hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the us secretary of state says america is imposing the "strongest sanctions in history" on iran. the iranians regime should know this is just the the iranians regime should know this isjust the beginning. on the first day of the inquiry into the grenfell towerfire, moving tributes have been paid to the victims — including a baby who was stillborn after his parents escaped. at that moment... we felt our hearts had broken. this is the kilauea volcano in hawaii, spewing out lava — there are now fresh warnings over toxic fumes as the molten rock flows into the ocean. and more about donald trump and his ambitions for the american department ofjustice to investigate the fbi and whether it infiltrated his presidential campaign.

if you were in any doubt about the level of us hostility to iran — this clip of secretary of state mike pompeo should clear it up. we will apply unprecedented financial pressure on the iranian regime. the leaders in tehran will have no doubt about our seriousness. thanks to our colleagues at the department of treasury sanctions are going back in full effect and new ones are coming. last week we imposed sanctions on the head of the iranian central bank and other entities. the iranian regime should know that this is just the beginning. the sting of sanctions will be painful if the regime does not change its course from the unacceptable

and unproductive path it has chosen to one that rejoins the league of nations. this all follows donald trump saying the iran nuclear deal in its current form no longer has american support. instead, the united states is threatening the greatest economic sanctions against iran in its history. in theory though this is both carrot and stick approach — albeit with the carrot playing a decidedly low key role. the americans say they're open to a new version of the iran nuclear deal. if iran says yes, all sanctions will be dropped — it's a big if. iran must stop all enrichment of uranium. and allow access to its nuclear sites. and account for its nuclear programme before the current nuclear deal. it must withdraw all forces from syria. it must end support for groups including hezbollah in lebanon, hamas in gaza, and the houthis in yemen. and there are other demands too. it's a long—list and i wouldn't hold your breath on iran agreeing. barbara plett usher is here.

a number of thoughts crossing my mind going through the list, the iranians do not even admit to placing military personnel in some of these countries so it would be incredibly hard to monitor. these are incredibly hard to monitor. these a re pretty incredibly hard to monitor. these are pretty standard accusation not only from the united states but also from its western allies, they are concerned about iran and its activities in the region, its support for proxies and armed groups and for the regime of bashar al—assad. and there is a list of pretty maximalist demands saying you have to enter all of this. things like the production of nuclear fuel and listing the south of the europeans would say we wanted to talk to the iranians about this and see if there was diplomatic space to influence its behaviour but setting out a plan to put stringent economic sanctions on them and then demanding

that they take action is not the way to do it. and you had the response from the eu foreign policy chief disagree saying mike pompeo come his approach to not demonstrate that this better influences and puts us ina this better influences and puts us in a better position to influence iran or make the region safer in terms of nuclear proliferation. so we have these concerns are to set them out as demand that essentially mean that iran has to change which are much its entire foreign policy to get sanctions relief does not put them ina to get sanctions relief does not put them in a good place to negotiate. so we should not be surprised to read this. iranian foreign minister javad zarif has responded on twitter, tweet, calling us diplomacy a sham and promising to continue working with countries still signed on to the nuclear deal. in the last hour israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu has welcomed the new us policy on iran.

but the eu foreign policy chief federica mogherini has done the opposite, saying there is no alternative to the iran nuclear deal. this new plan from the us is likely to impact some of those other countries too, as the sanctions will hit their companies if they trade with teheran. last week the french ambassador to the us tweeted that ‘because of the us sanctions, the oil company total will suspend its activities in iran. a chinese company will replace it. i am sure there is some logic in this policy.‘ this is what pompeo had to say on how us sanctions might affect european allies. we will hold those doing prohibited business in iran to account and we will send teams of specialists to

countries around the world to further explain administration policy and discuss the implication of sanctions and to listen. i have spent a great deal of time with our allies in my first three weeks and i know they may decide to try to keep their old nuclear deal going with turan. that their old nuclear deal going with tu ran. that is their old nuclear deal going with turan. that is their decision to make. they know where we stand. barbara, none of these reactions are a surprise, the iranians not liking it, the eu is saying we're sticking with the original plan, the israelis saying we'd like it a lot. so that makes me think that the americans would have known how the world largely would react to this list of demands. i think you're probably right but at the same time what they are proposing requires support, you cannot are proposing requires support, you ca nnot levy are proposing requires support, you cannot levy the strongest sanctions in history on a country without support from allies. of course the united states has considerable economic clout because of its

influence in the global financial system but still you need the support of other big players and thatis support of other big players and that is what made the iran sanctions so that is what made the iran sanctions so successful for iran nuclear deal. you had the permanent members of the security council on board including china and russia. now in a sense they want to revert to that but you do not have the support of the allies. so they may have thought that this is what they expected but it is just not clear how they plan to win the support they need in order to impose this kind of sanctions regime. thank you for guiding us through that. lastjune, 72 people died in a fire at grenfell tower in london. today the public inquiry began — with a silence. 72 seconds passed — each to honour a victim. and this silence began a process of hearing about those who were lost — in the words of their friends and relatives.

no time limit has been set for this — but it's estimated it will take at least two weeks. the first to be remembered was a baby — logan gomes — who was stillborn after his parents managed to escape from the 21st floor. his father marcio spoke earlier. he looked like he was just sleeping. as babies do. you know, at that moment... we felt like our hearts had broken. and they had. but at least we were able to hold him. and to be with him. another victim was denis murphy who was 56. he lived on the 14th floor.

his sister, anne—marie paid tribute to him. there is a gaping hole in our hearts that can never be filled and it hurts. it really hurts. we cannot imagine a day when it will not hurt a ny less. the pain, loss and sorrow we feel is indescribable. and has left us devastated. we also heard about mohamed neda — who was known to his family as sabir. he lived on the 23rd floor — and he died after trying to help some of his neighbours. his family's solicitor read this statement on behalf of his wife flora. it is just so sad that my beloved husband will not be with us for farhat‘s wedding. and will not be there to see and hold his grandchildren or share in thejoy of becoming a grandparent. those hopes and our dreams have been shattered. following these

tribute from families, the inquiry will turn to what happened on the night. i am sure you will remember these pictures. flames engulfing the 2a story block in west london. the fire started in a fridge freezer on the fourth floor. police say it was not deliberately started. it spread up one side of the building before engulfing the entire block. the cladding — you can see here on the outside of the block — is thought to be the way the fire spread. it was installed on the tower in a recent renovation. the inquiry‘s chair, sir martin moore—bick, summed up the scale of the disaster. in terms of loss of life the fire

was the single biggest tragedy to perform —— two before the city since the end of the second world war. the site of the building engulfed in fla mes site of the building engulfed in flames is indelibly imprinted on the memories of those who experienced an event of unimaginable horror. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell gave this update from outside the hearing in central london. this will be a very long enquiry, expected to go on until 2020. in terms of the personal statement we expect to hear from terms of the personal statement we expect to hearfrom more terms of the personal statement we expect to hear from more than 500 people and for the paperwork tens of thousands of documents have been reviewed and prepared in the lead up to this enquiry. then from june the 4th enquiry will turn to establishing the facts surrounding

why the fire started in the first place. reviewing the fire safety measures, the evacuation processes in place and hearing from the services. but for the next nine days are so services. but for the next nine days are so this enquiry will focus on the victims of the fire and the bereaved families and survivors. in the next few minutes extraordinary pictures coming in from hawaii as the volcano continues to rock. here, the former mayor of london, ken livingstone, has announced he is resigning from the labour party. he had been suspended in a row over allegations of anti—semitism and was waiting for fresh disciplinary proceedings to start this week. his continued membership of the party had been seen by many as an obstacle to restoring confidence in thejewish community.

mr livingstone denies he was pushed. i decided that rather than this drag on for another two years, it's better for the labour party if ijust resign. i can go back to campaigning on issues like the environment, supporting jeremy's economic plans and all of that. but if i was to stay in and fight this my lawyers say it could take two years or more. so you are accepting you were going to lose, in other words you are jumping before you were pushed? i was tipped off at the weekend some of the right—wingers on the labour national executive committee were planning to raise this again at tomorrow's meeting. and all this does is just distract attention from jeremy's leadership of the party. and the options he is giving britain. the us secretary of state says america is imposing the "strongest

sanctions in history" on iran. a look at some of our other stories from around the language services. these pictures are from syrian state television — the syrian military says it's taken full control of the all areas around the capital damascus for the first time in six years. since 2011, fighting in syria has left at least 350,000 people dead and displaced 11 million others. official results from the referendum in burundi showed nearly three quarters of voters backed changes to the constitution which could allow president pierre nkurunziza — that's him in the hat — to stay in office for another sixteen years. the united states said a climate of "fear and intimidation" marred the campaign. that from bbc afrique. barack and michelle 0bama are teaming up with netflix to produce films and tv shows. netflix say the former us president and first lady have "entered into a multi—year agreement" with the service. these are pictures

from texas earlier. where a moment's silence was observed for the 10 people killed in a school shooting on friday. the silence was observed at the school in santa fe which is south of houston as well as across the state. funerals were also held today for some of the victims. these pictures show us the funeral of the pakistani exchange student sabika sheikh in houston. more than 3000 people attended including many of her classmates. the suspected gunman is 17 year—old dimitrios pagourtzis. police were able to arrest him. he has been charged with murder. his father today told the wall streetjournal his son was a "good boy" and believes

bullying was behind the rampage. this is another of his victims — 16 year old shana fisher. her mother says shana had endured four months of problems with dimitrios. she told the la times "he kept making advances on her and she repeatedly told him no." she went on to say her daughter had stood up to him in class recently. and that "a week later he opens fire on everyone he didn't like". this is fourth deadliest school shooting in modern us history. and once again, the issue of keeping schools safe has returned — as have the bitter divisions over how to do that. this is the texas governor greg abott. i personally have spoken to more than 100 people from the santa fe area andi than 100 people from the santa fe area and i consistently get the same solution offered, better security at schools, but control of ingress and

egress from schools and perhaps metal detectors i do not know if thatis metal detectors i do not know if that is solution or not but these things need to be put on the table. we've also heard from the lieutentant governor of texas, dan patrick. he is pointing the blame at abortions and violent video games, among other things. we have devalued life in this country, we have 50 million abortions, we have families broken apart with no fathers at home, we have incredible violence as a game two hours a day in front of their eyes and we stand here and wonder why. the video games issue, we've got to address in this country. based on all the research we've done, 97% according to psychologists and psychiatrists, 97% of teenagers

view video and 85% of those are violent. mr patrick also said there are too many entrances and exits to schools, and that's why shooting are able to happen. american writer lauren duca tweeted this in response: "oh my god, they're going to ban doors before they ban assault rifles." that's been retweeted more than 160,000 times. whatever the state of the national debate, this new york times article suggests the make—up of texan politics and texan society means a significant gun reform movement there is not likely. manny fernandez co—wrote that article — and is live from santa fe. thank you forjoining us. before we get into the broader issues tell us what has been happening at the school today. i'm outside and education building where the school

district will shortly have a press conference and we will see if there are any new details. but should start shortly. is it a reasonable assumption that we will not see the kind of movement that came from the florida shooting are starting to emerge in texas this time?” florida shooting are starting to emerge in texas this time? i think thatis emerge in texas this time? i think that is a reasonable assumption. it is early, but some of the same, the setting, some of the same dynamics that happened in parklands have not happened here. so it seems a little bit unlikely to stop what we're learning about the circumstances of friday and the way that this man may have been able to access the school? we're still getting those details but it is pretty clear that he had the guns, he had his trench coat and the guns, he had his trench coat and the guns, he had his trench coat and the guns under that and he had no problem walking in order the door to the classroom was open and so he

walked in and started firing. as far as his entry goes no indication that he had any problems. it has been striking to be following the story from afar how it as quicklyjot down the american news agenda and even the american news agenda and even the new york times website does not haveit the new york times website does not have it as one of its top couple of stories at the moment. is that indicative of the fact that this is 110w indicative of the fact that this is now happening so frequently that americans to some degree have normalised it? it is hard to say, possibly that is true and it is very sad to say. and very sad to see. i think definitely here in texas this community, it is big news and people are following it. and i think maybe nationally it is hard to break through. in terms of the statement

you're waiting for, what issues you expect to be addressed in that statement. in the statement in particular i'm not optimistic to get a lot of details but i think it is fairto a lot of details but i think it is fair to say that we expect a lot of a nswe i’s fair to say that we expect a lot of answers from the officials. this just a lot we do not know, a lot of questions about his motives, why he did it, whether or not, what kind of jail he kept and what kind of writings he did. ——journal. so many questions that we're hoping will be a nswered questions that we're hoping will be answered today. thank you for your time. the us supreme court has issued a ruling that means bosses can stop millions of employees from joining class action lawsuits.

i understand they are at the heart of this. so it is something that essentially means if you have a problem with your employer you do not immediately take them to court but have to work with them outside of the court system to try to come to an agreement. what is at the heart of this case, rob read the biggest business case heard by the supreme court this term is whether these arbitration classes can ban workers who say they have been underpaid from coming together as a group to sue an employer. so the supreme court in this case has ruled with the conservatives in the majority here, that these employment contracts that have these arbitration clauses effectively do bar workers from banding together and sing and this is a big deal because obviously legal costs are expensive here and if you can band together with other people you could

split the costs of your lawyer and that might make it more likely for you to bring suit against your employer. if you cannot do that it probably means you may not bring a suit againstan probably means you may not bring a suit against an employer who could be underpaying you or could be having unsafe job conditions or things like that. so the supreme court issued an oral dissent saying that the ruling was wrong —1 judge on the supreme court issued an oral dissent saying that the rule of was wrong. the uk has been accused of turning a "blind eye" to russia's "dirty money". the house of commons foreign affairs committee warned london was being used to hide "corrupt assets" — but how to determine what dirty money is? here's 0lga ivshina from bbc russian on that challenge. it is hard to define dirty money and

it is important to establish the mechanisms which work, for example one of the companies even though it had taken a loan from a sanctioned bank it is partially controlled by another company and they still managed to get to the market and the act. that is hard to define and usually banks look after that but if regulators turn a blind eye than the banks are reluctant to act and that is exactly the point politicians made today. barclays is advising pa rents to made today. barclays is advising parents to be cautious about sharing details of their lives on mine in case that was their children at risk of fraud. sean coughlan has details. when parents put too much information about children on social media, it might seem innocent enough, sending someone happy birthday wish but barclays bank is warning that this could be the stuff of fraud in the future. they say

that this is material that would be perfect for identity theft, data growth, address and even the name of a pet or football team. growth, address and even the name of a pet orfootball team. all this could be used to hack a password or be used for credit card fraud. ba rclays is be used for credit card fraud. barclays is saying that it could become one of the biggest drivers of online fraud in the future and could cost the country £670 million per year. so the message to parents is you're not just year. so the message to parents is you're notjust embarrassing your children by putting stuff on social media but also it could risk their financial future. well you can download or business at and i will be more with more in a couple of minutes' time. good evening. we had a scattering of

thunderstorms today across england and wales but through the rest of the week, there will still be some warm sunshine around but still the risk of summer storms. also we had some rain across north—west scotland and northern ireland earlier on. but these are the storms, a cluster across central and southern england all the way towards manchester area. those storms been drifting further west and they are continuing to fade away. becoming dry across the bulk of england and wales with clear skies. some showers around but the rain petering out across northern ireland and much of scotland. not an especially cold start to tuesday and warming up in the sunshine across england and wales. the threat of the shower in the far south—east. but

much more cloud across eastern areas of scotla nd much more cloud across eastern areas of scotland and the north of england. and we should get some sunshine. 20 of them chant for england and wales but also the threat of thundery downpours across southern parts of england. some good sunshine around as well and temperatures not far off those of today in england and wales. another one day to come at the chelsea flower show but not without the risk ofa flower show but not without the risk of a storm. but generally dry and sunny. high pressure in charge across northern parts of the cat sustained fine and dry here. — northern parts of the uk. a warm day on wednesday. some sunshine for england and wales and temperatures climbing in the south. peaking at 2a

25 degrees in the south—east. so in today's day we could see more downpours heading north across england and wales and some sunshine on the way on friday. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source, and these are the main stories here in the bbc newsroom the us secretary of state says america is imposing the "strongest sanctions in history" on iran. the iranian regime should know that this is just the the iranian regime should know that this isjust the beginning. 0n the first day of the inquiry into the grenfell towerfire, moving tributes have been paid to the victims — including a baby who was stillborn after his parents escaped. that moment... we felt like our hearts had broken. still getting incredible pictures coming in from the volcano in hawaii which

continues to spew out lover. as the lava flows into the sea, will hear that warnings say toxic fumes are being created. donald trump says they should be investigations into they should be investigations into the fbi. we will find out in a moment one that is about. here is some copy that came into the newsroom a little while back. to discuss whether his presidential campaign was infiltrated under the 0bama administration, a white house official speaking to reuters. all of this follows on from a number of reports, this was the washington post on friday telling us an informant spoke to several trump

advisers and then reported back to the fbi. the new york times also covered this story, describing the informant as an american academic who teaches in britain. the bbc‘s jane o'brien, let's biglia, while it is unusual for the president to order this kind of thing, it is allowed ? order this kind of thing, it is allowed? of course it is, he is the boss, he can do what he likes. he is the president and the department of justice works at him and the fbi works for the department ofjustice, but the point is this is almost without precedent because we have heard the president said time and time again in tweets and public state m e nts time again in tweets and public statements this is a witchhunt, the investigation has no merit, to split it motivated but this is the first time we have seen him actively try to interfere to direct the department ofjustice to take action, to investigate effectively its investigation into his campaign and possible collusion with russia. so he is venturing into territory

that a lot of people find very, very disquieting. stay with us, this is john brennan, former director of the cia, unimpressed. but i guess the point here, jane, is that fall of his critics, mr trump was elected, and he was elected to ta ke was elected, and he was elected to take a different approach to being president? yes, but it is whether or not that approach actually involves being actively involved in an investigation into the campaign. this is why adam schiff, the ranking democrat on the housing committee that overlooks it, says his actions constitutes a direct assault on the independence of the department of justice. he also makes the point that, really, if the fbi hasn't followed up this information, this line of enquiry, that a presidential campaign may have been compromised

bya campaign may have been compromised by a hostile foreign power, then they would have been negligent, they have the absolute right to follow up this evidence. so really it all depends on how you look at it, president trump clearly feels it is a witchhunt, he said as much before, the fbi says it is doing itsjob and to trying to protect the nation. the new york times tells us that trump jrand new york times tells us that trump jr and other aides met with gulf emirates arena, to help to win election. the suggestion that saudi arabia and the uae were very keen that mr trump arabia and the uae were very keen that mrtrump win. arabia and the uae were very keen that mr trump win. that would open up that mr trump win. that would open up things consistently, if it proved to be the case. —— significantly. the malay enquiry, the russia probe, is not winding down, in fact it seems to be expanding its scope at the moment. donald trump —— the

robert mueller enquiry. donald trump says the enquiry is very long and boring and chose there was nothing wrong with him and russia and therefore they are looking at the rest of the world. but it is an interesting development, because this enquiry is already very broad in scope, and that is something donald trump has been saying should be limited. he thinks they should focus on specific things and their powers should be curtailed. we appreciate your help, jane o'brien, live from washington, dc. i want to show you these pictures, which came in from the democratic republic of congo. these pictures are of the first batch of an experimental ebola vaccine being administered to medical staff there. an ebola outbreak has killed at least 26 people since early april this is the area affected by the outbreak. those pictures ijust showed you were filmed in mbandaka —

which is a city in the northwest of the country. as you can see, it's on the congo river, which connects this part of drc with the capital, kinshasa. these pink coloured areas are affected by ebola at the moment. the authorities are working to stop the outbreak reaching there. anne soy is in mbandaka for the bbc. this is the first time a vaccine is being used to control the spread of ebola and it is still experimental. that means it has not been licensed. the government here in the democratic republic of congo decided to use it anyway, based on regulations that allow for compassionate use. and the people will be vaccinated include health workers who have been involved in taking care of the patient as well

as the suspected cases, members of the family and close contacts of these patients in these suspected cases may also be vaccinated. they form a ring around the suspected cases, and that is why this is called a ring vaccination. it was used to eliminate smallpox, and they are confident it will be used to control the spread of the virus here. it was developed in guinea in 2016 with support for the department for international development, and it has been supported as well by the global alliance for vaccines initiative, which procured at least 300,000 doses. we understand that just about 10,000 doses have arrived in the country and they will be deployed over time. that report came into the newsroom a little while back, as did some incredible footage from hawaii or the luke 0'dea that has been erupting —— of the volcano that has been erupting. lava being frail in

the air. we know one person has been injured by this —— being thrown up into the air. at the moment the attention is not just into the air. at the moment the attention is notjust on people coming into immediate contact with the lava, but also what happens when it reaches the sea. if you want an idea of the intensity of what is playing out, this is a picture taken from space and you can very easily see the lava there. what happens when the lava reaches the sea is that toxic gases are created. this is an image showing those plumes of gases above the sea water, thick, hazardous clouds, these are toxic. thick hazardous clouds, known as ‘laze'. they're toxic and can cause breathing difficulties. here's one expert on how dangerous it is. they have had a lot of volcanic gas for a number of years, they have had a lot of volcanic gas fora number of years, but they have had a lot of volcanic gas for a number of years, but now they have had this massive eruption of lava, which is threatening people's homes and itself is emitting gases.

they have also had explosive eruptions at the summit crater because the lava has trained out of what was a lava lake, and has reached the water table and exploded. now they have the laze, formed by the sea water and the lava as it goes into the ocean and produces this cloud of acidic gases and particles that can be nasty if you are in counter it, affecting your eyes, your breathing and your skin, so quite a multi—hazard situation at the moment. it is only dangerous if you get into it, so you have to keep a close i'd air of whether wind direction is going. —— a close idea. if you have a respiratory problem could really exacerbate something like asthma for example. but as long as you stay out of it, out of the main plume, it is quite localised. don't forget you can get much more detail on our top stories on our website.

we bring you all of the main stories from around the world. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has won another six years in power. not that there's much glory to bask in. the us mission to the un called it an "insult to democracy", saying "it's time for maduro to go". he said it was an election but only in inverted commas. 1a countries in the americas have recalled their ambassadors. remember the result wasn't in question — the main opposition coalition refused to take part — in a move from the putin playbook, his two popular rivals were barred from standing. but let's be clear, mr maduro has plenty of supporters. here are some of them in caracas. there is the president waving to

thousands of people who had gathered outside the presidential palace, and by all accounts that party went on long into the night. nicola maduro told his supporters the ‘revolution is here to stay‘ — that‘s a reference to the socialist movement he inherited from hugo chavez. he also called the electoral process ‘impeccable‘. and there was this for his critics. translation: i say to the empire itself, empire calm down, gringo empire calm down. i do not know if they‘ll understand. calm down. understand that venezuela is the guarantee of political stability of the caribbean region of south america. i think it is more whether people wa nt to i think it is more whether people want to calm down, whether they understand it. here‘s the alternative

perspective from the main opposition candidate. box 3 translation: we don't recognise this electoral process as valid, as having happened. for ask there were no elections. new elections in venezuelan need to take place. turnout was low. official figures put it at just 46 percent. the opposition claimed it was 30 percent. either way it‘s lower than most previous elections. the opposition is also accusing mr maduro of vote buying. this is why. here are voters using their state—issued ‘fatherland cards‘ to check at a polling booth. they were promised a prize if they verified their vote. mr maduro‘s critics called that blackmail. meanwhile the economy, gets worse. annual inflation to april was nearly 14000% — that‘s the highest in the world. the bolivar currency is almost worthless. thousands face chronic medical and food shortages. here they‘re queuing for food. the result? mass exodus out of venezuela. thatin

that in turn is creating an issue for its neighbours. here‘s bbc‘s regional editorfor the americas candace piette earlier. what we have now is a de facto return for six years of president moon dureau, he is in quite a strong is issued. —— maduro. he controls the assembly, which he managed to get elected last year. and the people of venezuela, many of them still support him, they support him because he provides them with ration cards, as you said in your report, and they are afraid. there was for example a small rebellion earlier last year, in which the result of when the rebels gave up, reports say

they were executed, so people are very afraid and tired and disillusioned and hungry, so there is unlikely to be any kind of responses, really, any reactions from venezuelans to this result. we heard the president saying of the gringo empire needs to calm down. who is he talking about? the us, even before the elections, they said they were going to bring in more sanctions. they have so far sanctioned many members of the government of venezuela, and have also put in post—sanctions on various financial transactions with venezuela, and the latest news we have now is that president trump has signed another executive order, putting a stop to venezuela being allowed to sell and buy debt, and sell and buy its assets. so it looks like, the us administration, it is keeping away, it has been threatening that it may be putting

in more sanctions on oil, which would be very tough for venezuelans inside the country. this economy is 90% oil dependent. but they are still pushing and pressurising the president moon dureau administration. i wonder if you know who this guy is, ididn‘t i wonder if you know who this guy is, i didn‘t until very recently. italy is finally close to having a government, and this is the man who could very soon be prime minister — giuseppe conte, a law professor who is not in parliament. he‘s been put forward by the two populist parties who won most seats in the elections more than two months ago. the coalition is headed by these two men luigi di maio, leader of the anti establishment five star movement and matteo salvini, the leader of the far right league. today they met with the italian president, sergio mattarella, asking for his permission to form a coalition government, with conte as its leader. gavin lee picks up the story.

we arejust we are just witnessing the changing of the guard at the presidential palace in rome. it is significant today because they could be a changing of the guard with the italian government. both the coalition parties‘s leaders have been meeting inside. we have the league party, populist anti—immigrant party, far right. we have also got the 5—star movement, antiestablishment, neither could get enoughin antiestablishment, neither could get enough in the election, but they could combine together. they had talked previously of getting italy out of the eurozone, stopping the euro, they also spoke about cancelling the debt. they have put a joint contract together to say what they want to do is ask the eu to stop sanctions against russia. they say they should be treated as a partner, not an enemy. they also wa nt to

partner, not an enemy. they also want to speed up the deportation of 500,000 migrants who are in italy. the questions about how they do that. they talk about lowering taxes for people, a basic universal wage, big spending with a heavily debt laden government, so eu leaders are worried about it. it still hasn‘t been confirmed, though, the president is currently deciding. well, a short while ago president mattarella asked for more time to consider the proposal of a new coalition government under the leadership of giuseppe conte, i asked bbc reporter sara monetta, who was covering the election in italy back in march, why the delay? the latest is that president matta rella the latest is that president mattarella has made a surprise announcement today. he was expected to receive co nte announcement today. he was expected to receive conte tomorrow to ask him if he wants to take on the responsibility of forming a new government. that is the traditional way of acting of a president. instead tomorrow he has actually

called to the palace, the speakers of the two houses of parliament, the house of deputies and the senate, and people say this is partly because he has been irritated by the way the five star movement have acted, firstly because conte has not been elected, so he is not in parliament, not a coalition leader, actually a law fresher. but it is relatively common in italy for the private minister to be someone who is not in parliament? no? recently it has been the case but constitutionally it is not allowed. there was supposed to be a constitutional change some time ago with berlusconi, when he wanted the leader of the party, rather than one of the members elected of the party, to become the prime minister. it has been something that has gone on for quite some time. if you were not

elected. quite a long list. but the five star movement, for instance, they have been criticising harshly for picking people who were not elected now they are doing the same thing. we will hear more as the week goes on. we have talked about italy and venezuela, the uk and the us. on friday, irish voters will decide the future of the country‘s abortion laws in a referendum. here‘s jayne mccormack and ciaran mccauley to explain the background. on the 25th of may, people in the republic of ireland will decide whether or not to change the country‘s abortion laws. whether or not to change the country's abortion laws. voters will be asked if they want to repeal the eighth amendment of the constitution. there was added in 1983 following legal cases in other countries that allowed less restrictive abortion laws. some

people became concerned the same thing could happen in ireland. the amendment gives a woman and the unborn and equal right to life, effectively banning abortion. unborn and equal right to life, effectively banning abortionm 2013 a woman died from infection after doctors refuse to terminate her pregnancy. she was miscarrying when she asked for an abortion. her death prompted some changes in the law to allow abortion when the mother‘s life is in danger, including from the credible threat of suicide, but many pro—choice campaigners did not believe those changes went far enough.“ campaigners did not believe those changes went far enough. if the result of the latest referendum is a no vote, the procedure would remain illegal except when the mother‘s life is in danger. in all other circumstances, an abortion could result in a 1k year prison term. if the public votes yes, the irish government says it intends to introduce legislation that will allow abortion up to 12 weeks in all circumstances. after 12 weeks, it

would only be allowed on the grounds of serious risk to the mother‘s health or life or the foetus will not survive. this is from abc‘s europe correspondent: and the guardian newspaper is going one step further — asking whether ireland might be heading for a brexit moment. we will find out in good time. earlier i talked to the bbc‘s deirdre finnerty, and asked her whether the referendum was proving as divisive in ireland as brexit was in the uk. she has written a long and superb report on this widget can find online on the bbc news website. here she is on how those divisions that we saw in the uk during the brexit arguments are now manifesting themselves in ireland. absolutely the same thing here, families are divided, friends are divided, people feel afraid to talk to each other about the issue of abortion, and express which way they are voting because it is such a

personal issue for a lot of people, it is something that can be very emotionalfor them and it is something that can be very emotional for them and also it is something that can be very emotionalfor them and also it it is something that can be very emotional for them and also it has been such a taboo. people are afraid of saying something to somebody who might have had a difficult personal experience, but it also divided the cabinet. for a time the deputy prime minister simon kirby knee was uncomfortable with the proposals put together by his own taoiseach about unrestricted access to abortion up to 12 weeks. so really it has been a of soul—searching in the country over the past seven or eight months or so over the past seven or eight months orso and it over the past seven or eight months or so and it will be very interesting, the vote on friday. are there particular patterns we can see between, i don‘t know, young and old, rowell and urban, between, i don‘t know, young and old, rowelland urban, in between, i don‘t know, young and old, rowell and urban, in terms of which way civvies appear to be going? there seems to be quite a strong role and urban divide, with dublin being more in favour of repealing the eighth amendment. whereas areas like connacht and ulster, rural areas like donegal,

sligo, they seem to be more in favour of a no vote. in terms of a generational divide, yes, a very clear generational split with the majority of voters over the age of 65 wanting to retain the eighth amendment, whereas voters under 35, that would be very much strongly in favour of repeal, particularly in the urban areas as well. for people who don‘t know ireland well, if a woman wants to have an abortion under the current legislation, what does she have to do? so abortion is illegal in ireland, except for specific circumstances, so it means the majority of women who want to seek an abortion have to travel to the uk. so that involves arranging flights, accommodation, getting time off work. it is not something they can freely get information about all speak freely about with friends, collea g u es speak freely about with friends, colleagues and doctors. so it is very much kind of a stigma, quite a taboo experience for lots of women.

also, a lot of women may not be able to afford to travel to the uk. they might have issues with childcare, they might be very young. so what a lot of women end up doing is ordering abortion pills are legally online, which can be seized at customs. they may not order the correct type, and they take them without medical supervision, which is obviously something that the government and medical professionals across the country are very worried about. also, in very difficult cases like a fatal facial about. also, in very difficult cases like a fatalfacial or about. also, in very difficult cases like a fatal facial or abnormality, where a woman who is carrying a baby who may only survive for a fuel hours —— fatal fatal abnormality, who may only survive for a fuel hours —— fatalfatal abnormality, if they travel to the uk for early delivery, it means the remains of their child has to be shipped back to ireland, a very stressful and traumatic process that a lot of women have been speaking out about in ireland over the last few months. this is deirdre‘s long read on the bbc website. i would highly

recommend that you read it. we will have coverage through the week as we build up to friday‘s vote. see you tomorrow, goodbye. what are the chances of having two very warm and sunny bank holiday weekends in a row? early may, we had glorious sunshine, temperature is 28 even 29 degrees, late may bank holiday and they could get up to 28 degrees again, however the skies may not be so blue, there may be some rain. not much rain right now, the rain. not much rain right now, the rain that we had on monday has been fading away, some storms earlier, some rain that weather front too but the high pressures building across it, so the rain isjust getting drawn out of the cloud and the cloud will be thinning and breaking. still rather dull and misty, and chilly for eastern scotland and the north—east of scotland, especially near the coast, and the chance of

some more storms arriving in the south—east pushing across the west country, even into wales late in day but large parts of england and wales still dry, very warm with some sunshine. so the high—pressure sitting across more than northern areas of the uk, still lower pressure towards the south—east and the threat of importing a few more storms. but on wednesday, most of them will stay over the other side of the channel. fewer showers, greater chance of staying dry across southern areas and probably more sunshine for scotland and northern ireland too. as a result here, it should be warmer, again away from those eastern coasts, 20 degrees through the eastern belt and across northern ireland, 2a, 25 in england and wales stopped fewer showers perhaps on wednesday, more downpours wednesday night and into thursday, we have this little feature here, a more organised band of rain and potential thunderstorms arriving in the south—east corner, and then drifting its way northwards and towards the west on thursday. more rain to come, more downpours, maybe

some or thunderstorms too. it is more southern part of england and into wales, further north still dry, still warm in the sunshine particularly inland with those temperatures into the low 20s. friday sees those downpours edging a bit further north into northern england, north wales, perhaps the midlands but the worst of them probably out of the north sea and probably out of the north sea and probably not quite reaching scotland, northern ireland still dry. dry weather across more southern parts of england and wales, still very warm and quite humid, i suspect, that is friday. into the start of the bank with a weekend, and we have higher pressure across the north, lower pressure to the south, another weather system arriving this time from biscay, from france, and it will bring some more storms. at the moment it will look like they will be centred more towards the south—west of england, into south wales this time on saturday. further north probably still dry, some sunshine at times, some cloud around as well, those temperatures widely into the low 20s

perhaps locally into the mid—20s as well on saturday. as we head into the holiday weekend further, we have higher pressure to the north, lower pressure to the south, and with that sort of configuration, you get more ofan sort of configuration, you get more of an east or south—easterly wind, so it will be a bit cooler around some of those north sea coasts. at the same time we are drawing up some very the same time we are drawing up some very warm the same time we are drawing up some very warm airfrom the same time we are drawing up some very warm air from the near continent, and also the threat of some rain as well. so the headline as we head through the holiday weekend into next week, with higher pressure in the north it should be generally warm and sunny, falling pressure in the south means whilst it is still very warm it will be quite humid, more cloud around and the potential for some quite humid, more cloud around and the potentialfor some more showers, some of them heavy, potentially thundery. that is it from me, see you later. the grenfell tower inquiry gets underway, with harrowing testimony from relatives of the victims. tributes begin to the 72 who lost their lives — including from a father on first seeing his son, stillborn because of the fire. at that moment...

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