our panel tonight from edinburgh, the bbc political correspondent rob watson, and from plymouth, our south west s political editor martyn oates. later in the programme, vladimir putin has just arrived in north korea for a two day summit with kimjong un. and we are watching events at the white house tonight joe biden about to sign an executive order that will grant an amnesty to tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who are married to us citizens. a very warm welcome to the programme. the british billionaire entrepreneur and businessmanjohn caudwell, who gave the conservatives half a million pounds before the last general election, has told the bbc he will vote labour for the first time in his life next month. the founder of the phones au buisness invited our political editor chris mason to his house this afternoon and told him he thought rishi sunak was an absolute dud and that the labour leader sir keir starmer is, for him, hitting all the right notes. no, i ve no id
Talks begin today to take britain out of the european union, well be there live throughout the morning. And while the politicians are talking, iam and while the politicians are talking, i am at Smithfield Markets in manchester to find out what businesses want from the negotiations. As Police Release the first pictures from inside the charred remains of Grenfell Tower, a nationwide minutes silence will take place this morning to remember those who lost their lives. In sport, the american Brooks Koepka equalled the Tournaments Lowing lowest winning score to take his first major. And carols got the weather. Today, for many of us, hot and sunny. Temperatures peaking around 33 celsius in the south. In the north, at different story. There is a Weather Front producing thick cloud and some drizzle. I will have more in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. One man has been killed and eight people have been taken to three separate hospitals after a van drove into a crowd of pede
Good morning, everyone. And welcome to your new day. Im amara walker in for christi paul. And im boris sanchez. Right now, President Biden is meeting with World Leaders at the g7 in england, as biden sells his america is back message to allies. Its his meeting with the World Leaders that is not in attendance that is looming large over the summit. As vaccinations among children rise, there are new questions over just how soon kids should be vaccinated. And a new study showing a possible link between vaccines and heart issues in children. Plus, forced into hiding. How georgias Secretary Of State, a Repeat Target of President Trumps election lies, felt the need to go into hiding after facing Death Threats and breakins. And a major heat wave is building across parts of the country with more than 20 million under heat alerts, where temperatures will soar well into triple digits. Good morning. And welcome to your new day. It is saturday, june 12th. We are glad that you are with us, amara, sa
Good morning, everyone. And welcome to your new day. Im amara walker in for christi paul. And im boris sanchez. Right now, President Biden is meeting with World Leaders at the g7 in england, as biden sells his america is back message to allies. Its his meeting with the World Leaders that is not in attendance that is looming large over the summit. As vaccinations among children rise, there are new questions over just how soon kids should be vaccinated. And a new study showing a possible link between vaccines and heart issues in children. Plus, forced into hiding. How georgias Secretary Of State, a Repeat Target of President Trumps election lies, felt the need to go into hiding after facing Death Threats and breakins. And a major heat wave is building across parts of the country with more than 20 million under heat alerts, where temperatures will soar well into triple digits. Good morning. And welcome to your new day. It is saturday, june 12th. We are glad that you are with us, amara, sa