democrat nancy pelosi in which he claims she s cheapened the importance of the very ugly word, impeachment. australia has experienced its hottest day on record with the national average temperature reaching a high of 40.9 celsius. hundreds of thousands of people will have to wait months to have their faulty and potentially dangerous washing machines repaired or replaced. and bull s eye. fallon sherrock becomes the first woman to win against a man at a major darts world championship. good morning 7 and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00am. former prime minister tony blair is warning that labour will be replaced as a serious political force if it tries to in his words whitewash the scale of its election defeat. speaking this morning, mr blair who led the party to three general election victories, says labour s problems go far deeper than its brexit stance, or the unpopualrity ofjeremy corbyn in some parts of the country. mr blair has unveiled research which he says shows t
to whitewash the scale of its election defeat. the result has brought shame on us. we let our country down. to go into an election at any time with such a divergence between party and people is unacceptable. president trump faces a vote on removing him from office today he writes a furious a letter to top democrat nancy pelosi in which he claims she s declared open war on american democracy . and bulls eye.fallon sherrock becomes the first woman to win against a man at a darts world championship. i m an disbelief what i d just done. looking back on it i m so proud of myself but at that moment in time ijust couldn t believe what i d done, i m still lost for words how i felt. and learning to play the piano, without a piano. how one man defied the odds to play at international concert venues good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. more than 15,000 nurses have gone on strike across northern ireland to protest about pay and safety levels. it s the first time in its 103 year
for one young viewer. # ground control to major tom. and, celebrating 20 years of the international space station with one of its most famous tenants commander chris hadfield. it s 5 o clock. our main story is that no part of the united kingdom has hit any of its key nhs waiting time targets for a year. analysis by bbc news shows that nearly one in five local hospital services in england, scotland, northern ireland and wales has failed to hit any of the targets for cancer, accident and emergency and routine operations in the past year. ministers insist the health service is ready for winter but the royal college of nursing said the nhs is going into its most challenging period on the back foot . 0ur health correspondent nick triggle is here. first of all, take us through the main ones that guide us along the findings we have here. these are the key targets of the nhs, the ones we judge hospitals by month by month when they come out. there are two ways of looking at the tar
this is our mission. may history be able to say that the end of this chapter of american darkness began here tonight. scottish fans could be watching live sport in stadiums by next month. it s after first minister nicola sturgeon says that limited numbers with strict physical distancing could be allowed inside stadia from the 14th of septermber. good morning. an unseasonably windy speu good morning. an unseasonably windy spell of weather on the card to the next couple of days. the wind is strong enough to bring some disruption and the threat of some coastal flooding as well. i will keep you up to date. it s friday the 21st of august. our top story. the portuguese prime minister, antonio costa, has offered a warm welcome to british visitors after his country was added to uk s list of travel corridors , meaning there is no need to quarantine after returning home. but the travel industry says the relaxation comes too late to save its summer. the new rules, effective from 4am to
choices. the scottish government is set to announce whether the toughest covid restrictions will be imposed across west scotland. ministers indicate it s too early to say what restrictions will be in place once the lockdown in england ends at the beginning of next month, amid reports the tier system could be strengthened. and if you d like to get in touch about this or any of our other stories then you can contact me at @annita mcveigh, #bbcyourquestions. easyjet posts pre tax losses of £1.3 billion its first annual loss in the airline s 25 year history. fears for thousands fleeing ethiopia as the prime minister says a military operation in the northern region of tigray is entering its final phase. indian factory workers supplying some major british supermarkets say they are being routinely exploited. we have a special investigation. and coming up this hour. 27 hours after blast off, the dragon spacex capsule successfully docks with the international space station. hello a