welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: errors ofjudgement but not political bias — the justice department's verdict on the former fbi director for investigating hillary clinton's emails. new york's attorney general sues the trump foundation, claiming it has been used as donald trump's chequebook for years. a day of remembrance for the 72 victims of the london tower block tragedy, on the first anniversary of the fire. the world cup kicks off in moscow, and hosts russia provide a spectacular opening ceremony and score a big win over saudi arabia. an investigation by the us department ofjustice has found that the former head of the fbi made a serious error ofjudgement when he reopened an investigation

into hillary clinton shortly before the 2016 presidential election. the report says that james comey was insubordinate in his handling of the investigation into hillary clinton's use of private email while she was secretary of state. here is our north america correspondent nick bryant. hillary clinton believes the fbi's handling of the e—mail investigation cost her the presidency. donald trump believes the fbi failed to prosecute her because it was politically biased against him. and both believe that the former fbi directorjames comey, fired by trump, castigated by clinton, was out to get them. ..will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me god. the internaljustice department report says he made a serious error ofjudgement by making public statements about the clinton e—mail investigation, but found no evidence he had set out to influence the election. "we did not find that these

decisions were the result of political bias on comey‘s part", the report reads. but it also concluded that he departed clearly and dramatically from fbi and department norms. the report has also revealed a text exchange between two fbi agents already accused by the white house of pro—hillary bias. it spoke of stopping trump from becoming president. that has been seized upon by the white house. it reaffirmed the president's suspicions about comey‘s conduct, and the political bias among some of the members of the fbi. back in 2015, comey announced an investigation into hillary clinton's use of a private e—mail server during her years as secretary of state. i made a mistake using a private e—mail. for donald trump, it was the political gift that kept on giving. let's knock out crooked hillary clinton, crooked as a $3 bill. comey announced the fbi was not recommending charges against hillary clinton. then, just weeks before polling day, comey controversially reopened

the investigation. more e—mails had been uncovered. it's pretty strange to put something like that out with such little information right before an election. in a final twist, just two days before polling, comey again recommended that no charges should be brought, but democrats claim that the damage had already been done, and that comey‘s interventions helped win donald trump the white house. for more on this, i'm joined from washington by stef kight. she is a crime and politics reporter with the axios news service, and has been covering the story. you have been covering this story. insubordination, errors of judgement, but no political bias. what do you make of that? it's been a wild day here in dc, from this report earlier in the day, before it was released, and the reports were

just crazy. we see that james comey did not follow protocol and did not announce things when perhaps he should have announced when it came to the hillary clinton investigation before the 2016 presidential election, and then we saw another damning text from the two fbi officials that were pro— hillary, saying that we are going to stop trump from making it to the white house. yes, now, that's going to be a problem, isn't it? people are going to use that to try to paint the mueller investigation. yes, we have already seen the white house use this, point to these circumstances and say, see? the fbi, they are not unbiased, they are biased against trump. but we're also seeing democrats take this and say james comey is the reason hillary clinton didn't win the election, and saying that they ended up helping trump make it to the white house. so we are seeing both the right and the left ta ke we are seeing both the right and the left take this report and spin it in a way that fits what their agenda is. it is quite an irony, isn't it,

that the report finds that on numerous occasions james comey himself used the personal gmail account to conduct official fbi business. yep, he was using a personal e—mail server while investigating hillary clinton's misuse of her own personal e—mail server. so do you think any of this changes anything, ultimately? ultimately, no. even though the report says that the actions of james comey and these two fbi officials damaged the reputation of the fbi, which is a serious, serious issue, ultimately they do not combat any of the final results of this investigation. they still stand by the fbi's decision that hillary clinton should not be investigated for criminal charges. so ultimately nothing has changed, but they have said that what james comey nothing has changed, but they have said that whatjames comey did, as well as what the two fbi officials texted, were not helpful for the fbi's reputation. just to be clear, the can complication of the report

is quite clearly that the only actions influencing the election we re actions influencing the election were actions that damaged hillary clinton, not donald trump. that in effect the fbi did helped ultra become president. well, the report does not go so far as to say that this definitely helped hillary clinton, but it does say that james comey should not have taken upon himself to make those announcements so close to the presidential election, that it did hurt the reputation of the fbi, and that he should have consulted with the attorney general more than he did. thank you very much indeed. thank you. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: the lower house of parliament in argentina has voted in favour of legalising abortion within the first 1a weeks of pregnancy. the vote was a narrow one and the bill must now go before the senate, where it may struggle to be passed. pro—abortion campaigners cheered and hugged each other when the result happened. the european union has decided to press ahead with retaliatory trade sanctions against the united states. it follows president trump's decision to impose duties on european steel

and aluminium imports. us goods affected range from harley—davidson motorbikes to jeans and bourbon whiskey. three people have died and eight were wounded when an armed clash broke out at a political rally in turkey. the incident took place in the kurdish—majority town of suruc. pro—government media say the akp candidate was attacked by kurdish militants, but opposition sources say it was his bodyguards who opened fire first. turkey holds a presidential election next week. thousands of people have taken part in a silent march past the remains of grenfell tower in west london this evening to mark the first anniversary of the fire which claimed 72 lives. it followed a day of special services and a vigil to remember the dead. in the early hours of this morning, at the exact time that the fire broke out lastjune, grenfell tower was lit up in green, the colour chosen by survivors for this day of remembrance. our special correspondent lucy manning sent this report. in the middle of the night, grenfell lit up the sky.

last year, the horror of the flames. now, green, to commemorate the tragedy. last year, they gathered at the foot of the tower, helpless. now, they stood in the same place to remember. # we all need somebody to lean on...# words from the koran. many of the last words that night were prayers. and then, 72 names. leena belkadi. victoria king. fatima choucair, chameera choucair, sirria choucair, zainab choucair,

forever in our hearts. a year ago, there was the roar of the fire, the screams from inside, the cries from out. today, silence. the survivors and the bereaved werejoined by singers adele and stormzy, but this was about those who had lived and lost here. some came with flowers, others with messages. the day after the fire, we met mohammed hakim. today, he came to remember his mum,

dad, sister, and two brothers. from having a family to not having a family at all is a complete change. you know, their absence is a big thing that i've been left with, you know, to deal with for the rest of my life. and it's extremely painful, and i miss them dearly every day. last year, we also met adel, desperate for news. he lost his cousin, her husband, their daughter, and baby. 0n the day of the fire, we were just running around, just trying to find our relatives and you saw me on the day. but it was the aftermath, and in the aftermath, this whole community came together. what do you think the grenfell community have achieved, a yearon? a desire to make sure this never happens again. at a local church, other families who lost children, parents, sisters and brothers heard calls for healing and justice.

we prayed that grenfell tower would turn from a symbol of pain and loss, a symbol of our failure to care for one another, into a symbol of change and renewal. they have mourned here as a community from the day of the fire, supporting each other when those who should have done failed. # something inside so strong. # i know that i can make it... at avondale primary, they lost 12 past and present pupils, and a teacher. those who have died are always remembered. we pray for those who have lost their homes. how does a school cope after this? with difficulty. tonight, they harnessed their grief

and anger and took to the streets. this corner of west london, filled with silence. some walked with the faces of those they had lost in this fire. many had signs demanding justice. the fire has ripped apart families, but united this community. thousands walked, every race and religion, even those too young to know the tragedy that looms over them. at the fire station, they hugged those who saved them, their angerfor the policy, the rules, rather than for those who climbed the stairs to bring them out. but, for the firefighters, the pictures a reminder of those who were told to stay in their flats, who couldn't get out. it was a day of dignity, but their campaign for answers does not end here.

stay with us on bbc news. still to come: what you didn't know about the titanic. how a cold war mystery is shedding new light on the world's most famous ship. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for a0 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments

in kensington palace. the real focus today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife it would be a good idea if i could to get her to go up there for a little while. very good to have you with us on bbc world news. the latest headlines: the us department ofjustice says the former fbi boss james comey made mistakes in his investigation of hillary clinton before the 2016 election. families and friends have held a day of remembrance for the 72 victims of the grenfell tower tragedy, on the first anniversary of the fire. new york state has sued the trump foundation and asked for it to be dissolved. president trump himself and three of his children are also being sued. it's alleged the foundation made payments designed to influence

the 2016 presidential election. megan tompkins—stange is an assistant professor of public policy at the university of michigan's ford school. welcome to bbc news and thank you for your time. it seems that personal expenses are being paid for, but perhaps most importantly, political influence? absolutely. this is a pretty big dealfor a foundation to be using money that is supposed to be going towards charitable purposes, and is tax advantaged, meaning the organisation does not have to pay any taxes on its assets, for that to be going towards personal ends and especially towards personal ends and especially to be going towards trying to influence the outcome of an election, or otherwise shape public opinion in favour of a candidate. this is what happened with the trump foundation, where the money was not going towards charitable purposes,

it was going towards dealing and overtly political behaviour, which is not allowed for american private foundations to engage in.|j understand that the trump family and the foundation deny that anything wrong was being done or has been done, but this is a landmark case anyway, isn't it? unprecedented, that a trust like this, a foundation, is being officially censured in this way? absolutely, the restrictions on foundation engagement and political activity have been active since 1969 but since that time no foundation has ever been officially censured in this way. foundations are very private organisations and there is very little meaningful accountability for them to be held there in terms of what they can and cannot do, there is no tad of the boat for foundations. public opinion is one of the only ways to keep them accountable for their engagement in the public sphere. it is interesting to see, in this case, that the

foundation is being faced with penalties that actually have real teeth, including closing the foundation altogether and barring some of its board members from being involved in non—profit organisations in the future. so this is a really raise an example —— brazen example, in an area where foundations typically go to great lengths to avoid crossing that legal line in terms of what they can and cannot do. if, presumably, this is all proven, what do you think is most likely to happen? my guess is that there will be found guilty of engaging in this political behaviour, and i think it may present a watershed moment for the philanthropy x factor. —— sacked. —— sector. by and large, this has been mostly self regulated over the yea rs. mostly self regulated over the years. it has been foundation stopping themselves from engaging in the kind of behaviour that will lead to formal censure. my guess is that

there will be more attention to this in the future from official channels. it marks a departure for the nonprofit sector in the united states, and will leave it more accountable. professor, thank you. thank you. prosecutors in hungary say the 25—yearjail sentences handed down to the ring leaders of a people trafficking gang are too lenient and they'll appeal. four men were found guilty of the deaths of 71 migrants who suffocated in a lorry in 2015. the vehicle was found abandoned near the village of parndorf in austria. nick thorpe reports. led into court in shackles by masked police, watched by the world. 0nly the ringleader of the smugglers, 31—year—old samsoor lahoo, gave permission for his face to be shown. ina permission for his face to be shown. in a packed courtroom, thejudge asked those present to stand for the verdict to be read out. the next butchers lorry driven from the hungry serbia border to austria.

according to investigators, it was just one of 33 trips made by the gang, but this one went wrong. the back door was sealed by accident and 59 men, eight women and four children suffocated in the sweltering heat of august 2015. as thejudge read out the guilty verdict, the defendants, most of whom are from bulgaria, showed little emotion. each had already expressed remorse for the loss of life, but denied murder. the four main suspect were found guilty of homicide, committed as an accomplice, and sentenced to 25 year prison terms without parole. the carelessness and greed of the smugglers which caused the deaths of 71 people have been widely condemned. but this case also pinpoints a deeper problem which europe is still struggling to solve. who to allow illegally into europe? and how? —— legally. russia has won the opening

match of the world cup with a 5—0 victory against saudi arabia in moscow. it was the first of 64 matches to be played across the country, with the final in a month's time. before the game president putin welcomed millions of watching fans to what he called his open, hospitable and friendly nation. 0ur sports editor, dan roan, has more. no matter where they're held, the start of a world cup retains the power to excite and unite like little else in sport. and here, today, it was no different. amid the symbols of russia's soviet past, who knows quite what he would have made of fifa's travelling corporate circus descending on the luzhniki stadium, but with fans here from every corner of the globe, moscow had given in to world cup fever. welcome to russia! we would like to thank russia for their good organisation and it's good to be here. people here are nice. we found everything goes smoothly, thank you. i have my friends, who arrived from kazakhstan, latvia, belarus. so, just to be at this game, so that's really cool. yeah, a special day.

a special day. eight years and £8 billion in the making, russia 2018 had arrived. # so come on, let me entertain you #. the tournament's opening fixture featured its two worst ranked teams, but the hosts soon had the dream start, yuri gazinsky scoring the world cup's first goal. this how much it meant for the thousands watching at moscow's fan fest. saudi arabia were on the ropes. denis cheryshev, giving russia the second goal their dominance deserved. russia weren't finished there, substitute, artyom dzyuba, sealing a one—sided victory. watching on, saudi arabia's crown prince, clearly not enjoying the game as much as the president. the relief on the face of the victorious team's coach, plain to see. amid the emotion and expectation, they'd delivered when it mattered most. and we caught up with some of the fans after the match. so amazing, impressive, full of energy. i'm going to the bar. cheers. i think it is a good experience. it's very good. it's different, but it's nice.

experience. it's very good. it's different, but it's nicelj experience. it's very good. it's different, but it's nice. ithink experience. it's very good. it's different, but it's nice. i think we will have go out from our group, but we will not win world cup, but but quarter—final, we can go to quarter—final, we can go to quarter—final, i think. quarter—final, we can go to quarter-final, ithink. voices quarter—final, we can go to quarter-final, i think. voices from moscow there. and to keep up to date with what's going on in the world cup, go to the bbc sport website. we'll have all you need to know about the remaining 63 games, building up to the final on july the 15th. go to bbc.com/worldcup. the sinking of the titanic still captures our imagination, more than a century after the giant ship went down. now an exhibit here in washington looks at the secret mission that led to the discovery of the wreckage. during the cold war, an ocean explorer, robert ballard, went looking for sunken us submarines. he was told that if he finished on time, he could search for the titanic. here's the story. it is amazing how the titanic touches a button in everybody.

titanic, the untold story. it is really taking the wraps off what was, at the time, a top—secret mission i was conducting as a naval intelligence officer. most of the cold war was fought under water, and most of it was never known to be american people. and it was really president reagan who won the cold war by pushing the soviets to their limits. and he wanted me to conduct their highly classified mission to go out to two submarines, the only two submarines we lost during the cold war, one was lost off portsmouth, main, and the other was lost south of the as oars. —— azores. and conveniently between the two was the wreckage of the titanic. i only had 12 days left in our mission when we arrived on scene at the titanic. this was my first view

of the titanic, was from that. initially, what we were seeing was the keel of the titanic. and then as we went up, portholes started to come into play and our lights were bouncing off, and it was like the eyes of the ship looking at us. i was waiting to see a face in a porthole. we are in the section of the titanic, the untold story exhibition, that talks about the lives of the survivors from the tragedy, and personalities of people who you may have heard of, and he may not have heard of, from that fateful night. so, this is one of only seven titanic deckchairs that survives, and dozens of them were thrown overboard to help the victims in the water after the titanic tragedy. the crew threw them over because they thought people would have something to hold onto and it might them from drowning. and a sad reality is that most of them died of hypothermia, not of drowning after all. he was the leader of the eight

person band on the titanic. he kept musicians with them and they continue to play songs as this tragedy was unfolding on board. at first they started with some of the songsjust to first they started with some of the songs just to keep the mood first they started with some of the songsjust to keep the mood light on the ship, and as the night went on, the ship, and as the night went on, the songs got more and more sombre. until they played nearer my god to thee. the captain said, you know, stand at your station, be british. the engine room went on and the band played and they all passed away. you had women and children first, you had women and children first, you had all of these dramatic acts that we re had all of these dramatic acts that were played out by all the people that were on board, but i think is straight out of central casting. straight out of hollywood. for sure. still such an extraordinary tale. more at any time on the bbc website. that's it for now. thank you for watching. hello once again,

thanks forjoining me. let's get you right up to date with how we see the next few days or so across all parts of the british isles. storm hector pretty much lived up to what we expected of it. some of the gusts were really quite disruptive. this was the damage as seen in muirkirk, in the eastern side of ayrshire. but it wasn't like it everywhere. further south, once the frontal system cleared away, yes, it was a breezy old day, but at least there was some sunshine to speak of, and that will be the way of it for the most part on friday, as well. there's hector heading away towards the top end of the north sea, up into the norwegian sea. still quite a powerful beast, so it will still be quite breezy across northern parts of scotland, but nowhere near the sort of strength that we saw during the course of thursday. there will still be quite a raft of showers, longer spells of rain getting into central, western parts of scotland initially, then gradually dribbling away a little bit further east. further south, the odd isolated shower, no great organisation

about them, and the top temperature on the day of 22. so the weekend — saturday showers, if not longer spells of rain, but the weekend by no means a write—off. here we are on saturday with quite an active little frontal system for the sort of top half of the british isles. so northern parts of wales, the north midlands, and all points north at some point in the day seeing some really quite heavy rain. further south, the trailing portion of that weather front, well, there'll be a lot of cloud, there'll be the odd bit and piece of rain. gardeners, that won't be the answer to your prayers. that frontal system takes the time to move away as the low pressure transfers away off into the north sea. and there's a little ridge of high pressure just follows on behind, trying to set sunday up as a better day than saturday. and it will succeed, for the most part, although you really couldn't rule out, later in the day, perhaps a cold frontjust dragging more cloud and the prospect of a wee bit of rain into the far west of england, western wales, and then arcing away to the south—west of scotland, maybe up into northern ireland too. so generally speaking, on sunday, the further north and east you are, the drier and brighter your day should be. here we move you from sunday on into monday, and again a little weak ridge of high pressure just

trying to settle things down across the southern half of the british isles. looking further north, well, you've still got that prospect of a south—westerly breeze, probably a bit of it, as well, and just about enough in the way of cloud for there to be showers, if not longer spells of rain, again affecting the western side of scotland, and perhaps ireland too. but, in the sunshine further south, 23 could be yours. this is bbc news. the headlines: the us department ofjustice says the former head of the fbi made a ‘serious error ofjudgement‘ when he re—opened an investigation into hillary clinton. the report says james comey was ‘insubordinate' in his handling of the investigation into hillary clinton's use of private email. the us state of new york is taking legal action against president trump's charitable foundation and asked for it to be dissolved.

president trump himself and three of his children are also being sued. it's alleged the foundation made payments designed to influence the 2016 presidential election. thousands of people have taken part in a silent march past the remains of grenfell tower in west london to mark the first anniversary of the fire. the names of the 72 people who lost their lives were read out at a memorial service.