More than 2 million adults in england are unable to see an nhs dentist, because appointments arent available or its too expensive, figures suggest. The foreign secretary summons the Chinese Ambassador after a former employee of the uk consulate in hong kong claims he was detained and tortured by chinese officials. I have been shackled, i have been handcuffed and i have been blindfolded, you know, so they make me hooded. And the mission to save thousands of animals from australias bushfires. Well have the latest on the desperate efforts. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn have traded verbal blows over brexit in the first tv debate of the general Election Campaign. The Prime Minister said the labour leader is unclear about whether his Party Supports leaving or remaining in the eu and mr corbyn said the nhs isnt safe in conservative hands. The two leaders also locked horns over trust and leadership, the future of scotland and the royal family. The p
Daughter and the rape victims of her killer due to a toxic culture of misogyny and corruption. 51 year old serial corruption. 51 year old serial rapist ian parker was jailed for life today with a minimum tum to serve of 36 years for murdering the 27 year old in scotland, 19 years ago. Parker was also found years ago. Parker was also found guilty of a series of rapes and assaults on other women committed over two decades. Emmas family is calling for a judicial Public Inquiry into how the offender s crimes were handled after Police Scotland apologised for its failings dunng apologised for its failings during the investigation. A during the investigation. A major search and rescue operation was launched in the engush operation was launched in the English Channel this afternoon after the bodies of at least three suspected migrants were pulled from the water. Gb news filmed these pictures of an renee lifeboat rushing in bad weather to rescue the small boat, which itself had migrants on boar
Labours Jonathan Ashworth joins us too. And with you and me for the whole show, nadhim zahawi, former Cabinet Minister who announced this week hes leaving parliament at the election. Tina brown journalism royalty, who knows a lot about royalty herself the former editor of vanity fair, tatler, and author, now shes on the front line in the battle for the truth. And mp for coventry south, zarah sultana, one of the leading mps on the left, who has more followers on tiktok than any other mp at nearly 500,000. Welcome to you all. Thank you for being here today. Its the baftas tonight. The actor dominic west, whos hoping for a gong, joins us to talk about playing the king and the role he really craves. A bond villain would be good. A bond villain . Yeah. Not bond himself . Im a bit long in the tooth, i think. Really, are you sure . Oh, well. Youre very kind. Dont you fancy it . I think even roger moore was younger than me and away from the protests at eurovision, were Behind The Scenes Withjo
Welcome to bbc news. Lets return to the middle east, where israel has launched further air strikes on the gaza strip. These are live pictures coming to us from the israel gaza border. Palestinian Officials Say two doctors were killed in the central city of deir al balah, and more than 30 civilian deaths were reported on saturday. It comes as the un chief, antonio guterres, has repeated his calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, and the unconditional release of all hostages. The Foreign Secretary has reiterated the government doesnt support a major operatation in rafah, without a plan to protect civilians. Speaking on sunday with laura kuenssberg, lord cameron says hes not seen such a plan. It comes after the Israel Military intensified its operations in southern gaza, telling Tens Of Thousands Palestinians to leave rafah. Lets take a listen to lord camerons interview. We dont believe they should go in for a major operation in rafah, unless they have a plan to move people out o
The bank of englands Monetary Policy committee, the nine economists who decided Interest Rates, they dont meet every month. They meet eight months a yeah month. They meet eight months a year. The fact that they have been held, it is disappointing for lots of people who want to remortgage their house. They want to see Mortgage Rates come down, its also disappointing, of course, for someone called rishi sunak, who is betting hes bet the ranch , bet the tories bet the ranch, bet the tories entire strategy for this election, to the extent they have a strategy on playing the long game, on waiting for Interest Rate cuts on getting more tax cuts in. Weve had two so far, those National Insurance reductions, tory high command wants to get another one in before the general election. So i dont think therell be disappointment in downing street because they knew this was coming. They knew there wasnt being an Interest Rate cut today. Now, when i take my eyes away from the camera and manage to read,