this is very big and points to what donald trump jnr was thinking is very big and points to what donald trumpjnr was thinking when he went to this meeting, and he thought he was meeting with someone who was a russian government lawyer, thatis who was a russian government lawyer, that is the way it had been presented, a natalia veselnitskaya denies that. he was posted get information that was damaging to hear clinton. there is a possibility that rob goldstone went into this trying to blow some smoke and try to make this meeting seem more important than it was, that there really wasn't an effort to reach out to the trump campaign. that could be beside the point because it's still the fact that donald trumpjnr and high—level members of the trump campaign sat down in meetings where they discussed hillary clinton and possibly damaging information about her in the heat of the presidential campaign witha her in the heat of the presidential campaign with a russian national. where does this fit in into all the other investigations about possible rings to the russian government? it's only a matte

why has donald trump jnr gone public with this? s that the new york times had all these e—mails are getting ready to publish them, possibly they approached the lawyer of donald trumpjnrand approached the lawyer of donald trump jnr and asked for approached the lawyer of donald trumpjnr and asked for him to confirm it. so an attempt to get ahead of the story, perhaps, he put it on twitter, as he said in his statement, that in the interests of openness that is what he was doing. but i cannot imagine that any lawyer would advise putting this in the public domain on their own, if it was not already going to beach hut there. anthony, thank you very much. —— to be out there. more now on our main story. the prime minister has ordered an inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal that left 2,a00 people dead. many of them were haemophiliacs who died from hepatitis c and aids—related illnesses after receiving contaminated blood products from the nhs in the 1970s and 1980s. with me is luke 0'shea, a bbc employee who contracted hepatitis c from

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donald trump has defended his son as open, transparent and innocent after the revelation that donald jnr met a russian lawyer during last year's election campaign. a state banquet is held for spain's king felipe, he says he's confident an agreement can be reached over the future of gibraltar. andy murray crashes out of wimbledon and finally admits he has been struggling with his hip injury. on newsnight we ask how many died in the grenfell tower disaster and why do so many not believe the official figures? we confirm the first case of cyanide poisoning among the survivors. good evening and welcome to bbc news. police have released new footage from inside grenfell tower a month after the fire that killed at least 80 people. it shows officers climbing the blackened staircase, which was the only way out for hundreds of people in the flats that night. bbc news has learnt that residents were still being told to stay put in their flats until almost two hours after the fire broke out. tonight at a public meeting, angry survivors confronted the senior police officer investigating the fire, and t

kuschner, paul manafort and donald trump jnr turned up. onald trumpjnr turned up. they took the meeting, they were actually there, and that calls into question the suggestion collusion, conspiracy? who knows? that's exactly right. there was a willingness to entertain this proposal. in a traditional presidential campaign, this sort of approach from someone purporting to bea approach from someone purporting to be a representative of a foreign government with opposition research, that should set off all sorts of alarm bells in a campaign. it would require notifying the fbi, for instance. it didn't happen in this case. they seemed willing, donald trumpjnr in case. they seemed willing, donald trump jnr in particular, case. they seemed willing, donald trumpjnr in particular, seemed willing to hear them out. he claims its traditional opposition research but it isn't traditional, even for an untraditional presidential campaign, the way the trump one was run. we've got to leave it there. thank you. the headlines on bbc news. the government has order

and mr trump's eldest son donald jnr has now been called to testify in congress over his meeting with a russian lawyer during the election campaign. the duke and duchess of cambridge visit a former concentration camp in poland, an experience they describe as shattering. and 18 months after his pioneering double hand transplant, zion harvey tells us about his remarkable road to recovery. the only thing that's different is instead of having no hands, i have two hands. i'm still the same kid everybody knew without hands. the white house has confirmed that president trump held a second meeting with russia's president putin during the 620 summit earlier this month in germany. the white house says the meeting, barely publicised up until now, happened hours after the formal bi—lateral talks between the two leaders. it's believed mr trump spoke to mr putin at the second meeting for around an hour. the only other person present was a russian translator, so there is no us government record of their conversation and what they discussed has not been disclosed. and donald trump's eldest son is goi

and mr trump's eldest son donald jnr has now been called to testify in congress over his meeting withvisit a former concentration camp in poland, an experience they describe as shattering. and 18 months after his pioneering double hand transplant, zion harvey tells us about his remarkable road to recovery. the only thing that's different is instead of having no hands, i have two hands. i'm still the same kid everybody knew without hands.

donald trump defends his son as open, transparent and innocent after the revelation that donald jnr met a russian lawyer during last year's election campaign. at the supreme court, a man who's gay has won the same pension rights for his husband as those enjoyed by heterosexual couples. also in the next hour, the queen and prince philip welcome the king and queen of spain on a state visit. king felipe tells parliament he's confident that london and madrid, will be able to reach an agreement over the future of gibraltar after brexit. the american singer ariana grande has been made an honorary citizen of manchester after organising a concert to raise money for the victims of the terror attack in the city. and that's it! andy murray crashes out of wimbledon, losing in the quarter finals to the american sam querrey. good evening and welcome to bbc news. fire servers advice to residents to stay put inside flats in grenfell tower during the fire lasted nearly two hours, the bbc has learned. a change in policy recommending residents tried to leave was made one hour and 53 minutes after the firs

and this one was specifically about donald trump jnr and the meeting we've just been discussing. i tell every politician, if you get a call from somebody suggesting that a foreign government wants to help you, by disparaging your opponents, tell us all to call the fbi. to the members of this committee, any threat or is it to interfere with our elections from any nation state or any non—state actor is the kind of thing the fbi would want to know. google do you believe that in light of the double junior e—mail believe that in light of the double juniore—mailand believe that in light of the double junior e—mail and other allegations that this whole thing about the trump campaigning in russia is a witchhunt? — — trump campaigning in russia is a witchhunt? —— in light of the donald trump witchhunt? —— in light of the donald trumere—mail? i can't speak to the basis for those comments... i am asking you. as the future fbi director, do you consider this endeavour a witchhunt?” future fbi director, do you consider this endeavour a witchhunt? i do not consider the former director to be an