i never felt something like this and ijust want to say a big thanks to the crowd for the support, it was unbelievable all these two weeks. cheering chanting. protesters in sri lanka storm the president s official residence over the handling of the country s worst economic crisis in decades. the country s prime minister says he s willing to stand down. elon musk is threatened with legal action after pulling out of a £36.5 billion deal to buy twitter. and go for it all. naomi campbell gives her advice on modelling and motherhood after being awarded an honorary doctorate for her impact on globalfashion. one of the candidates tipped to be a possible frontrunner in the conservative leadership contest has ruled himself out. the defence secretary ben wallace said it had not been an easy choice but his focus was on keeping the country safe. four mps have entered the race so far, including the former chancellor, rishi sunak. number ten has said his resignation was a real disappoin
thick enough on sunday to give some rain, not much, mind you. most of it will be across england and wales but it could prove to be hit and miss. further north, lots of dry weather and sunshine, the weather improving across northern england and north wales. not much rain across the far south of england stop looks like it is going to be quite warm, still, for the final at wembley. if there is going to be any rain it will not amount to much at all. looking at what is coming into next week and we see some more rain across the northern half of the uk to start the new month later in the week it should stop drier and brighter, but a little bit cooler. jane. thanks, darren. and that s bbc news at ten on friday the 29th ofjuly. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirsty wark, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are but,
for the last month. john so it has been a fierce advocate on this issue, and you will not want to miss what he has to say. that is coming up. but first, i want to start tonight with this really weird moment that happened last week at a house hearing. transportation secretary pete pitt a judge was testifying before the house committee, and as you would expect, for several hours, they discussed infrastructure. roads, railways, electric vehicles, energy prices, all the usual stuff. until one republican congressman on the committees suddenly took the transportation hearing off the rails. and that joke was for you, transport nerds. you re welcome. have a watch. we now have president biden in office for 18 months, and just recently, we now see the mainstream media questioning president biden s mental state and for good reason. sadly, he shakes hands with ghosts, and imaginary people. he falls off bicycles. even at the white house easter celebration, the easter bunny had to guid
transportation secretary pete buttigieg was testifying before the house committee, and as you would expect, for several hours, they discussed infrastructure. roads, railways, electric vehicles, energy prices, all the usual stuff. until one republican congressman on the committee suddenly took the transportation hearing off the rails. and that joke was for you, transport nerds. you re welcome. have a watch. we now have president biden in office for 18 months, and just recently, we now see the mainstream media questioning president biden s mental state and for good reason. sadly, he shakes hands with ghosts, and imaginary people. he falls off bicycles. even at the white house easter celebration, the easter bunny had to guide him back into his safe place. cue cards that say sit here, or and the speech, which he actually states, that is, if he stays awake. so my question for you is, sir, have you spoken with any other cabinet members about implementing the 25th amendment on pre
the pollution of our planet and the changes that we are forcing on nature. this is, as james said, one of the papers talking about nature fighting back here. trying to protect the planet from us. james, take us to the protect the planet from us. james, take us to the front protect the planet from us. james, take us to the front of protect the planet from us. james, take us to the front of your - protect the planet from us. james, take us to the front of your paper, | take us to the front of your paper, the independent, online these days, ministers told to rewrite climate emergency plan. this is an interesting story. i m quite surprised no one else has run with this. i believe it s friends of the earth mounting a court case against the government, and the justice today has declared that the governments have failed to outline sufficient details of their net zero policy, and i think that as they were saying about prince charles, this is incredibly timely. and jermaine. two