secretary of state antony blinken reacting to the shocking news. our thoughts, our prayers are with him, for his family, with the people of japan. this is a very, very sad moment and we re awaiting news. former president donald trump who had a very close relationship with abe saying, quote, absolutely devastating news that shinzo abe a truly great man and leader has been shot. he has a true friend of mine and much more importantly america. brian: you heard it was serious and he ended unjust passing away. abe who was japan s longest serving member left office in 2020 due to his health issues not political issues. the suspected gunman was immediately taken into custody. we don t know much about the gunman except he was 40-something years old and seems to be a hand made gun. you don t hear a lot about violence in japan. and shinzo abe still taking part in the political process was campaigning for somebody when he was struck. this is stunning news because simultaneously t
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentatorjo phillips, and the political editor of the sunday people and the sunday mirror, nigel nelson. good evening to you both. thank you for being with us. let s have a quick look at some of the papers. the sunday telegraph leads with plans of liz truss who is said to be thinking about what s decribed as a nuclear option of a 5% cut in vat. in the express borisjohnson says a huge package of measures is on the way to protect people from the cost of living crisis. the observer leads on trade union plans to join forces for a wave of strikes in the autumn. the devastating floods in pakistan is on the front of the independent. the mirror leads on allegations of bullying on the x factor. and finally the sunday times leads on polling on the nhs which says the majority now expect delays in treatment. let us begin and jo phillips, let me start with you. the su
the january six committee, prepping a hearing for tuesday after landing a major witness. trump s white house counsel, pat cipollone, testifying for eight hours friday. and a videotaped and transcript closed-door interview. now remember the committee said that cipollone did not contradict testimony of other witnesses, and a source told nbc news that he was cooperative, quote. cipollone was inside the white house and the days leading up to the insurrection you may recall, including a white house meeting with discussions about seizing voting machines and sending false letters to state officials about election fraud. and he was also in the west wing on january 6th, during the eight hour testimony he was likely peppered with questions about bombshell testimony invoking his name. watch. presidents white house counsel s pat cipollone was also present. do you remember what his position was? pat was very supportive. pat cipollone throughout these conversations was extremely suppor
a jury will decide whether he ll face the death penalty or life imprisonment. wales recorded its hottest day ever on monday. the temperature reached 37.1 celsius in flintshire. the heat is a particular challenge for farmers trying to keep their livestock cool. hywel griffith reports. if you re feeling hot and bothered, spare a thought for this highland cow far from home at the royal welsh show. chloe s hoping she can keep her cool for the competition. they re coping all right at the minute, touch wood. i mean, hopefully it just stays like this. there s a nice breeze coming through now, but fingers crossed it all goes well. good luck. thank you. this is britain s biggest agricultural show, the first in three years due to the pandemic. roasting heat wasn t going to stop them. we ve never actually got to the point where we would have cancelled the show. if that point would have come, we would have taken it seriously, but we were confident that we ve got sufficient mitigations in
early are not opened at all. and it is a challenge to keep the livestock cool a teenager dies. later in the hour on the bbc news channel, the latest from the world athletics championships in oregon, where katarina johnson thompson is attempting to regain her heptathlon title. good evening, welcome to the bbc news. forecasters expect tomorrow is likely to break records in england and scotland. scientists are warning that we will see more of these temperatures due to climate change. some train tracks have buckled in the heat and fights have been suspended due to melted runways. an unprecedented red weather warning for extreme heat, meaning there s a threat to life, is in place in much of england including manchester, london and leeds. temperatures have been recorded in the 30s in all of the uk missions, higher than would normally be expected at this time of year. daniela relph has the latest. keep them cool anyway possible. normal everyday life has had its challenges today. in