support in doing so.— our support in doing so. to make this absolutely _ our support in doing so. to make this absolutely clear, _ our support in doing so. to make this absolutely clear, this i our support in doing so. to make this absolutely clear, this is i our support in doing so. to make this absolutely clear, this is a - this absolutely clear, this is a really important programme, a significant progress has already been made and we want to build on that progress. i had some initial discussions not least in farnborough where i was a few days ago.- where i was a few days ago. finally, can i 'ust where i was a few days ago. finally, can i just say _ where i was a few days ago. finally, can i just say that _ where i was a few days ago. finally, can i just say that in _ where i was a few days ago. finally, can i just say that in the _ where i was a few days ago. finally, can i just say that in the dangerous l can ijust say that in the dangerous and uncertain world that we now sadly live in i know first—hand how important it is that our prime

minister can use his prerogative power to quickly respond militarily to protect british national security. sometimes without giving this house prior notice. these are perhaps the most difficult decisions that a prime minister can take and i welcomed his support when i made them stop i want to take this opportunity to assure him of the opposition�*s support if he deems it necessary to take similar action in the future. does he agree with me that while the use of the prerogative power is sometimes politically controversial, it is essential to ensure the safety and security the british people? i agree it is essential _ security the british people? i agree it is essential and _ security the british people? i agree it is essential and our— security the british people? i agree it is essential and our security - security the british people? i agree it is essential and our security is i it is essential and our security is the first duty of government. i was grateful to the leader of the opposition for reaching out when action had to be taken, to me personally, to ensure i was briefed on the sensitive issues laying behind the decisions he had to take. as i mentioned to him last week, i will endeavour to ensure we proceed

in the same weight so he has access to all the information that he needs to all the information that he needs to come to a determination which i hope will be to be able to support the position this government takes. welcome back, mr speaker. can i congratulate the prime minister on such a positive start to his premiership. and on resetting the dial on politics as public service, as a force for good. irrespective of our different views and opinions in this chamber and beyond it is a very important message and as such would hejoin me in wishing the very important message and as such would he join me in wishing the very best of luck to the 83 cyclists who have set off from west yorkshire this morning on the ninthjo cox way bike ride, travelling 280 miles down the country to london celebrating what we have in common through cycling, including sadly for the cyclist, a lot of sore legs and aching muscles.

of course i will wish them good luck. i admire them, i am not sure i envy them. it is 280 miles. but it is a brilliant cause and the whole house i think mrs our dearfriend, jo. house i think mrs our dearfriend, jo, and i know she will be incredibly proud to see this government in place and would have played a big part in it. i would like to welcome my honourable friend back to her place and i know that she will continue injo's spirit with the same dedication and determination. and i think i'm right in saying that her parents, jo's parents are in the gallery today to see this first pmqs. we will always have more in common than that which divides us. the have more in common than that which divides us. ., ., , divides us. the leader of the lib dems, sir _ divides us. the leader of the lib dems, sir ed — divides us. the leader of the lib dems, sir ed davey. _ divides us. the leader of the lib dems, sir ed davey. thank - divides us. the leader of the lib dems, sir ed davey. thank you, divides us. the leader of the lib . dems, sir ed davey. thank you, mr seaker dems, sir ed davey. thank you, mr speaker and _ dems, sir ed davey. thank you, mr speaker and can — dems, sir ed davey. thank you, mr speaker and can i _ dems, sir ed davey. thank you, mr speaker and can i welcome - dems, sir ed davey. thank you, mr speaker and can i welcome the - dems, sir ed davey. thank you, mr l speaker and can i welcome the prime minister to his place in this first prime minister's questions. can i associate myself and my party with the comments he made about the

appalling attack on the soldier in kent and our thoughts are with his family, friends and comrades. can i also associate our side with his comments on team gb, and in particular talk about how we want them to succeed in paris. the prime minister has many messes that he has inherited. one of them is the scandal over the carer�*s allowance scandal over the ca rer�*s allowance repayments. scandal over the carer�*s allowance repayments. one example is my constituent andrea, a full—time carer for her elderly mum. constituent andrea, a full—time carerfor her elderly mum. she constituent andrea, a full—time carer for her elderly mum. she went back to work part—time, mainly for her mental health, she tells me. she was earning less than £7,000 a year and has been hit by a bill from the dwp for 4600. and has been hit by a bill from the dwp for a600. andrea is one of tens of thousands of carers facing these repayments, punished for working and earning just a few more pounds over the earnings limit. will the prime minister agreed to meet with me

under the family carers to try to resolve this matter? cani can i thank the honourable member for raising this? he has been a tireless advocate for carers and i don't think any of us could be other than moved when we saw the video of him, his son put out during the election campaign. he talks about team gb. i'm glad he is in a suit today. we are more used to seeing him on a wet suit! but in relation to this issue, we have a more severe crisis than we thought as we go through the box the last ia years. —— the box. i know they don't like it. they don't like it. there was a reason the electorate rejected them so profoundly. so we will review the challenges that we face. we do want to work with the sector where we can

across the house to create a national care service covering all these aspects and we will start with carers and those that work in the carers and those that work in the care sector with a fair pay agreement. but i am very happy to work across the house with all the people that care so passionately about this particular issue. thank ou for about this particular issue. thank you for that _ about this particular issue. thank you for that response. _ about this particular issue. thank you for that response. i - about this particular issue. thank you for that response. i hope - about this particular issue. thank you for that response. i hope he | you for that response. i hope he will look at this matter on carer�*s allowance. family carers save the taxpayer £162 billion a year. if we get this right, many could go back into work. but there is another care crisis probably even bigger and that is the crisis and social care. i'm sure like me, he has met millions of people around the country or heard about millions of people for whom this is their biggest issue and it has been for decades. after a once in a century election, does he not think there is an opportunity for a once in a century chance to fix social care and help our nhs? can i

ask him to set up a cross—party commission on social care to address this urgent matter? he commission on social care to address this urgent matter?— this urgent matter? he is right, it is a crisis- — this urgent matter? he is right, it is a crisis- i _ this urgent matter? he is right, it is a crisis. i am _ this urgent matter? he is right, it is a crisis. i am sorry _ this urgent matter? he is right, it is a crisis. i am sorry to _ this urgent matter? he is right, it is a crisis. i am sorry to have - this urgent matter? he is right, it is a crisis. i am sorry to have to l is a crisis. i am sorry to have to report to the house it is not the only crisis we have inherited. there is a crisis and failure absolutely everywhere after 1a years of failure. this government of service will begin the hard yards of fixing it, including on social care. we will work across the house. we do endeavour to create a national care service. that will not be easy, but we can begin the first steps and we will share that across the house where we can. will share that across the house where we can-— will share that across the house where we can. ., ,, ,, , . where we can. thank you very much, mr speaker- — where we can. thank you very much, mr speaker- for— where we can. thank you very much, mr speaker. for decades, _ where we can. thank you very much, mr speaker. for decades, my - mr speaker. for decades, my constituentjack mr speaker. for decades, my constituent jack taylor has been continuously ignored by previous governments. he and other veterans have been denied access to them medical records and compensation. the prime minister has rightly said

these national heroes deserve full accountability and justice. will he therefore consider supporting a special tribunal with statutory powers into this 70 year long scandal? ., , powers into this 70 year long scandal? . , , , , powers into this 70 year long scandal? . , , ,, , scandal? can i first express my cratitude scandal? can i first express my gratitude to — scandal? can i first express my gratitude to the _ scandal? can i first express my gratitude to the service - scandal? can i first express my i gratitude to the service personnel who participated in the british nuclear testing programme? it is right i think nearly 5,000 now i have got the nuclear test medals, in recognition of their service. and the veterans have the right to reply for no fault compensation under the war pension scheme. i will ensure on this issue a meeting is arranged for her with the relevant minister. mar; her with the relevant minister. may i aaain her with the relevant minister. may i again warmly _ her with the relevant minister. .— i again warmly congratulate the prime minister on ending tory rule. in his campaign to do so, he was of course... they are too close for

comfort now! in his campaign to do so, mr speaker, he was of course joined by gordon brown and just five days before the general election in scotland, on the front page of the daily record, gordon brown instructed voters to vote labour to end child poverty. but last night, labour mps from scotland were instructed to retain the two—child benefit cap which forces children into poverty. so, prime minister, what changed? i’m into poverty. so, prime minister, what changed?— into poverty. so, prime minister, what chanced? �* . ., , what changed? i'm glad he mentions gordon brown _ what changed? i'm glad he mentions gordon brown because _ what changed? i'm glad he mentions gordon brown because the _ what changed? i'm glad he mentions gordon brown because the last - what changed? i'm glad he mentions. gordon brown because the last labour government lifted millions of children out of poverty, something we are very proud of. and this government will approach the question with the same vigour come up question with the same vigour come up with our new task force already taking steps. breakfast clubs, abolishing no—fault evictions, decent homes. abolishing no-fault evictions, decent homes.— abolishing no-fault evictions, decent homes. ., ,, ., ., decent homes. order. props are not allowed to be _ decent homes. order. props are not allowed to be used. _ decent homes. order. props are not allowed to be used. never -

decent homes. order. props are not allowed to be used. never mind, . decent homes. order. props are not| allowed to be used. never mind, put it down _ allowed to be used. never mind, put it down we — allowed to be used. never mind, put it down. we don't need any more. prime _ it down. we don't need any more. prime minister. mr speaker, we have already set up a task force to put that in place. free breakfast clubs in every primary school. abolishing no fault of fiction. decent home standard and a plan to make work pgy- standard and a plan to make work pay. but i would just say this. before he lectures everyone else, he should why —— explain why since the snp came to power, there are 30,000 more children in poverty in scotland. i more children in poverty in scotland-— more children in poverty in scotland. . , scotland. i am pleased to see the government _ scotland. i am pleased to see the government has _ scotland. i am pleased to see the government has met _ scotland. i am pleased to see the government has met swift - scotland. i am pleased to see the government has met swift action | scotland. i am pleased to see the i government has met swift action in officially calling for an immediate ceasefire —— government's swift action. release of hostages, release of rapid unitarian aid in gaza, commitments are complying with icc arrest warrants and recognising a palestinian state. but too many innocent people are still dying every day. there is nowhere safe in

gaza. so what further pressure can the prime minister apply to bring about an urgent ceasefire? both the forei . n about an urgent ceasefire? both the foreign secretary _ about an urgent ceasefire? both the foreign secretary and _ about an urgent ceasefire? both the foreign secretary and i _ about an urgent ceasefire? both the foreign secretary and i have - about an urgent ceasefire? both the foreign secretary and i have set - about an urgent ceasefire? both the foreign secretary and i have set outj foreign secretary and i have set out the urgent need for a ceasefire to prime minister netanyahu. we want a pathway to a two—state solution. safe and secure israel alongside a viable sovereign palestinian state. i used my first overseas trip as prime minister particular nato to raise this with world leaders. and under a labour government, this subject will be discussed, negotiated and fought for at the highest levels on the world stage. the alternative is standing on street corners protesting. ultimately, only one of those will deliver change. flan ultimately, only one of those will deliver change.— ultimately, only one of those will deliver change. can i congratulate the prime minister _ deliver change. can i congratulate the prime minister and _ deliver change. can i congratulate the prime minister and welcome l deliver change. can i congratulate i the prime minister and welcome him to his place? i'm sure he will want to his place? i'm sure he will want to reassure the many parents and

teachers in edinburgh west who have expressed concerns about the implication for our state education system in scotland of the vat, the vat increase in independent fees he proposes. edinburgh city council led ljy proposes. edinburgh city council led by the labour party had produced five year projections to show we do not have capacity to accommodate the independent sector. moreover, how will he ensure the vat raised in scotland from those fees can be reinvested in already hard—pressed scottish education? i do reinvested in already hard-pressed scottish education?— scottish education? i do obviously understand _ scottish education? i do obviously understand the _ scottish education? i do obviously understand the aspiration - scottish education? i do obviously understand the aspiration that. understand the aspiration that parents who work hard and save hard have for their children to send them to private schools. but every parent has that aspiration, which have a school they go to. and i am determined that we will have the right teachers in place in our state secondary schools to ensure that every child wherever they come from

all of whatever their background, has the same opportunity and i do not apologise for that. mr speaker, i welcomed — not apologise for that. mr speaker, i welcomed last _ not apologise for that. mr speaker, i welcomed last week's _ not apologise for that. mr speaker, i i welcomed last week's announcement this government will in —— will reintroduce a new publicly owned company great british energy. this will be critical to ensure this country's energy security while meeting our climate goals and energy bills. will the prime minister make assurances of the communities up and down the country that they will benefit from good skilled jobs and opportunities that great british energy promises to unlock? yes. opportunities that great british energy promises to unlock? yes, and i am really pleased _ energy promises to unlock? yes, and i am really pleased great _ energy promises to unlock? yes, and i am really pleased great british i i am really pleased great british energy will be owned by and for the british people. investing in the energy systems of the future, that means cheaper bills, renewables are cheaper. it means security so putin cannot put his boot on our throat. and it means the next generation of jobs for years to come.—

jobs for years to come. thank you very much- _ jobs for years to come. thank you very much- the — jobs for years to come. thank you very much. the prime _ jobs for years to come. thank you very much. the prime minister i jobs for years to come. thank you | very much. the prime minister has achieved something we didn't think would be possible in such a short period of time. in less than three weeks, he has had a significant rebellion and he has suspended seven of his members of parliament or for standing upfor of his members of parliament or for standing up for child poverty. this, from a labour government. the headlines are awfulfor from a labour government. the headlines are awful for the prime minister this morning. poverty campaigners are furious with the prime minister. his —— is his honeymoon over before it has even begun? honeymoon over before it has even beuun? ., . ., begun? having left the election cam aiun begun? having left the election campaign with _ begun? having left the election campaign with quite _ begun? having left the election campaign with quite a - begun? having left the election | campaign with quite a significant snp members and come back with a small handful, i really don't think lectures are what the electorate in scotland is thinking. i am very proud of our scottish labour mps on this side of the house. and i simply repeat the point i made to his leader. perhaps the snp needs to account for 30,000 extra children in poverty in scotland. thank you.

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serious that the previous government lost control of our borders. record numbers have crossed the channel since the leader of the opposition, once he was prime ministerfor 18 months, 50,000 people crossed the channel and it is a shameless issue that requires a serious answer. that is why we will set up our —— it is a serious issue that requires a serious issue that requires a serious answer. that is why we set “p serious answer. that is why we set up a flower border control. but we won't do is waste our time —— back... won't do is waste our time -- back... ~ ., ., ., , , back... we have one of the biggest concentrations _ back... we have one of the biggest concentrations of _ back... we have one of the biggest concentrations of offshore - back... we have one of the biggest concentrations of offshore wind i back... we have one of the biggest concentrations of offshore wind in i concentrations of offshore wind in the world. 2000 homes could powered through the mersey tidal projects yet, some members opposites lock the jobs, that lower bills at the energy security from renewable energy. so can i encourage my right honourable

friend to resist the siren voices opposite and support a range of technologies including the mersey tidal projects to maximise the benefits of clean energy for our country. benefits of clean energy for our count . ., , benefits of clean energy for our count . . , , ., country. clean energy is at the heart of this _ country. clean energy is at the heart of this mission _ country. clean energy is at the heart of this mission driven i heart of this mission driven government, basing a home—grown renewable energy is the best way to create newjobs, give energy independence and lower bills for good and that is why we'll be changing the planning rules to make sure we can get britain building again. notjust the houses, but everything we need. this is a great impetus by the way to deal with the mess that we have inherited. i am pleased —— this includes a present by the way to deal with the great mass we have inherited. it is by the way to deal with the great mass we have inherited.- mass we have inherited. it is a rivileue mass we have inherited. it is a privilege to — mass we have inherited. it is a privilege to be _ mass we have inherited. it is a privilege to be the _ mass we have inherited. it is a privilege to be the first - privilege to be the first conservative speak to us and you promised a question. can the new

promised a question. can the new promise to ensure me and my constituents that they were not just have a say, but a meaningful say over a new development in the green boughs in the area? can over a new development in the green boughs in the area?— boughs in the area? can i welcome the honourable _ boughs in the area? can i welcome the honourable member— boughs in the area? can i welcome the honourable member to - boughs in the area? can i welcome the honourable member to his i boughs in the area? can i welcome l the honourable member to his place and be clear that we intend to get britain building. we will change the planning regime in order to do self. it is held at the back for far too long. and people have not been able to own a home is their way past the age of 35, denying the basic dream of home ownership. it would take the tough decision that the the last government ran away from, of course we will make decisions. we government ran away from, of course we will make decisions.— we will make decisions. we have got much ride we will make decisions. we have got much pride in _ we will make decisions. we have got much pride in ipswich, _ we will make decisions. we have got much pride in ipswich, from - we will make decisions. we have got much pride in ipswich, from fine i much pride in ipswich, from fine arts, to culture scenes and beautiful parks and a stunning waterfront. along —— but unlike our friends in wall street, we now have a premier league team. —— often the

last 1a years, our time said that there is really straggly and desperately needs help, can our prime minister set out in this house steps he would take to previous? can i welcome my honourable friend to his place? i congratulate ipswich on their promotion. i think it was what blogs are written daily when they face arsenal. i'm going to resist the temptation... we need vibrant high street, we need to inflate the change that we fretted about. we need to level the playing field and we will absolutely address regional inequality through our local growth plans. inequality through our local growth lans. , ., ., plans. the uk is one of the most nature depleted _

plans. the uk is one of the most nature depleted countries - plans. the uk is one of the most i nature depleted countries on earth. so i welcome the government's signalled — so i welcome the government's signalled that it is committed to nature _ signalled that it is committed to nature recovery and this is critical to humanity's future as it affects everything from free security to public _ everything from free security to public health and well—being. everything from free security to public health and well— being. please could be _ public health and well— being. please could be her —— of food security. could _ could be her —— of food security. could the — could be her —— of food security. could the prime minister attended the 16— could the prime minister attended the 16 biodiversity cup this year will the — the 16 biodiversity cup this year will the uk government the launching of a bid _ will the uk government the launching of a bid to _ will the uk government the launching of a bid to host a un nature summit? we are— of a bid to host a un nature summit? we are committed to the nature recovery. it is a really important issue that this government will tackle and it talks about leadership and i will ask him to social because it is extraordinary that elected to this house is a green politician. he is opposing fights and clean energy infrastructure in his own constituency so i ask him to back

those plans. mr constituency so i ask him to back those plans-— constituency so i ask him to back those lans. ~ ., ,, those plans. mr speaker, on sunday niaht, at a those plans. mr speaker, on sunday night, at a community _ those plans. mr speaker, on sunday night, at a community event - those plans. mr speaker, on sunday night, at a community event in i those plans. mr speaker, on sunday| night, at a community event in north kensington _ night, at a community event in north kensington attended _ night, at a community event in north kensington attended by— night, at a community event in north kensington attended by hundreds i night, at a community event in north kensington attended by hundreds ofl kensington attended by hundreds of people. _ kensington attended by hundreds of pepple. 15-year-old _ kensington attended by hundreds of people, 15—year—old rene _ kensington attended by hundreds of people, 15—year—old rene graham . kensington attended by hundreds of i people, 15—year—old rene graham was shot and _ people, 15—year—old rene graham was shot and killed — people, 15—year—old rene graham was shot and killed in _ people, 15—year—old rene graham was shot and killed in a _ people, 15—year—old rene graham was shot and killed in a senseless - people, 15—year—old rene graham was shot and killed in a senseless act i shot and killed in a senseless act of violence — shot and killed in a senseless act of violence and _ shot and killed in a senseless act of violence and my— shot and killed in a senseless act of violence and my heart - shot and killed in a senseless act of violence and my heart goes i shot and killed in a senseless acti of violence and my heart goes out shot and killed in a senseless act i of violence and my heart goes out to his family— of violence and my heart goes out to his family and — of violence and my heart goes out to his family and the _ of violence and my heart goes out to his family and the wider _ of violence and my heart goes out to his family and the wider communityl his family and the wider community that is— his family and the wider community that is feeling — his family and the wider community that is feeling anxious _ his family and the wider community that is feeling anxious and - that is feeling anxious and frightened _ that is feeling anxious and frightened and _ that is feeling anxious and frightened and shops. i that is feeling anxious and frightened and shops. cut| that is feeling anxious and i frightened and shops. cut the that is feeling anxious and - frightened and shops. cut the prime minister— frightened and shops. cut the prime minister ensure— frightened and shops. cut the prime minister ensure that _ frightened and shops. cut the prime minister ensure that north— minister ensure that north consulting _ minister ensure that north consulting get— minister ensure that north consulting get support i minister ensure that north. consulting get support from minister ensure that north- consulting get support from this governnrent— consulting get support from this government at— consulting get support from this government at this _ consulting get support from this government at this difficult i consulting get support from this| government at this difficult time consulting get support from this i government at this difficult time —— north— government at this difficult time —— north kensington— government at this difficult time —— north kensington gets _ government at this difficult time —— north kensington gets the - government at this difficult time —— north kensington gets the point i government at this difficult time —— north kensington gets the point at. north kensington gets the point at this difficult — north kensington gets the point at this difficult time _ north kensington gets the point at this difficult time and _ north kensington gets the point at this difficult time and outline i north kensington gets the point at this difficult time and outline what action— this difficult time and outline what action they— this difficult time and outline what action they would _ this difficult time and outline what action they would take _ this difficult time and outline what action they would take to - this difficult time and outline what action they would take to tackle i this difficult time and outline what i action they would take to tackle gun violence _ action they would take to tackle gun violence prevent— action they would take to tackle gun violence prevent young _ action they would take to tackle gun violence prevent young lads - action they would take to tackle gun violence prevent young [ads like i violence prevent young [ads like rene's — violence prevent young [ads like rene's to — violence prevent young [ads like rene's to be _ violence prevent young [ads like rene's to be taken— violence prevent young [ads like rene's to be taken in— violence prevent young [ads like rene's to be taken in the - violence prevent young [ads like i rene's to be taken in the future? 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urge the public to support the metropolitan police with any information which could help in their investigation which is ongoing. making the streets safer is one of the one of these five central measures of this government and this is a reminder ofjust how important such mission edge and we have an ambition to drive down the sort of violence in our communities. we do not want interventions like this as we have had over the last four years and it is shocking to hear of this particular incident. the and it is shocking to hear of this particular incident.— particular incident. the last government _ particular incident. the last government invested i particular incident. the last government invested as i particular incident. the last. government invested as into particular incident. the last i government invested as into site, most recently, to £1 billion to public transport in our area. that money will protect the future of our iconic transporter bridge, upgraded train station, and much more. can the prime minister confirm, i was

still getting our billion pounds or as labour turning its back on teesside? it is not about turning its back, i think as the sole remaining mp —— so conservative remaining mp —— so conservative remaining mp —— so conservative remaining mp in the north. i have made my commitment clear to the plans we need for economic growth up as a coach you work with all the mass in place, including those who were a different race at an ice is the way in which we would take this forward. in the way in which we would take this forward. . ~ forward. in a week where the national police _ forward. in a week where the national police chief - forward. in a week where the national police chief council i forward. in a week where the i national police chief council has declared — national police chief council has declared violence against women and -als. declared violence against women and gals we _ declared violence against women and gals. we have reported —— women and girls _ gals. we have reported —— women and girls we _ gals. we have reported —— women and girls we have — gals. we have reported —— women and girls. we have reported chocolate in domestic— girls. we have reported chocolate in domestic violence... can we tackle discarded — domestic violence... can we tackle discarded our society? is domestic violence. .. can we tackle discarded our society?— discarded our society? is like my honourable _ discarded our society? is like my honourable friend _ discarded our society? is like my honourable friend for _ discarded our society? is like my honourable friend for raising - discarded our society? is like my honourable friend for raising this

because it is such a serious issue and we have made a commitment to half of violence against women and girls will stop i know from my own experience dealing with these cases as a prosecutor and subsequently just how hard that will be to achieve. it does me and we will have to deliver in a different way, who have the rolled up our sleeves and do difficult things not done in the past. in answer to the specific question, we have already started work on the board and i look forward to updating her on the house on the progress we are making on this really important issue.- progress we are making on this really important issue. thank you, mr deu really important issue. thank you, mr deputy speaker, _ really important issue. thank you, mr deputy speaker, mr— really important issue. thank you, mr deputy speaker, mr speaker. i really important issue. thank you, - mr deputy speaker, mr speaker. love mine freudian slip. mr speaker, can ifirst thank the mine freudian slip. mr speaker, can i first thank the prime minister for their supportive policies in

relation to ukraine? it will be of great comfort to 2000 of ukrainian residents in the united kingdom who simply wish to return to the their lawful homes. first, come the prime minister tell the house how he is planning reforms which will smother fields in east kent currently yielding red and make wheat with housesis yielding red and make wheat with houses is compatible with his own secretary of state of agriculture desire to sustainability?- secretary of state of agriculture desire to sustainability? thank you for that question. _ desire to sustainability? thank you for that question. we _ desire to sustainability? thank you for that question. we have - desire to sustainability? thank you for that question. we have to - desire to sustainability? thank you for that question. we have to get l for that question. we have to get economic growth in this country. we have had failure under the last 1a years and the failure of economic growth has been central to it. there has been central to it. there's been failure to build the infrastructure we need, the prisons we need and the whole house can a consequence of that. we have got prison

overcrowding where emergency measures had to be taken because the building of present have not kept pace with the centre and of those depressants. you've got a — concert two —— we have got a housing crisis. to be over the age of housing 235 we can get insecure waves of your own every ad in a huge stash. they have put their case of the electorate, the electorate rejected them proudly and my advice would be having sat out that despite banks for four and a half long years cuts that dispatch box for four and a half years, it is best not to go back to the electorate and tell them they were wrong. this massive change in approach and change your password. kick —— change your party. that is

the conclusion of the keir starmer�*s trans prime minister questioned. he took questions and issues like the war in ukraine and gaza. letters what to our political correspondent who has been watching the debate from the house of commons. what you make of today's prime minister questions, especially the fact that the question from the leader of the opposition focused on the foreign policies are not domestic issues. that was fascinating, wasn't it? i think it was a bit of an anti—climax. being able to watch quite close to what was happening, i've been out when there was tension, jeopardy, i would of noise behind the prime minister or a front of him from the opposition what has been heckling aloft. today was surprisingly sedate and wired because of that point that rishi

sunak has completely traits that try to see that he employed it on tv debates during the general election is wales go first keir starmer on a universal basis and instead has decided to focus on issues where both main parties agree. he focus our military support for ukraine, but also national security. that meant he will not be in a charted out by this enormous group of new labour mps and the chamber was pretty quiet and gentle. ed davey, leader of the double two liberal democrats, did us about social care. the leader of a much smaller snp group asked about the true child benefit cap. that was the most by key moment in the proceedings, saying that labour should get rid of that policy, something may many labour mps privately support. we saw

several labour mps are chucked out of the parliamentary party for voting against their own government. that is something that could be a bit of a problem in this coming weeks amongst folk say keir starmer. but today, you can survive because rishi sunak decided not to go for thejugular and gave some pretty softball questions. the jugular and gave some pretty softball questions.— the jugular and gave some pretty softball questions. some softball . uestions softball questions. some softball questions about _ softball questions. some softball questions about can _ softball questions. some softball questions about can we - softball questions. some softball questions about can we read - softball questions. some softball - questions about can we read anything into the prime minister's performance at the dispatch box today? i performance at the dispatch box toda ? ~ ., , , , performance at the dispatch box toda? ~ i, today? i think it was pretty smooth. it was also industry _ today? i think it was pretty smooth. it was also industry to _ today? i think it was pretty smooth. it was also industry to see - today? i think it was pretty smooth. it was also industry to see a - today? i think it was pretty smooth. it was also industry to see a senior. it was also industry to see a senior civil servant lease sets —— it was also interesting to see a senior civil servant... this is his eight prime minister, who was watching with a smile, chuckling at moments. he has this ring binderfull of loads of different policies and photos of all the mps who are due to ask questions. actually, i think

keir starmer survived and did reasonably well because there was nothing that unexpected. ed davey asked a question about social care and has been talking about is that throughout the campaign. we know labour's position on the two child benefit cap. i think there were a huge number of dive sites rishi sunak to try criticise him and his party, and he did not get a chance to use them because he mrs inaki took the air as a proceedings because he was talking about national support for ukraine. —— rishi sunak. national support for ukraine. -- rishi sunak.— national support for ukraine. -- rishisunak. ., , , , , rishi sunak. could this be because the -a rishi sunak. could this be because they party is _ rishi sunak. could this be because they party is going _ rishi sunak. could this be because they party is going to _ rishi sunak. could this be because they party is going to its _ rishi sunak. could this be because they party is going to its own - they party is going to its own leadership race? it does not have a pinpointed define policy decisions. rishi sunak does not know he is need of the procedure a familiar term now until early november, says three more months of leading the party and

of course, after the summer holidays here at westminster, you will have to pay out promised our questions and for many more times. we are looking at his own political future, wanting to be seen after his retirement, as a bit of a statement. he said he does not want to give advice of the to olympians because he about winning because he did not win the election. a bit of self—deprecating humour. but after, the summer recess, would that change? certainly, with a new leader of the conservative party is a world wee unveiled, they want to... that the point i'm sure you'll see a concerted leaderfar the point i'm sure you'll see a concerted leader far more aggressive and force that case, that'll be a far more intelligent prime

minister's question. ads, far more intelligent prime minister's question. a question about the prime _ minister's question. a question about the prime minister- minister's question. a question about the prime minister the i minister's question. a question | about the prime minister the net labour party itself? can be seen for lights following the decision of the seven labour mps to be suspended following the vote of the two child benefit cap. following the vote of the two child benefit cap-— following the vote of the two child benefit ca -. ., , ., ., ., benefit cap. there was a moment of ruthlessness — benefit cap. there was a moment of ruthlessness from _ benefit cap. there was a moment of ruthlessness from keir _ benefit cap. there was a moment of ruthlessness from keir starmer - benefit cap. there was a moment of ruthlessness from keir starmer last | ruthlessness from keir starmer last night. i think that is an issue that will continue to be a problem for the labour government but they have made it very, very clear that they need to always have a ways to pay for policies that they believe are important. they argue that their economic inheritance has not been great and when there is growth in the economy, i'm sure that could be a policy area there will be thinking about a lot and privately labour mps will push for a challenge but the view full keir starmer now seems to

be that when he is the economy to be in a better place before we amend a policy which will cost billions. but of course, this is also about the whipping of mps last night, the medway motorways in reasserting the absolute eye and face level of control —— really exciting the iron fence, a real level of control. that is our political _ fence, a real level of control. that is our political correspondent, speaking to us from the house of commons there. let's accept return to wales which is said to get its first female leader, the deadline for nominations has closed. the only name put forward was still welsh health secretary ali had mortgage it's the senedd is in recess. that

and speak to me teary i will correspondent in cardiff. letters is about her, a lot of use may not know about her, a lot of use may not know a lot about her. she about her, a lot of use may not know a lot about her.— a lot about her. she has roots deep within welsh _ a lot about her. she has roots deep within welsh labour. _ a lot about her. she has roots deep within welsh labour. she _ a lot about her. she has roots deep within welsh labour. she is - a lot about her. she has roots deep within welsh labour. she is the - within welsh labour. she is the daughter of a labour councillor here cardiff. shejoined the party daughter of a labour councillor here cardiff. she joined the party early on as she came the youngest member of the european parliament which was 27. for30 of the european parliament which was 27. for 30 years, she has ever labour and most recently, since 2016, she has been at this pace in the welsh for the last three years in charge of the health service. she has had the because and arguably, most bigots are briefed within the welsh labour government. during that time, labourwas welsh labour government. during that time, labour was struggling to tackle that issue. —— she has had the biggest issues briefed within

the biggest issues briefed within the welsh labour government during that time,. ~ , ., .,, the welsh labour government during that time,. ~ , ., , that time,. whilst labour has been divided since _ that time,. whilst labour has been divided since forklift _ that time,. whilst labour has been divided since forklift and _ that time,. whilst labour has been divided since forklift and became i divided since forklift and became its leader a few months ago, wasn't young of a leader... what type of a leader is eluned morga? it is thouuht leader is eluned morga? it is thought he — leader is eluned morga? it is thought he might _ leader is eluned morga? it 3 thought he might become of his friends and colleagues into the party as well. so far, that seems to have gone well. she is uncontested, no one decided to put her name against eluned morgan. so, on paper, it looks like she is already an to unify them bytes arguably, that is the easy bit. when they get back to the easy bit. when they get back to the best of governing, but she has to decide on a compliment, making us a look at some of the more difficult

when it is, that is when she needs to bring everyone around the table to bring everyone around the table to agree. there are so long standing issues. what about those, d for 20 miles an hour speed limit, which you hold onto that or make changes as vaughan gething was afraid of. is about the health service, which we need to use her power with westminster i labour, that night we saw earlier in the house of commons, keir starmer said that they will be very tight spending. —— but that's mine that we saw earlier in the house of commons, keir starmer... she will be uncontested as welsh labour leader, it.— she will be uncontested as welsh labour leader, it. sure she becomes leader without _ labour leader, it. sure she becomes leader without going _ labour leader, it. sure she becomes leader without going through - labour leader, it. sure she becomes leader without going through a - leader without going through a public context, do we have a sense of what the public policies might be? she becomes leader without going through a public context, do we have a sense of what the public policies

might be? cemented key issues here especially when it comes to health and education in wales.— and education in wales. well, it is siml and education in wales. well, it is simply but — and education in wales. well, it is simply but not _ and education in wales. well, it is simply but not really, _ and education in wales. well, it is simply but not really, you're - and education in wales. well, it is simply but not really, you're not l simply but not really, you're not really put forward a manifesto. surely launch a campaign at the weekend and hastily a wench event at the royal show in two on monday. she has not put up any big ideas. she stood up for... at that time, she took a bite people, but universal benefit, ideas would have been repressed by welsh labour but she has not come forward yet but she has not come forward yet there is a big part ideas but will change, arguably, if not want to look at change immediately. it is unity within welsh labour. some people might be baffled by all of this, remember labour swept to power else in westminster. they had a very successful labour campaign. behind closed doors, they have had a very personal, bruising battle. that is really the first challenge, that is where she needs to inject her ideas and leadership in order to bring

everyone back round the table. thank ou ve everyone back round the table. thank you very much- _ everyone back round the table. thank you very much- a _ everyone back round the table. thank you very much. a man _ everyone back round the table. thank you very much. a man has _ everyone back round the table. thank you very much. a man has been - you very much. a man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death due to dangerous driving,. christopher and janine barton who were both travelling on a motorbike also died. nine—year—old and a six—year—old died along their parents. in the uk...

officials say that they believe catchment that do not read that this was terrorism —related. i will put isolators in chatham in kent. he said that the a0 odd soldiers yesterday is to be treated in hospital. if you have last night, they think there's a lot of activity, helicopters, white once described hearing a scream and a woman woman running out of house are trying the to protect the man who was attacked. we understand from the army that the was a title a soldier in the bbc is understood that he was wearing uniform at the time of the attack. the attack. the home office said this morning that they are not treating this as a terror —related incident. we have also been getting his political responses, we are paid from the defence secretary, john healy is put out a statement saying it is shocking to hear of an attack on a british soldier and my thoughts

are with the soldier who deserve privacy at this difficult time on behalf of the government, we are wishing him a swift recovery. we also heard from the police that a trench —— 2a—year—old local man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. at the moment, there is a police patient here, there is a police patient here, there is a peace accord in industries where the attack took place at once and stop on a peace accord in industries where the attack took place at once and stop on the going to in chatham in kent in which the military area are in shock and are completely flabbergasted by what happened yesterday evening at around six o'clock. just down the road, 100 metres down the road, is the barix, which are the headquarters for the royal school for military engineers so this place really is steeped in military history and many people are

concerned, very concerned about what happened yesterday. video has emerged that led britain's joint—most decorated female olympian, charlotte dujardin, to pull out of the paris olympics. dutch lawyer stephan wensing, representing an anonymous whistleblower who filmed it, was given permission by his client to provide the video to the bbc. the clip shows the six—times medallist repeatedly whipping a horse's legs during a training session. dujardin has said it was filmed four years ago and that she is "deeply ashamed" of what she's described as "an error ofjudgment". equestrianism's international governing body the ief, has provisionally suspended the rider while it conducts an investigation. the uk government is honouring ukrainian athletes who have died in the conflict with russia,

with a display unveiled today in parliament square. 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 1a0 athletes from ukraine competing at this year's olympic games in paris, this marks the smallest representation ever in ukraine's summer olympic history. our reporter olga malchevska has more from parliament square. a huge number in the colours of the ukrainian flag, blue and yellow. that is an installation here at the parliament square to mark the ukrainian athlete who have lost their lives due to the russian invasion of ukraine. you can see the a87. that is a huge number but that is a fraction of the number. because what we don't know and what we don't see here is how many more of them had to give up their dreams and their sport careers

because of the war. there are 4000 more athletes still at the frontline fighting. so my aim here is to stop the war. the installation has been organised by the uk government in collaboration with the us government and the ukrainian sporting committee. because it is not up to me to speculate on how the l election will come out, _ but what i would say is we have 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 dollars plus, the biggest package yet for support for ukraine. - so i think there is i bipartisan support in the country among i the american people. the democratic process of course will play out and we will see - what happens, but for now the united states is- solidly behind ukraine and _ we will keep doing that as long as it takes. - ahead of the olympics and the paralympics, we wanted to make clear the terrible toll that has been taken on ukrainian athlete. a87 dead and unable to compete in the olympics and paralympics. the smallest ukrainian team for many years because others who were

affected by war and conflict unable to take part. we wanted to salute those who tragically lost their lives in this illegal and barbarous war started by putin's russia, but also that we want to salute the ukrainian olympic and paralympic teams who will be taking part. we will be there supporting team gb, but we recognise the huge sacrifices and the immense effort that ukrainians are making to take part in the olympics and paralympics in paris. the installation will soon have to be removed from the parliament square, but the organisers hope that memory will last as a reminder ahead of this coming olympics, about those ukrainian athlete who have lost their lives during the russian invasion of ukraine. a breaching whale has capsized a boat off the coast of new hampshire, sending two people flying into the water.

this video shows the moment the humpback whale suddenly leapt out of the water. two people can be seen falling into the ocean as the huge mammal overturned the 7—metre vessel. hello. for many of us is going to be dry with varying amounts of cloud. we do have some chance of bumping into the cloud. , began it's a bit more cloud and some light rain generally to the west. there will be some heavy rain through the afternoon through parts of wales and also in south—west england. as temperatures rise in eastern england, we could catch the odd shower. a lot of us will stay dry.

temperatures, 1a to 25 degrees, 25 we feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine but not quite as one wave got the count in the rain. through this evening and overnight, the cloud will push towards the east, heavy at times towards the far north of scotland and importing some humid air. you will notice it will be quite an impressive night with temperatures falling between 11 and 60 degrees. that is how we start the day tomorrow. the weather front pushes towards the east and we've got a second one, coming in, begin any more rain which will turn heavier without one across the english channel, the channel islands, some southern counties of england, into the far south—east and possibly further north into southern england. a lot of dry weather for many parts of the and further shower weary rain coming in across scotland and northern ireland. any early cloud with the way from the south—east on friday and for most it would be a dry day with lengthy

sunny spells. some showers, especially so in the north and west, a separatist was, once again, we could see another future with her and then. they will be the exception rather than the rule. further eight saturday, i pressure with, you can see starting build in. from the west, that is bumping into that, will make it tiring rain from scotland and northern ireland. for england and wales, larger dries, some sunny bars, but some sunny showers popping up here and there. as we head on into sunday, high pressure will firmly be in charge. a lot of dry weather, some sunshine about some showers in the north—west.

today at one — a distressing video is made public showing the british olympic star charlotte dujardin repeatedly whipping a horse. the three—time olympic gold medallist says it was out it was out of character and she's deeply ashamed. she's withdrawn from this summer's paris games. also on the programme

this lunchtime... a soldier in uniform is stabbed in broad daylight near a barracks in kent. the home secretary has spoken of her shock. this was just an appalling attack on a serving soldier, and i know the whole country will be thinking of him and his family and wishing him a speedy recovery. a man is arrested on suspicion of causing the crash on sunday that killed six people near barnsley, two of them children. sir keir starmer�*s first prime minister's questions in the commons. and no longer cheap as chips — how the rising price of potatoes is hitting shoppers hard. coming