government ministers are. and when you get the initial reaction and someone comes up unexpectedly, it is quite interesting, isn t it? yes. someone comes up unexpectedly, it is quite interesting, isn t it? quite interesting, isn t it? yes, as sebastian was quite interesting, isn t it? yes, as sebastian was saying, quite interesting, isn t it? yes, as sebastian was saying, it s - quite interesting, isn t it? yes, as sebastian was saying, it s an - sebastian was saying, it s an opportunity to show a shred of humanity opportunity to show a shred of humanity especially when you re stood humanity especially when you re stood outside hospital. but stephen barclay stood outside hospital. but stephen barclay did not manage that one on social barclay did not manage that one on social media barclay did not manage that one on social media said the surprising thing social media said the surprising thing is social media said the surprising thing is that anyone actuall
Gains. Another blow for conservatives, they also lost a blackpool by election. The third biggest swing in the postwar by election history. Heres our political correspondent, hannah miller. The Prime Minister touring a Military Base with very little to laugh about. Laughter. Trying to defend his partys losses after a dismal set of results. Obviously its disappointing to lose good, hard working conservative councillors, but weve still got lots of results to come as well. And there are also things that i would point to. Harlow, for example, where keir starmer held a rallyjust on wednesday saying that was a place that he had to win to be on track to win a General Election. That hasnt happened. The conservatives did deprive labour of a win in harlow, but they still lost five seats and are considering that a success. The party had also pinned its hopes on ben houchen remaining tees valley mayor, though he wasnt even wearing a rosette. He did thank the Prime Minister in a later show of unity.
Were just a couple of days away from the ryder cup getting under way, in rome. It will be the first tournament since the start of the Breakway Liv Golf series. Brooks koepka is the only rebel golfer taking part on the us team, europe made the decision to exclude liv golfers so no ryder cup legends sergio garcia, lee westwood, and ian poulter. Its certainly a little strange not having them around, but i think this week of all weeks, its going to hit home with them that theyre not here, and i think they are going to miss being here more than we are missing them. I think this week is a realisation that the decision that they made has led to not being part of this week, and thats tough and the landscape in golf is ever changing and more dynamic, and we will see whats happening and whether they will be a part of it in the future. I always thought leading up to this week is when its going to hit home that they are not going to be here. Theres also been an all star celebrity match, taking pla
wash out, and it will be windy, particularly on saturday. saturday s low pressure hurtling in will bring a band of wet weather, tight isobars. on sunday, more low pressure moving through. you will notice how much milder it will feel than last week. rainfall totals will continue to mount up over the next few days, particularly southern and western areas, and we have a number of severe flood warnings or flood warnings in place across the uk. this is likely to increase over the next few days with all the rain expected. if you have concerns, head to the bbc weather website to check out the details. this afternoon, it looks unsettled for large parts of scotland, northern ireland and north west england and wales. heavy rainfall at times, blustery winds, very windy across the northern isles, with further rain. the south east quadrant of england escaping the rain, not a afternoon, with sunshine. double figure temperatures in central and southern areas, single digits in the north. ton
hello, i m anna foster, this is bbc news life from jerusalem. live from jerusalem. the exit of foreign citizens from gaza has been stopped at least temporarily. no one has used the crossing so far today. we are hearing that border authorities will not permit foreign passport holders to cross into egypt until the injured people in gaza s hospitals are allowed to travel to rafah. hundreds of foreign citizens have escaped egypt through the crossing in the past few days. meanwhile, the diplomatic efforts to relieve the humanitarian crisis in gaza are stepping up again. the us secretary of state antony blinken is in amma meeting leaders from lebanon, qatar and jordan. mr blinken is pushing for pauses in the fighting in gaza. the regional leaders want an immediate ceasefire. but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists there will be no temporary truce until all hostages are released. while in gaza, an official from the un agency for palestinian refugees warns there is