former new zealand rugby international campbelljohnstone has become the first all black to publicly announce he is gay. # i heard it through the bright side, not much longer would you be mine. i? side, not much longer would you be mine. , , ., ., be mine. # tributes are paid to motown legend be mine. # tributes are paid to motown legend barry be mine. # tributes are paid to motown legend barry strong i be mine. # tributes are paid to l motown legend barry strong who has died at the age of 81. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east where the us secretary of state has been holding discussions to try to resolve the escalating crisis there. antony blinken said that urgent steps are needed to restore calm between israelis and palestinians, following days of rising violence. he travelled tojerusalem for talks with israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. he ll meet the palestinian
former new zealand rugby international campbell johnstone has become the first all black to publicly announce he is gay. music and we remember the man behind many motown hits, barrett strong, who has died at the age of 81. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east, where the us secretary of state has been holding discussions to try to resolve the escalating crisis there. antony blinken said that urgent steps are needed to restore calm between israelis and palestinians, following days of rising violence. he travelled tojerusalem for talks with israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. he ll meet the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas, later. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, reports. injerusalem the wreckage is spreading and another generation grows up in it wache. israel s knew far right elise minister is vowing to step up home demolitions of palestinian attackers and their families. this home in occupied eastjerusalem was bulldozed east jeru
another day of strikes more than 1,000 ambulance staff in wales walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. meanwhile in england, nurses continue their strike action for a second day in a row. new zealand s prime minister jacinda ardern makes a surprise announcement saying she ll stand down in less than three weeks time. a day of national strikes begins in france over plans to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. king charles asks for millions of pounds in profits from the crown estate to be used for the wider public good rather than for the royal family. the government has released details of projects which will benefit from its levelling up fund, which is intended to spread economic growth more widely across the uk. in all, £2.1 billion will be spent on regeneration projects. they span more than a hundred areas across the country. some of the biggest winners include a new eden project at morecambe bay which gets £50 million. there s 50 million pounds for
another day of strikes more than 1,000 ambulance staff in wales walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. meanwhile in england, nurses continue their strike action for a second day in a row. an aristocrat father pleads for his estranged daughter to turn herself into the police after going missing with her newborn baby and her convicted sex offender partner i beseach you to find a way to turn yourself and your wee one into the police as soon as possible so you and he or she can be protected. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. international leaders have paid tribute to new zealand s prime minister, jacinda ardern, who s made the suprise announcement that she ll step down early next month. she says she simply doesn t have enough left in the tank to fight this 0ctober s general election. her australian counterpart, anthony albanese, has described ms ardern as an inspiration to many, as a leader of intellect, strength, and empathy. arder