Hello and welcome to world news today. One of the victims of yesterdays terror attack in london has been named as jack merritt, a cambridge graduate who was helping coordinate a conference on prisoner rehabilitation. He was one of two People Killed by 28 year old usman khan, a former prisoner whod been convicted of terrorism, and was released from prison on licence last year. Daniel sandford reports 25 years old and a keen traveller, jack merritt had a masters from cambridge university. He was described by his father today as a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. Yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that he had helped organise. In the aftermath, his killer was wrestled to the ground by other former prisoners who had been attending the conference and then shot dead by police. The man who stabbed him, usman khan, was released from prison last year halfway through a sentence for plotting to bomb the london stoc
Is a good thing, not a bad thing. For the stupid people who say, thats a bad thing, its good to get along. Stormzy makes history by becoming the first black british solo artist to headline glastonbury. England will face the United States in the semifinals of the world cup. Thats after the us knocked out the hosts france in paris last night. Good morning. We are likely to see the hottest day of the year so far with temperature s across the south and east up to sa degrees. It will be cooler in the west with a few showers. The full forecast shortly. Its saturday the 29th ofjune. Our top story the heatwave continues. Today parts of the uk could experience the hottestjune weather in more than 60 years. Temperatures could reach 3a celsius, edging close to the hottest ever june day, recorded in 1957. It follows extreme heat across europe, with Health Warnings still in place in france after record breaking temperatures yesterday. Our reporter leigh milner is in camden park for us this morning.
A former director of Public Prosecutions, he knows the importance of Security First hand. But rishi sunak says only the conservatives have bold ideas for the future. Ideas for the future. Despite having 14 years with nothing to do but think about the future , labour have almost the future, labour have almost nothing to say about it. No nothing to say about it. No plans for our border, no plans for our energy security, no plans for our economy either. And no principles either. Keir starmer has gone from embracing Jeremy Corbyn to Natalie Elphicke , all in the cynical elphicke, all in the cynical pursuit of power at any price. So labour have no ideas what they did have. They view turned on. The Health Secretary has defended the governments record on Maternity Care after a major new report revealed endemic failures at hospitals. It found mums to be are often treated as an inconvenience, with some women mocked or shouted at and denied basic needs such as pain relief. The birth trauma inqui
Has urged the government to halt arms sales to israel following concerns of its military offensive in rafah. But should israel be allowed to finish the job properly of destroying hamas . Plus, ill be speaking to the editor of the unherd website of the government crackdown and promise to stop funding an organisation blocking the websites advertisement. State websites advertisement. State of the nation starts. Of the nation starts. Here. Ill also be joined by a Theatrical Panel this evening. Barrister and former tory mp jerry hayes, and the author and broadcaster amy nicole turner. As always , i want to hear from as always, i want to hear from you as a crucial part of our programme. Email me mailmogg gbnews. Com. But now its mailmogg gbnews. Com. But now wsfime mailmogg gbnews. Com. But now its time for the news bulletin with tamsin roberts. Christopher, thanks very much. And here are the top stories from the gb newsroom. Rishi sunak has warned that giving sir keir starmer the keys to n
Wed love to hear what you think. Send your views and post your comments by visiting gb news. Com rac. But first, heres the news with tatiana sanchez. The news with tatiana sanchez. Good morning. The top stories an mp has given up the conservative party whip after claims he misused campaign funds. Mark menzies. Claims he misused campaign funds. Mark menzies. He is alleged to have used thousands of pounds of donations to fund his medical expenses, including £14,000 transferred to his personal Bank Accounts. The Times Newspaper also reports he made a late night phone call to an aide asking for help because hed been locked up in a flat by what he described as bad people who were demanding £5,000 for his release. In a statement, menzies has denied the allegations. Hell sit as an independent in the house of commons while the claims are being investigated , and the being investigated, and the government has promised to do whatever it needs to do to get flights off the ground. After peers de