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a constitutional crisis . it reports the prime minister s brexit plans could be derailed by opposition parties. mrs may will meet other eu leaders at a summit in brussels later. france s new president emmanuel macron will be there too. he s given his first interview since being elected le figaro one of eight media outlets he spoke to. he says france will have a pragmatic relationship with britain when it leaves the bloc. saudi arabia s arab news dedicates its whole front page to the change in the kingdom s succession line. king salman has replaced his nephew with his son, to become heir to the throne. mohammed bin salman is recognised for making major changes to the country s economic and energy policies. uber co founder travis kalanick is hailing a taxi out of his chief executive office. he s stepping down as ceo, in the wake of a number of scandals at the company. the financial times reports uber is facing a leadership vacuum, with three top executive positions n ....
how she will remember her daughter. i don t want her to be remembered as a victim of somebody who killed her with a bomb. i want her to be remembered as olivia, the girl that she was. more than half of british summer fruit and salad growers could be short of migrant workers to harvest their crops this summer with many blaming the fall in the value of the pound and uncertainty following brexit and there s concern the shortage could get worse. sol soiam at so i am at this robbery farm this morning looking at strawberries and other fruits, to find morning looking at strawberries and otherfruits, to find out morning looking at strawberries and other fruits, to find out what it will mean for the industry. strawberry farm. he may play a crime boss in his latest blockbuster but we ll hear why kevin spacey says he s one of the good guys on set. it s ladies day at ascot. carol and sally are there. in sport, the lions team is named for the first test against new zealand. irela ....
to the bbc news at one. theresa may has confirmed that a retired high courtjudge, sir martin moore bick, has been chosen to lead the public inquiry into the grenfell tower fire. sir martin this morning promised a vigorous inquiry that gets to the truth and said he understood the desire of local people for justice. the prime minister told mps that she expects he will produce an interim report as early as possible into the tragedy, in which 80 people are now presumed to have died. sir martin moore bick spent 20 years as a judge and is said to be highly respected, but his appointment has been questioned by some. here s our correspondent richard lister. the family and friends of tony dissident gathered for his funeral today, a short distance from grenfell tower where he died. with an estimated 80 dead, there will be many more such funerals. looming over them, questions about why they died, who was to blame, how can others be protected. and this is the man now appointed ....
of the past in the house of commons? we ll have the latest on the dress code which could leave some breathing easier. welcome to the programme. i am in washington, christian fraser is in london. the pentagon is concerned that north korea s nuclear programme has advanced so quickly, they are no longer able to monitor it effectively. intelligence experts believe that, very soon, pyongyang will have a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the western seaboard of the united states. that is forcing a rethink in the white house. the president recently suggested china s attempts to put pressure on pyongyang has failed. so what is the right way forward? nobody wants to consider a military option but one is being prepared nonetheless. what we see now is really two fundamental things have changed. one is the threat is much more immediate now and so it s clear that we can t repeat the same approach, failed approach, of the past. and the second is the recognition that previous approac ....
to the author paula mcgrath about her novel a history of running away. good evening and welcome to bbc news. it s only a few hours since theresa may named the judge who will chair the grenfell tower inquiry and already sir martin moore bick is facing questions about whether his brief is wide ranging enough. sir martin promised a vigorous inquiry into what caused the fire and how it spread so quickly with such fatal consequences. but many local residents, some of whom met the judge this afternoo, of whom met the judge this afternoon, say they want to know who should be held responsible for the disaster. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. away from the debate about the number of deaths and the risk from cladding, dozens of families are morning. dozens of families are mourning. relatives of tony disson laid him to rest today, close to the tower. relatives of tony disson laid to rest today, close to the tower. and this is the man facing the task of explai ....