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give them to you as best we can. lee has just set me a message saying, will the british living abroad be subject to the same rights? we cannot say that at the moment. theresa may the rose released a proposal to the european union. there has been no deal between the uk and eu. for the british government has said is they wa nt to british government has said is they want to have a generous and reciprocal arrangement but the details of what rights eu citizens may have. paul asks, what was the arrangement? the dinner featured theresa may for a while. michel barnier, the eu s chief brexit negotiator would come in and briefed the other countries on how this brexit negotiations are going. after that, we are expecting a briefing. at some point, this building and briefing rooms around will fill up with eu leaders who will tell us what they made of the dinner and what they made of the dinner and what theresa may said. keep those questions coming. if you ve got any questions, send ....
following the conviction of a former anglican bishop for sex abuse and independent reported heavily critical of the church s conduct. inside raqqa, a city engulfed in violence, as so called islamic state struggles to hold on we have a special report. gunshot there s still sniper fire going on here. welcome to raqqa the capital of a caliphate, and the siege. and why prince harry resents the decision to make him walk behind his mother s coffin when he was 12 years old. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: england s youngsters have booked their place in the under 21 european championships, after a big victory against the hosts in poland. good evening. safety inspectors are carrying out urgent checks on hundreds of high rise buildings in england following the deadly fire at grenfell tower in west london. the prime minister says every possible step is being taken to ensure all the buildings are safe. local authorities throughout the united kingdom have been invited to ....
and thank you to all the people who ve spent the last 50 years making this a dream come true. [applause] on death certificates come on birth certificates, and we needed that done now. it turns out we had to win marriage equality nationwide in order to solve this ohio problem. well we did that. we are so grateful to be part of this effort and proud to represent these plaintiffs and excited to be part of this historic moment. thank you. [applause] we are waiting to take you live to the white house, president obama is expected to have a comment on the same-sex marriage ruling today. we will keep an eye out there and continue to watch sights and sounds and listen to some of the folks speaking outside of the court. collects in the history of same-sex couples and gay rights. in this ongoing love story, we see families families like bjork smith, mothers who cares so much for each other and for their children that they came to the u.s. supreme court, today they sought jus ....
and lesbian christians in its stance on gay marriage and harrison ford lands himself in trouble after flying his plane onto the wrong runway narrowly missing a packed passenger jet. before we turn to events in the united states, some news hasjust come through regarding tata steel. workers have voted to accept reforms to their pensions. this is coming through from the unions in the last few moments. thousands of tata steelworkers had been balloted on this and all this in essence is about trying to save people s jobs. members were asked whether they would accept moving from a final salary pension scheme to a less generous scheme. the flip side of that would be continued commitment at port talbot and no compulsoryjob loss. the price was effectively accepting a less generous pension scheme. a 70% turnout in that ballad from one particular union. 72% of those workers accepting the deal. that is to give you a sense of the turnout from the community union. in essence, overal ....
really interesting is that it is the church within that has rejected this report. this is not members of the congregations, who actually would have supported it. it was members of the clergy, who felt it challenged the clergy, who felt it challenged the notion that the church should be open to everybody. i believe it is an embarrassing night for the bishops themselves. to be clear, the house of clergy believe that the report was too liberal, or are not liberal enough? i think one would say not liberal enough. it maintained the status quo. you ve got to remember, this process of three years of discussions cost the church more than £300,000. many lesbian and gay christians began to talk intimately in these shared conversations about their personal lives. it was costly, it was also courageous. and when the report was published last month, they felt that because it maintained the status quo, being that there can be no special blessing of same sex marriage in church, and no ....