as marine le pen and emmanuel macron make it through to the second round of the presidential election. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a jury at the old bailey has found 26 year old ali harbi ali, guilty of murdering the mp sir david amess and preparing acts of terrorism. the islamic state group fanatic carried out the cold and calculating murder at the veteran conservative backbencher s constituency surgery in leigh on sea, in essex last october. matt graveling is outside the old bailey for us now. the the old bailey for us now. 26 year old told police was the 26 year old told police that he was a supporter of the islamic state group and he wanted to go to syria to fight but when that was not possible, he wanted to send a message here. he chose to do that by killing an mp. you look for many different mps before deciding upon 69 year old sir david who was tragically killed on the 15th of october of last year today, he stood trial on two counts, preparing acts of ter
of the event today, and as you can see to just approaching buckingham palace there. earlier king charles iii, who was taking part in his first trooping the colour as modern, was part of the military spectacle that marks his birthday, and he was riding on horseback earlier, and inspected the tubes at horse guards. inspected the troops. as you can see he is acknowledging the colour as it passes, as the parade passes him, and the event is going to be culminating very soon in a fly past over buckingham palace. the royal family is expected to turn out on the balcony there to watch from there, it is around that time that there, it is around that time that the crowds, huge crowds who are watching, will push forward down the mall to surround buckingham palace as the royal family appears on the balcony and watch the fly past. the fly past will include the red arrows, 70 aircraft and total flying through the skies, aircraft from the royal navy, british army and the royal navy, briti
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is in northern ireland, trying to win support for his new deal on post brexit trading arrangements. rishi sunak says he s confident that the windsor framework, as the new agreement is called, addresses the concerns of the democratic unionist party. and that it removes any sense of a border down the irish sea, which the dup objects to. he said his deal was not about one political party but about what s best for people and communities. the leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson, said the deal represented progress, but he thought there were still issues with it. the brexitjourney has lasted for seven years. borders have moved to the centre, dominating politics here. does everyone hear that? it s about people. but the prime minister thinks he s finally found a solution. at a factory in county antrim, he told people the devolved governments would have a unique economic advantage, with local businesses having full access t
in south east england following a summer of record breaking temperatures. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. thinking that politics isn t very easy these days because we seem to live in an era of permanent revolution and constant chaos. i was due to interview angela rayner, labour s deputy leaderjust seven weeks ago, it was the day after liz truss first pmqs. it was the day of liz truss energy price guarantee. it turned out to be the day that her majesty the queen died, and so much changed. just seven weeks later, we are now in a week of rishi sunak s first prime minister s questions and angela rayner is back on political thinking. welcome back. i made it. how are you finding this roller coaster, when you are in opposition, that slightly changes how you picture yourself because you are pitching as the personality of the tory leader of the day. it was very noticeable at the beginning of pmqs keir starmer, and i th