the wikileaks founder has been held in belmarsh prison in london for five years. our washington correspondent gary o donoghue had this update following joe biden s comment. well, this was pretty much an off the cuff comment that he made as he was sort of walking through the colonnade at the white house and a reporter shouted to him, you know, will you consider australia s request ? because of course australia, julian assange is australian and the australian parliament has passed a motion asking him to be returned to australia, saying would you consider ending the prosecution ? he didn t seem to hear the question at first, but it was repeated and he said we re considering it now . that would be a huge change, given that the us has been pursuing the extradition ofjulian assange from the uk for years and the thing is still winding its way through the courts. the home secretary signed the extradition back in 2022, but there s been court challenges to that and the high court is
he s the president s nominee for the supreme court but democrats say he s too hardline and unlikely to command confidence. three generations of one family killed in a terror attack in tunisia. the inquest hears from the grandson who survived. why building new homes on green belt land would ease the housing crisis, according to one of britain s biggest builders. a nice view. the best seat in the house. and not everywhere s like the emirates. the premier league is told to stop making excuses about disability access at football grounds. coming up in sportsday on bbc news, we ll have the results from tonight s premier league matches as manchester city looked to close the gap on the top four with a win at west ham. good evening. members of parliament at westminster have taken the first step towards invoking article 50 of the lisbon treaty the start of the process of leaving the european union. the house of commons voted by an overwhelming majority 498 to 114 in favour of t
surprised if a 2a week baby died. hope for the most premature babies, as survival rates increase for those born before 27 weeks. more than half of small businesses with eu workers are worried about finding the skilled staff they need after britain leaves the european union. i ll have more on how that could work. in sport, they re going up. newcastle secure promotion back to the premier league with victory over preston. the comedy superheroes are back. we ve been to meet the guardians of the galaxy, kurt russell and chris pratt, so what do they like about being in britain? probably jellied yield. no! probablyjellied yield. no! no! jellied eel. and carol has the weather. it isa it is a very cold start to the day and a cold day generally. that deal is accented by northerly winds. it will be a little bit like yesterday, wintry and i will have more details in15 wintry and i will have more details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. labour will set out its policy
assistant to the us president. ivanka trump attends a women s summit in berlin in herfirst engagement after her father took office. how moderate exercise after the age of 50 is the best way to keep your mind sharp. good morning. it s tuesday, 25th april. i m joanna gosling. welcome to bbc newsroom live. labour have set out their vision for brexit if they win the general election. the party has been criticised by, among others, the former the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer promised labour would unilaterally guarantee the rights of eu residents before talks begin, and prioritise jobs eu residents before talks begin, and prioritisejobs and eu residents before talks begin, and prioritise jobs and rights of people at work. he said no deal with the eu would be the worst possible deal for the uk, and cause huge damage at british businesses and trade. the proposals are: scrapping the prime minister s current brexit plan, which was outlined in a white paper in february, which en
wintry showers will now make their way down. folks in the south. to feel the chill with the arctic air setting in. overall today will be the coldest looking at the country as far as temperatures go and the chance of catching showers. showers reaching the south coast. most will be of rain but there will be sweet on high ground. flashes of lightning. sleet. most frequent and with some snow across the upland areas certainly in scotland, the north east of england and the north york moors and even in the south west. they will continue this evening and overnight. eastern areas catching the wintry showers. the west, lighter winds, clearer skies, a touch of frost. this morning was really nippy. many areas were below freezing. tomorrow as well, frost around. a bit of an east west split tomorrow. still under the influence of the colder air. western areas, fewer showers around and sunshine. still showers mostly of rain in northern ireland and north western parts of scotland. this i