order an investigation into whether the home secretary broke the ministerial code. suella braverman was accused of asking civil servants to help her avoid taking part in a group speed awareness course after she was caught speeding. mr sunak says he has consulted with the independent advisor on ministerial interests and was advised that on this occasion, further investigation is not necessary, and said he did not believe the matter amounted to a breach of the ministerial code. live now to our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, at westminster. this has broken the last half an hour or so, what more has the prime minister and for her part suella braverman had to say? in minister and for her part suella braverman had to say? in some ways it is that what braverman had to say? in some ways it is that what the braverman had to say? in some ways it is that what the home braverman had to say? in some ways it is that what the home secretary i it is that what the home s
hello, i m helena humphrey, great to have you with us. we begin with the us presidential race. florida governor ron desantis becoming the latest republican to launch his bid for the party s 2024 presidential nomination, and the chance to challenge sitting democratjoe biden. on wednesday, debuting this campaign video in a bid to position himself as a donald trump style conservative without the drama. mr desantis is widely seen as donald trump s main republican rival in the race for the white house. but the former president remains the dominant force in the republican party. now, ron desantis announcement itself wasn t a suprise, but the wayhe made it was unorthodox a conversation on twitter spaces with elon musk. here s some of what mr desantis said. i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. we know our country is going in the wrong direction, we see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones, our southern border has collapsed, d
happening right now, sentencing is under way for oathkeeper s founder stewart rhodes for his part in the capitol riots, and we will find out the time he is going to get for seditious conspiracy. and ron desantis has a huge gap to close against donald trump and we hear about the plan he has to try to close it. and a man is able to walk for the first time in decades, and we have the latest of what is helping him to do it. this is noouz. this is cnn news central. negotiators are working 24/7 to get a deal on the debt limit as the treasury department is warning that the u.s. could default one week from today. this is what house speaker kevin mccarthy said in the last hour. every hour matters, and this is why the white house is meeting on this, and why last night, the team they have is very professional and very bright. they know where the differences are, and how to work on this. as the talks are playing out, the house will recess today and head home for the weekend,
home secretary did not break ministerial rules in the way she handled a speeding offence last year. the baby boy murdered by his parents on christmas day three years ago it s emerged finley boden was returned to them more quickly than social workers wanted. and welcome to the world of unified football where players with intellectual disabilities are part of the team. and coming up on bbc news. valencia are punished with a five match partial stadium closure over the racial abuse suffered by real madrid s vinicius junior this weekend. good afternoon. inflation the rate that prices are going up has fallen below 10% for the first time since last august. in the year to march, inflation was 10.1%. figures out today show that last month it slowed down to 8.7%. so prices are still rising but at a slower rate than before. part of the reason for that is a drop in the wholesale cost of energy though food price inflation is still close to a as year high. here s our economics
hello and welcome. there been an appeal for calm in the welsh capital, cardiff, after two teenage boys died in a traffic accident last night. the incident was followed by a riot in the ely area of the city. the two boys who died have been named locally as 16 year old kyrees sullivan and 15 year old harvey evans. bbc verify has verified cctv video appearing to show a police van following two people on either a moped or electric bike apparently minutes before a crash in which two teenagers died. the team at bbc verify has been taking a look at some of the footage that s been circulating following the riots. they ve verified the following cctv video which appears to show a police van following two people on a bike or moped apparently minutes before the crash which killed two teenage boys. live now to our correspondent in the newsroom, nick. we are expecting a news conference had to get more detail from police but bring us up to speed what we know so far. we but bring us up to sp