and england s lionesses will face china and denmark at next year s women s world cup in australia and new zealand. now on bbc news, newscast. this programme was recorded on thursday. chris, even if they had not looked at any news today i would be able to tell instantly it was a big news day because you ve got newsroom pizza three quarters eaten on the pizza. i m not even sure what that green stuff is. that is a jalapeno. a bit exotic for me. ijust had a slice outside and was feeling a little bit tired after the last few days and there was this massive hit of spice or something hot which is just what i kind of needed. anyway, the reason we get to newsroom pizza is is of the big news day and everyone is tied to the news and does not have time to go out and get lunch or dinner as we are working very late and surely you know what the big news is. liz truss has announced she is resigning as tory leader and prime minister after 44 ish days in the job and that is what we re obviousl
keep up with all the cancellations and even if your train is cancelled, you re only really packed service. england s lionesses will face china and denmark at nicks your s world cup in australia and new zealand. next year s cup in australia and new zealand. next yea r s world cup in australia and new zealand. next year s world cup. good afternoon. rishi sunak has become the first leadership contender to secure more than 100 public declarations of support from mps. the former chancellor has yet to announce whether he will launch a fresh bid for the top job, after losing to liz truss over the summer. rivals of borisjohnson have dismissed claims that he has also secured the backing of 100 mps. mrjohnson flew home from a holiday in the caribbean overnight and is weighing whether to stand in the election. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign, but she is lagging behind the two men. hopefuls have until monday afternoon to find 1
david hunter is about to stand trial in cyprus, accused of murdering his terminally ill wife janice. are we facing a summer of disruption? bt workers will be asked today if they want to strike. commuters will find out about next week s railway walk out. i look at why more industrial action s on the cards. england s biggest home defeat in 94 years a 4 0 loss to hungary sparks a backlash from supporters, five months out from the world cup. the rising sea levels forcing people from their homes a new report puts 200,000 properties in england at risk. last year, there was eight metres of road between here and the end there. i measured it yesterday, and we re down to 3.4 metres. good and we re down to 3.4 metres. morning from stjai london, good morning from stjames park in london, the warmest part of the uk yesterday. today for england and wales it is going to be another sunny day and a very warm one. for scotland and northern ireland, more cloud with showers in the north and
Israel has confirmed that two american hostages have been released by hamas. Judith and Natalie Raanan, who are mother and daughter, were taken after the hamas attack on israel earlier this month. The groups Telegram Channel says qatar had helped mediate their release, which was done for which was done for humanitarian reasons. President biden says he is overjoyed. Just a few lines to bring you from president macron, whos been speaking in the last few minutes about this. He says he hopes the release of fridays hostages leads to similar operations in the coming days, including for french citizens. He also says the French Military Intelligence Directorate has concluded that the gaza hospital blast, which we report on tuesday, was not due to an israeli strike but probably a misfiring palestinian rocket. That would tend to echo what Us Intelligence is saying. Hes also saying they are going to be supplying more humanitarian aid to the Rafah Crossing to support the aid coming across. Some li