take those gangs are down to ensure the safety across europe of its citizens. ifor one to the safety across europe of its citizens. i for one to do the safety across europe of its citizens. ifor one to do not the safety across europe of its citizens. i for one to do not accept and will never accept that we cannot do the same with the smuggling gangs. that somehow they are the only gangs that can operate across europe with impunity. ijust never will except that having been involved myself in taking down of terrorist gangs. we must do more together, we must also do more to tackle the problem at source. to recognise the root causes. we know what they are, conflicts, climate change, extreme poverty. the crisis we face is the fault of the gang is no question but the decisions people take to leave their homes cannot be separated from the wider issues. it is global inequality and that deserves our attention, as well. let me say something here very clearly, we are resetting our appro
sir keir starmer is set to speak his first words at the despatch box as prime minister and mps are electing a speaker to referee all the debates. in a busy day, sir keir starmer will hold a cabinet meeting, his second since the election. metro mayors had been meeting at downing street. this report now from harry farley. political careers end in removal vans. the furniture and the residents of number 10 are changing. this morning, sir keir starmer will meet with england s regional mayors, promising a major programme of devolution. labour is expected to announce what they call a take back control act in the king s speech to give mayors new powers over things like transport and housing. this is what a labour majority looks like. today, the house of commons sits for the first time since the election to choose a speaker, and some new mps can t quite believe they re here. i feel hugely excited. i think that s probably a feeling that you re getting from a lot of the other new mps. b
more than 120m. a very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the world. we are just hours away from the opening ceremony for the much troubled tokyo 2020 olympics. they were postponed last year because of the pandemic but now, the wait is almost overfor more than 11,300 athletes trying to get their hands on an olympic medal. despite being postponed, the games are not clear despite being postponed, the games are not clear of covid there have already been more than 90 confirmed coronavirus cases in tokyo directly linked to the games. celebrations at the opening ceremony will be the most subdued of any olympics in history. but our tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has still managed to track down some excited fans. finding olympic fans in tokyo these days isn t so easy. but on this rooftop at least, it s a different story. skateboarding is in the olympics for the first time in the hope of attracting young new fans, and it seems to be working. tran
in the past five years just 43 cases were prosecuted. and a long awaited report into the unsolved murder of a private investigator 3a years ago will finally be published today. the us model chrissy teigen has broken a month long social media silence to apologise for bullying several people on twitter. good morning and welcome to bbc news. ministers say they are confident the government can stick to its new plan of removing covid restrictions in england by mid july, after announcing a one month delay. borisjohnson says he s determined that the 19th ofjuly will be the terminus date for the remaining restrictions on social contact to finally be lifted. scientists had warned of a significant resurgance in the virus and say the delay means the peak in hospital admissions will be reduced by between a third and a half. but conservative mps are concerned. steve baker from the covid recovery group said it was the last chance for industries such as hospitality and live entertai