swib, much, that is daniela relph in sw19, in wimbledon, a very exciting day ahead there. if you are we had a weather front bring outbreaks of rain, and following is a whole _ outbreaks of rain, and following is a whole mixture of sunshine and showers — a whole mixture of sunshine and showers. the showers are not going

to be _ showers. the showers are not going to be widespread today. as is the way with— to be widespread today. as is the way with showers, some places will completely dodge them. in cornwall, it is one of the _ completely dodge them. in cornwall, it is one of the places _ completely dodge them. in cornwall, it is one of the places that _ completely dodge them. in cornwall, it is one of the places that could - it is one of the places that could avoid the showers. i will tell you why. showers across most of the country are pretty random in nature, across the south—west of nature we have showers across inland areas. places like st austell, taunton and bristol, you are underneath the convergence zone and you could see shower after shower. places like hampshire and dorset are probably staying entirely dry. temperatures, like we have seen over recent days into the high teens, in the best of any sunshine across the east, low 20s. look at this cloud working to the north—west of france. that is coming our way. as we go to this evening and overnight, cloud will quickly thicken, outbreaks of rain spreading into england, could also affect parts of wales as it drives northwards, eventually reaching scotland by the end of the night. some of the rain could be quite heavy at times. temperatures, like recent nights, going to m degrees.

on thursday we start with a lump of rain affecting eastern scotland, the rain affecting eastern scotland, the rain is quite heavy, pushing northwards. what follows again is a mixture of sunshine and showers. the wind will be light, showers and start to form and will turn heavy and thundery, hail in places. some of the showers would be very long—lived, quite a slow moving in nature. temperatures are similar, high teens across western areas, a bit below par for the time of year, even the east only managing the low 20s. even the east only managing the low 205. a bit even the east only managing the low 20s. a bit of rain to come from north—east scotland on friday. another showery day for the rest of the uk. this time, the wind is a little bit stronger. that means where the big showers and thunderstorms form, at least they should tend to blow through on the brisk wind. temperatures are 17 in belfast, 19 also for glasgow. low 20s are best across central and eastern england. signs of an improvement in the weather picture as we go through the weekend and into next week, this high pressure

will shimmy its way in off the atlantic. although there are still a few showers around as we start off the weekend, sunday looks like being the weekend, sunday looks like being the drier of the two days. the weather improves, it should become drier and brighter, a weather improves, it should become drierand brighter, a bit weather improves, it should become drier and brighter, a bit warmer, temperatures for some reaching the mid 20s. for the next few days, loads of showers around. a reminder of our top story: tributes have been pouring in to the cancer campaigner dame deborah james, who has raised nearly £7 million for charity. it follows her death at the age of a0. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are.

usually we would bring you the sport but we are going to cross to the house of common speakers kit malthouse at the crime and police commissioner is making a statement.

the metropolitan police service being put into special measures because of poor performance. we have a cherished model of policing by consent. it has served as a public service and the public must have faith in it. the government is working closely with the policing system as a whole. last october we announced the issues raised by the conviction of wayne couzens for the murder of sarah everard. we also welcome the college of policing is new national leadership standards aimed at continuing development, policing is a difficultjob and demands training standards. the process to recruit a new commissioner is under way and the government has made it clear that the candidate must deliver major and sustained improvements. the whole country notjust london

needs to know our biggest police force is getting its act together. the mayor of london supported by his deputy mayor for policing and crime is directly responsible for holding the commission and the met police to account. the mayor notwithstanding what opposite members think needs to raise his game. he has an awesome responsibility which he has hitherto neglected in my view. this is not an insurmountable problem but it is extremely serious. trust has not been shattered beyond repair but it is badly broken and needs strong leadership to fix it. through the police performs an oversight group the government looks forward to seeing the metropolitan police engage and produce a plan to sort this out and be held to account by city hall. the national system for holding forces to account is working well. some light is the best

disinfectant and every public service must be held to encode. i'm grateful to the inspectorate for its work and to the mayor of london to make things right. you clicked some personal sadness given my admiration for so many who work in the met that i commend the statement to the house. . ~' ,, i commend the statement to the house. ., ~ i. ., i commend the statement to the house. ., ~ ., ., , house. thank you. can i add my condolences _ house. thank you. can i add my condolences to _ house. thank you. can i add my condolences to the _ house. thank you. can i add my condolences to the family - house. thank you. can i add my condolences to the family of - house. thank you. can i add my| condolences to the family of zara aleena after her horrific murder. madam deputy speaker, i am deeply disappointed with the minister who shared his statement, which included none of the political attacks on the mayor of london. the statement that we were sent was much shorter, every single political attack on the mayor of london was not in our statement. which is very bad form, i'm sure you would agree and not how things should be done.—

would agree and not how things should be done. order i would 'ust interrut should be done. order i would 'ust interrupt the fi should be done. order i would 'ust interrupt the honourable �* should be done. order i would 'ust interrupt the honourable lady h should be done. order i wouldjust interrupt the honourable lady to i interrupt the honourable lady to say, _ interrupt the honourable lady to say, it _ interrupt the honourable lady to say, it is — interrupt the honourable lady to say, it is unusual for, i also have a slightly— say, it is unusual for, i also have a slightly different statement and it is expected that the opposition should _ it is expected that the opposition should have the statement which is actually _ should have the statement which is actually given. just to remind you for future — actually given. just to remind you for future reference.— for future reference. thank you. man of for future reference. thank you. many of us _ for future reference. thank you. many of us will— for future reference. thank you. many of us will have _ for future reference. thank you. many of us will have heard - for future reference. thank you. many of us will have heard this | many of us will have heard this morning and last night the dignified and gracious interviews with me in a small man following the announcement that her majesty �*s inspectorate are moving the met police. the way her daughter's death were investigated and the fact altered images of their bodies were shared widely by some officers have come to epitomise the problems within the met that we, the mayor of london and residents have been so concerned about for some

time. we know that tens of thousands of people work in the met and of course we know that so many have so many of have that sense of duty but they have been let down by poor leadership, lack of resources and an acceptance of poor behaviour. it is for them as well as for victims of the wider public that we seek to drive forward improvements. the announcement yesterday comes after a long list of serious conduct failures from the metropolitan police. the murder of sarah everard by a serving met officer, the conduct of officers, the strip searching of children such as child queue, the conduct into the charing cross police station and failures to recognise and treat appropriately a series of suspicious deaths in the stephen port case. but the list of failings from the inspectorate makes for grim reading and goes way beyond those more high—profile cases.

performance falling far short of national standards, a barely adequate standard of prime recording and the quality of basic supervision to officers. all of this has undermined public trust and we all have a role to play in building that trust back up and as the mayor of london has said, the first and crucial step for the new commissioner will be to start rebuilding trust and credibility in our communities. but the minister �*s announcement about what needs to be done is incredibly weak. he talks about support for victims but where is the victim �*slaw about support for victims but where is the victim �*s law the government has been promising for years when we know there is a massive increase in the number of cases collapsing because victims drop out across the country on his watch. he talks about reform to competitively address the strip searches on children but has totally failed to bring forward new guidance on strip searches that we have been calling for four months. he talks about reforming culture but only refers to tubercle long—term inquiries that may not provide answers even there were no action is

needed now. the minister is right that the system for holding forces to account has worked in this case but we need change to follow. need a national overhaul of police training and standards, is there is much to be done on leadership, we need a new vetting system, we need to overhaul misconduct cases with time limits, we need rules on social media use, we need rules on social media use, we need rules on social media use, we need robust structures for reporting to be made and taken seriously, we need new standards on support for victims, investigations of crimes and internal culture and management and this is for the home office to lead. the mitt cut the sergeant to pc ratio and after the olympics, they were cut much more than any otherforce. olympics, they were cut much more than any other force. a police sergeant said this morning, i do not have a single officer that i supervise that has over three years experience, so not a single officer that has police to pre—covert. does the minister now accept that no matter how much it promises in terms of new, young and inexperienced offices right now, the met and

forces across the country are still suffering from the loss of 20,000 experienced officers that his government cut. policing should be an example for the rest of society and supporting our police means holding offices and forces to the highest possible standards. the concerns today are about the met but we know there are problems and other forces. can he confirm how many other forces are in this engaged phase and which forces they are? and can he outline what steps the home office is taking now to drive up standards in the police across the country? the british style of policing depends on public trust. the public deserve a police service that they not only trust but they can be proud of. victims need an efficient and effective force to get them justice. efficient and effective force to get themjustice. our efficient and effective force to get them justice. our officers deserve to work in a climate without bullying, toxic cultures. we need to see urgent reforms and the government can no longer leave our police facing a perfect storm of challenges and failing to lead that change. we will pull away from the commons

for now. that continues over on our sister channel bbc parliament if you want to carry on watching that. but that emergency statement there from kit malthouse and the response there, all about the metropolitan police and we will bring you more on that from parliament now that the met is under special measures. we will keep an eye on that. we will write now talk about the nato summit thatis write now talk about the nato summit that is continuing in madrid. hearing that norway and sweden have now formally been invited to join the security alliance. our security correspondent frank gardner has been speaking to the foreign secretary liz truss about the war in ukraine. it's only possible to achieve a lasting peace first

of all when russia are pushed out of ukraine. secondly, when russia are held to account for the appalling war crimes that have taken place. and thirdly, when we know that future russian aggression can be prevented. we must never allow this to happen again and we must protect the future security of europe. on that basis, i can't see russia ever stopping the war. this is why it's so important that we ensure ukraine prevail. how long can britain do this for though? you have sent enormous amount of equipment, of weaponry to ukraine, and financial support. could this go on for another eight years? we have to be prepared to be in this for as like that it takes. we simply cannot become tired or fatigued and it's notjust the uk. we were the first european country to send weapons to ukraine but we have been followed by others. the us are doing a lot, putting a lot of support in as well and what we have seen both at nato

and at the g7 is a real desire by all allies to continue to support ukraine into the long term. now, the more we do now the sooner this appalling war will be over and that is what i am urging over the next few days. how would you describe china? because it's been euphemistically referred to as that strategic rival. is china now the enemy? we are very clear that russia is the absolute number one short—term threat and this is why we need to step up in supporting in supporting ukraine, and its why today at nato we are talking about a stronger, more global nato. but we also need to recognise that china is building up its armed forces, that it is using economic coercion around the world, including in europe. we have seen recently our friends lithuania targeted, so we need to be aware of the threat from china and we need to make sure

that we don't become strategically dependent on china and we are able to support taiwan and we are able to support a free and open indo pacific. this is why the uk has recently announced we are working with the us, japan, australia and new zealand on supporting the blue pacific. right. but if it came to a conflict in the taiwan strait, would britain join america in defending taiwan as yellow i'm i'm not speculating about that but what i am saying is we are keen to protect the defence of taiwan and the way to do that is to make sure they are able to defend themselves. the foreign secretary they're speaking to frank gardner. apparently i said norway and sweden, i do apologise. it is finland and sweden. we are staying at events at

that summit. let's hear whatjens stoltenberg is saying. we that summit. let's hear what jens stoltenberg is saying.— that summit. let's hear what jens stoltenberg is saying. we will also boost our ability _ stoltenberg is saying. we will also boost our ability to _ stoltenberg is saying. we will also boost our ability to reinforced, - boost our ability to reinforced, including with more prepositioned equipment and stockpiles of military supplies, more forward deployed capabilities like air defence, and control and upgraded defence plans with forces preassigned to defend the specific allies. this is the first time since the cold war that we have these kinds of plans with predesigned forces. they will work to home defence forces and prepositioned stocks. so that we can reinforced even faster. doing more

will cost more. today allies recommitted to the pledge we made in 2014 to spend at least 2% of gdp on defence. since 2014, european allies and canada have spent an extra 350 billion us dollars. nine allies now reach or exceed the 2% targets. 19 allies have clear plans to reach it by 2024. and an additional five have concrete commitments to make it thereafter. 2% is increasingly seen as a floor not as a ceiling. allies are also investing more in modern capabilities, contributing more to nato deployments and exercises and

we have agreed to increase nato's, and funding. to finance the facilities we need for reinforcements as well as more training and exercises, command and control and engagement with partners. we face a radical change to our security environment. an strategic competition is rising around the world. so today leaders have endorsed nato's new strategic concept and it is published as we speak. this is the new strategic concept. this is very different compared to what we agreed back in 2010. it makes clear that russia opposes the most significant and most direct threat to our security.

we state russia is a strategic partner. in the current concept we do not mention china with a single word. in this, analyse states that china's coercive policies challenge our interests, security and values. the concept also sets out ourjoint position on counterterrorism as well as cyber and hybrid threats. today we took other important steps to continue our adaptation. we are launching the nato innovation fund backed by allies. it will investi billion euros in start—ups and funds dual use emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. together with nato's defence accelerator for the north atlantic, the new funds

will harness the best new technology for transatlantic security. climate change is a defining challenge of our time and nato is committed to playing our part mitigating the impact on our security. today we agreed a new methodology to map military greenhouse gas emissions. and we agreed concrete targets to cut nato emissions. our aim is to cut nato emissions. our aim is to cut emissions by nato bodies and commands by at least 45% by 2030. and move towards net zero by 2050. this is an important step for our alliance. we cannot choose between having green military �*s or strong military �*s. they must be both. so

we must maintain our operational effectiveness and readiness as we continue to adapt. in a more dangerous and competitive world, we must work even more closely with like—minded nations and organisations. this afternoon, our indo pacific partners australia, japan, new zealand and the republic of korea will take part in a nato summit for the first time. we will also bejoined by the european union, finland, georgia and sweden. today nato leaders took the historic decision to invite finland and sweden to become members of nato. the agreement concluded last night.

it paved the way forward this decision. i would like to thank turkey, finland and sweden for accepting my invitation to engage in negotiations to find a united way forward. this has been hard work over many weeks with multiple contacts at many different levels. senior officials have had to rounds of talks in brussels under my auspices. and last night we met president erdogan, prime minister anderson and we were able to reach a final agreement. this is a good agreement for turkey. it is a good agreement for turkey. it is a good agreement for turkey. it is a good agreement for finland and sweden and it is a good agreement for nato. and with that, i am ready to take your

questions. we with that, i am ready to take your tuestions. ~ with that, i am ready to take your question— with that, i am ready to take your tuestions. ~ , ., questions. we will start with cnn. thank you- — questions. we will start with cnn. thank you- i _ questions. we will start with cnn. thank you. i have _ questions. we will start with cnn. thank you. i have two _ questions. we will start with cnn. thank you. i have two questions. | questions. we will start with cnn. i thank you. i have two questions. the first is— thank you. i have two questions. the first is int _ thank you. i have two questions. the first is i'm wondering _ thank you. i have two questions. the first is i'm wondering if— thank you. i have two questions. the first is i'm wondering if you _ thank you. i have two questions. the first is i'm wondering if you could - first is i'm wondering if you could talk more — first is i'm wondering if you could talk more about _ first is i'm wondering if you could talk more about the _ first is i'm wondering if you could talk more about the meetings - first is i'm wondering if you couldi talk more about the meetings you have heard — talk more about the meetings you have heard about _ talk more about the meetings you have heard about ironing - talk more about the meetings you have heard about ironing out- talk more about the meetings you have heard about ironing out the i have heard about ironing out the details _ have heard about ironing out the details of — have heard about ironing out the details of the _ have heard about ironing out the details of the new— have heard about ironing out the details of the new force - have heard about ironing out the details of the new force model. have heard about ironing out the . details of the new force model and that includes— details of the new force model and that includes the _ details of the new force model and that includes the question - details of the new force model and that includes the question of - that includes the question of permanent— that includes the question of permanent basing. - that includes the question of permanent basing. i- that includes the question of permanent basing. i am - that includes the question of - permanent basing. i am wondering putin— permanent basing. i am wondering putin has— permanent basing. i am wondering putin has said _ permanent basing. i am wondering putin has said finland _ permanent basing. i am wondering putin has said finland and - permanent basing. i am wonderingl putin has said finland and sweden's membership— putin has said finland and sweden's membership bids— putin has said finland and sweden's membership bids don't— putin has said finland and sweden's membership bids don't pose - putin has said finland and sweden's membership bids don't pose a - putin has said finland and sweden'sl membership bids don't pose a threat to russia _ membership bids don't pose a threat to russia but — membership bids don't pose a threat to russia but he _ membership bids don't pose a threat to russia but he has _ membership bids don't pose a threat to russia but he has won— membership bids don't pose a threat to russia but he has won there - membership bids don't pose a threat| to russia but he has won there about becoming _ to russia but he has won there about becoming a _ to russia but he has won there about becoming a basis _ to russia but he has won there about becoming a basis for— to russia but he has won there about becoming a basis for nato _ to russia but he has won there about becoming a basis for nato forces, - to russia but he has won there about becoming a basis for nato forces, so| becoming a basis for nato forces, so i am becoming a basis for nato forces, so lam wondering _ becoming a basis for nato forces, so i am wondering whether— becoming a basis for nato forces, so i am wondering whether nato - becoming a basis for nato forces, so i am wondering whether nato has i becoming a basis for nato forces, so| i am wondering whether nato has any plans to _ i am wondering whether nato has any plans to put _ i am wondering whether nato has any plans to put permanent _ i am wondering whether nato has any plans to put permanent bases- i am wondering whether nato has any plans to put permanent bases in- plans to put permanent bases in those _ plans to put permanent bases in those countries _ plans to put permanent bases in those countries now— plans to put permanent bases in those countries now they - plans to put permanent bases in those countries now they have l plans to put permanent bases in. those countries now they have been formally— those countries now they have been formally invited _ those countries now they have been formally invited into _ those countries now they have been formally invited into the _ those countries now they have been formally invited into the alliance? . formally invited into the alliance? first of _ formally invited into the alliance? first of all. — formally invited into the alliance? first of all, the _ formally invited into the alliance? first of all, the decision— formally invited into the alliance? first of all, the decision to - formally invited into the alliance? first of all, the decision to invitel first of all, the decision to invite finland and sweden to become members demonstrate that nato's door is open. it demonstrates president putin did not succeed in closing nato's door. nato's door remains open and it also demonstrates that we respect the sovereign right of

every nation to choose their path. we respect that finland and sweden, when they decided to stay out of nato for many years, but then also welcomed them and respect their decision tojoin nato. nato welcomed them and respect their decision to join nato. nato allies have already stepped up and nato has increased its presence in the baltic, nordic region and of course when they become members, we can do even more together. what we will make sure with our presence is that we are able to defend all allies, including of course finland and sweden. and this links to the first part of the question. when it comes to this fundamental shift in our deterrence in defence, this is about air, sea, land, cyber but when we speak about land, that entails or it is composed of three main elements. partly more forward presence. we

will enhance, reinforce the troops deployed up to brigade levels, so thatis deployed up to brigade levels, so that is more presence. the second element is more prepositioned equipment. we note that people can move quite fast but to move heavy equipment, battle tanks, ammunition, fuel, all kinds of supplies, that takes time. so if you have that pre—in place then you can move in very quickly with the personnel. the second element on top of the increased presence will be more prepositioned equipment and then on top of that, we will have for the first time since the cold war, preassigned forces in their home countries about these forces will then rotate in and out, they will

train, they will learn how to operate together with home forces, for instance in the baltic countries or in poland or other places in the alliance. they will be familiar with the terrain, the prepositioned equipment and for instance, one example of this is germanyjust has announced that they are now pre—assigning designating a specific brigade in germany that will train and of course work together with the german battle group in lithuania and more pre—positioned equipment than these german brigade has a specific responsibility and advantages because they have trained there and no the country, to reinforce and support lithuania if needed. these are the three elements. you can also look at the nato home page, you can see more details on that fact sheet and then of course the announcement

by different allies today makes it, is actually giving substance to the decisions that are lines made today. happy happy birthday and thank you from all my— happy birthday and thank you from all my colleagues for everything you are doing _ all my colleagues for everything you are doing for us. coming back to president — are doing for us. coming back to president zelensky's address, what kind of— president zelensky's address, what kind of reaction from leaders in the room? _ kind of reaction from leaders in the room? could you give more on this? what _ room? could you give more on this? what would — room? could you give more on this? what would be the main message to ukrainian _ what would be the main message to ukrainian people? do you think it will be _ ukrainian people? do you think it will be possible for ukraine to join nato like — will be possible for ukraine to join nato like sweden and finland without membership action plan question at the message from the leaders in the meeting _ the message from the leaders in the meeting was a very strong expression

of support _ meeting was a very strong expression of support. and not only expression of support. and not only expression of support— of support. and not only expression of support but actually they announced additional systems, weapons, — announced additional systems, weapons, equipment that nato allies are now— weapons, equipment that nato allies are now delivering to ukraine. germany— are now delivering to ukraine. germany made announcements, nor —— norway made announcements for additional support, norway made announcements for additionalsupport, military support, the netherlands also made announcements on more heavy weapons to ukraine. part of this is something we do, but also it is very clear that allies are prepared for the long haul. wars are unpredictable but we have to be prepared for the long haul and that was also the clear message to all of us from president zelensky and we are prepared. they are fighting for

their independence but they are also fighting for values which are important for nato. the sovereignty, the territorial integrity of every nation and therefore this matters for our security. our focus now nation and therefore this matters for our security. ourfocus now is to support ukraine. this war will as most other wars and at the negotiating table but it is important that ukraine is able to get an agreement on their terms. which is acceptable for ukraine and therefore we know there is a close link between what they can achieve around the negotiating table and their strength on the battlefield and our focus now their strength on the battlefield and ourfocus now is their strength on the battlefield and our focus now is to support them on the battlefield with many different types of lethal and non—lethal support. that is the focus and then of course we have demonstrated today that nato's door remains open and we also reiterate

the decision made in bucharest on