at a campaign event. six men are found guilty for taking part in a series of robberies and burglaries including a 5.5 million diamond encrusted tiara. come on, cam! cameron norrie battles against djokovic for a place in the wimbledon final. we ll have the latest from sw19 at 5:30pm. and coming up on the film review later this hour, find out why mark kermode loves a new british film about a man who built his own robot. that s at 5:45pm. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, has confirmed he ll be standing in the contest to take on the leadership of the conservative party and the country. mr sunak launched his leadership bid in the last hour. hejoins tom tugendhat and the attorney general for england and wales, suella braverman, in putting his hat in the ring. the announcement isn t a surprise. he s been tipped as a possible successorfor some time. mr sunak quit hisjob on tuesday evening, shortly after the health secretary, triggering a tsunami of resignations from boris johnson
former advisor to hillary clinton. welcome to the programme. it s been one year since the taliban seized power in the afghan capital kabul. the world watched in shock, as the country s government collapsed. thousands of afghan citizens and foreigners fearing taliban rule descended onto kabul airport, hoping to leave, some clinging onto planes. for the taliban and its supporters, today is a national holiday and a day of celebration for them, but not for everyone. we know that for those left behind, the humanitarian situation is dire. 95% of the population do not have enough food to eat. and more than a million children under the age of five sufferfrom prolonged malnutrition. before the taliban takeover, international aid accounted for 80% of the afghan state budget. but countries don t want to legitimise taliban rule so that aid has been cut off. this is the un. we are talking about the chronically half of the population, 20 million people, in constant need of some sort
sir salman rushdie, who s now on a ventilator, after being stabbed on stage in the us state of new york. more extreme heat is expected in the southern half of the uk over the next two days. that, as experts also warn england s drought could last into the next year. travel disruption after thousands of train drivers from nine rail companies go on strike across the uk today. it s the latest walk out in a row over pay and conditions. now on bbc news talking business with aaron heslehurst. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. they re the most powerful group of shoppers in the world. but can the american consumer save the world from recession as gas prices, food prices and interest rates rise? i m going to be taking the temperature of the american shopper and ask if it s still true that when america sneezes, the world catches a cold. i m going to be discussing all of that with th
but milder underneath that cloud. showery outbreaks of rain starting to approach western scotland and western wales. by the time we get to the end of the night and our weather front starts to move further eastwards as we head throughout sunday. so some rain arriving for central southern scotland, also towards cornwall as we head towards the end of the day, it s very windy tomorrow. gusts of wind towards irish sea coast of around a0 to 50 miles an hour. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. borisjohnson says policy is more important than personality as he faces renewed calls to quit from conservative backbenchers after the party lost two by elections. police in norway say they re treating a shooting at a gay nightclub as an act of extreme islamist terrorism. abortion clinics start to close in the us after a supreme court ruling removed american women s constitutional right to abortion. more calls from the taliban for international support to deal with the aftermath of the ea