Hello and welcome to bbc news. We start in the us. Its been less than 48 Hours Sincejoe Biden announced he was pulling out of the president ial race. But Kamala Harris campaign for the White House is building momentum. Yesterday she announced that she had enough support to secure the democratic Partys President ial nomination. Today, shell be in the Critical Swing State of wisconsin making her Case to be Commander In Chief directly to voters for the first time. Ms harris has already been clear about her agenda. On monday evening, she visited what had beenJoe Biden s re Election Campaign Headquarters in delaware to rally the staff who will now be working for her. Her message there that shell continue to push for Gun Control and protection for reproductive rights. For all the latest, heres our North America Correspondent david willis. 24 hours into her new role and Kamala Harris was already on the verge of becoming the first black and asian woman to win the president ial nomination of a
Against the woman involved in the crash that killed their son. If football is coming home, it could provide a big boost for business. So what is the economic impact of success at the euros . I am at a Rooftop Bar in london to find out. Theres no stopping, britains new star at wimbledon. 18 year old Emma Raducanu causes another shock and is now into the third round, on her tournament debut, only two months after completing her A Levels. Warm sunshine in the next few days. Get the umbrellas ready for some big showers and rumbles of thunder. Full forecast here. Good morning. Its friday, the 2nd ofjuly. Our top story. In the last hour, its been announced labour has narrowly held its seat in the Batley And Spen By Election. The partys candidate, Kim Leadbeater, beat her conservative challenger by 323 votes. Kim is the sister of murdered mp, Jo Cox, and paid tribute to her family and friends after the result was declared. Lets Take A Look at that moment. Ido hereby i do hereby declare that K
in the wake of the first world war. the 1921 census is finally about to be published. hello. the weapon fired by actor alec baldwin on a film set in new mexico last week contained a live round that killed crew member halyna hutchins. the santa fe s county sheriff s office investigating the cinematographer s death said today they have recovered that bullet from the shoulder of directorjoel souza, who was also wounded. three weapons and 500 rounds of ammunition have also been recovered from the set, some of which the sheriff suspects are further live rounds. sophie long sent this report from santa fe. it is now nearly a week since 42 year old halyna hutchins was shot dead whilst she was doing herjob. this is believed to be the last photograph of her alive on the set of rust. she s in the blue coat and headphones. you can see alec baldwin beyond the camera. he was holding the gun that discharged the fatal shot and severely injured directorjoel souza. we believe that we have in o
both men said talks were productive and repeated their stance that a default is off the table. to avoid that, though, they ll have to work out an agreement within the next ten days. my college michelle fleury explains. even before president biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy, negotiators were once again around the table, trying to strike a deal to avoid a default. now, sources say the white house is now offering to keep spending flat from this year to next, while republicans they say they want to increase defence spending while cutting everything else by up to 22%. treasury secretary janet yellen confirmed over the weekend that june 1st is the hard deadline, when the government can no longer pay its bills. and the deadline for a deal may actually be sooner in order for it to pass the house and senate in time. and there s another worry even if they do get a deal done in time, will rank and file members of both parties go for it? the impact of defaulting would