Following the shooting down of a us drone. A British Foreign Office Minister will meet senior officials in iran tomorrow to call for an urgent de escalation of tensions. Campaigners have joined Richard Ratcliffe outside the Iranian Embassy to show solidarity with him as his Hunger Strike over his detained wifes plight enters its eighth day. The government announces a new permament memorial to mark the First National windrush day which honors the british caribbean community. Good afternoon. In just a few minutes time, the first of a series of hustings events around the country will begin in birmingham. Mrjohnson and jeremy hunt, the two surviving candidates for the leadership, will be questioned by conservative Party Members, who vote next month on which man will become their party leader and the countrys Prime Minister. Boris johnson arrived in the past ten minutes or so. Here he is coming in. Creating some of the members there. A lot of this coming as it emerged that police we re comi
As it marks twenty two years since the british handed it back to china. And Sir David Attenborough joins kylie and the cure on the final day of the glastonbury festival. This is bbc world news, it is newsday. Good morning. Its 1 00 am in london, and 9 00 am in seoul where about 50 kilometres to the north of here, President Trump made history by becoming the first sitting us president to cross into north korea. Mr trump and kimjung un posed for handshakes before talking for nearly an hour in the heavily fortified demilitarised zone. Its the two leaders first meeting since a summit between them collapsed four months ago. Our correspondent nick bryant has this report. Meet me at the dmz, said the president. His impromptu invitation on twitter to the north korean leader, like a diplomatic form of online dating. Donald trump was savouring this moment, a smile of satisfaction as his choreography came together, because the chance of this brief encounter had kim jong un almost skipping down th
And have warned the death toll may rise. And in the past hour, James Tokioka director of the department of business, Economic Development and tourism in hawaii, gave this update. Its a very, very sad day in hawaii. It is devastating. And i know many families in maui are struggling right now as well as many Family Members across the state. We want to send our heartfelt love to them and our prayers to them. I am going to talk with two hats on, from here at the Convention Centre, we set up to accommodate 2,000 people. As the planes were leaving from maui, we realised that some of the people, in fact, a lot of the people that were coming to 0ahu from maui had made their own accommodation. We have a set up here that would accommodate 2,000 people. I want to really thank the team here because terry 0rton from the Convention Centre was here at four oclock in the Morning Setting up. They are doing an incrediblejob. People have been up all night. I really want to thank them for all of the work
In hawaii, hasjust given this update. Its a very, very sad day in hawaii. It is devastating. And i know many families on maui are struggling right now as well as many Family Members across the state. We want to send our heartfelt love to them and our prayers to them. I am going to talk with two hats on, from here at the Convention Centre, we set up to accommodate 2,000 people. As the planes were leaving from maui, we realised that some of the people, in fact, a lot of the people that were coming to 0ahu from maui had made their own accommodation. We have a set up here that would accommodate 2,000 people. I want to really thank the team here because terry 0rton from the Convention Centre was here at four oclock in the Morning Setting up. They are doing an incrediblejob. People have been up all night. I really want to thank them for all of the work that they did, the red cross has been here helping us, nicky from the red cross. Thank you to all of those people. John monaghan and jerry gi
A member of his Campaign Team told local media, villavicencio was about to get into a car when a man stepped forward and shot him in the head. His death was confirmed on social media by current president guillermo lasso. Ecuador s president ial election is scheduled to take place on 20 august. Wildfires are raging across the us state of hawaii. Officials there say that at least six people have died and many are injured, with some in a critical condition. These are the scenes out in maui and the big island that locals are calling apocalyptic. Locals are calling apocalyptic. The Historic Town of lahaina was one of the hardest hit, with reports that its now mostly reduced to ash. Crews there and across the islands are engaged in search and rescue, with evacuations under way for more than 13,000 people. But as residents try to escape, some are finding that many of the major roads are blocked and too dangerous to use. Lieutenant governor sylvia luke, whos serving as acting governor, issued