strategically important following the russian invasion. a former soviet republic, it retained a high degree of economic dependence on moscow — and has struggled for years with pro—russian rebels in its transnistria region. other european nations have moved to support moldova's government, and in the coming hours, a major summit bringing together dozens of european leaders will be held there, to discuss a joint response to the war in ukraine. the uk prime minister rishi sunak arrived a short while ago. ukraine's presidents volodymyr zelensky was one of the first to arrive. here is a little bit of what he had to say to the media. we receive support from moldovan people, we salute moldova. and we were really happy to go

historically together shoulder to shoulder. thank you, moldovan people. that you hosted all our people, all the refugees from the first days of full—scale war. thank you. we'll never forget about it. the talks are being held at mimi castle, in the wine region, a short distance from the capital chisinau, where our correspondentjenny hill is. jenny, bring us up—to—date on what has happened so far. jenny, bring us up-to-date on what has happened so far.— jenny, bring us up-to-date on what has happened so far. well, we have heard from — has happened so far. well, we have heard from president _ has happened so far. well, we have heard from president zelensky. - has happened so far. well, we have heard from president zelensky. asl heard from president zelensky. as you know, he has been doing the rounds in europe over the last few weeks, he has been to various capitals and extracted more support from them. more money and more promises of weapons. but he needs to

keep coming to summits like these. what we are seeing here is him once again trying to extract more security guarantees from his european partners. he has once again said today said his country is ready tojoin said today said his country is ready to join nato. said today said his country is ready tojoin nato. this warjust said today said his country is ready to join nato. this warjust over the border in ukraine is of course dominating talks here. this is more than a0 european states represented in most cases by their leaders. it is no accident that this is happening in moldova. this country perhaps more than most of ukraine's neighbours has arguably the greatest reason to feel afraid following the full—scale invasion of ukraine. it is a former soviet state as you have said. the region of transnistria is controlled pro—russian separatists. there are trips on the ground as a hangover and the events since the

breakdown of the soviet union. the government here is very much leaning towards the west and has made no secret of the fact that it wants to join the eu. it, like ukraine, has been granted candidate status along with georgia. the president of moldova is very keen to hurry that process saying on the eve of the summit that she wants negotiations to begin this year. from the point of the rest of the eu, they are very happy to put money into moldova as it seemed porous country. they are happy to help with security and send a message to vladimir putin witches we are standing with moldova and thatis we are standing with moldova and that is why we are holding the summit here. but they are not ready to grant it eu membership. but that is the point of a summits like this, a grouping like this. it's an unusual grouping as it's only the

second time this particular group has met. the european political community were set up last year and is the brainchild of emmanuel macron set up after the full—scale invasion of ukraine. the idea as it brings together notjust eu leaders but other countries. britain, which has of class left the eu and moldova who wants to join. of class left the eu and moldova who wants tojoin. giving of class left the eu and moldova who wants to join. giving them of class left the eu and moldova who wants tojoin. giving them a stronger block in this pa rt part of the world. thank you very much. part of the world. thank you very much- we _ part of the world. thank you very much. we will— part of the world. thank you very much. we will keep _ part of the world. thank you very much. we will keep you - part of the world. thank you very much. we will keep you updated | part of the world. thank you very i much. we will keep you updated on that summit as and when it happens. summit as and when it happens. dorset police have said an early investigation into an incident that killed a 12—year—old girl and 17—year—old boy near bournemouth beach on wednesday suggests it was not caused by any physical contact between a vessel and swimmers. the two teenagers had been pulled from the water with fatal injuries. eight others were also

found with mild injuries and taken to hospital. the cause of the deaths remain unknown but a man in his a0s has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. let's get the latest from our correspondent duncan kennedy in bournemouth. just bring us up—to—date on what you know happened and who has been arrested. ., . ., , , arrested. police are clearly trying to iece arrested. police are clearly trying to piece together _ arrested. police are clearly trying to piece together what _ arrested. police are clearly trying to piece together what has - arrested. police are clearly trying - to piece together what has happened during what is a tragic incident unthinkable for the families of the two children who died. you mentioned a 12—year—old girl and a 17—year—old boy were pulled out of the water here just off bournemouth beach. they were sustained critical injuries and were taken to hospital where they died. there are details that we don't know yet, the police

have not informed us yet as they piece together what happened here yesterday afternoon. emergency services got called at a:32am to bournemouth beach and for many schools it was packed here. very busy on the beach when the incident unfolded. we know that an air ambulance landed on the beachjust behind us here yesterday. also lifeguards attended on a jet ski to try and rescue those who were in the water. in addition to the two teenagers who were pulled out of the water, who later died in hospital, another eight people were also pulled out of the water and were treated here on the beach we understand but they had life—threatening injuries. to bring you the latest statement from dorset police which he mentioned a bit of detailfrom, we had this last

police which he mentioned a bit of detail from, we had this last hour or so, detail from, we had this last hour orso, dorset detail from, we had this last hour or so, dorset police are saying they are continuing to investigate the circumstances which led to the deaths of a 12—year—old girl and a 17—year—old boy. the statement goes on to say that they are working with partner agencies. this is a huge investigation that is taking place at the moment, however early indications, the statement says, indicates there was no physical contact between a vessel and any swimmers at the time of the incident. the swimmers from that statement it is suggesting they were not hit by a vessel at all but they are clearly trying to find out what exactly happened to those ten people who were in the water, including two teenagers, 12—year—old girl at a 17—year—old boy who were later taken to hospital where they died. a huge investigation is continuing, a man investigation is continuing, a man in his a0s is currently in police

custody being questioned on suspicion of manslaughter. i'm sure we will be following that police investigation very slowly. thank you. staying in the uk and there are two developing political stories gfx staying in the uk and there are two developing political stories. the mp geraint davies has been suspended by the main opposition political party. it's after politico reported claims that the mp is accused of subjecting younger colleagues to unwanted sexual attention in a statement the labour party said "these are serious allegations mr davies told politico that he didn't "recognise the allegations". meanwhile — the uk government has until four o'clock local time to hand over the former prime minister, borisjohnson�*s they strongly recommend anyone with a complaint to come forward. joining me to explain what's happening is our political correspondent leila nathoo. a couple of stories coming out

today. let's focus on the suspension of one of labour's mps. what is going on? $5 of one of labour's mps. what is going on?— of one of labour's mps. what is aomonun, ,, going on? as you say, the website re orted going on? as you say, the website reported this _ going on? as you say, the website reported this morning _ going on? as you say, the website reported this morning that - going on? as you say, the website reported this morning that he - going on? as you say, the website reported this morning that he had | reported this morning that he had subjected a number ofjunior female subjected a number of junior female colleagues subjected a number ofjunior female colleagues to what they describe as unwanted sexual attention. this has prompted the labour party to spain him from the party. he will not sit as a labour mp stop an investigation is being carried out. they have investigated mr davies but we have received no comment from him. he has told politico that he doesn't recognise the allegations and says he is sorry if he has inadvertently caused offence to anyone. for the moment, the labour party is urging anyone with a formal complaint to come forward to the party, saying they take the allegations incredibly

seriously and describe what is reported in politico as completely unacceptable behaviour. this is another story that will reignite conversations about the working culture in westminster about power dynamics here and raise questions again about whether complaints processes are fit for purpose. find processes are fit for purpose. and let's head to _ processes are fit for purpose. and let's head to the _ processes are fit for purpose. and let's head to the other story as well, the uk government we are being told has untilfour well, the uk government we are being told has until four o'clock local time to hand over the former prime monster borisjohnson's text messages. monster boris johnson's text messages-— monster boris johnson's text messaues. , , . , messages. there is a public inquiry about to begin _ messages. there is a public inquiry about to begin its _ messages. there is a public inquiry about to begin its first _ messages. there is a public inquiry about to begin its first public - about to begin its first public hearings into the governments handling of the covered pandemic. it is already doing lots of work behind the scenes and is part of that it has asked the government to provide boris johnson's whatsapps has asked the government to provide borisjohnson's whatsapps messages and diaries and notebooks between 2020 and 2022 as part of its

evidence gathering. there is a bit of a stand—off going on between the inquiry and the cabinet office, the department dealing with this because the cabinet office so you should not be able to see all of these messages in full and only be able to see redacted versions because it might stray into territory which does not concern the work of the inquiry. the inquiry meanwhile are saying you should handover everything and it should handover everything and it should be up to us to decide what is relevant to our work. there's been some back—and—forth but, ultimately, the government has been given until four o'clock uk time today to hand over these documents in full or else face legal action because it is a legal process that governs what he is doing. there is an argument over what material he is providing. he said he had handed over everything in full and he is urging the government to pass them on to the covid inquiry so there is a bit of

multiple characters in the story going on but, ultimately this is about what official records the government is going to provide to the covid inquiry to allow them to do their work. we will find out later this afternoon whether the government is going to comply with the request. irate government is going to comply with the request-— the request. we will be following that very closely _ the request. we will be following that very closely to _ the request. we will be following that very closely to see - the request. we will be following that very closely to see what - that very closely to see what happens in the coming hours. ground water across the uk, this is bbc news. building society nationwide says uk house prices fell at their fastest annual pace in nearly ia years in may. it says prices fell by 3.a% — the biggest drop sincejuly 2009. it also warns more rises in mortgage interest rates could hit the housing market. a new alert system will warn the public when high temperatures could damage their health this summer in england.

it'll be run by the uk health security agency and the met office, aiming to reduce illness and deaths among the most vulnerable. the heat health alert system will operate year—round, but the core alerting season will run from june to september. and a rare plant, normally found only in the swamps of south west florida, and in cuba is beginning to flower in the uk for the first time. you're live with bbc news. the us house of representatives has passed a bill which will increase the amount of money the country's government can borrow, after weeks of tense negotiations. the legislation still requires approval from the senate before monday to avoid defaulting on its debts, which would have serious economic consequences.

president biden released this statement after the vote. with the details of what happened in washington on wednesday and what could happen next, here's our north america correspondentjess parker. it's been closing in on president biden and the us, the prospect that the government may not be able to pay all its bills, potentiallyjeopardising welfare payments and some people's wages. amid warnings of an economic catastrophe, he insisted it would all be ok. we're going to deal with the debt ceiling. we got, we got — i think things are going as planned, god willing. the house will come to order. the lower house in congress has now approved a bill to raise the debt ceiling, though not without regrets and recriminations.

republicans claim that theyjust had to threaten the economic well—being of every american man, woman and child because of the $31 trillion debt was too high. the bill alters our fiscal trajectory and helps remedy the federal government's insatiable spending problem. this landmark legislation lowers non—defence discretionary spending and forces congress to employ a functioning appropriation process. it's been a frantic few weeks for this man, who headed up the talks for the republicans. some in his own party say he failed to get sufficient spending cuts. yes, this is all a rather predictable display of those we decided that he had spent less and we achieved that goal. everything i want to know sitting with one house the democratic senate and a democratic resident who didn't want to meet with us. i think we did

pretty good for the american public. yes, this is all a rather predictable display of those deep political divides between republicans and democrats, and splits within those parties as well. but because of the power and the magnitude of the us economy, this looming debt ceiling deadline is being watched across the world. because if this looks like a smooth ride, it isn't over yet. the senate still needs to approve the deal, with days to go until a us treasury deadline. jessica parker, bbc news in washington. back to moldova now. we have live pictures here as european leaders, president macron from france, looks like he's thinking there as they all gatherfor like he's thinking there as they all gather for a like he's thinking there as they all gatherfor a big photograph. a7 leaders in the moldova gathering

this morning for a big summit. you can see the european president there, von der leyen. and the dutch prime minister wejust there, von der leyen. and the dutch prime minister we just saw there before the screen changed. it seems like a real scramble as people are getting together for a big like a real scramble as people are getting togetherfor a big photo. dozens and dozens of eu leaders. 0ne dozens and dozens of eu leaders. one of the main discussions we have been seeing throughout the morning will be the focus on ukraine and the russian invasion. that is most likely to be top of the agenda. we heard from president zelensky a little earlier this morning. he was talking to the model than president who was thanking ukraine for keeping them safe. and embrace there. many

leaders are getting together in moldova in mimi castle in the wine region. we can see just behind moldova in mimi castle in the wine region. we can seejust behind is president zelensky talking to people. many leaders will be keen to speak to him today. president zelensky we have seen there. we can just see him there. between a number of leaders. he restated his demand that ukraine should urgently be allowed to join nato and the eu. ursula von der leyen there speaking with zelensky and the dutch prime minister. coming together. of course it's notjust a photo opportunity

but an opportunity for eu leaders to have quick discussions and share their thoughts and at the forefront of everyone's minds is the war in ukraine. 0f of everyone's minds is the war in ukraine. of course moldova is a neighbouring country to ukraine, just to the west. mode diver is becoming increasingly strategically important following the russian invasion. we have been seeing president zelensky there at the heart of meetings there. mr zelensky has already speaking to media saying that without security guarantees, there could be no peace. he has been calling for peace. just staying on those pictures in mimi castle in

moldova. a7 european leaders are gathering today. maia sandu dressed in green greeting every leader as they have been arriving. you can see there she is at the heart of this photograph and right next to her, someone at the forefront of most leader's minds. president zelensky stood next to her. a7 european leaders gathering in moldova today. these are the live pictures coming from moldova.

that photo has just been taken and those leaders are starting to disperse and head to meetings, a packed agenda of course throughout the day and we will be live in moldova in the next hour. let's leave moldova now and german german prosecutors investigating the dissapearnace of madeleine mccann say it's too early to link items found during a reservoir search at the algarve last week to her case. the operation was carried out at the request of german investigators who believe their prime suspect, convicted sex offender christian brueckner, kidnapped and murdered the young girl. after last week's searches ended, portuguese police said materials had been sent to germany for testing.

they will be examined over the coming days and months. let's get the latest from our home affairs correspondent. daniel, bring us up—to—date with what we know. i was up-to-date with what we know. i was there on the — up-to-date with what we know. i was there on the search _ up-to-date with what we know. i was there on the search last _ up—to—date with what we know. i —" there on the search last week in the algarve and it took place from tuesday morning until tuesday evening. we are able to watch it from about 100 metres from a spit of land across from the peninsula that the police were focusing on. it was clear that it was a tight focused search of about 50 metres square and it was based around a car park which is used as an informal campsite on this bit of land poking out into the reservoir. when the search was over, we went on to the site to see where the police had been and it was essentially a flattened area within that campsite and they had taken a number of samples from small holes in the ground and there were a couple of other places on the site

they had taken samples from, one under a big tree and one on a slope down towards the lake. it looked as if they might have just taken soil samples but the suggestion in the statement from the prosecutors today is that a number of objects or items translated from german had been secured. it suggests it was a bit more than just secured. it suggests it was a bit more thanjust soil taken secured. it suggests it was a bit more than just soil taken away but they say it will take days or even weeks to analyse those objects. unfortunately, what they are saying is that is not yet clear at this stage whether these objects are linked to the madeleine mccann case. it is not a light bulb moment or a sudden realisation that this was what it would crack the case. it doesn't seem to be where they are but it may be on the examination that these proved to be important. initial examination doesn't seem that they will be able to say immediately that these are vital clues. �* , , , clues. and 'ust briefly, daniel, this is a

clues. and just briefly, daniel, this is a huge _ clues. and just briefly, daniel, this is a huge international - this is a huge international operation. we are now looking at not only the uk police force, now the portuguese police force and german police force. how will those be working alongside each other? shifter working alongside each other? after the failed working alongside each other? he the failed portuguese investigation which really didn't get anywhere, british police carried out their own investigation because of the duty they felt towards the british nationals involved, madeleine mccann herself and her parents. that british investigation didn't come to any concrete conclusion but in about 2017, the germans got what they thought was very important information suggesting that a man called christian brueckner might be involved. they did investigations quietly for three years and went public with that in 2020. now you potentially have a jim and run investigation based on a suspect in custody in germany with a portuguese police force assisting and british observing. it is a three—way process

but very much led by the germans. thank you for bringing us up—to—date there. if you want to contact me... stay with us on bbc news. hello again, the weather is very similar to the last couple of days and that the sunnier skies will be further west you travel. we are trying to more cloud on the east and high pressure still dominating our weather. we have this week where the front sinking south which is enhancing the cloud across the east coast of england. the cloud continues across these today and we will have some lingering cloud across the midlands and with a keen onshore flow, the breeze coming in from the north sea like the last few days, it will feel chilly. this

south—west of england, a lot of sunshine. these are the wind gusts as you can see are not particularly strong but if exposed to wind, it will feel chilly especially if hanging around outside. these are our temperatures, lower in these under the cloud but looking up to 22 celsius in the south—west. through this evening and overnight, more cloud comes in from the north sea and drifts westward. it will be more broken tonight. scotland and northern ireland and parts of northern england will have clear skies and so it will be cooler. in rural areas it could go down to 2 or three degrees. it might be the odd pocket of frost but here is where we will see some sunshine tomorrow. tomorrow the cloud will break up more readily than today and along this east coast it will be a sunnier day than we have had of late. at times i will be bits of cloud coming in and we will still have that fresh breeze coming in from the north sea with temperatures up to 21 celsius.

heading on into the weekend, high pressure is still very much with us and not really moving anywhere too quickly. we have week where the fans trying to penetrate and not having much success other than introducing a bit more cloud at times. as you can see along the north—west of scotland and it will be clear under clear skies and we will have a dry day along the east coast there will be areas of cloud but not as extensive as we have seen in the early half of the week with highs up to around 22 celsius in glasgow. that awful pleasant in the sunshine. pressure remains with us, sunday into monday with a lot of dry weather and a bit of sunshine around and a bit more cloud at times in the east.

eurozone inflation falls sharply, but the battle against rising prices continues. we will look at the challenges facing some small businesses to keep up facing some small businesses to keep up the repayments on their covert mac bounce back loans. welcome to world business report.