Series, has died. From the 1960s tv series. Hello and welcome to world news today. Theresa mays efforts to form a Working Government despite losing her majority in the uk General Election are gathering pace. A minor party from Northern Ireland is reported to have agreed to help her party get their programme through parliament. According to Downing Street, they have reached the outline of an agreement with the democratic unionist party, or dup, who are pro brexit and socially conservative. A Downing Street spokesman said earlier, it was announced that the Prime Minister theresa mays two top advisers had resigned, following pressure from members of her own party. Theyve been replaced by one of the losing conservative candidates, the former housing minister gavin barwell. Our Political Correspondent alex forsyth reports. They were at the heart of power, the Prime Ministers closest advisers for years. But nick timothy and fiona hill were accused of having too much control over policy and t
Ned temko the political commentator, Annalisa Piras the italian film maker and broadcaster, Stefanie Bolzen of germanys die welt, and the russian journalist alexander nekrassov. Welcome to you all. The british Prime Minister lost her overall majority in the general election, and is having to do a deal with mps from Northern Ireland to stay in downing street. Theresa may was criticised during the Election Campaign for not meeting real people, and within a week that criticism has resurfaced because of the government response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy. An entire residential tower block in london destroyed by fire in one night. But when theresa may first visited the scene, she spoke to members of the emergency services, but not to local residents. All this coming just before those brexit talks are finally going to get underway. Lets discuss the state of britain, of british politics. Ned, theresa may, specifically, can she and will she survive all of this . If wed been having this conve
Labour system is the mother of all reforms because he hopes it will unleash a confidence and optimism in the Economic System which will unblock the problems which the country has. He wants to work pretty fast on that. And have the reforms which are controversial on the statute book, by september. But this is where we come to the old french problem. Will that triggered the protest on the streets which the opposition are predicting . We will have to see. In his favour, he came to power saying he would do this, he has a big mandate with his president ial vote and now this big majority in parliament. The auspices for this kind of reform could not be better, if not now, you might wonder, when . Hugh schofield, he looks like he is seeking a bit of shelter from the sunshine, like many people. It has been the warmest day of the year so far, quite a few places above 30 degrees. And a fair amount of sunshine, but more cloud in North Eastern scotland and more cloud in North Western scotland. 0utb
For the vast majority, dry and fine and warm. Pretty uncomfortable night for most of us sleeping but for most of us sleeping tonight but tomorrow again looks and dry for tomorrow again looks hot and dry for many. The air tomorrow again looks hot and dry for many. The air creeping south many. The cooler air creeping south gcioss many. The cooler air creeping south across and across scotland and Northern Ireland. Again low 30s in the south and east. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines Government Staff are being drafted in to manage the response to the Grenfell Tower fire following fierce criticism. A team of Civil Servants have been embedded in the Council Office after residents complained theyve received little help. Those affected by the blaze. To allow mps more time to scrutinise brexit legislation. Its been described as an unusual move. 57 people are killed in a forest fire in Central Portugal which continues to spread. Many of the victims burned to death in their vehicles when th
Including motorists trying to escape the blaze. In sport, Englands Tommy Fleetwood remains firmly in contention at golfs us open in wisconsin. Hes just one shot off the leader brian harman heading into todays final round. And helen has the weather. More sunshine on the way . Good morning. Another hot day for the vast majority, the sunshine as strong as it gets and its likely to last for another few days yet for most of us. Ill have the details for you in most of us. Ill have the details foryou ina most of us. Ill have the details for you in a round about 15 minutes. Thanks, helen. First, our main story. Church services will be held today to remember the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire in west london. Police have revealed that 58 people are missing and are believed to have died but that figure could still rise. Yesterday, theresa may met with volunteers and those left homeless. Government staff have been drafted in to improve the response to the disaster, as Nick Quraishi reports. Th