news of another cyber this time affecting several large london hospitals, being described as a major cyber attack. services including the delivery of blood transfusions have been affected, according to memos are sent to nhs staff. we know that the king s couege staff. we know that the king s college hospital and guy s and saint thomases are amongst the hospital is experiencing problems, with some operations reported to have been cancelled or redirected. we will talk to one of a health correspondence about this shortly. more on that story, the breaking story coming up for you. let s continue with the general election campaign. the big news today is rishi sunak and sir keir starmer will go head to head in their first televised debate of the general election campaign tonight. the hour long programme on itv will be filmed in front of a live studio audience. it comes as the conservatives have promised to introduce a yearly cap on the number of migrant visas, while labour has accus
Been sentenced to five years in prison shes fled into exile. And how the push to defeat the hottest is taking a heavy toll on the people of somalia will have an exclusive report. Plus a long and winding road towards forming a new government germanys general election last weekend means chancellor merkel has been swayed to other parties to join her conservatives now that could take months. Im brian thomas welcome to the show saudi arabia says it will begin allowing women to drive now it is a big leap for the old truck conservative nation the only one to bar women from getting behind the wheel a royal decree announced on state t. V. Says the ban would be lifted in june now in the meantime a committee will be formed to work out how to implement that royal decree. The streets of saudi arabia have long been a battleground on one hand women wanting to drive on the other the religious conservatives who have called them too stupid their mobility a threat to society now it is the women who have
Taking a heavy toll on the people of somalia we have an exclusive report. Im brian thomas a very warm welcome to the show saudi arabia says it will begin allowing women to drive now its a big leap for the ultra conservative nation the only one to ban women from getting behind the wheel a royal decree announced on state t. V. Says the ban would be lifted in june and in the meantime a committee will be formed to work out how to implement this royal decree. The streets of saudi arabia have long been a battleground on one hand women wanting to drive on the other the religious conservatives who have called them too stupid their mobility a threat to society now it is the women who have won. King solomon has issued a decree giving them the right to apply for driving licenses and the freedom of the roads that will be implemented by june next year its a huge step for saudi arabia enough to warrant a special announcement at the United Nations you may be interested to know that a few minutes ago
Happens next also coming up a bit more freedom for women in saudi arabia the ultra conservative kingdom is finally going to let women drive activists have been fighting for that right for years. How the push to defeat just how this is taking a heavy toll on the people of somalia we have an exclusive report. Plus the long and winding road toward forming a government germanys general election last weekend means chancellor merkel has to persuade two other parties to join her conservatives could take months. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us Thailands Supreme Court has sentenced for Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to five years in jail she was found guilty of failing to stop corruption in a government rice subsidies scheme shinawatra was not present when the sentence was read out she fled the country in august when the verdict was originally due. Well for more on this story lets bring in our correspondent florian knows shes standing by for us in bangkok florian first of all
Sentenced to five years in jail but she fled into exile. And a woman to lead germanys opposition the social democrats select on they had knowledge of their left wing to head the group in parliament. Hello im terry martin good to have you with Us Saudi Arabia says its going to allow women to drive its a big leap forward for the ultra conservative nation the only one to bar women from getting behind the wheel a royal decree announced on state television said the ban would be lifted in june in the meantime a committee will be formed to work out how to implement that to create it came as something of a surprise well find out why its been issued at this time for us this report. The streets of saudi arabia have long been a battleground on one hand women wanting to drive on the other the religious conservatives who have called them too stupid their mobility a threat to society now it is the women who have won. King solomon has issued a decree giving them the right to apply for driving license