live from london. this is bbc news. a warm welcome on the tarmac amid concern in the us over the deepening ties between the two nuclear armed countries. the british billionaire john caudwell who donated half a million to the conservatives at the last election tells the bbc he s voting labour for the first time. police release a mugshot ofjustin timberlake after the singer was arrested on suspicion of driving while drunk. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. russia s president putin hasjust arrived in north korea on his first visit to the secretive state for 2h years. he landed in pyongyang a short time ago ahead of talks with north korea s leader kim jong un. the visit underlines the growing relationship between the two nuclear armed countries particularly since russia s invasion of ukraine. and it comes amid accusations from the united states that north korea has been supplying arms to russia for use in its war with ukraine something pyongyang denies. our diplomatic corres
a picture of rishi sunak campaigning on the sea in devon. it says that members of his own party are jockeying for position, for the potential opportunity to succeed him as party leader and the guardian says labour would introduce a policy where the nhs will buy beds in care homes, to cut hospital waiting times. now it s time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. will be high or very high of course, the grass pollen season has begun. now thursday marks the summer solstice, a few changes have to keep an eye on this area of low pressure over the continent, could produce a few showers towards the far southeast of england, and our weather front continues to sink southwards and eastwards. more cloud over the north west or northern ireland and for much of scotland. perhaps a few outbreaks of rain here and there at times it may not be completely dry. but the best of the brightness and the dry weather will probably be for eastern areas of england and here, temperat