short story, a symphony, not a solo. how narrow our site and how monochrome our understanding when we do not embrace the richness of different perspectives. we can t see round ourselves by ourselves, but need other human beings if we are able to be what we were created to be, notjust humans being, but humans becoming. the text we heard from the gospel of matthew is from the beatitudes, or sayings of extreme blessing. the subtleties and nuancesin extreme blessing. the subtleties and nuances in the original language is hidden, and makes it very difficult for us to understand. but another way to see this today isjesus setting out his stall, announcing his manifesto. placid are can mean, this is what my vision looks like. this is what i will stand for, work for, for my life for. this is what my kingdom coming looks like in real time. blessed are. another translation is, you are on the right track if. the poor in spirit, they are not weak or poor, the meat are not doormats, no.
a nine year old girl found stabbed on thursday evening. the us state of kentucky is hit by its worst floods for decades, killing at least 25 people. good morning from birmingham, and the commonwealth games on the busiest day so far in terms of medals, as scotland celebrate victory over england in a dramatic showdown between two friends in the pool. a humid start for england and wales, some a humid start for england and wales, some rain a humid start for england and wales, some rain around. brighterfor scotland some rain around. brighterfor scotland and northern ireland. the full forecast coming up on breakfast. it s sunday 31st july. our main story: england s lionesses have a chance to make history this afternoon when they take on germany in the european championship final at wembley. a win would secure both the first major trophy for the team and the first football honour for the nation since the men s world cup victory in 1966. john s at wembley stadium for us this mor
in the country. but ranil vickrema singha also warned, he would deal firmly, with what he called undemocratic efforts to topple the government. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sonia sodha the chief leader writer for the observer and giles kenningham political commentator & former conservative party press chief. welcome party press chief. back to you both. let s have a welcome back to you both. let s have a look at the front pages. and then there were two, the i newspaper focusses on the conservative leadership contest as rishi sunak and liz truss face tory mps in the final run off. this was the moment the result was read out. the penny s dropped reads the metro as trade minister ms mordaunt is eliminated from the race. according to the daily telegraph, the foreign secretary is the front runner to become prime minster the winner is to be announced in september. but the guardian says the tory party fears
convoy of ships. warnings that millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the holidays. french officials trying to rescue a beluga whale trapped in the river seine come up with a new strategy to free it find out how they plan to return it back to sea. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. good afternoon. hopes are high of a truce between israel and gaza after three days of violence that s reported to have killed dozens of people. eygyptian mediators are understood to have brokered a truce that s due to start at around 10pm, although the details aren t yet clear. at least 31 palestinians, including children, have reportedly been killed since friday, while israel says around 600 palestinian rockets have been fired over the border. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent, yolande
threat to the alliance s security and values. ten people have been killed and more than 250 injured after an explosion of toxic gas injordan, at the port of aqaba. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejournalist and broadcasterjenny kleeman, and christopher hope the associate editor of politics at the telegraph. let s ta ke let s take a look at the first editions that are coming in and the last minute or so. the metro leads with the russian missile strike on a shopping centre in ukraine. it quotes president zelensky, saying the final death toll will be hard to imagine . the i calls it murder at the shops and describes how a thousand people inside scrambled for safety. the ft reports that nato will increase the number of troops defending its eastern flank sevenfold. the telegraph covers comments by the head of the british armed forces who warns the uk must be prepared to act rapidly to contain russia. the ti