rishi sunak and joe biden exchanged warm words, but the two countries appear a long way from a free trade agreement that had been a key brexit hope. if you look at what we've announced today, what it does is respond to the particular opportunities and challenges that we face right now and into the future. in 2019, the conservatives said they wanted _ in 2019, the conservatives said they wanted a _ in 2019, the conservatives said they wanted a free trade agreement with america _ wanted a free trade agreement with america by 2022. in truth, the likelihood _ america by 2022. in truth, the likelihood of one has been slim for some _ likelihood of one has been slim for sometime — likelihood of one has been slim for some time. tonight, we got the alternative. on newsnight at 10.30pm: remember that post—brexit trade deal we were promised with america? well today, rishi sunak and joe biden instead unveiled the washington declaration — a new economic partnership. and west ham fans turn out in east london to welcome home their first

major european trophy in decades. in london and the south—east, the driver in the croydon tram crash in which seven people died gives evidence at the old bailey. and jubilant scenes in east london for the hammers�* victorious homecoming. good evening. rishi sunak has been at the white house today for the first time as prime minister, but what was announced was not a plan for a us trade deal — as the conservative manifesto promised in 2019 — but a new partnership. mr sunak said what's being called the atlantic declaration is about benefits that can be delivered now. it will involve things like the two countries cooperating more on technologies of the future and data—sharing. our political editor chris mason is travelling with the prime minister and sent this from washington. rishi sunak arriving at the white

house this afternoon. here he has, always quite a moment, this, a british prime minister visiting the white house, especially a first visit. he's here to talk about ukraine and economic cooperation and a dangerous world and a new deal to deepen economic ties.— deepen economic ties. releasing a new lan deepen economic ties. releasing a new plan to _ deepen economic ties. releasing a new plan to equip _ deepen economic ties. releasing a new plan to equip our— deepen economic ties. releasing a new plan to equip our economic i new plan to equip our economic partnership for the 21st—century. today, we have agreed the atlantic declaration, a new economic partnership for a new age of a kind that has— partnership for a new age of a kind that has never been agreed before. prime _ that has never been agreed before. prime minister, youraim is that has never been agreed before. prime minister, your aim is the conservative party at the last general election was a full free trade deal with america. isn't the simple truth of what's been announced today, an acknowledgement of the failure to do that and to the president, why won't you do a full trade agreement with the uk? what president, why won't you do a full trade agreement with the uk? what it does is resmnd _ trade agreement with the uk? what it does is respond to _ trade agreement with the uk? what it does is respond to the _ trade agreement with the uk? what it does is respond to the particular - does is respond to the particular opportunities and challenges that we face right— opportunities and challenges that we face right now and into the future and it— face right now and into the future and it asks— face right now and into the future and it asks the question, what do we need _ and it asks the question, what do we need to— and it asks the question, what do we need to do— and it asks the question, what do we

need to do working together that can brin- need to do working together that can bring most _ need to do working together that can bring most benefit to our citizens as quickly— bring most benefit to our citizens as quickly as possible and our agreement does that. it's the first of a kind _ agreement does that. it's the first of a kind agreement that is ambitious in what it seeks to achieve _ ambitious in what it seeks to achieve. be in no doubt asjoe and i were _ achieve. be in no doubt asjoe and i were discussing earlier, the economic— were discussing earlier, the economic relationship between our two countries has never been stronger _ two countries has never been stronger-— two countries has never been stronuer. , �* �* stronger. president biden didn't answer my _ stronger. president biden didn't answer my question _ stronger. president biden didn't answer my question directly - stronger. president biden didn't answer my question directly buti stronger. president biden didn't i answer my question directly but his endorsement of the uk playing a role in coordinating the international response to the rise of artificial intelligence will please number ten. there's an enormous potential and we are looking to great britain to help lead that effort to figure out a way through this so we are in full, total cooperation because there is no country we have greater faith in being able to negotiate this, not negotiate with individuals, negotiate with individuals, negotiate our way through this than the prime minister and so we are in

lockstep. the prime minister and so we are in lockste -. .,. the prime minister and so we are in lockste -. .. , ., , lockstep. the fact is the uk has done a free _ lockstep. the fact is the uk has done a free trade _ lockstep. the fact is the uk has done a free trade deal- lockstep. the fact is the uk has done a free trade deal with - lockstep. the fact is the uk has i done a free trade deal with others since brexit, but not with the united states. despite that being the game. the argument, as you've heard from both leaders, is that this arrangement, while short of that, is attuned to where the world is now and particularly that concern about economic security with the rise of china and the ongoing conflict between russia and ukraine. earlier, the oldest ever american president met the youngest british prime minister of modern times. well, mr president... president! i well, mr president... president! i managed to suggest he too was a president before quickly correcting himself. pleasantries in the oval office and is the so—called special relationship still in good shape? real good shape, the president replied. the prime minister leaves the so—called atlantic declaration done, a deal striking for what is in

it and what isn't. another thought from chris, who is live now in washington. you have had a look through it, what are your impressions?— a look through it, what are your impressions? well to be blunt, as we've been _ impressions? well to be blunt, as we've been reflecting, _ impressions? well to be blunt, as we've been reflecting, it - impressions? well to be blunt, as we've been reflecting, it doesn't l we've been reflecting, it doesn't what the conservatives promised back in 2019, it isn't even close to it but for some time a trade agreement, a full trade agreement has not been in the offing for as long as president biden has been in the white house on the argument from downing street is the world has changed since 2019 and they are right about that, the world has changed, but it's also right we hold them to account for what they promised in that election manifesto that gives them their ability to govern right now. so what is in there? there is talk for instance of broadening the mutual recognition of qualifications to make it easier for people to work on either side of the channel, to remove red tape between countries doing just that and for defence suppliers in the uk to be

regarded by america as domestic suppliers and therefore making it easierfor them to do suppliers and therefore making it easier for them to do that. there is one broader point that is worth reflecting on tonight and that is the biden administration's instincts economically. they have what's known as the inflation reduction act, this massive stimulus of public money to try and ensure that the industries of the future, green industries, are based here in america, and it is so big it is having global economic consequences. now, rishi sunak�*s instincts are very different as a conservative. he insists that president biden isn't instinctively protectionist, to use the jargon, but there is no doubt that there are british implications of what president biden has done and some smoothing of the edges of it in some of the proposals that are set out in this deal. so it's not a full fat trade deal but it is something that the prime minister and the president can try to argue is best suited for the relationship between the

countries right now.- the relationship between the countries right now. chris mason in washington. _ countries right now. chris mason in washington, thank _ countries right now. chris mason in washington, thank you. _ countries right now. chris mason in washington, thank you. let's - countries right now. chris mason in washington, thank you. let's turn l countries right now. chris mason in | washington, thank you. let's turn to a developing story this evening and news from here. a teenage boy — who was riding an electric bike — has died after a collision with an ambulance in salford in greater manchester. police said he was being followed by traffic officers shortly before the crash. the incident has been referred to the independent office for police conduct. nick garnett is at the scene. what have you learned? well, the road that this _ what have you learned? well, the road that this happened _ what have you learned? well, the road that this happened on - what have you learned? well, the road that this happened on this i road that this happened on this directly behind me. you can see in the distance some bollards and some flowers being left over there at the moment. the boy on the bike came through the gap in the bollards there, being followed at a distance by traffic police. he came out, the police obviously couldn't do anything at that point and so stopped following the bike but as the bike came onto this road, this is langworthy road, it's a very busy

road, a lot of traffic on it at that time of the day, 2pm in the afternoon, an ambulance was there, the boy hit the ambulance and died. now, police say that they were on the scene very quickly and were able to help and paramedics tried to save the boy's life, but the 15—year—old died. the force has now referred this incident to the iopc, which is a common thing to do whenever police have been involved in any incident and the independent office for police conduct will launch their investigation. the road has been reopened, flowers are being left there tonight. people have been coming down. it comes not long after the events in cardiff, where two teenage boys died on an e bike as well. that the game is being investigated by the iopc. but the mood here, very different to what was happening in cardiff, a very sombre mood. the family live incredibly close by to where this happened and are distraught at what has happened to stop greater

manchester police have offered their condolences to the boy, and you can see flowers being left here at the scene tonight.— see flowers being left here at the scene tonight. nick, thank you very much. ukraine was part of those discussions in washington, let's show you what it is like there right now for the communities flooded since tuesday's dam explosion. people across a large area in the south east of ukraine have been affected — and there are wider consequences for agriculture and military strategy. we have some infrared satellite images that show where the dnipro river was flowing before the damage to the dam. and after — the water spreading out across the land on both sides, which means homes and crops flooded and possibly landmines floating out of known minefields. on the military side, the situation will make it harder for ukraine to move across the river into territory controlled by russia.

and at a time when it wants to push the russians hard along this front, a relief effort is under way for the flood victims. our correspondent james waterhouse has spent the day with rescuers in the city of kherson. a visit with deliberate timing, president zelensky assessing another ukrainian trauma, an unfolding disaster in the middle of a war. he praised medical staff and promised them kherson would be rebuilt. but the russians can do deliberate too. a couple of hours later, the same area was shelled, with a near miss for volunteers doing an already impossible job. it's hard to picture an estimated four cubic miles of water until you're in it.

victor and vitaly haven't stopped for two days, searching for people trapped. why don't you want to leave? they reply in ukrainian. so they've said, "we don't want to leave. "there are older people who can't get away. "give us your power banks," so they can charge devices. while the water levels have stabilised, they're still dauntingly high. so we're just now passing through two apartment blocks, and it feels like a strange theme park ride because of what we're having to weave through, and yet victor is asking people whether they want to be evacuated — no one yet has taken him up on that offer. and why do you think people don't want to leave their home? because many people are stupid, you know?

they think everything will be ok after maybe one day or two days. but it's not ok. every time, more water, more, more, more. when this finally recedes, you wonder what will be left. a war, an invasion by russia which takes everything. james waterhouse, bbc news, kherson. lucy letby — the nurse accused of murdering seven newborn babies and attempting to murder another ten — denied today that she had targeted an infant to get the attention of a doctor. she's been in the witness box for a 13th day, at her trial. she denies all the charges. our north of england correspondent, judith moritz, sent this report from manchester crown court. courtroom number seven is an intense place, packed with lawyers and families, its focus lucy letby, who has been in the witness box giving evidence since the start of may. today, nickjohnson kc, leading the prosecution, asked the nurse about a doctor who he's described as the nurse's boyfriend —

something she disputes. the jury has previously seen notes handwritten by nurse letby which were found after her arrest. love hearts are doodled across them, along with the doctor's name, which has been redacted here because his identity is protected by the court. one part says, "please help me, you are my best friend." nickjohnson asked lucy letby if she used to try and get the doctor's attention. she denied it. "is that the reason you sabotaged a baby?" he asked her. "no," she said. "did you used to enjoy being in these crisis situations with the doctor?" "no," she replied. "did it give you something to talk about and message him over?" he asked. "no," she said, "we were friends." today, lucy letby was asked about a set of triplet babies. she's accused of murdering two of them, known as babies 0 and p, on consecutive days. nickjohnson said, "you injected baby o's stomach with gas, didn't you?" "no, i didn't," she replied.

"you injected air into his circulation," he said. "no," lucy letby responded. "and through some violent mechanism you inflicted a liver injury on him," he suggested. "no," said the nurse. then the prosecutor said, "these things all happened on your watch." "yes," she agreed. lucy letby denies all the charges she faces. she'll be back in the witness box again tomorrow. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. a british child is among four pre—school children being treated in hospital after being stabbed in annecy in eastern france. all aged between one and three years old, they were attacked in a playground, where an adult was also injured. police have a suspect in custody and say he is a syrian man. lucy williamson reports from annecy. today in annecy, toddlers were the targets. the safety of a summer playground shattered by a knife attack.

this video gives a glimpse of the horror. the suspect roaming among the slides and climbing frames. a knife clearly visible in his hand. we can't show you what happened next. four children, one of them british, were stabbed here in quick succession. some attacked in their pushchairs. local authorities have told us that all four children are now in a stable condition. the suspect, said to be a syrian christian, was chased through the lakeside tourist spot by witnesses. before police intervened and arrested him. translation: all of a sudden, a lady says, run! _ run! there is a guy who is stabbing everybody all along the lake. he starts on children. run, run! i tell the cops, just shoot him, kill him. he is stabbing everybody.

i see a mother with her children on the floor. her children are full of blood and the mother is crying. the suspect had refugee status in sweden and entered france legally last autumn. the french news agency afp is reporting he was recently divorced with a young child of his own and had been living in a church. translation: we are deeply shaken by this odious - and indescribable act. when children are involved, people are touched to the core and today, our whole nation is in shock. france's national assembly stopped to hold a minute's silence this morning when the news broke. tonight, that same wordless horror hangs over france, as here in annecy, the tributes and the questions grow.

with all four children now said to be in a stable condition the focus is switching to the reasons behind this attack. the prosecutor says they are not treating this as terrorism at the moment, the suspect is not known to intelligence services and is not believed to have a history of milton illness. so the question facing francis why anyone would carry out an attack like this on nursery age children? canada is in the midst of what is being called its worst ever wildfire season — and the hundreds of fires continuing to rage are causing a wave of smoke to move down the east coast of the united states. in new york, the air turned orange and people are being asked to stay indoors if possible. samira hussain sent us this report from there. a blurry look at the manhattan bridge. the day is onlyjust starting in new york city but the haze

continues to linger from the day before, when the city was engulfed in a thick orange fog. today, many heeded warnings about the hazardous air quality. commuters wore masks, seemingly back to the covid days. smoke from several hundred wildfires burning across canada continue to blanket the northeastern united states with dusty polluted air. the blazes have already burned more than 3.8 million hectares of land. officials in new york city advised people to stay indoors. this is normally very busy park was strangely quiet. how surprised are you by just how empty it is? yeah, it was a little shocking actually. i thought maybe i shouldn't be out here. not only the park but all of our sidewalks are empty. it's reallyjust quiet, it's kind of eerie. it smells like barbecue. it's giving me bad headaches. but for scientists who measure air quality, like bradley horton,

headaches are not the only health concern. according to this machine, the air quality around us is deemed unhealthy. why? we have so many tiny particles that are able to get deep into people's lungs and even cross into their bloodstreams. they get right past our natural defences in our lungs. how much of this is about climate change? a very significant part, especially through rising air temperatures. rising air temperatures are causing ourforests to burn more easily. breathing difficulties due to the polluted air forced british actressjodie comer to halt a matinee performance during her one—woman broadway show. it is only the beginning ofjune and wildfire season has just started, which means hazy summer days may become more frequent for new yorkers. samira hussein, bbc news, new york. borisjohnson has been sent the findings of an mps investigation into whether he misled parliament over lockdown parties

in downing street. the former prime minister gave evidence to the privileges committee in march and has two weeks to respond to the draft report. the final version is expected to be published by the end of this month. mrjohnson has maintained that he did not breach any rules. a jury has been shown the moment a metropolitan police officer was shot in 2020 in a holding cell in a london police station. louis de zoysa denies murdering matt ratana with a gun concealed in an underarm holster. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. stand up. the moments before the shot was fired that killed sergeant matt rata na. the revolver in louis de zoysa's hand. walking down the road with a duffel bag, all right? he had been stopped on the street at about 1.30 in the morning. have you got anything on you, like sharp, that can hurt me or you? no. no? police found seven bullets on him. they searched him and his bag but did not find the antique revolver the prosecution say

he was carrying. he was handcuffed behind his back and put in a police van. the prosecution say that during the journey to the custody suite, louis de zoysa must have got the gun out of a hidden holster. at the police station, sergeant matt ratana took his temperature to make sure he didn't have covid symptoms... my name's matt, i'm the custody officer, right? i'm in charge. ..and moved him a holding cell where he asked an officer to search louis de zoysa again. stand up. that was when the gun appeared from behind the suspect�*s back. what the jury saw next on the footage is a flash from the muzzle of the gun and then sergeant ratana falling backwards. he is immediately dragged out of the cell to be given medical treatment. in that first volley there are three shots and then there's a struggle on the floor and then a fourth shot is fired after about 16 seconds. the jury has been told its that fourth shot that causes the brain damage to louis de zoysa.

in the dock, he sat watching from a wheelchair. the jury's been told he still has problems talking and understanding what's said. he accepts that he fired the gun but says he's not of murdering sergeant matt ratana because he was suffering an autistic meltdown at the time the gun was fired. daniel sandford, bbc news at northampton crown court. groping and sexual assault in public is often reported by women and girls injapan as almost a daily occurence, often on crowded trains during the rush hour. now a bbc investigation has revealed how videos of these assaults are sold on websites accessed throughout east asia, and tracked down a man who is at the centre of this undercover world and profiting from it. zhaoyin feng's report for bbc eye on the world service begins on public transport injapan and with those trying to stop what is known as �*chikan'. this is nagoya, injapan.

there's a guy looking for a target. the railway police are running a covert operation, underhand to catch sexual assaulters. i would like to follow him to check his behaviour for a bit. sexual violence against women in public is a global phenomenon, but injapan the problem is so endemic that it has its own name, chikan. riding back and forth on a single ticket. it looks like the behaviour a chikan perpetrator would make. the suspect is taken to the police station for further questioning. chikan has been normalised over the years by its prominance in the adult entertainment industry but the reality is much more sinister. translation: in the shake of the train it felt _ like the hand hitting me. takako, not her real name,

was only a teenager when she was sexually assaulted on the train for the first time. translation: it started to feel like it was touching and grabbing me. i that's when i finally realised that this was chikan. i was sexually assaulted almost every day. bbc eye has been investigating a network of websites selling thousands of videos of women being sexually abused on public transport across east asia. this is an horrific business of sexual assault. the websites are run by a shadowy figure. but who is he? our investigation has led us to tokyo, where we tracked down the man and his close associates. hey, hey. posing as a potential investor. our undercover journalist met with them multiple times.

screwed over. he agreed to meet us. in this meeting a 27—year—old from china admits to being the man behind all the websites we have been investigating. he also admits to making huge profits, cashing in on sexual violence against women. translation: our daily turnover is around £550- £1100. _ did your team start filming these videos several years ago? translation: yes. i know what they want. because i have this fetish myself. they say i'm a trend setter. we located an address in tokyo and went to put our allegations to him. i'm a reporterfrom the bbc. we know that you are the online persona, uncle. do you do this for the money, or do you enjoy abusing these women?

hey! stop, stop, stop! hey! we put our allegations to him, his only response is silence and then violence. but i think he has plenty to think about right now. he has since leftjapan. his associates say they are no longer working with him. the country is set to reform its sexual assault laws, however, campaigners say these changes don't go far enough. zhaoyin feng, bbc news. you can watch the bbc eye investigation catching a pervert: sexual assault for sale on bbc iplayer now, or on bbc three at 10.50pm tonight. it's been an evening of celebration for west ham fans with a victory parade in east london and a chance to see their team with the europa conference league trophy, their first major european

cup since 1965. joe wilson was watching. tracing the route of west ham history. from upton park, the site of their treasured former ground, towards stratford. the bus did not rush. why would it? there's not been a trophy since 1980. to be out watching it with my dad, my kids, my wife and then come here today and watch it where i grew up, ten minutes down the road, is pretty special. amazing. best feeling ever. long time coming. and it's very special to be here with the kids as well. it's amazing. to be honest, never felt| nothing like it in my life. what a proud, proud moment to have my son to watch this i and be in this with us. we're used to the idea of sport being run by the richest, most powerful regimes. well, football began in communities and this here is an east london night. west ham fans know their captain will almost certainly be leaving.

well, here was declan rice holding aloft the european trophy on a town hall balcony. cheering. just like bobby moore in 1965. those were the very best days. what's west ham's ambition now? yeah, those players that you talk about are real, real legends at west ham united. but i'm hoping there's a few pitches in the london stadium now where some of the new legends are getting made. for the players last night to perform and get a result and win the trophy is incredible. people here know that the fans who threw objects onto the pitch during the final at fiorentina players were wrong and must be condemned. but show the joy of this occasion and the significance. that was a message they had been waiting decades to express it. joe wilson, bbc news with west ham. just before we get to the forecast with thomas scafernaker, the weekend heat—health alert issued yesterday has now been raised

from yellow to a more severe amber warning in eastern and southern england, and the midlands. tomasz schafernaker can tell us a little more. we have had heat health alerts for about 20 years or so and this is generally directed at health care professionals, the vulnerable members of the public. it is a message from the health security agency that we are expecting a sustained period of warmth but these are not extreme temperature warnings and we are not saying we will have extreme temperatures. it will be a fairly typical warm spell that we get now and then injune, certainly much warmer than it has been lately. it really will be humid and uncomfortable during the weekend at night but what is welcome, rainfall from storm clouds gathering out towards the south. we do need the