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at a conservative conference here in london. and turkeys presidential election goes to a runoff after the closest vote, in two decades. we start in the uk where ukraines president has made a surprise visit to secure fresh promises of military aid to fight russias invasion. prime minister, rishi sunak promised to send hundreds of air defence missiles and long range attack drones but stopped short of sending jets. rishi sunak tweeted this picture welcoming president zelensky when he arri...

tonight at ten, police in texas admit failures in tackling the teenage gunman who killed 21 people in americas latest mass shooting. unbearable grief for relatives of the victims, after officers waited more than an hour before storming the classroom, where their loved ones died. for the benefit of hindsight, where im sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. it was the wrong decision, period. theres no excuse for that. americas biggest gun lobby, the national rifle associat...

to find common ground sadly before the sun_ to find common ground sadly before the sun had — to find common ground sadly before the sun had even set on the horrible day of— the sun had even set on the horrible day of tragedy. we witnessed... in somalia, hundreds of thousands displaced and a million children face malnutrition after severe drought. well have a special report. moscows advance continues in the east donbas region. johnny depp�*s lawyers say accusations of domestic vio...

Crashes into the side of a house and bursts into flames. Welcome to bbc newsroom. The Foreign Secretary has become the latest member of the cabinet to put pressure on the chancellor to relax the Public Sector pay cap. The limit is due to be in place by 2020, that a Government Source says borisjohnson 2020, that a Government Source says Boris Johnson strongly 2020, that a Government Source says borisjohnson strongly believes pay writers can be achieved without putting undue pressure on public fin...

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Latest to post online, saying she was very angry. it is clear, she says, that there was a culture inside number 10 where even if rules were not technically broken, the spirit of the rules were, and this is completely unacceptable. this evening the prime minister was spotted returning to the commons. just six conservative mps have publicly expressed no confidence in him. that certainly does not tell the whole story. vicki young, thank you. live to westminster and our political correspondent jonat...

This evening, the prime minister was spotted returning to the commons. just six conservative mps have publicly expressed no confidence in him, but that certainly doesnt tell the whole story. 0ur uk political correspondent jonathan blake has sent us this update about the mood in westminster. senior conservative backbencher, summed it up to me tonight as morose. in that interview the prime minister today looked crestfallen, downcast and beaten maybe and tory mps watching that might wonder was it a...

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