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force another prominent school to cancel its main graduation ceremony. we will take you there. house speaker mike johnson meets with the republican lawmakers seeking to kick him out of his job. we have the behind the scenes of that meeting and who will former president trump pick to be his running mate? a look at the contenders tonight. but, first, breaking tonight, israel has begun striking targets in the gaza strip city of rafah. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that a cease-fire proposal agreed to by hamas is far from his country s essential demands. however, israel will send negotiators to continue talks to try find a solution. but, in the meantime, they are not letting up. correspondent jeff paul is in tel aviv with the very latest tonight. good evening, jeff. jeff: yeah, good evening, bret. we are learning the israeli war cabinet has than newly decided to continue its operations in rafah saying that it wants to keep pressure on hamas to eventu ....
can do! there are some shower clouds out there now and some showers across the north of scotland and we will see some more of those through this afternoon. you can see them p°ppin9 this afternoon. you can see them p°pping up this afternoon. you can see them popping up in quite a few places but the heaviest now starting to develop across northern and eastern parts of scotland and we could also have some thunder and lightning. and also some localised travel disruption or flooding. not as many showers further south but there will be some but highs of around 20 degrees. through this evening and tonight showers in scotland turning into a longer spell of rain which could cause some localised flooding. some showers for northern ireland, wales and the south west but most places dried by tomorrow morning. nine, 11 degrees. tomorrow against sunshine and showers. rain breaking up into showers, the heaviest likely to be towards the south and south east of england. some more rain ....
reserved to westminster and we need that to be in public ownership too. as talk to our scottish political correspondent. andrew, good to have you with us. i was talking to the snb spokesperson this morning. all sorts of plans that the snp has. let s talk about whatjohn swinney says. basically about railways. let s talk about that festival. that s rightjohn swinney was on the that s right john swinney was on the campaign that s right john swinney was on the campaign show in five in an area cold campaign show in five in an area cold lieven campaign show in five in an area cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet link cold lieven mouth. reopening a velvet link there. what s the snp are trying velvet link there. what s the snp are trying to do, it is a common theme are trying to do, it is a common theme. they think they can keep labour theme. they think they can keep labour on theme. they think they can keep labour on the rig ....
ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you a line of breaking news, wearing news about sir ian mcewan was falling off stage tonight at the theatre in london s west end news taking part in a fight scene and was playing the role of falstaff and a shakespearean drama starring and at the moment and apparently there was a bbc staffer in the audience as this unfolded and he is reported to be crying out in pain as he fell off the stage in the performance was abandoned and we are told the theatre was cleared. no update at the moment on his condition. he is best remembered for the role he played in the lord of the role he played in the lord of the rings series and of that age, 85, there will be concerns from friends and supporters. sir ian mckellen who was following in the west end. sir ian mckellen who has fallen in the west end. some of the toughest questions keir starmer is facing right now, and from within his own party, is his refusal to scrap the two child ....
we ll hear from teachers who say parents have made their lives a misery. hello and welcome to the programme. we re live until 11am. throughout the programme we ll bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always, keen to hear from you. do get in touch on all the stories we re talking about this morning. our top story today. labour has promised to increase pay for nhs staff and scrap tuition fees for student nurses if it wins the general election. the party says it will abolish the current cap for staff in england which limits pay increases to 1%. labour said the policies would help address staffing shortages in england that had become a threat to patients . our political guru norman smith is in westminster for us now. hi norman, good morning. so, how much will this pay rise be for nhs staff? well, labour are saying they wa nt staff? well, labour are saying they want people in the nhs to get a pay rise in line with the cost of living. so that mea ....