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leaked documents show president emmanuel macron and a former eu competition commissioner held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride—sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, the bbc has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton reports....

and the heat is on — the met office says today could be the hottest day of the year so far. some parts of the uk will be hotter than athens and ibiza today. whats it like where you are and how are you coping? get in touch @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. also coming up, birth control for grey squirrels as scientists hope to control an expanding population and save our native reds. hello and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is the latest senior cabinet m...

about our children or us. stand for against us. because were not going nowhere. >> dozens of devastated and furious members of the uvalde community lashed out at the school board, demanding new leadership and the firing of the school districts police chief. the contentious meeting came after the release of a damning report and dramatic police body cam video. meanwhile on capitol hill, two trump white house officials will testify in thursdays prime time hearing by the january 6th comm...

have a written statement in "due course". attorneys for trump compared the documents to an overdue library book, marveling at how the records dispute that has suddenly been transformed into a criminal investigation. trump and his team tried all kinds of defenses, frump falsely saying the top secret documents were his, to then saying that he declassified them. in court today, the doj lawyers were blunt, saying he is no long for president, and because hes no longer the president, he had ...

and the heat is on — the met office says today could be the hottest day of the year so far. some parts of the uk will be hotter than athens and ibiza today. whats it like where you are and how are you coping? get in touch @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions also coming up — birth control for grey squirrels, as scientists hope to control an expanding population and save our native reds. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. the foreign secretary, li...

in their favourite treat. its a kind of hazelnut butter. and what the scientists are doing is dosing this with contraceptives. the idea is the squirrels will be unaffected, except of course, except of course, they wont be able to produce any young. seventh heaven for novak djokovic as he wins another wimbledon title, his fourth in a row, coming from a set down to beat nick kyrgios in the mens singles final. both england and northern ireland are back in action tonight in the womens hero...

the russian invasion. the vessel was chartered by the world food programme, to supply countries at risk from starvation. to ukraine now, where the army says it has destroyed command posts and ammunition depots on the second day of its counterattack against the russians in the south. the military says ukrainian forces are targeting bridges which provide russias army with a lifeline to its troops around kherson. lets get more now from our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. these co...

but we wont know if that is true for months to come. >> cheneys campaign created a leadership action committee. how does she plan to use it? >> reporter: they say that she needs a type of a platform to launch the next chapter of her lil life, if you will. and they will try to find republican candidates and programs independents and others to endorse -- who do not support election deniers, who believe the truth. but there may be a limited number of candidates do that. and she can use th...

not a single hand raised, well take a look at what this says about the leadership race so far. in golf, australian cameron smith hits a birdie blitz at st andrews to claim the open championship for the first time. and jenny from the block becomes mrs affleck, nearly 20 years after they first dated. jennifer lopez and ben affleck have tied the knot. voice—over: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. a preliminary report in...

after thousands of demonstrators stormed his official residence in protest at the state of the economy. the former formula 1 boss bernie ecclestone has been charged with fraud by false representation. the big birth control plan to control the the number of grey squirrels — and save the native red squirrel. a warm welcome to bbc news. good to have your company on a busy afternoon, not least in the conservative leadership contest which is where we begin this hour. borisjohnson says in ...