it i noticeably has been or here the over lake windermere in cumbria. we have grey skies, low é and some have grey skies, low clouds and some truth in the outbreaks of rain. elsewhere in the country, some blue sky round. a bit of fair elsewhere in the country, some blue sky round. a bit of f. sunshine. if we look at these 'we thesomeze. , for scotland g—i q,f,7,;f

across wales. some picture across wales. some brighter skies for the east of wales. across the midlands and southern england, variable amounts of cloud. most places dry with temperatures up to 23 or 2a degrees. if you are following the coverage at glastonbury, it looks like the next three days should remain dry and bright. heading through this evening, we have a lot of cloud still, particularly across england and wales. some outbreaks of rain shifting south overnight. patchy hill fog across england and wales. clear skies further north. temperatures much pressure overnight. much more comfortable for sleeping. as we move awards the weekend, we have this frontal system. it will shift south on

saturday. then further showers in western and northern scotland, also into north—west england and wales as well. there will be zones of wet weather at times on saturday. they will clear through on the westerly breeze. some sunny spells to be enjoyed. temperatures up to 22 degrees. as a bit fresher in the north. sunday will be the dry day of the weekend. some showers in the west and the best of the sunshine in the east. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... police say they are considering manslaughter charges over the grenfell tower fire — and reveal the insulation and cladding have failed safety tests. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. hello.

despite having 12 players away with the british and irish lions, wales rounded off their summer tour on a high with victory against samoa. in the absence of the more established faces, several young players were given the chance to impress. one of those, the 22 year old steff evans scored two tries in the 19 points to 17 win, as they made it two wins from two, to follow up their victory against tong. not long to go until the lions first test with new zealand. only four teams have beaten the all blacks since the 2011 world cup and tomorrow morning they will hope to join that list. it's a massive challenge, though — new zealand haven't lost in 23 years at eden park, the venue for the first test. the last side to defeat the all blacks was ireland, last november — and scrum—half connor murray was man of the match. this is a whole new team. massive talent and i think we're more

excited about that. it's a really impressive record but if there ever was a team that has the potential... if we click, we'd be excited about what we can do so that's the challenge against the best team in the world and it's where you want to be. it's a massive challenge. we want to ta ke it's a massive challenge. we want to take it head on and embrace it. if you're worried about what could happen your mind is off the job. as isaid, a happen your mind is off the job. as i said, a pretty exciting time for us i said, a pretty exciting time for us and we'll go out there and expect to win, as probably everyone in new zealand will expect. we'll make sure we go out and do that. max verstappen was quickest in first practice for the azerbaijan grand prix. the dutch teenager's red bull was almost half a second clear on the baku city circuit. sergio perez was his closest challenger until he crashed his force india. championship leader sebastian vettel was third with lewis hamilton fifth. proceeds from the community shield match at wembley in august will be donated to those affected

by the grenfell tower fire. the 2015 winners arsenal take on premier league champions chelsea, and the fa plans to invite the families of the victims, survivors and emergency service personnel to the game. they hope to raise around £1.25—million. chris froome says winning the tour de france for a fourth time is a huge ask. he's been boosted by the news that geraint thomas will form part of his support at team sky when the tour starts a week tomorrow — but froome thinks this year's route will have him at a disadvantage. i don't think this year's corsets me as well as previous tour de france courses have. i say that because of the lack of mountaintop finishes and the lack of mountaintop finishes and the lack of time trial performances.

having said that, it will be a closer rate and more exciting for the fans. —— race. have to make sure i'm at my best —— best to take advantage of any situations out on the road. and one of the greats of sports broadcasting, henry blofeld, will be stepping down after the summer. he's been commentating on cricket for 45 years but at the age of 77, he's decided to hang up his microphone. he'll be hugely missed by the loyal listeners of test match special. i was finding it a little bit harder. i have been beaten to leave. the harder it becomes that my age you're sort of justifying the harder it becomes that my age you're sort ofjustifying your position to people younger than you. i thought it's silly. i'm the last of the old fights. the other thing is, try and go when you leave people with happy memories and they say, perhaps, they want more rather than saying, why hasn't he gone before?

you can hear more of his memorable moments on the bbc sport website. i will be back at around half past two. we don't want him to go. he's a hero, isn't he? wa nt hero, isn't he? want more! you are watching bbc news. letters bring you up to date. the metropolitan police have said they are considering bringing criminal charges in relation to the grenfell tower fire — after revealing that cladding used on the building has failed preliminary fire safety tests. officers also confirmed that the fire, which is thought to have killed at least 79 people, started in a hotpoint fridge freezer. ican i can confirm that the numbers we have of presumed dead, confirmed dead or missing still remains at 79 with nine people being formally

identified as dead. i know that there is a fear that the number is a lot higher and i do not want any hidden victims of this tragedy. through our family liaison officers and local council networks, we are prioritising establishing exactly who was in glenville tower that night. the home office has assured us night. the home office has assured us they will not use the tragedy to check peoples immigration —— grenfell tower. please let us know who those people were. this is one of the largest and most complex investigation that the badger pollitt police has ever undertaken.

there are currently over 250 specialist investigators working on all aspects this investigation. it will establish how the fire started and the speed and spread that it took hold of the building. there are two priorities for me. the speed it spread and also the internal safety aspects of that building. on the first point, we are examining with experts the aluminium cladding and the insulation behind the cladding, how the tiles were fixed to the building and how it was installed. preliminary tests on the insulation samples preliminary tests on the insulation sa m ples collected preliminary tests on the insulation samples collected from grenfell tower show that they combusted soon after the test started. the initial test on the cladding tiles also failed the safety tests. such are

the safety concerns on the outcome of those tests we have shared our data with the department for communities and local government and we have ensured that information data has been shared with every council. we are also concerned about the fridge freezer in this matter and we have been working with the department of energy, business and industrial strategy who are working with hotpoint on the safety of the fridge. we know the fire wasn't started deliberately and we know the fridge freezer in this matter has never been subject to a product recall before. further tests are ongoing onto the fridge. that was the detective superintendent from the metropolitan police. just the news coming in on the cladding. we are hearing from portsmouth city council that cladding is being removed from two

portsmouth tower blocks. the city council is removing cladding from two high—rise buildings as a precautionary measure following independent testing. lemington house and horatio house has pledged that is being removed to ensure high safety sta nda rds is being removed to ensure high safety standards are in place. no other blocks are affected to see portsmouth city council. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been addressing a trade union conference in brighton today. he said that the grenfell tower fire highlights the flaws of conservative party policy. the grenfell tower residents themselves raised concerns about the lack of fire safety in the block. the action group warned that "it is a truly terrifying thought that the action group firmly believes that only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of our landlord." so

not only should more had been done to prevent those tragic deaths, but the prime minister has now had to publicly apologise for her government is pitiful response for those who have lost their homes and loved ones. a tower block in flames due to poor building quality and an heroic response by the fire and rescue service who are desperately overstretched and understaffed and local government response that has left victims sleeping out for a few days and bridges as they had nowhere else to go. make no mistake, this is the brutal reality of austerity economics that has failed on its own terms and leads to falling living standards and inequality and disasters. amidst all the recriminations, local groups are still working hard to support those caught up in the fire,

especially vulnerable children. one boxing club was based in the tower and it has helped nurture dozens of champions, including olympic gold word —— medal winner and current champion george groves. now some of the boxes have returned to show support. this amateur boxing club is famous, producing stars like james to gayle and it was based in g re nfell tower. to gayle and it was based in grenfell tower. it is now homeless and today is about fundraising and about giving some of the boys who practice their chance to spar with the pros. i used to go when i was younger. sparring with a lot of boys and i got some great memories. to come and

see what is happening and look at it face on is horrible. it's bad. i feel for the plates. they have lost theirgym. feel for the plates. they have lost their gym. for some of them it was there life —— i feel sorry for the kids. when you meet people who are lucky to be alive, you don't realise how bad and unfortunate they were. like i said, he was on —— he was lucky to get out. when your friend is affected... it's too close to home. too close to home for anybody to take. how are you talking to the kids about it? we are in a closed season. i only heard about it on facebook and the telly. you don't know what to tell them what to say.

ijust hope things get sorted out in the end. your club has produced real talent, right? yes, a lot of talent over the years. george and james. they all started at the club at the same age, and look at where they are i'iow. same age, and look at where they are now. hopefully some of these might follow in their efforts that is. there are two over there. the safari brothers. and there is one of the dads. —— there is their dad. brothers. and there is one of the dads. -- there is their dad. how do you feel about the fact the building had the fire? sad, yeah. we are feeling sad now. we've got to make a new boxing club. even harder? yeah.

yeah, i'm a boxer. what's good about it? you train more. if you train more and hard you beat someone. you keep fit and if you don't get fit... you can't beat someone. good boy. what you want for the future? you can't beat someone. good boy. what you want for the future ?i boxer. i hope they'll be well champion. just small ambitions. how was it for you seen the fire? sadness. yeah, so... with a club carry on? oh, yes. of course. i've been boxing for dale youth. i have

woi'i been boxing for dale youth. i have won both my knockout fights. i was in the gym three weeks before it burned down. gary said to come down any timel burned down. gary said to come down any time i want. my friend was filming the thing at one o'clock in the morning and that's when i saw it and found out it was the actual tower. i'm devastated. we will take you straight to brussels as the president of the european council is talking so let us european council is talking so let us listen. agreed the procedure on locating the two uk—based agencies. this allows for the 27 leaders to agree the procedure on relocating the two uk based e0 agencies. a decision to reduce the uncertainty caused by brexit. additionally, the prime

minister informed us that she will make her proposal on the rights of eu citizens in the uk. citizens' rights are the number one priority for the eu 27 and two have made our position clear. we want to ensure the full right for eu and uk citizens after brexit. my first impression is that the uk's offer is below our expectations and that it risks worsening the situation of citizens, but it will be for a negotiating team to analyse the offer line by line whilst we receive it on paper. as a matter of fact, brexit took very little time at the european council. we devoted most of oui’ european council. we devoted most of our work to addressing peoples concerns over security, illegal migration and uncontrolled globalisation. this morning, we met

with the ecb president to confirm that wings have changed for the better in the eu. there is renewed hopein better in the eu. there is renewed hope in the european project which positively impacts on our economy. the confidence translates into strong growth, more consumption, investment and, above all, more jobs. in fact, investment and, above all, more jobs. infact, we investment and, above all, more jobs. in fact, we have the highest number ofjobs jobs. in fact, we have the highest number of jobs ever recorded. jobs. in fact, we have the highest number ofjobs ever recorded. i wa nted number ofjobs ever recorded. i wanted to share with you this optimistic assessment because it's the first time in many years that we have had such good news. there was also a long debate about trade and openness and protection. europe is and will remain open for business but we agreed it needs to better protect our people from unfair trade practices. for example, by introducing more this property. we agreed that the investment from fed

cup —— countries and strategic sectors. the situation from the mediterranean and libyan route remains radical in terms of arrivals of migrants. it is true that we take many of the right steps, the only result that really matters is to put a definitive end to this tragic situation. leaders agreed that eve ryo ne situation. leaders agreed that everyone will work harder to better coordinate our efforts and to support italy more. finally, i really wa nt support italy more. finally, i really want to thankjoseph and his tea m really want to thankjoseph and his team for a very efficient presidency. joseph, i truly appreciate your hard work. traditionally we should say something like that, but believe me, for me, it was one of the best in my professional life and one of the

best experiences. thank you with your help in preparing the brexit negotiations and moving things forward. any internal security agenda, and the final end of roaming charges. seriously, you deserve praise you rightly get. thank you very much. thank you. as we are running out of time, i would like to start by congratulating joseph for an excellent presidency. it was the first time malta was in the chair. it was impressive and what you did and what your fora —— former foreign ministerdid and other and what your fora —— former foreign minister did and other ministers was excellent and i'm very grateful for all the things you have moved, including the one we have not yet reached. you were more than well

performing. so, thank you. it was a greatjob. translation: this morning we discuss the economic situation in europe. we had good news coming from all quarters of the european union. unemployment is going down and implement rate is improving. 232 million europeans are in employment and that's the highest we have had in the eu. growth is picking up, distributed in an unequal way but, nevertheless, showing new colours. the fiscal deficit, in fact, is decreasing. nobody is saying this in

2011 we had several countries with excessive deficit and now we are only left with four countries. this isa only left with four countries. this is a tremendous achievement. nobody is a tremendous achievement. nobody is referring to it and that's why i'm saying it. we were discussing trade issues. the famous exercise we are supposed to undertake on the basis of a report to be given and to be put forward by the commission. trade has to be free and fair at the same degree. that is the direction that commission is heading towards and we will make our proposals in the next few months although we have already made proposals in the reflection paper on globalisation. migration was, of course, an issue.

i don't want to be too outspoken on this. we make clear our point of view that commitments have been decided by the council of ministers had to be respected. i was drawing attention to... the contributions to the african fund. we were asked under the leadership ofjoseph and donald, of course, to contribute as a commission with means from the year budget to the african trust fund, having been asked to pledge and pay1.8 fund, having been asked to pledge and pay 1.8 billion. we said at that

period we would expect member states to match this out in a way we would have at our disposal 3.6 billion. member states did not do that so the commission had to increase its amount to 2.6 billion. member states have pledged so far 200 million and they have paid 89 million. if you would have a look at the list you would have a look at the list you would easily see that norway and switzerland are pledging more than three quarters of the members of the european union. this is not a cce pta ble european union. this is not acceptable and i urge colleagues to do more. thank you. i now turn to the prime minister of malta. thank you. i would like to give a brief overview oi'i would like to give a brief overview on some would like to give a brief overview

on some of the achievements we made over the past six months run the end of the roaming charges to portability when it comes to consumers' access to their home subscription anywhere in the european union from the anti—tax avoidance and the directive. as regards eu countries... joining the combating of violence. these are some of the achievements we have managed over the past six months and there is a long list which i will not bother you with. i will stress oi'i not bother you with. i will stress on what was said on migration. there isa on what was said on migration. there is a degree of disappointment to the fa ct is a degree of disappointment to the fact that not all member states are living up to expectations and living up living up to expectations and living up to pledges. but there has been

progress and we have managed to achieve it together. i will give you an numberof details achieve it together. i will give you an number of details which were mentioned. following the malta declaration, we have so far as an eu trained 135 living in coastguards and we are awaiting —— libyan and we are awaiting the names of other office rs are awaiting the names of other officers to be trained in italy and spain. for vessels which were previously held by italy have been handed over to the libyan authorities and another one is expected to be dispatched by the middle of next month. while we have splendid collaboration on the ground with the unhcr and other organisations, we have managed to improve conditions in for detention centres that have been visited and are now undertheir centres that have been visited and are now under their watchful eye.

and for disembarkation points have been refurbished with another two under way. the iom also assisted 5000 people to return voluntarily from libya to their countries of origin which is double the amount who accepted the invitation in 2016. the target for this year is that of 10,000 people to return from libya to their countries of origin. may i also stress the fact and that is the need of all member —— member states to live up to their pledges on the trust fund. on the ground, we see there can be progress and maybe, for there can be progress and maybe, for the first time, we are seen the implementation of decisions that had been made and we are very glad about that. may i conclude by thanking you

both and your teams for their fantastic collaboration of the last six months. thank you. i open the floor for questions starting with the gentleman in the fifth row. yes, please. prime minister, on brexit, can you give us any insight into the general mood in the council following yesterday's discussions? what is your take on the proposal made with regards to eu citizens living in the uk? willthe eu follow—up on the expats living in european countries? there is total unity in the way the 27 are looking at the context of the proposal put forward by prime minister may. speaking for myself and my country, it isa speaking for myself and my country, it is a good start. we need to see the details. my concern is that we might be creating pitfalls if the

details are not really well ironed out. i will give you examples. citizens arriving before a certain date will be treated in another and european citizens are arriving after another will be treated in another way. what about non—eu citizens who are related to eu citizens having some sort of status in the uk? everyone would have liked or would like a situation where the areas a blanket fair treatment of all our citizens. obviously i think we all agree with the issue of reciprocity. there isn't an issue there. but i think all of us would want to know more details and would expect more in the next few months. we would not “ were in the next few months. we would not —— were not in a negotiation mood. we we re —— were not in a negotiation mood. we were not discussing