of the government s plans. hundreds of thousands of workers go on strike in uk today more could be the biggest walk of industrial action since last year. a state of emergency has been declared in malawi with more than 200 people now confirmed dead after storm freddy hit southern africa for the second time in a month. and a small number of wolves have started to settle in belgium, for the first time in more than 100 years, as numbers increase across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. let s begin today with the latest from pakistan, where the police appear to have stopped the operation to arrest the former prime minister imran khan. it appears to be due to a cricket match taking place. they say they will resume trying to arrest him afterwards. unrest continued in lahore through the night as imran khan s supporters clashed with security forces after police made another attempt to arrest him on a court order. he has accused the authorities there of acting outside the law in t
pope francis leads mourners for his predeccessor benedict xvi at an open air funeral mass at the vatican. upset for emma raducanu after she retires from her second round match at the asb classic in auckland with an ankle injury. and coming up this hour hear more from the girl group flo, who are the winners of the bbc s sound of 2023 award. sir keir starmer has promised that a labour government would devolve more power out of westminster by giving local authorities more say in areas such as transport and housing. the labour leader said in a new year speech that taking back control borrowing from the brexit slogan would be central to his party s agenda if it won the next election. it s not unreasonable for us to recognise the desire of communities to stand on their own feet. it s what take back control meant. the control people want is control over their lives and their communities. so we will embrace the take back control message, but we ll turn it from a slogan in
what are your views on that? we are in favour of what are your views on that? we are in favour of devolving what are your views on that? we are in favour of devolving powers - what are your views on that? we are in favour of devolving powers to - what are your views on that? we are in favour of devolving powers to the | in favour of devolving powers to the local region, that should give the region local region, that should give the region more scope around what we spend region more scope around what we spend money on, however, at the moment, spend money on, however, at the moment, we do not know what the details moment, we do not know what the details of moment, we do not know what the details of the deal are so we cannot comment details of the deal are so we cannot comment on the specifics. details of the deal are so we cannot comment on the specifics. from the chamber of comment on the specifics. from the chamber of commerce comment on the specifics. from the chambe
rolling up our sleeves. it is will be getting down to work and rolling up our sleeves. rolling up our sleeves. it is all very good rolling up our sleeves. it is all very good devolving rolling up our sleeves. it is all very good devolving powers . rolling up our sleeves. it is all. very good devolving powers away rolling up our sleeves. it is all- very good devolving powers away from westminster and whitehall, but how much appetite is therefore that across the uk? and how do you fund it because otherwise it is power without any real opportunity to do anything? inaudible steve rotherham has been a great voice for merseyside as has andy burnham for manchester. when there has been a directly elected mayor you have got a sense of a region having a voice and having a view on politics so i think it has been really popular and if you give more power to them the funding will go with the powers that are given. some of the parrot ran transport will come from central government departments a