the new italian government has been sworn in, giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister and its first far right leader since the second world war. they won last month s collection with just over a quarter of the vote. she will had a right wing car didn t coalition. she sought to be sure western allies that italy s foreign policy won t change. bloomberg s political correspondent talk to us about the challenges they will be facing. there are plenty measures that require urgent attention. like the government position on the russian invasion of ukraine, but also tackling inflation, and giving italians a clear view and understanding of what her government will be like. as of now, everyone has been left guessing, whether she will be a far right politician, or a more compromising leader. european partners, starting from emmanuel mccrone, have been questioning the change of leadership in the m
president s predecessor is mysteriously let out of the rule by officials. hello and welcome to bbc world news. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure the public support of 100 tory mps that s the number needed to enter the race to be the next conservative leader and prime minister. but he s yet to announce publicly whether he will bid for the top job after losing to liz truss last month. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from a caribbean holiday, as his supporters claim he too has 100 mps backing him, although others have said this is hogwash. at the same time, two sources have told the bbc that a meeting between rishi sunak and borisjohnson has been taking place tonight. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. 0ur political correspondent, damian grammaticas, has more. are you running for the leadership? he was tight lipped this morning, but rishi sunak clearly has a well of support among conservat
today and the concert series brought to us by our friends. welcome to the center square today. good morning to both of you. i m pumped up and ready to go! and you are heading to west point after this. i am headed to west point. you haven t had any free food on friday, have you? there s never food on your set! this the first time. on a our summer concert series,we ves boisterous son, out on the veranda. what are you making for the crowd today? we are making you guys some skirt steak street corn tacos, and john has salsa going on there. if you re from the south, we call it chimchurra, but it s really chimichurri. this is mixed in with corn bread and eggs, we will dial it up from barbecue sauce with our buddies at leas. a bacon wrap because we no you live everything bacon wrapped. and that s what you call a fatty, it s a big burrito where the tortilla is baked. you can roll it out and stuff it, roll it up, bacon-weave it, cut it up and eat it. and we ve g
cabinet it s time to focus on the issues they were elected on, a day after winning a confidence vote. uber teams up with the united nations, by using its ride hailing app to deliver emergency food and water to ukraine. and revealed to the world after three centuries, the shipwreck of a historic gallion, carrying billions of dollars of sunken treasure. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. three weeks after the school shooting in texas, there are signs that some, very limited, gun control measures could be adopted by congress. the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell says he hopes for a deal addressing mental health and school security. in regard to the ongoing issue about violence, the senator is representing our side in discussions with senator murphy and we are hoping to actually get an outcome that will make a difference in areas of mental health, school safety and things that are related to the incidents
by the pips, and my favourite pip is always the last one because it s extended. and artificial intelligence goes bird spotting and in the quest for greener energy, omar discovers a tasteless fluid cold water. it goes in your mouth and then disappears? this book was. writing this much. we are back and it s brilliant. after an unbelievable three years, the hay festival is back to its full glory. gathering together authors and thinkers, bookworms and those with the writing bug. it s all the same to me, ijust like writing, can t stop. it s so good to be back and this year especially is a really special year. not only is the queen celebrating 70 years on the throne but the bbc is celebrating 100 years on air. we thought we d put on a show to talk about some of the technology the bbc has been instrumental in developing. we talked sound and vision with our brilliant panel. placing sounds around this microphone. 1922, the idea that the bbc had to make programming that would inform, e