hey, here, music here. let s oh. wow. who that? how does amazing. leich i smoke. it s friday, so you know what that means. let s welcome tonight s guest. .you may recognize him from his feature, an average white guy magazine co-host of fox and friends, first time pyro as former mistress. she comes freshly squeezed in ortega s show. it turns out that morgan ortega ,it s been 12 years since she tested positive for food. a new york times best selling author. right. but didn t get that tip. and that great barrier reef is his loofah. new york times author, comedian and demi paris. all right, john, before we get to some new stories, let s do this. greg s leftovers and if g they hurt me, that s leftovers where i read the jokes news this week. and as always, it s my week. fit time reading them, so they . we ll put joe mackey in a meat grinder and turn them intom into hot dogs. so here we go.fi oh, fingers crossed. during a house committeettee spe speech, democratic congresswoman p
as bejing halts co operation with the us on key issues including climate change in the aftermath of nancy pelosi s visit to taipei. russia and ukraine accuse each other of shelling europe s biggest nuclear power plant as ukraine s nuclear agency warns of a possible hydrogen leak and dispersal of radioactive particles. now on bbc news, india s wait for water. from the hot desert to the cold mountains and dry arid plains, only a fraction of the 200 million homes in india s villages have tap water. bbc s divya arya investigates. when you can t get water from taps, life revolves around where the water is. india s villages house 200 million families. only a fraction have tap water. it s very hard to carry lots of water repeatedly on your head from that source of water to the village, which is almost a kilometre from here. from the hot desert. ..to the cold mountains. ..and dry, arid plains. it s backbreaking. i want to find out when will the walk be over? when will water come home
was a hoax. in the uk, the two candidates trying to become the next prime minister set out their plans to deal with forecasts of an economic downturn. chinese fighter jets fly close to taiwan s coastline, as bejing halts co operation with the us on key issues including climate change in the aftermath of nancy pelosi s visit to taipei. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. israel says it has arrested 19 members of the palestinian group, islamichhad, in raids across the west bank, after carrying out air strikes against targets in gaza yesterday. the raids killed ten palestinians, including a commander of islamichhad and a child. in retaliation, islamichhad militants fired dozens of rockets into israel from gaza. azadeh moshiri reports. gaza s sky lights up as israel s military launches successive air strikes. this is the footage they released of the attack. it lasted hours and claimed several lives including that of a top military commander of pa
now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello, and welcome to the programme in which leading uk columnists discuss the week s news with foreign correspondents who write, blog, podcast, and broadcast to audiences in their home countries from the dateline: london. 18 months after margaret thatcher first became prime minister, underfire even in her own party as half a million more people lost theirjobs and facing calls for a policy u turn, she delivered a speech that still defines her you turn if you want to, the lady s not for turning . this week, the woman who would be her successor u turned. america s third lady, nancy pelosi, did not, going ahead with a visit to taiwan, despite chinese warnings beforehand and missiles after. nor did the bank of england u turn, going ahead with the half point rise in interest rates. the governor had said the bank was minded to impose the largest single hike in a quarter of a century. here to discuss all that are marc roche, an e
i think she s an amazing lady, absolutely incredible. we think betty has set a new world record as the oldest wing walker to loop the loop. and she s not ruling out another go next year, either. will glennon, bbc news. now it s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. the sunshine continues this afternoon across the southern half of the uk. again, no rain in the forecast. a bit more cloud, though, through the afternoon in parts of north wales, north midlands, northern england. a small chance of a shower. isolated shower in northern ireland but brightening up. and brightening up too across mainland scotland compared with the morning, although further rain at times in the far north and a brisk wind. a wetter afternoon in orkney and shetland compared with this morning. temperatures a little bit down on where we should be for this stage in august. highest, though, across the south. still pretty warm in that sunshine, 22 25 degrees. through this evening and overnigh