9,000 workers to walk out at fords largest plant in mid october. The tactic has been to play the auto makers against each other and, in this instance, the uaw may try to pressure stellantis to match an offer on the table. Well get a glimpse into what this means when gm and Ford Report Currently Earnings this week. In the past, the union have used pay and reports to fuel the argument that the companies can afford concessions to workers. Gm reports tuesday. Given wall street verse look at the impact of the strikes. Ford follows on thursday. Staying in the us, rumblings in the market appear to have concerned investors. The snp closing at its lowest since may, that has led to higher demand for government bonds, also called treasuries. Often viewed as a safe haven investment. Leading to a fall in the yield. A boost in demand pushes up prices leading to a fall in the yield, but that has bounced back amid concerns that the fed will continue to hike rates. I spoke to tim murray about the impli
our hostages released. senator tim scott announcing he is spinsding his presidential campaign. it s a surprise, but it s also not a surprise. i m going to hold on and keep working hard and look forward to other opportunities. chaos and finger pointing among house republicans as the u.s. barrels towards another spending dead laine. mike johnson unveiled an unconventional plan. whether all democrats will oppose this proposal. donald trump will launch his defense against him, his two adult sons and his business. the son back on the stand, they will continue to be the notion, what are we doing here? the defense has already concluded they are going to lose. good morning, everyone. there s a the lot of news to get to, but we start with this. this just in from israel s military. president the idf says another evacuation corridor has been opened today, even as fighting intensifies and the medical system collapses. some of the images you re about to see are disturb
the raid comes as a simmering conflict between israel and the lebanese armed group hezbollah risks turning into a wider regional war. the two sides have exchanged fire across the lebanon israel border in recent weeks. hezbollah says it is fighting israel to support hamas in gaza. un secretary general antonio guterres said there is real risk that the crisis on the israel lebanon border could escalate. one rash move, one miscalculation could trigger a catastrophe that goes far beyond the borders and, frankly, beyond imagination. let s be clear the people of the region and the people of the world cannot afford lebanon to become another gaza. on x, the head of the world health organization said more than 10,000 palestinians are in gaza need urgent medical attention. he added that since the closure of the rafah crossing on may 7, no patients have been evacuated from the gaza strip. the us military said on thursday that a temporary pier off the coast of gaza has been re anchored,
stonehenge this morning. thousands still celebrating the first sunrise following the solstice. while the sun stays here all day long, for some in the west there is change in the way. details on breakfast. good morning. it s friday, the 21st ofjune. lindsey burrow has told bbc breakfast that her husband rob made the world a better place to be. speaking for the first time since his death three weeks ago, she also revealed that rob left personal messages for their children, which she s not yet ready to hear. john maguire reports. rob and lindsey burrow married in 2006, having first met as teenagers. hello, girls. how was your day at school, my little princesses? since his diagnosis with motor neurone disease four and a half years ago, they faced the condition together as a couple and as a family. i couldn t put into wordsjust how proud i am of rob. i think he wasjust such an inspiration to so many people. he was the face of the mnd community for so many people and gave so many p
and to wales. finally, let s look at the lib dem leader, ed davey. this is what he said about his party s manifesto. we put forward a very detailed, costed manifesto, and it s got a big health and social care package at the centre. it is true to say that the lib dems are promising a lot of extra cash for the health service but there are some questions from experts. have a look at this from the nuffield trust again. the funding proposal appears to be insufficient. that s for their social care plan. secondly, the ifs on the manifesto as a whole there are clear risks that their package of tax measures wouldn t raise the money that they claim, which would make it harder to pay for some of those commitments. so, hopefully that was some useful context about some of the claims made last night. as ever, there is plenty more on the bbc website. sir keir starmer has promised to put scotland at the heart of government and provide thousands ofjobs in sectors such as engineering,