has more from the greek capital athens. the conservative opposition leader in athens has called this a bad agreement he believes that accepting the master in language in the master and in ethnicity are simply not acceptable national concessions that is what he said in a statement after the agreement was outlined by the prime minister he believes also that the government doesn't have the political legitimacy to conclude this agreement internationally because it is not supported by the government's junior coalition partner without that partner the government doesn't have a majority in parliament over in scope here the president to go get it done of said he would not sign this agreement if parliament passed it and sent it to his office for counter signature but that is not the intention of prime ministers or in several macedonia what he has said he intends to do is put the agreement to a referendum by the people if that is successful he would then ask parliament to make necessary constitutional amendments which would accommoda

today to discuss the future of greece as a third aid package comes to an end in august we asked is athens ready to go it alone. and german luxury carmaker issues a profit warning putting the blame on trade tensions between the u.s. and the rest of the world. welcome to do business on the drums america first policy was intended to in his words make america great again but it's also increasingly needing america's going it alone when it comes to world trade strums first salvo in the trade conflict was a twenty five percent tariff on steel and imports it in if it's to protect u.s. manufacturers but that angered many of america's traditional allies like canada. and the e.u. as well as other trading partners they respond with their own retaliatory tariffs on a bevy of american products china also became a target of trans economic sanctions aimed at protecting the u.s. from beijing's unfair business practices with china responding in kind to that means that the world's top four economies are all affected by new barriers to free trade well meanwhile the e.u.'s trade commissioner cecilia mt stream

>> stefanos: athens. >> anthony: athens?lieve here, you live every moment of your life. yeah, you feel really the freedom. >> anthony: oh, thank you. this village, what do people here do for a living? farm? tourism? both? >> lambros: yeah, i guess a combination. >> anthony: i noticed a lot of churches, little chapels. >> lambros: there are shit loads, and it's basically the continuation of the original temples, be they apollo or zeus or athena or something. >> anthony: they switched over? >> lambros: they switched over to churches. >> anthony: hey, you guys thought pagan idolatry was fun? check this out. it's much more fun and we'll slide right in there and you won't even notice. >> lambros: seamlessly. yes. [ male villager speaking greek ] >> anthony: important island in mythology though. >> lambros: extremely. >> stefanos: it is the old dionysus island. yes, it is. >> anthony: god of wine, women in song, basically. >> lambros: and madness. >> anthony: and madness. one of the things i like about greek mythology is that the

so again is athens ready to go it alone that is what i. want to missed it i n g d about bank. i think references ready who were very had a bailout for eight years we've seen many structural reforms and now we finally also got growth back in greece i think it and we also actually by the start of the year that the the greek government was already able to issue a new government bond in the financial markets so i think greece is really ready to send us on feet clearly from what we just heard you finance ministers don't seem one hundred percent certain at least when it comes to sending athens alone back to international financial markets they're talking about a possible twelve billion euro financial buffer to help athens along the way is that enough is that the right misha i think it's very there are many nitty gritty details right now i think what finance ministers are discussing is to give greece a little bit money to front through to buy back some loans that greece received from the i.m.f. we also have the promise which already was made two years ago that that greece once they l

bail out ns athens would have received more than three hundred billion euros from both the e.u. and the international monetary fund in exchange greece cuts down on public spending and pasta crucial reforms to shore up its economy the aid package to athens is set to expire in late august time for athens to go it alone greece hopes it will soon be able to stand on its own two feet again that's why some of its creditors including the international monetary fund and the european stability mechanism will end their support in august it's a step greece's parliament is already preparing for it passed the latest reform and austerity package in june you were zone finance ministers now want to discuss how they can remove the final roadblocks for greece to reenter the international financial market one idea is to tie greece's future debt payments to its economic development that means that in good years it could chip away at it suffer in debt more quickly that's something the economic data support greece's g.d.p. had been shrinking for years but since two thousand and seventeen it's been gr

meet in luxembourg today to discuss the future of greece as a third aid package comes to an end is athens ready to go it alone. is the w. business i'm good how the office in berlin welcome trump's cold trade war is spreading turkey is joining the chorus of countries denouncing the u.s. as tariffs on steel and. is taking action starting today turkey is imposing levies on twenty different u.s. products ranging from coal paper and tobacco to cars and manufacturing goods total value authoritarians are worth around two hundred thirteen million euros and turkey's economy minister says they should balance out the costs of the trumps ministrations. that brings turkey in line with other nations including india which also hit the u.s. with tariffs on agricultural goods e.u. member states will follow suit tomorrow when duty is worth some three billion euros into effect but the e.u. is offering an olive branch to the u.s. the blocks trade commissioner cecilia monstrance says the european union is ready to engage with the u.s. to solve the trade row between the two western allies service currently vis

for example, 25 degrees celsius expected in athens.ill change. i mention thatjet stream dipping into the mediterranean. here we have a low pressure and the weather is not all that great around greece, the greek islands. for example, 25 degrees celsius expected in athens. so we're actually warmer here in the uk than in athens, at least on wednesday, but that will change. athens will be hotting up to about 30 degrees in the next couple of days. that's just a couple of days' blip there. back to the uk, a lot of hot weather around midweek. that is an onshore breeze around the kent coast, east anglia, that north sea coast. hull and norwich, a little bit cooler, the low 20s. again, the high 20s expected further west. look at that, even belfast getting up to around 26 degrees, 28 in the lowlands of scotland. you don't need to be a meteorologist to guess the next few days, sunshine galore, as i say, whether you like it or not. this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has criticised the motorcycle maker, harley—davidson, for deciding to

athens hotting up to about 30 degrees in the next couple of days.week. that is an onshore breeze around the kent coast, east anglia, that north sea coast. hulland norwich, a bit cooler, the low 20s. high 20s expected further west. even belfast, getting up to around 26 degrees, 28 in the lowlands of scotland. you don't need to be a meteorologist to guess that the next few days, sunshine galore, as i said, whether you like it or not. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: iconic motorcycle firm harley davidson says it's shifting some production abroad because of eu tariffs. president trump accuses the firm of ‘waving the white flag'. the pentagon says two military bases in texas are to be used as temporary camps to house migrants. it's not known if families will be allowed to stay there together. cleared for take off: controversial plans to expand heathrow airport get the green light. the search is set to resume in thailand for 12 teenage footballer

athens hotting up to about 30 degrees in the next couple of days.lia, that north sea coast. hulland norwich, a bit cooler, the low 20s. high 20s expected further west. even belfast, getting up to around 26 degrees, 28 in the lowlands of scotland. you don't need to be a meteorologist to guess that the next few days, sunshine galore, as i said, whether you like it or not. bye— bye. good morning, welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today: given the go ahead. mps overwhelmingly back a third runway at heathrow. "below average". the nhs is behind other countries at preventing deaths from heart attacks, strokes and cancer, according to a new report. another day of soaring temperatures, now a health warning about the heatwave. yes the temperature in london soared to 30 celsius. the heatwave likely to 30 celsius. the heatwave likely to continue across the uk for another week yet. investment in the uk car industry has halved in the first six months of the year. the sector says it's been thwarted by brexit uncertainty.

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who is standing by in the great capital athens for us welcome to you we know that these two countries they have spent a quarter of essentially a century essentially wrangling over this what is so special about the name macedonia. well greeks it is an integral part of their history and they have long believed and claimed that their neighbor states claim or usage of the name harbors territorial aspirations on the northern greek region of macedonia and they were led in dominated for more than a decade by a very nationalistic. leader who inflamed passions on the other side and claimed that they were descendants of greece's greatest ancient warrior alexander the great and even came now in the last year a new reform western minded prime minister your and zajac who changed that rhetoric entirely and came to greece and came to the greek trying to get to hatch a deal for the sake of getting his country his poor tiny country into the european union and to nato so he knew he had to to strike a deal if he wanted to see his country progress financially and i also to tell if it's in a go so it soun

joining us from the greek capital athens we appreciate it. well where one division closes in europe another one has seemingly opened french president emmanuel mccrone has denounced italy's refusal to take in more than six hundred migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean president mccrone accuse the italian government of quote cynicism and said that it had an obligation under international law italy is sending ships to help transport the migrants to spain which has offered them refuge the french island of corsica has awful also offered to take the men. after more than two days to talk to see the six hundred twenty nine migrants on board of the rescue ship arias are finally heading to a safe haven european n.g.o.s u.s. military rescued them off the libyan coast on saturday night among them unaccompanied minors and pregnant women. the ship was headed toward sicily but italian authorities refused entry as did malta. stuck on the high seas the migrants created a diplomatic storm until spain offered to take in the ship. the stand

have lent athens three hundred seventy five billion dollars since twenty ten in return for tax hikes pension cuts and also public sector layoffs but as reports from many businesses the austerity measures have done more harm than good. during the economic depression in greece twenty called she's business has fallen by two thirds many of her clients are bankrupt and jobless even homeless so she often comes to her on credit so they can go to a job interview has moved premises twice looking for a more affluent key in tow and she's come home prices by half but rising taxes have convinced her that the government doesn't want her business to survive. we're not being heard at all now our voice doesn't count we're definitely closing down slowly slowly if we're not careful we're going to close down the way the government's going that's what their plan is this is what they're showing us what the hey guys you'll be working for us until you can handle it until you get into debt and we just want you to close down we want whatever property you have whatever is yours we want it all started policies

be over after eight years of painful reforms in exchange for a three hundred billion euro bailout athens looks ready to go it alone the ministers took a historic decision and also put the payback deadline back a generous ten years. strikes protests demonstrations in late may tens of thousands of greeks once again hit the streets of athens to campaign against prime minister seat presses all stare at images in return for bailout funds the greek government has had to agree to implement at times severe cuts to social benefits and pensions now though it seems the country may have survived the worst starting this august greece will no longer be on financial life support the e.u. and i.m.f. bailouts will have worked their magic after eight long years greece will finally be graduating from its financial assistance to greece giant. spain cyprus in my own country portugal in the ranks of euro area countries that turned around their economies and once again stand on their own feet one last instalment of fifteen billion euros and then it's over for solidarity from the euro area for greece in exchang

alexis tsipras presented the deal to greece's president athens had long objected to the name macedonia because it is also the name of a greek province greece is now expected to drop its opposition to north macedonia becoming a nato member and beginning the process of joining the e.u. . the french president emmanuel mccrone has denounced italy's refusals to take in more than six hundred migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean president mccrone accuse the italian government of quote cynicism and said that it had an obligation under international law italy has sent ships to help transport to the migrants to spain which has offered them refuge the french island of corsica has also offered to take the men. after more than two days a stop to see the six hundred twenty nine migrants on board of the rescue ship. are finally heading to a safe haven european n.g.o.s u.s. military rescued them off the libyan coast on saturday night among them unaccompanied minors and pregnant women. the ship was headed toward sicily but italian authorities refused entry as did malta. stuck on

standing by for us in athens where prime minister suppressed all faces fierce opposition to the plan lied to him in a moment but first let's go to some you're going to go in late presser where the agreement was signed and of course a historic moment passed for both countries of the both leaders to really talk to their own respective publics and get the message across that they shouldn't be too worried about what's just happened here. well they're going to have to do quite a normal job of of convincing them because they do fear and they do face fierce opposition not just from hardliners either to help but there really has been quite a lot of antagonism towards this in fact a juror in the lead up to the ceremony itself deciding if you agree meant we could hear funeral bells and that was in itself a demonstration of how the local priest the churches around here felt about it and they feel it's like is it almost like a death of of their own culture such is the opinion of a lot of people here that they feel they've been let down by prime minister c. pass nevertheless there was a lot of em

athens hotting up to about 30 degrees in the next couple of days.t, east anglia, that north sea coast. whole and norwich, a bit cooler, the low 20s. high 20s expected further west. even belfast, getting up to around 26 degrees, 28 in the lowlands of scotland. you don't need to be a meteorologist to guess that the next few days, sunshine galore, as i said, whether you like it or not. buy buy. you're watching bbc world news. i'm babita sharma. our top story: rescuers are set to resume their search for a youth football team who are trapped in a cave in thailand. 12 members of the team and their coach went missing when they went into the caves on saturday, but were trapped by heavy rain which flooded the entrance. members of parliament in britain have approved controversial plans to build a third runway at heathrow airport, near london — the busiest in europe. and prince william continues his tour of the middle east. he has arrived in israel, making him the first british royal to make an official visit to the country. the prince will also visit the occu

for example, 25 degrees celsius expected in athens.athens will be hotting up to about 30 degrees in the next couple of days. that's just a couple of days' blip there. back to the uk, a lot of hot weather around midweek. that is an onshore breeze around the kent coast, east anglia, that north sea coast. hulland norwich, a bit cooler, the low 20s. again, the high 20s expected further west. look at that, even belfast getting up to around 26 degrees, 28 in the lowlands of scotland. you don't need to be a meteorologist to guess that the next few days, sunshine galore, as i say, whether you like it or not. bye— bye. members of parliament in britain have confirmed a controversial plan to approve a third runway at heathrow airport. critics say the impact on local people and environment be devastating.

athens hotting up to about 30 degrees in the next couple of days.ast anglia, that north sea coast. hulland norwich, a bit cooler, the low 20s. high 20s expected further west. even belfast, getting up to around 26 degrees, 28 in the lowlands of scotland. you don't need to be a meteorologist to guess that the next few days, sunshine galore, as i said, whether you like it or not. bye— bye. this is bbc news. the headlines: president trump has criticised the motorcycle maker, harley—davidson, for deciding to move some production outside the us. it says it made the decision to avoid retaliation by the eu against new american import duties. mr trump said he was surprised the firm was the first to "wave the white flag". the pentagon has confirmed that two military bases in texas will be used as temporary camps to house migrants. last week, president trump said he would end the practice of separating these migrants from their children. it's not known if families will be allowed to stay at the camps together. members of parliament in britain have approved con

athens hotting up to about 30 degrees in the next couple of days.idweek. that is an onshore breeze around the kent coast, east anglia, that north sea coast. hulland norwich, a bit cooler, the low 20s. high 20s expected further west. even belfast, getting up to around 26 degrees, 28 in the lowlands of scotland. you don't need to be a meteorologist to guess that the next few days, sunshine galore, as i said, whether you like it or not. bye— bye. welcome to newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. the headlines: the search is set to resume in thailand for 12 teenage footballers and their coach, who've been trapped in a flooded cave since saturday. and fake news takes its toll in india, with false rumours behind a series of brutal murders. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: prince william arrives in israel, becoming the first british royal to make an official visit to the country. and drama and delight in the world cup, as portugal and spain make the knockout stages. we'll have the latest from moscow. live from our studios i

. ♪ ♪ he was born in athens in 1994, into poverty on the lowest rung of greek society.ed their family. they had no papers, lived in tiny two-room apartments, sleeping three or four to a bed. there was rarely enough food. >> giannis antetokounmpo: you know, it was tough. we didn't have a lot of money. but we had a lot of happiness. so we wasn't broke happiness wise. when we were struggling back in the day, we were all together in one room, same room. we were having fun. we were smiling. there was some tough times, but... >> kroft: you think it made you stronger? >> giannis antetokounmpo: oh yeah, definitely. >> kroft: they subsisted in the shadows of the economy, peddling goods on the streets, just like these african migrants, hoping to make $25 or $30, always one step ahead of the law. what were you selling? >> giannis antetokounmpo: we used to sell glasses, watches. then, we used to sell cds, dvds. >> kroft: you must be a pretty good salesman. >> giannis antetokounmpo: i was the best. >> kroft: the best? >> giannis antetokounmpo: yeah, i was really good at it. >> kroft

athens hotting up to about 30 degrees in the next couple of days.orth sea coast. hulland norwich, a bit cooler, the low 20s. high 20s expected further west. even belfast, getting up to around 26 degrees, 28 in the lowlands of scotland. you don't need to be a meteorologist to guess that the next few days, sunshine galore, as i said, whether you like it or not. bye— bye. this is the briefing. i'm samantha simmonds. our top story: the pentagon says two military bases in texas are to be used as temporary camps to house migrants. it's not known if families will be allowed to stay there together. delight and despair at the world cup, as portugal and spain make the knockout stages. i'm rajini vaidyanathan in moscow, where it's crunch time for argentina, denmark and france. we look ahead to today's crucial world cup deciders. fake news fuels a murder spree in southern india. police demand an end to dangerous rumours on social media. clear for take—off: the uk‘s parliament vote in favour of an expansion of london's main airport, heathrow. business groups wel

parliament and things are certainly not stable certainly in the discourse that we're hearing from athens. well it usually takes a lot of political capital to strike an international agreement it tends not to give government strength it takes to take strength away from them and this is certainly true so of the souza government here the opposition conservative party new democracy is satisfied that while the government survived the no confidence vote it has struck a mortal blow against it because by showing up the junior coalition partner independent greeks as inconsistent and indeed by shearing away one of its m.p.'s who voted with the opposition in favor of a no confidence motion so that the government majority is now reduced it has exposed mr kamen as the defense minister and leader of the junior coalition as somebody who cannot be taken seriously in six months time if all goes well when this agreement comes back to this parliament for ratification they believe that they will have his head so to speak they'll be able to show the government is thoroughly inconsistent doesn't base itself o

and coming up, hotter than athens, hotter than miami, the heatwave that will cause sizzling temperatures news, andy murray backin coming up on bbc news, andy murray back in action at eastbourne this afternoon as he makes his weight on his participation at wimbledon. —— makes us wait. fourteen million people tuned in to watch england in their record—breaking world cup win against panama yesterday. today the team are back at theirtraining camp, knowing that they are already guaranteed a place in the knockout stages. a hat—trick by harry kane has propelled him to the world cup's leading goal scorer so far. our sports correspondent david ornstein is at england's training base in repino. welcome to the team hotel on the gulf of finland, where, as we speak, england are recuperating from the assertions of yesterday, the viewing figures you mentioned represent an 82.9% share of the uk television audience, quite incredible, really, and indicative of the growing sense of excitement and interest around this young england team. early days, but the nation is beginning to believe. basking in the glory

crowds have rallied in athens against the naming agreement for the country now known as the republic of northern macedonia was hundred thousands of people gathered in the greek capital calling for the deal between the two countries to be cancelled with a new name northern in macedonia has caused widespread anger in greece as it sounds too similar to the greek province called macedonia was decided upon as a help from athens which has for years refused to recognize the name republic of macedonia was the program returns in just a moment. so. i can imagine. i don't know i wasn't there but i can imagine a russia defending its national interests in a way that doesn't help the hawks in the united states but couldn't has this image of such a hard guy. and i would only blame him for not caring about american public opinion even more because it seems like no matter what he does this is an unfair response nonetheless what i'm saying is it's gotten very personal. to you to join us today the leaders of the u.s. and north korea have hailed the historic summit held on tuesday as a success saying it

rivalry between the fans of two athens based clubs. because it's become a war of attrition that has raged for decades the conflict has seen dozens of young greeks mutilated and even killed. every athens dubey provoke street fights in southern europe the fair play rules between hooligans are rarely observed they win motorcycle helmets fight with sticks steel rods and often knives to. suffer most of their own of course you must also there are more than enough of the in name mosques they love are now going to they will send our source for the left. oh you because you want to and i of course. and to you and i do my long. some of this for a day off that all me source want to ask them what they say i love that what they have some what i want they say get home i learned. from the left. and i was. golfing one of them might respond i'm just like you but oh yes the lord want to sit on. a limb bianca's fans have been banned for the team's next two. but even though no spectators will be able to attend the next match that doesn't mean there will be

now crowds have rallied in athens against a naming agreement for the country now known as the republic of northern macedonia . dolphins of people gathered in the greek capital calling for the deal between the two countries to be council the new name mold in macedonia has caused widespread anger and greece says it sounds too similar to the greek often called macedonia decided upon as a compromise with athens which has for years refused to recognize the name republic of macedonia. just. twenty eighteen coverage we've signed one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time but there was one more question and by the way he's going to be our coach. guys i know you are nervous he's a huge star in months and the huge amount of pressure cameramen you have to go meet the center of the pole with you and you will solo a great. game you are the rock at the back nobody gets past you we need you to get let's go. alone and just i want to and i'm really happy to join the team for the two thousand and three and world cup in russia meet the special one i was also appreciated meets just like the radio the aus

live in athens now after more than a week stranded at sea more than six hundred twenty migrants are due to sail into the spanish pulled a volunteer italy has refused to accept them and that calls an international outcry penned whole report on the welcome plans for the charity ship aquarius. this will be their safe haven in of an odyssey. a key.

court to resolve the dispute over the naming of the former yugoslav republic under the agreement athens now officially recognizes its neighbor as the republic of northern macedonia however many greeks have been protesting the name change thank you was. it was the people gathered in the greek capital calling for the deal between the two countries to be cancelled the new name northern macedonia has caused widespread anger in greece as it sounds too similar to the greek province of macedonia was decided upon as a compromise with athens which has for years refused to recognize the name republic of macedonia was a quarter past here in moscow we're back in just a moment. i think. russia took a real blow to its sense of self during thirty yeltsin years i remember even six years ago when i first came here people kept apologizing to me for help terrible everything was that this wasn't like america and for people to be ashamed of their country was so different and now i don't really see that i see people are more proud of their country and i think putting his years stalin in particularly the grea

his counterpart in athens presented the deal to greece's president.thens had long objecteded to te naname macedonia because it is also t name of a a greek province. greece is now expected t to drop its -- becoming a nato member and beginning the process of joining the eu. we got this reaction from one member who was happy to abandon the cumbersome former yugoslav republic of macedonia. >> i think it is really great that we do not have to use this word, or this name anymore.. and i'm really glad that after years of discussions, they were reasonable enough to find a compromise. sarah: french president emmanuel macron has denounced italy's refusal to take in more than 600 migrants stranded aboard a rescue ship in the mediterranean. president macron accused the italian government of quote, cynicism, and said it had an obligation under international law. italy has sent ships to help the transport of migrants to spain, whichas offered them refuge. the french island of corsica has also offered to take them in. reporter: after more than two days stuck at sea,

rivalry between the fans of two athens based clubs. has become a war of attrition that has raged for decades the conflict has seen dozens of young greeks mutilated and even killed. every athens dumby provoke street fights in southern europe the fair play rules between hooligans or brilliance of the wind motorcycle helmets fight with sticks steel rods and often knives to. a missile for most of their own will. they miss the dname mosques they love are now in a minute they will send off the lift out of the. well you got your wife and i of course going to your one hundred year my lone star corner. to stay with us some of this fourth day off the stormy source gershon one of us from what they see a lot of what they have some good now some of this economic i learned catherine give us order. to lift those would be midnight. yes they only are to come over so let me see on system and. make them one of them on the spot i mr ueberroth yes the lord want to sit on. a limb bianca's fans have been banned for the team's next two games. but even though

ports from athens. by the evening ended in acrid smoke and acrimony protesters who tried to enter the parliament compound were met with tear gas that sent hundreds of peaceful demonstrators running for cover some were overwhelmed as what had begun with a crowd which included children and the elderly ended with rights the government has agreed to allow the former yugoslav republic of macedonia to call itself northern macedonia but that's not what the opposition finds most dangerous our main objection is not that about the name it's about the macedonian language and the macedonian nationality that it's been recognized by this name. and this stuff and then acceptable from the flow from the greek people is something that nobody in the past has had there except that there is no muslim language and there's no much them and. nation the government says the agreement recognizes only a macedonian nationality not an ethnicity haling back to xander the great but people here feel the finer points of law won't be res

for by fifteen percent during this eight year economic crisis is johnson hapless reports now from athens. several times a week a leg some of those really might be these things for his son he earns about twenty dollars an hour four times as much as in his regular part time job as a shoe salesman with two sources of income he helps support the household he grew up in but he cannot invest in his own future five years ago he unrolled in a robotics degree course at kalki the polytechnic two hours' drive from athens but he can't afford to rent an apartment there so his studies are progressing slowly. or at the present rate it'll take me another ten years to graduate i'll be thirty five and at that age it'll be really difficult to find a job in my area of expertise he's one of the many victims of salary cuts averaging fifteen percent during the economic crisis creditors demanded cuts to make the economy more competitive the official minimum wage is now six hundred ninety dollars a month before tax but experts say the salary cuts won't affective in the absence of other reforms. while salary cuts

temperatures in some places topped athens and miami. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the fire—fighter who first led the response to the grenfell fire has said he wasn't trained how to evacuate people from a burning tower block and accepted he hadn't done all the required safety checks on the building before the disaster. at the public inquiry into the fire, michael dowden was forced to repeatedly admit he was unaware of the risks to the tower and and had no idea that fires could spread through cladding. his evidence has raised serious questions about london fire brigade‘s procedures and training on tower blocks. our special correspondent lucy manning has been at the inquiry today. 720 firefighters, 140 fire engines, and many stories of bravery that night. but the fire brigade is having to answer for its failure in telling people to leave their flats. michael dowden was one of the first firefighters at grenfell tower and in charge for the first hour. it was soon clear he did not have the right training. did you ever receive any spe

crowds have rallied in athens against and naming agreement for the country now known as the republic of northern methadone area. of thought that thousands of people gathered in the greek capital calling for the deal between the two. countries to be canceled the new name northern mustonen it has caused widespread anger in greece as it sounds too similar to the greek province of macedonia it was decided upon as a compromise with athens which has for years refused to recognize the name of republic of macedonia. president donald trump has claimed that a new report from the justice department shows the f.b.i. plotted against him before the two thousand and sixteen election it focuses on former f.b.i. director james comey killed mufon has the details we now have the long awaited report from the inspector general michael horowitz on the u.s. justice department now the report shows a pretty clear record of collusion between mainstream media and the f.b.i. . we identified instances where f.b.i. employees improperly receive benefits from reports is including tickets to sporting events now thin

anger in athens tear gas for the protesters and the prime minister faces a no confidence vote over a deal giving macedonia a new name. and preparations in spain to receive hundreds of migrants on board the rescue ship at the center of a major european migration. first up in afghanistan where a day of celebrating temporary peace between the government and the taliban has been marred by a car bomb attack at least twenty six people have been killed in a suicide blast at a gathering of taliban and afghan security officials in the eastern center city of . are still has claimed responsibility it's a blow to an otherwise happy day which saw dozens of unarmed taliban fighters entering the capital kabul and other cities to celebrate the holiday images emerged on social media of afghan soldiers and taliban members together exchanging hugs and even taking selfies jennifer glass has the latest now from kabul. terrible punctuation to what had been a very happy holiday here in afghanistan the gathering that was targeted there was taliban fighters and the afghan military and afghan civilians who al

up to five thousand people gathered in athens to demand the deal to be cancelled police used tear gas against the crowd the new name northern macedonia has caused widespread anger in greece as it sounds too similar to the greek province of macedonia was decided on as a compromise after years of negotiations. that's a wrap up of today's top stories for now but i'll be back again at the top of the hour with another global update and don't forget you can always have to our website are two dot com for the details on all of those stories and more. my uncle with the same company saying oh boy tonight. people in the group because. it's not. going to. move. on which i didn't get showed up to move this because of i'm listening to. the can show. them we must throw. is not so much of a. cause it is a tons of it it was a rough a million. i think. russia took a real blow to its sense of self during the yeltsin years i remember even six years ago when i first came here people kept apologizing to me for how terrible everything was that this wasn't like america and for people to be ashamed of their c

for by fifteen percent during this eight year economic crisis as johnson hapless reports now from athens. several times a week alexa it was really my t.v. sings for his supper he earns about twenty dollars an hour four times as much as in his regular part time job as a shoe salesman with two sources of income he helps support the household he grew up in but he cannot invest in his own future five years ago he unrolled in a robotics degree course at kalki the polytechnic two hours' drive from athens but he can't afford to rent an apartment there so his studies are progressing slowly. or at the present rate it'll take me another ten years to graduate i'll be thirty five and at that age it'll be really difficult to find a job in my area of expertise he's one of the many victims of salary cuts averaging fifteen percent during the economic crisis creditors demanded cuts to make the economy more competitive the official minimum wage is now six hundred ninety dollars a month before tax but experts say the salary cuts won't affective in the absence of other reforms. while salary cuts should have

forecasters say the heatwave is to continue with some places hotter than athens or miami.us on bbc news. in the moment it will be