This is bbc news, the headlines the irish Prime Minister, leo varadkar, announces hes going to step down before the next General Election. Sudan whats described as a war the worlds forgotten. Well have the latest on the crisis and the response. The uk government has banned 15 Synthetic Opioids, as a bbc investigation reveals its data may be underestimating their spread. And who will be picked in the draft for crickets newest, brashest competition the hundred . We have the latest. We will talk to our critic correspondent. All of that is before the sport correspondent. All of that is before the sort. ,. , correspondent. All of that is before the sort. , correspondent. All of that is before thesort. , the sport. Olly foster is in the bbc sort the sport. Olly foster is in the Bbc Sport Centre the sport. Olly foster is in the Bbc Sport Centre. Good the sport. Olly foster is in the Bbc Sport Centre. Good afternoon. Shohei ohtani made his long awaited debut since signing a record ten year 70
And events costs are set to climb higher through the remainder of 2023 and into 2024, due to inflationary pressures. Joining me now is suzanne neufang, whos the ceo of the Global Business travel association. Welcome, good morning. Is this a surprise . Its been awhile since pandemic now. I a surprise . Its been awhile since pandemic now. A surprise . Its been awhile since pandemic now. I wish it were. Since pandemic now. I wish it were but since pandemic now. I wish it were. But in since pandemic now. I wish it were. But in shortterm since pandemic now. I wish it were. But in shortterm memory, were. But in short term memory, just a year ago we were still really from omicron variant s. So we did expect last year that it would be a slower recovery so we were delighted at this time time last a great deal of this you will show another 32 . We added last year at about a trillion us dollars and we should get about 1. 4 trillion as you say by the end of 2024. Are there any areas in particular
Emergency Management Agency says the agency has already deployed an assistance team. 0ur Correspondent Peter Bowes is in la with the latest. We expect it to make landfall in the next few hours in a very remotely populated part of barger california in mexico. Tijuana, the border city in mexico. Baja california. Concerns it could cause some serious damage there. Before moving north into california as a Tropical Storm, and that is the unusual part of this, a hurricane come Tropical Storm would get to california. And its expected to continue moving north as opposed to west, which is what a hurricane would generally do and then dissipate over the ocean. So the likely consequences are going to be extremely heavy rain in california, some of the neighbouring states as well. To put that in perspective, palm springs, the desert resort, searing temperatures, a0 degrees plus, this time of year very dry, is expected to get maybe ten or 12 centimetres of rain over the next 12 hours. We are just not
Trump legal battle this hour. In florida, former president is in court as we speak and his legal team is arguing special counsel jack smith classified documents case should be thrown out entirely. Meanwhile, over in georgia, were awaiting a judges ruling on whether or not to disqualify Fulton County day fani willis from the States Election interfere case. This is outnumbered, im kayleigh mcenany, here with my cohost Harris Faulkner and emily compagno, joining us former n. F. L. Sideline reporter, Michele Tafoya and attorney and retired nypd inspector paul mauro. We also have this, emily, ill get to you on audio in a moment. Before that, this Wall Street Journal columnist Claims Lawfare to take down donald trump. Latest oped reads if democrats limited their initiative to jack smith, conservatives would have absorbed it, however degraded that benchmark, american left never knows when to stop, it is raging gettrump legal assault on every imaginable front. He noted it has backfired politic
Officials are worried about landslides and major flooding. The last Tropical Storm to hit california was in 1939, over 80 years ago. This map shows the predicted path this storm might take. As of early friday, the centre of the hurricane was located roughly 400 miles, thats 615 kilometers, south of mexicos southern edge. President joe biden spoke about the preparations underway. I also want to note that my team is closely monitoring hurricane hilary, which has the potential to bring significant rain and flooding to southern california. Fema has prepositioned personnel and supplies in the region, and they are ready to respond as needed. I urge everyone, everyone in the path of the storm, to take precautions and listen to the guidance of state and local officials. Were tracking multiple wildfires in canada as the country faces what is being called its worst fire season on record. Fires in the kelowna region of British Columbia and 1200 miles or 2000 kilometers north in the countrys North