Of the grenfell InquIry s fInal report, we talk to some of those whose lIves have been changed forever. And. It s more gold for great brItaIn at the paralympIcs, wIth Faye Rogers wInnIng In the pool. And In london. And stay wIth us here on Bbc News for contInuIng Coverage And AnalysIs from our team of correspondents In the uk and around the world. Good evenIng. It Is the bIggest sIngle loss of lIfe so far In the channel thIs year, wIth a pregnant woman along wIth sIx chIldren among the dead when theIr small boat capsIzed off the french coast. 12 people dIed In all, and 51 others were rescued. Some are In a crItIcal condItIon. DownIng street InsIsts Its takIng actIon to target the crImInal smugglIng gangs, descrIbIng the deaths as truly horrIfIc. Well have more on the Impact of the Governments PolIcy regardIng small boats In a moment. The boat got Into dIffIculty off Cap GrIs Nez around 6am thIs mornIng, wIth all those on board endIng up In the water. Just a handful of people were wearI
For his reaction to the by election. Well, to be frank, i m pleased that this whole sorry saga has come to an end now. It has been a very difficult and messy process. I m very pleased that we took rapid and robust action in terms of our candidate and the number one priority for us now in rochdale will be to select a strong candidate who will take the seat for labour and we will take the seat for labour and we will have a labour mp at the General Election that we can be proud of. That s Stephen Kinnock of labour. Well, let s head to the rochdale by Election Centre and our Political Correspondent is there. I mentioned an independent candidate looks to be doing well and he s with you. Yes. I m with david tully, a name you ve probably never come across in politics before. David, tell me your story, first and foremost. Why did you first decide to stand in this by election . You first decide to stand in this bitelection . You first decide to stand in this b election . ~ ,. , ~. , byelection
also this lunchtime. lower energy bills for many households after the regulator brings in a new price cap. the chief constable of police scotland the uk s second biggest force admits it is institutionally racist and sexist. and by public demand, a fitting farewell for an raf hero who fought in the second world war. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: history for brighton, their highest finish in the premier league and a first european campaign to look forward to next season. good afternoon. net migration to the uk has hit a record high, despite the government s promise to reduce it. the office for national statistics say that last year 606,000 more people moved to the united kingdom than left it. that s up around 118,000 on the previous year s figure. the rise is driven by people from outside the eu, including ukraine and hong kong. the prime minister says the figures are too high labour claim they show the government has lost control of immigratio
programme. there will no be default. those were the words of president biden on thursday as he hailed what he called productive talks with his political rivals as the clock ticks on the country s finances. he is trying to avoid hitting the debt ceiling. the us government is set to hit its borrowing limit of $31.4 trillion next week, raising fears it could run out of money to pay its bills without a deal to increase the debt ceiling. from new york, michelle fleury reports. with just one week left until treasury officials say the us will run out of cash to pay its bills, the mood music from washington was upbeat that a deal can be done to avoid default. i want to be clear that the negotiations we re having with speaker mccarthy is about the outlines of what the budget will look like not about default. it s about competing visions for america. nothing will be resolved till we solve them all. we know where our differences lie. we worked well past midnight last night, we r
most popular pastimes but it needs a makeover. it s been on a container ship for a month. it s then been driven from a port on a lorry to a distribution point. it s then gone on a van to a shop and it s been used in the seafor a matter of hours before it s ended up as waste. and they are lancaster bombers that launched the famous dambusters raid exactly 80 years ago. and coming up on bbc news: more injury frustration forjofra archer, who s ruled out by england for the summer, butjonny bairstow returns to the test squad to face ireland. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a top british businessman, whose foreign companies were at the centre of a global international money laundering investigation, has been revealed as a major donor to the conservative party by the bbc. javad marandi, who has an 0be for business and philanthropy, has donated more than £750,000 to the party. some of his companies were alleged to be involved in a scheme to move money from one of a