security, fairness and opportunity for all. the house of commons will this afternoon debate the contents of the speech that s due to begin in about two hours. welcome back to westminster. we will take stock of welcome back to westminster. we will take stock of the welcome back to westminster. we will take stock of the things welcome back to westminster. we will take stock of the things that welcome back to westminster. we will take stock of the things that were - take stock of the things that were there and things that were missing. the king has opened parliament, charles iii presiding over a ceremony that dates back to charles the first about 500 years ago. he read a speech written by the new government outlining its priorities for the time ahead, accelerating house building, bringing the railways into public ownership and strengthening the powers of the water regulator and vat exemption on private schools. my government will govern in service to the country. my go
rather muddy into friday morning. and then on friday, dry for most of us, some rain out towards the north and west, always cloudy here, and again we have those humid misty conditions for irish sea coasts, but 29 even locally 30 celsius always possible across south east england or east anglia. but it is a short lived warm spell, because as we head into saturday, we have got this weather fronts weeping eastwards, bringing the threat of some heavy thundery showers, and then on sunday, as you can see, the 0ranges turn a bit more yellow, so expecting some cooler viewing conditions, so the outlook for our capital cities here, pressure dropping over the weekend, and settled on saturday and possibly sunday as well. elizabeth, thank you very much indeed. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday, i m gavin ramjaun. here s what
obviously, the search for him on going. the other line of news i want to bring you comes from the united states. we are hearing special counseljack smith who was prosecuting two of the federal cases on donald trump on behalf of the department ofjustice will appeal that classified documents case. you will recall on monday it was tossed out by the districtjudge cannon in florida, someone who donald trump had appointed to the circuit. jack smith is announcing this afternoon that he is formally appealing that case so it will go on. we will get some comment, possibly, after the sport but first let s go to paul scott. hello, from the bbc sport centre. chelsea have begun disciplinary proceedings against argentine midfielder enzo fernandez after he posted a video on social media which the french football federation says included a racist and discriminatory chant. fernandez says he s truly sorry for getting caught up in the euphoria of argentina s copa america victory adding
first, the latest news. the prime minister has said that the king s speech marks the start of a rejection of what he called the snake oil charms of populism and the beginning of a national renewal . he was speaking in the commons after the king had laid out labour s plans for its first months in office. growing fears that another war may erupt in the middle east as israel and the lebanese armed group hezbollah keep trading fire across the border. police in thailand say six vietnamese nationals found dead in a luxury hotel suite in bangkok on tuesday were probably poisoned with cyanide in a suspected murder suicide case. authorities are investigating possible motives. the prime minister of bangladesh has warned that those responsible for the death of six people in a wave of student protests will be punished regardless of their political affiliation. many oppose a law under which a third of civil service posts are reserved for relatives of bangladesh s independence fighter