penny mordaunt has less than an hour now to make that 100 threshold. her team say this lunchtime that it s going down to the wire and it s extremely close. we ll bring you that announcement at 2 o clock live in our specially extended coverage programme this afternoon. also this lunchtime. western allies denounce a russian claim that ukraine could use a dirty bomb there are fears the kremlin might use it as a pretext to escalate the war. phosphate pollution of rivers threatens the building of tens of thousands of new homes. and he s back in the tardis david tennant travels through time once again to return as dr who. and stay with us here on the bbc news channel 4 continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good afternoon. within the next hour or so, we could know who is britain s next prime minister. at two o clock, norminations close in the conservative party leadership race. rishi sunak has a commanding lead, with 192
Details later. Its thursday 19th october. Around 20 trucks of aid are expected to enter gaza after a deal announced by President Biden. Egypt has agreed to let the humanitarian supplies enter via the Rafah Crossing but its unlikely to happen until friday. Announcing the agreement, the us president warned that the aid would be stopped, if any supplies were taken by hamas, which is regarded as a Terrorist Organisation by the uk. Rishi sunak will also arrive in tel aviv this morning, as part of a two day visit to The Middle East. With the latest, heres our correspondent wyre davies. As trucks carrying aid queue on the egyptian side of the gaza egypt border, the un and aid agencies have been increasingly alarmed at the unfolding humanitarian crisis. On a visit to israel which lasted barely a day, while reaffirming his steadfast support, joe biden also pressed the case for aid for gazas 2. 5 million palestinian citizens many of whom are struggling to get access to food, water and medical su
Colleague ros atkins in berlin for a special Coverage Programme of the general elections. Stay tuned. German elections. Hello, im rosa hoskins. Welcome to berlin and a bbc news special on the german election. In the next five minutes the polls will close, moments later well get an exit poll which has a track record of being accurate. Itll be the first indication of whether Angela Merkel will govern germany for a fourth term and whether she will continue as one of the worlds most influential leaders. The result is certainly not going to be the end of the matter. Unless polling has been wrong, no party will gain a majority, so this minute exit poll will fire the starting gun on detailed and Difficult Coalition negotiations. Angela merkel voted earlier in berlin, shes focused the effo rts earlier in berlin, shes focused the efforts of her Christian Democratic Party on families, a pledge to avoid tax increases and the importance of increasing german security. Above everything, though, the
To do it without gareth biro. And the weatherforecast . Gareth bale. This is what we have had this is what we would like, are we going to get . Later, a face you would insta ntly to get . Later, a face you would instantly recognise, but is day bright forecast for the artist behind it . Is there a bright forecast. He will be here to talk about it later. Good afternoon, this is afternoon live. Theresa may is to tell mps it is time for the European Union to show flexibility when she gives parliament an update on the brexit negotiations this afternoon. The Prime Minister will say the ball is in the court of the eu, although a spokesman for the European Commission said the ball is entirely in the uks court. We could have got oui in the uks court. We could have got our tennis correspondent to report on this staying put and ploughing on theresa may arrived back in number ten this morning after a difficult few days, but ahead of her statement in commons on brexit later, cabinet ministers have
To a £35 million shortfall. A magnificent seven from liverpools youngsters as teenager curtisjones scores twice in their thrashing of lincoln city as the manager describes him as an Exceptional Talent. Good morning. An autumnal day to day, risk northerly wind and heavy rain around the east coast of england, more details on about ten minutes. Its friday the 25th of september. Our top story. A new plan to safeguard what the chancellor calls viable jobs has been criticised by some of the Industries Hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. Some retail, hospitality and performing arts businesses say rishi sunaks new emergencyjobs scheme doesnt go far enough. Jon donnison reports. In these tough economic times, drowning their sorrows last night but across england, it was early doors as the new nationwide 10pm cu rfew for doors as the new nationwide 10pm curfew for pubs and bars kick in. The last hour. Make the most of it. Early night, watch a movie. As a student, it is a bit annoying, fresh