a u turn for tory leadership contender liz truss, dropping regional pay plans for millions of public sector workers. one of america s most wanted man, ayman al zawahiri, an architect of the 9/11 attacks is killed in a us drone strike. needs a good solid dismount, double front somersault with a half turn. what a performance from joe fraser. and the 23 year old hometown favourite takes his third gold medal at the commonwealth in birmingham. and coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel. an emotional win for wales at the commonwealth games here in birmingham as they beat england to gold in a thrilling final of the men s pair bowls. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the energy company bp has reported its second highest quarterly profit in its history. between april and june, the firm made a profit of £6.9 billion, that s three times the amount for the same period last year. the company says its oil trading performance was exceptional and that it expects to pa
The Prime Minister, rishi sunak, said only the conservatives offer security and economic stability, while the Labour Leader, sir keir starmer, promised an end to what he called 14 years of decline and chaos under the tories. Nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. Lets get more from our Political Correspondent damian grammaticas. Enter the man who has staked everything on this gamble, calling an election now. Quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing, and he has a huge poll deficit to overcome. I want to build a britain, a country where you all can have confidence, restored confidence and pride in our communities, in our society and our nation. Earlier he had an admission hed promised deportation flights to rwanda. Now he says they will happen if he is elected. We have already started detaining people, we have hired the escorts, we have an airfield on standby and we have booked the flights. All of that work is already ongoing and the
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In whats being seen as a key test of the partys ability to regain seats in scotland. With a larger than expected swing of 20. 4 , labours Michael Shanks secured just under 18,000 votes, more than double the total for the snps katy loudon, who came second. The by election was triggered by the removal of the snps margaret ferrier, after she broke covid lockdown rules. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon was at the count. Welcome to scotlands newest mp, Michael Shanks fix, welcome to scotlands newest mp, Michael Shanks Michael Shanks a striking victory in what was Michael Shanks a striking victory in what was a Michael Shanks a striking victory in what was a marginal Michael Shanks a striking victory in what was a marginal seat, Michael Shanks a striking victory in what was a marginal seat, with the victorious labour candidate notching up a majority of more than 9000 votes, his party describing it as a seismic and historic win. The . A as a seismic and historic win. They said that we