:00:00. > :00:00.A month after the Grenfell fire police release new footage
:00:07. > :00:22.from inside the tower block as the search for victims goes on.
:00:23. > :00:25.Officers are going from floor to floor, sifting through the debris.
:00:26. > :00:28.This staircase was the only way out for those trapped by fire.
:00:29. > :00:32.All I can say is please be patient - we are doing our utmost best
:00:33. > :00:34.for you, and we are working as hard as we can.
:00:35. > :00:41.The BBC has learned a residents were still being told to stay put in
:00:42. > :00:43.their flat is almost two hours after the fire broke out.
:00:44. > :00:45.Within 15 minutes the whole building caught fire -
:00:46. > :01:07.Only 34 victims have been formally identified so far
:01:08. > :01:15.and police say it will take months to search the whole flats.
:01:16. > :01:19.The gay man who's won a landmark ruling which will give his husband
:01:20. > :01:22.the same pension rights as a wife, and could affect many others.
:01:23. > :01:25.President Trump calls the controversy surrounding his
:01:26. > :01:27.son's meeting with a Russian lawyer - the biggest witch hunt
:01:28. > :01:33.Andy Murray crashes out of the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and
:01:34. > :01:40.finally admits he was injured. My hip has been sought for most of the
:01:41. > :01:43.event. Yeah, it was just a little bit too sore today and I was
:01:44. > :02:01.obviously struggling a bit on serve. Coming up in Sportsday, we will be
:02:02. > :02:05.rounding up all of the Wimbledon rounds from the championships.
:02:06. > :02:09.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at 6.
:02:10. > :02:11.Police have released new footage from inside Grenfell Tower,
:02:12. > :02:19.a month after the fire that killed at least 80 people.
:02:20. > :02:21.It shows officers climbing the blackened staircase,
:02:22. > :02:23.which was the only way out for hundreds of people
:02:24. > :02:27.So far only 34 victims have been officially identified.
:02:28. > :02:29.Today ten more inquests were opened at Westminster Coroner's Court.
:02:30. > :02:39.It comes as more questions were asked about why residents
:02:40. > :02:42.were still being advised to stay put until almost two hours after
:02:43. > :02:44.Here's our special correspondent Lucy Manning.
:02:45. > :02:50.Into Grenfell Tower, and up the stairs.
:02:51. > :02:52.The narrow stairs - the only escape route,
:02:53. > :03:04.Now those identifying victims climb up, struggling for breath.
:03:05. > :03:07.Many of the residents who were told to stay during the fire didn't
:03:08. > :03:11.The BBC has seen documents setting out how the residents
:03:12. > :03:17.of Grenfell Tower were told to stay in their flats until 2:47am.
:03:18. > :03:21.The first 999 call was made at six minutes to one and that means
:03:22. > :03:24.for one hour and 53 minutes, those who were calling for help
:03:25. > :03:42.It took nearly two hours for the advice to change to evacuate.
:03:43. > :03:44.These pictures from 40 minutes after the first emergency
:03:45. > :03:46.call show just how high the flames had reached.
:03:47. > :03:51.An hour later it had engulfed the whole tower.
:03:52. > :03:53.There's no doubt the firefighters were heroes, but the fire
:03:54. > :03:56.policy for tower blocks was and still is to stay put.
:03:57. > :04:01.The stay put advice is broadly sound.
:04:02. > :04:04.But clearly this was an unprecedented fire and at some
:04:05. > :04:08.point it was clear that the advice needed to change - whether it should
:04:09. > :04:10.have been changed earlier, I wouldn't want to speculate
:04:11. > :04:14.on that, but the inquiry clearly needs to look at it.
:04:15. > :04:22.For the families still waiting for relatives to be
:04:23. > :04:25.identified, the information that for nearly two hours the advice
:04:26. > :04:30.This man's mother, sister, brother-in-law and
:04:31. > :04:32.their three children lived on the 22nd floor.
:04:33. > :04:34.And this man's uncle was on the top floor.
:04:35. > :04:36.Two hours - does that sound like a long time?
:04:37. > :04:39.Within 15 minutes the whole building caught fire.
:04:40. > :04:46.After that time, the chances have dropped for them and
:04:47. > :05:00.It's like as if, you know, you're taking away that chance.
:05:01. > :05:03.When you say, stay in your house, you know, stay in your house,
:05:04. > :05:20.Firefighters did risk their own lives to try to save others.
:05:21. > :05:22.The BBC understands 31 were injured, almost
:05:23. > :05:31.The London Fire Brigade said the stay put policy
:05:32. > :05:34.would be for the public and police inquiries to look at,
:05:35. > :05:37.but the advice given can change as the fire
:05:38. > :05:42.This was a flat where everyone did escape, but a month on
:05:43. > :05:45.debris in the tower is now being looked at for remains.
:05:46. > :05:47.Only 34 victims have been formally identified.
:05:48. > :05:49.I deeply understand the frustration the families have,
:05:50. > :05:54.All I can say is, please be patient, we are doing our utmost
:05:55. > :06:01.But with trust in the authorities low, the new council
:06:02. > :06:03.leader's admission that she's never been in a high-rise tower block
:06:04. > :06:13.Yeah, I accept I might not have been up a tower block,
:06:14. > :06:16.but I have been in a huge amount of other people's houses and flats,
:06:17. > :06:19.A month on, the families want to bury their
:06:20. > :06:21.relatives, and they want those responsible arrested.
:06:22. > :06:31.Our home editor Mark Easton joins me now. A month on and still so many
:06:32. > :06:35.unanswered questions? Yes, four weeks on. Today we had a political
:06:36. > :06:40.debate on Grenfell in the Commons and the talk was all about cladding,
:06:41. > :06:43.fire safety regulations, and who would pay for improvements like
:06:44. > :06:49.sprinklers, local or central government? But we also had ten more
:06:50. > :06:52.inquests of those who have been formally identified, from their DNA
:06:53. > :06:57.or dental records. Two things are happening right now. One is about
:06:58. > :07:00.safety, and the other is about people, and I think the unsettling
:07:01. > :07:05.fact that one month on we still don't know who and how many people
:07:06. > :07:09.exactly died in that fire... For Government ministers I think there
:07:10. > :07:12.are difficult questions about Whitehall's responsibilities on the
:07:13. > :07:16.safety side, but also the responsibility of all politicians to
:07:17. > :07:20.do more, to listen to people who live in places like Grenfell. Let
:07:21. > :07:24.the legacy of this awful tragedy be that we resolve never to forget
:07:25. > :07:29.those people. These are not my words but the words of the Prime Minister
:07:30. > :07:33.and the Labour mayor Siddique Khan has said something similar. Across
:07:34. > :07:38.the political spectrum I think there is a recognition that Grenfell poses
:07:39. > :07:39.profound questions actually for our whole society. Mark Easton, thank
:07:40. > :07:41.you. A gay man has won a landmark ruling
:07:42. > :07:44.at the Supreme Court which will give his husband the same
:07:45. > :07:47.pension rights as a The ruling could have a dramatic
:07:48. > :07:50.effect on the entitlement of thousands of people in same-sex
:07:51. > :07:52.marriages or civil partnerships. Victory after an 11-year
:07:53. > :08:04.legal battle. John Walker worked for the company
:08:05. > :08:07.Innospec for 23 years, paying Victory for basic
:08:08. > :08:09.fairness and decency... Civil partnerships became
:08:10. > :08:14.legal in December 2005. Shortly after, Mr Walker and his
:08:15. > :08:19.long-term partner entered into one. They are now married, but Innospec,
:08:20. > :08:21.relying on an exemption in the Equality Act,
:08:22. > :08:24.refused to take account of his pension contributions before
:08:25. > :08:27.that date, dramatically reducing the pension Mr Walker's
:08:28. > :08:31.husband would receive. The highest court in the land
:08:32. > :08:37.found that an anomaly. If Mr Walker married
:08:38. > :08:41.a woman, even after his retirement, indeed even now,
:08:42. > :08:51.she would be entitled to a pension. The court ruled that EU equality law
:08:52. > :08:53.trumped any British exemption. Mr Walker's husband will be entitled
:08:54. > :08:56.to a spouse's pension on Mr Walker's death,
:08:57. > :08:58.provided of course that It would be the same with anybody,
:08:59. > :09:03.whether it is a heterosexual couple or a same-sex couple -
:09:04. > :09:06.someone you love, that person, you want to make sure is looked
:09:07. > :09:11.after as long as they are alive. I'm older than him,
:09:12. > :09:13.therefore statistically the chances are that
:09:14. > :09:15.I will die before him. I wanted to ensure
:09:16. > :09:18.he was looked after. The effect of today's
:09:19. > :09:24.ruling is massive. It doesn't just affect John Walker -
:09:25. > :09:26.it affects everyone who is in a civil partnership
:09:27. > :09:28.or same-sex marriage and that is whether they are paying
:09:29. > :09:31.into an occupational pension scheme with a private employer
:09:32. > :09:36.or within the public sector. Supporters were thrilled,
:09:37. > :09:40.but the human rights group Liberty, which supported John Walker,
:09:41. > :09:42.sees a possible storm It is only EU law that
:09:43. > :09:48.allowed him to win today. So obviously what Mr Walker wants
:09:49. > :09:51.to know and what Liberty want to know is what is going to happen
:09:52. > :09:54.to these rights when we leave The Government says it's
:09:55. > :09:58.reviewing the ruling. John Walker is happy that equality
:09:59. > :10:03.at the heart of civil partnerships and same-sex marriage has finally
:10:04. > :10:05.caught up with pensions, and there The defending champion and world
:10:06. > :10:25.number one was beaten in the quarter quarter-finals by the
:10:26. > :10:27.American Sam Querry. Throughout the championships
:10:28. > :10:29.there've been continuing questions about Murray's fitness -
:10:30. > :10:31.and problems with his hip. Our sports correspondent Joe Wilson
:10:32. > :10:33.reports from Wimbledon. No player owned Centre Court, but
:10:34. > :10:45.it's where Andy Murray In 2008 he reached his first
:10:46. > :10:48.Wimbledon quarterfinal. But from feet, through hip,
:10:49. > :10:51.to mind, we knew this By the end of today's
:10:52. > :10:54.match, he looked empty. It started so well
:10:55. > :10:56.against Sam Querrey. Murray broke at the
:10:57. > :10:58.first opportunity. That is a hungry performance from
:10:59. > :11:00.Murray. Murray was bossing
:11:01. > :11:02.the second set, too. And Querrey suddenly
:11:03. > :11:07.has an opportunity. Inspired, he won three games
:11:08. > :11:15.in a row, and from nowhere Well, he said there was no point
:11:16. > :11:21.in calling a trainer. In the third set tie-break,
:11:22. > :11:24.we saw sheer endeavour. Murray scrambling, covering every
:11:25. > :11:26.blade to get it back. And hoping his opponent
:11:27. > :11:27.might do this... But he could barely
:11:28. > :11:31.compete in the fourth set. His mind was urging,
:11:32. > :11:35.but his body wasn't responding. Nervousness gripped the crowd,
:11:36. > :11:37.but Sam Querrey was getting In the fifth set Querrey kept
:11:38. > :11:45.moving and reaching, kept Murray chasing in a way that
:11:46. > :11:48.seemed almost cruel. And Murray tried, he
:11:49. > :11:53.pursued, but it was gone. Murray lost the final set
:11:54. > :12:01.6-1, and as he walked towards the handshake,
:12:02. > :12:02.that limp seemed more The whole tournament I've been
:12:03. > :12:08.a little bit sore, but, you know, So, you know, I'm proud
:12:09. > :12:16.about that but it is obviously You know, at Wimbledon there
:12:17. > :12:27.is obviously an opportunity there, To knock out the champion
:12:28. > :12:31.is a fine achievement, but along with everyone watching,
:12:32. > :12:33.I wondered if Murray had Obviously he didn't want
:12:34. > :12:41.to relinquish his crown too easily. But today he was half
:12:42. > :12:43.the player that he normally is, towards the latter
:12:44. > :12:45.stage of the match. And it was sad to see him go
:12:46. > :12:48.out in that fashion. Because, you know, he's a great,
:12:49. > :12:52.great player and he was so desperate to play here, and you could see
:12:53. > :12:55.the pain he was in today. But all those years of effort
:12:56. > :13:09.and excellence take their toll. August 28th is the day to have in
:13:10. > :13:13.mind, the day the US Open starts. Andy Murray has said today he is
:13:14. > :13:16.aiming for more majors, but also has said he is doing everything he can
:13:17. > :13:19.really to manage the wear and tear on his body. This is an issue for
:13:20. > :13:24.all the top players in fact in the last few minutes on Court number
:13:25. > :13:30.one, Novak Djokovic has just retired, hurt, in his quarterfinal,
:13:31. > :13:37.so his opponent was there. Still, he did manage to be two set up at the
:13:38. > :13:39.age of 35. Some words to cheer us up in the meantime, Johanna Konta
:13:40. > :13:40.tomorrow. STUDIO: Thank you for that, from
:13:41. > :13:44.Wimbledon. The greatest witchhunt
:13:45. > :13:45.in political history - that's what Donald Trump has called
:13:46. > :13:48.the controversy surrounding his son after it emerged he met a Russian
:13:49. > :13:51.lawyer last year who was said to have information from the Kremlin
:13:52. > :13:53.which would help his Today the president
:13:54. > :13:56.said his son had been open and transparent -
:13:57. > :13:58.and was innocent. Our chief correspondent
:13:59. > :14:02.Gavin Hewitt reports. Donald Trump's son has been
:14:03. > :14:08.out defending himself. After revelations that he met
:14:09. > :14:11.a Russian lawyer who he believed had incriminating information on Hillary
:14:12. > :14:14.Clinton. In retrospect, I probably would have
:14:15. > :14:17.done things a little differently. Again, this is before
:14:18. > :14:19.the Russia-mania. This is before they were building
:14:20. > :14:21.it up in the press. For me, this was
:14:22. > :14:25.opposition research. In his interview, Donald Trump Jr
:14:26. > :14:27.said that he hadn't referred It was such a nothing,
:14:28. > :14:34.there was nothing to tell. I mean, I wouldn't have even
:14:35. > :14:37.remembered it until you start It was literally just
:14:38. > :14:40.a wasted 20 minutes. President Trump was quick
:14:41. > :14:47.to praise his son's television So who are the key players involved
:14:48. > :14:59.in the meeting last year? The initial approach
:15:00. > :15:01.to Donald Trump Jr about a potential Russian meeting came
:15:02. > :15:03.from Rob Goldstone, He helped schedule the appointment
:15:04. > :15:06.with Natalia Veselnitskaya, Also in the room was Paul Manafort,
:15:07. > :15:12.Trump's campaign manager, and Jared Kushner, Trump's
:15:13. > :15:14.son-in-law - a clear sign they thought the meeting
:15:15. > :15:18.would be significant. The White House has been active,
:15:19. > :15:22.pointing out that there has been no illegality and no law broken and no
:15:23. > :15:25.sensitive information exchanged. But that doesn't mean there are no
:15:26. > :15:28.risks in all of this The meeting in and of itself may not
:15:29. > :15:37.be illegal, but it's got a lot of hallmarks
:15:38. > :15:41.of a criminal conspiracy. In this atmosphere of political
:15:42. > :15:43.crisis, focus turned towards Capitol Hill
:15:44. > :15:45.and the confirmation hearings His predecessor had been
:15:46. > :15:52.fired by Donald Trump. An issue today,
:15:53. > :15:56.the FBI's independence. I pledge to be the leader
:15:57. > :15:58.that the FBI deserves. The proposed FBI director seemed
:15:59. > :16:06.to contradict President from today, saying that the probe
:16:07. > :16:08.into whether Russia meddled into last year's American election
:16:09. > :16:23.was not a witchhunt. Questions are being asked about how
:16:24. > :16:26.the White House is coping with this, there have been reports of the
:16:27. > :16:31.president is paralysed and the White House paralysed and he is spending
:16:32. > :16:35.lots of time watching cable TV, but today he hit back at that, saying
:16:36. > :16:40.the White House was functioning perfectly. He had no time to watch
:16:41. > :16:45.TV. But there is a sense in this town of an administration under
:16:46. > :16:51.siege. STUDIO: Thanks for joining us.
:16:52. > :16:57.A month after the Grenfell fire - police release new footage
:16:58. > :16:59.from inside the tower block as the painstaking search
:17:00. > :17:02.And still to come all the pomp and ceremony
:17:03. > :17:12.Coming up in Wimbledon sports day, more reaction to Andy Murray's
:17:13. > :17:15.quarterfinal exit and use of a fifth stage victory for Marcel Kittel at
:17:16. > :17:22.the Tour de France -- news of. The parents of the terminally ill
:17:23. > :17:26.baby Charlie Gard will return to the High Court tomorrow
:17:27. > :17:31.as their legal battle to allow him to be given an experimental
:17:32. > :17:34.treatment abroad continues. At the very centre of the case
:17:35. > :17:38.is the question of how far you should go to keep a terminally
:17:39. > :17:55.ill child alive? In a separate case,
:17:56. > :17:57.Branwen Jeffreys has been speaking to the mother of a seriously ill
:17:58. > :18:00.10-year-old girl who is facing She contacted the BBC because she
:18:01. > :18:03.wanted to tell her story. For ten years, Juliet has
:18:04. > :18:06.cared for her daughter. All her life, Rose has been
:18:07. > :18:09.in and out of hospital. She's blind, can't move,
:18:10. > :18:12.her brain isn't fully developed. She's suffered frequent seizures
:18:13. > :18:16.since she was a baby. It's so distressing to actually
:18:17. > :18:18.watch, even though I've I've laid next to her to see what's
:18:19. > :18:25.happening and I can feel her body And I can only begin to imagine
:18:26. > :18:33.what it will be like if that was me And if I can't say,
:18:34. > :18:41."This really hurts". There's no name for what causes
:18:42. > :18:49.this but she can hear There have been better times,
:18:50. > :18:53.but earlier this year Her mother now wants
:18:54. > :18:58.doctors to consider The best solution in my heart
:18:59. > :19:09.would be that if Rose is going to continue suffering
:19:10. > :19:12.like she is suffering now, if her future is going to be very
:19:13. > :19:17.limited, quality-of-life, then the kindest thing we can do
:19:18. > :19:22.right now is to withdraw things that are keeping her alive
:19:23. > :19:25.which is her medications, her fluids, because she's
:19:26. > :19:27.now fed through a tube. Rose is on various medications, tube
:19:28. > :19:37.feeding has the same legal status. It is counted as
:19:38. > :19:43.life-sustaining treatment. It is a dilemma no
:19:44. > :19:45.parent wants to face. How do you balance the right to life
:19:46. > :19:49.against the fear that more treatment Quite simply, it's the child's
:19:50. > :19:57.interests that have to be put first Juliet is Rose's main carer
:19:58. > :20:03.as well as her mother, Doctors use guidelines to help
:20:04. > :20:12.decide on a child's best interests. Every single case has to be looked
:20:13. > :20:15.on in terms of the quality-of-life It's something that people,
:20:16. > :20:24.medical professionals and parents and carers,
:20:25. > :20:26.spend a lot of time thinking about and really
:20:27. > :20:30.considering in depth. What about the need to protect
:20:31. > :20:34.the life of every disabled child, to do everything we can to keep them
:20:35. > :20:38.alive, to keep them well? This is not about the fact
:20:39. > :20:44.that Rose is disabled. Whether she has the brain of a baby
:20:45. > :20:47.or in a wheelchair being blind, This is about the complexities
:20:48. > :20:58.of her medical needs. And the day-to-day suffering
:20:59. > :21:03.and the future potential suffering. Rose is being assessed
:21:04. > :21:05.by another team of doctors, to help future decisions
:21:06. > :21:09.about what's best for her. Unemployment has fallen
:21:10. > :21:18.to its lowest level since 2005. It dropped by 64,000 to 1.49 million
:21:19. > :21:30.in the three months to May. Figures out today also said that
:21:31. > :21:32.earnings, excluding bonuses, rose by 2% year-on-year,
:21:33. > :21:34.slightly higher than expected, The Royal Bank of Scotland has
:21:35. > :21:38.agreed to pay nearly ?4 billion to the US authorities
:21:39. > :21:41.for its role in selling A separate deal with
:21:42. > :21:43.the Department of Justice The mortgages - which had been
:21:44. > :21:50.repackaged as investment products, later proved to be worthless
:21:51. > :21:55.when the financial crisis hit. A huge iceberg has just broken
:21:56. > :22:06.away from Antarctica. The giant block is estimated to
:22:07. > :22:09.cover more than 2000 square miles. Experts are not blaming
:22:10. > :22:10.global warming, though, they say it's normal behaviour
:22:11. > :22:12.for ice sheets. The European Union's chief Brexit
:22:13. > :22:14.negotiator, Michel Barnier, has said that Britain must recognise
:22:15. > :22:17.the existence of its financial Yesterday the foreign secretary,
:22:18. > :22:20.Boris Johnson, suggested that the EU could "go whistle"
:22:21. > :22:22.for what he described Today, Mr Barnier hit back saying
:22:23. > :22:26.he couldn't hear any whistling, Our Europe Correspondent Damian
:22:27. > :22:34.Grammaticus reports. In Brussels today,
:22:35. > :22:45.determination and frustration. The EU's chief Brexit negotiator
:22:46. > :22:48.venting his feelings, first on this, what Boris Johnson said yesterday
:22:49. > :22:52.about the money the UK owes. The sums that I have seen that
:22:53. > :22:55.they've proposed to demand from this country seem to me to be
:22:56. > :22:58.extortionate and I think to go whistle is an entirely
:22:59. > :22:59.appropriate expression. That's because time to reach
:23:00. > :23:19.a deal is slipping by. "It's not a ransom in any
:23:20. > :23:21.way", said Mr Barnier. "It's not an exit
:23:22. > :23:23.bill, a punishment, Adding, "We have to settle
:23:24. > :23:26.the accounts before we can discuss Another of Michel Barnier's
:23:27. > :23:33.frustrations - he's produced nine publicly available documents
:23:34. > :23:35.on these areas under negotiations, David Davis has produced
:23:36. > :23:38.one, on citizens, so the EU side doesn't
:23:39. > :23:42.know what the UK wants. In the Commons today,
:23:43. > :23:50.the Brexit secretary sought to laugh it all off, but Emily Thornbury,
:23:51. > :23:53.standing in for Jeremy Corbyn, was What is the plan in the event
:23:54. > :23:58.no deal is reached? On March the 12th he said
:23:59. > :24:02.that there was a plan, on March the On May the 19th
:24:03. > :24:05.he said he spent half And yesterday he said that he wasn't
:24:06. > :24:13.prepared to comment. Commenting today, standing
:24:14. > :24:15.in for Theresa May, Damian Green said the plan is to get a deal,
:24:16. > :24:21.but not one that punishes the UK. And we believe that it is not just
:24:22. > :24:25.in the interest of Great Britain but also in the interests
:24:26. > :24:27.of the other member states of the European Union to reach
:24:28. > :24:30.a deal with what is one But here in Brussels
:24:31. > :24:34.it is clear Michel Barnier He says he wants clarity and fast,
:24:35. > :24:37.preferably by Monday, because that is when the real
:24:38. > :24:39.hard negotiations begin. Damian Grammaticus,
:24:40. > :25:01.BBC News, Brussels. The King of Spain has told
:25:02. > :25:03.parliament he's confident the UK and Spain can reach an agreement
:25:04. > :25:06.over the future of Gibraltar. King Felipe and Queen Letizia
:25:07. > :25:09.of Spain have begun a three day It's being seen by the government
:25:10. > :25:13.as an opportunity to forge closer ties with Spain as the UK prepares
:25:14. > :25:16.to leave the European Union. Our royal correspondent
:25:17. > :25:17.Nicholas Witchell reports. A state visit is pageantry
:25:18. > :25:19.with a purpose. High-end hospitality with a strong
:25:20. > :25:24.dose of interstate diplomacy. Greeting the King of Spain
:25:25. > :25:28.as if he were family. Both are descendants
:25:29. > :25:36.of Queen Victoria. So, too, is the Duke of Edinburgh,
:25:37. > :25:40.who escorted King Felipe as they This supposedly is the Duke's last
:25:41. > :25:44.appearance at a state visit before he steps back from public life
:25:45. > :25:47.in the autumn. From Horse Guards to the mall,
:25:48. > :25:51.and a carriage ride escorted But behind all the ceremony,
:25:52. > :25:59.there is serious business. And a state visit creates a mood
:26:00. > :26:02.in which friendships can be deepened and difficult messages can be made
:26:03. > :26:04.without giving offence. Between Britain and Spain there
:26:05. > :26:09.is one intractable issue, Gibraltar. Last year King Felipe called it
:26:10. > :26:14.a colonial anachronism. Today he told parliamentarians
:26:15. > :26:16.at Westminster it was time to seek I'm confident that through
:26:17. > :26:23.the necessary dialogue and effort, our two governments will be able
:26:24. > :26:26.to work out towards arrangements Tonight at the Palace,
:26:27. > :26:35.the State banquet. There will be speeches by the Queen,
:26:36. > :26:38.and another by King Felipe. As Brexit approaches,
:26:39. > :26:41.Britain wants closer ties That, for Britain, is the subtext
:26:42. > :26:45.of this state visit. Nicholas Witchell, BBC News,
:26:46. > :26:48.at Buckingham Palace. Time for a look at the weather
:26:49. > :26:58.here's Chris Fawkes. Over the last 24 hours parts of
:26:59. > :27:00.southern England have seen over half a month's worth of rain and we have
:27:01. > :27:05.some dangerous driving conditions first thing this morning, this was
:27:06. > :27:13.in Twickenham, but the rain cleared very quickly. This is spectacular.
:27:14. > :27:17.This is Cumbria, barely a cloud. Those scenes were repeated around
:27:18. > :27:19.the country, plenty of sunshine. Clear skies overnight will allow
:27:20. > :27:26.temperatures to fall away free quickly. -- very quickly. In the
:27:27. > :27:29.countryside it will be cold enough for some pockets of ground frost and
:27:30. > :27:35.it will be a chilly start to Thursday, but we have the area of
:27:36. > :27:39.high pressure still, the Atlantic front is quite skinny and that will
:27:40. > :27:43.come in late in the day. Fine weather in the morning and for the
:27:44. > :27:47.most part it is dry with sunshine, but cloud will bubble up through the
:27:48. > :27:51.afternoon and that will provide the focus of showers in England and
:27:52. > :27:54.Wales. Some of these could be quite heavy, but they will stay away from
:27:55. > :27:58.East Anglia and south-eastern and where it is forecast to stay dry.
:27:59. > :28:05.Northern Ireland will have a skinny band of rain. Similar picture in the
:28:06. > :28:07.western Scotland, with the weather going downhill, but late in the day,
:28:08. > :28:14.and they will be sunshine before that. And if you showers in the
:28:15. > :28:18.north-east. At Wimbledon, there won't be any further upsets in terms
:28:19. > :28:23.of the weather, sunny spells for the rest of the tournament. Temperatures
:28:24. > :28:27.into the low 20s. Friday, more cloud, but still dry weather and
:28:28. > :28:31.sunny spells, and laid on the day we have another Atlantic front
:28:32. > :28:35.approaching the north-west and this will bring a band of rain and cloud,
:28:36. > :28:38.the rain spreads overnight, leaving a legacy of cloudy skies for the
:28:39. > :28:42.start of the weekend and a you showers in the North West but it
:28:43. > :28:43.could become warm and humid in the south-west if we have sunshine
:28:44. > :28:46.coming through the crowd.