Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is off this week. Hes in france but hes not hanging out with the new french president thats what Vladimir Putins been doing today. The two leaders had a get to know you meeting at versailles. And you really have to wonder how cordial it was given that days before the French Election mr macron Accused Moscow of interfering in his poll. At a tense press conference, Vladimir Putin insisted any implication of russian meddling was rubbish. From paris, Lucy Williamson reports. Despite the sweltering weather, this meeting held A Touch Of Frost from the start. At the entrance to frances versailles palace, the two leaders greeted each other with brief handshakes and small grin smiles. Two hours later after their first meeting, the mood was, if anything, even cooler. France and russia have backed different groups in the syrian conflict. Emmanuel macron said that while france did not want to destabilise the syrian state they were red lines that must no
Who were shot and killed in Borough Market. The suspects had been confronted and shot by police within eight minutes of the first call. The suspects were wearing what looked like an explosive vest that were later established to be hoaxes. The ongoing operation is led by the met Working Closely with British Transport Police, and the ambulance and Fire Services full of at this stage we believe that sadly, six people have died in addition to the three attackers shot by police. There are at least 20 casualties taken to six hospitals across london but numbers are still rising. I would like to repeat our request for londoners to avoid the areas of londoners to avoid the areas of London Bridge and Borough Market to enable Emergency Services to continue this operation. This investigation, as i said, is led by the Counter Terrorism command and we ask for help from the public. Anybody with images film from the incident tonight, they can help us by uploading it to ukpoliceimageappeal. Co. Uk. You
The cost of a degree. Students from the poorest backgrounds could leave university with debts of over £57,000. Also coming up, its day three of wimbledon. First up on centre court this afternoon isjohanna konta, who plays donna vekic, the player who beat her in the final of the Nottingham 0pen Last month. And Mark Cavendish is out of the Tour De France, following a crash which saw his sprint rival peter sagan disqualified from the race for his involvement. Good morning and welcome to bbc newsroom live. Its understood the goverment is to send a taskforce in, to take over parts of Kensington Council, in the wake of the grenfell fire tragedy. It is thought the Housing Department and other departments will be run by an outside organisation, but the council itself will not be taken over. Most of the families who lost their homes are still living in hotels, despite government pledges to rehouse them all by today. There was anger and frustration at a meeting with police and the westminster c
Business leaders are gathering just down the road from here to talk about how to create the Business Leaders of tomorrow. Im amongst teams who have been taking part in a competition to set up and run their own business from scratch. In sport, on a great day for the home crowds here at wimbledon. Johanna konta reaches the third round for the first time, as watson, bedene and murray make it four british players through. We step back to 1967 to look at a slice of Wimbledon History 50 years ago, the first Colour Tv Transmission was broadcast. We speak exclusively to the man who made it happen. The skies were throbbing ultramarine. The green was very saturated, and rolled, it was awful. But that was what we wanted. We want colour a lot of it and carol has the weather. We do not expect too many disruptions at wimbledon here today. Some early showers that should pull away. It can completely rule out the risk of a thunderstorm but there will be a lot of dry weather. For the uk as a whole, rein
Experts say it puts some people at unnecessary risk of building up a resistance. We will be looking at the evidence. 50 years ago today, homosexuality was partially decriminalised in england and wales. Prime minister theresa may says the Conservative Party have been wrong in the past but have Come A Long Way we will take a look at what that means. Hello and welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Coming up, we will look at the wildfires which have swept across france. And charlie gards parents have until noon to decide whether he will go to a hospice. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The government has taken what is being described as a major step in developing a new immigration policy. Home secretary amber rudd is asking independent Migration Experts to analyse the role of eu nationals living and working in the uk. T