We have Weather Fronts tracking eastwards bringing behind it some much fresher feeding conditions. Watch out for some thundery showers on saturday, perhaps showers on sunday, two but look at the drop in temperature as this programme continues on bbc one. It is my governments objective to see rising living standards in all nations and regions in the united kingdom. Nations and regions in the united kinudom. , nations and regions in the united kinadom. , kingdom. That is the governments aromise kingdom. That is the Governments Promise but kingdom. That is the Governments Promise but when kingdom. That is the Governments Promise but when will kingdom. That is the Governments Promise but when will it kingdom. That is the Governments Promise but when will it happen . L welcome to newsnight. Obviously big day of politics here which we will come to but first, significant developments in the States Tonight around president biden. This evening, he told Interviewer Ed gordon he would consider dr
with opposition calls for borisjohnson to resign, we ll bring you all the details and reaction, and be asking if he s done enough to fix the damage done. also this lunchtime: high energy bills could be here to stay for up to two years, says the head of british gas. putting the brakes on all lane smart motorways the government pauses the scheme because of safety concerns. an admission from tennis star novak djokovic of mistakes on his paperwork to enter australia. and why measures to protect the endangered red squirrel could be having the opposite effect. and coming up on the bbc news channel: can england finish the ashes series on a high? captainjoe root thinks so as he urges his side to bring that fighting spirit from sydney to hobart. good afternoon. in the last hour, the prime minister has offered his heartfelt apologies over attending a drinks gathering in the garden at number 10 in may 2020. borisjohnson told mps during prime minister s questions that the garden in dow
and the ukrainecast presenter vitaliy shevchenko has been following developments. he gave me some background on the general who s been dimissed. valerii zaluzhnyi, to put simply, he was in charge of the ukrainian army. and as such, he was the architect of ukraine s initial counteroffensive backin ukraine s initial counteroffensive back in 2022. he is the face of ukraine s relative military success. he is credited well with the fact that ukraine s still there, still fighting, and yet he has been sacked. it s a move that will not go down particularly well with some parts of the military and the public in ukraine. general valerii zaluzhnyi has been very well thought of, respected and revered by many, so questions have been asked and are being asked about why this has happened. there s a lot of talk about a personality clash between the two leaders, between volodymyr zelensky and valerii zaluzhnyi. i keep presidential adviser in ukraine said that one important reason why a reshuf
that s 825 times a day on average. are you a surfer, bather, fisherman, fisherman s friend? scorching days are coming. it is free and fun, head to the coast, have a debt. a dip in what? the companies have now pledged £10 billion to put things right. but they say it could mean higher bills. it is it all their fault? it is it all theirfault? sewage systems designed by victorian gentlemen in top hats? are we our own worst enemies? are you sick of the sewage? get in touch. it is going to be a good voyage of discovery. now for the news, read by bethan holmes. water companies in england have apologised for not doing enough to stop sewage from flowing into rivers and seas. they say they ll spend £10 billion this decade on modernising sewers 3 times more than under current plans. but that investment will lead to higher bills. bt is cutting up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade as it seeks to cut costs. the chief exec philipjansen says by the end of the 2020s bt will have a
room, theyjust wanted to stand outside and see him but will probably catch a glimpse of him very shortly. i think this was boris johnson s big moment, as he saw it, to set the record straight. it feels like we have been building up to this moment in the last two weeks. we ve heard from scientists, civil servants, other politicians, political aides. servants, other politicians, politicalaides. it servants, other politicians, political aides. it feels like it was building up to this man, boris johnson, who ultimately made all the big decisions. questions to answer about lockdowns, about how decisions were made, the culture within downing street, i m sure tomorrow we will get to the likes of partygate and some of the things that happened laterally into the pandemic. but i think the striking moment this morning was his apology, it had been trailed in the newspapers over the weekend that he would apologise, seek to set the record straight, he certainly did that, he saw two took pe