bbc newsbeat will host this evening the last tv debate before the election.oliticians from the seven main parties will be facing questions from a young audience, ranging from security and health to brexit and jobs. jonathan blake is bbc newsbeat‘s political editor, and joins me live from manchester. younger voters are notorious for not turning up to the polls. do you discern more enthusiasm perhaps this time around especially after the turnout during the referendum which was around 65%? yes that is right and what you have seen during this campaign is definitely perhaps more engagement than usual from younger voters in terms of the issues that have been discussed, coming so soon as did after that brexit referendum you mentioned where turnout amongst under 25 was unusually high. i think we're going to hear from the audience in manchester the right a lot of passion because we talk about young voters being apathetic a lot of the time. but having gone around the uk in this campaign talking to mainly under 25 is about how going to vote and why they are not, a lot o

tonight, bbc newsbeat is hosting the last tv debate before the election.young audience, on topics ranging from security and health, to brexit and jobs. earlier i spoke to the bbc newsbeat‘s political editor, jonathan blake, about young people's engagement in politics. what you've seen during this election campaign is definitely, perhaps, more engagement than usual from younger voters in terms of the issues that have been discussed. coming so soon as it did after that brexit referendum that you mentioned, where turnout among under 25s was unusually high. i think what you will hear from the audience here in manchester tonight is a lot of passion. we talk about young voters a lot of the time as being apathetic, i can tell you having gone around the uk in this election campaign and talking to mainly under 25s about how they will vote and why they are not, a lot of them, at least, they care about the issues. they care about low wages, they care about their chances of going to university, they care about equal rights. what turns them off so often is the language

bbc newsbeat hosted the discussion with questions from young voters.a lot about the divide between the generations with many young people concerned they will never have the same opportunities as their parents. this was their chance to put the politicians under the spotlight. many in the audience had concerns about security and community relations after the recent terrorist attack in their city. due to the colour of my skin, in the wa ke to the colour of my skin, in the wake of the awful terror atax that have just happened in manchester, i'm again be winly afraid to go out into the city. my it's nothing to city. do with the colour of your skin. everyone needs to realise that. we need to do with islamism. we've got to be honest about that. labour accused ukip of stoking up tensions. when a mainstream party like ukip is putting out its so—called integration policy which says that — can i speak. which say that muslim women shouldn't be able to wear headscarves. we didn't say that burka and niqabs, get it right. 0k. that burka and niqabs, get it right. ok.

bbc newsbeat hosted the discussion with questions from young voters on security, health and housing.o manchester. we heard a lot about the divide between the generations with any young people concerned that they will never have the same opportunities as their parents. this was their chance to put politician under their side. many had concerns about security and community relations after the recent terrorist attack in their city. due to the colour of my skin and the wake of the attacks, i generally afraid to go out into my city. it has nothing to do with the colour of your skin. we have to deal with islamist extremist. ukip is putting out its integration policy... can i speak... muslim women should not be able to wear headscarf... we did not say that. burka is. get it right. can you see a mainstream party is exacerbating and normalising hate crime. everyone should be able to be free to criticise an ideology.” need to ask politicians for young people as well to not make this issue about extremism in the sense of it being an inherent part of islam but to look at it as a criminal thing a

dedicated newsbeat debate for young voters just before the election, i'd like to see even more voices from the younger generation's first—time voters and see them even more visible across the bbcank you. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme: that's all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello there. we have got some very warm weather indeed coming up over the next few days, with the high—pressure firmly in charge of our weather. that's going to bring very warm, if not hot, weather to most of the british isles. it will turn increasingly humid as we go on through the weekend, but it is going to be mainly sunny for most of us. the reason for this warm or hot weather is a jetstream has built this area of high pressure and the high tends to concentrate hot air near the earth's surface. these are the kinds of temperatures that you might see across western europe as we go on through the next couple of days. perhaps as high as 46 degrees across parts of iberia, unpleasantly hot weather here. well into the 30s for france

dedicated newsbeat debate for young voters just before the election, i'd like to see even more voices from the younger generation's first—time voters and see them even more visible across the bbcyou. thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme: that's all from us, we will be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello and welcome to the film review. what she have for us?l hello and welcome to the film review. what she have for us? a very diverse week. we have churchill with a powerhouse performance by bryan cox. we have gifted which is not what it seems to be. whitney: can i be me. churchill, i do like bryan cox. he gives fantastic performances. he plays winston churchill in the run—up to d—day. he is not played as a bulldog that is a wounded beast. someone who has been sidelined. seen as a figurehead. he is convinced that the d—day landings operation is flawed and a dangerous and it will and possibly in tragic loss of life which recalls a previous conflict. he looks back to world war i. we seem at the beginning walking on the beach, the cd

dedicated newsbeat debate for young voters just before the election, i‘d like to see even more voices from the younger generation‘s first—time voters and see them even more visible across the bbch naga munchetty and ben thompson. angry protests as survivors of the grenfell tower fire vent their frustration at authorities. demonstrators storm council offices and march in westminster demanding answers and more help. the government is making money available, we are ensuring we will get to the bottom of what has happened, we will ensure that people are rehoused but we need to make sure that actually happens. hundreds of mourners attend a late—night vigil for the ‘dead and missing‘ as the search for victims enters its fourth day.

hosts the newsbeat youth debate with an audience of 18—to—25—year—olds in manchester, featuring senior politicians from the main parties. it starts at 8.30 pm on radio 1, the asian network and bbcwill she meets her match when she meets ukip politician godfrey bloom on an election blind date? it is now less than two days until voting begins. in the latest in our series of election films from across the uk, we take you to the valleys of south wales to find out what matters to voters there. here'sjoanna in the bbc newsroom with a summary of today's news. the metropolitan police is facing questions over a decision to downgrade a previous inquiry into one of the three men behind the london bridge attack. it has been revealed that one of the attackers, khuram butt, was investigated by counter—terrorism officers and mi5 two years ago. seven people were killed and dozens injured in the incident on saturday night. australian police say they're treating a siege at an apartment in the australian city of melbourne as a "terrorist incident". police shot and killed a lone gunman who had been holding a woman hostage on monday evening. another man was found dead in the foyer. so—called islamic