This week borisjohnsons brexit diplomacy appears to pay off in berlin. No bromance for bojo in paris, though. Well be discussing which matters more. Plus with the amazon on fire, brazil accuses the g7 nations of colonial meddling. But is the g7 fiddling whilst the Global Economy burns . Around the table with me are thomas kielinger, a biographer, and for many years london correspondent for germanys die welt. The canadian broadcaster Jeffrey Kofman suzanne lynch, who writes from washington for the irish times, and catherine pepinster, a commentator on religious affairs, and former editor of the tablet. The amazon, the lung of our planet, is burning. So tweeted emmanuel macron, the president of france, late thursday. Hes the host of the g7 summit, in biarritz this weekend, and proposed putting it on the agenda. Which, to jair bolsonaro, brazils president , is just so much hot air. After all, burning forest to clear land for cattle and the growing of soya is to meet a global demand, not l
Along with show anthea smith, who lost an ear to melanoma, and puts it down to decades of using sunbeds. And well talk to pupils from the east London State School where 100 students got straight as in their a levels, and more than a0 of them are heading to oxford and cambridge. Even stormzy has been tweeting about their success. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Do you use sunbeds . If so, are you worried about the risks . Or do you think its no worse than sitting out in the sun and, if you use them sensibly, youre safe . Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about use the hashtag victoria live. If you text, youll be charged at the Standard Network rate. First, Rachel Schofield has the news. Good morning. In the last hour, turkeys military pension fund has reached a tentative deal to take over British Steel. The Turkish Armed forces assistance fund, known as 0yak, said it planned to take control of British Steel by the end of the year. The offi
By thursday and friday. Goodbye. Hello, this is bbc news. The metropolitan Police Reiterate that publishing leaked diplomatic telegrams could be a criminal offence. The warning follows the resignation of the British Ambassador in washington. The police have been criticised for threatening prosecutions of the media over the leak. Facebook is reportedly fined a record £4 billion to settle an investigation into violations of its users data privacy. Now on bbc news, britains outgoing Prime Minister tells the bbcs Political Editor of her pride and disappointment inside number ten ahead of the handover to a new pm this month. Thank you very much. Three years almost exactly since you. Yes, it is seems hardly possible please have a seat. Does it feel like its run by actually, it feel like its been in over in a flash . I suppose it does, so much has happened and i know obviously we know quite a lot of whats been happening, but things are happening every day, government business every day, deal
I want you to meet forky. He is a spork. Toy story four and more coming up at 1145 in the film review. Welcome to our look ahead at what the papers will bring us tomorrow. Guardian columnist dawn foster and joe twine. Many of the front pages are with you and they are dominated once again by the tory leadership race. The daily mail reporting that wasjohnson race. The daily mail reporting that was johnson and his race. The daily mail reporting that wasjohnson and his girlfriend, carrie simmons, have fled their south london home. The son claims that Boris Johnson and south london home. The son claims that borisjohnson and his partner have been involved in four explosive iows have been involved in four explosive rows in six weeks. The mirror, friends of Boris Johnson rows in six weeks. The mirror, friends of borisjohnson say he wa nts to friends of borisjohnson say he wants to leave his girlfriend to go back to his wife. Jeremy hunt says, his conservative leadership bible has questions to
A controversial if slightly soggy fourth ofjuly celebration. Theres been double delight for andy murray on his return to wimbledon winning his opening doubles match. Hell take to the court again later with Serena Williams. Hotter than yesterday at wimbledon, 27, 28 in a lot of sunshine. The forecast for the uk as a whole, the northern half of the country, cloudier with spots of rain, heaviest in the north west and for the south, sunny, dry and warm. Well be back with more later. We will. Its friday, the 5thjuly. Our top story, five former heads of Scotland Yard have warned that the public has lost confidence in the police and there is a feeling that britain has descended into lawlessness, due to the amount of knife and drug crime. In a letter to the times newspaper, the former Police Chiefs condemn what they call the emasculation of british policing under theresa may. Our news correspondent ben ando is outside new Scotland Yard. Ben, whats behind this letter . Good morning charlie. Whe