temperature north to south this morning. in the south we have rain but as it bumps into cold air especially in north wales and northern england it will turn to snow, disruptive on higher routes. in sport, england captain harry kane is on a mission to get young people thinking about, and prioritising their mental health. and prince william has a famous wingman as he returns to public engagements following the king s cancer diagnosis and his wife s surgery. it s thursday, 8th of february. labour is abandoning its promise to spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the next election. prime minister rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for comments he made about the labour leader s position on transgender people. he was speaking during prime minister s questions, when the mother of murdered transgender teenager brianna ghey was visiting the house of commons. let s get the latest from chief political correspondent henry zeffman. two party leaders under pr
overhead is constant. nabila is taking care of her nephew. he has lost half of his family. ask god for their return, she tells him. he can barely mouth the words. there is a mental health unit at the al aqsa hospital. they say they are overwhelmed with traumatised children. what conditions have you seen? the doctor is asked. while they have now suffered many more casualties, the trauma caused by this conflict is not limited to the people of gaza. more than 100 israeli hostages still remain in captivity, three months after hamas and other militants captured some 250 people and killed around 1200. over the weekend, thousands of israelis gathered in what has become known as hostage square. this is my big brother. he is kidnapped by hamas. he is held hostage from the 7th of october, 100 days. we hope he come back, we wish he comes back. every day, every night, every hour, every minute that passes is harder. the families of the hostages gather almost every day, calling for thei
tonight he is across the border in the republic of ireland, where he ll spend the next two days retracing his irish roots. also on the programme: prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month, but meghan won t be travelling from california. billionaire twitter boss elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff, and says his time well, it s not been boring! it has been a roller coaster. find well, it s not been boring! it has been a roller-coaster. and is the world on course for been a roller-coaster. and is the world on course for the first - world on course for the first ever fall in fossil fuels producing electricity? because of renewables? on bbc london: and coming up on the bbc news channel. the uk and the republic of ireland submit theirjoint bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren t even built yet. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, live from stormont on the day that president biden was in nort