by the war in ukraine. and tyson fury will take on dillian whyte later, in what s expected to be one of the biggest all british heavyweight fights in boxing history. now on bbc news. click is in madrid, looking at whether vr can be used to help children manage chronic pain. this week, another chance to see if video games can play the pain away. the vfx that made bond make that bend, and there was this enterprising young fellow. in the shadow of battersea power station in london, the future of mankind hangs in the balance. our two heroes are on a desperate mission to save the earth from being wiped out by an asteroid. hang on, you re bashing some boxes around now. what s this? 0oh! 0h! 0k, well done. bit near. 0h! and quite frankly, they re being hopeless about it. do you want some nitrogen? can i throw it to you? 0k, i ve got no feet. yeah, throw it to me. all right. look, they you go. can i catch it? got it. 0k, well, what am i actually doing with it now? erm, i don t know.
Well have full analysis of those airstrikes with our correspondents in the middle east, america, and russia. Also this morning under pressure. New figures show a big increase in the number of ambulances being turned away from hospitals because theyre too busy. Good morning. Were eating less toast for breakfast, and sales of margarine are spread too thin for the Food Manufacturer, unilever, and theyve decided to sell their flora and stork brands. And good morning from aintree on ladies day, ahead of tomorrows Grand National. The big one. Its been confirmed that katie walsh will be able to ride in the big race tomorrow on wonderful charm despite a nasty fall yesterday. Thats good news. And the weather is supposed to be so good this weekend, weve sent carol out. Good morning. It certainly is depending on your definition. It is springlike this morning but also cold. A cold start across the uk. Frost, patchy mist and fog. Lots of sunshine later today. A very warm weekend for some of us. A h
the nation s debt ceiling is fueling hopes the government won t run out of money on august 2nd. obama saying the deadline drawing close and congressional leaders need to talk turkey in today s meetings. most of the central heat under a heat alert. some areas feel as hot as 126 degrees. . the taliban blaming u.s. hackers for a text that announced the death of mullah omar. the taliban says, no, he is alive and well. one day after rupert murdoch tried to repel the british assault on his empire, it s the prime minister s turn to face parliament. david cameron tainted by claims that he was too cozy with the media giant and drew raucous responses in his appearance before the special session. what is the public expects is not petty political point scoring but a what what they want, what they deserve is concerted action to rise to the level of events and pledge to work together to sort this issue out once and for all and it is in that spirit that i commend this statement
british parliament hearing today in london but they were upstaged momentarily by an intruder who somehow managed to get very, very close to the murdochs, too close as you re about to see. watch. so no official word yet as to who exactly that guy in the plaid shirt was. we know he was shouting you greedy billionaire, but he pushed a plateful of shaving cream into rupert murdoch s face before he was grabbed, first by his wife, if you watch it, not in this shot but you can see she was wearing that bright pink jacket, and then by authorities. they did take a quick break. he then continued jacket off to answer questions before parliament s committee on media, culture and sports. so the members wanted to know this, how much did rupert murdoch and his top executives know about the phone hacking by reporters on his payroll, how closely he followed day-to-day operations. the newspaper closed because of this whole thing. and how responsible he feels about this entire affair. do you a