in 2013, benedict became the first pope in six centuries to resign. the united states is the latest country to consider entry restrictions for travellers from china due to soaring covid infection rates after beijing relaxed containment measures this month. here in the uk, the family of cody fisher, who was stabbed to death at a club in birmingham on monday, say their hearts are broken. and building model plane kits for a new generation of fans we report on the revival of a classic hobby. hello, and welcome. we start this hour with a special report from ukraine from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where on tuesday, the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea and, because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month in a significant gain for ukrainian troops. b
financial markets spooked by downing street s economic plan. us vice president kamala harris is set to travel to south korea as she continues her asian tour. she s expected to visit the demilitarised zone hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the writer and broadcaster mihir bose and the sun s political and environment correspondent natasha clark. welcome back. same stories still dominating come of that for us us to look a0 minutes ago, different papers this time, though. squeaky fun time is the main headline mayor you can see and the sun, which reports that britain s pension funds nearly saved from having to sell many of their assets by the bank of england s intervention. xpress it was a day of turmoil on the markets again, quoting ministers who say the tax cut budget was still the right plan. the eft focuses on the bank of england £65 billion plan to buy government debt and has a chart showing how that move b
of the evidence in these hearings. big news out of madrid tonight where turkey has given the green the light to finland and swedens membership of nato. it stretches nato s border with russia, and significantly bolsters europe s eastern flank and is this a 1937 moment, the head of the british army says the uk is under prepared to meet the renewed challenge from russia. tonight with the context, former adviser to hillary clinton amanda renteria the former uk national security adviser lord peter ricketts and former federal prosecutorjoe moreno. hello and welcome to the programme. in the last few hours we have heard some of the most stunning testimony from the january 6th committee. cassidy hutchinson, a senior aide to the white house chief of staff, has given evidence that former president trump and his senior aides not only knew there were plans to march on the capitol onjan 6th, they knew days before of the potential for violence. and ahead of the speech on the elipse that
after a dry start for many, showers will develop. some of the heaviest this time more likely in parts of eastern england, particularly stretching from northumberland down to about norfolk, temperatures are still ranging from the high teens in the west to the low 20s in the ease and, like for the last few days. we start the weekend still with low pressure in charge. a band of rain pushing is, followed by more showers. it s going to be a blustery day with some sunny spells between the showers and, in the sunshine, not feeling bad. temperatures i7 the showers and, in the sunshine, not feeling bad. temperatures 17 or 18 in the west, low 20s further east. high pressure is set to built in, which should settle the weather down for the weekend next week, and it should start to get warmer, with temperatures for some which in the mid 20s. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at six on thursday 30th june. you can keep up to date with all today s stories on the bbc website. now on bbc1, it
at downing street. at the height of coronavirus lockdowns, people in the uk were banned from socialising, or even attending funerals because of the pandemic. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. on the show today we have gotjohn micklethwait, editor in chief at bloomberg. we are taking a look at a new podcast that charts the rise of reality tv with one of the co hosts, pandora sykes. and, wagatha christie how can we not talk about it? and we have got one of the key players here in the whole drama, simon boyle, who is the executive editor of the sun and their bizarre column, which is a0 this weekend. he faced significant pressure to stand as a witness. simon, i have got to ask, who would play you in the movie? it s funny, we actually had this conversation in the office. what is the answer? well, my hairline is going rather quickly, probably from the stress of thisjob, so ross kemp was mooted. that is harsh. martin compston would suit me. great. and the other person we hav