hello and welcome we start in saudi arabia where president biden has been meeting with the country s de facto leader. despite earlier indicating that he would not value one on one time with him. this is the moment when two leaders bumped this shortly after mr biden flew intojeddah, the us president abandoning any plans because of saudi arabia s record on human rights. mr biden also held talks and we will discuss the details. they have made it clear that his historic visit will come when he attends another summit with other leaders of the gulf. and also how to respond to the gulf. and also how to respond to the high cost of fuel. for more details here is our middle eastern correspondent. it was only four weeks ago thatjoe biden said that he was not coming here to meet crown prince mohammed bin salam. this is a summit tomorrow, he said that he would see him there but he was there to see lots of other leaders. and then in the last 24 hour is on the white house confirmed today s
fled sri lanka after weeks of mass protests. at ten o clock we will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, newscast. hello. hello, it is victoria in the studio. chris in the studio. one of the other things we have been doing on newscast is, for the tory leadership contest, getting big bbc brands and smashing them into the tory leadership contest, so today please listen tojohn briggs, whom you may recognise as the voice of the weakest link. after the second round of voting, rishi sunak has banked the most. as the former chancellor he would, wouldn t he? he has 101 votes, making him the strongest link. according to the bookies, penny mordaunt is the favourite to win, despite trailing on 83 votes. her initials are already pm, but will the conservative party agree? liz truss looked a little lost at her launch this morning, but she is ploughing forwards, with 64 votes. as part of her bid, kemi badenoch has taken aim at the online safety bill, but is she playing a d
this is bbc world news, the headlines: president biden is holding talks with crown prince mohammed bin salman, the de facto ruler of saudi arabia a country he once described as a pariah. among the topics raised were human rights and increasing oil output. fires are continuing to burn out of control in parts of europe. in france, thousands of people remain evacuated from their homes, four days after the fires broke out. in portugal the entire country has been put on alert. russia has denied targeting civilians in a missile attack that hit a city southwest of kyiv, hundreds of kilometers far from the front line. at least twenty three people three of them children died in the strike. a court in sri lanka has barred the former prime minister, mahinda rajapaksa, and his brother basil from leaving the country. it comes after their brother, president gotabaya rajapaksa,
this is bbc world news, the headlines: president biden is holding talks with crown prince mohammed bin salman, the de facto ruler of saudi arabia a country he once described as a pariah. among the topics raised were human rights and increasing oil output. fires are continuing to burn out of control in parts of europe. in france, thousands of people remain evacuated from their homes, four days after the fires broke out. in portugal the entire country has been put on alert. russia has denied targeting civilians in a missile attack that hit a city southwest of kyiv, hundreds of kilometers far from the front line. at least twenty three people three of them children died in the strike. a court in sri lanka has barred the former prime minister, mahinda rajapaksa, and his brother basil from leaving the country. it comes after their brother, president gotabaya rajapaksa,