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. it s tuesday 20th june. i m 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 bank s 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