familiar music, but no panel tonight. one leader, one after another, facing a live audience for half—an—hour each. and first, the prime minister asked about the story we brought you throughout the day. aren't the emerging allegations about betting on the election date the absolute epitome of the lack of ethics that we have had to tolerate from the conservative party for years and years. like you, i was incredibly angry, incredibly angry to learn of these allegations. it is a really serious matter. it is right they are being investigated properly but you are happy not to suspend them, to let them carry on and go on in the election? obviously, they have not admitted anything, no—one is saying a decision has been taken about their guilt or innocence, but you are happy for them to go into the election and represent you and the conservative party? fiona, as you said, these investigations are ongoing, but what i can tell you, if anyone is found to have broken the rules, not only will they face the full consequences of the law, i will make sure they are booted out of the conservative party. and then his idea for young people. national service will be compulsory, the military option will be something people choose to do. how would you make people do it? you have a set of sanctions and incentives. there is all sorts of things that people do across europe, whether that is looking at driving licences, other access to finance, all sorts of other things. access to finance ? so if people don't want to do national service, what, will take their bank cards away? what do you mean? there are lots of different models around europe. they can't get a loan? next, the man who polls suggest is likely to be prime minister two weeks tomorrow, and a sticky wicket over a remark he made five years ago aboutjeremy corbyn. you said he would make a great prime minister, did you mean it? it wasn't a question that really arose because i didn't think we would win the election. we all heard you say he would be a great prime minister and that is your way of telling people here to vote for him. did you not mean it? i was campaigning for the labour party, and i am glad idid. you also campaigned forjeremy corbyn to be prime minister. iwas campaigning for the labour party. i was a labour politician. the audience laughed at his repeated refusal to give a yes or no answer. susan came next. given your severe criticism of the conservatives on the topic of immigration, do you think it is acceptable at this point so near the general election for your own party not to commit to specific targets around this critical topic? i will not put an arbitrary figure on it because every single politician who has put a number on it has never met that number. next, scotland's first minister and scottish national party leaderjohn swinney. it has been a bumpy time for the snp, not least the arrest of former leader nicola sturgeon, and the arrest and charging of her husband peter murrell, the snp�*s former chief executive over the party's finances. given the recent scandals and dramas with the snp, how will you differ from your predecessors and project confidence? i think the honest answer is we have had a very tough time as a party in the last couple of years and as a consequence of all of those difficulties i am here to lead the scottish national party. the snp say if they win a majority of scottish seats next month that would mean negotiations for a second independence referendum should begin. so... if you do not get the majority of scottish seats at westminster, what does that tell you about your mandate to ask for another referendum? what i want to do during the election campaign is to encourage people to vote for the snp to... so, you're not answering that question. ..enable us to deliver on that policy commitment which is right at the heart of our manifesto. will you answer the question or not? what i am saying is, i want people to vote for the snp. next up, the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey, and alison in the audience was not messing about. are you not going to bankrupt the country? thank you for your question, alison, the answer is no, and i think our proposals are responsible, they are fully costed. i think other parties, frankly, are not putting the money in we need to rescue our public services. the liberal democrats' record in coalition government still rile some. take this about university tuition fees in england. how can my generation trust you? i understand why your generation lost faith in us. it was a difficult government to be in and we got punished. but politics is not all policies, costings and accountability. my wife, i met her on a liberal democrat housing policy group. a night out, that sounds great. mr romance. two hours, four leaders, and a fortnight to go. it is six minutes past five in the morning in the uk and it is sunrise at stonehenge. let's bring you the pictures of the ancient monument, the sun picking above the horizon, creating that beautiful orange sky for them it is the time of your people always gather for the solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. it is the earliest sunrise. stonehenge of because built by,000 years ago with the stones and alignment to demonstrate and show off the midsummer sunrise and also the midwinter sunset if you can brave the cold in the winter. a few days ago, it was a subject of a stunt, a publicity stunt, vandalism buys some oil protesters that sprayed orange paint, a type of orange paint on some of the stones. that prompted some concern and outrage. demonstrators that would be easily cleaned off, it was a type of powder paint that could be easily removed and it was. the revellers gathering. you can hear the harm in the background as they witnessed the beautiful sight. i can see the beautiful sight. i can see the sun creeping above. one of the sun creeping above. one of the stones and shot for this momentous occasion at that fabulous ancient monument. one of the most visited tourist attractions in the uk. i have in—laws coming next week and they are off to see it. just waiting to see the shot of the sun creeping above the stones. now do some less favourable weather conditions. let's bring you an update on the extreme weather across the us. president biden has declared the wildfires in the state of new mexico a disaster in order to grant local government agencies access to emergency federal funds. the biggest of two fires in new mexico, the fork fire, continues to burn hundreds of hectares. while the authorities are still assessing the extent of the damage, it's believed that around 10,000 hectares and m00 structures have been burned in the state, including hundreds of homes. the bleak picture in new mexico has been complicated in some areas by thunderstorms. while the rains obviously help put out the fires, they bring a new risk of flash flooding. the first named storm of the 2024 hurricane season brought treacherous conditions. tropical storm alberto unleashed strong winds and heavy rainfall in both countries. at least four people in northeast mexico were killed. weather warnings were lifted but experts say flooding will continue into the weekend. meanwhile, the northeast of the united states continues to swelter under soaring temperatures. connecticut, newjersey and new york are all suffering from an extensive heatwave causing the authorities concern for the most vulnerable, particularly the elderly, in states not accustomed to such extreme temperatures. let's speak to john adair who's a meteorologist for the us national weather service las vegas nevada. wildfires first. many viewers will be surprised to hear that thunderstorms don't necessarily help. they help extinguish the blaze but because of their own problems. any relief on the horizon for those trying to control them? the moisture that is, from the gulf of mexico and associated with tropical storm ida alberto has moved into new mexico and 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suppression. it will also move our way towards las vegas and arizona where we will start to see some showers and thunderstorms pop—up and may give some relief from the heat that we will expect over the next week. that we will expect over the next week-— next week. let's shift gears and talk about _ next week. let's shift gears and talk about tropical - next week. let's shift gears. and talk about tropical storm alberto forcibly watching the coastline taxes as it began to make landfall. what damage has been done and for how long can we expect it to continue? the reports i have seen so significant damage especially along the coast of southern texas but the majority of the storm has now moved west across mexico with only slight lingering moisture for some additional showers and thunderstorms but the brunt of the storm has moved through another moving across mexico and that will lead to a general moisture increase across the desert southwest into arizona for example. and slight possibility 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on schedule for a storm to form. itjust did not happen to head south texas as it moved across new mexico. and as we know, the tropical systems can cause extensive damage and this is expected to be an above average year for tropical systems to develop. there will be likely more landfall in tropical systems as the summer goes on. not too out of the ordinary, whenever they come ashore, they cause damage and this willjust happen to hit south texas and mexico. it will be an active summer it looks like. will be an active summer it looks like-— will be an active summer it looks like. let's take you to the northeast _ looks like. let's take you to the northeast now. - looks like. let's take you to the northeast now. the - looks like. let's take you to | the northeast now. the heat wave that is affecting one of the most densely populated parts of the united states, put into context how unusual the level of temperatures experienced in some of the states. ., . ., states. there are record temperatures _ states. there are record temperatures being - states. there are record l temperatures being saved states. there are record - temperatures being saved in the northeast for this time of june. it is somewhat unusual. heat waves are quite common during the summer, all around the united states, itjust happened to set up over the northeast for this particular period. they will get relief over the next few days is the keep dome slides to be self and events of the west. even into the desert southwest, we will start to get temperatures above 110 fahrenheit which is 43 iio fahrenheit which is 43 celsius beginning this weekend. we will have to leave it there, thank you forjoining us. we are notjust seen hot weather in the united states for the extreme temperatures in saudi arabia, india, greece, we will be talking about it impact of temperatures on food prices coming up. join me for that. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the white house has rejected accusations by the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that the united states is stalling military supplies to his country over the way they're being used in gaza. on tuesday, mr netanyahu complained that some weapons and ammunition were being withheld by the us. he said the secretary of state, antony blinken, had privately assured him that 'bottlenecks' would be removed. the us, which is israel's biggest supplier of weapons, says it has only held up one single shipment of bombs. with me now said shehata from bbc arabic. us says it has withheld one shipment. so netenyahu is right. washington it withholding. according to jake sullivan, the national security advisor, he said only one shipment of bombs was withheld. the only thing. the other supplies going on. the other supplies going on. the meeting is going on this week for some officials including israeli security advisors and strategic affairs minister, antony blinken and other officials, there is a major dialogue between the two parties. there are some differences, you remember biden warned in april if there is a full—scale invasion of rafah, israel was under pressure so did not do that. some limited military operation that affected more than i military operation that affected more thani million military operation that affected more than i million to evacuate from eastern and central and other places. we will have _ central and other places. we will have to _ central and other places. we will have to leave it there, thank you forjoining us. tributes have been paid to the legendary actor, donald sutherland, who's died at the age of 88. in a career which spanned six decades — he became one of the most recognisable and most respected actors in hollywood. his son, the actor kiefer sutherland, broke the news and released this picture calling his father one of the most important actors in the history of film. david sillito looks back at his career. in 1970, a sprawling, darkly comic film about the korean war came out. i'm drjekyll, actually, this is my friend mr hyde. the hero, a cynical, rebellious, heavy drinking, womanising surgeon. everybody was telling me, don't do it. at the end of it, it'll ruin you. we did it in five weeks and it was wonderful. born in canada, he'd studied engineering before switching to acting and working in theatre in britain. four captains, there, hamlet, like a soldier to the stage. mash... ..a thinly veiled satire of vietnam, led to klute... would you mind not doing that? ..with jane fonda. it was the first of three films together... ..and an off—screen relationship. at a moment when a dark and maverick mood was making itself felt in hollywood, donald sutherland, with that piercing gaze, wasjust the sort of complex leading man it was looking for. take don't look now. a disturbing, ghostly story about grief. that brief golden era in the '70s soon passed. closer than you think. but donald sutherland was never out of work. everything i'm going to tell you is classified top secret. jfk was almost a throwback to the '70s paranoid conspiracy thriller. why was kennedy killed? and more recently, it was the hunger games, a film that he hoped might inspire a little rebellion... i've been watching you... ..in today's youth. ..and you watching me. yet, despite it all, there was no best actor oscar on his mantelpiece. however, that wasn't, he said, what drove him. it's a love affair, you know. i've made films for fellini, for bertolucci, for chabot, for werner hertzog, for rebecca horn. these people i love, and that love is the greatest award you can ever have in your life. and leading the tributes to donald sutherland, his son kiefer. his father, he said, loved what he did and did what he loved and one can ever ask for more than that. a life well lived. the actor donald sutherland, who's died at the age of 88. los angeles based entertainment journalist kj matthews joins me now. he was one of the greats of our time. there are few careers that span such a long period. he said he never wanted to retire. effectively didn't, was working until very recently. so few careers. given the he passed today at 88 years old, have to remember he still has another film that is scheduled to come out and in preproduction. donald sutherland was really working until the day he died. well into his 80s. so if actors in hollywood, male and female, get the opportunity to still pursue their craft into their 80s, he was someone that was still in demand for television and film. he did once say that he never wanted to retire. he did not do that. why do you think he managed that? notjust about wanting it, also about continuing to get booked. i think his son kiefer sutherland said it best when he said his father really took on a diversity of roles. it was really prolific in his acting and i call him the renasant man because he could really take on any role. he had a fan base from the hunger games to klute and he could play any role. i think that was the reason he was pursued for so long and he was pursued for so long and he was just good at it. there was not a role i saw him in that i did not want to see him play. he always owned it was that i am not surprised hollywood is morning, surprised but also heartfelt, sang a lot of heartfelt, sang a lot of heartfelt things about him. his son responding, jane fonda, even ron howard, a filmmaker who directed him in backdraft releasing a statement. everybody morning because he was one of those actors, knew he was older but we do not see him that way. love to see him on the big screen and small screen and we didn't think they would come he would not be acting. would come he would not be actina. ~ ., ., .,, acting. we are told he was suffering _ acting. we are told he was suffering from _ acting. we are told he was suffering from a _ acting. we are told he was suffering from a long - acting. we are told he was i suffering from a long illness and that suggests he continued to work during that illness. that is testament to his commitment to the craft and his love of it. ~ ., , ., , love of it. wright and his last film was in — love of it. wright and his last film was in 2023, _ love of it. wright and his last film was in 2023, 2024 - love of it. wright and his last film was in 2023, 2024 and | film was in 2023, 2024 and another one slated to come out i'm told it isn't preproduction. he was about to start filming about. he was really working throughout his illness and 80s, a consummate professional and you could see that. , , ., , that. helping us to remember the treat that. helping us to remember the great donald _ that. helping us to remember the great donald sutherland, | the great donald sutherland, thank you very much forjoining us. before i go, let's go back to stonehenge, for some both the day after the summer solstice. revellers gathering in the hundreds for the highlight of the year at stonehenge. the morning after the longest day which is in itself a movable feast with the people they are watching the sun creep up over the horizon in the countryside. earlier this week, there was concern about stonehenge after protesters sprayed an orange powder paint on some of the stones. it's only garnered quite a lot of attention for it. a lot of concern about whether the stones were permanently damaged. the protesters that it would be easily cleaned off and we are told it actually was fairly swiftly cleaned off. a 5000 year old monument, one of the most popular tourist attractions. built but this very moment, the celebration of the longest day in the summer and also longest night in the winter. stay with us on bbc news. hello, there. desired ingredients to make the perfect summer solstice is obviously plenty of sunshine and plenty of warmth — and we had just that on thursday. the question is, will it continue into the weekend? and the answer is, on the whole, yes. warm for many of us with sunny spells, but there will be some rain around in the far west. let's take a look at that. arriving in the next few hours, this weather front here, tied into this area of low pressure, will bring a little bit more of a breeze and some showery outbreaks of rain into the north—west, albeit slowly. light winds elsewhere, maybe a little bit of early morning mist, but that will clear away very quickly indeed. a lot of sunshine for east wales, central, southern, and eastern england, along with eastern scotland throughout the day. we will start to gradually see some rain pushing into the isles of scilly and the far tip of cornwall, maybe into south wales, too — but ahead of it with the sunshine, we'll see 23—24 celsius once again. cloudy with some showers, perhaps, moving to the isle of man, rain into northern ireland and to north—west scotland by the end of the day. a few showers ahead of it, but parts of eastern scotland, aberdeenshire in particular, may well see 19—20 celsius, if you keep the sunshine. now, as we move out of friday into the early hours of saturday morning, that frontal system continues to sink its way steadily eastwards. it will weaken off substantially, but a band of showery rain moving its way across the pennines and down into south—east england, perhaps lingering across the essex and kent coast, first thing on saturday morning. with the cloud around, those temperatures will hold up, perhaps into double digits for many. we start off on saturday with much of central and eastern england cloudy. still the odd spot or two of showery rain, but that should tend to break up, sunny spells come through, the risk of a few showers to the north—west of scotland, but on the whole, not a bad afternoon for many, and temperatures again still responding, ranging from 15—22 celsius. moving out of saturday, into sunday, on the whole, we could chase a little more in the way of cloud around, but this high pressure continues to build in for the early half of next week, and with that south—westerly flow, it will turn increasingly warm and potentially a little more humid, as well. so a good deal of dry, fine weather to start off the week. a little bit of a question mark, really, from wednesday into thursday. it might turn a little bit more unsettled. as global temperatures continue to sizzle, we'll count the potential cost to ourfood bills. france in the spotlight. eu finance ministers meet, as the bond markets look nervously towards its parliamentary election. and tails will wag while you work — today is bring your dog to work day. welcome to business today. no dog here beside me, sadly. millions of people around the world are experiencing extreme heat right now, which spells more bad news for the globalfood supply chain. hot weather is pushing up prices, and with meteorologists suggesting this may be only the start of things to come. data from the un says that the price of orange juice concentrate in the us was 42% higher in april than it was a year ago, while the price of fresh orange juice in the uk has risen 25% over the last year. in greece, the price of olive oil rose by nearly 30% over 2023 and by more than 63% in april of this year. live now to professor tim benton, research director,