Persistent rain gathers over northern ireland, scotland and Northern England towards the end of the net. A much fresher night, temperatures down into the low teens. For sunday, daytime, stilla bit of rain to come across the northern half of the uk. Perhaps shelter regions across the north east of england not faring quite so badly, but some of those showers across northern scotland could be particularly heavy. A windy day across the board. Gusts particular strong to the ly of high ground. There are no temperatures, 20 at best. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines british tourists are set to be allowed to travel to European Countries including spain, france and greece without having to quarantine on their return. The motion in carried and they have agreed to nominate Deputy Michael martin to be taoiseach. Ireland swears in its new prime minister, micheal martin, as the countrys two largest parties, fianna fail and fine gael, form a coalition for the first time. A man who stabbed six pe
Man, Brendan Clarke smith. Hes giving his full reaction to a calamitous day in politics. Another vote on rwanda in the commons. Is it rwanda or bust for rishi sunak . People. The vultures are circling. Our leadership challenges coming through 40 letters now apparently in of no confidence on rishi sunak and a 23 point poll deficit to the labour party, that poll dropped just about an hour and a quarter ago. Let us know what you think. Use your ways. Vaiews gbnews. Com. Should they just get rid of rishi sunak and try for a new leader, or is it just too late and the party needs to stand unhed . And the party needs to stand united . Let me know what your thoughts are. But first, its time for your latest news headunes time for your latest News Headlines with sofia wenzel. Headlines with sofia wenzel. Thanks, martin. Good afternoon. Its 3 02. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your top story this hour. The government has started to identify which Illegal Mi
abroad for safety. evan s friends collect and translate letters of support for him from all over the world, helping keep his spirits up and their own. evan is not a spy. evan is a journalist. and my greatest hope is that evan is released as soon as possible and can go home, can go back to work and go back to his family, can come and spend time with all of us again, as he should be doing right now. that s the greatest hope. the conditions in the camp have declined seriously. the barracks have black mold. but paul whelan is now facing his fifth christmas as a prisoner. are you worried that there s going to be another deal that you re going to be left behind again? yeah, i am worried that there ll be a deal to leave me here. with each case, my case is going to the back of the line that s being left in the dust. it is russia that put him here, but paul whelan wants america to push harder to get him home. sarah rainsford, bbc news. some breaking news. the irish government has deci
let s turn to ireland where us presidentjoe biden has been meeting with leading politicians and is now on his way to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament it s been an extremely busy day for the president. he set off to parliament from farmleigh house in dublin after meeting with the irish prime minister leo varadkar. while in the grounds of farmleigh, he watched a gaelic sport demonstration by local children. inside, the taoiseach praised american leadership since the russian invasion of ukraine last year. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. there really is an opportunity to make serious progress. notjust because of the accords we have signed, 25 years ago, but in terms of the way you lead ireland and ireland is moving in a way that is taking its place in the world and i think it feels so good to be able to have this merging and stronger relation between the united states and ireland. this mornin
we still, of course, work out the detail of the inquiry, but we are still. it is still sinking in, to be honest. charges of attempted rape and assault are dropped against manchester united footballer mason greenwood, after a key witnesses withdraws involvement. the oil giant shell reports record annual profits of £32 billion the highest in its 115 year history. and a watchdog urges landlords to act now after tens of thousands of homes were found to have serious damp and mould issues. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 3.5 to 4% their highest level since 2008. the increase will leave millions of households facing higher mortgages at a time when many are already struggling with energy and food bills. the bank also says the uk will enter recession, but it won t be as severe as they predicted last year. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, has been speaking with our economics editor, faisal islam. we th