king felipe speaking earlier.e now is professor richard whitman, associate fellow with the europe programme at chatham house. thank you for being with us. i don't know if you heard what king felipe said but he says he is confident the situation can be sorted out on brexit, over the relationship between madrid, london and gibraltar. are you confident it will be? britain and spain have had pretty good relations over the last decade. i think one other thing the british government is relying on is really seeing, have been thinking about spain as an ally in brexit negotiations. there is obviously the difficult issue of gibraltar but i think spain is a sympathetic and understanding government in comparison perhaps to the french government. what are the underlying tensions that may exist now between london and madrid, apart from gibraltar, once britain leaves the european union? i think the sources of tension, first of all, significant spanish investments in the uk, such as sand and the investment. i think the spanish go

last year king felipe called it a colonial anachronism.ident that through the necessary dialogue and effort, our two governments will be able to work out towards arrangements that are acceptable to all involved. tonight at the palace, the state banquet. there will be speeches by the queen, and another by king felipe. as brexit approaches, britain wants closer ties with individual european nations. that, for britain, is the subtext of this state visit. nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. beautiful day across the country. take a look at the picture, absolutely stunning. improved across the south of the country. yesterday a deluge. the cloud shifting away, most of us having a fine day, cloud here and there. high pressure in charge. things settling down, tonight and into tomorrow. quite chilly in the countryside. city centre temperatures 10 degrees, the lowest. rural spots could see five. way outside of terms. in the north—west, the cloud increasing showers into northern ireland and the western scotland. showers across more cent

last year king felipe called it a colonial anachronism.hat through the necessary dialogue and effort, our two governments will be able to work out towards arrangements that are acceptable to all involved. tonight at the palace, the state banquet. there will be speeches by the queen, and another by king felipe. as brexit approaches, britain wants closer ties with individual european nations. that, for britain, is the subtext of this state visit. nicholas witchell, bbc news, at buckingham palace. time for a look at the weather here's chris fawkes. over the last 2a hours parts of southern england have seen over half a month's southern england have seen over half a months worth of rain and we have some dangerous driving conditions first thing this morning, this was in twickenham, but the rain cleared very quickly. this is spectacular. this is cumbria, barely a cloud. those scenes were repeated around the country, plenty of sunshine. clear skies overnight will allow temperatures to fall away free quickly. —— very quickly. in the countryside it

your majesty. —— king felipe vi. applause. prime minister, ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to begin by expressing my gratitude for the extraordinary honour of addressing the british parliament as part of our state visit to the united kingdom. this parliament has embodied the principles of freedom, democracy and the rule of law for centuries, as have few other institutions and nations in the world. principles which form the foundations on which the political and constitutional structures of the most developed countries have been built. the palace of westminster is a symbol of the british people's commitment to the cause of freedom. in the darkest years of the past century, this parliament faced the threat of totalitarian aggression with great strength of character, as did the people of britain. they are the termination and their faith in victory became a model of morality to be followed and a beacon of hope for generations of europeans. the same strength of character, determination and faith in victory will lead freedom t

last year, king felipe called it a colonial anachronism.he was more tactful. but he did call for a negotiated settlement. i am confident that, through the necessary dialogue and effort, our two governments will be able to work out towards arrangements that are acceptable to all involved. to that, the british government said the sovereignty of gibraltar was not up for discussion. a firm response, among the warm words of a state visit. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. that's a summary of the news. now on bbc news, it's time for newsnight.

last year, king felipe called it a colonial anachronism.a negotiated settlement. i am confident that, through the necessary dialogue and effort, our two governments will be able to work out towards arrangements that are acceptable to all involved. to that, the british government said the sovereignty of gibraltar was not up for discussion. a firm response, among the warm words of a state visit. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. queue to the us to have enjoyed a tumultuous relationship. they are next door to each other, but a group of people in kayaks want to make a new trip. —— cuba and the us have enjoyed a tumultuous relationship. if you're heading to the high seas anytime soon, this could be your flexible friend. a collapsible kayak that can fit inside a suitcase. this the mode of travel for four americans setting out on a bold adventure. we want to demonstrate this kayak, that is a foldable kayak, that can operate in the ocean like this. and this is a sport we love and we want to test our own limits. there's little more tha

last year, king felipe called it a colonial anachronism.m confident that, through the necessary dialogue and effort, our two governments will be able to work out towards arrangements that are acceptable to all involved. to that, the british government said the sovereignty of gibraltar was not up for discussion. a firm response, among the warm words of a state visit. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. this week, we've been reporting on china's ambitious plan to recreate the famous silk road — the ancient trading route between east and west. it's thought it'll cost almost a trillion pounds and involves a new rail link from china to the uk, being paid for by the chinese. it passes through countries like the former soviet republic of kazakhstan, amid growing concerns about china's influence. 0ur china editor carrie gracie started out in eastern china on her 7000 milejourney along the new silk road. tonight, she's reached kazakhstan. bells chime for two centuries, central asia was russia's backyard. kazakhstan got its independence w

the queen formally welcomes king felipe and queen letizia to the uk as they begin a three—day visit.ill andy murray joinjohanna konta in the wimbledon semi—finals? this is the scene at sw19 on centre court — we'll keep you update to with how the world number one is getting on. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. exactly four weeks after the fire at grenfell tower which killed at least 80 people, the new leader of kensington & chelsea has promised that the council will use some of its reserves to build homes, to help the families who've lost theirs. elizabeth campbell said people who survived the fire will take a generation to trust the council again. mps are debating the inquiry into the fire this afternoon — and tonight the community in west london will hold a vigil for those killed and injured. frankie mccamley reports. i have been here in the community for some weeks speaking to those who escaped from the terror and people in the community have been pulling together and they have been giving much—needed help. the russians or all as people try to come to terms with what has hap

the queen formally welcomes king felipe and queen letizia to the uk as they begin a three—day visit.s is the scene in the senate, where donald trump's choice this is the scene at sw19 on centre court, we'll keep you up to date with how the world number one is getting on. he is playing sam querry, the number 28 seed. and that shot is out. we'll have more analysis of what's going on wimbledon later on. exactly four weeks after the fire at grenfell tower which killed at least 80 people, the new leader of kensington and chelsea has promised that the council will use some of its reserves to build homes, to help the families who've lost theirs. elizabeth campbell said people who survived the fire will take a generation to trust the council again. mps are debating the inquiry into the fire this afternoon — and in the last few minutes the latest victim of the fire has been named. i've been in the committed some weeks now, speaking to those who escaped the tower and those who lost their loved ones. bubonic unity have really been piled together and given that much—needed help. motions are raw

king felipe of spain. 0ur that are acceptable to all involved. king felipe of spain.d their search of grenfell tower the new council leader is promising money from reserves to build more homes in the borough. at the supreme court a man who is gay has one the same pension rights for his husband as those enjoyed by heterosexual couples. donald trump has defended his son as open and transparent, and innocent after the revelation that donald junior met a russian lawyer during the election campaign last year. and in sport, andy murray is out of wimbledon, troubled by hip injury, he was beaten by sam querrey in five sets in the quarterfinals. sam querrey now plays man cilic for a place in the final. and england are through to the semifinals of the women's cricket world cup having beaten new zealand by 75 runs for their fifth win ina zealand by 75 runs for their fifth win in a row at the tournament. more on those stories just after half past five. the supreme court has unanimously ruled in favour of a gay man who argued that he and his husband should have the same pension ri

last year, king felipe called it a colonial anachronism. a negotiated settlement. i am confident that, through the necessary dialogue and effort, our two governments will be able to work out towards arrangements that are acceptable to all involved. to that, the british government said the sovereignty of gibraltar was not up for discussion. a firm response, among the warm words of a state visit. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. relations between cuba and america have been tumultuous to say the least for decades but in a bid to bridge the gap between the two a group of kayakers are making the trip from havana to key west in a slightly different kind of vessel, as tim allman reports. if you are heading to the high seas anytime soon, this could be your flexible friend. a collapsible kayak that can fit inside a suitcase. four americans setting out on a bold adventure. we want to demonstrate a kayak, a foldable kayak, that can operate in the ocean like this. and this is a sport we love and we want to test aaron the mets. there is l

of the programme, theresa may wasn't at this week's pmqs as she was welcoming the king of spain, king felipeen came to westminster. it is an honour... ..where after a brief speech from the commons speakerjohn bercow, king felipe addressed both houses of parliament in the royal gallery of the house of lords. he said that brexit saddened spain but that it fully respects the will of the british people and that britons who live in spain and spaniards who live in the uk must be remembered. these citizens have a legitimate expectation of decent and stable living conditions for themselves and for their families. i therefore urge our two governments to continue working to ensure that the agreement on the uk withdrawing from the eu provides sufficient assurance and certainty. the king of spain. and that's it from me for now but do join me at the same time tomorrow when, among other things, it is transport questions at the start of the day in the commons and mps commemorate the passchendaele campaign in the first world war. but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there, good morning. yes

last year, king felipe called it a colonial anachronism.gotiated settlement. i am confident that, through the necessary dialogue and effort, our two governments will be able to work out towards arrangements that are acceptable to all involved. to that, the british government said the sovereignty of gibraltar was not up for discussion. a firm response, among the warm words of a state visit. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. the shape of the antarctic peninsula has changed forever after a trillion—ton iceberg broke away from an ice—shelf. the breakaway didn't come as a surprise to scientists, who've been monitoring the emerging crack for a decade. the iceberg is one of the biggest ever recorded, it's about 6,000 square kilometres, almost four times the size of london. cuba and the us have enjoyed a fairly tumultuous relationship down the years. decades of cold war antagonism giving way to a recent thaw in relations that was partly reversed by president trump. but the two countries are geographically right next door to each other

a state banquet is held for spain's king felipe, he says he's confident an agreement can be reached overraltar.

king felipe earlier addressed both houses of parliament. he said he was confident the uk and spain could reach an agreement over the future of gibraltar. now it is time for click. this week: is this the smartest building in italy? the latest worker drones. and, beat this, a hearty handful. on july 12th, the internet, as we know it, will change. go to amazon, twitter, reddit or many other sites and you could be asked to wait on a slower connection, or pay extra, or you may be blocked altogether. thankfully, these warnings aren't real. they're part of an internet—wide protest, with the aim of protecting net neutrality. net neutrality is the basic principle that protects our freedom of speech on the internet. it's the guiding rules that have made the internet into what it is today, and it prevents our internet service providers — so the cable companies like comcast, horizon and at&t — from controlling what we can see and do when we go online. under the net neutrality principle, all data should be treated equally by isps. that means they can't

earlier king felipe addressed both houses of parliament. he said he was confident the uk and spain could reach agreement over the future of gibraltar. it's time now for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, here in florida, where my guest is 98—year—old ben ferencz. he is the last surviving prosecutor at the nuremberg nazi trials. he also helped liberate the death camps of europe while serving in the us army. so does he believe that the nuremberg trials have made genocide and other crimes against humanity less likely to be committed in the world today? ben ferencz, welcome to hardtalk. you were born in 1920 in transylvania in central europe. you moved to the united states with your family when you were a little baby. you really epitomise the american dream, a kind of rags to riches story, because it was discovered that you were highly intelligent and you were put on a fast track to harvard law school. we arrived in america. my parents were young immigrants fleeing persecution and poverty. no money, no skills, no language. an

king felipe of spain has told parliament that he's confident the uk and spain will be able to reach an agreement over the future of gibraltar after brexit. a gay man has won a landmark ruling at the supreme court — giving his husband the same pension rights as a wife would receive. president trump has defended his son over a meeting with a russian lawyer during his presidential campaign, calling him "open, transparent and innocent". critics have accused mrtrumerof intent to collude with the russians. defending wimbledon champion andy murray has been knocked out of the tournament at the quarter—final stage. he was beaten in five sets by american sam querrey. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. controversy continues to surround donald trumer following news of his meeting with a russian lawyer. president trump has described it as "the greatest witch—hunt in political history" — something denied by the new head of the fbi. much more on this in 100 days plus at 7pm. and it is about a quarter the size of wales and wei

rosindell had a suggestion for the subject of small talk for mrs may in her conversations with king felipee minister to remind the king of spain that gibraltar is british and their sovereignty will remain paramount. i'm happy to assure my honourable friend the government's position on gibraltar and the primacy of the wishes of its inhabitants which are overwhelmingly to stay british will be respected by the government. by this stage, many mps had left their seats. ms thornberry and mr green had put on some decent theatre but as anyone in the west end knows, it is hard to replace the headline acts. henry mance. now, let's take a look at some other news from around westminster in brief. theresa may reported back on the latest g20 meeting in hamburg. there'd been plenty for the leaders of the world's top economies to talk about — terrorism, internet security, trade, and climate change. mrs may delivered an upbeat assessment of the meeting and of brexit. at this summit, i held a number of meetings with other world leaders, all of whom made clear their strong desire to forge ambitious new bilat

king felipe and queen letizia of spain have begun a three—day state visit to britain. to forge closer ties with spain, as the uk prepares to leave the eu. a degree of pomp and ceremony, but some serious business to be done as well? that is right. but remind ourselves, a state visit is a personal invitation from the queen to stay at buckingham palace, it is the ultimate in hospitality. but with serious business being done by the politicians and officials who accompanied the visitor, and the positive atmosphere the visit creates. the queen and duke of edinburgh work that horse guards to greet them, possibly the last time we will see the duke of edinburgh at a state visit. that is perhaps the case, though if donald trump and his wife turned up, i am sure his curiosity may get the better of him. the state visitors were welcomed by the queen and the duke, they expected a guard of honour from the irish guards, and part of the ceremony of these visits, the right with the household cavalry, in a carriage at the queen and the spanish queen in the first carriage. what is the ser

king felipe vi was welcomed to number 10 by the prime minister. panish king to the uk since his father, juan carlos, came 31 years ago. the natural history museum in london has unveiled the skeleton of a blue whale in its entrance hall. weighing four—and—a—half tonnes, it's been suspended from the ceiling with wires, so that it appears to dive down onto visitors as they enter the building. i have to say that standing here in front of it you really get a sense of the size of this thing. it is absolutely huge. a 25.2 metre long, four and absolutely huge. a 25.2 metre long, fourand a absolutely huge. a 25.2 metre long, four and a half a blue whale called hope. the name has been unveiled today along with the whale skeleton. putting a whale in here has not been entirely without controversy because, of course, the blue whale replaces the much loved dippy the dinosaur, the depth of focus. to find out why the natural history museum decided to make this change i am ho ——iam museum decided to make this change i am ho —— i amjoined by the director of the muse

honorable friend the prime minister is in attendance on her majesty the queen welcoming their majesties king felipe and queen letitia of spain. isn't today's report that the national grid made $3 billion pounds profit in 2015-16 at the expense of households further evidence that the government is not delivering fair energy prices? will the government agree to an immediate rebate for overcharging? and will the government now commit to an energy price cap for the 17 million households on the most expensive tariffs? >> the right honorable lady is right to identify the issue of energy prices and i'm sure she will welcome the announcement in the queen's speech that the government will insure fair markets for consumers, this will include bringing forward measures to help tackle unfair practices in the energy market to help reduce energy bills. i'm sure this is an issue on which we can work across the house together. >> mr. speaker, yesterday you kindly hosted two important talks on the future of health and social care and their funding. including by my honorable friend. who knows that the lhs? staffordsh

the chief minister of gibraltar has criticised comments made yesterday by king felipe of spain duringament. the king said he was confident that the uk and spain would find a solution to the issue of gibraltar that was acceptable to all involved. at a banquet later at buckingham palace, hosted by the queen and prince philip, her majesty acknowledged the two countries had not always seen "eye to eye." yesterday, we were talking about 15—year—old, eddie, who took over southern rail‘s twitter account as part of his work experience. complaints about cancellations and late trains seemed to be forgotten, and followers even used the hashtag "ask eddie" to quiz him about duck—sized horses and how to make tea. eddie was such a hit, that southern rail invited him back for another day. it has definitely been enjoyable, i will tell you that for a fact. it was a decision i would have a go on the twitter. yesterday, i put myself out there and said this is me. a fabulous story. it is quite hard to do. front pages. the front page of the times this morning. many having the images of the royal visit fro

last year, king felipe called it a colonial anachronism. today, in a speech at westminster, he was more tactful. but he did call for a negotiated settlement. i am confident that, through the necessary dialogue and effort, our two governments will be able to work out towards arrangements that are acceptable to all involved. to that, the british government said the sovereignty of gibraltar was not up for discussion. a firm response, among the warm words of a state visit. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. that's a summary of the news. now on bbc news, it's time for newsnight. tonight: four weeks after grenfell burned, newsnight has established the first evidence of cyanide poisoning amongst survivors of the disaster. we hear new testimony of a family's escape from the 21st floor of the tower. and the agony of losing their unborn child. that poison, it went in. as it settled on my body, obviously everything goes to the baby. the amount that he received, it was obviously enough to stop his heart. nazreen aklani lost her mother and

king felipe vi was welcomed to number ten by the prime minister. h will convert eu law into uk law. the high court hears further evidence on possible experimental treatment from a doctor in the united states any case of a terminally ill baby, charlie gard. the prime minister tells the bbc she became tearful when she learned she had lost the majority but says she does not regret calling the election. business news. the uk housing market is in a state of lethargy, according to property surveyors, with estate agents reporting the lowest stock of properties for nearly a0 years. new instructions fell for the 16th month in a row injune and members of the royal institution of chartered surveyors said the market might continue "flat—lining" for a while. irish business leaders have called for a the european union to provide a state aid programme worth more than £890 million to protect their companies from a hard brexit. the irish business and employers confederation said that if britain left the customs union, it would massively disrupt trade, leaving irish

king felipe vi and his wife queen letizia will be officially greeted by the queen and the duke of edinburghpected to be the duke's last state visit before he retires from official duties later this year. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is on the mall in central london. visiting heads of state are rather partial from this. visiting heads of state are rather partialfrom this. a personal invitation to stay at buckingham palace. you can see in the background the household cavalry forming up behind us. there is serious business behind us. the king and queen will be arriving in about half an hour or so. there will be a state banquet tonight, but behind that there is the serious business of politics. other officials are hoping that within the warm and positive atmosphere, they are hoping they can do business between london and madrid. thank you very much. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment, we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first, we leave you with for a look at the weather. good morning. the rain beginning to clear away towards the east. a beautiful pho

felipe and metcalf roads about eight miles northeast of morgan hill. nighfighters did order a cautionary evacuation yesterday. ningdents were allowed to return kingr bob redell is talking with linkfighters about what's being urne and what is still being done to try to keep that fire contained. ter th report for our midday newscast. efuelio more information and video in our twitter feed. >>> 16 u.s. military members are dead after the crash of an sses des used for refueling. .hat plane went down in a field in the mississippi delta. on our facebook page, the latest information, including what witnesses describe as a dwrim recovery effort. >> on our home page, a look at an hon prime day. why they can ship so many packages and parcels so quickly. they will be tested today. more news coming up in 30 minutes. back to the "today" show. ♪ >>> this morning on "today's take," stars with style. kristen bell, and rosario dawson and more. we help you steal that celebrity look. and look what happens when i deliver a prime surprise to some lucky people. >>> and animal house party that's going to be wild. and you're invited, right now. >> from nbc news, this is