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hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in the us. it s been less than 48 hours sincejoe biden announced he was pulling out of the presidential race. but kamala harris campaign for the white house is building momentum. yesterday she announced that she had enough support to secure the democratic party s presidential nomination. today, she ll be in the critical swing state of wisconsin making her case to be commander in chief directly to voters for the first time. ms harris has already been clear about her agenda. on monday evening, she visited what had beenjoe biden s re election campaign headquarters in delaware to rally the staff who will now be working for her. her message there that she ll continue to push for gun control and protection for reproductive rights. for all the latest, here s our north america correspondent david willis. 24 hours into her new role and kamala harris was already on the verge of becoming the first black and asian woman to win the presid ....
mobile phones, tv and broadband companies have been banned from increasing prices during a contract. so from january, those companies will have to tell you about any rises before you sign up. and i know we say this one every time but today it really is the uk s hottest day of the year so far as temperatures hit highs of nearly 32 degrees in parts. that is hotter than ibiza. get the fans out though if you want any decent sleep tonight. and time now for 10 seconds of counting swans. yep, it is happening on the river thames, where experts to see how many have recovered from last year s avian flu. it is called swan marking and ijust also love the outfits that they are doing it in. you are all caught up now. see you later. voice over: this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. in tecthlore, we go in search of the most exciting innovations around the world. in this series, i m on a special mission to unco ....
take those gangs are down to ensure the safety across europe of its citizens. ifor one to the safety across europe of its citizens. i for one to do the safety across europe of its citizens. ifor one to do not the safety across europe of its citizens. i for one to do not accept and will never accept that we cannot do the same with the smuggling gangs. that somehow they are the only gangs that can operate across europe with impunity. ijust never will except that having been involved myself in taking down of terrorist gangs. we must do more together, we must also do more to tackle the problem at source. to recognise the root causes. we know what they are, conflicts, climate change, extreme poverty. the crisis we face is the fault of the gang is no question but the decisions people take to leave their homes cannot be separated from the wider issues. it is global inequality and that deserves our attention, as well. let me say something here very clearly, we are resetting our ....
enough for the olympics. and coming up on bbc news. just one day to go into the open championship gets underway at royal troon as the world s best golfers gather for the year s last major. until the open championship. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the king has outlined the government s plans for the year ahead. during the state opening of parliament. during the state opening of parliament. , . ., , . during the state opening of parliament. , . . , . , ., , parliament. draft laws include plans to nationalise the railways and build more houses. our deputy political editor vicki young is in westminster. vicki, did this feel very different? i guess the pomp and ceremony will always be the same, it has been the same for centuries, hasn t it? of course it is a different feel after so long since has been a labour government. they have had a long time to think about what they want to do in power, coming up for their proposals. interestingly, in the fore ....
a new manager after gareth southgate called it a day. the fa s search won t be limited to english candidates with plenty of big names potentially on their radar. and whilst it will be at pleasant summers day for many, cloud and rain gather to the north and west over the next few days and it is heat and humidity to the south and east. by friday, somewhere could hit 30 degrees. i will have the details. it s wednesday the 17th ofjuly. our main story. king charles will officially open parliament today with a speech outlining what the new government plans to do in the coming year. it will contain details of draft bills on issues including illegal migration, nationalisation of the railways, and a move to end smoking. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has the story. fanfare. this was the king arriving for last year s king s speech. then, it was a conservative government which wrote the words he read out. this time it will be labour s programme for the coming year. sir ....