Englands decIsIon to cut Interest Rates have a new . I wIll have the detaIls. A legend baIls out. Andy murrays glItterIng career comes to an end wIth defeat at the olympIcs. I gave as much as I could to the sport. I love competIng In the olympIc games and for my country. Good mornIng. Today we are lookIng at a mostly dry day wIth some sunshIne, but a Weather Front In the North West IntroducIng wet and wIndy CondItIons Today and tomorrow wIll also Introduce fresh condItIons for us all thIs weekend. All the detaIls shortly. Good mornIng. Its frIday the 2nd of august. Our maIn story. The Culture Secretary, LIsa Nandy, has raIsed concerns about the bbc s InvestIgatIon Into Huw Edwards. In a meetIng wIth the CorporatIons DIrector general, TIm DavIe, she asked the bbc to explore what optIons are avaIlable to recoup some of edwards taxpayer funded salary. Mr davIe has defended the decIsIon not to sack the presenter despIte knowIng last november that he was arrested Over the most serIous categ
Hello, im sally bundock. A very warm welcome to the programme. There are growing fears of region wide conflict in the middle east. Iran is due to hold a Funeral Procession shortly for the hamas political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated on wednesday. 62 year Old Haniyeh was the political leader of hamas, the group that runs gaza. He was killed in an Air Strike in tehran while visiting the iranian capital. Hamas Blame Israel for the killing, but Israel Hasnt responded. Iran has vowed to avenge his death. Meanwhile, the un Security Council held an Emergency Session in New York. The Secretary General warned of a dangerous escalation, and israels Prime Minister says his country has challenging days ahead. Shortly, well have a report from Quentin Sommerville in beirut, but first, heres our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, from jerusalem. Across the West Bank this morning, a furious reaction to the news from tehran. They knew Ismail Haniyeh had a target on his back. And israe
And helicopter circling above as teams went in there to search for 23yearold brian laundrie. Why were they here? that was the latest development. After friday the laundrie called police to say they were concerned on his whereabouts. The last time they had seen him was tuesday. He had a hiking bag and said he would be coming here to this reserve. It s 25,000 acres of a wildlife reserve that is lush, it is hot and humid and certainly poeses lot of challenges if you re in this area trying find someone. That was the latest development as of friday. Of course, we ve learned new information since then that they have found a body in wyoming. Still no details as to the age, the gender or the identity of who that may be, but remember, it was the grand teton national park where you had a lot of search teams looking for 22yearold gabby petito because that was the last that they had sort of pinned her to on the whereabouts. So that is a major development, and within the next few minutes, we expect
The queen is among those congratulating herfollowing her stunning victory in new york just months after finishing school. To have a note from her, i was extremely honoured and very, very grateful that, you know, she took notice of my tennis. I can t believe that i m maybe going to frame that letter or something. Also coming up in the programme. Iran and the un nuclear inspection agency strike a deal on monitoring some iranian nuclearfacilities in talks described as constructive. Pope francis meets the anti migration hungarian premier viktor orban before calling on the crowds to be open and considerate at an open air mass in budapest. And the british government scraps plans for vaccine passports in nightclubs and large events in england. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk all around the world. Tens of thousands of afghan refugees are thought to have crossed the border into pakistan in the four weeks since the fall of kabul. They rejoining a huge population of afghan refu