us presidentjoe biden has arrived in geneva ahead of wednesday's summit with president vladimir putin of russia. relations between the two countries are at their lowest point in decades, and mr biden has already said he will lay down america's red lines during the talks. israel says it has attacked hamas armed compounds in the gaza strip, it's the first attack since a ceasefire last month ended 11 days of cross—border fighting. the israeli military said the air strikes were in response to incendiary balloons launched from the palestinian territory. a court in france has fined ikea $1.2 million for illegally spying on some of its employees. the case concerns surveillance of staff from 2009—2012. prosecutors said ikea used a private detective agency.

now on bbc news: tuesday in parliament. hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament. britain's biggest police force is branded "institutionally corrupt" after an inquiry commissioned by the home office. this is one of the most devastating episodes in the history of the metropolitan police. a former bbc boss explains how martin bashir kept hisjob after lying over that interview. do you say, "that's it, farewell, you're sacked"? or do you say, "all right, you're remorseful, you understand it, we'll give you a second chance"? and the challenges faced by schools when tackling cases of sexual misconduct. there is a spectrum,

from the truly evil. and appalling at one extreme all the way down to things i which are essentially clumsy explorationsl of emerging - adolescent sexuality. but first, police corruption and the murder of a private investigator. the home secretary has accused the metropolitan police of a litany of mistakes over the killing of daniel morgan. priti patel was responding to a report which found the force was "institutionally corrupt" in the way it concealed or denied failings over the unsolved murder. daniel morgan was attacked with an axe in a pub car park in south—east london in 1987. his brother believes he was on the brink of exposing police corruption when he was killed. despite five police inquiries and an inquest, no—one has been brought tojustice for the murder. the met police admitted corruption had hampered

the original investigation. priti patel told the commons the report was deeply alarming. police corruption is a betrayal of everything policing stands for in this country. it erodes public confidence in our entire criminaljustice system. it undermines democracy and civilised society. we look to the police to protect us, and so they are invested with great power. the overwhelming majority of officers use it honourably, but those who use their power for immoral ends do terrible harm, as do those who indulge, cover up or ignore police corruption. this is one of the most devastating episodes in the history of the metropolitan police. she listed the improvements that had been made to the way police corruption was handled, but she said she couldn't ignore the report's findings. its recommendations are wide—ranging and far—reaching across aspects of policing — conduct, culture and transparency in public institutions. today, i have written to dame cressida dick to ask her to provide me with a detailed response

into the panel's recommendations for the metropolitan police and the wider issues outlined within the report. this afternoon, i will also ask her majesty's inspectorate of constabulary and fire and rescue services to consider how best it can look into the issues raised. her labour shadow quoted from the report. the family of daniel morgan suffered grievously as a consequence of the failure to bring his murderers tojustice, the unwarranted assurances they were given, the misinformation which was put into the public domain and the denial of the failings in investigation, including failing to acknowledge professional incompetence, individuals' venal behaviour and managerial and organisational failures. the panel has proposed the creation of a statutory duty of candour, to be owed by law enforcement agencies to those whom they serve.

it's a vital reform and it's particularly urgent, as there will be another inquiry soon into the covid pandemic. so can the home secretary confirm that that recommendation will be implemented? priti patel said work was taking place across government on how these wider issues would be addressed. it was theresa may who set up the panel when she was home secretary. at the heart of this damning report, thorough report, is yet another example of an organ of the state whose job was to protect the public prioritising the reputation of the institution over the delivery ofjustice. will my right honourable friend agree with me that the vast majority of police officers act with integrity and with an overriding sense of public duty, but where corruption does occur, it must be rooted out with vigour? this has only come to light

because of the determination of the family and the persistence of the independent panel, so most troubling of all is the failure of senior police leadership and of policing institutions to uncover what has happened and the scale of the problem over so many years. i note that there is a whole chapter on the challenges. of securing cooperation. is that what provides - the explanation for why it took eight years for the panel to complete its work? i was some of the delay caused by difficulties in persuading i the met police and others- to provide documents and files requested by the inquiry? priti patel said there was a slowness in terms of sharing information. so that is why, mr speaker, it is important that i hold the commissioner to account, ask the right questions, as i'm doing so this afternoon. and as i have said, it is important that, first of all, we seek answers to many outstanding questions, we question and find out what has happened in terms of policing conduct historically, over three decades.

priti patel. a former bbc director general has told mps that, in hindsight, martin bashir should have been sacked over the way he obtained his 1995 interview with princess diana. at the time, tony hall investigated bashir�*s faking of bank statements amid questions about whether the reporter had used them to secure the scoop. mps on the digital, culture, media and sport committee are investigating how the bbc handled revelations about bashir�*s behaviour and then came to re—hire him five years ago. lord hall, who was head of news in the mid—1990s, was asked about his verdict at the time. considering what you knew at the time, why did you report to the bbc board of governors that you believed that mr bashir was an honest and honourable man? well, let me start off by saying, if i might, to acknowledge how hard this has been, the lord dyson investigation, for the royal family, for the two princes,

and i'm sorry for the hurt caused. but at core here, i trusted a journalist, i gave him a second chance — we, the team, gave him a second chance — and that trust was abused and was misplaced. lord hall was asked if he knew bashir had forged documents. you got the documentation to say that he'd faked the documents. yes. you were aware? we knew in december that he'd faked some documents. the difference between the inquiry... how many documents being faked is acceptable to the bbc? is itjust one or is it a plethora of documents? because, i'll be frank with you, and as a former bbc journalist myself, back in the midst of time in italy, i'm almost speechless at the idea that anyone at the bbc could be found to have faked documents by a senior manager, that information then passed on to yourself, and then not face instant dismissal.

that is absolutely crazed. it's completely against the ethos of the bbc. the mps wanted to know why lord hall and another bbc executive had believed someone who'd lied before. we believed... and anne sloman and i quizzed him really, really hard for an hour and a half, at which point he ended up... the thing i remember most vividly about this, he ended up in tears. we believed he'd been introduced to the princess of wales by earl spencer and that the documents he had made were from information from the princess of wales and earl spencer. we now, of course, know that's not the case. he appeared to us. and one of the difficulties looking back over 25 years is that he appeared to us at the time that he was contrite, that he was inexperienced and he was out of his depth. and that's why, in the end, rather than sacking him, and i can see the reasons for that, we gave him a second chance. but there was some defence

of lord hall's handling of the case from his then boss, john birt, who was director general at the time. lord birt said there was no cover—up. hardened seniorjournalists had been taken in. it simply is not the case that anybody set out to deceive, other than martin bashir himself — as you say, quite a guy. and unless you understand this was a serial liar on an industrial scale, you simply can't understand the story. and moreover, in fairness to some of the people involved, in 100 years of bbcjournalism, can we think of anybody else who behaved in that kind of way? martin bashir came back to the bbc in 2016 as religious affairs correspondent. a bbc report this week concluded his re—employment was not part of any cover—up. lord hall was by then director general but wasn't aware bashir was returning. mps were sceptical.

lord hall, have you any idea how utterly implausible it is that you were not closely involved in the monitoring of the rehiring of martin bashir, someone that knew you knew to be a serial liar? because this was not any old rehiring — this was the talk of the newsroom at the bbc. people were wandering around saying to one another, "can you believe it? martin bashir�*s back — and as religion correspondent!" and you knew nothing about this? come on. mr nicholson, i ask you to consider the number of things that come across the desk of any director general... yeah, but this is on a different scale, level and importance. this is martin bashir. he'd been sacked twice in america for wrongdoing. you knew he was a serial liar and he pops up at the bbc. the idea that you were unaware of this and not closely involved with it is just implausible. well, i was not involved in the rehiring of martin bashir, mr nicholson, as yesterday's

report makes clear... yeah. well, the report's a whitewash. lord hall's successor as director general was asked about prince william's allegation that the bbc had helped fuel his mother's fear, paranoia and isolation. what was your personal feelings when you heard that, for the heir to the throne to say that about your organisation, that exists under royal charter? i mean, it must have rocked you back on your heels. it was... it was upsetting. it was a sad day. primarily, i felt deep sympathy for the sons of princess diana. and as you know, we offered and have offered an unconditional apology. and that was the primary thing in my mind. clearly, for us as an institution that cares so deeply and has an outstanding track record in terms ofjournalistic integrity, it was a very low moment for us.

tim davie. you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, david cornock. still to come: winston churchill and his budgerigars. scotland's first minister has announced that the easing of covid—19 restrictions is likely to be pushed back by three weeks. the whole country was due to move to the lowest level zero of its five—tier system from the 28th ofjune. but nicola sturgeon said that this was likely to be be delayed by three weeks so that more people can be vaccinated against the virus. with borisjohnson having delayed the lifting of restrictions in england, she told msps that the scottish government too would adopt a cautious approach. given the current situation and the need to get more people are fully vaccinated before we ease up further, i think it is reasonable to indicate now that it is

unlikely that any part of the country will move down a level from the 28th ofjune. instead, it is more likely that we will maintain restrictions for a further three weeks from the 28th ofjune and use that time to vaccinate with both doses as many more people as possible. doing that will give us the best chance later injuly of getting back on track and restoring the greater normality we all crave. yesterday the national clinical director suggested that this new variant could delay lockdown exit by up to ten weeks. can the first minister tell us, is the government seriously considering delaying the move to level zero until september? at no point i did i say i thought restrictions would be in place for further months. i didn't say that. i have tried all along not to commit to firm dates way into the future that nobody can be certain can be delivered.

if we do have a three week delay from during the 28th, that takes us to july the 19th. can we have a commitment that we will have next to all a0 plus people with double doses by that date and every 18—year—old single dosed by that date so we can ramp up our vaccination programme? 0n vaccination, we are going as fast as supplies allow. if we cannot reach milestones in vaccination, it is only because we don't have the supplies to do that. in response to the earlier question, i have set out the milestones we are working to, the fact that all 18—year—olds will have had either their first dose or an appointment for it by the end of next week. we are then bringing forward second doses and we will go as fast as supplies allow while planning for extending the vaccination programme into other cohorts. nicola sturgeon. to wales now, where the first minister, mark drakeford, has unveiled his "programme for government" after labour's victory in last month's senedd elections. the programme promises a living wage for care workers, who'll be paid £9.50 an hour, and jobs and training

for young people. the first minister, who doesn't have an overall majority, also offered to work with his political opponents. where there are others in this chamber who have an appetite to work constructively, to pursue and indeed approve the proposals we have put forward, they will find this government keen to engage positively with them. these actions then set out in the programme prioritise kindness and collaboration of the division and competition. the conservatives wanted more detailed plans to grow the economy. were you advised that the first labour government did put targets there so that we as an opposition could scrutinise the progress of that government? i note from this programme for government that targets are missing, and it would be beneficial to understand, especially when it comes to the economy, how much ambition you have for the economy in wales.

it is up to this government to show that a truly transformative programme for government can be put in place within that uk context. i am afraid that that is not what i see in this programme for government, but as i wish the first minister well embarking on the next five years, i guess it's up to his government to prove me wrong. rhun ap iorwerth. the boss of ryanair has accused the belarusian regime of alexander lukashenko of an unprecedented breach of international aviation rules. he was speaking after one of his airline's planes was forced to land last month in the belarusian capital, minsk. in my opinion, this was a state—sponsored hijacking, there is no other way to explain it. the flight was en route from greece to lithuania

when minsk air traffic control told the flight there was a credible threat of a bomb on board the aircraft, which was carrying six crew and 126 passengers. it was forced to land in minsk where two passengers, including the opposition journalist, roman protasevich, were detained. michael 0'leary was giving evidence to the transport committee. before he spoke, the chair read out a letter from the belarusian ambassador, who had been expected to appear before the mps. the authorities of belarus took necessary measures to ensure the safety of passengers of the flight in full compliance with the international aviation law. the belarusian side is concerned about the unfortunate decision of the british authorities to suspend belavia's permit to operate services from and to the uk. belavia is the belarusian state airline. michael 0'leary took a very different view of the incident. this was clearly a premeditated breach of all the international aviation rules, regulations, safety.

an aircraft was brought down under false pretenses using minsk, and it seems clear that two passengers were removed against their will and forcibly detained in ukraine. the other three passengers, we still have no feedback from. they didn't appear to be forcibly removed or detained against their will. mr 0'leary presumably meaning belarus there, not ukraine. it is unprecedented, however, certainly in my 30 year history, and in the 80 years since the 1945 convention, that an air traffic control system or a state agency would fabricate a case such as this to persuade, encourage or effectively leave the crew with no alternative other than to divert to an airport in that state which we would normally not flight.

i'm sure there is anyway of training our people, or training air employees to verify in the moment whether this is credible, or is this a bad actor? we must operate on the basis of pilots being in a small cockpit with restricted communications. the only way of communicating through the air traffic control system. and he warned the incident could have far—reaching consequences. it is absolutely vital that the strongest sanctions are taken in the short term, but as quickly as possible, we need to be able with confidence to ensure that the air routes from europe to asia can be reopened and that there will be no recurrence of this kind of interference by state—sponsored actors, whether in belarus or belarusian paymasters. the mps also heard from the aviation minister, who said the uk was now waiting for a report on the incident

from the international civil aviation 0rganisation — or icao. the apparent actions of belarus demonstrate contempt and disregard for long—standing and universally applied international norms for air transport. the apparent actions of belarus are not acceptable in today's globalised system of international civil transport. but further steps were being considered by the government and the civil aviation authority — the caa. clearly, there are a number of steps that could be taken by the department and by the caa and by the international community, and we can will consider all those. i'm careful not to get into speculating about what those might be, given that we haven't had that icao response. the chief inspector of schools in england, amanda spielman, has said that sexual harassment is an "endemic problem" for teenagers.

she was speaking to mps about 0fsted's report last week, which found that nine in ten girls experienced sexist name—calling or were sent explicit images. 0fsted could carry out further safeguarding inspections, she said, if it received more government funding. there are a couple of local authorities who said, we don't have a problem in our area, who genuinely believed that problems with image sharing and so on weren't really happening in their area. what we know suggests that this is an endemic problem for teenagers in and out of school everywhere. so i was surprised that any local authority could think they were not affected. do you think there should be an offshoot of 0fsted, or an independent safeguarding body that goes into schools regularly to ensure consistent safeguarding? it's been a matter of government policy for many years to make inspections smaller and lighter. we could do if we were funded.

in terms of 0fsted funding as a percentage of the school budget, the school inspection budget is now under 0.1% of school funding where it was once 0.4%. it has been a policy choice to reduce that capacity. that could be restored if there wales a desire to put more effort into this area. she said some incidents weren't safeguarding matters. i have talked recently, for example, to a sample of girls who have left school within the last two years. only one of them was able to say that they had never been sent an image by a boy of... i got bleeped by 0fcom for using the term on radio, so perhaps i won't use it, a photograph of their naked selves. most of the girls left that off and think it is contemptible. they would not want to be pulled into safeguarding procedures.

is it not a safeguarding issue for the boy who sent the photograph as well, in terms of their behaviour and what else they are likely to get up to? there is a spectrum here, and the advisers we had on the reference group were helpful on this. in sexual misconduct of every kind, there is a spectrum from the truly evil and appalling at one extreme, all the way down to things which are essentially the explorations of emerging adolescent sexuality. the committee moved on tackling lost learning during the pandemic. amanda spielman. now, it's a popular parlour game here at westminster to speculate about how political leaders from history would respond to the problems confronting modern—day politicians. earlier this year, the government changed the model tenancy agreement, which means that if you live in a rented house or flat in england and your landlord volunteers to use the new recommended standard contract, you might be able to own a pet.

in the past, blanket bans on keeping animals were common and some people had to give up their pets when they moved home. now, we can't tell you what gladstone or disraeli would have made of all this, but when peers discussed the issue, they were lucky enough to have an historian on hand who could tell them how one wartime prime minister would have reacted. does my noble friend recall the importance that winston churchill attached to his pets, which included budgerigars that flew around his bedroom, to the discomfort of visiting ministers? would not the great man have been distressed at the... so many landlords are denying their tenants the affection and companionship that loving pets provide. perhaps my noble friend can hear a famous voice muttering those words "action this day" to get those new tenancy agreements widely applied, so important in this context, and to bear down on the landlords who are not using them at the moment.

i'm grateful to my noble friend pointing out the views of the great man. and we do recognise that domestic pets bring joy, happiness and comfort to people's lives, and we have seen that particularly in the pandemic, and we also recognise that the model tenancy agreement is a step forward and we need to see its wider adoption. and that's why we're going to work hard to ensure that landlords do adopt it as often as possible. lord greenhalgh. and that was tuesday in parliament. thank you for watching. i do hope you canjoin me at the same time tomorrow for wednesday in parliament, when mps will debate and vote on the government's decision to delay the lifting of lockdown restrictions in england. until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now.

hello again. tuesday was another very warm day across england and wales. temperatures peaked at 27 degrees celsius. that's just two down from the hottest day of the year, which was at the start of the week on monday. and as i say, england and wales enjoyed a lot of sunshine. scotland and northern ireland, a different story. we had rain, and that band of rain continues to push its way eastwards over the next few hours whilst weakening, so the rain will become lighter and patchier. across the board, temperatures staying up into double figures as we head into the first part of wednesday morning. now, this front is a cold front, and it's an important one. very weak, it will bring just a few patches of rain across north—west england and north—west wales. sunny spells for scotland and northern ireland, a few isolated showers. dry picture for east wales and most of england with lots of sunshine. but it's this front that separates the fresh air in the north west from the increasingly humid air across east wales and england. and big temperature contrasts, too. perhaps 18 degrees across the north—west of the uk.

across east wales and into the heart of england, temperatures well up into the mid—20s, the high 20s in places. but as we head into wednesday night, the atmosphere will become very volatile and will go bang. yes, the first batch of thunderstorms, the first batch of quite a few thunderstorms, will be working in on wednesday night, pushing in perhaps across east wales, certainly getting parts of england. and those storms will tend to clear north—eastwards as we go through thursday, with the weather settling down to a degree. still fresh air across the north—west, still quite humid across parts of eastern england. some uncertainty with the temperatures. depends, really, how much sunshine we get through some of that highest cloud across eastern areas, but it could potentially be a bit warmer than that. 0n into friday, well, another batch of storms is going to be heading in from france. again, it's mainly targeting england. that will tend to push its way northwards as we go through friday night, with the weather again settling down, calming down to a degree as we head into saturday. and then we do it all again. saturday night sees another batch of storms come through. this area of storms is probably going to be a little bit more widespread as it works its way northwards, joining forces with an atlantic weather front in the west. and that area of rain,

thundery at times, will push northwards on sunday. so, we've got several bouts of thunderstorms coming our way over the next few days. the biggest of those could bring, well, nearly a month's worth of rain in just a few hours. flash flooding is possible.

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