her rival rishi sunak is on the front of the sunday telegraph urging sanctions for iran following the stabbing of salman rusdie. and finally, the sunday times focus on the cost of living crisis with reports the treasury is developing a plan to hand out more money to cope with energy costs. let s to cope with energy costs. begin with the observer picture, let s begin with the observer. this picture, emma, of wimbledon common. i m guessing that this pond normally looks a bit bigger than that. it’s looks a bit bigger than that. it s astonishing. i think we ve all seen in our local parks so called green spaces. they rejust in our local parks so called green spaces. they re just absolutely dry, kind of sahara conditions. we took the hosepipe ban in our gardens but the hosepipe ban in our gardens but the parks and green spaces are absolutely drying up and what can be done? wejust absolutely drying up and what can be done? we just desperately need some rain. done? we “ust desper
the palestinian president mahmoud abbas says the veto makes the us complicit in what he describes as war crimes against palestinians. in a statement, he condemns the american position as a flagrant violation of all humanitarian principles and values and he holds the us responsible for the bloodshed of palestinian children, women and elderly people in the gaza strip . the us envoy said such a ceasefire would be dangerous and unrealistic. every other member of the council backed the resolution apart from the uk, which abstained. israel thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas which is classed as a terror group by many western governments a chance to regroup. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. in gaza, there s no safe place, says the un secretary general. the health care system is collapsing. hospitals have become battlegrounds, and palestinians have no shelter and everything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis
here in the uk, campaigning is continuing in the run up to the general election on ajuly. sir keir starmer has pledged to reduce the number of people legally migrating to the country, if labour wins the general election. in a newspaper interview, he set out plans to prioritise british workers and crack down on businesses that break employment laws. the conservatives are focusing on health policies for england today. they say they ll build or modernise 250 more gp surgeries, open more local diagnostic centres and expand treatments offered by pharmacies to cover conditions such as acne and chest infections. the scottish national party will launch their general election campaign today in glasgow. the leader, john swinney, will say that a vote for the snp is a vote to put scotland s interests first, and that independence would offer a better future. earlier, laura kuenssberg on her sunday show interviewed green party co leader, adrian ramsay, and began by asking him about his par
After three years in captivity. In sport, its the final day of the Premier League season, with Champions League places at stake. Manchester city, liverpool and arsenal will vie for the last two spots to join europes elite next season. And phil has the weather for us this morning. Good morning. There is a much improved started day compared to yesterday in scotland and the rest of the British Isles is not far behind. Details in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. In business, sometimes, you have to do the dance. And having won billions of Dollars Worth of contracts for us firms, donald trump is more confident celebrating with the saudis than you might think. Its beautiful. It certainly more comfortable for him here than it is back home, given the furore over his sacking of the fbi director investigating allegations his president ial campaign was tied to russia. But day two of this tour could be the beginning of a far greater challenge as he leaves the world of striking co
After three years in captivity. In sport, its the final day of the Premier League season, with Champions League places at stake. Manchester city, liverpool and arsenal will vie for the last two spots to join europes elite next season. And phil has the weather for us this morning. Good morning. There is a much improved started day compared to yesterday in scotland and the rest of the British Isles is not far behind. Details in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. In business, sometimes, you have to do the dance. And having won billions of Dollars Worth of contracts for us firms, donald trump is more confident celebrating with the saudis than you might think. Its beautiful. It certainly more comfortable for him here than it is back home, given the furore over his sacking of the fbi director investigating allegations his president ial campaign was tied to russia. But day two of this tour could be the beginning of a far greater challenge as he leaves the world of striking co