you can t keep approaching the problem, you know, by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. another conservative mp calls on the prime minister to resign over downing street lockdown parties. and former cabinet minister andrea leadsom criticises him for unacceptable failures of leadership. mega chippy. and the once humble chip shop in coventry, that s now at tiktok sensation. there are calls today to give more children in england free school meals to help tackle the cost of living crisis. teaching unions say all children from families on universal credit should be eligible forfree meals as part of an urgent expansion of the scheme. the cost of food, fuel and other goods has surged in recent months, pushing inflation to a ao year high. here s our education correspondent, elaine dunkley. more children than ever are coming through the doors. at capacity. we opened 11 minutes ago, we ve only got a small room, we are going to be busy. at this free half term
into lockdown parties at his government offices. i missed a speaker, i ve humbled and i missed a speaker, i ve humbled and i have i missed a speaker, i ve humbled and i have learned a lesson. i missed a speaker, i ve humbled and i have learned a lesson. the investigation blamed senior leadership for a series of alcohol fuelled parties at downing street that broke covid lockdown rules. and the ousted pakistani prime minister, imran khan, urges his supporters to occupy islamabad demanding fresh elections. live from our studios in singapore. this is bbc news, it s newday. it s six in the morning in singapore, and five pm in texas where there s a profound sense of loss and grief, after 21 people were killed yesterday during a shooting at an elementary school. it s the worst such attack in 10 years. 19 of the victims were children between the ages of 7 and 10. one was a 10 year old boy who loved to dance. another was a girl who died while trying to call the police. the 18 y
Western governments seem to be in no doubt that president Bashir Al Assad is responsible for what appears to be a deadly Chemical Weapons attack in Idlib Province which has killed dozens of people including at least eleven children and injured hundreds more. The foreign secretary Boris Johnson said if proved then it is a war crime. The Un Security Council is holding an Emergency Meeting tomorrow to discuss the attack. If assad is the culprit, something the Syrian Regime denies, then it is surely evidence that he believes he can act with impunity not least because russia is his ally, and the white house has recently stated its priority is not removing assad but defeating is. But today the white house pointed the finger of blame at barak obama saying that these heinous actions are a consequence of the last administrations weakness and irresolution. President obama said in 2012 he would establish a red line against the use of Chemical Weapons and then he did nothing. Before we discuss the
a little or no rain around. it could well brighten up and warm up in the south east of scotland but again, sunshine for england and wales, some fair weather cloud and temperatures reaching 20 or 21 celsius. a little bit cooler perhaps around some of those north sea coasts. so, we ve got some decent weather on the whole for this weekend and not a great deal of change into next week. many places still dry with some sunshine, more cloud in the far north, and this is where we re more likely to have some rain at times.