Everybody. Im of the American Enterprise institute. Its my great pleasure to welcome you to a set of conversations today. Democracy and, the american founding, this gathering is the beginning for us of a large, ambitious project today. I and i want to say just a few words about it before we get going with our conversation. 2026 is a lot of you know is going to mark the 250th anniversary of the american founding. A lot of organizations, a lot of individuals will recognize that milestone in a variety of ways. But thinking through how we might best that here, we thought that the kind of contribution we could make would be some of lasting intellectual product through a set of conferences that will then yield a set of books, other kinds of educational materials that explore how americans now should understand our heritage, our inheritance. The key and questions at issue in the american founding. Those materials can outlast the anniversary and conserve educators, students and citizens in gen
thunderstorms expected at edgbaston. talking thunderstorms, some of you had a talking thunderstorms, some of you had a pretty disturbing night last night, had a pretty disturbing night last night, lightning and thunder across parts night, lightning and thunder across parts of night, lightning and thunder across parts of the uk and more severe storms parts of the uk and more severe storms to parts of the uk and more severe storms to come today. i will have your storms to come today. i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s sunday the 18th ofjune. our main story: a video has emerged showing some conservative party workers drinking and dancing at a christmas party during covid lockdown. the footage, published by the sunday mirror, was taken at the conservatives headquarters in westminster in december 2020, when london was in tier 2 restrictions. our political correspondent iain watson has more. some conservatives will not want to look in the mirror toda
one from the netherlands and two from the united arab emirates. all those killed were czech nationals. the shooting happened in the heart of prague as the gunman opened fire at charles university s faculty of arts in the city s old town, which is a major tourist attraction. authorities evacuated staff and students, who were told to stay put and lock themselves inside classrooms. as you can see from these pictures some climbed on to rooftops and window ledges to escape the gunfire. police said the gunman took his own life following the attack. he s been named by local media as 24 year old student david kozak. a member of the prague police force gave this description of the response to the incident using footage filmed by cameras mounted on police officers to illustrate what had happened. translation: this classroom was, the attack was three translation: this classroom was, the attack was three hours, translation: this classroom was, the attack was three hours, make
in england could be just the tip of the iceberg according to inspectors and planting 100 wildlife meadows across historic sites to mark the coronation of king charles. and coming up on the bbc news channel. wimbledon would allow russian and belarusian players to compete as neutrals this summer lifting a ban in place from last yearfollowing russia s invasion of ukraine. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. donald trump has become the first former us president, to face a criminal prosecution. the precise charges against him haven t yet been made public, but they re thought to relate to falsifying business records, to hide a payment to a pawn star, stormy daniels, during the 2016 presidential campaign. it s alleged ms daniels was paid off, in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair. mr trump denies any wrongdoing, calling the indictment political persecution and election interference . 0ur north america correspondent, john sudworth, has our top story.
and coming up on the bbc news channel wimbledon later we ll have sportsday on the bbc news channel, we will have the and key interviews on the day s talking points all from the bbc sport centre. good evening. donald trump will be the first former us president to face criminal charges after a grand jury indicted him over money paid to the former porn star stormy daniels. the indictment, which is a formal criminal accusation, was the result of a secret vote by a grand jury in new york. that s a group of citizens who hear evidence and decide whether there s enough to charge someone with a crime. so what s this charge about? we don t know the specifics yet, but it centres on a payment made to stormy daniels after an alleged affair between her and mr trump in 2006. in 2016, just days before mr trump was elected president, his lawyer, michael cohen, paid £130,000 to stormy daniels to stop her from selling her story. two years later, michael cohen testified that mr trump directed