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The list of mps jumping ship continued to grow. Among more than 100 other mps Standing Down, the former Prime Minister theresa may, the former leader of the house of Commons Andrea leadsom, and former defence secretary ben wallace. While the conservatives are now seeing more mps walk away than in 1997, labours losses are less substantial. Keir starmer took his campaign to glasgow, hoping scotland will pave his way to a win. After mps lined up to mark the close of Parliament Last night, the campa...

From new york, heres the bbc� s north America Business correspondent, michelle fleury. Stubborn inflation pushes back the timing of the first rate cut. The Us Federal Reserve voted to keep its Benchmark Lending Rate at a 23 year high on wednesday. Officials have said they want more certainty that inflation is under control before they Lower Borrowing costs. They do not have that yet. Here is chair, jerome powell, during his press conference. The economy has made considerable progress towards o...

After having his 2020 rape conviction overturned on appeal last week. Weinstein� s conviction was seen as a historic milestone for the me too movement, which saw hundreds of men accused of sexual misconduct. Floridas six week abortion ban has come into force, closing the door for now on the last major Abortion Access point in the us south. The new legislation replaces an existing 15 week law. Pro choice campaigners say the ban will push an overstretched system to the brink. Parliament in georg...

Of the match rachin ravindra, who hit the winning runs on his world cup debut to condemn england to a thumping nine wicket defeat. England have plenty more games to redeem themselves in this 10 team tournament. Disappointed. We were completely outplayed, but the first thing that springs to mind is whether you do lose by a run or a defeat like that, it is one loss at the start of a very long tournament, so i think thatis very long tournament, so i think that is what i will be encouraging everybod...

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Standing trial in a criminal case. This was donald trump setting off from Central Manhattan a couple of hours ago. Hes charged with 3a counts of fraud, relating to hush money allegedly paid to the Former Adult Film Star Stormy Daniels before the 2016 president ial election. Hes now in the courthouse itself for the start ofjury selection. Prosecutors accuse him, of arranging payments to Stormy Daniels in an effort to buy her silence. Donald trump has pleaded not guilty, describing the case as a w...

but many had wanted a strongerform of words — calling for the �*phasing out�* of coal, oil and gas. our climate editorjustin rowlatt reports from dubai. we waited and we waited and then... hearing no objection, it is so decided. with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause. and it got a standing ovation. so the hammer has just gone down here, and that was the fastest that an agreement text has ever been agreed. the presidency is calling this an historic agreement, but it...

britains ecomomy is expected to have gone into reverse — shrinking by 0.1%. and if that continues for the rest of the year — two quarters of negative growth — that would constitute a recession. the bank of england has raised the cost of borrowing to a 15—year high, to try to rein in soaring prices, and thats weighing heavily on many businesses and households. on thursday, official data showed a steep jump in the number of people falling behind on mortgage payments. our cost—o...

jacob zumas newly—formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics — as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc�*s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. it had been a slow and steady day, and then this. the former president, now the head of the upstart mk party, an unex...

hello and thanks forjoining us. the world health organization has urged countries not to pause covid vaccinations, as several major eu member states halted their roll—outs of the oxford—astrazeneca jab. the whos vaccine safety experts will meet later today after germany, france, italy and spainjoined other nations in halting the injections as a precaution while checks are made. it said there was no evidence of a link between the vaccine and blood clots. our health correspondent, ji...