Bills. Football pundit and presenter jermainejenas says he s consulting his lawyers, after being sacked by the bbc over allegations of inappropriate behaviour. England are on top going into day three of the first test against sri lanka, as half centuries from harry brook and jamie smith nudge them ahead at old trafford. And it pretty well start to friday morning for some, especially for england and wales. Ston lillian is rolling in. Details on breakfast lycra. Good morning. It s friday, the 23rd of august. Our main story. Kamala harris has formally accepted her nomination as the democratic candidate for president, in a speech at her party s national convention. Speaking in chicago, ms harris promised a new way forward for the united states, and warned that the consequences would be extremely serious if donald trump was returned to the white house in november s election. Our us correspondent, emma vardy, has the story. Please welcome the democratic nominee for president, vice president
about the pollution endangering our rivers. happy new year. we are looking at unsettled conditions happy new year. we are looking at unsettled conditions this happy new year. we are looking at unsettled conditions this week. - unsettled conditions this week. after record breaking temperatures it will turn colder and be windy and for some, some snow. all the details later in the programme. it s monday the 3rd of january. our main story. every secondary pupil in england will be tested for covid at school before going back to class the government says. the move comes just 2a hours after new guidance was issued for the same students to wear masks in classrooms once again, to help tackle the rise in omicron coronavirus cases. jon donnison reports. this time a year ago, schools across the country were forced to close to most pupils. 12 months on, the government says it wants to do everything it can to avoid a return to empty classrooms and home learning. in england, all secon
this was the view across the israel lebanon border earlier today where we ve seen a thick plume of black smoke in the sky as hostilities continue in that border area. so, let s start this hour by hearing from israel s prime minister. translation: last night, - i talked again with president biden. i do appreciate us steadfast position at the security council a position which backs our war effort. yesterday, i told president biden that we will fight until total victory, as long as it takes. the us understands this. i saw false reports that claimed the united states has prevented us from operational activities in the region. this is not true. israel is a sovereign country. our war decisions are based on our operational considerations. this is the live scene over the israel gaza border, where we ve seen continued bombardement this weekend. an israel military spokesman says it s expanding its ground operations in the southern and northern parts of the gaza strip. reuters is
let s start in the eu, where three tech giants the social media platform x, tiktok owner bytedance and the travel website booking.com, are waiting to find out whether they could face an antitrust crackdown under the eu s new digital antitrust rulebook. the eu commission has until the end of today to decide whether those three companies would qualify as so called gatekeepers under the new digital markets act. the aim of the act is to help competition in the technology sector and to try to break down the stronghold of big tech companies. well, someone who knows a lot about this, because she co negotiated the eu ai act in her previous role in the german federal chancellery, is kirsten rulf who now is partner and associate director at boston consulting group. a warm welcome to bbc news. good to see you again.- good to see you again. greg manning- good to see you again. greg manning- 50 good to see you again. greg manning. so let s good to see you again. greg manning. so l