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This is bbc news. the headlines: disappointment for holidaymakers from england as portugal is removed from the green list of places travellers can go without quarantine. the squalid barracks in kent where hundreds of asylum seekers got covid. a high courtjudge says the government broke the law by putting them there. ministers are facing a rebellion that could force them to reverse their cuts to the overseas aid budget. 50 days till the tokyo olympics — but will they go ahead, and if they do, w...

That he will have to shoot him. he pulls away and waits for the last person to be pulled off usman khan and then he opens fire two times. about eight minutes later, usman khan sits up and then the first man we heard from, ws5, also opens fire ten times. the former prime minister theresa may and more than a dozen other senior conservative mps have joined a rebellion against cuts to the uks foreign aid budget. rebel tories believe they have enough support to win a vote next monday that would force...

To win the crunch vote on monday. but ministers are looking at ways of heading off defeat and insist the uks aid budget remains generous, about £10 billion despite the cuts. the biggest contribution that we can make to ending this pandemic globally is the fact that we put the investment in here in oxford to develop the oxford astrazeneca vaccine and now, with astrazeneca, we make it available at cost to the whole world, and that doesnt take aid, that takes british science. win or lose, the gove...

To the uks foreign aid budget. rebel tories believe they have enough support to win a vote next monday that would force ministers to increase aid spending next year. this from our diplomatic correspondent james landale. for years, britain has been a world leader in delivering humanitarian and development aid around the world. but this year, the government has made cuts, saying it has to repair the public finances hit by the pandemic. now, a growing number of conservative mps, including the forme...

And we are talking about womens rights to access to contraception which prevents them from having unwanted pregnancies. the government cut aid spending this year by about £4 billion. it did that by cutting its target to spend just 0.5% of national income on aid. the rebel amendment would reinstate the original target of 0.7% next year. the rebels say they are confident of finding the 45 tory mps needed to win the crunch vote on monday. but ministers are looking at ways of heading off defeat and...

Win or lose, the government will now be in the tricky position of having to defend its international aid cuts in the same week its hosting the g7 summit in cornwall. one of the rebels is the conservative mp for west worcestershire, harriett baldwin — shejoins me now. good afternoon to you. lets start with why. why are you trying to reverse these cuts now? irate with why. why are you trying to reverse these cuts now? we are not rebellin: , reverse these cuts now? we are not rebelling. we — re...

The oxford astrazeneca vaccine and now, with astrazeneca, we make it available at cost to the whole world, and that doesnt take aid, that takes british science. win or lose, the government will now be in the tricky position of having to defend its international aid cuts in the same week its hosting the g7 summit in cornwall. james landale, bbc news. a man has been charged with the murder of a 14—year—old boy in the kingstanding area of birmingham on monday. dea—john reid was chased and sta...