welcome to the programme. yes, worldwide condemnation today of the 25 year sentence handed to kremlin critic vladimir kara murza. extraordinary courage from a man who had already been poisoned twice and still refused to relent. also tonight, we ll head to france to get reaction to emmanuel macron s speech to the nation on those controversial pension reforms. the president s approval ratings at rock bottom. and freezing on the big stage elon musk s spacex postponing this afternoon the launch their biggest ever rocket, the starship, over problems with a pressure valve. jonathan amos will be here to tell you all about it. but we are going to start tonight with the problems piling up for rishi sunak. there was news today than 196,000 hospital appointments had to be cancelled because of the junior doctors strike in england last week, with more nursing strikes now scheduled for the may bank holiday. on top of that, we learnt today the prime minister is under investigation by the
next hour to tomorrow s blockbuster trial in delaware. fox news defending itself against extensive evidence it told viewers a story of conspiracy and fraud in the 2020 election it knew wasn t true. on the panel to discuss is brian lanza, who was a member of donald trump s transition team, and the former labour leader kesia dugdale, now director of thejohn smith centre in glasgow. in other trump related news, senior republicans have been in manhattan today to investigate the district attorney alvin bragg s performance on violent crime. that would be the same alvin bragg who two weeks ago indicted donald trump. we will get the thoughts of our panel on that, and maybe we will test them on their maths. rishi sunak announced today he is setting up a review to tackle the anti maths mindset. notjust a uk problem us schools have experienced a recent fall in standards, too. but let s begin in delaware. in his summaryjudgment issued before this trial gets under way tomorrow, the judg
degrees but for most of us, nowhere near that. the north east of scotland, much more fresh. 0n scotland, much more fresh. on sunday, showers will be widespread, especially across western and northern areas. again, the best weather on sunday will be reserved for east anglia, the south east and along the south coast of england but heavy showers possible in northern ireland, thunder and lightning are on the cards. bank holiday monday, we have high pressure towards the west but also a weather front is approaching scotland and that s going to introduce again cold air to the north but generally, not bad on the north but generally, not bad on the thermometer. i7 the north but generally, not bad on the thermometer. 17 in newcastle and up the thermometer. 17 in newcastle and up to 20 in the south. thanks, tomasz. and that s all from us. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. new guidance to tackle concussion, as experts tighten up how to handle head injuries for grassroot
submitted a bid to buy manchester united bbc sport understands that a rival bid was also tabled by ineos, owned by british billionaire, sirjim ratcliffe, before friday s deadline. you re watching bbc news. now its time for the last of albania s sworn virgins. it is mild but the westerly breeze is continuing. this cloud has a long way to travel but that will bring some rain tomorrow to scotland. that cloud streaming in on that westerly breeze but the best of the sunshine is on the far west of scotland although things here are a little bit colder. other parts of the country are seeing cloud, the cloud is taken up in the cloud across northern ireland and we still have the odd light shower in northern ireland and england where the cloud is struggling to break up. once again today, across east anglia and south east england. we have lighter winds across northern parts of the uk, on from otto, the winds are light out. those winds will ease overnight and the r