actor kevin spacey has pleaded not guilty to four charges of sexually protesters in sri lanka call an end to their occupation of government buildings as the country awaits the resignation of president rajapaksa. a bbc documentary reveals that hundreds of british dentists treat patients with serious complications after they travel abroad to get cut price crowns. voting in the second bone of the conservative leadership contest has endedin conservative leadership contest has ended in the past 30 minutes and we expect the result to be announced in one hour. six candidates at left today whoever finishes last will be knocked out. today one of the contenders, foreign secretary liz trust formally launched her campaign promising tax cuts and reversing the national insurance increase. yesterday she finished in third place behind former chancellor rishi sunak who won the first round of 88 votes and trade minister penny more than two at 67. liz truss was back about 50 mps of kemi badenoc
a faster downturn than other countries and interest rates could rise again. there are growing concerns about a growing shortage of family doctors in england, as a new study predicts a quarter of posts could be vacant by 2030. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk will provide an extra billion pounds of military aid to ukraine, almost doubling the amount of support provided to fight the russian invasion. it s after president zelensky urged nato leaders to give more help to the country, saying the war effort was costing more than £4 billion pounds every month. the uk is second only to the us in terms of military aid for ukraine. the government says the new cash will go towards sophisticated air defence systems, electronic warfare equipment, drones, and thousands of pieces of kit to transform ukraine s defences. the uk will have provided £3.8 billion in support since the start of the invasion. that includes 1.3 billion of already commit
This is bbc news its newsday. Welcome to the programme. Starting with news in the us where its been a busy day for politics, with President Biden at the centre of events both willingly and unwillingly. The day began with the republicans in Congress Launching impeachment hearings. They accuse him of profiting from his sons Business Ventures while serving as vice president. Its worth noting that several previous investigations, including one by thejustice department, hasnt found any evidence of that, but the republicans say there is a case to answer. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee has uncovered a mountain of evidence revealing howjoe biden abused his Public Office for his familys financial gain. The years, President Biden has lied to the American People about his knowledge of and participation in his familys corrupt as schemes. Business. While that was happening in washington, President Biden was making his way to arizona, where he made the latest of his set piece speec
Future will be decided by tory members as opposed to mps. 0ne members as opposed to mps. one of the factors in this may well be how the candidates are able to distance themselves from the boris johnson regime. yet rishi sunak, who was at the heart of government as former chancellor, he is leading in the polls? former chancellor, he is leading in the olls? , , . ., , the polls? yes, he is certainly leadin: the polls? yes, he is certainly leading in the polls? yes, he is certainly leading in terms the polls? yes, he is certainly leading in terms of the polls? yes, he is certainly leading in terms of mp - the polls? yes, he is certainly. leading in terms of mp support. there are some things that are associated with him underjohnson that are proving trigger issues for him in this race. the fact that he, unlike his rivals, has not said he would scrap the recent rise to national insurance. he has put an emphasis on saying that inflation needs to be his priority before he looks at taxes.
Ukraine s president zelensky addressed the nato summit yesterday and said the ukrainian war will determine the future of the world order. a lot of pressure on nato members to continue to deliver and support ukraine. 0ne members to continue to deliver and support ukraine. one of them i m delighted to bejoined by now, the prime minister of slovenia, thank you very much for taking time away from the talks to talk to us. this summit has perhaps been the biggest overhaul from summit has perhaps been the biggest overhaulfrom nato summit has perhaps been the biggest overhaul from nato since the end of the cold war, has it gone far enough in terms of expectations for the troop numbers and what was promised? i think yes, but more important than that, i think yes, but more important than that, we i think yes, but more important than that, we need to distinction between short-term that, we need to distinction between short term and long term. in long term, short term and long term. in lon