more now on the day ahead in the uk, and we could know as early as this afternoon who the next leader of the conservative party is and therefore our prime minister. as you ve been hearing, borisjohnson has pulled out of the contest, saying the time isn t right and would not lead to much needed party unity. this leaves two contenders former chancellor rishi sunak and the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt, with mr sunak currently the front runner. by 2pm this afternoon if penny mordaunt hasn t got 100 backers or more, then rishi sunak is in post. if both candidates are still in play, then mps vote to state their preference. let s take a look at how the markets are trading today during asian time. we have the dollar versus again, i was hoping to show you the pound but the detail is not on that particular screen, when i looked at it months ago the pound was buying just over $1 13 cents, fairly steady versus the dollar and up slightly versus euro. joining me now is
good morning. the prime minister borisjohnson will visit belfast today to urge the main northern ireland parties to resume power sharing. the largest unionist party, the dup, is currently refusing to take part in the government of northern ireland because of the post brexit trading arrangements with the eu, known as the northern ireland protocol. the uk government is expected to introduce legislation which would allow ministers to override parts of that protocol. our political correspondent nick eardley reports. boris johnson will arrive in northern ireland later to find a political system which is stuck. despite elections earlier this month, there s no new government. sinn fein finished top for the first time ever, but the democratic unionist party the second largest at stormont won t agree to power sharing until the brexit deal is changed. they re worried about checks on goods travelling from great britain to northern ireland. even though many parties accept these arran
Colleagues of mr sobol have posted comments on social media describing how he had taken part in delivering aid to ukrainian refugees following russias full scale invasion of ukraine. And mourners gathered in the Gazan City Of Rafah on tuesday for the funeral of the palestinian, saif abu taha, the driver who was killed in the strike. So, in the last few hours the Foreign Secretary has called on israel to provide a full transparent explanation of the incident. The Foreign Office has in the meantime summoned the Israeli Ambassadfor over the deaths lets hearfrom our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale who is outisde the Foreign Officee. Its not normally the ambassador for israel, the last time an ambassadorfor israel was summoned to be hauled over the coals at the Foreign Office was 12 years ago over illegal settlements in the occupied palestinian territories. And so that shows how rare it is. And it also shows, i think, a measure of the scale of the british governments concern about wh
Lord cameron, has demanded a full explanation from israel. The strike happened in the centre of the gaza strip near the town of deir al balah. Israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, said the convoy they were in was hit unintentionally. Lucy williamson sent this report from jerusalem. They came to feed people from australia, poland, the us and the uk. Their mission, one of the simplest in gaza. One of the hardest and most dangerous. Last night, israeli air strikes hit their convoy, clearly marked with the charity logo of the world central kitchen. Seven people killed, including three british nationals. Colleagues, distraught, identified their bodies. These are the people who brought the aid from the sea. He says, theyre all dead. All of them. It was a direct hit. They tried to treat some of them and put them in another car in front, but they shelled the car. This is the situation here. Anyone who brings aid to gaza is at risk of shelling and death. This second shipment of eight was
The all rounder i want to be across all formats. He had knee surgery over the winter and bowled just five overs during the recent five test series in india. The 32 year old has already opted out of the indian premier league, which began last month. Heres the reaction of the england and Wales Cricket board ceo Richard Gould you fully understand the journey he has been on. He has put his body underlined, literally, for years for england and i think particularly with the new operation that he had before christmas and the promising real appreciation since, its good news for us, the fact that now he knows he can get better, its great for us for the next two or three or four years, for us for the next two or three or fouryears, however for us for the next two or three or four years, however long, and cricket terms she is still a young man. Five games in the premier league later on tuesday, with three of the bottom five clubs in action as the battle to avoid relegation intensifies. Heres a lo