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olly alexander is announced as the united kingdoms entry for next years eurovision song contest. hello, im lewis vaughanjones. we start with the latest on the israel—gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week, both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians ha...

and good morning. it is going to be another very wet day across the west of scotland. elsewhere, dry, cloudy, breezy. ill bring you all the details very shortly. and we have a winner — the strictly glitterball trophy is in new hands after a fabulous finale. its sunday, the 17th of december. our main story: after years of denials, the former conservative peer baroness mone has admitted that she stands to benefit from tens of millions of pounds of profit made from ppe that was sold to ...

avoid a speeding fine. warring factions in sudan sign a seven—day ceasefire agreement, allowing humanitarian access and the withdrawal of forces from essential facilities. hello, im krupa padhy. good to have you with us. a defiant ukrainian president, volodymr zelensky has told the g7 summit in hiroshima that russia does not occupy the embattled city of bakhmut. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city. russian president putin has congratulated ...

also on todays programme: nationwide puts up its mortgage rates by 0.45% — and other lenders also increase the cost of new deals. the kent hospital where the maternity unit was almost shut down by inspectors as basic hygiene was not observed. a medicalfacility in ukraine is destroyed by a russian missile strike, killing two people and injuring over 20. and british cycling says itll ban transgender women from elite female competition. and coming up on bbc news... three teams, two rele...

the global monetary pivot — that was what some commentators were declaring on wednesday, after the us federal reserve said it had probably finished raising interest rates, and signalled it was planning to start cutting them next year. but clearly, neither the european central bank nor the bank of england got the memo. they left their rates on hold and said it was too early to talk about cutting them. in fact, here in the uk, three members of the bank of england monetary policy commit...

hello, im helena humphrey, great to have you with us. we begin with the us presidential race. florida governor ron desantis becoming the latest republican to launch his bid for the partys 2024 presidential nomination, and the chance to challenge sitting democratjoe biden. on wednesday, debuting this campaign video in a bid to position himself as a donald—trump—style conservative without the drama. mr desantis is widely seen as donald trumps main republican rival in the race for the...

in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation in gaza, crowds of people have looted aid trucks entering the besieged strip through the rafah crossing. for the first time since the war began, israel has also opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid. its hoped the opening of the kerem shalom crossing will double the amount of food and medicine reaching gazans. until now, aid has only been able to reach the territory through the rafah crossing from egypt. israel has kept up its bomb...

campaign video to position himself as a donald trump—style conservative without the drama. mr desantis is widely seen as donald trumps main republican rival in the race. but the former president remains the dominant force in the republican party. now, ron desantis�*s announcement itself wasnt a suprise, but the way he made it was unorthodox — a conversation on twitter spaces with elon musk. heres some of what he said. i am running for president of the united states to lead our gr...

i wasnt trying to pull the wool over anyone�*s eyes, and i regret, and i am sorry, for not saying straight out, yes i am involved. i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdoms entry for next years eurovision song contest. hello, im tanya beckett israel has opened one of its crossings into gaza to aid for the first time since it began its war and stepped up its siege of the strip. its hoped the open...

during the pandemic. i wasnt trying to pull the wool over anyone�*s eyes, and i regret, and i am sorry, for not saying straight out, yes i am involved. i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdoms entry for next years eurovision song contest. hello. we begin in gaza, where in a sign of the growing hunger and desperation there, aid trucks entering the strip have been mobbed and looted by crowds of p...