thunderstorms expected at edgbaston. talking thunderstorms, some of you had a talking thunderstorms, some of you had a pretty disturbing night last night, had a pretty disturbing night last night, lightning and thunder across parts night, lightning and thunder across parts of night, lightning and thunder across parts of the uk and more severe storms parts of the uk and more severe storms to parts of the uk and more severe storms to come today. i will have your storms to come today. i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s sunday the 18th ofjune. our main story: a video has emerged showing some conservative party workers drinking and dancing at a christmas party during covid lockdown. the footage, published by the sunday mirror, was taken at the conservatives headquarters in westminster in december 2020, when london was in tier 2 restrictions. our political correspondent iain watson has more. some conservatives will not want to look in the mirror toda
antony blinken has met the chinese foreign minister in beijing. it s the highest profile visit to china by a us official since president biden took office. tensions remain high between the two nations over issues such as trade, technology and foreign policy. mr blinken s visit was originallly scheduled for february but was put on hold after the us found what it said was a chinese spy balloon in its airspace. it s possible the us secretary of state will also meet president xi during his stay. our correspondent steve mcdonnell is in beijing and says mr blinken s visit is very symobolic. the fact the meeting is taking place is quite an achievement and i can t recall another meeting by the us government official which is hard such low expectations crucially important. the relationship is so toxic between beijing and washington. at least some pathways toward communications and possibilities for high level meetings and of those kind of things can be set up i think both sides will b
hello, i m samantha simmonds. 41 people, mostly students, have been killed in one of the deadilest attacks in uganda. the massacre happened at a secondary school in mpondwe in the west of the country. survivors say the teenage students were killed with machetes before a bomb was thrown into a dormitory. as well as the dead, six students were also abducted and eight are critically injured. security forces are tracking down rebels from the allied democratic forces, or adf, which is linked to the islamic state group and allegedly carried out the attack. police say the fighters had crossed the border from the democratic republic of the congo. the adf has been operating from inside the drc for the past two decades. the mayor of mpondwe provided an update on the death toll of the attack. the secondary school, where the suspected rebels could be adf. i talked to the school and they murdered on the spot by killing 22 students from this school and then threw a bomb in hostel that also
hello, i m samantha simmons. the ugandan military says rebels set fire to a locked boys dormitory and used machetes to kill female students during a night time attack on a school. the massacre happened at a secondary school in mpondwe, in the west of the country. 41 people, mostly teenagers, were killed. several students are also reported to have been abducted, and eight have been critically wounded. security forces are tracking down rebels from the allied democratic forces, or adf which is linked to the islamic state group and allegedly carried out the attack. police say the fighters had crossed the border from the democratic republic of the congo. the adf has been operating from inside the drc for the past two decades. the mayor of mpondwe gave an update on who died in the attack. the secondary school, where the suspected rebels could be adf. i talked to the school and they murdered on the spot by killing 22 students from this school and then threw a bomb in hostel that
hello, i m samantha simmonds. the ugandan military says rebels set fire to a locked boys dormitory and used machetes to kill female students during a night time attack on a school. the massacre happened at a secondary school in mpondwe in the west of the country. 41 people, mostly teenagers, were killed. several students are also reported to have been abducted, and eight have been critically wounded. security forces are tracking down rebels from the allied democratic forces or adf which is linked to the islamic state group and allegedly carried out the attack. police say the fighters had crossed the border from the democratic republic of the congo. the adf has been operating from inside the drc for the past two decades. the mayor of mpondwe gave an update on who died in the attack. the secondary school, where the suspected rebels could be adf. i talked to the school and they murdered on the spot by killing 22 students from this school and then threw a bomb in hostel that