good morning. another dry and mostly sunny day on the cards today. if you re desperate for some rain, well, there is some in the forecast for the week ahead but possibly not enough. all of the details coming up here on breakfast. good morning, it isjust gone good morning, it is just gone six o clock. it s sunday 25th april. our top story: india has recorded a global record of coronavirus cases for the fourth day running with 349,000 cases reported in the last 24 hours. more than 2700 people have died as overcrowded hospitals warn of dire shortages of oxygen. simon gerrans reports. , here s simon jones. patients continued to arrive in hospitals struggling to breathe, needing urgent treatment but the health system is close to collapse, almost 350,000 new cases in the latest daily figures, another record. this man is desperate to find help for his sister in delhi. translation: i ve been trying non stop for three days from one hospital to another and i have never seen anything so
a little bit involved in the recent thing. i m delighted this recent thing you know i generally like both you know i ve delighted i ve always had great faith i think is a fantastic communicator he can make waves you can. reach parts of other others can t and he s demonstrated the election so i m really pleased i think he s going phenomenal brain a great personality enormous energy we ve got the right and i have the right job because he may have reached out to the electorate that other tory politicians didn t but donna cummings his senior strategic advisor has already been. making announcements that seem to suggest he wants a radical reform of the civil service which is long been suspected of a pro remain bias and a suspected i think i think it was i haven t talked to everybody i think it s. apparently we were always hearing that there were senior civil servant. that did not the despised the the largest vote in this country in this country s history breaks it how can dominic c
a very warm welcome you are watching at the international with me. now believe it is all of libya s warring factions are in moscow for talks this monday in the hope of finding a ceasefire deal it follows russian and turkish efforts to deescalate hostilities between the internationally recognized government in tripoli and forces loyal to the rebel general belief well that helped broker an initial cease fire in the conflict on sunday and signaled the 1st break in fighting in libya for months but talks underway in the russian capital are expected to put a political solution on the table of more detail to go live now to our caller on the amman calls or over a long time to see you know what s led to this potentially pivotal meeting in the russian capital today. first sorrow. ongoing as we speak behind closed doors and these talks between the libyan leaders to libyan leaders are happening under the guidance of russian insert issue of foreign and defense ministries and say these tal
the self proclaimed dude of downing street has already pledged to dispel the defeatism today. today he sets out his vision for britain after brexit. for the next hour and a half we ll be speaking to allies of the new pm and critics too, plus mps from all sides. we ll ask, can mrjohnson really deliver brexit on 31st october as promised? what will his other policy priorities be? and have a look at this. politicians, as far as i can work out, are pretty incompetent. and then have a veneer of competence. yes. you do seem to do it the other way around. yes. i mean, you can t rule out the possibility that beneath the elaborately constructed veneer of a blithering idiot that there is another blithering idiot. will borisjohnson‘s unique style be a help or a hindrance as pm? we ll ask people who know him well what they think. hello. welcome to the programme. we re live until 11 this morning. it s boris johnson s first day in office. let s see how the papers are reflecting it. i m th
now on bbc news it s time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament as parliament takes back control. the ayes to the right, 313. the noes to the left, 312. it s all kicking off in the house of lords. sit down. i must remind of the noble lord that he s not in the house of commons. and, what can mps do when people won t talk to them? people often cite the ancient powers of the house to lock people up in a prison under big ben or lock people up here, and those powers do technically still exist. but first, another date or two for your diary as theresa may asks for another brexit extension. this time until the end ofjune. her request follows and another week of political drama here at westminster, one that began with an unusual apology from a conservative mp who had voted for the prime minister s brexit plan. although doing what i believe to be in the country s best interests, at that moment in time, i quickly realised that i should no