almost a year on from the murder of jo cox, her parents speak about what they have gone through as a family. there is a piece missing. to the outside world, we appear strong, olive us, but there are days when it is bad. and bees on her bonnet a 20,000 strong swarm makes its new home on car in hull. good morning, we re live at downing street, arlene foster and other members of the dup will be here at downing street a little later for those crucial talks. crucial for theresa may if she is to form a working government with time pressures very much at the forefront of everybody passed my mind. watching the developments, our assistant political editor norman smith. the timescale is very tight. what is the key objectives. . us through how you see it going injust a key objectives. . us through how you see it going in just a few hours. there will be a deal. the idea that arlene foster will turn up that they will emerge scowling at each other and checking first, that is not a runner
it s 8am in singapore 1am in the morning in london and 8pm in the evening in washington, where the us government s top lawyer has been facing tough questions about the alleged russian interference in last year s presidential election. attorney generaljeff sessions said that claims he colluded with moscow were detestable lies . and he defended the controversial sacking of the fbi directorjames comey. from washington, nick bryant reports. capitol hill, on days such as this, america s most elegantly designed theatre. the stage for the latest instalment of a russian saga gripping washington and destabilising the trump white house. last week saw act i, the testimony of this former fbi directorjames comey, fired by president trump. now the sequel, attorney generaljeff sessions, a former trump campaign adviser, now the head of the justice department. he came out counterpunching, fierce in his denial that he d held meetings with russian officials last year to discuss interfering wit
to piece together what happened and how the blaze spread so quickly throughout the building. there now three inquiries by the police, by the fire brigade, and the full public inquiry. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds now on the questions the public inquiry will have to consider. it is the first obvious question. and it will be for the fire brigade to answer. the accounts of the residents will be important. this video was shot 20 minutes or so after a fridge caught light on the fourth floor. the guy s fridge was by his kitchen window. the fire had already gone on the outside, and the wind helped it, and then all of a sudden, the cladding has fallen. he said the cladding caught. and that leads to question number two. it shouldn t have. the building was redesigned with aluminium panels in 2016. the work was signed off by the council. so far there is no evidence standards were breached, but. the minimum safety standards which is expected for a building to keep it reas
seven american navy crew are missing as a us warship collides with a container ship off the coast of japan. from selfless heroes to entertainment superstars: bravery and achievement are recognised in the queen s birthday honours. in sport, rory mcilroy misses the cut, but two englishmen, paul casey and tommy fleetwood, are part of a four way tie for the lead at the us open. and helen has the weather. good morning. it will be hotter still today and the first of if you hot days for many of us, with high levels of uv, very high in the south. more details in about 15 minutes. first, our main story. angry protests have been held in london as residents demand support for those affected by the grenfell tower fire. the government has pledged £5 million to help victims but labour says it isn t enough. around 70 people are thought to be dead or missing and last night london came together in grief with a candlelight vigil. frankie mccamley reports. a moment to grieve. for a community s
tomlinson, was also there. mark lobel spoke to him afterwards. i think it was a good meeting. i think it was a good meeting that enabled residents in the local area here to really express their frustrations and their hopes, their anger, their desires, and to put before the prime minister the things they really want to say. i think was a good thing to do and i think residents came away feeling that they had been heard and could say what they wanted to say. how did the meeting come about, and who was able to talk first? can you talk us through how the meeting went? it came about because. i was approached by number 10 on. i can t remember which day it was. yesterday, i think it was. i have been a volunteer the entire week. and the town approached me saying, could we pull together a group of representatives from the local area to have a conversation with the prime minister? and we worked very closely with st clements church, which is very well connected in the local area, and bro