pope francis leads mourners for his predeccessor benedict xvi at an open air funeral mass at the vatican. upset for emma raducanu after she retires from her second round match at the asb classic in auckland with an ankle injury. and coming up this hour hear more from the girl group flo, who are the winners of the bbc s sound of 2023 award. sir keir starmer has promised that a labour government would devolve more power out of westminster by giving local authorities more say in areas such as transport and housing. the labour leader said in a new year speech that taking back control borrowing from the brexit slogan would be central to his party s agenda if it won the next election. it s not unreasonable for us to recognise the desire of communities to stand on their own feet. it s what take back control meant. the control people want is control over their lives and their communities. so we will embrace the take back control message, but we ll turn it from a slogan in
by the end the night. tomorrow, a bright enough start to the day with some sunshine, before it will be clouding overfrom the some sunshine, before it will be clouding over from the west and ultimately there will be some rain on the way. the wettest weather will be for northern ireland and western areas of scotland with the winds picking up during the day. it s another very mild day. 6 degrees above average for the time of year in london. and then we will have some strong winds tomorrow night. gales, even severe gales, affecting the north west of scotland. stay in quite blustery across scotland for friday as well but elsewhere a brighter day with much more sunshine. it is still mild air that we have with us and so on friday afternoon temperatures will be widely into double figures. friday night and into saturday, the area of low pressure i showed you is set to bring some heavier rain in which could cause problems across parts of england and wales, given that the ground is satu
the world s fifth oldest zoo bristol zoo gardens is set to close its gates to the public for the final time, with the animals on the move to a new location. in tennis, for the first time in the open era, there are four british men in the third round of the us open. more on our sports bulletin at half past. hello and welcome to bbc news. after more than seven weeks of campaigning, the race to become leader of the conservative party and the new prime minister has entered its final hours. voting for party members to choose between rishi sunak and liz truss is due to close at five o clock this evening. the race started back on 7thjuly, when borisjohnson announced his resignation. byjuly 12th, the eight potential candidates for the top job were confirmed. conservative mps took part in five rounds of voting, to whittle the field down to the final two liz truss and rishi sunak. they then set off campaigning across the country, and taking part in tv debates and live hustings. t
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