experiences its biggest ever outbreak of avian flu. good morning from birmingham, where england are celebrating a double diving gold one for the team s teenage star at her first commonwealth games and another for the most experienced diver retaining his title. it s friday the 5th of august. our main story. a hosepipe ban will come into force in parts of southern england later today, as recent extreme temperatures and a lack of rainfall continue to put pressure on waterways and water supplies. southern water said the move, which affects the isle of wight and parts of hampshire, was a vital step . other bans will follow later in the month in kent, sussex and parts of wales. zoe conway has this report. i ve actually used the hosepipe more. frances and john are neighbours, friends, and very keen gardeners. from today, people living here near alresford in hampshire will be banned from using a hosepipe in their gardens. frances, do you think people will follow the rules? absolut
political thinking helps to shape ours. once again, london and brussels are at loggerheads. once again come row between the uk and the eu is about the status of northern ireland. once again, politics in belfast is deadlocked, with unionists refusing to share power with sinn fein. my guess is someone whose life and career is based on your refusal to take sides in the political battle to stop it is a decision that has paid dividends for naomi long, who leads the alliance party, which won a record number of seats in the recent elections. brought up in one of the most fiercely loyal as parts of east belfast, she insisted that politics should not be defined by whether you want northern ireland to stay in the uk ought instead to be united with the rest of ireland. but does she and her party really represent anything more than simply none of the above? naomi long, from belfast, welcome to political thinking. hi there. do you everfind welcome to political thinking. hi there. do you e
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new reporting about what he told jack smith team about the pressure from his former boss. and 12 more hostages released from hamas. what happens now as the temporary truce is expected to expire. and then, nikki haley scores a major endorsement, i needs to clinch the nomination. the state of the race with the first primaries quickly approaching, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. great to be back here at 30 rockefeller center. and we re starting this evening s broadcast with special counsel jack smith and his election interference case against donald trump, which is headed to trial, ready for this, in just about three months. now there is new reporting about what trump s former vice president told smith investigator about the days after the 2020 election leading up to the riot at the capitol. abc news reporting that pence gave smith s team several details about how trump, quote, surrounded himself wit
night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. great to be back here at 30 rockefeller center. and we re starting this evening s broadcast with special counsel jack smith and his election interference case against donald trump, which is headed to trial, ready for this, in just about three months. now there is new reporting about what trump s former vice president told smith investigator about the days after the 2020 election leading up to the riot at the capitol. abc news reporting that pence gave smith s team several details about how trump, quote, surrounded himself with crank attorneys who espoused on american legal theories and almost pushed the country towards a constitutional crisis. abc says pence told the feds he was sure that days before january 6th, he told trump he still had not seen significant election fraud. but trump was unmoved. abc also reports that at one point pence had even decided to skip the generous six certification vote before his son co