For theresa mays Minority Government, mps will vote on the queens speech later. In half an hours time the culture and Media Secretary will announce whether 21st Century Fox will be allowed to takeover sky. The deal would give Rupert Murdoch total control of the broadcaster. And Dame Katherine grainger, the incoming chair of uk sport, says she has huge concerns about Athlete Welfare. I think there is huge concerns, without a doubt, no one is pretending there isnt. Good morning. Its thursday 29th july. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A retired Court Of Appealjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, will be appointed to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. The news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, but they dont expect to be able to confirm the final number for at least another six months. This morning the Prime Minister theresa may released a statement on the appointment of sir Martin Moore Bick to lead the inquiry. T
Its 6am in singapore, pm in london and 6pm in washington where Donald Trumps son in law and trusted adviser, Jared Kushner, has made a rare statement before the cameras, after appearing before a Senate Intelligence committee. His message there was no collusion between russia and the Trump Campaign to influence the us president ial election. The bbcs North America editor jon sopel has the story. Jared kushner, the husband of ivanka, the son in law of the president , and the closest confidante of donald trump to find himself in the cross hairs of the sprawling russia investigation. A man whos normally found studiously avoiding the limelight today found himself uncomfortably the centre of attention. After giving evidence to the Senate Intelligence committee behind closed doors, he returned to the white house to insist hed done nothing wrong. I did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. I had no improper contacts. I have not relied on russian fund
Its 6am in singapore, pm in london and 6pm in washington where Donald Trumps son in law and trusted adviser, Jared Kushner, has made a rare statement before the cameras, after appearing before a Senate Intelligence committee. His message there was no collusion between russia and the Trump Campaign to influence the us president ial election. The bbcs North America editor jon sopel has the story. Jared kushner, the husband of ivanka, the son in law of the president , and the closest confidante of donald trump to find himself in the cross hairs of the sprawling russia investigation. A man whos normally found studiously avoiding the limelight today found himself uncomfortably the centre of attention. After giving evidence to the Senate Intelligence committee behind closed doors, he returned to the white house to insist hed done nothing wrong. I did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. I had no improper contacts. I have not relied on russian fund
South of france and corsica fight huge forest fires banned by high temperatures and strong winds. Close to the Tourist Resort of saint tropez, nearly 2000 Fire Fighters have been put into action as dozens of homes are evacuated. And britains adam peaty has broken his own 50 metre breast stroke world record, in the heats of the World Swimming Championships in hungary. Good morning. Its tuesday the 25th ofjuly. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Builders could be banned from selling new houses as Leasehold Properties in england under proposals put forward by the government today. It comes after it emerged some Housing Developers have been selling the leasehold on to Investment Firms without always telling homeowners, leading to extra costs or rising charges. The government says there is a particular problem in the North West Of England where houses were being sold on leasehold although its not clear why. The communities secretary, sajid javid, has said enough is enough as he set
Did you see the part of the fox news interview with donald trump . That were released in the last 2a hours. One in particular has generated a lot of comments. Shooting is a killer. A lot of killers get a lot of killers, you think our country is so innocent . Putin is a killer. I dont know any Government Leaders who are killers. Look at what we have done as well. We made a lot of mistakes, i was against the war in iraq from the beginning. A lot of mistakes. But a lot of people were killed, there are a lot of kellett killers around, believe me. Calling Vladimir Putin a killer was unlikely to go down well in the kremlin. Its spokesperson said we consider such words from the fox tv company to be unacceptable and insulting, and honestly speaking, we would prefer to get an apology from such a respected tv company. No sign of that apology. For more on this, i spoke with olga ivshina from bbc russian. It is interesting that the spokesman for putin declined to comment. He said that he did not g