i'm sally bundock. a i'm sally bundock. warm welcome to the programme. a warm welcome to the programme. it is jampacked as always. we begin in washington where president biden has launched the nato summit, marking the 75th anniversary of the alliance�*s creation. he promised that the us and four other allies would provide ukraine with "dozens" of additional tactical air defence system. the package will include additional patriot systems that kyiv has been seeking to fight off the russian advance. at the opening of the summit, biden insisted that ukraine could and would stop vladimir putin. he called nato the single greatest and most effective defence alliance in the world , and stressed the importance of international stability. let's take a listen to what he had to say. before this war putin thought nato would break. to name is stronger than it's ever been in its history. when the senseless war began ukraine was a free country. today it is still a free country. and the war will end with ukraine remaining a free and independent country. russia will not p

i'm sally bundock. a i'm sally bundock. warm welcome to the programme.ked as always. we begin in washington where president biden has launched the nato summit, marking the 75th anniversary of the alliance�*s creation. he promised that the us and four other allies would provide ukraine with "dozens" of additional tactical air defence system. the package will include additional patriot systems that kyiv has been seeking to fight off the russian advance. at the opening of the summit, biden insisted that ukraine could and would stop vladimir putin. he called nato the single greatest and most effective defence alliance in the world , and stressed the importance of international stability. let's take a listen to what he had to say.

i'm sally bundock.e start in the us where president biden has criticised the supreme court after it said that donald trump and other former presidents are partially immune from criminal prosecution. in a message delivered at the white house, mr biden said the nation had been founded on the principle that there were "no kings in america", adding that no—one was above the law. but, he warned with the supreme court decision, "that fundamentally changed" and the judgement would likely further delay the criminal case against mr trump for allegedly trying to subvert the 2020 election result. he called on the american people to make the decision instead. the american people must decide if they want to entrust the president once again, the presidency to donald trump. now knowing he'll be more emboldened to do whatever he wants to do. but any president including donald trump will now be free to ignore the law. i concur with the justice�*s dissent today. in every use of official power, the president is now a king

i'm sally bundock. good to have you with us. we start in venezuela. the venezuelan opposition has alleged widespread fraud in the counting of votes from sunday's presidential election. a spokeswoman said that the electoral authorities had stopped publishing the results of individual ballot boxes. nicolas maduro�*s psuv party is seeking a third term in office. the main challenger is edmundo gonzalez, a former diplomat by opposition leader maria corina machado. she has asked voters to maintain a vigil at polling stations across the country to ensure there's no fraud. turnout is reported to be much higher than in previous elections. let's cross live now to caracas where we can speak to our south america correspondent ione wells. bring us right up to date. we are bring us right up to date. - are expecting the results imminently, but as you say, opposition candidates, the opposition candidates, the opposition have essentially alleged malpractice in this election. they have said that they have only had access

i'm sally bundock. let's get started. we start in china where consumer price inflation slowed injune, while producer price deflation persisted as beijing's support measures set a bumpy economic recovery in motion for the world's second—largest economy. if we look at the numbers... consumer prices rose by 0.2% injune from a year earlier. that's slightly up on the 0.3% rise in may and a much smaller rise than economists had expected. on a monthly basis, prices actually fell. at the end of last year, china plunged into deflation for four months with the sharpest contraction in consumer prices in m years injanuary. meanwhile, falling producer prices continue to be a problem. in june, they fell 0.8% in line with forecasts, but easing from the previous month's1.4% drop. an ongoing crisis in the real estate sector, which has long accounted for a quarter of the country's gdp, has dragged down growth. for more on this, i'm joined by kelvin wong, senior market analyst, oanda. good to see you. what do these numbers tell you about th

i'm sally bundock. very warm welcome the programme. —— a very warm welcome to the programme. we begin in france where voters are waking up to the news of a surprise outcome in the parliamentary elections. we now know the final result — a coalition of left—wing parties have won most seats in the high stakes snap election. president macron�*s centrists came second, with the far—right national rally third. its leaderjordan bardella said the left�*s electoral arrangement appeared to have thrown france into the hands of the hard—left. the left—wing new popular front has won 182 seats in total. le pen�*s national rally have 143 mps, in third place behind president emmanuel macron�*s centrist alliance, called together, who have 168 seats. france, therefore, will have a hung parliament. our first report is from our europe editor katya adler, who was at national rally�*s headquarters. in a shock result for all and a huge relief for many here, the left—far—left coalition has unexpectedly become the biggest party

i'm sally bundock. a very well and welcome to the programme. england will face spain in the euro 2024 final in berlin on sunday. a last—minute strike from substitute ollie watkins sealed a 2—1victory over the netherlands. gareth southgate�*s side looked to be going into extra time for the third successive game after a controversial penalty for harry kane's equalised. but england secured the win in the 90th minute, to the delight of fans across the country — as you can see in these pictures from south london. and setting up that final against spain at the weekend. england manager gareth southgate has faced a lot of criticism for the team's play through the tournament. this is what he had to say about his time in charge after the match. we have had some incredible nights, the last seven, eight years. these games have been dramatic because the goals have come so late. the only reason i did thejob when i took it come so late. the only reason i did the job when i took it on was to try and bring success to en

i'm sally bundock. a very busy ones so let's get started. we begin in venezuela. riot police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in venezuela who have taken to the streets to denounce the official result of sunday's election. president nicolas maduro has accused his opponents of trying to stage a coup. he said those disputing the results were trying to destabilise and damage venezuela. his government has ordered diplomats from seven latin american countries to leave. it said their refusal to recognise mr maduro�*s victory amounted to an attack on its sovereignty. live now to caracas where we can speak with to journalist victor amaya. good to have you on the programme, ring us up to date with what is happening at the moment? ., with what is happening at the moment? ., , with what is happening at the moment? ., , ., with what is happening at the moment? ., , ., moment? right now it is late in the evening. — moment? right now it is late in the evening, nothing _ moment? right now it is lat

iam i am sally bundock.resident vladimir putin later. this is modi's first foreign visit, after he won a rare third term in office in this summer's elections. our india business correspondent arunoday mukharji explains why trade will be top of the agenda. ata time at a time when the west is boycotting russia, india is not. bilateraltrade boycotting russia, india is not. bilateral trade between the two countries nearly doubled last year, touching around $65 billion, primarily driven by the fact that india has been buying deeply discounted russian oil, a fact that new delhi has defended, citing its own energy needs,

hello, i'm sally bundock.gin injamaica where it's government has urged the population to prepare for the arrival of hurricane beryl on wednesday afternoon. the prime minister andrew holness said people should stock up on food, water, candles and other essentials. he urged them to move to safer areas before it was too late. the hurricane, with winds of more than 240 kilometres per hour, has already caused extensive damage on other caribbean islands. five people are known to have died so far. earlier, we spoke to michael brennan of the us national hurricane centre. yeah, beryl�*s a very dangerous category four hurricane, making its way quickly west—north—westwa rd across the northern caribbean sea. very concerned about impacts in hispaniola from heavy rainfall in the dominican republic and haiti, flash flooding there, tropical storm force winds. even more concerned about jamaica where we're going to have three life threatening hazards take shape during the day on wednesday — the core of a major hurricane expecte

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i'm sally bundock. the saying goes "markets hate uncertainty" but that's just what the french parliamentary elections have delivered. as you've been hearing with most votes counted an unexpected left—wing victory means france is heading towards a hung parliament and rocky talks to form a government. a left wing alliance called new popular front won most seats in the high—stakes snap election. the unexpected result dealt a severe blow to marine le pen�*s national rally party which this time last week looked set to win. now investors are weighing up what this means for the french economy — the second largest in the eu. joining me now is alexandra roulet, former economic advisor to president macron, now assistant professor of economics at insead business school. good to have you on the programme. first of all, your reaction to this results. like most french _ reaction to this results. like most french people, - reaction to this results. like most french people, i - reaction to this results. like most frenc

i'm sally bundock. a multibillion—pound hole in the uk's finances — that is the bombshell we're expecting from chancellor of the exchequer rachel reeves when she speaks to parliament later today. she will accuse the previous government of "covering up" shortfalls in departmental budgets and then "running away". the conservative party though says she's trying to "con the british public" so that she can raise taxes — something labour promised not to do. so, let's have a look at some of the numbers. so, £20 billion is the big number that's being widely reported as the potential shortfall between tax revenues coming in and the spending going out. and here's one major factor behind that — public sector pay. independent pay review bodies have recommended a 5.5% pay rise for teachers and nurses and other nhs staff in line with workers elsewhere in the economy. if — as expected — the chancellor agrees to that, it will cost the treasury an extra £3.5 billion according to the institute for fiscal studies. but if

iam i am sally bundock.e start on wall street where traders have headed off for the 4july holiday in festive mood. the s&p 500 closed at a new record high for the second day in a row, led by the tech giants, as did the tech dominated nasdaq. let's just show you those closing numbers. the dow is slightly down but the rest of hitting record highs. the rally comes after some weaker than expected data on the us economy which has boosted hopes for interest rate cuts. from new york, here's our north america business correspondent michelle fleury. wall street record—breaking rally kept going on wednesday during late trading in an abbreviated session. what drove it was investors digesting several reports pointing to a slowing economy. hiring by private employers was lower than expected injune and the number of americans claiming unemployment was higher than forecast while a report on service sector activity from the institute for supply management was also negative. but rather than worry investors get boosted trader

i am sally bundock.uilding again", by bringing back compulsory house—building targets, as part of a wide—ranging plan to reboot the uk economy. it is hoped her plans will unleash tens of billions of pounds of investment in green industry and house—building. nicola watkinson is managing director international at the—city—uk. shejoins me now. to give me your reaction, to herfirst speech as chancellor at the treasury. she had a business audience. what did you make of what she had to say?— what she had to say? thank you very much _ what she had to say? thank you very much for— what she had to say? thank you very much for the _ very much for the opportunity to be here. i thought it was a very encouraging start, and we are very much looking forward to a new labour government that is going to be focusing very heavily on bolstering the competitiveness of the uk, and also boosting its investment. so these kind of signals that are coming out early from the labour government are very encouraging, and we looking for

hello, i'm sally bundock. a warm welcome to a packed programme.

hello, i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start with ukraine.be held accountable for the massive and deadly bombardment of ukrainian cities, resulting in what he says is now 37 fatalities, including three children. this was the scene overnight in the capital kyiv, the main children's hospital has been largely destroyed with other facilities damaged including a maternity hospital and college. five cities across the country have been attacked. but russia has denied targeting civilian infrastructure —

hello, i'm sally bundock. very warm welcome the programme. —— a very warm welcome to the programme.ary elections. we now know the final result — a coalition of left—wing parties have won most seats in the high stakes snap election. president macron�*s centrists came second, with the far—right national rally third. its leaderjordan bardella said the left�*s electoral arrangement appeared to have thrown france into the hands of the hard—left. the left—wing new popular front has won 182 seats in total. le pen's national rally have 143 mps, in third place behind

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hello, i'm sally bundock.of hurricane beryl on wednesday afternoon. the prime minister andrew holness said people should stock up on food, water, candles and other essentials. he urged them to move to safer areas before it was too late. the hurricane, with winds of more than 240 kilometres per hour, has already caused extensive damage on other caribbean islands.

i'm sally bundock. a very busy ones so let's get started. we begin in venezuela.o denounce the official result of sunday's election. president nicolas maduro has accused his opponents of trying to stage a coup. he said those disputing the results were trying to destabilise and damage venezuela. his government has ordered diplomats from seven latin american countries to leave. it said their refusal to recognise mr maduro�*s victory amounted to an attack on its sovereignty. live now to caracas where we can speak with to journalist victor amaya.

i'm sally bundock.et's start in the uk, where, in just over an hour's time, we will get the latest economic growth figure for may. this following a washout in april, where unusually wet weather meant the economy failed to grow at all in april as shoppers put off and construction slowed down. it came after the fastest growth in two years from january to march, ending the recession from the final half of last year. but 0.7% growth is hardly anything, and reveals the challenge facing the new government as interest rates remain at multi—year highs. at the start of this week, we heard from the new chancellor, rachel reeves, that economic growth is one of the government's top priorities, and any indication today that the economy is turning a corner will be crucial momentum for the new government plans to, as they put it, "rebuild britain". let's discuss this with hetal mehta, head of economic research at st james's place. do you think we will see growth today? will that be the number four, something upwards?

hello and welcome to the programme — i'm sally bundock.led. iran's revolutionary guards announced in a statement that ismail haniyeh, a top hamas leader, was killed in tehran on tuesday when he was attending the inauguration ceremony of iran's new president. hamas confirmed the death in a statement saying, quote, "the islamic resistance movement, hamas, mourns "to our great palestinian people, to the arab and islamic "nation, and to all the free people of the world:*brother, leader, martyr, mujahid ismail haniyeh. with me is said shehata — a reporter with bbc arabic. what more do you know what about happened? ismail haniyeh is head of

i'm sally bundock. a very well and welcome to the programme.ins sealed a 2—1victory over the netherlands. gareth southgate�*s side looked to be going into extra time for the third successive game after a controversial penalty for harry kane's equalised. but england secured the win in the 90th minute, to the delight of fans across the country — as you can see in these pictures from south london. and setting up that final against spain at the weekend.

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i'm sally bundock.is in talks overjoining an electric vehicle alliance with honda and nissan. the japanese car makers are facing growing competition from tesla and chinese rivals. mariko oi is looking at this for us. she has the details. nice to see you. what's going on? this see you. what's going on? as ou see you. what's going on? as you said. _ see you. what's going on? sis you said, if this deal is confirmed, this will create two camps in the auto industry in japan, the trio of mitsubishi, honda and nissan versus toyota which of course has a tie—up with the likes of masto. teams are sells about 16 million cars each year, while the trio would have combined annual sales of just over 8 million, but more crucially as you said, globally they have been behind in the electric vehicle race, which of course is currently dominated by the likes of tesla and china's vy d. there are european carmakers as well as china's smart phone maker entering the race as well, and the intense competition has been affecting t

welcome to business today, i'm sally bundock. we start in the united states, where stock markets jumped on tuesday with the s&p 500 and the nasdaq both closing on record highs. propelled by the comments of one man — fed chairjerome powell — as investors watch every word for a when the us central bank will start cutting the cost of borrowing. and they liked what they heard. speaking at a central bankers forum in portugal, he said: and that the us is: which may not sound like much, but was enough to see the s&p 500 nudge up to a record high close. that is the number right there. let's unpack this with a regular. joining me now is jane foley, head of fx strategy at rabobank. good morning. the markets enjoying the right at the moment and as we mentioned, hanging onjerome powell must make every word but he did not say much, did he? what are your thoughts? say much, did he? what are your thou~hts? ., . thoughts? you are right, he noes on thoughts? you are right, he goes on to _ thoughts? you are right, he goes on to talk— thoughts? you

i'm sally bundock. some breaking news to bring you, hamas have announced that one its most senior leader's, ismail haniyeh, has been killed. iran's revolutionary guards announced in a statement that ismail haniyeh, a top hamas leader, was killed in tehran on tuesday when he was attending the inauguration ceremony of iran's new president. hamas confirmed the death in a statement saying, quote, "the islamic resistance movement, hamas, mourns "to our great palestinian people, to the arab and islamic "nation, and to all the free people of the world:*brother, leader, martyr, mujahid ismail haniyeh. with me is said shehata — a reporter with bbc arabic. what more do you know what about happened? ismail haniyeh is head of the political bureau of hamas, senior leader, he wasn't around to attend the inauguration of the new iranian president. what hamas said in a statement he was killed by an israeli raid on his residence, thatis israeli raid on his residence, that is what they said the israeli has not responded y

i'm sally bundock.e start in portugal, where some of the world's most influential central bankers are gathering to discuss what's been called an era of transformation for the global economy. hosted by the european central bank, the us fed chairjerome powell is there, along with the governor of the bank of england and a host of other leaders. the hot topic of the day is of course rising prices — inflation — and its management, as central banks use interest rates to head towards their 2% inflation targets. for the eurozone, inflation sat at 2.6% in may, which was up slightly from the month before, but significantly under half the level seen at the same time last year, a direction of travel that saw the ecb as one of the first to drop its main interest rate last month to 3.75%, a move the ecb's president christine lagarde has warned they are in no hurry to repeat as they wait for more information, the latest of which is due out later today, with inflation numbers forjune. joining me now is andrzej szczepan

i'm sally bundock. good to have you with us. we start in venezuela.n. a spokeswoman said that the electoral authorities had stopped publishing the results of individual ballot boxes. nicolas maduro's psuv party is seeking a third term in office. the main challenger is edmundo gonzalez, a former diplomat by opposition leader maria corina machado. she has asked voters to maintain a vigil at polling stations across the country to ensure there's no fraud. turnout is reported to be much higher than in previous elections.

for more on the background to all of this here's my colleague sally bundock.tly after take—off. fortunately no—one was injured in that particular instance. but since then the manufacturing side of boeing, its processes and how it works has been under close scrutiny. and the ceo has said he will resign soon, dave calhoun, they are looking for a new boss. more than 50 million people in the united states are on heat alert, as the west of the country experiences a record breaking heatwave. las vegas recorded its highest temperatures on record yesterday, and death valley in california is bracing for the same in the next few days. thomas magill has more. blistering hot temperatures in death valley, where the record for the hottest place on earth is expected to be broken during this unprecedented heatwave. it's already delivered temperatures of more than 130 degrees, and that's been drawing thrillseekers to the area. how many people in the world can say they've been to the hottest place in the world? i feel, like, a weird sense of pride in it, like being an adventure