security, fairness and opportunity for all. the house of commons will this afternoon debate the contents of the speech that s due to begin in about two hours. welcome back to westminster. we will take stock of welcome back to westminster. we will take stock of the welcome back to westminster. we will take stock of the things welcome back to westminster. we will take stock of the things that welcome back to westminster. we will take stock of the things that were - take stock of the things that were there and things that were missing. the king has opened parliament, charles iii presiding over a ceremony that dates back to charles the first about 500 years ago. he read a speech written by the new government outlining its priorities for the time ahead, accelerating house building, bringing the railways into public ownership and strengthening the powers of the water regulator and vat exemption on private schools. my government will govern in service to the country. my go
government. and you can see this in 97 and 2010 and - see - government. and you can see this in 97 and 2010 and - see it nowl 97 and 2010 and you can see it now that when a party has in a long state and government, part of the process of the opposition becoming delectable again, even if they don t admit this in as many words, is excepting quite a lot of what they spent many years opposing in the intervening they have intervening period because they have to appear at reassuring people who spent years building for the other lot. see you get all sorts of that. particular examples and hear of stuff that just fell off the end of a table at the end the moment a table at the end the last moment and did have pretty widespread cross party support like the gradual band on smoking, like what s known as this law improving the on smoking, like what s known as this la venues. ing the it: on smoking, like what s known as this la venues. which it: on smoking, like what s known as this la ve
donald trump names his running mate what does that tell us about his strategy to get back to the white house? and here, labour s two child benefit cap battle is sir keir starmer about to face his first challenge from his own backbenchers? good evening welcome to newsnight for interviews and insight this evening we ll be live at the republican convention in wisconsin where we ll talk to long time trump friend and ally elizabeth pipko. mr trump is already there, the convention isn t due to hearfrom him officially until thursday there s a clamour to hearfrom him before then after surviving that assasination attempt. your panel tonight, nick bryant, former bbc washington correspondent and author his book, forever war: america s unending conflict with itself, isjust published. and his tome is on the reading list of president biden. that must have been quite a moment! a happy moment for sure. your publishers a happy moment for sure. your publishers must a happy momen
us hope again, since i was really down emotionally. it is beautiful and it makes us believe even more. the bbc s europe editor, katya adler, is in paris and has more on the reaction across the country. in a shock result for all and a huge relief for many here, the left, far left coalition has unexpectedly become the biggest party in the french parliament, beating the far right. translation: the vote is final. the defeat of the president and his coalition has been clearly confirmed. equally stunned by tonight s results, marine le pen s national rally party so sure victory would be theirs, except it wasn t. at an absolute loss for words, it seems. this has been a huge slap in the face for marine le pen s party. all the polls before this election had predicted they at least would become the largest party in the french parliament. they said they were poised to govern, but the french people today said a resounding, non. confusingly, their star had shone so brightly in the first
the former health minister nadine dorries becomes the newest culture secretary. a very busy day in downing street. in the latest appointment. much more on all the changes in the next hour. in our other news: a record jump in inflation to 3.2%, the highest level in almost a decade, as the price of food and transportation goes up. government scientific advisers warn there could be a surge in the number of people needing hospital treatment in england for covid. ministers say they re working to avoid that. and to boldly go four amateur astronauts make history as the first all civilian crew to blast off into space. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is reshuffling his top team of government ministers, as wide ranging changes see some big names leave or move within the cabinet. after a long conversation with the prime minister in downing street, dominic raab has been demoted from the foreign secretary position, becoming justice secretary, with the addition