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with just two days to go into the coronation, excitement is building on the mall where the clouds are camped out. hello, welcome to bbc news. i am lewis vaughan jones. we are starting in russia — where president vladimir putin has made his first tv appearance — since an alleged attempt on his life. we have got these pictures in the last couple of hours. here he is — in these pictures released by the kremlin — in a routine meeting with economic development minister maxim reshetnikov. presumably projecting an image of business as usual. russia claims ukraine was targeting putin...

Business. Hsbc promises £10 billion infunding for business. Hsbc promises £10 billion in funding for small firms, but what difference will it really make . I will speak to the boss later. In sport, Englands Paul Casey is the pick of the european challengers at the us open. A first round of six under par sees him just a shot off the leader Rickie Fowler at golfs second major of the year. And sarah has the weather. Thatin that in about ten minutes. First, our main story police are warning they may never be able to identify some of those who died in the fire at Grenfell Tower in west london on ...

Now that he is under investigation by the u.s. attorney in manhattan, an investigation that some members f the william barr justice department did not know about when they had a meeting with rudy giuliani recently. it was a kind of routine meeting that defense lawyers have with prosecutors all the time. rudy giuliani was there as a member of the defense team on an unrelated case. now that everyone in the justice department knows that rudy giuliani is under investigation by the u.s. attorney in new york after that story broke publicly, the justice department had to issue a formal statement of r...

Gender identity." david? >> jon karl leading us off tonight. jon, thank you. the president also tweeting about something else. once again blasting his own pick for attorney general. one of his earliest supporters, jeff sessions. sessions was seen leaving the white house today, but we are told the president was not at the meeting. we ask, why the critical tweets? why not just meet with your attorney general? here's abc's senior justice correspondent, pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight the attorney general under intense scrutiny. cameras capturing jeff sessions leaving the white house after a...

Before congress? let's play the exchange senator sessions had with senator franken early on in the process that led to more questions. >> if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities. i have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and i did not have communications with the russians. >> that's the last part there. i did not have communications with the russians. he could have easily said as a senator ...