we want you to stay. the cladding used on grenfell tower is withdrawn from around the world. the us supreme court has partially lifted an injunction against president donald trump s travel ban. and a new aircraft carrier hms queen elizabeth sets sail for the first time from the rosyth dockyard in fife. it s 5 o clock. our main story is that after more than two weeks of talks the conservatives and the democratic unionist party have agreed a parliamentary deal to support theresa may s minority government. it will mean an extra £1 billion for health, education and infrastructure in northern ireland. the conservatives have also agreed to keep the so called triple lock on pensions and maintain universal winterfuel payments for pensioners. leaders in scotland and wales have condemned the deal other parties have raised concerns that the deal will cause problems in northern ireland. our political correspondent iain watson reports. why has it taken so long? theresa may had want
mainly muslim countries. a rare sea turtle, that washed up thousands of miles off course in wales, is taken to gran canaria to be set free. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, live cricket matches will return to bbc television for the first time in 21 years, after a new deal was done with the ecb. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. it s emerged that the cladding used to renovate grenfell tower where police believe 80 people died in a fire was changed to a type which cost nearly £300,000 less. documents obtained by bbc news show officials originally chose a zinc cladding, but then decided upon a less fire retardant aluminium version. kensington and chelsea council says safety would not have been compromised to manage budgets. since the fire, all 137 buildings tested in england so far have failed fire safety tests. 0ur correspondent nick beake is at grenfell tower. when you look at the burnt out shell of g re nfell tower when you look at the burnt out s
in the hour on bbc news. three days before the defence of his title, murray puts in the practice at wimbledon as he tries to shake off a hip injury. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. in the last half hour the leader of kensington and chelsea council, the borough where the grenfell tower fire happened, has resigned. nicholas paget brown said he had to accept responsibility for his role in the response to the fire, and in particular for the decision to ban the public and press from a council meeting last night. the bbc has also obtained documents that show that cheaper, less fire resistant cladding was chosen for the tower block. 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, and there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety. kensington and chelsea council says safety would not have been compromised in order to manage budgets. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has more. where you pressured by number 10 to resign? the pressur
for them to be overturned. and we ll be discussing the resignation of the leader of kensington and chelsea council more than a fortnight after the tragedy of grenfell tower. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the leader of kensington and chelsea council, nicholas paget brown, has announced that he s standing down after days of mounting criticism of the authority s response to the grenfell tower fire. it was rebuked by downing street after a decision last night to abort a public meeting and there s been further evidence that cost cutting resulted in a downgrading of building refurbishments. in his statement, mr paget brown said he had to accept responsibility for what he called perceived failings after the tragedy which has claimed according to police at least 80 lives. here s our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. were you pressured by no 10 to resign? the pressure simply got too great. he was the leader criticised with failing to cope with the crisis in his b
she has become more unpopular. she has become more divisive. she is a very polarising figure. she is seen as a beijing loyalist. that reputation will make it difficult to do as she has promised to heal divisions in society. she has promised to tackle that challenge. but it is difficult to see how she will do that, given her perception. now to other news and the time for strategic patience is over that was the message donald trump had for north korea as he stood side by side with the new south korean president. mr trump called for a determined response to the nuclear threat posed by kim jung un but he also took aim at seoul over trade, and sharing the cost of defence. the bbc‘s state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports. this was the visit of a strong and historic ally at a time of uncertainty, with a recently elected leader and an unpredictable one. it was the first foreign visit for president moon. the interest back home spurring an eager scramble for the