deadly heatwave is baking parts of europe, sparking wildfires along its path. we ll look at what s causing these record-breaking temperatures. it s now noon here in saudi arabia, and the leaders of the gulf cooperation council plus three will soon be gathering for their rather important summit. president biden will be meeting one-on-one this hour with the president of the united arab emirates. earlier he talked with the leaders of egypt and iraq. the summit officially gets under way in the next hour after president biden and others is a assemble for what s called the classic photo, which is expected at the top of the hour. the brutal murder of journalist jamal khashoggi certainly cast appal. president biden is hoping this trip will help move the two countries forward, while still making clear, he says, that he holds mohammad bin salman, the crown prince, responsible for the killing. here s what he said after meeting with the crown prince in jeddah on friday. i made my vie
the government s decision injanuary to freeze the licence fee for the next two years that the bbc had an annual shortfall of £285 million. we discovered on thursday what savings the corporation plans in order to plug that gap. they include the scrapping of current affairs which was itself a replacement for the programme inside out. the domestic news channel and the international facing worldviews will marriage into a single channel. and some of the world services foreign language services will go online only. those plans were greeted with dismay by some viewers. with me is the manager in charge of the music division. he is the interim director of bbc news. thank you for coming on his watch. should the uk licence fee payers expect and need a uk focused music service? how will you do that? we need a uk focused music service? how will you do that? will you do that? we are committed to makin: will you do that? we are committed to making sure will you do that? we are committed
Striking back against hezbollah militants along their northern border in lebanon as idf expect to prepare on the ground in gaza. This comes as two american hostages has been released and some humanitarian aid was allowed in today. Im griff jenkins. Gillian hi, griff, good to be with you, im gillian turner. Asking for 105 extrA Billion Dollars for funding for israel, ukraine as well as the southern border. Griff, i understand youve got Breaking News coming into the news room. Griff our focus is the events focused on unfolding in israel. Custom and border released the Migrant Encounters Ending Fiscal Year 2023, the highest ever on record, more than 269,000, bringing fiscal year 2023 to the highest year ever on record, 2,475,000 plus migrant encounters, and it shatters last years record which was at the time the highest on record by nearly 100,000. And it really speaks to the concern ive just come from the last 10 days on the border. Weve had a Record Number of special interest aliens, wh
Lets start by bringing you the latest from sheffields crucible theatre, where ronnie 0sullivan is playing Stuart Bingham for a place in the semifinals. Like yesterday, its been a very close match. They resumed earlier at 4 1; and its still neck and neck. It is currently 8 7 to 0sullivan. Looks like it could go the distance. Is the final frame of todays session, able play to a finish tonight. First to 13 frames is the target. The big shock on day 12 came earlier when one of the big favourites judd trump was knocked out by qualifierjakjones. The welshman played the match of his life to beat the 2019 champion 13 9. Hell now play 0sullivan or bingham in the last four. In the other half of the draw, David Gilbert is also through after a 13 8 win over stephen maguire. The damage was done in the first session yesterday when he raced into a 7 1 lead. The world number 28 surprised everyone when he made the semifinals back in 2019 and hes made the last four once again. And hell play kyren wilson