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16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of custo...

to desecrating the quran and insulting the prophet muhammad in 2021. rights groups report that iran has put more than 200 prisoners to death since the beginning of the year. and in a further crackdown on high profile figures — iran has charged two well—known actresses with violating its strict dress codes for women. the president of iran, ebrahim raisi, has ordered an inquiry into the widespread protests seen here triggered by the death in custody of a young woman, mahsa amini, las...

hello and welcome to the programme. whether it is stopping the boats in the uk, stemming the surge in germany or lifting the trump era title 42 in the us, immigration dominates political agendas all around the world. the archbishop of canterbury made his thoughts known today. for how these three countries are dealing with migrants and asylum seekers. on the programme also, protests across pakistan after former president imran khan was detained on corruption charges. it has increased th...

we have some slow—moving thunderstorms to look out for but i thought id show this picture, it came in land in manchester and today, we have lots of thunderclouds. the big problem with todays storm this theres not much wind to move them along so they are very slow moving storms and we could see 20—50 millimetres of rain in a few hours bringing the threat of flash flooding. a high chance of seeing thunderstorms across the heart of the pennines, pretty bad for some of the cities in we...

at least five people are reported to have died in myanmar after a powerful cyclone hit the country. cyclone mocha is one of the strongest storms to hit the bay of bengal in recent years. in bangladesh, hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to take shelter. ukraines president has described germany as a �*true friend in his countrys fight against russia. speaking on his first visit to berlin since moscows full—scale invasion began. volodymyr zelensky said german support ha...

from our _ we will have the latest. live from our studio _ we will have the latest. live from our studio in _ we will have the latest. l e: from our studio in singapore its news day. hello and welcome to _ its news day. hello and welcome to the - its news day. hello and - welcome to the programme. in texas, tens of thousands of people are massing on the border between mexico and the united states. theyve been gathering there for weeks. and many of them are expected to try to cross the ...

minister imran khan is freed from custody, a day after it was ruled his arrest on corruption charges was illegal. the fan of the royal family who came to see the coronation and ended up in handcuffs. and were live in liverpool — as the city prepares to host the eurovision song contest on behalf of ukraine. we now know which countries will be performing tomorrow. last nights semifinal saw australia and austria among those to go through. and the city does feel like its embraced eurovis...

rain. sunny skies on saturday. saturday will be the best day of the weekend, so mother nature has it right. come sunday, the rain will reach liverpool. so we just about get away with it. but it will be a nice day. back to the here and now. right now, we have high pressure building across scotland and ireland. to the east of the country, though, we have a breeze off the north sea. there is thick cloud. we have had some rain in the south and south—east from a weak weather front crossin...

the uk on saturday as well, the temperature is continuing to rise, reaching 21 celsius. things start to change on sunday, particularly in the north—west because the weather front is moving in. it will push aside the area of high pressure and we will see rain coming into scotland and northern ireland. that could eventually push across the irish sea, but of it for england and wales, apart some showers, it could be dry. there will be sunshine across eastern parts of england and it will ...

we start off in islamabad, where pakistans former prime minister, imran khan, is at the high court defending himself against corruption charges. he attends the hearing as a free man, after the countrys supreme court ruled his arrest on related charges as illegal. he has called for all charges to be dropped but has told the bbc he expects to be arrested again. this was the scene as mr khan arrived at court — hes in the middle of this scrum wearing sunglasses, surrounded by what are th...