At the moment the uk spends about 2. 3 on defence so it will be interesting to see if John Healy the defence actually makes any mention of that at all, particularly given the wide economic context. We had from the Chancellor Rachel reeves this morning about public finances and the central labour we had in the Run Up to the election about them wanting to sustain fiscal discipline. There is escalating tension in the Middle East. Give us an idea of where the government is on this and what messages they are trying to put a cross on both lebanon and israel. We heard from both lebanon and israel. Heard from the foreign Secretary Yesterday in a pretty wide ranging speech when again he touched upon ukraine and continued support for ukraine. He said the escalating tension was worrying and i had to be an immediate ceasefire and the information the government released to citizens in lebanon telling them to leave now. I think we can go no to the Conference Stage. I have a feed in front of me. It i
the health secretary steve barclay is here too. and we ll hear from the first female astronaut heading to the moon. morning. with you and me for the next 60 minutes science presenter michael mosley, who trained as a doctor. former health minister james bethell. and campaigner for kids safety, beeban kidron. both of you members of the house of lords. if we look at the front pages, they are all over the place. the sunday telegraph has a story about electiry pylons. but that picture of the prime minister, the future king, and the other future king stuffing his face with pizza at the cricket is in the papers. the mirror leads on the sixth supect in the stephen lawrence murder case, a story that the bbc broke last week. stephen s friend duwayne brooks says the suspect was there. the sun newspaper talks about zac goldsmith and his friendship with p0p goldsmith and his friendship with pop star ellie goulding. he made the news quitting the government with a blast at rishi sunak on
we start tonight in washington, where talks to avoid a us debt default have been described as productive, but there s still no deal. presidentjoe biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy led negotiations on raising the debt ceiling to ensure the us can continue to pay its bills. biden and republican congressional leaders now have just ten days to avoid a default. president biden said: kevin mccarthy spoke outside the white house, and the bbc s nomia iqbal was watching. he said the meeting was productive. he said the tone was good. he appeared in an upbeat mood and he said there was still a way to go before they make a compromise. he did say that he believed the president does want to make a deal. bear in mind, we are fast approaching the deadline, and if a deal is passed, it would take more than a week, or about a week, to get through congress. the speaker appeared confident that would happen. i never wanted to be here. i do not like the idea that you govern by chaos, yo
google and one is of growing dangers as systems become more advanced. and wrexham s hollywood ending fans of the welsh football club and its celebrity owners parade through the streets to mark their return to the english football league. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in afghanistan under part you may find difficult to watch. what are mothers and children under the age of five are dying there every year every week from diseases that are preventable. foreign funding has been frozen and the little help still available from aid agencies is also under threat because the taliban has banned women from working for them. our correspondent has been to hospital on the brink of collapse. what i m about to show you is deeply distressing and shows young children in the final moments, but their form is wanted us to film them so the world can see the true scale
a major crackdown on migrants crossing the channel in small boats. the uk government is planning to ban them for life from returning to the uk. we have a special report from the seychelles the country with the biggest heroin problem in the world. after a century, perfectly preserved at the bottom of the antarctic ocean lloyds of london locate the insurance policy for shackleton s ship the endurance. and it s already won four baftas and been nominated for nine oscars. the team behind the irish comedy the banshees of inishiren have been speaking to the bbc. to feel it and then said go out onto the world and received by all sorts of, you know, the corners of the globe, pretty surprising and cool. a very warm welcome to the programme. are you a twitter user? if programme. are you a twitter user? , ., . , programme. are you a twitter user? , ., ., , , current and former staff at twitter have told the bbc s panorama programme that the company is no longer able to protect