come into force today, affecting refugees and visitors from six mainly muslim countries. the german parliament has voted to legalise same sex marriage, granting gay and lesbian couples full marital rights including child adoption. also the welsh turtle who is now having fun in the sun. a rare sea turtle called menai who washed up on an anglesey beach is taken to gran canaria to an anglesey beach is taken to gran ca naria to be an anglesey beach is taken to gran canaria to be released. and british world number one tennis player andy murray will begin the defence of his wimbledon title against a qualifier or a lucky loser on monday. good morning. it s friday the 30th ofjune. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. cladding fitted to grenfell tower during its refurbishment was changed to a version which cost nearly £300,000 less, a document seen by the bbc has revealed. at least 80 people were killed when the tower block in west london was destroyed by fire two weeks
affecting people from six mainly muslim countries. funerals take place for 29 year old martyn hett and 15 year old megan hurley, who died in the manchester bomb attack. also. washed up in wales. now having fun in the sun. a rare sea turtle found on a beach in anglesey, is taken to gran canaria, to be set free. british world no.1 tennis player andy murray will begin the defence of his wimbledon title against a qualifier or a lucky loser on monday. and live cricket returns to bbc television for the first time in 21 years. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the chairman of the local government association has criticised fire safety tests being carried out on cladding from high rise buildings, claiming the examinations are flawed. it s emerged that the cladding used to renovate grenfell tower, which was consumed by fire two weeks ago, was changed to a type which cost nearly £300,000 less than alternatives. there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire s
is taken to gran canaria, to be set free. british world no.1 tennis player andy murray will begin the defence of his wimbledon title against a qualifier or a lucky loser on monday. and live cricket returns to bbc television for the first time in 21 years. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chairman of the local government association has criticised fire safety tests being carried out on cladding from high rise buildings claiming the examinations are flawed. it s emerged that the cladding used to renovate grenfell tower, which was consumed by fire two weeks ago, was changed to a type which cost nearly £300,000 less than alternatives. there is no suggestion a deliberate decision was made to cut fire safety, and kensington & chelsea council says safety would not have been compromised in order to manage budgets. in the past hour it s emerged that the head of the council s tenant management organisation is stepping aside. our correspondent nick beake is in north kensin
while it took several hours to bring the blaze under control, there are no reports of any casualties. a disabled coldplay fan who crowd surfed in his wheelchair at the band s recent dublin concert has been invited on stage to perform with the band. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the parents of charlie gard have returned to the high court this afternoon where fresh medical evidence is being heard about their terminally ill son, who is being cared for at great ormond street hospital. an earlier ruling supported the view of his doctors that nothing could be done to improve his quality of life, and they should be allowed to switch off his life support systems. butjudges will now evaluate new, unpublished data about an experimental treatment which his parents want their 11 month old son to receive. our correspondent daniela relph reports. for charlie gard s parents, today s court hearing offers some hope, when they thought all hope had gone. the court will hear fresh subm
ta ke guard will hear whether they can take their eight month old son to america for experimental treatment against the wishes of british doctors. a revolutionary new treatment for stroke patients in england, that could help save thousands from lifelong disability. the queen and the duke of edinburgh try their hand at zoo keeping as they feed banana thats to an elephant at whip snaid zoo. whipsnade. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news. g7 foreign ministers have failed to reach agreement on targeted sanctions against russia and syria, at a meeting in italy. the foreign secretary, boris johnson had pushed for sanctions on senior russian and syrian figures following syria s suspected chemical weapons attack which killed more than 70 people. ministers were trying to agree a common position on the syrian conflict before the us secretary of state flies to russia to try to persuade it to abandon its allegiance to bashar al assad. our diplomatic coreesponden