archie battersbee s parents apply to the european court of human rights to try to postpone the removal of his life support, which was due to begin today. a review has found former met police chief, dame cressida dick, may have breached professional standards during an investigation into the murder of the private detective daniel morgan. the delivery of ballots for the conservative leadership election is delayed, after the security agency gchq warned that cyber hackers could change people s votes. another hosepipe ban is on the way, after all the hot dry weather more than a million people will be affected in kent and sussex. hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. foreign ministers from the g7 have said there is nojustification for what they called china s aggressive military drills in the taiwan strait. the exercises which are taking place over the next four days from tomorrow are in response to a visit to taiwan by the speaker of the us house of representatives
christian dean. in is developing assessment to the biggest names in this party. search as a way to win back the white house in 2024. dana bash is going to bring but in-depth dresses with a preview. it s really fascinating, the governor talk to you, a very scary health scare he had recently. yeah. not something you would expect from someone as young as he has. he just turned 48. he almost died. we talked about that in the context of how it changed his perspective on things. take a listen. i think i thought i had covid. about a week. i thought, yeah, holiday weekend of labor day. it s coming up. i better get this checked out. sure enough, i ve been bleeding inside all week. i depleting also, island a third of my blood level. they had to start the transfusions a mediately. again, i thought i had the flu or covid. next again oh, i have for transfusions over 24 hours. they save me.
facing deliberately heightened military threats, taiwan will not back down, she says. we will firmly uphold our nation s sovereignty and continue to hold the line of defence for democracy. just on the other side of the taiwan strait, on the mainland, china s state media is projecting an air of confidence, leaving these locals and coastal areas feeling calm. i leaving these locals and coastal areas feeling calm. areas feeling calm. i am not worried- areas feeling calm. i am not worried. we areas feeling calm. i am not worried. we are areas feeling calm. i am not worried. we are used - areas feeling calm. i am not worried. we are used to - areas feeling calm. i am not worried. we are used to the j areas feeling calm. i am not - worried. we are used to the taiwan strait crisis. the atmosphere has been like this for years. the conflict may happen at any time, but it s not a high probability. if it really happens, we willjust accept it. really happens, we will ust accept it. . , i
up up next, a potential $4.5 billion support package that would label the island a key us ally, leading, perhaps, to more trouble for us china relations on the horizon. celia hatton, bbc news. let s speak to victor gao, a former diplomat and chinese government advisor. the visit had been ill advised, so why did nancy pelosi go ahead? she has had why did nancy pelosi go ahead? sue: has had a why did nancy pelosi go ahead? 51g: has had a long standing interest in the region, she has been a critic of china for a long time and a supporter of taiwan. this visit was meant to happen earlier in the year, but nancy pelosi got co video at that time. i think she is coming perhaps to the end of her time as speaker, she may not hold that post