mark lobel, our political correspondent. from the g7 have warned the us that it only has days left to avoid a trade war. after a meeting in canada last night, they expressed their "unanimous concern and disappointment" about new tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. this report from lebo diseko. as family photos go, this looked pretty awkward for one member. us treasury secretary steve mnuchin, facing his counterparts from some of the us‘s closest allies, united in their frustration at america's latest tariffs. the americans have decided, in our mind, to take an action that is not at all constructive. it is actually destructive to our ability to get things done around tariffs on steel and aluminium. mr mnuchin played down talk of us isolation, saying his country believes in the g7. i think our leadership on the economy, which is one of president trump's major objectives, that and national security, is not only good for the united states, but is good for growth around the world. signing in measures against cheap steel and a

mark lobel reports. into its third day, an enormous fire in an area of upland, east of manchester, rages on. smoke from the pennine moors has been spreading since sunday. it's causing major disruption and fear. nearby, at least 3a houses have been evacuated. residents here maybe next. the smoke was really, really, sort of, dense, and you could hardly breathe, plus your eyes were burning as well. firefighters, gamekeepers and farmers have all been tirelessly trying to put out the fire but, as yet, it's been impossible to get under control. it's very hot, hot conditions when you're up there trying to fight the fire. the vastness of it, one of the biggest ina long vastness of it, one of the biggest in a long time i've seen. the fire is even visible from space. here's the smoke showing up on imagery from nasa. it's been declared a major incident. greater manchester police say they've spoken to the army, who are on standby. amid health and safety fears, two schools in the affected area a re safety fears, two

mark lobel reports. the sahara, it's set to be an unforgettably hot couple of days for residents and visitors alike at chester zoo. wallowing in the north west, there's an 80% chance of a heatwave there. but the opportunity to top up your tan does come with a health warning. those being told to take extra care include the elderly, young children, people with serious health conditions, and hay fever sufferers. the met office has issued this first health alert of the summer to prepare people for consecutive days and nights of extreme temperatures. it may not be the last. there are severe weather warnings across england, with a 60% chance of it occurring in the next two days in the north—east, west midlands and south—west. transport will be affected, too. rail delays are almost guaranteed, with tracks at risk of overheating. drivers have been warned of sticky, bumpy roads as scalding temperatures hit the tarmac. the met office and public health england are clear that with the hot temperatures lie dangers ah

let's speak to our political correspondent, mark lobel.ngth and strategy, do we have any details on what that will be? yes. the strategy was prompted by those attacks last year across britain and the government wants to do more to really work out to these terrorists are, to capture them beforehand, to punish them afterwards more. in particular, to work out more information about those people that they know are linked to terrorist organisations. there are three things they are likely to unveil they are doing. the first is they want more sharing of data. they'll turn to mi5 and ask them to share more of the data that they are receiving from their investigations into 3000 people of interest, and a further 20,000 people of interest that are no longer being currently investigated but might pose a threat in the future. they want that information shared with local government agencies, social services or neighbourhood policing. that way, the risks of these people can be managed on a local level notjust within the security services at the top level

let's speak to our political correspondent mark lobel.came home secretary, so under the spotlight. that's right and they covered a lot of areas. one of which is the number of police falling to historically low levels recently. we've had this trend of recorded offences rising. last month, the home secretary addressed the police federation in birmingham and said that it provide police funding in a spending review next year. andrew marr asked him about that and it was quite an emphatic answer he got back. whiles we have increased resources dramatically in this financial year by some £460 million, i want to make ita by some £460 million, i want to make it a priority of mine in the next spending review next year. have you got the agreement of the chancellor to spend more on police and security? not yet. and security services, yes. and policing more generally, we haven't started the spending review process but when we do i'm sure the chancellor will learn of my views. he's also been asked about immigration. that's right. this was one of the key

here's our political correspondent mark lobel. reducing net migration, a key conservative target, may not be as safe as it once was. the home secretary, sajid javid, has said he supports the conservative manifesto commitment, to bring net migration down to the tens of thousands, but he has refused to back the figure explicitly. in his first major tv interview since becoming home secretary, he said he was prepared to look at raising the cap for skilled workers. when the policy was put in place, there was a cat that was established at 20,700 of these highly skilled immigrants, and for yea rs highly skilled immigrants, and for years and years, that cap was upheld. it is something that i am taking a fresh look at. it follows pressure from businesses and the nhs, which is struggling to recruit doctors. he also accepted there was a perception problem, with students being included in net migration numbers. but labour rejects the government's numbers. but labour rejects the government‘s target— numbers. but labour rejects the government's

i spoke to our correspondent mark lobel to find out more. is the home secretary been saying? last month the home secretary addressed the police federation in birmingham and he said he would provide police funding and spending review next year. so andrew marr asked him about that and it was quite an emphatic answer that andrew got back, so let's have a listen to that. whilst we have increased resources dramatically in this financial year by some 460 million throughout england and wales, i want to make it a priority of mine in the next spending review next year. and have you got the agreement of the chancellor to spend more on the police and security services? not yet, because we haven't started... well, on security services, yes, we've already made some of those announcements. on policing more generally, we haven't started the spending review process, but when we do i'm sure the chancellor will learn of my views. so there we are, that's him talking about police. he's also been asked a bit about immigration, i think? that's right, this was one

here's our political correspondent, mark lobel. reducing migration. conservative party may not be as safe as it once was. as a secretary, said he supports the conservative ma nifesto said he supports the conservative manifesto commitment, which is to bring migration down to the tens of thousands, but has refused to back the figure expressively. in his first major tv interview, he said he was prepared to look at raising the cap for skilled workers. when the party was put in place, there was a cat that was established, 27,000 of these highly skilled workers, and for yea rs these highly skilled workers, and for years and years that cap was hit. i see the problem with that. i am taking a fresh look at it. hit. i see the problem with that. i am taking a fresh look at itm follows pressure from businesses and the nhs, which is struggling to recruit doctors. it also accepted there was a perception problem with stu d e nts there was a perception problem with students being included in net migration numbers. but labour rejects the government approach. the mista

let's talk to our political correspondent mark lobel. the conversation continues with this. it is the latest development? following a security review after those attacks across the uk last year the government has said it wants to do more to catch as well as punish terrorists, and in particular, assess the risks of those people with known that links to terrorist organisations. —— known the links. it was to share information more widely, it wants mi5 to declassify lots of information interest to a part of current investigations, as well as 20,000... inaudible... such as social services and neighbourhood policing, so they can manage the risk at a local level. secondly, they want to increase the terms for terrorist offences in prison, and also to monitor them when they come out of prison more closely, and thirdly, they want more progress with the tech industry for spotting online terrorism before it actually happens. and the government is saying that progress has been made. they have foiled, they say, four pots by right—wing extremists as la

mark lobel reports.bove 30 celsius and outshine the sahara, it is said to be an unforgettably sahara, it is said to be an u nforg etta bly hot sahara, it is said to be an unforgettably hot couple of days for residents and visitors are like at chester zoo. wallowing in the north—west, there is an 80% chance ofa north—west, there is an 80% chance of a heat wave there. at the opportunity to top up your $10 cup with —— does come with a health warning. those being told to take extra ca re warning. those being told to take extra care include the elderly, young children, people with serious health conditions and hayfever sufferers. the met office has issued its first health alert of the summer to prepare people for consecutive days and nights of extreme temperatures. it may not be the last. there are severe weather warnings across england, with a 60% chance of it occurring in the next two days in the north—east, west midlands and south—west. transport will be affected too. rail delays are almost guaranteed, wit

let's talk to our political correspondent mark lobel. d the home secretary is going to make an announcement tomorrow officially, mark. he's likely to say more here on bbc one soon. that's right, in just over an hour's time. he is going to talk about a security review which was prompted by those attacks across britain last year. from which the government wants to do more to catch and also to punish terrorists. they wa nt to and also to punish terrorists. they want to be able to better assess those people who had links to known terrorist organisations and they wa nt to terrorist organisations and they want to do it in three ways. they wa nt to want to do it in three ways. they want to share information more widely, they want mi5 to declassify information that they have from looking into investigating 3000 people of interest and an extra 20,000 people who were of interest, and might pose a threat in the future. they want that information to filter down to local government agencies such as the social services and neighbourhood policing so the

let's talk to our political correspondent mark lobel. what can we expect to hear from sajid javid?ear from sajid javid? following a security review since the terror attacks across britain last year, the government wants to do more to catch and punish terrorists, and also find out more about those people with no links to terrorist organisations. they hope to do that in three ways. firstly, by sharing more data. they wa nt firstly, by sharing more data. they want m15 to declassify more of the information it has on the 3000 people it is currently investigating, as was 20,000 people have investigated in the past two might pose a threat in the future. —— who might. they want that information shared with local government agencies such as social services or neighbouring police groups, so services or neighbouring police groups, so they can use that information is well to manage the risks of these people. secondly, they want to have longer prison sentences for people convicted of terrorist offences, and also to monitor those people more closely when they come out of prison. thirdly, those m

mark lobel reports.shine the sahara, it's set to be an unforgettably hot couple of days for residents and visitors alike at chester zoo. wallowing in the north west, there's an 80% chance of a heatwave there. but the opportunity to top up your tan does come with a health warning. those being told to take extra care include the elderly, young children, people with serious health conditions, and hay fever sufferers. the met office has issued this first health alert of the summer to prepare people for consecutive days and nights of extreme temperatures. it may not be the last. there are severe weather warnings across england, with a 60% chance of it occurring in the next two days in the north—east, west midlands and south—west. transport will be affected, too. rail delays are almost guaranteed, with tracks at risk of overheating. drivers have been warned of sticky, bumpy roads as scalding temperatures hit the tarmac. the met office and public health england are clear that with the hot temperatures lie dange

mark lobel reports.y, an enormous fire in an area of upland east of manchester rages on. smoke from the pennine moors has been spreading since sunday. it's causing major disruption and fear. nearby, at least 3a houses have been evacuated. residents here may be next. the smoke was really, really sort of dense and you could hardly breathe. plus your eyes were burning as well. firefighters, gamekeepers and farmers have all been tirelessly trying to put out the fire, but as yet it's been impossible to get under control. it's very hot, hot conditions when you're up there trying to fight the fire. the vastness of it, it's one of the biggest ones i've been on in a long time. the fire is even visible from space. here's the smoke showing up on imagery from nasa. it's been declared a major incident. greater manchester police say they have spoken to the army, who are on standby. amid health and safety fears, two schools in the affected area are closing today and hundreds of residents have been warned to keep their