Good morning, welcome to breakfast with chris mason and rachel burden. Our headlines today as a british iranian woman jailed in tehran for spying begins a Hunger Strike, her husband stages his own demonstration outside the Iranian Embassy. It comes amid rising tensions between the two countries over attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman. A transatlantic row over a series of violent deaths in london donald trump launches a twitter attack on the citys mayor sadiq khan. Exposed the illegal trade in rare eels from britians rivers to the far east. Tyson fury has wowed the american audience in las vegas, donning the stars and stripes to convinvingly beat the previously undefeated tom schwarz in the second round of their heavyweight contest. And were with the next generation of cricketers ahead of todays world cup match between pakistan and india. Its sunday the 16th ofjune. Our top story iran has complained to britains ambassador in the country after the uk government accused it of
Sunak. Were asking all of those very Big Questions as. Sunak. Were asking all of those very Big Questions as. And as very Big Questions as. And as even very Big Questions as. And as ever, this show is absolutely nothing without you and your views. Let me know your thoughts on all of the stories well be discussing today by visiting gbnews. Com forward slash yours. Join that conversation there or message us on our socials. Were gbnews first of all though, heres the news with ray addison i thanks, darren. Good afternoon. 12 01 of our top stories. Sir keir starmer says the tories dont deserve to be in government for a moment longer. Thats after rishi sunak lost hundreds of councillors in the local elections, 102 of 107 councils have declared so far , councils have declared so far, with labour making major gains and the lib dems and the greens also doing well. Election expert sir john curtice says the final outcome could be the tories worst performance for 40 years, celebrating a mayoral vi
Well be discussing the tory party. Is it the end . As we know it . And if you are a fan of married at first sight, you will not want to miss star florist rosalind darlington, also known as ros. But before we get started, lets get your latest. News. Very good afternoon to you. Its just gone 3 00. And the top story this afternoon. Afternoon. Labour sources say they are confident that sadiq khan has won the mayoral contest in london. Thats despite the battle with conservative challenger susan hall being said to be closer than previously expected. Well, the count is well underway and so far mayor khan has won the five of six london boroughs due to declare susan hall has won just one of those officials have asked candidates to arrive at city hall for 430 this afternoon. So we can expect to have a declaration soon after that. We will bring that to you here on gb news. In total, seven contests are being announced today, with labour already retaining Liverpool City Region and south yorkshire.
It. I cant bear it. I cant bear it. All the more reason we should go to the pubs regularly. Yeah. Dont need many more reasons to, but let us know your thoughts this morning on all of our talking email us gb our talking points. Email us gb views. Gbnews. Com. But first, views. At gbnews. Com. But first, here the very latest news here is the very latest news with lisa hartle. Good morning. With lisa hartle. Good morning. Its 931. Im lisa hartle in the newsroom. Bbc channel 4 and the newsroom. Bbc channel 4 and Production Company bannau uk have launched internal investigate actions following Sexual Assault allegations against comedian Russell Brand. Against comedian Russell Brand. It comes after four women made separate allegations of Sexual Assault while brand was at the height of his popularity. Assault while brand was at the height of his popularity. The 48 height of his popularity. The 48 year old has been accused of rape and Sexual Assaults between 2006 and 2013. Russell brand denies
A very twisted way of looking at the world were talking about the capacity to kill millions tens of millions hundreds of millions of people and thats not strength in my opinion thats thats weakness thats based on fear and thats based on an inability to to solve problems peacefully solve problems by talking and you know i think the escalation here both the threat of escalation in terms of an actual Nuclear Exchange but also in terms of a new arms race i think these are really Dangerous Things and no one strong no one no ones going to emerge from that in a good position now rick some u. S. Senators have written an open letter to President Trump ahead of the doctrines release blaming him for undermining attempts at Nuclear Disarmament would you agree with his position. Yes im not im not one hundred percent familiar with the contents of the letter but generally yes i think that president transpositions have. Worked to undermine Nuclear Disarmament weve seen the ongoing refusal of the Unite