conservative mps are split over whether to approve a report condemning borisjohnson for misleading parliament over rule breaking in the pandemic. a committee recommended stripping the former prime minister of his parliamentary pass. it s been suggested that many tories may not turn up for the vote on monday. authorities in greece are under increasing pressure to explain how a migrant boat sank off the country s southern coast on tuesday. it s claimed the boat capsized when coastguards attached a rope. nearly 80 people have died and it s reported that up to 750 were on board. the home office has told the government s spending watchdog that plans for the asylum system are in doubt, unless there s urgent action. the national audit office said hundreds more cases needed to be decided every week to clear the backlog by the end of the year. the government says it s working non stop to deal with cases. the ceo of tesco says there are encouraging signs that inflation is starting to e
nottinghamshire police have announced 31 year old valdo calocane has been charged with three counts of murder over the deaths of students barnaby webber and grace o malley kumar, both aged 19, and ian coates, 65, who were all fatally stabbed on tuesday. that man has been named as first, 31 years old. he has been charged with three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. valdo calocane. the first relates to two students who were stabbed as they walked home in the early hours of tuesday morning and the third murder charge relates to ian coates, a school caretaker. it is alleged that the took him out of his vehicle and stabbed him further valdo calocane then use that van to plough into three people and those are the attempted murder charges. in terms of the suspect, we know that he was a student here at the university of nottingham. he graduated last year. he had been studying mechanical engineering. he was a dual national, he had portuguese nationality and als
america becomes the first country in the world to approve covid vaccines for babies. hello and welcome to bbc news. polling stations have opened across france in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. at stake is control of the 577 seat national assembly, where the liberal party founded by president emmanuel macron has held sway for the last five years. but, president macron s candidates are facing strong opposition in the form of an alliance of left wing parties. i m joined now by our correspondent hugh schofield. only two months since emmanuel macron won the presidency convincingly, much of a challenge that he face this time round? it is that he face this time round? it is a big challenge. that he face this time round? it 3 a big challenge, surprising challenge, not from the far this time. but from the left. this coalition which has been created by the force of will of one man, jean luc melenchon, the man who came third in the presidential election, who ca
victory over saracens at twickenham. good morning, a precious story across the country today. cloud and across the country today. cloud and a few showers across england first thing, but there will be sunny spells around. i will tell you when and where, injust a moment. it s sunday 19th june. our main story: the transport secretary grant shapps has accused the country s biggest rail union of punishing millions of innocent people after it confirmed it will go ahead with series of crippling strikes. mr shapps said the travelling public faced a week of misery because the rail, maritime and transport union had refused repeated appeals to call off their action due to start on tuesday. our political correspondent nick eardley has more. for nick eardley has more. anyone who relies on trains next for anyone who relies on trains, the next few days are going to see significant disruption. the biggest real strikes in decades are happening and the government says it will cause misery for