live from london. this is bbc news. the uk home secretary will not face an investigation into her actions following a speeding violation. former prime minister borisjohnson says he has last confidence in the cabinet office over the uk's covid inquiry. florida governor ron desantis is set to announce his bid for the presidential nomination on a twitter live stream and the search by portuguese reservoir continues in the disappearance of madeleine mccann. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones.

we start this hour here in the uk, where it is another complicated day in politics, two updates to bring you. first, the home secretary, suella braverman, will not face an investigation into her actions after she was caught speeding last year. the prime minister rishi sunak said he had consulted his ethics adviser, and concluded no ministerial rules were broken. braverman has acknowledged that she asked civil servants about arranging a private speed awareness course, because she said she was concerned about her security and privacy. in another development in the past hour or so... former prime minister borisjohnson is no longer working with the government legal department on his covid inquiry submission. that is after cabinet office officials who have been reviewing documents for the inquiry referred him to the police about potential lockdown breaches at downing street and the prime minister's country

residence chequers. they are the two big development so far in the last few hours. live now to our chief political correspondent, nick eardley in westminster. we will take one at a time, let's start with suella braverman. talk us through what is happening there? the prime through what is happening there? tue: prime minister through what is happening there? tte: prime minister had a decision to make. should he refer her to his independent ethics adviser to look into whether she had broken the ministerial code, the rubik ministers in the uk have to follow. —— the rule book. essentially this is about a speeding ticket suella braverman gut. she admitted she asked her special advisers if she could get out of doing a course that would involve other people being there and do a private course. she has admitted she probably shouldn't have done that. but ultimately, the prime minister has come to the conclusion that he does not think she broke the ministerial rule book and therefore he is not going to sack her. i think it's interesting for a couple of reasons. one is that

rishi sunak as he quite a lot of political capital on defending the home secretary. he used political capital when he appointed her because she had only been sacked a few days earlier by liz truss for breaking the ministerial code. it is also interesting because rishi sunak wants to keep the right of his party on board. suella braverman is popular with the right of the conservative party and ultimately, although rishi sunak will come out and tell us all that he weighed up the facts and decided that suella braverman had not broken the rules, they will have been political considerations as well. one final one to throw in, rishi sunak has lost three cabinet minister since he became prime minister. he won't have wanted to lose a fourth. tqm. became prime minister. he won't have wanted to lose a fourth.— wanted to lose a fourth. 0k, thank ou for wanted to lose a fourth. 0k, thank you for that _ wanted to lose a fourth. 0k, thank you for that. no _ wanted to lose a fourth. 0k, thank you for that. no investigation - you for that. no investigation there. let's move on to the second big update with a couple of developments in the last few hours. borisjohnson, former prime boris johnson, former prime minister.

borisjohnson, former prime minister. it is complicated regarding lawyers and covid inquiries. the best way to start is probably at the beginning and talk through how we got here. boris johnson through how we got here. boris johnson is _ through how we got here. boris johnson is involved _ through how we got here. boris johnson is involved in _ through how we got here. boris johnson is involved in an - through how we got here. err" 3 johnson is involved in an almighty row with the government because government civil servants handed over his diaries to police because government lawyers thought that there was some evidence that he may have broken covid rules. this is all about the public inquiry that is going on in the uk into the way that the pandemic was handled. as part of that process, government appointed lawyers were helping borisjohnson put together a submission. they saw something in his diaries which they didn't like, they passed it to civil servants. civil servants then passed it to the police. police are looking into whether to launch a criminal investigation but borisjohnson�*s team have gone ballistic about this. they have said it looks like a

politically motivated stitch up. they are saying that mrjohnson did nothing wrong. in the past hour, we have been reporting that boris johnson has sacked those government lawyers, said i'm not going to work with them any more. my understanding is mrjohnson has made it clear that he no longer has faith in the objectivity of the cabinet office, the cabinet office, that central part of government that boris johnson was leading just a year ago. so he is not cooperating with that. but then, get your head around this, there has been another development which is that the inquiry itself is now at war with the cabinet office as well because the inquiry chair has written to the government saying we are demanding that you send all of borisjohnson�*s unredacted whatsapp messages so we can figure out what is and what is not relevant to the inquiry to stop the cabinet office isn't sending over all of those messages because it says some of them are not relevant. so, deep

breath, there is a lot going on. it all centres around what is and isn't available to the covid inquiry, the public inquiry that is going to be taking place and once again, a lot of the news that centres around borisjohnson and what did and didn't happen during the pandemic. nick, that was brilliantly done. it is complicated and you laid it out for us really clearly. thank you for that. just before i let you go, we were talking about the cabinet office. we should probablyjust explain what the cabinet office is and then if you could just lay out if we have any idea about what happens next, where we go from here. the cabinet office is basically the engine of government. it is a government department but it is responsible for doing a lot of the secretarial stuff, really. getting a lot of the paperwork done, getting a lot of the paperwork done, getting a lot of the legal stuff done. it is a big department headed by the deputy prime minister, oliver dowden. it does a lot of work in just making

sure that the staff government needs to do is done. not necessarily policy but the kind of day—to—day running of things. that is why it is responsible for dealing with the covid inquiry. in terms of that inquiry, it is under way in the sensex gathering information for stop the big public are a few months off yet. —— in the sense that it is gathering information. trims? off yet. -- in the sense that it is gathering information.— off yet. -- in the sense that it is gathering information. now we go to the us. ron desantis is expected to announce he's running to be the republican candidate for president. he's currently the governor of florida. he's expected to make his public announcement in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. he'd bejoining a field including the former us ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, and republican senator, tim scott. the former president donald trump is the favourite to secure the nomination. he's currently leading the polls by over 30% according to one cbs news poll. earlier, i spoke to cbs correspondent, jared hill,

who explained what we might see during what's expected to be the launch of de santis' campaign on twitter later. this is something that we have not seen before. we are going to have governor ron desantis making this announcement, according to sources, about his presidential run in a live chat with elon musk. some of the things that we are expecting to happen here according to some people who are close to the governor is that he will be essentially making the case for him being a bit of a cultural change, a cultural mover and shaker, in a similar vein as elon musk has been. there are expected to be some questions of some kind, the exact format we don't quite know yet. but this is something that elon musk himself is definitely building up to be a must—see tv or i guess must see internet moment. interesting, we will keep an eye out for that later, what about the challenge that he actually presents to donald trump? i mean, that is going

to be the question here because as you were mentioning some of the cbs polling suggests that he is still 30 points behind performer president trump and some of the polls and that the gap has been widening a bit. we have seen former president trump get a bit of a boost in the polls after some of the legal challenges that have come up. the indictment in new york as well as the civil case in new york city as well. so again the question is going to be whether desantis can really position himself as a true alternative, saying that he is just as conservative, has the same modus operandi that former president trump does, but without the baggage, and then hoping that the lack of baggage, the lack of some of what some people might see as excitement actually draws folks in his direction, yet to be seen. thanks to jarrett for that. new figures here in the uk show that the rate at which prices are rising has fallen sharply, hitting single figures for the first time since last august.

the inflation rate came in at 8.7% for the 12 months to april. it means prices are still going up, but not as quickly as before. let's have a look at how the uk compares to the rest of the world. the rate of inflation in the us stood at 4.9% in the 12 months to april, falling for the tenth month in a row. across the eurozone, inflation rose slightly in april to 7%, but that figure is still down from 8.5% in february. and, as we've mentioned, here in the uk the rate of inflation for aprilfell to 8.7%, down from 10.1% in march but still higher than in both the us and the eu. the british chancellorjeremy hunt has been commenting on this latest figure. he says the battle against inflastion is �*far from over�*. whilst it is welcome that the headline rate of inflation has fallen, these numbers show there is absolutely no room for complacency in the battle against inflation. food price inflation is still worryingly high,

that is why we have had food producers and farmers in supermarkets in to talk about what we can do to reduce the pressure there. and whilst yesterday we had a decisive vote of confidence in the management of the uk economy from the managing director of the international monetary fund, we now know that we have to stick to the plan to bring down inflation because that is causing enormous pressure on families up and down the country. a 95—year—old woman who was tasered by police at a care home in australia last week, sparking a public outcry, has died. clare nowland, who had dementia, had been in a critical condition since the incident last week. the officer who allegedly tasered the great grandmother has now been charged with assault. live to the newsroom and our reporter nicky schiller. talk us through what happened. as talk us through what happened. sis you say, this happened a week ago on the 17th of may. police were called

to a care home in a town around 114 kilometres south of camera. they were called to reports of a woman walking around with a steak knife at around 4.00 in the morning. she was then tasered by officers and she fell to the ground. clare nowland was taken to hospital, where report say that she had a bleed on the brain and she was in a coma. she has now sadly died. as you said, the case sparked a public outcry in australia and indeed around the world and there were calls for body cam footage of the police officer and the incident to be released but the police refused to do that and now we have had the statement from the police saying that she has now sadly died. the police saying that she has now sadl died. ~ ., s, s, , ., sadly died. what more does that statement say _ sadly died. what more does that statement say from _ sadly died. what more does that statement say from the - sadly died. what more does that statement say from the police? | sadly died. what more does that l statement say from the police? as ou statement say from the police? sis you can see, they say their thoughts remain with those lucky enough to

know, love and be loved by clare nowland. all are marked by family, kindness and community. the police also went on to say that an officer has been charged with assault. he is 33—year—old senior officer and he is due in court injuly. that is what the police have been saying about this incident. aim; the police have been saying about this incident.— the police have been saying about this incident. �* , s, s, this incident. any reaction from the famil ? of this incident. any reaction from the family? of course, _ this incident. any reaction from the family? of course, you _ this incident. any reaction from the family? of course, you can - this incident. any reaction from the | family? of course, you can imagine, it's been a — family? of course, you can imagine, it's been a terrible _ family? of course, you can imagine, it's been a terrible time _ family? of course, you can imagine, it's been a terrible time for- family? of course, you can imagine, it's been a terrible time for them - it's been a terrible time for them and they have asked for privacy but we did have this statement from them. they released a statement describing her as a well respected, much loved and grieving member of her local community. they said she is the loving, gentle loving matriarch of the family. there have also been called is because clare nowland suffered from dementia from organisations in australia who deal with dementia to say that there should be a better understanding of people in care homes who might have

dementia because police have admitted that she was approaching them at a slower pace with her walking frame, so many questions still unanswered about why police decided to taser her and now as we say, she has sadly died. tqm. decided to taser her and now as we say, she has sadly died.— say, she has sadly died. 0k, nicki, thank ou say, she has sadly died. 0k, nicki, thank you very _ say, she has sadly died. 0k, nicki, thank you very much _ say, she has sadly died. 0k, nicki, thank you very much for _ say, she has sadly died. 0k, nicki, thank you very much for that. - around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at the some of the stories making news across the uk. the duchess of edinburgh has said she's �*deeply saddened' by the death of a woman who was hit by a motorbike which was part of her police escort. the family of 81—year—old helen holland say she suffered massive internal injuries in the collision in west london two weeks ago. she's now died in hospital. the police watchdog is investigating what happened. streaming giant netflix has started its long—promised crackdown on password—sharing in major markets including the uk.

the move is intended to boost income and subscribers. customers will be told they must pay more if they want to share their account with someone outside their homes. netflix had previously estimated that more than 100 million households share passwords, which is against its official rules. virgin orbit is officially no more. the rocket company has sold its facility and equipment to a slew of aerospace firms for $36 million. you are alive with bbc news. let's get the latest on the war in ukraine, though we're focusing on belgorod — which is actually in russia. take a look at this map. belgorod is on the russian side of the border with ukraine. russian officials say it's been attacked again with drones overnight, but no casualties have been reported.

on tuesday, russia claimed to have defeated a group of saboteurs who'd crossed the borderfrom neighbouring ukraine. the government in kyiv has denied any involvement and the united states has issued a statement saying it does "not encourage" attacks beyond ukraine's borders. responsibility for the attacks has been claimed by two paramilitary groups, calling themselves the russian volunteer corps and the freedom of russia legion. at the same time, russia has attacked ukraine once again overnight, killing at least two people and injuring i7. six regions of ukraine are without power due to shelling of the energy infrustructure. frank gardner gave us his assessment of what is going on there. there frank gardner gave us his assessment of what is going on there.— of what is going on there. there are a number of — of what is going on there. there are a number of different _ of what is going on there. there are a number of different ways - of what is going on there. there are a number of different ways of - a number of different ways of looking at this. russia has been attacking a year and however many months now. it has made the border area is extremely dangerous. i am sure plenty of ukrainians are quite pleased to see russian border villages on the other side of the border getting a taste of their own

medicine, as it were. but this may not end up being a very smart move by ukraine. why? because the entire support that ukraine gets militarily from the west is dependent on ukraine not taking the war into russia itself. it is one thing to try and knock out russian fuel depots that are in crimea or in russian occupied southern ukraine, but to actually take the war into russia, that's potentially escalator e and it's not what western and nato chiefs want to see. you also have to have a look at who these people are. they represent a fairly extreme fringe group in some cases. there are links to far right extremists and that of course plays right into the kremlin's playbook which has said all along, we are doing this special military operation in ukraine to read that country of far right neo nazi extremists. there are some neo—nazis linked to some of these people. this is not a good look for ukraine. and the denials by

ukraine's government, where it says nothing to do with us, i don't think are frankly plausible or credible. there is no way the ukrainian military intelligence would have allowed this to happen without... they know about it. these are western weapons. you don'tjust buy them in a corner shop as some people arejoking. these are them in a corner shop as some people are joking. these are weapons that have been supplied from the west to ukraine and i have then been given to these people. so it's potentially quite dangerous. it also plays into the russian narrative that mother russia is coming under attack. sovereign russia is coming under attack, it is our national duty to come and help defend it. so ultimately, although yes, it shows russia's border being weaker than people expected, it ultimately helps the kremlin. aiii." people expected, it ultimately helps the kremlin. . people expected, it ultimately helps the kremlin-— the kremlin. our thanks to frank for that. to the kremlin. our thanks to frank for that- to the — the kremlin. our thanks to frank for that. to the us — the kremlin. our thanks to frank for that. to the us now. _ the kremlin. our thanks to frank for that. to the us now. the _ the kremlin. our thanks to frank for that. to the us now. the shooting i that. to the us now. the shooting which was the deadliest in the

state's history has its criminal investigation still going we can cross now to will. a year on but still angry at the events which unfolded. , ., , , unfolded. yes, there really is. i think that _ unfolded. yes, there really is. i think that is — unfolded. yes, there really is. i think that is still _ unfolded. yes, there really is. i think that is still the _ unfolded. yes, there really is. i think that is still the overriding | think that is still the overriding emotion are among the victims families. of course they are right in deep deep grief. it is a year but just a year since they last their children and that is no amount of time at all to get over that. of course, that has concentrated itself in anger, frustration, fury at the response by law enforcement. just to give you an example of what they are angry about, when they are going to mark the attack, they are going to let out some butterflies at a church near here to mark the start of the attack. at the end of the attack,

they will ring the church bells. there will be 77 minutes between those two events. that is how long the attack took place, that the gunman was inside the classroom killing children and there were 376 very well armed law enforcement agents outside the classrooms when it happened. so it is no surprise that those families remain absolutely furious at notjust that those families remain absolutely furious at not just what happened but the often lack of information, the fact they feel they have been kept in the dark and have never got answers or accountability about what happened that day. there will be several _ about what happened that day. there will be several investigations and you talked about the frustration there. what is the rough timeline that people have been given about what is going to happen? haifa that people have been given about what is going to happen? how long is a iece of what is going to happen? how long is a piece of string. _ what is going to happen? how long is a piece of string, unfortunately. - a piece of string, unfortunately. they simply don't know. we spoke to the mayor of uvalde who said they

have been pushed back by the police department and all of the organisations present that day, all of the different law enforcement agency. he wants his report to cut through and then he can take action against individuals they'd need to be and institutional action, too. but for the time being, everybody is simply sort of waiting as the attorney general�*s investigation continues. there is of course a criminal investigation under way and that does hold things up but in the meantime, the victims' families are the ones doing the weighting and thatis the ones doing the weighting and that is deeply frustrating to them, as you can imagine.— that is deeply frustrating to them, as you can imagine. indeed, thank ou so as you can imagine. indeed, thank you so much _ as you can imagine. indeed, thank you so much for— as you can imagine. indeed, thank you so much for that. _ you so much for that. and upadhyay in the fighting in sudan. —— an update on the fighting in sudan. both sides have been asked to stop violating the latest ceasefire. these are some of the latest pictures we have from the country. saudi arabia and the united states,

the co—sponsors of the latest ceasefire, have urged the national army and the paramilitary rapid support forces to respect the seven day truce. it's supposed to allow humanitarian aid get to the people who need it. the us government says it will provide $245 million in aid to help support people fleeing the violence. our correspodent barbara plett usher sent this update from nairobi. aus a us saudi statement says the fighting has been less intense in khartoum than in recent days but still they are getting reports about violations of the ceasefire so they are trying to verify them, specifically in the capital and also in the central city. offensive operations they say that are involved are artillery fire and air strikes. there is also specific accusations by the sudanese health ministry, saying that the rapid support forces attacked two hospitals, one of them 45 minutes before the ceasefire went into effect on monday night and another one on tuesday morning after the ceasefire was in place. they have denied that but you can see how tenuous the situation is. the us

saudi statement said preparations were under way to get humanitarian relief supplies in but we understand aid workers have not yet been given the all clear. they haven't been told yet that the humanitarian quarters have been secured for them to start moving it out. it is much of import sudan and will be moved to the capital and other parts of the country in dire need. we are expecting that local volunteers, known as resistance committees, who had been helping out on the ground as much as they can in an informal way in the conflict, we are expecting them to be used or to take part in the of the aid and so they are preparing to do so. but this is only a seven day window, seven day ceasefire, which humanitarian officials have said is not long enough to deal with the massive emergency need. so they want to make use of every minute that they have. thanks to barbara for that. we're going to portugal now — the latest on the search for madeleine mccann. police officers are resuming their search at a reservoir today.

madeleine mccann was three years old when she went missing while on holiday with her british family in 2007. police are looking for evidence that might link her disappearance to a convicted german sex offender — christian breukner. our correspondent, navteonhal, is at the araade reservoir in the algarve — where the search is happening. the search today appears to be focused much like yesterday on a peninsula on the western side of the reservoir, which you can see behind me. if we zoom in, you might be able to see the white tents that have been set up by the police which appears to be the base of their search today. we have seen police officers using streamers to clear the undergrowth, using spades to do some digging around the reservoir. a sniffer dog has been spotted there as well and those are very similar scenes to what we saw yesterday, too. one of the key developments yesterday was the digging that we saw from police officers, more than 20 of them around lunchtime and we saw a number of bags taken away from

the search area, although we do not know what was inside them. what we haven't seen is any diver is actually going under the water, which is in contrast to what happened here about a year or so after madeleine mccann disappeared. that was in 2008. it was a portuguese lawyer who privately paid for specialist divers to search the waterway. that is not what we have seen. we have seen another team doing a wider search of that peninsula but that really does appear to be for the time being anyway the focus of their searches here today and yesterday. {iii anyway the focus of their searches here today and yesterday. of course, we are exoecting _ here today and yesterday. of course, we are expecting an _ here today and yesterday. of course, we are expecting an update - here today and yesterday. of course, we are expecting an update at - here today and yesterday. of course, we are expecting an update at some| we are expecting an update at some point in the hours ahead and we will bring that to you as and when we get any kind of news from the police there, portuguese police working with german and british police. king charles and queen camilla have arrived in northern ireland for a two day visit. the first stop of the royal couple was a newly created coronation garden in newton abbey.

among the public representatives to meet the king was sinn fein. that is it, this is bbc news. hello there. maybe you have seen a really nice love leek sunset or sunrise in the last 24 hours, like this one from warwickshire. now, a lot of the cloud you can see here is actually aeroplane contrails. yes, the water that aeroplane engines check out, the back of the engines can make these contrails. and when there's a lot of moisture in the atmosphere seven miles up where the planes fly, those contrails can persist and last for a long time, giving those beautiful sunrise and sunset pictures. now, those contrails are starting to move away towards france and the air is getting drier seven miles up in the atmosphere. and so you're less likely to see those contrails hang around quite so long today. and weatherwise this afternoon, for most of us, a lot of sunshine.

there's a bit more cloud on this very weak weather front. for west scotland, northern ireland, you might see the odd a bit of rain, but for the vast majority it's a dry and fine afternoon with long spells of sunshine. feeling warm in that strong may sun. temperatures high teens to low twenties. now, overnight tonight, a few patches of cloud drifting southwards, but for many we'll keep the clear skies. temperatures very similar to recent nights, 7 to 9 degrees your overnight low. bit colder than that across parts of northern scotland in shelter. then we've got more of the same over the next few days. high pressure stays with us. the winds coming around that in a clockwise sense. so the winds coming off the atlantic and that means temperatures aren't really going to change that much. thursday, another fine day then. ok, there could be a little bit more in the way of fine cloud across central and eastern areas of england, but not really spoiling things much at all. and the same is true perhaps for northern ireland. temperatures high teens to low 20s, probably peaking at about 23 degrees for south and east wales, the south west midlands, south west england. butjust a reminder, how does that compare compared with recent warm spells in may? well, it puts us pretty much bottom of the pile.

often our warm spells at this time of year result in temperatures into the mid to high 20s. so it's not that warm, really. on into friday's forecast, another dry day, perhaps a bit more cloud just running into the far north of scotland. could see an odd bit of rain from that, but again, not very much at all. for most, it's dry, temperatures again reaching the low twenties in the warmest spots. now heading into the bank holiday weekend, that high pressure continues to dominate the weather picture so it stays dry for most. i think there'll be a tendency for temperatures to rise a bit further. so more of us seeing temperatures getting into those low twenties. feeling warm in the may sun.

inflation eases in the uk — back into single figures — but food prices continue to surge prompting warnings of more rate rises ahead. and... �*volatile circumstances' — us retail giant target is removing some items from its lgbtq pride range after threats. welcome to world business report. these are some of the latest pictures we have in the country.

saudi and the us are co—sponsors of this latest ceasefire $245 million in aid to help support people fleeing the