Mobile phones, Tv And Broadband companies have been banned from increasing prices during a contract. So from january, those companies will have to tell you about any rises before you sign up. And i know we say this one every time but today it really is the uks hottest day of the year so far as temperatures hit highs of nearly 32 degrees in parts. That is hotter than ibiza. Get the fans out though if you want any decent sleep tonight. And time now for 10 seconds of counting swans. Yep, it is happening on the river thames, where experts to see how many have recovered from last years avian flu. It is called Swan Marking and ijust also love the outfits that they are doing it in. You are all caught up now. See you later. Voice over this is bbc news. Well have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. In tecthlore, we go in search of the most exciting innovations around the world. In this series, im on a special mission to uncover the technology po
Now on bbc news, the media show. Hello. This might sound like the plot of a hollywood spy movie, and indeed in the future it might get made into one, but this week, something called the pegasus project is news. A group of news outlets from ten countries has banded together to expose the alleged use of phone hacking to spy on leading journalists, politicians and human rights activists across the world. Among them are heads of state emmanuel macron s phone number appears on the list of alleged targets. The spyware used is called pegasus and it is made by an israeli surveillance firm. The revelations have been dropping all week, so how do you pull off a series of global scoops like this? we are joined by some of thejournalists behind it. Also today, the role that specialist fact checkers play in journalism. In the last 18 months, this has been a story of what is and is not true. Some stories of course are easy to disprove. The vaccine does not contain a microchip from bill gates, but ho
By the man she called dad . As new rules on covid tracing alerts come in, giving some key workers in england the option of daily testing instead of self isolating, ministers meet to discuss how it s going. And coming up could canterbury cathedral be home to some of the oldest stained glass in the world? new research suggests it dates back nearly 900 years. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. There s been a gold rush for team gb at the olympics in tokyo. Adam peaty won the men s 100 metres breaststroke, becoming the first british swimmer ever to retain an olympic title. Tom daley and matty lee were victorious in the men s synchronised ten metre diving, and tom pidcock won britain s third gold in the men s cross country mountain biking. There were silver medals too for alex yees in the men s triathlon, and lauren williams in taekwondo. For a full round up of the action at the olympics today, let s cross to gavin ramjaun at the bbc sports centre. As you say, what a day to celebra
The government s handling of the covid pandemic. Hello and a warm welcome to the programme. It s day three of the olympics and we have all the latest from japan. Sarah mulkerrins is live in tokyo for us, where the first medal of the day has gone to norway. Tell us all about it. It certainly tell us all about it. It certainly has. Welcome to tokyo bay early on monday morning in the japanese capital and the behind me is where the triathlon took place. It is also where we saw that false start occur. What happened is that all triathletes were on the pontoon and ready to dive in, half went in but there was a big lack boat covering one half of them so they were blocked from entering into the bay here and they had to pull the swimmers already in the water back onto the pontoon and then they finally got under way. They had a 1500 metres swim around the bay here and then on their bikes for a0 kilometres cycle around the streets of tokyo and then they transitioned into that ten kilometre run.
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to the programme bringing together leading uk commentators, bbc specialists, and the correspondents who write, blog, and broadcast for audiences back home from the dateline: london. This week, will england pay a price for borisjohnson s freedom day? and a trifecta of global worry afghanistan, iran, and lebanon. The dateline panel trying to put your mind at rest or not are the sudanese author and journalist, nesrine malik, bronwen maddox, director of the institute for government and before that, foreign editor at the times. And with me in the studio, the middle east editor for the bbc world service, sebastian usher. Welcome to you, sebastian, and welcome to both of you, thanks so much forjoining us. Now, the sound of an english summer. No, not leather on willow, nor the clink of ice against glass but the electronic ping of an alert on your mobile phone advising you to self isolate because you ve recently been in contact with so