stories at the top of the error. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the programme, in the week the queen came to westminster for the state opening of parliament, and set out the government s plans for the next two years starting with brexit. my government will seek to maintain a deep and special partnership with european allies, and to forge new trading relationships across the globe. theresa may sets out what action the government s taking following the grenfell tower fire. but reveals other high rise blocks could be at risk. mr speaker, shortly before i came to the chamber, i was informed that a number of these tests have come back as combustible. and all mps start their life in parliament by taking an oath of allegiance to the monarch, but is it time for a change? i think the queen is a wonderful woman and does great work, but i m here to represent the people and that wasn t an option. but first, it s been a dramatic couple of weeks since we we
in the week the queen came to westminster for the state opening of parliament, and set out the government s plans for the next two years starting with brexit. my government will seek to maintain a deep and special partnership with european allies, and to forge new trading relationships across the globe. theresa may sets out what action the government s taking following the grenfell tower fire. but reveals other high rise blocks could be at risk. mr speaker, shortly before i came to the chamber, i was informed that a number of these tests have come back as combustible. and all mps start their life in parliament by taking an oath of allegiance to the monarch, but is it time for a change? i think the queen is a wonderful woman and does great work, but i m here to represent the people and that wasn t an option. but first it s been a dramatic couple of weeks since we were last here, with an election result that few predicted and theresa may returned to power just with her
tough for buyers. and in the next hour we ll get the latest from the us, where pressure is mounting on the president and the attorney general. the white house says it will reach a decision soon on us attorney generaljeff sessions, who has been publicly humiliated by president donald trump. relatives of some of the soldiers who died during the battle of paschendale have attended the unveiling of an art installation in honour of the victims, which is made of mud. the german car manufacturer bmw says it has decided to build an electric version of the mini at its cowley plant in oxford. the new model is due to go into production by the end of 2019. the electric motor, gearbox and battery pack will be produced at bmw s plant in leipzig in germany, before being brought to the uk and installed in the body of the mini at the factory of the mini at the factory at the cowley plant in oxford. the company says it has not received any assurances or commitments from the british governmen
the rspca calls for people to wise up about glue traps after an increase in birds and bats becoming stuck in them. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the white house has defended president trump s reaction to an attack on anti racism protestors in the state of virginia, saying his condemnation had included white nationalist groups, even though he did not specifically mention them. a 20 year old man has now been charged with murder after a car was driven into a woman who was part of a demonstration against a rally of far right groups in charlottesville. 19 other people were injured. our washington correspondent laura bicker sent this report from charlottesville. after a violent day of division, charlottesville has come together to pray, to show that this city condemned the hate brought here by neo nazis and white supremacists. the virginia governor went from row to row, hugging worshippers in this baptist church. he promised to keep politics out of the pulpit, but there was
specifically mention them. people have been laying flowers in the town of charlottesville, where 32 year old year heather heyer died after being hit by a car whilst taking part in the anti fascism demonstration yesterday. a 20 year old man has been charged with murder. 19 other people were injured. our correspondent laura bicker is in cha rlottesville. amidst the condolences and many floral tributes being brought here, there is anger, as you have just heard. many feel that mr trump s condemnation of the violence here yesterday did not go far enough. he did not explicitly name the alt right groups. in fact, the criticism has even come from within his own party. one republican senator said that the president must call evil by its name. this was the work, he said, of white supremacists, and this was domestic terrorism. the white house has come back with a statement. they said that of course the president wanted to condemn all terrorists, including the kkk, neo nazis and white su