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Adding more rain to what is already a pretty nasty situation. Matt, really good to have you across that, i know you will follow events throughout the day and that new red Weather Warning that comes into force later. Matt taylor in the bbc wetter centre. Full detail on the bbc website and with your local bbc radio station. You saw some of that weather coming in and the disruption it is causing not only for homes but infrastructure train lines and other Public Transport heavily affected by that we...

Civilians in gaza after meeting the countrys president , rishi sunak said palestinians are also victims of hamas and expressed his condolences for the loss of lives. He also stressed the importance of opening a safe corridor to gaza. Corridor to gaza. A thing we have prioritised consists is getting the rafah crossing opening. Its been a crossing opening. Its been a feature of all my conversations and im very pleased that that will now imminently happen. We announced an increase in our funding fo...

At the next general election . Will at the next general election . Will their Party Chairman greg hands doesnt think so. Well hands doesnt think so. Well obviously this is a very disappointing result for us, but by elections are by elections. Governments rarely win by elections in chaos and conflict could spread. Could spread. Thats the message from the us president joe biden. If congress does not back a 100 billion bill to arm israel and ukraine, storm babet strikes a woman in scotland is swept...

These by elections were billed as nail biters. Close, tense. In the end, they delivered two significant victories to labour. First in tamworth the 57th Safest Conservative seat in the country before last night. Edwards, sarah siena, labour party 11,719 votes. Cheering. The new mp was elated. It is certainly feeling very historic. I think one of the things we can take is a lot of comfort from the fact that people have seen labour are offering a positive vision, that they want a fresh start, and t...

Shelters are overcrowded and water cannot be pumped orfiltered because of his roles block on fuel and bottled water is now unaffordable for most families. Rishi sunak will continue his tour of The Middle East today amid growing fears in the region that the conflict in gaza could spread. Chiara bleeders gallery in egypt ahead of the summit this weekend to discuss the crisis. In saudi arabia last night the Prime Minister met the crown prince. Number 10 said the pair agreed that the loss of innocen...

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This hezbollah protest in beirut was held in solidarity for palestinians in gaza. There were strong words. And defiance. The speech here was full of anti american and anti israeli slogans. Its unlikely that its done anything to ease tensions that this country could be dragged into this conflict. For days, hezbollah and the israeli army have exchanged fire along the border. So far, the attacks have been contained. But what happens next is likely to be decided farfrom here in iran, hezbollah� s ...

Of former culture secretary nadine dorries. Here our political helen kat. These by elections were billed as nail biters. Close, tense. In the end, they delivered two significant victories to labour. First in tamworth the 57th Safest Conservative seat in the country before last night. Edwards, sarah siena, labour party 11,719 votes. Cheering. The new mp was elated. They are seeing the conservatives do not have anything to offer. The defeated conservative candidate chose not to stick around. In a ...

As a deadly explosion hits the al ahli Arab Hospital in gaza city overnight, reported to have killed 500 people, including many sick women and children , in many sick women and children, in an attack which both palestinians and israelis are blaming each other for life on the front line. The front line. We have an exclusive interview with a british man who travelled to israel to fight in the war on hamas. I have to say that the people of bury fought very bravely. There are a lot of times that we ...

Just how will Rachel Reeves announce an expediting of the planning consent mechanisms to stop vexatious legal attacks against Infrastructure Projects and speed them up . Ill have the very latest. And also this morning, the biggest for test the governments plan to send Illegal Migrants to rwanda. A heafing Illegal Migrants to rwanda. A hearing will get under way today at the Supreme Court to decide once and for all if the policy is legal. All the details on that and Jonathan Vautrey will have yo...