the minister of the cabinet office accepted that on the floor of the house of commons for the first timeever and that happened while i was prime minister and subsequent to that in parallel there has been an enormous amount of work that is happening across government which, as the minister responsible for the cabinet office so explained when he was giving evidence earlier this week, to ensure that when the government receives the final report which has been its position consistently, it will aim to act as quickly as possible to make decisions and provide people with the recognition and justice they deserve. as i say, the chronology stretches back long before i was prime minister and since i have been a prime minister that these are the very specific steps that have been taken which i think are meaningful but i acknowledge of course there is more to do and i am determined to move as quickly as practically possible after the government receives the final report but in parallel, an enormous amount of work is going on on all of the questions around compensation. i am is going on on all of the

cabinet office had said it thought that some of them were irrelevant.challenge. was told it had to hand over everything. it could could still bring a complaint or try to stop very specific pieces of information we pass over. but essentially the cabinet office then, after losing the legal challenge, said it would comply with that ruling. and that's the process we're now going to see. borisjohnson, having been able to unlock the phone with the help of technical experts provided by the government, will pass them over and they should then be handed to the inquiry as well. i have to say that we haven't yet heard from the cabinet office or the inquiry in response. so this is all coming from borisjohnson�*s own side, but it seems that we have reached the point where these will be passed across. damian, just for all people watching, just remind us why this phone, the time period it, covers is so important. yes. so interestingly, what came to light is that there were actually two phones that borisjohnson had. one which covered the beginning of the pandemic, and

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i don't care what the cabinet office says. care what the cabinet office says .ught that it was a dangerous precedent to set . but dangerous precedent to set. but he said that he didn't want to be as a sort of case study be used as a sort of case study for in doing this , in for that. and in doing this, in overturning the government's the cabinet office's case here, the cabinet office, the inquiry has set itself a pretty big precedent. it will now be able to access whatever it likes. now, of course, there is a bit of a danger there that the privacy of ministers and civil servants will be compromised and which is what david pannick was alluding to there. there is a bit of a danger that if this inquiry is allowed to access any private conversations between ministers, then could we end up in a situation where ministers are afraid to talk to each other in private or afraid to have sort of robust but frank conversations about public policy? because they're so worried that it's going to end up in the public eye. that is what the cabinet office claims it wanted to avoid

last week labour said the cabinet office's i findings were a political stunt by the conservatives. -its news website, the bbc initially headlines a story like this: sue gray broke civil service code overjob offer inquiry finds. martin tibbetts thought: and dave brown agreed. the headline was later changed to read sue gray broke civil service rules over labourjob, government says and bbc news told us the headline was amended to more clearly reflect that the findings were from a government inquiry. that wasn't the only headline on the news website to come under scrutiny this week. an article posted by laura kuenssberg on sunday was headed. love it or hate it, the nhs is here to stay and that wording incurred the wrath of richard kent. ifind it ridiculous and insulting to use the word hate in the headline. there is absolutely nothing in any of the research quoted to indicate that hate is an emotion that the nhs summons up for anyone. someone tweeting as the fluffy mouse added, it's the bbc mistake of trying to offer balanced coverage of an issue, even though the truth or opinion is heav

if we pick matters _ the cabinet office.an we have on—screen please~ ? _ thank you. we have got the date there. _ thank you. we have got the date there. 31st— thank you. we have got the date there, 315t of march 2022. if we zoom _ there, 315t of march 2022. if we zoom in — there, 315t of march 2022. if we zoom in on _ there, 315t of march 2022. if we zoom in on the first answer of the minister— zoom in on the first answer of the minister of— zoom in on the first answer of the minister of the cabinet. mr ellis who was— minister of the cabinet. mr ellis who was at this time in pau said sir robert _ who was at this time in pau said sir robert francis delivered his report on the _ robert francis delivered his report on the 14th of march and i will carefully— on the 14th of march and i will carefully consider his findings and recommendations. it is my intention to publish— recommendations. it is my intention to publish the framework alongside the government's response as soon as possible — the government's response as soon as pos

and the cabinet office. okay and the cabinet office. okay and the cabinet office it. ite serious? >> and the high court says you isn't it quite serious? >> a|to the high court says you isn't it quite serious? >> a|to hand igh court says you isn't it quite serious? >> a|to hand somethingays you isn't it quite serious? >> a|to hand something over.>u need to hand something over. it's done. it's just not done. >> but but they i think they agree would go the agree that it would go to the cabinet cabinet cabinet office and the cabinet office give the stuff office would only give the stuff that the. that was relevant to the. i don't know how the cabinet office would what's what's office would know what's what's relevant this is just relevant to this. this is just more let's blame boris johnson for ridiculous behaviour for the ridiculous behaviour that. you that. well, wait, aren't you aren't concerned see what that. well, wait, aren't you arenwhat concerned see what that. well, wait, aren't you arenwhat concerne(talking what that. well, wait, aren't you arenwhat concerne(talk

senior administration officials, white house staff, cabinet officers and leaders. barbara perry co-director, who is the jerry belial? black hills professor here at the miller center and the director of presidential studies co-leads the oral history program. over her time, she has conducted more than 120 interviews for. the george h.w. bush project, the george w. bush project and barack obama project. in addition to having pulled together and completed the edward kennedy oral history project and helping launch the hillary clinton oral history project. we don't just do presidents. we do other senior officials. and with that, it's a great opportunity to introduce our special guest, who's joining us by zoom today, robert gates. as you all know, robert gates served as u.s. secretary of defense from december 2006 in the bush 43 administration. and he continued his service through july 2011 into the obama administration. he's been awarded the national security medal, the presidential citizen's, and has twice received the national distinguished service medal. secretary gat

and the cabinet office. okay and the cabinet office. okay and the cabinet office it. e serious? >> and the high court says you isn't it quite serious? >> a|to the high court says you isn't it quite serious? >> a|to hand igh court says you isn't it quite serious? >> a|to hand somethingays you isn't it quite serious? >> a|to hand something over.>u need to hand something over. it's done. it's just not done. >> but but they i think they agree would go the agree that it would go to the cabinet cabinet cabinet office and the cabinet office give the stuff office would only give the stuff that the. that was relevant to the. i don't know how the cabinet office would what's what's office would know what's what's relevant this is just relevant to this. this is just more let's blame boris johnson for ridiculous behaviour for the ridiculous behaviour that. you that. well, wait, aren't you aren't concerned see what that. well, wait, aren't you arenwhat concerned see what that. well, wait, aren't you arenwhat concerne(talking what that. well, wait, aren't you arenwhat concerne(talkin

we haven't yet heard office or the from the cabinet office or the inquiry in response.e have reached the point where they will be sent across. just remind us — they will be sent across. just remind us why _ they will be sent across. just remind us why this _ they will be sent across. just remind us why this phone, the time period it covers is so important. what came to light is there were two period it covers is so important. what came to light is there were one micro phones borisjohnson had. one which covered the beginning of the pandemic, which is this phone, in early 2020 up until may 2021. that is the crucial period for the pandemic, when the crucial decisions were being made, and as ministers to decide what to do. were meeting to decide what to do. that phone, there was a security breach, he stopped using it, he started a new phone from may 2021. that phone had been easily accessed. this phone, there was an issue with. the important thing is the whatsapp messages are the ones from that early period between borisjohnson and the senior ministers, the senior health ad

cabinet office, they may have got it wronr. �* , .le of other- ways. you can go after the back-ups ways. you can go after the back—ups of the messages. for a long time governments around the world, and especially the uk and the us, have liked the idea that messages are encrypted between phones like on whatsapp and they put a lot of pressure on companies like meta to limit the encryption and the tacit agreement they came to is that they wouldn't encrypt the back—up of the messages, so while we send messages to each other encrypted, people would have automatic back—ups on the phone and unless they chose to turn them off they would send the information to apple or google where it wouldn't be as encrypted. so you could go to the companies directly and get back—ups. there is another option as well. and get back-ups. there is another option as well-— option as well. what's the other 0 tion? option as well. what's the other option? you _ option as well. what's the other option? you look _ option as well. what's the other option? you look at

we've also had that cabinet office - has high inflation anyway.ffice said on the face of it she had broken the rules by having a conversation with the labour party while she was still working in the government or the civil service. the labour party have said this is nonsense and called it a mickey mouse investigation. senior civil servant —— a former senior law officer in the governor said it didn't seem there was any evidence the government provided for her having actually acted in any way that was not impartial. former civil servant saying this inquiry was ill judged because usually when we go and ask questions about an investigation like this we are told it's all confidential and we can't discuss individual matters and they said changing that and publishing this report the government may have open something that could prove difficult in the future. it's just not cricket — that famous phrase couldn't refects the continung fallout from the ashes test match between england and australia over the weekend. the uk's prime minister has waded in to the

the process requires that a security check is made by the cabinet office and the timing of any othergress is under the cabinet office's control, and it will alws be the case that boris johnson would pass the material to the inquiry and do anything possible to help the process approved by the inquiry followed to ensure that this was successful. let's go live to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. i read the statement in full. or almost in full. can you tell us what it all means? damian: the importance oall this is this was the phone that boris johnson had and was using from the very start of the pandemic, early 2020 all the way through the first roughly year and a half, may 2021. it was a period where the government was grappling with the origins of the pandemic, what to do at the start of it, and the first wave, then the second wave, and even the third. three lockdowns this period covers. what the inquiry wants to see on that are the whatsapp messages sent between two dozen senior government figures. it was a group that could exchange messages and message each other indiv

guidance that was referred to in media reports and applies only to cabinet office staff eventsen withdrawn. the letter from the government lawyers says, the minister's position, that isjeremy quinn, is that the guidance was developed to ensure diversity. the letter says the government accepts mr kazetta's freedom of speech rights were impinged and the guidance will be reviewed. let's remember last week and the row over coutts bank and nigel farage. the government said freedom of speech was key. they won't want to send mixed messages. the cabinet office told us: lawyers say they are worried that other government departments have similar rules in place and they are urgently requesting that they want to see those rules and that they are published openly so we can see them as well. thank you very much. with me now is edward lucas, who's written on government blacklisting. he's also the liberal democrat parliamentary candidate for the cities of london and westminster seat. hejust heard he just heard the case of dan kazetta and we also featured the case of kate devlin. what do you kn

labour said the cabinet office's findings were a "political stunt" by the conservatives.kevin spacey, has described the hollywood veteran as a �*predator�*. kevin spacey is on trial facing 12 counts of sexual assault against four men, all of which which he denies. our correspondent helena wilkinson reports from southwark crown court. kevin spacey arriving at court for the second day of his trial charged with 12 sexual offences, all of which he denies. today the jury would hear from one of his four accusers. the actor, known for his oscar—winning performance in american beauty was also the artistic director of the old vic theatre in london between 2003 and 2015. inside court room one, the american actor was back in the glass dock. he listened as the jury was played a recording of the accuser�*s police interview. during the police interview the man described kevin spacey as a slippery, sneaky, difficult person. he claimed the hollywood actor assaulted him up to 12 times. he said kevin spacey would touch him on and off and he described it as almost like grooming. the accuser

labour said the cabinet office's findings were a "political stunt" by the conservatives.le. big crowds and already some rain. our sports correspondent andy swiss is there and sent this report. will the stewards please open the gates. for tennis fans, the long wait was over. well, almost. wimbledon is where the world's greatest players are watched by the world's greatest queuers. but with security heightened because of concerns over protesters, simply getting in was a test of stamina. after six, seven hours of thousands of people standing in the same field, it's got a bit hectic. the toilets especially. they are not flushing any more. whatever process they've had for their security checks hasn't been effective because you shouldn't have these type of ques. i got in after nine hours. i got in after nine hours! and it wasn'tjust the fans getting delayed. novak djokovic is chasing a record equalling eighth men's singles title here, but against argentina's pedro cachin, he soon found his touch. and that is the end of the first set. but barely had he won that first set... ladie

so we are now told that the cabinet office or the government has found in its records a passcode and to getting this whatsapp messages handed over to the inquiry. thanks for that, handed over to the inquiry. thanks for that. and _ handed over to the inquiry. thanks for that, and just _ handed over to the inquiry. thanks for that, and just very _ handed over to the inquiry. thanks for that, and just very briefly, - for that, and just very briefly, take a step back for us and remind us the covid inquiry, how does this all fit in. how does it all fit in? looking at uk's government handling of the government and its preparedness that it split into several stages, preparedness that it split into severalstages, doing preparedness that it split into several stages, doing what is called module one at the moment. the module that these messages relate to starts in october, which is module two. an indian rocket has blasted off for the moon — on a mission to land a rover on the lunar surface. the chandrayaan—three lifted off from southern andhra pradesh state. if successful, the craft — which we

the inquiry process requires that a security check of this material is now made by the cabinet officeto the inquiry is therefore under the cabinet office's control. it was always the case that boris johnson would pass this material to the inquiry and do everything possible to help it be recovered. a careful process approved by the inquiry has been followed to ensure that this was successful. live now to our political correspondent damian grammaticas. i read out the statement there in full. can you just tell us what it all means? full. can you 'ust tell us what it all means?— full. can you 'ust tell us what it allmeans? , , ., . ., all means? this is the importance of this, this is — all means? this is the importance of this, this is the — all means? this is the importance of this, this is the phone _ all means? this is the importance of this, this is the phone that - all means? this is the importance of this, this is the phone that boris - this, this is the phone that boris johnson had and was using from the very start of the pandemic, early 2020, all the way through the first roughly

"you can proceed on the conditions that c0, cabinet office, lead discussions around affordability and to understand from that that in broad _ correct to understand from that that in broad terms the process is that a government— in broad terms the process is that a government department, in this case the cabinet _ government department, in this case the cabinet office, will effectively at whatever stage is regarded as appropriate to make a case to the treasury— appropriate to make a case to the treasury in — appropriate to make a case to the treasury in relation to funding? that— treasury in relation to funding? that is— treasury in relation to funding? that is the _ treasury in relation to funding? that is the way government works in normal circumstances. you can take any government department, let's say the department for education, and the department for education, and the secretary of state for education will have a budget that is agreed at a spending round and she will have a limit, let's say £50 million, £100 million, these sound large sums of money but in the context of a budget

now, in the meantime , the cabinet office the meantime, the cabinet office has lost its legal challenge boris johnson's unredacted whatsapp messages. chairwoman anne baroness hallett had requested the material from the former prime minister but the cabinet office declined , arguing cabinet office declined, arguing it would be irrelevant. but the high court has ruled the inquiry must now be given access to the messages . a government messages. a government spokesperson says it will comply fully with the judgement and work with inquiry team on work with the inquiry team on the practical arrangements . the the practical arrangements. the government has launched a bid to take its rwanda deportation policy to the supreme court last week the court of appeal overturned an earlier high court ruling, which found rwanda could be considered a safe third country for asylum seekers. that comes as the house of lords dean comes as the house of lords dealt a blow to the government, rejecting its illegal migration bill, meaning mps will now have to consider a series of amendments . now to keir starmer a

now they say cabinet office. now they say iner— cabinet office.rine,- don't care what anybody thinks. no, of course. catherine, thank you very much. catherine forster joining us from westminster. double standards much anybody? double standards much anybody? double much . former double standards, much. former official gray broke civil official sue gray broke civil service rules after failing to declare contact with labour over a job offer. that is a cabinet office inquiry. labour said that it's a political stunt. well, presumably now that they've criticised the integrity of this inquiry then well mean good inquiry then well i mean good grief, are they going to have to apologise now? isn't it just remarkable thing like remarkable that one thing like bods remarkable that one thing like boris johnson can be given all of the press coverage in the world and there can be very, very serious consequences to that. someone here, i mean, that. but someone here, i mean, unequivocally, according to this , could have broken the rules, not thought about not just

the cabinet office has now lost its legal challenge to the uk covid inquiry chair with its request.ou will know she has been requesting boris johnson, then prime minister, asking for his unredacted whatsapp messages, notebooks and diaries select�*s case might speak straightaway to our political correspondent damian and atticus in westminster for us. correspondent damian and atticus in westminsterfor us. what correspondent damian and atticus in westminster for us. what does this mean? —— damian grammaticas. what does this mean? mean? -- damian grammaticas. what does this mean?— mean? -- damian grammaticas. what does this mean? what this means that she was the covid _ does this mean? what this means that she was the covid inquiry's _ does this mean? what this means that she was the covid inquiry's position - she was the covid inquiry's position has been upheld and it will get full access to all the whatsapp messages, the notebooks and diaries of boris johnson that it wants and the government's position, downing street's position that it shouldn't have to hand that over because some of

. >> the need to impeach a cabinet officer depends on two things. one, a full due process investigation of the wrongdoing. and two, a refusal by the president to dismiss somebody who serves at the pleasure of that president. we're a long way from that. >> talk of impeaching the attorney general certainly coming down. you don't see it as much. next week the second i.r.s. whistleblower who is unnamed who worked on the hunter biden probe, his attorney calls him mr. x will testify before congress. a week after that hunter biden will be in court to offer the plea deal with the government. whether the judge accepts it, we'll see. >> dana: david spunt. lots to come. thanks for that. >> thanks. >> who is your deputy on board for climate? >> you aren't going to tell us? >> i'm not going to go through them by name. as i just said to you, mr. chairman. >> who is the chief of staff? >> bryan mast pressing john kerry about who works in his office. why is it so hard to know that? will we ever pull back the cloak of secrecy there? >> bill: a bit of a mystery. a po

the cabinet office says it expects gross domestic product in real terms which is adjusted for inflation to expand 1.3%. that's town 0.2% from the forecast in january. but officials raised the outlook excluding inflation or in nominal terms by 2.3 points to 4.4%. this reflects soaring prices and a range of goods and services. the officials also say they expect japan's consumer price index for fiscal 2023 to increase 2.6%. it's partly due to the effects of government subsidies to curb rises in electricity rates and gasoline prices. japan's trade deficit narrowed in the first half of 2023. that was after it ballooned to a record last year. surging auto exports and falling costs of imported crude oil helped close the gap. the finance ministry said imports surpassed exports by nearly 7 trillion yen or about $50 billion. the deficit was down about 13% from the same period last year when it was the largest ever for the period. the value of exports was up 3.1% in yen terms from a year ago. auto exports jumped as a shortage of semiconductors eased. overall imports were also up, but by less than

the cabinet office has now lost its legal challenge to the uk covid inquiry chair with its request.

the uk cabinet office has lost a legal challenge, to block the handover of borisjohnson's unredacted the government argued — it should not submit material — that — it said — was "un—ambiguously irrelevant" — but high court judges said the government shouldn't decide what was relevant. it has until monday afternoon to hand over the documents. the mother of stephen lawrence says she is "bitterly disappointed" that four retired detectives who ran a failed investigation into her son's murder will not face criminal charges. baroness doreen lawrence said her "hope has been in vain" and the crown prosecution service announcement was a "disgrace". stephen was 18 when he was killed in a racist attack in south london in 1993. twitter�*s new rival — threads, which was launched by facebook owner meta — has attracted 30 million users twitter�*s new rival — threads, which was launched by facebook owner meta — has attracted 30 million users in less than 2a hours. now, twitter is reportedly considering legal action against them for intellectual property violations. our north america technology corre

cabinet office has messages.vide the refused to provide the documents, the request documents, arguing the request is so broad that it's bound to catch irrelevant material . the catch irrelevant material. the king and queen will today view a tapestry, telling the story of scotland, including a new panel commemorating their visit and the coronation tapestry charts millions of years of scotland's history through 160 panels, hands stitched by a thousand stitches from communities across scotland and weather wise, the day will start on a relatively bright note, with a scattering of showers for scotland, england and wales towards the afternoon. but most places staying dry. now next is a committee of mps recommends that boys are given special sex education lessons to tackle sexual harassment. we'll ask if it's right for kids to be taught about toxic masculinity . taught about toxic masculinity. motty . just after 7:20. >> still to come today, 8:20 as a trigger warning is put on a production of the sound of music due to d

kathryn hammond was the director of the cabinet office unit in charge of emergency planning in 2020. any consideration of full national lockdowns? i no, there wasn't, because the pandemic flu scenario didn't make that an effective tool. there was therefore a failure to think about in the way- that other countries, - particularly in the far east, had done, countermeasures such as... ..mandatory quarantines? yes. shielding. social restrictions. yes. border controls. yes. there was, as you say, - a complete lack of imagination. yes. i had to overrule the initial advice not to quarantine people being brought back from wuhan. i mean, it's madness. in his first appearance at the inquiry, sir chris whitty, england's chief medical officer and one of the most recognisable faces of the pandemic, is repeatedly asked to slow down for the stenographer taking notes. given the importance of the answer, i please keep it as slow as you can. i i apologise. the very big new idea was the idea of a lockdown. sir chris says it was almost impossible for scientists to plan for the idea of a national lockdow

the uk cabinet office has lost a legal challenge to block the handover of borisjohnson�*s handover ofotebooks and diaries to the covid enquiry is government argued it should should not submit material that it said was unambiguously irrelevant, but high courtjudges said the government shouldn't decide what was relevant. the owner of the titans submersible that imploded last month telling all five passengers on board has fully suspended its activities. investigators are trying to establish exactly what caused the submersible to implode with questions raised over the safety the vesoul. the united nations has issued stark warnings about the situation in myanmar. it says the country is in a deadly free into even greater violence. the un human rights chief said civilians were living at the whims of an army trying to reinforce its diminishing control by raising poor villages and depriving people of food and water. every da , the people of food and water. every day, the military's _ people of food and water. every day, the military's ruthless, - day, the military's ruthless, so—called four cu

a cabinet office investigation has concluded that sue gray, the official who led the partygate inquiry having undeclared contact with the labour party before she resigned. sue gray has been cleared by the anti corruption watchdog to take up a job as chief of staff to the labour leader, sir keir starmer. labour say the findings are a "political stunt". a group of conservative backbenchers has warned the government it needs to take urgent action to cut immigration, or lose public trust. the group, called the new conservatives, wants to bring annual net migration down from around 600,000 tojust over 200,000. it will outline its proposals on immigration later today. police say at least two gunmen opened fire killing two people and injuring 28 others at a block party in baltimore. this is the third mass shooting in the us this momth. there have been a total of 338 mass shootings in the us this year, according to the gun violence archive. the second day of the trial of us actor kevin spacey is under way in london. he is facing 12 counts of sexual assault against four men, which he denies. th

that's according to a cabinet office investigation into her newjob with the party.as chief of staff. a labour committee found no evidence her decision—making or impartiality was impaired while serving in whitehall. rail passengers are being warned of disruption for the next six days due to an overtime ban by train drivers in the aslef union. 15 train drivers in the aslef union. 15 train companies based in england are being affected from today, with many reducing their services. it is the latest move in the long—running pay dispute. there are growing calls for nhs whistle—blowers to receive more support. sir robert francis, who led the inquiry into hundreds of patient deaths, say some people still pay a heavy price for speaking out. you're live with bbc news. nato leaders are preparing for their annual summit next week. ukraine is expected to dominate discussion — and estonia is sure to be among kyiv�*s most vocal supporters. the country has accepted about 62,000 refugees from ukraine — as a share of population, that's more than any other eu country. estonia has dona

that is according to a cabinet office investigation into the civil servant's new role.o start work with sir keir starmer. they found no evidence her impartiality was impaired. energy prices could spike this winter, forcing governments to step in and subsidise bills again, according to the head of the international energy agency. he said if china's economy strengthens quickly, gas prices could rise. the uk government insists energy bills are still expected to fall. there are indications that global temperatures spiked injune, intensifying concerns that restricting long—term increases to 1.5 degrees may now be impossible. extreme heatwaves in the chinese capital beijing have broken records. it's been a similar story in the united states, where temperatures have been 10 degrees above the seasonal average. india — one of the most climate vulnerable regions — has seen an increase in heat—related deaths. and in the uk, fish in rivers and canals have fallen victim to what the met office is expected to confirm was the hottestjune since 1940. let's be honest, most of us enjoy a

briefly, in a separate story, the cabinet office inquiry finding that sue gray of the former civil servantre likely to be any sort of consequences from that? tile. are there likely to be any sort of consequences from that?- are there likely to be any sort of consequences from that? no, in a word, consequences from that? no, in a word. because — consequences from that? no, in a word, because she _ consequences from that? no, in a word, because she has _ consequences from that? no, in a word, because she has left - consequences from that? no, in a word, because she has left the . consequences from that? no, in a. word, because she has left the civil service, she resigned this investigation into her —— she left the civil service, she resigned. this is an internal review and cannot bring any sanctions. there was an investigation by the body that exist to... what scrutinises what former civil servants can go to injobs, it said in her case, she should wait for six months, september, to start working. so that is the role she will have to follow, but in this case, no, and i have to say it has been

we will wait for an update from the cabinet office, the government department responsible all this, asthey access the messages and whether they access the messages and whether the covid—19 inquiry receives them. thank you that's want to keep an iron thank you for taking us through that. the actor, kevin spacey , who's accused of sexual assault , has told his trial that he's a "big flirt" , but the allegations "make no logical sense". mr spacey told southwark crown court that he'd lost hisjob — and reputation — in a matter of days when the claims emerged. he denies all 12 charges, against four men. our correspondent is outside southwark crown court in london. this morning we see saw a relaxed kevin spacey arrived with his attorneys and that continued when he gave evidence. he described his early career, his family, and famous friends and colleagues. he mentioned the likes of sir eltonjohn, val kilmer and others. this afternoon his mood changed. the hollywood actor was fighting back tears as he talked about how his world exploded when the allegations of sexual assault first came out. he

now we understand the cabinet office is a record of his pin.e retrieved. we don't have a clear picture of all those issues surrounding the extraction of the messages from the old phone and we don't know when the inquiry is going to get them, but it certainly hasn't been a satisfactory process for the inquiry or for those who want to see it get on with its work. a 65—year—old man has appeared in court, charged with murdering two women who police say were known to him, one of whom went missing and whose body has not been found. the first woman, naomi hunte, was found stabbed to death in london last year. the accused, carl cooper, was arrested on suspicion of her murder and then released as investigations continued. the disappearance injune of the second woman, fiona holm, is being treated as a murder investigation by the metropolitan police. novak djokovic is through to his ninth wimbledon final after beating jannick sinner this afternoon. the other men's semifinal, between carlos alcaraz and daniil medvedev, is still under way, as andy swiss rep

alongside that, the cabinet office lost a legal challenge today to prevent the covid inquiry from seeinghnson's unredacted whatsapp messages and diaries. we will get into a busy day in westminster. but let us begin with that news from belarus that the boss of the wagner paramilitary group, yevgeny prigozhin, has returned to russia — according to the belarusian leader alexander lu kashenko. mr prigozhin, who led wagner's mutiny in russia last month, was supposed to have gone into exile in belarus — and yet the belarusian leader says he may now be back in st petersburg. for the past week or so, his whereabouts has been something of a mystery. we know his private jet had landed in minsk shortly after the rebellion, but not much since. and today, at a press conference in minsk, mr lukashenko said the question of whether the wagner units would relocate to belarus was still in the balance, and would depend on the decisions taken by moscow and by wagner. as for prigozhin, he is in st petersburg. he may have gone to moscow this morning or somewhere else. he is not on the territory of belarus. ou

the uk cabinet office has lost a legal challenge to block the handover of borisjohnson's unredacted whatsapp material that it said was "unambiguously irrelevant" , but high courtjudges said the government should not decide what was releva nt. it has until monday afternoon to hand over the documents. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticas has more. this is a row that blew up between the official coronavirus inquiry thatis the official coronavirus inquiry that is now under at looking into the governments handling of the government itself where the inquiry chair had asked to see the whatsapp messages exchanged between boris johnson and other senior officials. a few dozen of them so matt hancock was one of them, the senior medical figures involved in handling the pandemic, senior civil servants, and she wanted to see all of those whatsapp messages and boris johnson's personal header in darius and his government diary, or that communication. the government came back and said it wanted to redact things and put a black pen through stuff. she said it was in her power to demand that, they try

minister borisjohnson himself because material, including this diary entries, had been passed by the cabinet officet the required criteria.— required criteria. thank you jonathan — required criteria. thank you jonathan blake _ required criteria. thank you jonathan blake are - required criteria. thank you jonathan blake are a - required criteria. thank you i jonathan blake are a political correspondent in westminster. the bbc has been told that the former brexit party leader nigel farage had his bank accounts at the prestigious private bank coutts closed because they fell below the financial threshold required for customers. our business editor, simonjack has the story. nigel farage posted a statement that is a bank was going to close the comments because it was a politically exposed person, his profile made him controversial. eventually it was found that the bank was coots, which caters to the very rich and people are familiar with the situation said the decision to drop and was a customer was not a political decision but a commercial decision and pointed us towards the thresholds posted on their w

the cabinet office has lost a legal challenge to block the handover of borisjohnson's unredacted whatsappt argued it should not submit material that it said was "unambiguously irrelevant" but high courtjudges said the government should not decide what was relevant. it has until monday afternoon to hand over the documents. the labour leader sir keir starmer has promised to smash what he calls the "class ceiling" by boosting education for poorer children. he has pledged to improve pupils' speaking skills and said he wants half a million more children to reach their early learning targets by 2030. the speech on labour's education policy was interrupted by green protestors. 0ur political editor chris mason reports. the smiles are big, the dreams are bigger at this primary school in rochester in kent. how does society match boundless aspiration with providing the opportunities to ensure they come true? what would you like to be when you grow up? i would like to be a rugby player. i would like to be a rugby player. i would like to be a graphic designer and make — would like to be a graphic desi

code due to undeclared contact with the labour party before she left her role according to a cabinet office leader sir keir starmer. 0fcom has launched an investigation into a recent episode of jacob investigation into a recent episode ofjacob rees—mogg tv investigation into a recent episode of jacob rees—mogg tv news investigation into a recent episode ofjacob rees—mogg tv news show, investigation into a recent episode of jacob rees—mogg tv news show, the episode aired on the 9th of may featuring the mp covering a breaking news story about a civil trial verdict involving donald trump. the regulator received 40 complaints. you are live with bbc news. to paris now. today there are more calls for campy —— for calm after another week of rioting. are there any signs of protest taking place this evening? no, this evening is quiet. this is nanterre, the district where the trouble started last week. this is an area of social housing, something of an architectural innovation of their time but at the bottom of the towers is a neighbourhood where there is burnt out cars and patches where cars have be

michael gove, the cabinet office minister when the outbreak began in 2020 said that the eu pegs thatn possible for a crisis. he denied that moving staff to briggs at work was detrimental. you're live with bbc news. a fierce heatwave is gripping parts of southern europe. temperatures have topped a0 degrees celsius, that's104fahrenheit, in some parts of italy, spain, greece and bulgaria today — and they're predicted to go even higher at the weekend. climate scientists say global warming is driving up temperatures. in italy, a red alert warning has been issued for ten cities including rome, bologna and florence. 0ur reporter sofia bettiza sent this update from rome. the italian health ministry has issued a red alert warning for ten cities today, including rome, bologna and florence. now it is the middle ofjuly. there are lots of tourists here in italy and some of them have collapsed in the last few days due to heatstroke. now, this heatwave could cause temperatures to reach 48.8 degrees celsius, and that would break the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in europe. but thi

the cabinet office is to learn whether it has won its legal challenge to the uk covid—19 inquiry chairwoman'sover the government's judicial review of baroness heather hallett�*s order this afternoon. proposals to close nearly all the ticket offices at railway stations across england have been strongly criticised by unions and disability groups. 0perators say most tickets are now bought online orfrom machines. a public consultation has begun. the stunning sea birds, gannets, which mate for life, breed in just a few locations worldwide, one of them is bass rock, in the firth of forth. but last year, the colony was decimated by bird flu. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt went to look for signs of recovery among the gannets, who have previously caught bass rock in scotland's firth of forth is the largest gannet colony in the world.— colony in the world. david attenborough's _ colony in the world. david attenborough's team - colony in the world. david i attenborough's team visited bass rock three years ago. that bass rock three years ago. at the height of summer, it is jam—packed with two nests to

up background to this was that it was up to her car wasn't relevant to the inquiry which the cabinet officeously irrelevant, and that is why they took it to court to test that. that's why i went to court. of course, we don't know what's in those messages commit will not be for baroness hallett to look at them and decide how important they are, how relevant they are and that will decide whether the public get to see them and whether they form part of the inquiry. the inclusion _ form part of the inquiry. the inclusion of— form part of the inquiry. the inclusion of the _ form part of the inquiry. the inclusion of the inquiry, if they are central to the conclusion of the inquiry, we will see these messages. we expect them to be published as part of the evidence, but, again, that will be up to baroness hallett to decide what's goes forward and what gets published. by, to decide what's goes forward and what gets published. abs. lat to decide what's goes forward and what gets published.— what gets published. a lot of interest has _ what gets published. a lot of interest has been _ what gets publi

here in london, a cabinet office inquiry has found former official sue gray broke civil service rulesgray led an investigation into lockdown parties in downing street, which found staff attended multiple events whilst the rest of the country was subject to coronavirus restrictions. last week sue gray was cleared to work for the labour party, as chief of staff to leader sir keir starmer. prime minister rishi sunak has been warned by a group of conservative mps that he "risks eroding public trust" if he fails to drastically cut immigration. calling themselves "the new conservatives", the group has published a plan to cut net migration by about 400,000 by the next election. i've been speaking with our political correspondent damian grammaticas, who gave us the latest. 25 conservative mps. quite a number of them are quite new mps, elected for the first time at the last election in some of the seats the conservatives took from the opposition labour party. there are some who are longer standing mps but all of them identify they say from going around and talking to people in their constituen