The Royal College of surgeons warns that the number of patients waiting more than six months for routine operations and treatment in england has nearly tripled in four years. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The Crown Prosecution Service have announced that Craig Mackinlay, who is running for south thanet in the election for the conservatives, has been charged over his alleged overspending in the 2015 general Election Campaign. Mr mackinlay defeated the then ukip leader, nigel farage, in the ballot. Daniel sandford is with me now. First ball, talk us through what he has been charged with. It all goes back to the Titanic Battle In the 2015 General Election between nigel farage and a Conservative Party. He was trying to get a seat in parliament for the first time. The Conservative Party were trying to keep them out. Craig mackinlay was the candidate for the conservatives who managed to win that in south thanet. As all candidates have to do, he then filed his Election Expenses along with his agent. You have to say how much you have spent locally on the campaign. What is happening today is that the Crown Prosecution Service have charged Craig Mackinlay and his agent, nathan grey, the man who signed off the expenses, and also a Senior Campaign specialist, marion little, all with taking part in filing false Election Expenses. Marion little is charged with aiding and abetting. This all relates to whether some of the money that was bent on hotels and so one by the National Campaign in south thanet should have been in the local Election Expenses, part of the local Election Expenses, part of the local Election Expenses, part of the local battle rather than the National Battle. We have already had some reaction from the conservatives. A very robust response from from the Conservative Party spokesman. We believe this allegation is unfounded. A lot of other conservative mps were cleared of this. The go on to say there is a broad consensus that the election law is fragmented, confused and unclear. The truth is the Conservative Party are now gone into an election in six days with one of the candidates having been charged with filing false expenses in the last General Election. But the moment, thank you. We hope to be live in the constituency in south thanet a little later. The head of the European Commission, jean Claude Juncker, has said china and the eu believe there can be no backsliding on the paris Climate Change agreement. He was speaking at a joint forum in brussels with the Chinese Premier, li keqiang, a day after President Trump announced the us was withdrawing from the accord. 0urjoint Leadership provides business, investors and researchers both in europe, china and the world with the certainty they need to build a low carbon economy. And it makes a statement to the world, theres no reverse gear to the energy transition. Theres no backsliding on the Paris Agreement. Lets cross live to westminster now and out assistant political editor, norman smith. Theresa may is getting sucked into this decision by donald trump in the sense that the lib dems and labour are criticising her heavily for, in their view, not lobbying the United States ha rd their view, not lobbying the United States hard enough before this decision was made and perhaps not being vocal enough in her criticism. Particular anger i think over failure to sign this letter from other eu leaders, in germany, france and italy, publicly criticising President Trump for failing to ratify the paris accord. Number ten say that theresa may wanted to have a chance to speak to the president before firming up her views and that when she did speak to the president on the phone she expressed her disappointment with his approach and reiterated her support for the paris deal. Her opponents are saying that is not good enough and she has demonstrated a failure of leadership is not standing up for britains long held support for the paris deal. More than that, they suggest that once again she has shown a marked reluctance to, as it were, publicly Crossed Swords with donald trump. They pointed to previous insta nces such as in the aftermath of Donald Trumps ban on refugees from certain muslim majority countries, were again she was a bit slow to criticise the president. They say this is evidence of, if you like, i tilt away from europe and almost going along with america, come what may. Jeremy corbyn was speaking at a news c0 nfe re nce may. Jeremy corbyn was speaking at a News Conference this morning. The other three european members of the g7, the other three european members of the g 7, france, germany and italy, have written to donald trump this morning to make this very clear. So why does theresa may not have her name 011 why does theresa may not have her name on this joint why does theresa may not have her name on Thisjoint Statement why does theresa may not have her name on this joint statement the estimate given the chance to present a united front with our international partners, she has again opted to silence and she was subservient to again to donald trump. It is a dereliction of both oui trump. It is a dereliction of both our duty to this country and our duty to our planet. This is not the type of Leadership Britain needs to negotiate an exit or stand up to defend our planet in an era of Climate Change. A Labour Government would do it very differently. Short time ago i spoke to one of the politicians here who was integral in the paris deal, ed davey, and they asked him for his reading of the Prime Ministers response. Im afraid that voice would have been a lot stronger if it had been united with other countries. I think america and the white house is much more likely to take notice of britain if we are part of the wider International Condemnation of this decision. Im afraid it also suggests what i have suspected for a long time, that the conservatives under theresa may are not tackling Climate Change as a serious issue. Theresa mays right hand Climate Change as a serious issue. Theresa mays right hand person, i guy called nick timothy, a special adviser, wrote criticising the Climate Change act in britainjust a year ago, using the sort of President Trump type economic set, which is so wrong and so bad, so people close to theresa may are not taking Climate Change action seriously and perhaps that is why she is not criticising mr trump in the way that he should be criticised. Norman, we have been hearing lots of criticism levelled at donald trump, saying his decision makes america look isolated. To what extent is that sort of criticism being levelled at theresa may because she hasnt signed a joint declaration, that letter . Well, it is. The number ten responses that theresa may was not the only person who didnt sign this letter, which was a g 7 letter. Canada, japan they also didnt sign it. This significance is this, it plays to two things in this Election Campaign, one is the issue of leadership, which has become pivotal and theresa may has made the core of her campaign, and the Opposition Parties clearly seeking to use this as evidence to suggest that theresa may has failed to give a lead and to stand up for british interests. There is a second factor, and that does not reflect the environmental questions, but rather the big geopolitical argument about where we are post brexit and how far this will fuel the view of many people that in perhaps in the aftermath of brexit in the search for new alliances there a determination to make sure that we are in lockstep with President Trump in search for that crucial trade deal with america, therefore we are inhibited and reluctant to speak out against the present. Downing street theresa may was pretty clear on the phone call, but that is different from publicly signing a letter criticising mr trump. We can talk to our correspondent Stephen Mcdonnell in beijing now. In geopolitical terms, how much capital can china make of this, saying, look, we are recommitting ourselves to the paris accord, the us isnt . It is interesting it is ha rd to us isnt . It is interesting it is hard to tell whether china really wa nted hard to tell whether china really wanted this role in one of the Global Leaders in fighting Climate Change, but this is where it has found itself, a short time ago a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry said that nearly everybody in the world should have cherished this hard won in the world should have cherished this ha rd won outcome in the world should have cherished this hard won outcome in paris, in terms of talking about the paris deal, and that this countrys commitment will be shouldered because china is responsible major country. I guess the contrast it would be drawing is with the Trump Administration, the Implication Being that it has dropped out of the paris climate deal. In terms of what china has been doing, will be doing to try to reduce carbon emissions, ta ke to try to reduce carbon emissions, take us through that. China is the biggest contributor to the problem and the biggest contributor to the solution. It has no choice but to do something about air pollution, even if Climate Change didnt exist. The commitment to Renewable Energy here is enormous. Some in the United States would be scratching their heads and saying to the Trump Administration you are giving up a massive economic advantage. China will be developing even more of these massive wind farms, solar farms like nowhere else on the planet, and it is exporting this technology around the world. Those who are part of these new Energy Solutions will be at the forefront. I suppose the critics of the Trump Administrations decision will be saying that it will be left in the back seat, harking back to the un cole was king. This country has a long way to go in terms of weaning itself of coal altogether, these are big social changes that need to be made. However, it is moving in that direction and standing side by side with britain, europe, australia, unlike the Trump Administration. Thank you. We will be seeing china and europe signing publicly that joint declaration, renewing their commitment to the paris accord, in brussels. Then we are expecting a news c0 nfe re nce brussels. Then we are expecting a News Conference within the next hour on that recommitment to the paris accord. We will bring that to you. The met police say they have, so far, found no records of any calls to the Anti Terrorist hotline in relation to the Manchester Bomber, despite a number of people saying they had reported concerns over Salman Abedis behaviour. It comes as Greater Manchester police have released new cctv footage, Showing Abedi in the city in the four days leading up to the attack. Detectives say theyre now concentrating their investigation on the rusholme area and are appealing for witnesses who may have seen him there. Two cousins of the Manchester Bomber say they had no idea he was planning his attack, which killed 22 people. Isaac and abz forjani were arrested by police after the Suicide Bombing and were questioned for a week but have since been released without charge. Theyve told the bbc they had no knowledge of his plans. Im still shocked. Im still letting it sinking slowly. And still, you know, getting around it somehow. Its not easy, you know. Its not easy being connected to 22 lost innocent lives, and the fact that the person that did this is related to us by blood. Its just something thats going to stay with me the Rest Of My Life, and my thoughts are with the families of the victims. I really do feel for them. I mean, we came here and we can try and move on with our lives, but they have lost their loved ones. And just, im still in shock, to be honest, about what has happened. Looking at the relationship i had with him, it was a pretty close relationship, but for him to betray the image of the family in that manner, in that way, which was out of order, to be honest, involving 22 people, innocent people, traumatised by it, to be honest. Its shocking. Its terrible, for people who see it as a big network we were involved in, but i believe it was all done by one man, which developed some sort of thoughts in the past few years, which he kept to himself, secretly, to himself and never shared it with any member of the family. If he would have, we could have done something to stop that happening. Craig mackinlay, along with his agent and a Senior Tory Party official, have been charged with breaking electoral law relating to spending in the 2015 campaign. Theresa may is facing criticism for failing tojoin the theresa may is facing criticism for failing to join the leaders of france, germany and italy in criticising Donald Trumps baton from the paris climate deal. They cant Manchester Police said they cant find any calls to the anti terror hotline over salman abedi. In sport, englands cricketers have been hit with some bad news this morning. All rounder chris woakes has now been ruled out for the rest of the tournament after suffering a side strain. His replacement has not yet been named. In todays action, new zealand have been put into bat by australia and are moving along nicely. Theyre currently 66 for 1 after nine of their 50 overs at edgbaston. Jared payne will miss out on his first British And Irish Lions appearance tomorrow. The Ireland Centre was on the bench for the first warm up match in new zealand, but has been ruled out with a calf problem. Elliot daly takes his place. Ill be back with more london stories just after half past. The Crown Prosecution Service have announced that Craig Mackinlay, who is running for south thanet in the election for the conservatives, has been charged over his alleged overspending in the 2015 general Election Campaign. Mr mackinlay defeated the then ukip leader, nigel farage, in the ballot. He has been giving his reaction. What does it mean . What it means in the constituency is whilst his name will stay on the ballot paper, i think a lot of people wont vote for him. It will be a straight fight between him and ukip. I will be giving a speech there tomorrow at five oclock to support our candidate. Amanda akass is in chatham in kent. If you could tell us more about the background to this. This all repairs background to this. This all repairs back to the highly charged 2015 Election Campaign in south thanet which really was a very dramatic campaign between Craig Mackinlay for the conservatives and nigel farage gunning for a seat as leader of ukip. In the end, mr mackinlay defeated nigel farage by more than 2,000 votes on the night. Since then, investigations have begun into allegations of overspending. Files we re allegations of overspending. Files were passed the 14th Different Police forces to the Crown Prosecution Service over allegations that Conservative Party agents had not filed under local spending the expenses from visits from the