daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey.t two days' time. this afternoon, the england team flew into st petersburg before heading to their training camp — where they'll prepare for theirfirst game on monday against tunisia. now one bbc news, it is time for newsnight. donald trump's unconventional video pitch to kim jong—un. the donald trump's unconventional video pitch to kimjong—un. the president seems to think it worked rather well in an extraordinary conference, he was talking as though it was already piece in our time. they have great beaches, you see that every time they are exploding their cannons into the ocean. i think, wouldn't that make a great combo? instead of doing that, you could have the best hotels in the world. but many look at the text the two leaders sign and found nothing there. we will hear from america's ambassador to nato and ask the trump will be getting a nobel prize any time soon. also tonight... the eyes to the right, 324. the nose to the left, 298. tonight... the eyes to the right, 324. the nose t

daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey.t dropping to a record low. the office for national statistics says that, in the three months to the end of april, wage growth slipped from 2.9% to 2.8%. unemployment fell to 1.a2 million. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: the holders, germany, arrive in russia as they look to succefully defend the world cup title they won four years ago. and after this world cup, spain's head coach will take over at european champions real madrid. while tiger looks to roar back. woods takes to the hills in new york state ahead of the us 0pen. hello and welcome to the programme, where the clock is ticking, with the world cup officially kicking off in russia on thursday. the teams are continuing to arrive in their bid for football's greatest prize, and those touching down on tuesday included the holders, germany, who left from a wet and rainy frankfurt before arriving in moscow, where they will begin

daniel sandford, bbc news. jane: in a certainly been a bit of a foreign policy whirlwind over the last few days. first president trump went to the g7 in canada, where he launched a volley of verbal attacks. then it was on to singapore, where a leader once considered a anlitical pariah got his undivided attentio admiration. to discuss this topsy-turvy world, i was joined a brief time ago by former u.s. ambassador to nato nicholas burns. ambassador, thanks very much for joining me. qwe have sete a contrast over the last few days. we had the g7 summit, where mr. trump seemed to alienate friends and enemies, and then days later cozy up to the dictator in singapore. what do you make of this?it nicholass worrisome. i think from an american perspective, whether you are a republican or democr is our alliances that have been the power differential between the united states and russia, united states and china. nato, our east asian allies. you saw the most erratic performance by our president where he insultethe canadian

daniel sandford, bbc news.enfell tower has been shown the first pictures from cameras worn by firefighters as they entered flat 16 on the fourth floor of the tower where the blaze started. in the thermal images, the crew can be seen entering the front door and then going through the flat, before a bright yellow glow can be seen in the kitchen, where the fire started near a fridge freezer. a former soldier is to be charged with manslaughter by gross negligence, over the killing of a catholic man in northern ireland 30 years ago. 23—year—old aidan macanespie was a sinn fein activist when he was shot dead at an army checkpoint manned by the grenadier guards in county tyrone. the american rapper xxxtentacion has been shot dead outside a motorcycle shop in florida. the 20 year old's second album went to the top of the billboard chart in the us. he was described as one of rap‘s most controversial artists and was facing a number of criminal charges, including domestic abuse. there's been more travel disruption for nor

daniel sandford, bbc news.hters — as they entered the flat in the tower block — where the fire started. they managed to put out the kitchen fire which started around a fridge freezer. but the blaze re—entered the flat through a window before spreading up the walls of the building — as our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. at about seven minutes past one, firefighters entered the flat. the first footage of the grenfell tower fire from the inside. firefighters enter flat 16 on the fourth floor. now you see the firefighter was moving around the entrance hallway, as they start to make an entrance into the first bedroom. the inquiry was shown the pictures on the left from a thermal camera. on the right, mobile phone footage at exactly the same time from outside. they searched two bedrooms. smoke but no flames. then... here is where the firefighters entered the kitchen for the first time. the yellow glow that you see is the fire that is down at the window end of the kitchen. a crucial moment, the two—ma

daniel sandford, bbc news.o resign, after losing a vote of no—confidence in parliament. applause he is the first prime minister in modern spanish history to be defeated in a no—confidence motion. it follows a long—running corruption scandal involving his right of centre people's party. the socialist party leader pedro sanchez, who tabled the vote against him, has been named as spain's new prime minister. our europe editor katya adler is in madrid tonight. it has been a tumultuous week in politics in europe, first in italy and now in spain. absolutely and this is huge news for spain because it is the first time everin spain because it is the first time ever in this country that a prime minister has been unseated by a no—confidence vote in parliament. that said there is already a brand—new prime minister ready and waiting to take over as of tomorrow, so even waiting to take over as of tomorrow, so even though this is a highly unusual situation, there is no sense here at all of or crisis. quite unlike italy will s

daniel sandford, thank you. our top story this lunchtime.old that advice to residents to "stay put" had "effectively failed" within half an hour of the blaze starting. coming up, a former american president and the world's best—selling novelist team up for a thriller. coming up on bbc news... serena willimas expresses disappointment after maria sharapova reveals she cried after being beaten in the 2004 wimbledon final. the pair meet in the french open last 16 this afternoon. there'll be a new addition to the traffic on motorways from today — vehicles with l plates. learner drivers in england, scotland and wales will be given lessons in driving at speed if their instructor thinks they're ready. they can only take lessons with approved instructors, and in cars fitted with dual controls. but some say the way we learn to drive needs a full overhaul, as graham satchell reports. five o'clock this morning and jonathan davies is heading onto the motorway. a slightly nerve—racking experience and a small piece of history. it's the first time learner d

daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey.before its controversial sale — is facing a 15—year ban and hefty fine by the industry regulator. bhs was sold for £1 in 2015, a year before the company collapsed with the loss of thousands ofjobs. pwc has been fined £6.5 million and reprimanded after admitting misconduct. accountant steve denison faces a fine of more than £300,000. official figures show that wage growth has unexpectedly fallen. that's despite unemployment also dropping to a record low. wage growth is used by the bank of england to assess the health of the uk economy, and the slowdown is likely to dampen expectations of an interest rate rise this summer. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmed is with me now. kamal. to be frank, reeta, this shouldn't be happening. we have record levels of employment. after a bumpy ride at the time of the financial crisis, the number of jobs created has soared. we haven't seen figures this strong since 1971. that usually means higher wages, as firms battle to hire from a shrinking pool of avai

daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey.ign, arron banks, has told mps that there is "no evidence" he was involved in a conspiracy with russian officials. speaking to the digital, culture, media and sport committee he claimed to be the victim of a witchunt. john pienaar is in westminster. explained moore, john? well, did britain's biggest in history political donor conspire with russia ahead of the vote for brexit? that was the big question in the air when aaron banks finally agreed to take questions before mps at the house of commons. as expected, his denials of any and all wrongdoing were notjust total, they were scornful, they were mocking. he admitted he had spoken to, seen and been in contact with the russian ambassador a number of times. previously he admitted to one such contact. he said the first contact happened before the referendum campaign had even properly taken off. a full—scale russian witchhunt going on. before that all occurred, there was no issue. a witchhunt, he called it. but had any information gone back

daniel sandford, bbc news, whitehall.en killed and 12 others injured, in a crash between a double—decker bus and a lorry in cambridgeshire. police say five of those caught up in the accident on the a117 have serious injuries. 0ur correspondentjo black is at the scene for us now. jo, tell us more about what happened. yes, as you can see, the road has just reopened in the last half an hour after being closed for around ten hours. it was this afternoon that police confirmed that two people had lost their lives in the crash. among those taken to hospital, people suffering brain injuries and a broken nose. just after 7:30am, the emergency services were called to this, a terrible crash between a ali—tonne lorry and a double—decker bus on the busy a117 near guyhirn in cambridgeshire. two men, the bus driver, in his 50s, from norfolk, and a passenger, a man in his 70s from northamptonshire, both died at the scene. 12 others who were also on the bus were wounded, some of them seriously. when we're talking about, an hgv, an articul

daniel sandford, bbc news, at the bailey.h president emmanuel macron accused the italian government of "cynicism and irresponsibility" for refusing to let them land in italy. around 600 people received much needed supplies today onboard the rescue ship which is in the sea near malta. spain has offered to allow them to dock in valencia. mothers who decide not to breast feed should not be made to feel guilty about the decision — that's the new advice from the royal college of midwives. they say that if a woman decides to bottle feed — her choice must be respected. it comes after a new study found that many women felt guilty about not breastfeeding. leave campaigner arron banks said there is "no evidence" he was involved in a conspiracy with russian officials in the run—up to the european union referendum. appearing in front of mps, mr banks — who co—founded and helped to fund the leave.eu campaign — accused the digital, culture, media and sport committee of being "remainers" attempting to discredit the campaign for brexit. john

daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey.ears. figures from the rac show that rising global oil prices helped put up fuel costs by nearly 6 pence a litre in may. the organisation says a combination of higher crude prices, and the weaker pound, is to blame for the increases. jon kay is at a petrol station in yeovil. i spoke to a lady this morning who said she was so fed up with having to spend so much of her money every month on petrol that she is now thinking of moving house so she can afford to be closer to work. what goes on in the boardroom of big oil companies eto barak international currency speculation, were me talk about tension in the middle east, all of that seems a world away from all of that seems a world away from a petrol station here in yeovil. but it is in places like this in the pumps where it is really being felt. going up — again. in the last month, petrol and diesel have both increased by an average 6p per litre — that's biggest monthly jump in nearly 20 years. here in rural somerset, where many people rely

daniel sandford, bbc news, whitehall.pressure today from business leaders, this time from the british motor industry, who warned that their concerns over the brexit process were not being addressed. the latest figures suggest that levels of investment in the motor industry have fallen sharply. the society of motor manufacturers and traders said investement in new models and factory improvements was nearly £650 million in the first six months of last year. whereas for the same period this year investment was only around £350 million, a slump of around 50%. ministers say that securing a good deal for the motor industry with the best possible access to european markets is one of the biggest goals in the brexit negotiations, as our economics editor kamal ahmed explains. he was hoping for a good day at the office — telling the car industry gathered in london the government was committed to a deal with the eu which would be positive for business. but when it came to questions for the transport secretary, the unhappiness of the

mr mcmullan‘s father, simon, has been talking to our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford.. it happened days after the manchester attack and just before the grand shellfire. on a summer night three men drove the van into pedestrians on london bridge and then set about starting people enjoying an evening. —— grenfell. the people murdered on a saturday night, were three frenchmen, two australian women and one canadian woman. the only reduced victim was james mcmullan. but his father simon and his mother and sister told me that all their attempts to remember james have been disregarded. they wa nted james have been disregarded. they wanted to put up his pluck but they have been turned down twice. —— put up have been turned down twice. —— put up this lark. we are that it is of people who need to express our desires to be able to put something thatis desires to be able to put something that is meaningful to all of us, but at least be able to pay respects in which we are of the family of someone which we are of the family of someone who has been caught up in this event being fit

daniel sandford reports.he prosecution say he'd already bought a machete, a kind described by its manufacturers as "19 inches of unprecedented piercing and slashing power. " and christopher lythgoe is the man accused of being the secret leader of the group, who encouraged him to carry out the murder. we let these people destroy us, and they are still destroying us now. along with four other men, they are charged with being members of national action, a group banned by the home secretary as a virulently racist terrorist organisation after it celebrated the killing of the mpjo cox. with all six defendants listening intently, the prosecutor, duncan atkinson qc, told the jury that the plan to kill another mp was discussed at a pub in warrington last summer. the group met at this table upstairs in the big window at the friar penketh pub on the 1st ofjuly. the prosecution say that jack renshaw told the group that his plan was to murder his local mp, rosie cooper, take some hostages and then kill a female detective

daniel sandford, bbc news. this is beyond 100 days. the roma question. those who have no entitlement to stay will be expelled said the minister. "unfortu nately, " he added, "we will have to keep the italian roma because we can't expel them". there are at least 130,000 roma living in italy. and a survey of the italians by the pew research centre suggests there is a universally negative view of them. 0ur rome correspondent james reynolds told us how the italians have been reacting to mr salvini's comments. it is still something that i think some italians are getting used to, to seeing someone who used to be on the sidelines saying something, in possibly an uncontrolled way, now having the levers of power and deciding to say things in exactly the same way. and finding also that what he is able to say, what he wants to do, is able to be borne out with the facts. bear in mind last week he was able to turn the direction of a migrant ship, moving away from italy and it was essentially accepted towards spain. whether or not he is able to cond

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports.nd threatening to kill a police officer. the prosecution say he'd already bought a machete, a kind described by its manufacturers as "19 inches of unprecedented piercing and slashing power. " and christopher lythgoe is the man accused of being the secret leader of the group, who encouraged him to carry out the murder. we let these people destroy us, and they are still destroying us now. along with four other men, they are charged with being members of national action, a group banned by the home secretary as a virulently racist terrorist organisation after it celebrated the killing of the mpjo cox. with all six defendants listening intently, the prosecutor, duncan atkinson qc, told the jury that the plan to kill another mp was discussed at a pub in warrington last summer. the group met at this table upstairs in the big window at the friar penketh pub on the 1st ofjuly. the prosecution say that jack renshaw told the group that his plan was to murder his local mp, rosie cooper, take some

daniel sandford, bbc news, whitehall.led and 12 others injured, in a crash between a double—decker bus and a lorry in cambridgeshire. police say five of those caught up in the accident on the a117 have serious injuries. 0ur correspondentjo black reports. just after 7:30am, the emergency services were called to this, a terrible crash between a ali—tonne lorry and a double—decker bus on the busy a117 near guyhirn in cambridgeshire. two men, the bus driver, in his 50s, from norfolk, and a passenger, a man in his 70s from northamptonshire, both died at the scene. 12 others who were also on the bus were wounded, some of them seriously. when we're talking about, a hgv, an articulated lorry, and a double—decker bus, two very, very big vehicles on the road there, possibly the biggest vehicles on the road. for me, i'm astounded there wasn't more casualties. the crash, which involved a bretts lorry, happened just behind me near the firm's distribution centre. it's thought the bus collided into the side of the hgvjust as it was pull

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports.nd threatening to kill a police officer. who was investigating him for grooming children for sex. the prosecution say he'd already bought a machete, a kind described by its manufacturers as "19 inches of unprecedented piercing and slashing power. " and christopher lythgoe is the man accused of being the secret leader of the group, who encouraged him to carry out the murder. we should've been fighting the communists! this man was banned for being purely racist and celebrating the murder ofjo cox, mp. along with four other men, they are charged with being members of national action, a group banned by the home secretary duncan akin said and explained that lastjuly, jack renshaw was planning to kill an lastjuly, jack renshaw was planning to killan mp lastjuly, jack renshaw was planning to kill an mp himself. he laid out his idea to some of his group at this table upstairs in a pub in warrington. the prosecution say that jack renshaw told the group that his plan was to murder his local mp,

daniel sandford, bbc news.controversial ‘separation policy', blaming the democrats for what he called an immigration crisis in a speech this evening in washington. but he's struggling to contain a growing political storm. tonight the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, said all republicans in the us senate support keeping migrant families together until their immigration status is established. president trump accused the democrats of drafting bad law that had worsened the immigration crisis on america's mexican border. these are crippling loopholes that cause family separations which we don't want. as a result of these loopholes, roughly half of a million illegal immigrant family units and minors from central america have been released into the united states since 2014 at unbelievably great taxpayer expense. nobody knows how much we're paying for this monstrosity that's been created over the years, legislation that nobody has any idea what they're doing, they don't even know what it means. and you have t

our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at the home office now.absolutely is. in the aftermath of that attack in salisbury, ministers and officials looked that britain's defences against so—called hostile states like russia and decided a new law was needed, very similar to ones used against terrorists. under the proposed new law which still has to be approved by mps, police, customs and immigration officers would be able to detain someone for up to six hours at a port or border crossing, if they are thought to pose a risk ata if they are thought to pose a risk at a national security. officers would be able to question their detainee. they would be able to examine their property and also strip—searched them if it is thought they are involved in espionage or a threat to the economy or a plan to commitan act threat to the economy or a plan to commit an act of violence or another similar crime. officials think the law would be used only rarely but it is intriguing in the aftermath of the salisbury attack, the threat from countries like russia is being

daniel sandford reports.r was part of a hugely traumatic few months. it happened days after the manchester attack, and just before the grenfell fire. 0n manchester attack, and just before the grenfell fire. on a summer night, three men drove a van into pedestrians on london bridge and then set about stabbing people enjoying an evening out. people murdered on that saturday night —— the people murdered on that saturday night involved french, australians and canadians. the only british victim was james mcmullan but his father simon, and his mother, and his sister say that all of their attem pts his sister say that all of their atte m pts to his sister say that all of their attempts to rememberjames have been disregarded. they wanted to put up this plaque but they have been turned down, twice. we, the victims, are the people who need to have input to be able to express our desires, to be able to put something thatis desires, to be able to put something that is meaningful, hopefully to all of us, but if not they w

daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey.he two leaders "write a new chapter" in relations between the us and north korea mps will cast crucial votes on brexit later, as thejustice minister philip lee resigns to speak out against the government's brexit policy. an alleged member of a banned neo—nazi group has admitted plotting to murder an mp — and threatening to kill a police officer. unemployment fell by 38,000 to 1.42 million in the the three months to april — but wage growth also fell. that slowdown is likely to dampen expectations of an interest rise in august. new look is continuing to cut prices as it tries to turn around its business — it wants 80% of its clothes to sell for less than £20. the price cuts come amid falling sales which were down nearly 12% in the year to march. website sales were down 19%. new look is one of many retailers that struck a company voluntary agreement or cva this year — which aims to give the company time to sort out its debts. taxi app company uber has applied for a patent to use artificia

injured when a van was driven into a crowd outside a mosque as our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford who was killed in the finsbury park attack one year ago. and the imam who preserved the rule of law, making sure the attacker was kept safe until the police arrived. this is our city, this is our way of life. those who seek to divide us should know this — you will never succeed. applause. darren osborne had deliberately driven a hire van straight into a group of muslims on a warm night during ramadan. one survivor, abdirahman ibrahim, was hit by the van and then helped restrain the attacker to protect his more seriously injured friends. he says that many of those caught up in the violence are still suffering either physically or mentally. anxiety, post—traumatic stress disorder, some of us have panic attacks. so this will be ongoing. no matter how much counselling or therapy it takes, no one will everforget what happened that night. makram ali, who was killed, was 51 years old and sat in the same chair for prayers at his local mosque every day. and there is now a memorial for makram a

simon mcmullan has been speaking to our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. rentalfire. on a summer night, three men drove a van into pedestrians on london bridge and then set about stabbing people enjoying an evening out. the people murdered on that saturday night, we re murdered on that saturday night, were these three men from france, and james mcmullen was a british victim. his father, simon and mother and sister, told me that their attends remembered james have been disregarded. they wanted to put up the plaque, but devin turned down twice. week, the victims are the people who need to be able to express our desire is to be able to put something that is meaningful, hopefully to all of us, but if not then at least be able to pay respect in ourway in then at least be able to pay respect in our way in which we as a family of someone who has been caught up in this event, the mektic and not to be stymied and blocked and objected to at every turn. what is worse, his family also say they were not asked what they wanted to happen at the commemoration service, in

daniel sandford, bbc news, whitehall.led ali being arrested in whitehall, back in april last year, remember the context was just after the westminster bridge terror attacks, and it was those knives that he was carrying, the three knives, along with the fact that he had carried out surveillance of the area in the previous days and the month before at a demonstration that led the jury to convict him of planning a terror attack. intending to attack a police officer, a member of the military or an mp on that day that he was apprehended by armed police. but as you heard he had also taken himself to afghanistan some six years earlier, disappearing from the family home in north london. telling his family he was taking on plumbing work in birmingham. in fact he made his way to afghanistan where, as you heard from daniel he became a bomb maker. also at his trial, his defence was that he had gone to pakistan as a tourist, had been held under duress, against his will, held captive and forced to make those bomb components parts that

our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, reports. go back, go back, go back!ve him, mate. you got him? the moment when armed officers stopped an al-qaeda supporter launching a knife attack on whitehall. do you have everything on you that may hurt, or hurt anyone else? it was april last year, barely a month after the traumatic westminster bridge attack. another knife. third knife! khalid ali was carrying three brand—new knives. he had bought them just two hours earlier. he had been born in saudi arabia to a somali father and ethiopian mother, but grew up in north london. he first came to the security service's attention on an aid convoy to gaza in 2010. we are going to do it out here in gaza. taking it to the next level. you feel me? one love. kieren turner was in charge of logistics on the convoy and told me he remembers ali well. at that point i thought, a nice young man, this will be one of the people that's fun to travel with. he had a sense of humour. i remember him because he smiled. also on the convoy were some die—hard extremists, including thomas evans

daniel sandford, thank you.n in a street robbery has died. zofija kaczan's distinctive handbag was stolen in the attack last week in normanton in derby. police confirm that the pensioner died in the early hours of this morning after suffering multiple injuries. derbyshire police say the investigation is focussed around an abandoned beige seat leon car. a 39—year—old man arrested in connection with the incident has been released under investigation. a teenager has been arrested in wolverhampton in connection with the murder of 15—year—old keelan wilson. keelan died following reports of a fight in strathfield walk in the city on may 29th. west midlands police said a 16—year—old man was arrested and is due to be questioned. there have been fresh volcanic eruptions in guatemala, prompting a new wave of evacuations of people living on the slopes below. nearly 200 people are now believed to be missing, after the fuego volcano erupted on sunday, killing 75 people. attempts to recover bodies are being hampered by thick

daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey.ould be ‘paralysed' for years to come. i think we will not be able to move forward in unity as a nation. we are polarised, we are divided, we are fractured, notjust over brexit but there is disenchantment in scotland, wales, northern ireland, the english regions, and people are not sensing that the problems that they thought gave rise to what was the biggest antiestablishment revolt we have seen in centuries, the commercial, the political, the industrial, the cultural establishment all rejected by this brexit vote and i don't think people have yet woken up, particularly in parliament, to the drivers of that dissatisfaction. what we've got to do about it, stagnant wages, left—out communities, migration is still an issue, sovereignty is still an issue and of course the health service and the promises about the health service were part of the referendum. now, if we don't deal with these fundamental underlying drivers of dissatisfaction, the root causes of what brought about brexit, then w