Making eye contact for the first time, the conjoined twins separated after rare surgery. And, wickets fall at the oval as england chase a huge total, to save the fourth test, against india. Good afternoon. Mps return to westminster today, following the summer break, with the funding of social care and the nhs at the top of the agenda. Some tory mps have expressed anger at reports of an increase in national insurance contributions to help fund social care in england, which would break a conservative manifesto pledge not to raise taxes. Labour is also opposing a rise in ni. It s expected that an extra £5. 5 billion will be announced for the nhs. Here s our political correspondent chris mason. For yea rs for years governments have not got around to sorting a new system for social care in england. It is complex, controversial and vastly expensive. Should there be a cap on the bill anyone should face? which tax should be put up to pay for it. It appears the government does want a cap and a
Now on bbc news, it s newsy chat and analysis from adam fleming, laura kuenssberg, and chris mason in newscast. Laura, i notice a long standing newscast tradition returns this week. Which is that there is no adam fleming, because he is on his holidays. I ve got an upgrade to the actual studio. What, do you mean that we let you out of the cupboard? yes, the cupboard is shut. And, there is loads of news about. Yes, there always seems to be, just in time for thursday. Even if you are thinking at the beginning of the week, oh, it is a bit quiet, what are we going to have to talk about? late on thursday night. What does it feel like right now? exactly. Adam s tradition, throughout the brexitcast, when he would go skiing or whatever and then there would be a load of news. Gadding around. And here we are on thursday night with talk of, quote unquote, levelling up, big conversation, this whole question about how to go about putting us off unhealthy food and how much should a government interve
For. Two sources familiar with the matter confirmed to nbc news that the search warrant was for evidence that giuliani was involved in efforts to oust the former ambassador to ukraine, maria yovanovitch on behalf of ukrainian government. We know giuliani has not yet been charged with any crime. Joining me now is michael cohen, former personal attorney to president trump former president trump, author of disloyal: a memoir and cohost of podcast mea culpa. How much pressure is rudy under right now? rudy is under a lot of pressure right now because rudy knows what s on his cell phone, what s in his emails, what s in these chats that he may have on encrypted apps and so on. Everyone keeps talking about how much trouble is rudy in? what about all of the people rudy communicated with, what about the possibility that donald trump is actually named in these communications, don jr. Or jared or ivanka or bill barr. Nobody has turned around and started to think about the extent of the information
11-year-old you just saw gleefully playing in the snow. his body found 24 hours later, after a brutally cold night without power inside his family s mobile home. senator ted cruz in damage control this morning. what he s now saying about his trip to cancun in the midst of a crisis. the gop split widening. donald trump refusing to meet with nikki haley and the senate s number two republican, accusing trump allies of engaging in cancel culture. new developments in the capitol hill riot investigation. 35 officers now under investigation for their actions during the insurrection and new indictments targeting six more people linked to the oath keepers militia. and today marks one month since joe biden took office. how is the president ramping up his efforts to undo trump s policies, both domestically and abroad? this administration s going to be guided by science, to save lives and to make lives better. we will dive into that, but first, good morning. it is saturday, f
it sjust gone 2.30 in the morning. now on bbc news, time a look back at last week in parliament. welcome to the week in parliament. going anywhere nice for your summer holidays? don t forget the paperwork. anyone who lies and tries to conceal that they have been in a country on the red list in the ten days before arrival here, will face a prison sentence of up to ten years. advice for ministers on how to resolve a brexit shellfish row? start the necessary and frequent boardings on eu vessels fishing in our exclusive economic zone to ensure they comply with uk rules. and what did she know and when? scotland s first minister under pressure. the roots of this whole issue are in complaints that came forward, not about my behaviour but about somebody else s behaviour. but first, tough new border measures to protect the uk from new strains of the virus. from monday, people arriving in england from covid hot spots face fines of £10,000, or evenjail, if they lie about where they ve