Combustible cladding is found on 11 tower blocks in england. A premier inn says its extremely concerned about three of its hotels. There is still sniper fire going there is still sniperfire going on. Welcome to raqqa, the capital of a caliphate under siege. Inside a city engulfed in violence as so called Islamic State struggles to hold on to raqqa, we have a Special Report from the front line. In sport, The Young Lions win a game. The under 2is are into the semi finals of their european championship, after brushing aside the hosts poland. 135,000 people descend on worthy farm as the Glastonbury Festival gets under way with heightened security. What will the weather be like . The good news is there will be a lot of dry weather through the next three days, but there will be a bit of rain and that sums up the forecast as we go into the weekend. All the details in the next 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Around Three Million eu nationals living in the uk will be allowed to
Plans for a second Scottish Referendum on independence have been put on ice. First minister Nicola Sturgeon has categorically not dropped the idea of another vote, but said today that no legislation will be brought forward until autumn next year at the earliest. Given the pace at which these things proceed, that means no vote would happen until 2020 and by then it would likely be delayed until after the next scottish elections in 2021. The reset amounts to a setback for the ambitions of the snp, but its arguably also a retreat for the forces of change and disruption that have been dominating politics for so long. It was scotland that led the world into a new era of voter restlessness. A nationalist surge that saw snp Majority Rule in scotland and which paved the way for that Independence Referendum. Scotland has voted no in this referendum on independence. It was a defeat for independence but it came closer than anyone anticipated when it all started. Something had stirred and quickly
As local people express their fears. Whether he will get to the bottom of who was responsible for causing the fire in the first place, is a different matter and thats the one thats really concerning residents at present. The ayes have it, the ayes have it. Unlock. By a majority 01 14, the commons approves the queens speech, and two years of the governments legislative plans. One of the most powerful figures in the catholic church, Cardinal George pell, will return to australia to deny historic charges of sexual abuse. Rupert murdochs bid to buy all of sky is likely to be referred to the competition authorities. And we have the findings of a major new study into the effects of pesticides on bees. And coming up in Sportsday On Bbc News despite a heavy fall, Johanna Konta recovers to underline her wimbledon credentials, with victory over the world no. 1, angelique kerber, in the quarterfinals of eastbourne. Good evening. After months of relentless fighting, the Islamic State group is faci
And we start in hong kong, which is marking 20 years since the end of British Colonial rule. The chinese president , xijinping, is visiting the territory under tightened security. That security is there to curtail any pro democracy protests. Our china editor Carrie Gracie has been meeting some of those who were born in the year of the handover. Hong kongs patriots greet their president and first lady. Flags, but no umbrellas allowed, because umbrellas are the symbol of protest here. He said hed come to support hong kong. Protesters chant. Thats not how democracy activists see it. Occupying a monument china presented to hong kong for the handover. One student insisted on herfreedom to protest as she was arrested. Hours earlier, she had illustrated her feelings about the Chinese Communist state. A hong kong flag in mourning. A Veteran Protester at 20. But shes no longer optimistic about what protest can achieve. Another hong konger, born in the year of the handover. Coffee shop barista a
Have drones, suicide bombers, this will be a very hard fight. The so called big economy has given rise to new ideas and some dynamic new companies. But our work is properly protected, or flexible contracts now an excuse to avoid Response Ability . And beijing is putting on quite a show. The promise of new trade along the new silk road, bridging the gap between east and west. In less than a decade, china has built twice as much high speed rail as the rest of the world combined. Hello, im in new york, kristian is in london. It now looks possible that Donald Trumps campaign didnt knowingly cooperate with people from russia. The e mails have been did knowingly cooperate. The e mails had been released and show a direct line from donald trump eyes inner circle to moscow. The e Mail Exchange was with this man, rob goldstone, a Music Publicist and former Tabloid Reporter who was arranging the meeting was up mr goldstone represents the russian pop star emin agalarov. His father is this man, a R