And we are joined 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we arejoined by 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we are joined by senior politicians from seven parties who will be listening and responding to what everyone has got to say. They are, for the conservatives. Representing the labour party, said area champion. The Scottish National party. Ukip, the Liberal Democrats and plaid cymru join us and for the green party, their co leader. Also, give them applause. Applause. Also, Jonathan Blake is working with bbc Reality Check looking at the numbers promises we will hear about by working out what really stacks up. And it is going through comments we have been getting all day on bbcdebate. First, tonight, after two devastating Terror Attacks in two weeks, including In Manchester, security has become a bigger part of the election campaign, in particular how best to protect british people from future attacks. Police numbers in england and wales have fallen by almost 20,000 since 2010 an
Aus north korea as a brutal regime after a us student that was imprisoned there guys. Stay hydrated, as the uk heatwave continues. Imprisoned there guys. Imprisoned there has died. Good morning. Its tuesday 20th june. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Serious Fraud office has charged barclays and four former executives including former chief Executivejohn Varley with fraud over the banks dealings with qatar at the height of the financial crisis. Barclays raised Emergency Funding from qatar in 2008 to avoid a government bail out. Now barclays has become the first bank to Face Criminal Charges for actions during the financial crisis. With me is ben thompson. The first Senior Executives to face charges over alleged activities in that period of the financial crisis. Tell us more period of the financial crisis. Tell us more about what the charges are. You have two turn the clock back to 2008, the height of the crisis. Three of the biggest banks said they we re three of th
Thursday in parliament, our look at the best of the day in the commons and the lords. On this programme, labour describes as shameful the governments decision to wind down a scheme allowing vulnerable refugee children into britain. Where does it say that instead of the 3000 that Parliament Debated, we will only help a tenth of that number . Where does it say that when we get the chance we will somehow turn our backs once again . Egging on their lordships. An snp mp encourages the House Of Lords to delay the brexit bill. For us it is very much a win win whatever the outcome is here because i say to their lordships, reach for these barricades and take on this government. And are they really the future . Smart Energy Meters are criticised for not being very smart. Last year, the telegraph reported that over 130,000 smart meters were now operating in this dumb mode as a result of switching. But first, the government is insisting its not abandoning vulnerable refugee children despite windin
Senator Lindsey Graham whether or not there is an investigation ongoing into the Donald Trump Campaign and those contacts that allegedly occurred with russian officials during the president ial election. Since they have not confirmed the existence of an investigation, they have not even confirmed with senators, so in a private meeting between graham and whitehouse on march 2nd, james comey would not tell these two senators whether or not there was an investigation ongoing, even though they sit on a judiciary subcommittee investigating the issue of russia. Comey according to Sheldon Whitehouse said he would confirm whether or not that investigation is occurring by this hearing that theyre having tomorrow in this Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee exploring russias meddling in the election. Eastern yoeuropean elections as
committee and the top democrat mark warner told me going into the briefing theres no evidence whatsoever even though he met with james comey last week. One other s
Smoking crack. He got locked up for that. The mayor has passed. The cost of the statue. 300,000. So Thomas Jefferson statue no, marion barry statue, yes. Moving on. This week a muslim terrorist mowed down 8 people in his van in New York City. Thankfully an nypd officer shot him. And he asked to fly and isis flag in his hospital room. The president tweeted this. The Wall Street Journal reporter took issue with the president s call for the Death Penalty. The unifying threat is the broader politics of donald trump, the ethnocentric nationalism. He did not react this way when a
white person shot dozens of people in las vegas. He did not come and say we have to do an immediate policy change, we need to give this guy the Death Penalty. Jesse Donald Trump Didnt Call for the Death Penalty because the las vegas short killed himself. Malcolm nance says this after the nypd attack. What you are seeing is not islam. None of this is condoned including the sacrificing and getting yourself killed at t