Where he said people convicted of terrorism offences shouldnt be released from prison early. The practice of automatic Early Release, where you cut a sentence half and let really serious violent offenders early, simply isnt working, and i think youve had some very good evidence of how that isnt working, im afraid, with this case. In other news, millions of commuters will have to pay an average of 2. 7 percent more for rail tickets in the new year. One of the two People Killed in the London Bridge attack has been named as Cambridge University graduate jack merritt. The 25 year old is believed to have been a course co ordinator for learning together, an organisation specialising in prison based education. It held the rehabilitation conference at fishmongers hall in london, yesterday, attended by the attacker usman khan. Jack merritts father described his son as a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. in the last half an hour, assistant commissioner neil basu of the m
The billionaire businessman elon musk is cleared of defaming a british cave explorer after calling him pedo guy on social media. And coming up at 5. 30, hype building for the long awaited re match, with anthonyjoshua facing andy ruiz tonight. Find out about that and more, with our sports bulletin. The internet message forum, reddit, says it believes a leak of sensitive uk us trade documents is linked to a Russian Campaign to influence voters. The dossier, which runs to several hundred pages, was highlighted byJeremy Corbyn in labours claim that the nhs would be on the table during us trade talks, something denied by the conservatives. Labour says the release of the documents was in the public interest, and neither the uk nor us governments have denied their authenticity. Reddit have issued a statement explaining their actions. It says we were recently made aware of a post on reddit that included leaked documents from the uk. We investigated this account and the accounts connected to it
Hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines. The online forum reddit says it believes leaked government documents, detailing uk us trade talks, and posted on its site are linked to russia. Oceans are running out of oxygen warn scientists as global temperature rises put many species of fish at risk of extinction. 12 people are swept to their deaths by floods in uganda, as east africa is devastated by heavy rainfall and landslides. Fears that a mega bushfire near sydney thats burning out of control could take weeks to put out. A chinese american researcher is freed by iran in a rare Prisoner Exchange with the us. President trump thanks the iranians for very fair negotiation. Thank you for your company throughout the afternoon. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with mejane dougall and ben croucher. The headlines this evening. A lighter anthonyjoshua says weight doesnt matter as he prepares to re claim three belts from andy ruinunior, in one
Fears grow for four uk climbers among eight missing in the himalayas. Heavy and rain and snow are hampering search efforts one of the biggest shocks in the history of the of heavyweight boxing Anthony Joshua loses his three titles to the mexican andy ruinr after a seventh round stoppage at new Yorks Madison Square garden. Yesterday we got to 27. 6 degrees caller 28 if you like just to the west of london at heathrow, officially the hottest day of 2019 so officially the hottest day of 2019 so far. Fresh air is on the way for the week ahead. Its sunday the 2nd ofjune. Our top story liverpool have become european champions for the sixth time after beating tottenham in last nights Champions League final. The reds won the game in madrid 2 0 to givejurgen klopp his first trophy as liverpool boss. 0ur Sports Reporter david 0rnstein was at the game. Backin back in possession of the trophy they have come to love the most, a clu b they have come to love the most, a club defined by european succes
The west. But before that, a lot of dry weather. Were looking at quite a grey day, drizzle and a cloudy day across scotland and Northern England compared to recent days. Three, 7 degrees the top temperature and rain arrives in the west late in the afternoon. That urges further eastwards a cross afternoon. That urges further eastwards across the country on tuesday night and into wednesday. Through the day on wednesday, that rain looks like it will move east to west across many parts of the country introducing milder air, so temperatures back into double digits in the south. Cool, around 60 breeze in scotland and Northern Ireland and wet weather arriving across most parts. After the cold start, we have the rain arriving through the middle pa rt the rain arriving through the middle part of the week and things. To feel less cold band they have been. This is bbc news, our latest headlines. Theresa may defends the governments record on the nhs, insisting it was better prepared for the pressu