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who are demanding fresh elections. earlier, police used tear gas in an attempt to clear protesters from the streets. hello and welcome to another look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are lord darroch, former british ambassador to the united states, and mo hussein, former conservative advisor. and let s just show you some of the front pages. almost all the papers lead on the same story the sue gray report into parties during lockdown at downing street. the financial times describes the prime minister as damaged but unbowed after the publication of lurid details of the events, but says a move against him by tory mps is unlikely. the guardian gives some of those details drinking, a fight and vomiting and also gives the pm s explanation that he didn t know the extent of what was happening. the metro quotes a message from the pm s private secretary, martin reynolds, who said those attending the drinks seemed to get away with it. the i sums it
the authorities in papua new guinea now say more than 2000 people were buried by a devastating landslide in a remote village. a british charity warns of a big increase in cases of skin cancer this year and says people should do more to protect themselves from the sun. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s mark edwards. hi, ben, we start with tennis. rafael nadal is out of the french open, losing in the first round in what s likely to be the 37 year old s last match at the french open. the king of clay, with m titles at roland garros, going down fighting against alexander zverev after three hours under the roof on court philippe chatrier. but nadal eventually fell just short, losing in straight sets 6 3, 7 6, 6 3. zverev into the second round. he s reached the semi final three years in a row, but the journey is over for nadal. british number one cameron norrie is being put through his paces by russia s pavel kotov. there are 23 places between them in
but what of the launch itself? one senior minister said today that candidates were not involved, and even relevant secretaries of state were taken by surprise. we ll get a response from conservative home. israel faces international criticism over an air strike on rafah that is reported to have killed 45 civilians. the white house says the pictures are heartbeaking but will the president enforce the arms embargo he had threatened? and the nato secretary general calls for western weapons to be used inside russia. at a moment of high risk in the conflict, we ll discuss european defence and ukraine s use of arms beyond its borders. good evening. the labour leader keir starmer has today pledged to stop the chaos and rebuild the country in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters, and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, who was also campaigning today, dismisse
and novak djokovic to defeat the spaniard in paris. and while the 4th seed heads to the second round, the journey is over for nadal. maybe in a few months i can say is enough. but it is something i cannot say yet. i have some goals left. i m to be back on this court for this that motivates me. for olympics that motivates me. elsewhere at the tournament, british number one cameron norrie has been knocked out in the first round beaten in a five set marathon by russian world number 56 pavel kotov. kotov dominated the 32nd seed in the deciding set taking it 6 2, picking up just his second victory in a grand slam. it s worth noting that s it s the first time norrie has lost in the opening round of a major since the 2022 australian open. for kotov, though, he ll take on 2015 champion stan wawrinka in the next round. world number one and defending champion iga swiatek looked really strong as she eased into round two. she needed little over an hour to beat leolia jeanjean, losing jus