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charity finds one in saeed & mohammed al naboodah group trophy handicap to have been bullied. and a light show and the southern hemisphere. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. a huge car bomb in the afghanistan capital kabul has killed at least 80 people and injured over 350. the huge explosion happened in the diplomatic quarter of the city near the french embassy during morning rush hour. our correspondent harun najafizada is at the scene and sent this report. this is the scene of the huge bombing which rocked the afghan capital kabul. today we understand it was a water tanker or a lorry full of explosives which hated this strategic location right in the heart of kabul. it is very close to the german embassy, the indian embassy, the french and british embassies. it is also walking distance from the provincial palace. the police have cordoned off the area at the moment and we are not allowed to move further than this for several reasons. one of them is that ther ....
in our election blind date series. today, cambridge historian mary beard and strip club owner peter stringfellow. you look slightly distinguished, quite hunky. you are quite a pretty lady. get that on camera! welcome to the programme, we re live until 11am. we re also talking about ariana grande s one love manchester concert to raise money for people affected by the manchester bombing. tickets go on sale at 10am this morning. we ll have the details and we d love to hear from you if you re planning to go. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning use the hashtag #victorialive. if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. our top story today. theresa may s political opponents have criticised her for not taking part in a seven way general election debate. she was accused of lacking guts during the 90 minute event. let s get more from our political guru norman smith. is it possible to say who one? it was probably the televisio ....
and the actor roy barraclough, best known for his role in coronation street, has died at the age of 81. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. brexit will become the focus of campaigning in the general election this afternoon, as the conservative, liberal democrat and labour leaders all hold events to outline their position on the eu. earlier, theresa may, who was in teeside, said the uk will be more prosperous once it leaves. in the next hour, labour leader jeremy corbyn is expected to warn that mrs may s approach to brexit is reckless and could harm jobs. here s our political correspondent leila nathoo on how the parties are pushing their brexit messages. she wants to move on, to dig herself out of the whole of last night s debate no show, and on to the safer ground of brexit. a brighter future awaits, she says, but only she can get us there. i want us to work together to fulfil the promise of brexit too. because if we get brexit right, then together we can do grea ....
safety a nd recruitment of workers, strengthen safety and protection is at work and give all workers equal rights from day one in the job. cheering and applause and increase prosecutions of employers evading the minimum wage. applause and four areas where immigration has placed a strain on public services we will reinstate the migrant impact fund, scrapped by the tories and lib dems after the 2010 election. labour s team will also guarantee and expand the rights and protections that british workers have secured three eu legislation. we will bring forward specific rights and protections bill that will lock those protections into uk law. the conservatives simply cannot be trusted on rights at work. they fled an all out assault on workers‘ rights through their trade union act. borisjohnson rights through their trade union act. boris johnson has rights through their trade union act. borisjohnson has demanded that the government should scrap the eu social chapter, and the ....
treated many of the young victims. what we saw was essentially war wounds. war wounds? yes, so the kind of wounds you would see on a battlefield. and we look at the politics of zero hours contracts and the debate over workers‘ rights. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, england s champions trophy ambitions take root, as they win their opening match against bangladesh by eight wickets with joe root scoring an unbeaten century. good evening. president trump has announced that america is to withdraw from the paris climate agreement, the treaty signed by 200 countries just two years ago to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. he said he d taken the decision because of the the economic burdens imposed by the treaty. his predecessor, barack obama, whose administration signed the accord, said it was a decision to reject the future. mr trump made the announcement despite several appeals from the united nations to respect the future of the planet. our correspondent n ....