Return to austerity. And the new leader of Sri Lanka says he wants to restore faith in politics. Hello, welcome to Bbc News now. Fast moving news, interviews and reaction. We begin in lebanon where the Health Ministry says 182 people have been killed and more than 700 injured in the latest wave of israeli Air Strikes in the south of the country. Israel says it carried out more than 300 strikes on hezbollah targets, aimed at preventing the group from launching a large Scale Rocket Attack on israel. In response, hezbollah has said it has fired dozens of rockets across the border. Israeli troops could also mount a Ground Offensive to create a Buffer Zone so that civilians who have been evacuated from the north of israel can return to their homes. From jerusalem, here is our correspondent. The idf put out this Video Set to be showing hezbollah operatives launching Cruise Missiles from civilian house. We ask residents of villages to pay attention to the Message And Warning published by the
to represent the government later in the day at omaha beach. conservative sources say reports that the prime minister had it was said he would have to answer for his own actions. reform uk s nigel farage said, rishi sunak could not even be bothered to attend the international event above omaha beach. who really believes in our people, him or me? it comes as representatives of the seven biggest parties in the uk prepare to take part in a special 90 minute election debate on the bbc tonight where they ll face questions from the audience. the parties have all made new policy pledges today, the conservatives on child benefit, labour on low deposit mortgages and the lib dems on parental leave. this our political correspondent hannah miller has this report. a line up of world leaders rom right to left, president biden, german chancellor olaf scholz, french president emmanuel macron and british foreign secretary david cameron. they were at an event to commemorate those who fou
the first part of the week. on the cool side, 15, i6, the first part of the week. on the coolside, 15, i6, 17 the first part of the week. on the cool side, 15, i6, 17 celsius and occasional showers. goodbye.
the channel we are hitting 40 degrees in places like lyon. back to the uk, mid week we have about spreading into the north west of the country, perhaps of the western areas of the uk. dry and bright weather will always be further east and south. again temperatures in the mid 20s so similar temperatures most days. in the north west around 19 or so. is this warmth going to last? the low pressure and the jet stream right over us towards the end of the week, so anything south of the jet stream is pretty hot. anything north of the jet stream, and more or less underneath it, is generally on the cool side. underneath it, is generally on the coolside. it underneath it, is generally on the cool side. it is expected to call off as we head towards the end of the week, through the weekend, and into next week. no longer the mid 20s in the south, it will be closer to 20 or so. the high teens are still expected further north.
single figures into thursday morning. maybe a little bit on the cool side. morning. maybe a little bit on the coolside. looking morning. maybe a little bit on the cool side. looking further ahead, morning. maybe a little bit on the coolside. looking furtherahead, it looks like thursday will be sunshine and showers. towards the weekend, low pressure set to develop which is set to bring in wetter and windy weather. especially in england and wales. the temperatures, 17 21. not feeling like summer when the rain is with us. as we ve been hearing this morning, the latest inflation figures forjune have been released. they show inflation fell to 7.9%. down from 8.7% in may. we re joined now by rachel reeves, labour s shadow chancellor. good morning, inflation is heading in the right direction? in the right direction? prices are still increasing in the right direction? prices are still increasing at in the right direction? prices are still increasing at a in the right direction? prices a