countries like india, with both sides effectively bidding and trying to persuade india, whether that s in relation to energy or defence spending, orwhatever relation to energy or defence spending, or whatever it is. we will come back to that, let s go back to the uk, to your paper, camilla, the telegraph, and their take on the rail strikes. the real strikes are being a huge disruption across the country, which looks like they will do. what is the telegraph pots line? it s looking at the impact the rail strikes it s looking at the impact the rail strikes will have on the health system, strikes will have on the health system, on the nhs, and on patients. we got system, on the nhs, and on patients. we got a system, on the nhs, and on patients. we got a warning here from the health we got a warning here from the health secretary, sajid javid, saying health secretary, sajid javid, saying these rail strikes will put patients saying these rail strikes will put patients
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stephanie rawlings blake, the former mayor of baltimore, and lord peter ricketts, the uk s former national security adviser. hello, welcome to the programme. borisjohnson will face no further action from the metropolitan police over the parties that were held in downing street while covid restrictions were in place. borisjohnson and the chancellor, rishi sunak, were both fined last month for breaking covid laws at a birthday party in the cabinet room injune 2020. in a lengthy statement, the met said they had issued a total of 126 fixed penalty notices, fines to 83 men and women most of them understood to be civil servants who were at events on eight different dates between may 2020, at the height of lockdown, to april 2021. here s our political editor chris mason. it was not long before christmas that partygate was first exposed, and since january, officers here have been investigating it, investigating the prime minister and the government he runs and whether they abided b
36 years later the wait is overfor top gun fans and tom cruise is lauded with the highest honour at the cannes film festival. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to newsday, broadcasting live to you today from sydney, australia. in just 2a hours, australians will head to the polls to choose their next government. iconic images, of course, for people here in australia, but around the world as well, this week, australia has been in the global headlines, hasn t it? it sjust has been in the global headlines, hasn t it? it s just a day before the election. we will talk you through some of the main issues in just a moment, but first let me talk you through the facts and the figures. the liberal national coalition has been in power since 2013 and is seeking another three year term. going up against them are the opposition labour party, minor parties and independent candidates. all 151 seats in the lower house of the house of representatives will be up for grabs. th
now, here s the short term. not much to say across england and wales, clear skies in the morning, temperatures, say, 10 14 celsius. more cloud here in the north west, and that s how it s going to stay into the afternoon. so, thicker cloud for northern ireland and particularly western parts of scotland. perhaps some showers through the course of the afternoon. england and wales will stay dry and sunny, and those temperatures will be skyrocketing, particularly in the south and the south east, up to around 28, maybe 30 celsius. compare that to only 19 in belfast and in glasgow. and then, of course, hotter still on friday, and come the weekend, all of that energy is going to be released. it s all going to go bang, thundery downpours on the way.