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Europes first black leader, after winning the welsh labour leadership election. The outgoing First Minister, mark drakeford, will step down from the post next week. Mr gething was born in zambia and is a former solicitor. In his acceptance speech, he highlighted the historic nature of his win. Today, we turn a page in the book of our nations history. A history that we write together. Notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a gener...

the 76th annual british academy awards take place in london later — with the german—language film all quiet on the western front leading the field, with m nominations. the us secretary of state antony blinken has alleged that china is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to russia for its war against ukraine. he was speaking to cbs news after meeting chinas top diplomat wang yi on the sidelines of the international security conference in munich. he said hed warned mr wang o...

a woman has shot dead at least six people at a private christian primary school. a number of children are among the dead. the gunwoman herself has been killed. the police gave this update a short time ago. we know at this point that this shooter is a female and she appears to be in her teens, although her identification has not been confirmed at this juncture. we know that she was armed with at least two assault type rifles and a handgun. freddie oconnell is a mayoral candidate in nash...

i hope one day we find a cure and live in a world free of mnd. by the time that you watch this, i will no longer be here. i am just a lad from yorkshire who got to live out of his dream of playing rugby league. as a father of three young children, i would never want any family to have to go through what my family and children have since my diagnosis. i hope i have left a mark on the disease. i hope it shows to live in the moment. i hope you find inspiration from the whole story. my fin...

of a sitting president. the 54—year—old denies three criminal charges stemming from his purchase of a handgun in 2018 — the prosecution claim he was heavily addicted to drugs at the time and lied about it in registration forms. the first lady, jill biden, attended the jury selection hearing in delaware. president biden was not present. he issued a statement saying he was proud of his son, but he would not comment on the case. our correspondent tom bateman has been outside the cou...

good evening. hes insisted numerous times since the general election was called that he would not stand as a candidate — but today he changed his mind, and possibly how the election will play out. nigel farage says hes going to take over leading the reform uk party and will run as a candidate for it in the seat of clacton in essex. he put down his sudden change of heart to the millions of people he says he doesnt want to let down. our special correspondent lucy manning has all the de...

Of the day in the commons and the lords. On this Programme Labour call on tory mps to rebel against the chancellors decision to increase National Insurance contributions for Self Employed people. And no one will ever believe a tory Election Promise ever again. Opposition peers have advice for a work and Pensions Minister to make the introduction of Universal Credit fairer. It will transform their opportunity to get the money that that will help them back into the Labour Market as we all want, an...

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We cant miss this opportunity for change. so every vote for scottish labour is a vote to make sure we get rid of the tories, to maximise scotlands influence, and deliver the change scotland needs. we all know the westminster system is broken. _ it has delivered austerity, brexit and the cost - of living crisis. scotland deserves better. scottish liberal democrats are all about hope. and we are part of the change that is coming. in the next parliament, we will be working for a better britain, to ...

Scotland must deliver its Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, including key targets and milestones, in order to fully unleash its clean energy