of course sadly, of death. the newly elected leader of the democratic unionist party accuses the eu of using northern ireland as a play thing to punish the uk for brexit saying it s playing fast and loose with the peace process. neighbours reunited the leaders of australia and new zealand meet for talks for the first time in 15 months after coronavirus border restrictions are lifted between the two countries. a new nationalflagship is to be commissioned by the government in a bid to boost british trade and industry overseas. good afternoon. the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi says the government will be cautious, and look at all the data, before deciding whether to end covid restrictions in england next month. his comments came as the chief executive of nhs providers said very, very few coronavirus patients in hospital in england have received two covid jabs, showing the vaccines provide very high levels of protection. but he warned hospitals are dealing with a heav
some very big contrasts in our weather across the uk today. in the north, very cloudy from argyll and bute. rain bearing clouds, some of it spreading south was across the uk. in the south, it is actually a completely different story. we ve got a clear skies and you can see the clear weather across the south coast of england, east anglia and the south east, whereas here there is a weather front which, at the moment, it s pretty much crossing the irish sea, the worst of the weather around cumbria, lancashire, parts of northern wales. this is where it will be through the early afternoon. it has been such a dry end to the spring that this rainfall is welcome, particularly welcome in the south. the trouble is, even once the south. the trouble is, even once the rain does reach southern areas this evening and overnight, the weather front reigns itself out, so weather front reigns itself out, so we have spits and spots left. at the weekend isjust we have spits and spots left. at the
south tyneside has been held by the labour party, 28 seats, the number needed for a majority but 15 have been taken by independent candidates and the 11 seats to the green party. we knew the greens were doing well, but look at that, labour losing ten and the independent party is gaining nine and the tories losing one and we will try to get to the bottom of what has gone on for quite a dramatic shift, so that ll be interesting and we will try to get to the bottom of that in the next a while after the news and i will say welcome to mark harper, the transport secretary who has just joined us and jonathan reynolds is still here and sarah olney from the liberal democrats and we will talk to you in a while. let s tell you where things have got to in the total tally. where things have got to in the totaltally. labour where things have got to in the total tally. labour have a9, gaining one and the conservatives 19, losing 15. the lib dems 16. one and the conservatives 19, losing 15.
international monetary fund for the inner statement we heard them say this is going to help, a bold move that would help stabilise the economy and set the basis for more sustainable and private sector led growth. the first group we have seen by the newly appointed economy minister and when mrjavier milei be sworn in as president on sunday. it has been quick. a huge roof. whenjavier milei huge roof. when javier milei came huge roof. whenjavier milei came into office he promised shock measures. he walked around with a chainsaw promising that is going to indicate the spending cuts and tax cuts he was promising. seen as a libertarian and very ultralight leader. this is the first of the measures. other measures announced as they will cut transport and fuel subsidies and cutting any spending by the government on advertising. huge reforms and all of this as part of living up all of this as part of living up to those campaign pledges made byjavier milei. one of the most controversial
while india s growth story is strong, but inflation has been a sticking point, and on friday last week, the central bank also did not change the key interest rate, kept it on the higher side, showing its concern on the rising food prices. so that is something the government keenly wants to contain, and after the export curbs were announced last friday, the wholesale prices of onions did see some crashing down but this certainly has not left the exporters very happy. onions are so important to indian cooking aren t they? we saw the response from the farmers, who blocked that highway, what has the response from ordinary people been? well, onion prices have actually gone up substantially since last year, they are almost double. it is a kitchen staple in india and it is also a political subject across states in india, that is why the government is keenly focused on that. there are certainly has been a respite in prices, but most of it will reflect only in coming days when it move