and the prime minister even dodged a vote on borisjohnson s conduct. so our big question this morning how is rishi sunak faring in numberten? we sat down in the number ten garden to talk about the rebellion in russia, more staff for the nhs, and how on earth thousands of families are going to pay their mortgages. what s the alternative? labour s lisa nandy is with us from salford. to make sense of what is going on in russia none better than steve rosenberg, our editor there. # never going to give you up #. and it s sunday. there s always room for a bit of light relief. the reluctant star of this year s glastonbury, rick astley, on whether he is cool at last. morning, morning. it s a big day. the first time we ve sat down to talk to rishi sunak at length since january. he s keen to talk about his plan for staff in the nhs. we were keen to put your big questions on the economy. but the last 2a hours have reminded everyone we live in an unpredictable world. here are the pict
match finely balanced. - in for a thrilling day. the test match finely balanced. goodl in for a thrilling day. the test - match finely balanced. good morning. you have heard of shrinkflation, have you heard of drinkflation? some breweries are bringing down alcohol content to save money on tax. eltonjohn elton john appears at eltonjohn appears at glastonbury and it could be his last concert. it couldn t be a more perfect ending to play in britain. they have all these so kind at glastonbury and i m really looking forward to it. thundery downpours are pushing north eastwards. on either side, sunshine and showers. some of those will be heavy and thundery. i will have the details later. it s tuesday, the 20th ofjune. a massive search and rescue operation is under way for a small submarine that went missing during an expedition to explore the wreck of the titanic at the bottom of the atlantic. five people are on board, including the british billionaire hamish harding. the sub has e
should not continue. british airways halts sales of tickets on short haul flights from heathrow for a week as disruption for travellers continues. mps are calling for non surgical cosmetic procedures like botox and fillers to be better regulated. welcome to bbc news. the leader of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri, has been killed in an american drone strike in afghanistan. al zawahiri was one of the masterminds behind the september 11th attacks against the united states in 2001. after years of tracking him, the cia targeted him with two missiles from a drone flying above the afghan capital kabul, killing him instantly. announcing the strike, president biden said the killing would bring closure to families of the nearly 3,000 victims of the 9/11 attacks. it comes nearly a year after the us s chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan, as our washington correspondent nomia iqbal reports. after decades, america has killed one of its most wanted terrorists. my fellow americans, on saturday,