And coming up two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. Good morning welcome to bbc newsroom live. More disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterdays extreme heat. But with speed restrictions in place that didnt happen. What did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when they sagged in the heat, sparking some line side fires. This left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. Repair work has been ongoing but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed meaning a significantly reduced service is in place. And theres still disruption there today as well as other stations as seen here in leicester. East Midlands Trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. Its put an emergency t
That it is politically motivated. Facebook is in favour of an Oversight Board to regulate the platforms content, says its head of Global Affairs sir nick clegg. Foreign Office Minister Andrew Murrison warns that iran needs to stop attacks in the gulf of oman amid rising tensions between the country and the us. The party of turkeys president erdogan suffers a crushing defeat to the opposition in a re run of the Mayoral Election in istanbul, which was seen as a key test of his authority. The uks first gambling addiction clinic for young people is to be opened by nhs england. Its thought more than 50,000 children have a problem. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Sky news say they will postpone a planned tv debate between the two candidates for conservative leadership unless Boris Johnson agrees to take part. Jb hunt had said he will participate but mr johnson has so far declined the invitation. Jeremy hunt. Johnson has so far declined the invitation. Jeremy hunt. Mr hunt has acc
No one should call this one too early. You wouldnt call a premier League Football match after about 30 minutes. And theres a lot more people whove got their view, too. Except you are at The End Of You are at the end of a government term. Thats fair. But people make a choice at the election, a very clear choice. Whos going to walk through the door of number ten the following morning. In dorset, the conservatives lost control of the council to the liberal democrats, who are second in terms of the number of seats won overall. But in some places, Labourface A Challenge from the greens. This is bristol, where they became the Biggest Party on the council, picking up every single seat in what will be one of their top target constituencies. These are huge steps forward for the green party. Theres now nine councils across the country where were the largest party. Large numbers of councils where greens are part of the ruling administration, often working with other parties, which were very happy
Gathered behind me here, and we are waiting at this Convention Centre in birmingham for the official final declaration, so at the moment all we know is that Labour Sources are saying that they have won. If that is the case, that would be a huge coup for the party and for sir keir starmer, the incumbent conservative mayor andy street is still hoping, it has been hoping for a third term here, and it was very fought race, and throughout the day, both partys sources have been telling me that they believed it was a knife edge, they believed it was a knife edge, the result here. But as we are hearing from the labour party now, they believe they have pulled it off, and Richard Parker, their candidate, has won. I was down on the floor five minutes ago, Richard Parker was down there as were other members of the labour party, Jess Phillips mp as well. They had all just go down on the floor, we didnt really know why, but they all seemed fairly positive. Could that have been the first sign before
But first, gabriel gatehouse reports from phoenix, where americas increasingly polarised political debate spilled out onto the streets. Voiceover bikers for trump. They came to phoenix, to show support for their president , and, they said, to stop protesters from harassing those who wanted to attend the rally. Charlottesville is still fresh in the memory. Two radically opposing visions for america clashed, blood was spilt, people died. We dont want to see anybody get hurt. The bikers condemned White Supremacists and neo nazis, and so, eventually, did donald trump, but he was slow and equivocal. Many saw in him a president who emboldened racist. For all of us to protect people from threats of violence by protesters. But america is in the grip of a cultural war so polarising, you might wonder whether these two sides lived on the same planet. Obama for the last eight yearshas emboldened people to come out and be violent because there has been no consequences for any of it, telling people