a historic visit to congo the scene of atrocities committed by his colonial ancestor. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. three weeks after the school shooting in texas, there are signs that some very limited gun control measures could be adopted by congress. the senate republican leader, mitch mcconnell, says he hopes for a deal addressing mental health and school security. so what are the proposals on gun control that congress is looking at? let s put some of those pointers up for you. the potential measures being discussed include further incentives for states to introduce their own red flag laws. more investment in school security, and access to mental health support. there is a proposal to change the background checks for people younger than 21. and an idea which looks something like a cooling off period for 18 year olds who want to buy a semi automatic weapon the kind that were used by 18 year o
mental health is linked to most drug and alcohol addiction. trade trouble ministers propose legislation allowing the uk to unilaterally change the post brexit trade deal with the eu. day six of that court case wayne rooney says the england manager told him that rebekah vardy s media activities were causing distractions during euro 2016. ticket to ride the queen makes a surprise visit to see london s new elizabeth line for herself. and coming up later rangers fans turning seville blue ahead of the europa league final tomorrow night with tens of thousands without tickets expected on the spanish city. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. for 82 days the ukranian fighters who clung to their last foothold in the besieged city of mariupol came to symbolise their country s defiance against the onslaught of russian forces. last night more than 260 of them were told to leave the asovstal steel plant and were taken to russian controlled territory. the southern port ci
and for northern ireland and scotland, similar, but later in the day by the looks of things before the next band of wet weather arrives but because we will have churned through the rain overnight, slightly less warm air following behind but still between 18 and 23 celsius which is above where it should be at this time of year. let s look at the rain for tomorrow and overnight because it looks like we could have a deluge again with thunderstorms around, more than we might see this evening and overnight and that clears through during the night so welcome waterfor clears through during the night so welcome water for the gardens and thursday very similar, morning mist, and windy in the west and tomorrow and windy in the west and tomorrow and thursday but temperatures should peak in the high teens in scotland and northern ireland and the low 20s further south. and northern ireland and the low 20s furthersouth. is and northern ireland and the low 20s further south. is for the weeke
on, whether it is the nhs, more gps, more nhs dentists, things that people really carabao, our approach to getting the economy back on track or our campaign on the environment. we are here in the beautiful lake district to campaign on the issue of sewage, it has been the liberal democrats who have been campaigning hard to clean up our rivers and beaches and likes and it is the liberal democrats leading on that. so i am focused on getting more liberal mps elected and defeating the conservatives. can liberal mps elected and defeating the conservatives. liberal mps elected and defeating the conservatives. can i get a yes or no on whether the conservatives. can i get a yes or no on whether keir the conservatives. can i get a yes or no on whether keir starmer - the conservatives. can i get a yes i or no on whether keir starmer would make a good prime minister but which i am really focused on the labour campaign, ithink i am really focused on the labour campaign, i think peopl
Monday in parliament. The main news from westminster after the 620 summit, the Prime Minister is confident about the uks position in the world but dismayed at americas position on climate change. I spoke personally to President Trump to encourage them to rejoin the Paris Agreement and i continue to hope that is exactly what he will do. Theresa may is reaching out to other parties on Big Policy Issues Labour says her government has run out of steam. If the Prime Minister would like it i am very happy to furnish her with a copy of our election manifesto, or better still an early election so that the people of this country can decide. Also on the programme the Falkland Islander who travelled 8,000 miles to raise concerns about brexit. We may well lose the support of the rest of europe and may well see spain and possibly other members of europe giving greater support to argentina over its mistaken and a legal claim to the falkland islands. When the leaders of the 620 countries the worlds l