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Desert. Were building up to a massive showdown in riyadh. Bit of a grey start in places this morning. Some mist and low cloud around, but that should clear most of us brightening up and warming up. Just watch out for i or 2 heavy showers across parts of the south. Join me later for a full weekend forecast. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. Im Ellie Costello and im anne diamond and this is breakfast on gb news. And welcome back and thank you. Its so good to see you. Thank you very much. Its lovely to be back. So good to have you back. And the viewers are so excited to see you as well, john andrews, before we even came on air, left us a message on gbnews. Com yoursay saying celebration time, come on, lets celebrate and is back with a big line of party emojis and good morning ellie as well, says john with a thumbs up and jan bs beenin with a thumbs up and jan bs been in touch a minute ago saying welcome back and so very happy again. It wasnt a world cruise that again. I always get
Take the time you need to build trust. That, any peace negotiator will tell you, is the way to find a solution. This week on political thinking, my guest, the Health Secretary for england, victoria atkins, suggests it could be the way to find peace in the nhs, to end the strikes that have dogged the Health Service for more than a year. Its been a big week for her, when talks are starting once again with theJunior Doctors and after a new report highlighted the horrorfor some mothers and soon to be mothers of nhs Maternity Services, something she has some rather powerful experience of. Victoria atkins, welcome to political thinking. Thank you so much, pleasure to be here. Youve said when talking about Womens Health, youve said when talking about this searing indictment that we saw this week of maternity and childbirth services, this is personalfor you. Why so . Well, im a mum as well as the Secretary Of State for health. And i had my baby on the nhs, and i have a long history with the nh
Threaten to veto the countrys membership in nato. Slovakias interior minister says they believe the attacker had political motivation. New political motivation. New proposals could see schools in england banned from teaching students about gender identity. Students about gender identity. Vie. The governments review would also see all Sex Education halted for children under the age of nine. The Prime Minister ordered the review last year amid concerns some children were being exposed to inappropriate content, reports suggest parents will be provided samples of Sex Education content before lessons take place. Emergency measures take place. Emergency measures are now in place across england to deal with overcrowded prisons. It means defendants in Police Custody will remain there and will not be transferred to courts for bail hearings. The labour leader used todays Prime Ministers questions to reference a report saying high risk prisoners are being let out up to 70 days early without suffi
Be live from that Historic Site, and the prince of wales has issued a stark warning about a Global Medical problem that could kill 10 Million People by 2050. And thats all coming up between now and 6 00. When was the show always a delight to have your complete. So six steps. Its watsuki has launched today. Are they any good . Well have a full analysis, a full delve into them. Can those pledges be met or will it be hung by his own petard . Dont forget rishis five pledges became a millstone around the Prime Ministers neck. He was constantly judged to have failed. Will sir keir go the same way throughout the show, well have complete analysis of all of the days politics. We speak to Andrea Jenkins about her reaction to sir Keir Starmers plan. Plus, of course , starmers plan. Plus, of course, we asked him a very, very special and quite amusing question. We threw down a gauntlet to sir keir starmer. Did he accept a challenge . You have to wait and find out. Get in touch, use your waze gbnews