Of the dangers of the delta variant, keeping his eye on the science. He says politics and pandemic simply don t mix. The ones that you don t want to do in the middle of a global pandemic is that in your own country is you don t want intense political divisiveness. The is you don t want intense political divisiveness. is you don t want intense political divisiveness. Is the virus. Smell the coffee. Another day, another report on the re storative powers of the magic beans. Why is a cup of coffee so good for us? hello i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. The us senate is taking up a voting rights bill this evening that democrats hope will strengthen protections at the ballot box. It s one of those procedural votes so unique to washington, it s not a vote on the bill, but a vote on whether to even discuss the bill. And the result could speak volumes in terms of where we are in american politics. The democrats are not expected to get enough votes, with one of their
good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. sir keir starmer is heading for a conference showdown with labour s left over changes he wants to make to the way the party chooses mps and leaders. earlier, he was forced to drop plans to scrap one member one vote for leadership elections. but other measures will go to a conference vote on sunday after they were backed by labour s ruling body. we will be hearing labour deputy leader, angela rayner, speaking at the labour conference in brighton very shortly, but first let s listen intimate dame margaret beckett, former secretary and mp for derby south. listen in to dame margaret beckett. south. listen in to dame margaret beckett. ., ., ., ., beckett. brighton pavilion, we have come to conference beckett. brighton pavilion, we have come to conference knowing - beckett. brighton pavilion, we have come to conference knowing that i beckett. brighton pavilion, we havel come to conference knowing that the first of the black doctors that
the moments after of the accidental, fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchens by alec baldwin on a film set. bars and clubs that don t do enough to prevent spiking should lose their licences according to a new report from mps. the average food bill could increase by $271 this year. it would be the biggest increase in a decade. remembering harry billinge. the funeral of the d day veteran and fundraiser takes place today. the board of twitter has accepted a takeover offer from the world s richest man, elon musk. he ll pay around £34 billion for control of the social media network and plans to relax some of the restrictions on what its 300 million users can post. if you re on twitter, let me know what you think. it s @vicderbyshire. here s our us technology correspondent james clayton. elon musk usually tweets cryptic messages but there was nothing cryptic about his reaction to the news that twitter had accepted his offer. but people here in silicon valley are rubbing
on from a dry march, and there is little sign of any rain for the rest of the week and month because high pressure is with us. we mayjust buy that we can start to see some rain creeping into the north and west. it is not totally dry, we do have cloud and with that cloud a you like drizzly showers. nuisance value more than anything else, not providing a great deal of rain but clouding up the skies for some of those. that is drifting southwards, brighter skies returning further north. chilly for the north sea coast, bear in mind the north sea coast, bear in mind the sea is only nine or 10 degrees at the moment so we won t see temperatures much higher than that. that goes with high levels of tree pollen, and today some high levels of uv as well. level six for some spots in the south. through this evening, we repeat last night with a cloud melting away and the mist returning. the cloud melts away a little more across scotland so more patchy frost here, but again for late april, q
i have, in my brain, thought, well, if the next scan says nothing s working, i might buzz off to zurich. but, you know, it puts my family and friends in a difficult position because they would want to go with me and that means that the police might prosecute them. so we ve got to do something. at the moment, it s not really working, is it? the scottish government s tax and spending plans will be announced later today. economists are warning that ministers are grappling with a black hole in the budget amounting to £1.5 billion. 0ur scotland editorjames cook has the report. in nearly a quarter of a century of devolution, the scottish state has expanded. university tuition, prescriptions, personal care for the elderly and much more are all free here at the point of use. but every year comes the question, how to pay the bills and balance the books. the scottish government has a limited ability to borrow money. it can cut spending and has already warned of public sectorjob los