A very good morning from inside the palace of westminster, where the queen will arrive in a short while to open a new session of parliament. But this is no routine event yes, well be able to enjoy all the usual colour and pagea ntry of the state opening, but it takes place at a time of great political and constitutional uncertainty where even the role of the crown in our National Affairs is being questioned. We were last here two years ago when theresa may was Prime Minister since when the Political Landscape has been turned upside down by the turbulent Brexit Process. Its Boris Johnsons first queens speech as Prime Minister he has no majority in the house of commons so there will inevitably be questions about his ability to deliver the pledges in the queens speech. We could indeed be back again before christmas. But lets deal with todays events first im joined by our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg. Good money, laura. Good morning, hew. It would be an understatement to say despite
Lets just say the death toll i mean and its something you can really officially comment on but the fact that only 50 people have been confirmed dead but i mean from the devastation youve seen that death toll would surely rise. It really is tragic i mean any death is a tragedy but what were seeing is a lot of families that are wondering where their loved ones are and its going to take time for the authorities to to identify. And learn more about. What may end up being a really tragic that. You are from an aid group working with distributing that id tell me about that because from what ive read and seen its not so much the issue of is there the aid its how do we actually get it out to people because of the infrastructure which has been damaged. The logistical challenges here just staggering im here in freeport and there is no Running Water and many places theres no electricity in most places were seeing long lines at gas stations at petrol stations people are filling up tanks to take bac
In a moment it will be time for sports day but first lets take a look at what else is coming up tonight on bbc news, in 20 minutes we will talk to the union of senior Civil Servants about the challenges for the Civil Service in implementing the queens speech. After eight oclock we will be live in salford to get an idea on how some of the policies in the queens speech will affect the north of england and 1030 we will look the papers. Well be joined england and 1030 we will look the papers. Well bejoined by the whitehall corresponded from the sun and the news editor of the financial times. Before we go to the sport a brief update on another story breaking in this hour, three people remained trapped after a crane lapsed in crewe. A spokeswoman for the police say they are dealing with the police say they are dealing with the incident. Emergency Services Including hazardous Response Unit from northwest and the driver has been airlifted to safety. Any more on that and we will bring it to you
Counterterrorism and iran are expected to top the agenda. Happy birthday your majesty as britains longestserving monarch marks her 90th birthday with a series of celebrations that take place nationwide. Also coming up, japanese investigations amidst a Company Reveals it lied about the amount of fuel its car has been using. The countdown for the Rio De Janeiro summer olympics begins with the traditional torch Lighting Ceremony in agent olivia. Ancient olympia. First of our top story, the United Nations estimates 40,000 syrians have fled the civil war as fighting escalates between Government Troops and militants, despite a shaky ceasefire. In a rare sign of humanitarian progress, the u. N. Has began has begun evacuating 500, including sick and wounded, from four besieged towns. Evacuations, those we are in beirut. This is the case of 500 people being evacuated, 250 each from disco sets of towns. The first are in the north and inland province. Have towns next to the lebanese border that a
Started it all. Look. Youre laughing, but look. Announcer entrenched in human rights investigations. Since there are no allegations that some fifa executives took bribes to put the fwhup qatar and i hope thats true because otherwise it makes literally no sense. This morning swiss federal Authorities Say theyve opened up an investigation into the 2022 world cup. Were also learning that a search warrant has been issued to the equivalent of fifa in the United States. And went upstairs to arrest them. We continue with more details about the evidence and suspects Michael Schmit joins us from zurich. Michael good morning. Good morning, charlie. What are the implications of this for soccer and fifa . Its a devastating blow. These are the more Senior Executives at fifa and it brings together a lot of negative attention and confirms the worst fears of a lot of fans that there is rampant corruption. Lets talk about sepp bladder, the president of fifa. He hasnt been charged here. Is he in the cle