50,000 catholics In Singapore. An important moment for singapores catholic community. So we are monitoring the live shotin so we are monitoring the live shot In Singapore as the pope is greeted. You are watching bbc news. Next, the war in ukraine. Americas top diplomat, Antony Blinken, is in Poland Today following his trip to kyiv. These are the latest pictures of Mr Blinken arriving in warsaw. He is due to meet senior polish officials to discuss support for ukraine. The Secretary Of State said yesterday he will take back to washington the discussions he and his british counterpart have had with ukrainian officials about the use of long range western weapons for strikes inside russia. Live to our Eastern Europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, who is in warsaw. This is anthony benton, he is in warsaw without his Uk Counterpart, mr lambie. Just talk us through, of Course Poland very much supported the ukraine, what is the messaging we will hear from him today . I think what he is going t
In his first major interview since becoming Prime Minister of the Uk Keir starmer has told the bbc the government is going to have to be unpopular. Speaking on sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he said the only way to change the country was to do difficult things now even though he Knows they are unpopular. Our political correspondent Georgia Robertsjoins us. The decision to end Winter Fuel parents is among the earliest of those difficult decisions this government has taken. Mps will vote on this next week and we Know several are planning to make their unhappiness Known but this morning Keir Starmer defended those plans on Winter Fuel. Lets hear him talking about that. About that. This is really tou h, about that. This is really tough. I about that. This is really tough. I do about that. This is really tough, i do get about that. This is really tough, i do get to about that. This is really tough, i do get to staff. | about that. This is really| tough, i do get to staff. I Know tough, i do g
At the King Hussein Allenby bridge crossing. The victims are thought To Have been private Security Personnel. Israels prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been speaking about what happened. Translation we are surrounded by a murderous Ideology Led by Irans Axis of evil. In recent days, terrorists have murdered six of our hostages in Cold Blood as three israeli police officers. The killers do not distinguish between us, they want to murder as All until the right one, right and left, secular and religious, dues and non jews, what protects as is the strength of the state of israel and the strength of the israel and the strength of the Israel Defense forces. The shooting comes amid high regional tension. Overnight, there were Missile Exchanges between israel and the lebanese militant group, hezbollah with a number of projectiles being fired from both directions across the border. Our correspondent Mike Thomson told us more about whats been happening. It certainly does mark quite an escala
To the brink of qualifying for the knockout stages. And we get exclusive access behind the scenes during filming of the new series of the crown. Um. But, yes. Sorry, we are whispering because theyre actually shooting. Theyll sack us. Were going to be sacked. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Party leaders will step up Election Campaigning today by challenging their opponents plans for brexit. Labour and the conservatives will both attack each others proposals for leaving the eu, while the lib dems will officially launch their stop brexit agenda. Lets take a look at some of the detail. Borisjohnson is not on the road today, but the Prime Minister has published a letter to the labour leaderJeremy Corbyn, demanding that he comes clean to voters about his brexit strategy. Mrjohnson poses five questions for labour to answer. Jeremy corbyn is on the road to spread labours brexit message. Hell promise to sort it in six months when he gives a speech this morning in essex. And
With Tatiana Sanchez. Thank you very much and good morning. This is the latest from the newsroom. The governments under pressure explain why there pressure to explain why there were delays in removing migrants from bibby stockholm after from the bibby stockholm after traces of legionella were discovered. Dorset council says discovered. Dorset council says home Office Contractors were told about the bacteria on the day Asylum Seekers boarded the barge. All 39 people were removed from the vessel on friday. At least three days after concerns were raised. Shadow Northern Ireland secretary peter kyle says the government is focusing on the wrong thing. Wrong thing. If there is a barge which is being brought to our country and is so rusty that it needed work done on it to make it safe, worthy to travel across the channel then is it safe for human habitation . Have the tests been done . Ministers werent even asking because they were so busy trying to create a row in pubuc busy trying to create