of the country s most influential aboriginal leaders, yunupingu, who has died at the age of 7a. hello and welcome. let s look at some of the main stories in the uk. uk passport office workers are staging five weeks of industrial action over pay, pensions and job security. union reps say walking out now will cause maximum disruption, because people will be trying to renew their passports in time for summer travel. the british government has called the industrial action disappointing and says it s working to manage the impact it may have. our employment correspondent zoe conway reports. it s at this time of year that the passport service is at its busiest as people get their passports renewed in time for the summer. the pcs union says it s going on strike now to cause maximum disruption. 1,900 civil servants are directly involved in issuing passports. the union says more than 1,500 of them will go on strike. the union says there needs to be a dramatic improvement on last year
good morning. withjust one month to go until liverpool host the eurovision song contest, i am here to find out about the economic benefits it will bring, and as organisers take over the venue, we have got some other special access. a special trip for rob and lindsay burrow to the coronation street cobbles, as the rugby league legend helps the soap with its storyline on motor neurone disease. good morning. a cold and frosty start for but for many it will be dry with lengthy spells of sunshine, variable cloud, especially in the north west where it will be breezy. the man who shot and killed nine year old schoolgirl olivia pratt korbel in liverpool last year will be sentenced for her murder later today. thomas cashman fired shots into olivia s family home on the 22nd august, during what prosecutors described as a ruthless pursuit to execute another man. her death stunned not only merseyside but the entire country and sparked a six week manhunt, as police appealed for informati
Struggles with flash flooding and land slides. The torrent claims thousands of lives further devastating of regions, suffering after weeks of heavy rain, the l. O m terry martin, good heavy with us will begin with hopes for truce in gaza. Diplomats are waiting for a mazda is reply to what us secretary of state anthony, blinking his calling an extraordinarily generous ceasefire offer from israel. Lincoln has just left the saudi capital re, it is now on his way to jordan, where he is expected to discuss ways of increasing a deliveries to guys of home us, which many countries have designated as a terrorist group has not yet formerly responded to the cease fire offer but is reported to have reacted positively to the deal. The arrow, some western Foreign Ministers are meeting and saudi arabia with the war and gaza on their minds. This is the us secretary of states 7th visit to the middle east since the october 7th attacks. And hes urging home us to accept this deal. A 40 day cease fire and
Toll continues to rise up for weeks of extremely heavy monsoon, right . The hello, im terry margin. Good to have you with us. Well begin with hopes for a truce in gaza. Diplomats are waiting for him off to reply to what us secretary of state anthony, blinking is calling an extraordinarily generous ceasefire offer from israel. Like it has just arrived in the jordanian capital, amman, where he is expected to discuss the ways of increasing a deliveries to gaza from us, which many countries have designated a terrorist group has not yet formerly responded to the ceasefire proposal, but is reported to have reacted positively, the arrows in the western Foreign Ministers are meeting and saudi arabia with the war and gaza on their minds. This is the us secretary of state 7th visit to the middle east since the october 7th attacks. And hes urging home us to accept this deal. A 40 day cease fire and the release of palestinians imprisoned by israel in exchange for more than 30 is rarely hostages. H
Setbacks on the battlefield. The library god is good to have you with us on this tuesday and we begin with the words of the as rarely Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that his countrys army will enter the southern kansas city of rasa. Regardless of whether a ceasefire deal is reached with a moss, i was speaking at a meeting with the families of his really hostages that then yahoo said that is real well not in the world until all of its goals have been achieved and that includes eliminating a mos battalions in rough up now many are hoping that an agreement on a ceasefire could possibly of virtue a rougher ground incursion. So all right, lets go down to journalist poly sledding in tel aviv for the latest. But let me ask you, could Benjamin Netanyahu has his words, his stance on robert, could they jeopardize a ceasefire view . Well, how does this mean respond to main demand . Was since the end of the last truce . Actually november is the end of the war because they have no other inc