Good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and Rachel Burden. Our headlines today the neighbour of Boris Johnson and his partner defends calling police and giving a recording to a newspaper after apparently hearing a row he says he feared for the couples safety. Tackling the tensions between iran and the us. A Senior Foreign Office minister heads to tehran to appeal for calm. Ready to roar englands lionesses prepare to take on cameroon in the knockout stages of the womens world cup. For many of us, early summers long days are a welcome treat, but can you have too much of a good thing . Well be catching up with a family in shetland where the sun sets forjust a few hours a day. Good morning. After a stunning start to the weekend, not quite so straightforward today. Many places dry with hazy sunshine, but get ready for the chance of torrential thunderstorm and more heat and humidity on the way. The full forecast is coming up. Good morning. Its sunday the 23rd ofjune. Our top sto
And england are 1 0 up against cameroon in the womens world cup. Theres continued focus on borisjohnsons private life after he failed to answer questions at a conservative Leadership Debate about why police were called to his partners flat following reports of a row. His supporters, including the cabinet minister liz truss, say he should bejudged on his policies, not his personal life. But others, Like International trade secretary liam fox, whos backing jeremy hunt, said today mrjohnson should have given an explanation of what happened. Heres our Political Correspondent nick eardley. Often in the headlines, this time for the wrong reasons. After police were called to the flat borisjohnson shares with his girlfriend, mrjohnson has been reluctant to explain. I dont think they want to hear about that kind of thing, er. Applause. But this senior tory, whos backing mrjohnsons leadership rivaljeremy hunt, said an explanation would be sensible. Its always easier to just give an explanation,
counter offensive against russian forces. in a rare interview, oleksiy danilov describes the planned assault as an historic opportunity . now on bbc news.political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. every so often there s an issue that bubbles up. if you ll forgive the metaphor, and reaches beyond the westminster bubble. the issue we re talking about today is the issue of sewage, the quality of our waterways, our rivers and our seas. my my guest this week is the man who is insured that no political figure can and should ignore the question of the waterways. he is keen angler, campaigner, and original lead singer with the undertones, fergal sharkey, a man who left the stage in order to campaign for musician s right before taking up his current position another one of the country s leading environmental campaigners. he b
Tonights latest headlines. Very good evening to you. It is 6 00. Im Aaron Armstrong in the gb newsroom. Rishi sunak is in saudi arabia for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman as his shuttle diplomacy in the middle east continues. Earlier middle east continues. Earlier in jerusalem, the Prime Minister told israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu he welcomed the decision to allow humanitarian aid into gaza from egypt and said the uk stood in solidarity with israel. And mr solidarity with israel. And mr netanyahu thanked him for visiting the country, calling it a strong statement of support in a strong statement of support in a dark time. Pm rishi sunak, though, stressed that israel must adhere to International Law in gaza and that the conflict must not spread elsewhere. Ive had good, productive conversations with both Prime Minister netanyahu and the israeli president herzog. Among israeli president herzog. Among other things, we discussed the importance of this conflict not escal
We start in libya where floods are reported to have killed 2,800 people, after a powerful storm swept through the east of the country. As many as 10,000 people are reported as missing. Much of the country has been declared a Disaster Zone and three days of mourning have begun. The un said theyre deeply concerned about the situation. Many roads have been destroyed. A minister in the eastern government which is not internationally recognised said more than a thousand bodies had now been recovered in the worst hit city, derna. The eastern cities of benghazi and al marj are also among the worst hit. Anna a n na foster anna foster is here. The scale of this is simply staggering . Yes. Anna foster is here. The scale of this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those stories this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those stories that this is simply staggering . Yes, it is one of those stories that is is one of those stories that is