Is not a backlog. New data suggests covid cases in england are at their lowest since august but there are concerns about a variant first identified in india. It isa it is a variant of concern. We are anxious about it. It has been spreading. At the moment there is a very wide range of scientific opinion about what could happen. World leaders have appealed for calm amid escalating violence between israelis and palestinians more than 70 have been killed in recent days. The largest Tunnelling Machine used in a Uk Rail project starts work under the Chiltern Hills on the hs2 High Speed link. Good Afternoon And Welcome to bbc news. The former Prime Minister, David Cameron, has told mps he broke no rules in lobbying senior members of the government on behalf of greensill capital. Hes been questioned by The Treasury committee, which is looking at the collapse of the finance firm. Mr cameron told mps His Main Motivation was to help the government and businesses rather than personally making mone
but there are reports of increased fighting in the capital khartoum. more than 2,000 british nationals have been flown out so far, and in the last couple of hours, the uk government has announced there will be an extra flight, for more evacuations, leaving from port sudan tomorrow. we ll have the latest on that later, but first, our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of those trying to get out. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, at the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we are just coming in now to port sudan. it s a huge place and a big city. it is the focal point now of the evacuation effort for the whole country. we are told the area around it has bee
days of competition. a very warm welcome to the programme. the former us president donald trump has issued a statement saying that the fbi has carried out a raid on his florida home at mar a lago. he was not in the state at the time. mr trump said that a large group of agents arrived at the compound with a search warrant. they even broke into my safe! he said. a spectacular fbi search on former president donald trump s florida home to reportedly seize official papers he has handled. 50 seize official papers he has handled. . seize official papers he has handled- seize official papers he has handled. ., ., , seize official papers he has handled. . ., , handled. so that means the most famous conservative handled. so that means the most famous conservative politician . famous conservative politician in the united states, the former president, likely to be now a candidate for president, is being investigated seriously for a crime. that is unprecedented.- for a crime. that is
but they don t automatically get the minimum wage. but could that be about to change? i ll look at what it means for workers. good morning from wimbledon. it all went well yesterday, didn t it? injury fears prove unfounded as andy murray breezes into the second round at wimbledon with a straight sets victory on opening day. carol has the weather. not much of a brief today. it will be dry and sunny but we have persistent rain gci’oss sunny but we have persistent rain across the central area of the uk breeze. if you come to wimbledon, only 10% chance of a shower. and we only 1096 chance of a shower. and we might play tennis! something to look forward to. good morning. first, our main story. a plan to revolutionise the treatment that cancer patients receive, through individually mapping their dna, is being proposed by the chief medical officerfor england. the proposals would mean millions of patients would have treatments that were directly targetted at the particular strai