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through to the quarters, we will get the latest after englands houdini act at the euros. hello and welcome to bbc news. frances national rally party has taken a commanding lead in the first round of the countrys snap general election. president emmanuel macron is now calling for centrist and left—wing parties to unite — rather than split the vote — as the far—right hopes to win a parliamentary majority in the second and final round next weekend. lets speak get more on this with...

this is bbc news. the headlines: the us secretary of state, antony blinken, holds talks with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas in the occupied west bank city of ramallah. his visit comes as fighting continues in gaza. the hamas—run health authorities have accused israel of killing more than 30 people in a deadly airstrike on a refugee camp. they are still looking under the rubble of about three or four buildings which were destroyed overnight. this is al—maghazi ref...

spells, although more cloud the further north you are, all the details shortly. its sunday, june 2nd. our main story. sir keir starmer has pledged to cut levels of legal migration to the uk, if labour wins the general election. in a newspaper interview he set out plans to prioritise british workers and crack down on businesses that break employment laws. the conservatives said no—one believed the labour leader was serious about tackling immigration. our political correspondent alex f...

a third time. 1900, 192k, and now 202a. a century on, things have certainly changed — and were notjust talking about the outfits. every time theres an olympic games, its a chance for notjust sport, but sport tech to take to the world stage. and were always learning about new ways to monitor how exercise and sport affects the human body. and whats trialled here at elite level will almost certainly trickle down to the rest of us ordinaries at some point. so first, lets hit the pool —...

eastern areas and it will be another cool day. i will have all the details later. its tuesday the 11th ofjune. the conservatives will promise to cut a further two pence from employee national insurance when they publish their election manifesto today. the prime minister will claim his government would let working people keep more of the money they earn, while labour branded the plans a desperate series of unfunded commitments. our political correspondent hannah miller has the latest. t...

motive. >> i know that many have received a number of calls about, is this a hate crime. were still early in this investigation, so we cannot make that determination at this moment. again, we are very early in this investigation. even though we have made an arrest, there is still a lot more work to be done. >> he made indicators that he has some issues, potentially sexual addiction, and may have frequented some of these places in the past. >> he claims that these -- as the chief said, ...

Decision and, in short, there hasnt been much. Wall street stocks powered to fresh records on thursday, sending asia higher, and the upward trend looks set to continue here in europe. Later in the programme, well be hearing about the reaction of Technology Companies to President Trumps decision to quit the Paris Climate Agreement. Plus, well talk about snapchat and amazon thats all with our techology guru Rory Cellan Jones. And today we want to know what you think about america leaving Paris Cli...

Talks begin today to take britain out of the european union, well be there live throughout the morning. And while the politicians are talking, iam and while the politicians are talking, i am at Smithfield Markets in manchester to find out what businesses want from the negotiations. As Police Release the first pictures from inside the charred remains of Grenfell Tower, a nationwide minutes silence will take place this morning to remember those who lost their lives. In sport, the american Brooks K...

He became leader in 2012. This is to tie in with the 20th Anniversary of the uk handing hong kong to china. Here are some of the pictures we have of the visit. This isntjust about the past, its about the present. Great care is being taken to make sure any pro democracy protestors dont get anywhere near mr xi. And hes re asserted the one country, two systems formula that has governed hong kong since the british left. Well get more on president xis visit in just a moment, but before we do, lets he...

He became leader in 2012. This is to tie in with the 20th Anniversary of the uk handing hong kong to china. Here are some of the pictures we have of the visit. This isntjust about the past, its about the present. Great care is being taken to make sure any pro democracy protestors dont get anywhere near mr xi. And hes re asserted the one country, two systems formula that has governed hong kong since the british left. Well get more on president xis visit in just a moment, but before we do, lets he...