underway. some planning to hit the road are simply set up. president biden says hi prices and inflation are his top domestic priority, here s a live look at the president for he landed in albuquerque, new mexico to get a briefing on wildfires there. alexis mcadams is live in new york city with more. here in new york city at this gas station behind me, nearly $6.50 a gallon. nearly $6.50 here in new york drivers who want to pay that, they don t have a choice. people are trying to get the gas and had to different areas for their summer trip in the past month gas prices have been steady climbing, no surprise drivers hit a new record. this is what people walk up to this morning, not the news they wanted to hear. the national average for regular gas is $5 a gallon, up 60 cents from last month and now drivers pay nearly $2 more a gallon than we already worked last summer. astronomical. hitting our pockets, my pockets. i get it but. [sirens] americans are paying double compare
welcome to the programme. we start in the uk, where the former home secretary suella braverman has published a scathing letter to the prime minister following her dismissal on monday. in it, she accuses rishi sunak of having repeatedly failed to deliver on key policies, saying he s incapable of doing so. ms braverman also accuses mr sunak of a betrayal of his promise to do whatever it takes to stop small boat crossings. she says his plan is not working and he needs to change course urgently. here s our political editor, chris mason. what s the line it never rains but it pours? suella braverman has done it again. as you mightjust have noticed, the former home secretary specialises in verbal downpours. her latest target the prime minister. here were the two of them back in march. there aren t any kisses on her letter to him tonight. she claims they did a deal. she d back him to be prime minister if he delivered on key promises, including on immigration. in her missive
particularly around al shifa hospital, which is prompting a great deal of international concern. president biden has said he wants what he calls less intrusive action around the hospital hospitals in gaza. the world health organization has warned that al shifa the biggest hospital in gaza has become, in its words, nea rly a cemetery . al shifa s director says 179 people including seven babies have been buried in a mass grave. he went on to say, there are bodies littered in the hospital complex, and there is no longer electricity at the morgues . there is also the issue of how to help those in need of medical attention. around 30 babies were said to be in need of intensive care this is the image of them made public by the hospital on sunday. it said they had been placed on a bed because the incubators were no longer operational. their current condition is not known, although a hospital spokesperson told the bbc on monday that three premature babies had died. is
marking in spectacular fashion the birthday of king charles. he is 75 today. the first of the slits is happening right now, this is what we are watching at green park next to buckingham palace in central london salutes. this is the king s troop royal horse artillery that have been given the honour. it is a working day for the monarch today. there are other things on his schedule today. he will officially launch the coronation food project with queen camilla to bridge the gap between food waste and food need. he will also visit surplus food distribution centre outside london and later on today, he will host a buckingham palace reception highlighting the work of the nurses and midwives over the decade as part of the nhs 75 celebrations as well. one thing that has been widely reported that was broken on the bbc is we are expecting the king to be wish to happy birthday by the duke of sussex at some point today. to be wished happy birthday. we think harry will call his fathe