documents. that was part of a deal to end his iii year legal battle over the leaking of vast amounts of secret us military information on the internet. the 52 year old is now on his way home to australia following the hearing. and from where a southeast asia correspondent jonathan had sent this report. the last stage of a very long journey. julian assange walked into the courtroom on this remote pacific island to hear whether the agreement he d struck with us prosecutors would stick. after two hours of very careful consideration by the judge, it did. he pleaded guilty, and she agreed to a sentence equal to the time he d already served in britain. but his lawyers still insist his prosecution for breaking an espionage law was unjust. we firmly believed that mr assange never should have been charged under the espionage act, and engaged in exercise thatjournalists engage in every day. and we re thankful that they do. it is appropriate, though, for this fight to end and it is appr
glastonbury looks dry this year. here in kew gardens, lots of sunshine. i will have the weather for you later. it s wednesday the 26th june. with just over a week to go until polling day, the prime minister rishi sunak and labour s sir keir starmer are preparing to go head to head in their final leaders debate of the election later. it comes as members of both main parties continue to face difficult questions about betting allegations. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the second and final head to head clash between rishi sunak and the man who wants hisjob keir starmer takes place tonight on the bbc. and it s worth a bet that one of the topics might just involve gambling. the conservative campaign has been buffeted by allegations that two candidates, two party officials, and now a member of the welsh senedd had bet on a date of the general election, and were facing inquiries from the gambling watchdog. it s an independent process with the gambling commissio
abroad. good evening. a fifth conservative figure is now being investigated by the gambling commission over alleged bets on the timing of the general election. the conservative party has withdrawn its support for two candidates, craig williams and laura saunders. now russell george, a conservative member of the welsh parliament, is being looked into as well. and labour has suspended one of its candidates, kevin craig, who admitted he had bet against himself losing in a suffolk constituency. and now a cabinet minister has said he was joking when he told the bbc he d won more than £2,000 on the timing of the election. more on that in a moment, but here s our political editor chris mason. this is craig williams, a friend and parliamentary aide to the prime minister, he turned down my request for an interview but said this on social media this afternoon. i remain on the ballot paper on the 4th ofjuly and i hope to secure your support after years of delivering. i committed an err
at this special venue in manchester where you can have your ceremony in a refurbished jumbojet. a refurbished jumbo jet. good morning a refurbished jumbojet. good morning from greenwich where the sun is beating down already. some parts of the country reaching 30 celsius this week. today many in the mid 20s with a lot of sunshine but rain in the western isles later. all the details throughout the programme. it s monday the 24th june, our main story. scotland s euros hopes have come an abrupt end after losing to hungary. it was a single goal in the 100th minute which saw the hungarians claim a late victory. they lost one of their players to injury in the second half following a mid air clash with scotland s goalkeeper. john watson is at a campsite in stutggart for us this morning, how are people this morning? it will be sombre, it is going to be flat. there was a huge amount of heart, determination and effort but ultimately lacking a cutting edge as they went in search of victo
And tributes to Hugh Masekela, father of South African jazz and anti apartheid campaigner, whos died in johannesburg. Good morning, its tuesday 24th january. Im annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc newsroom live. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is understood to be pushing for a multimillion pound cash injection in the nhs in england. It comes as the Health Secretary is due to update the cabinet on how the Health Service is coping with winter pressures. Its thought mrjohnson wants an extra £100 million a week to go to the nhs. Its not the first time hes proposed more money. Remember this . He proudly stood behind the vote leave battle bus during the Eu Referendum claiming that £350 million britain pays to the eu every week could instead go to the nhs. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, said he gave the nhs £6 billion in the last budget, and when asked about mrjohnsons rumoured proposals, told reporters, mrjohnson is the foreign secretary. Well, lets get more from norman smith, who is out