Guess there is no vacation from the pandemic germany is offering returning travelers free coronavirus tempting to guard against a 2nd wave of cocaine 1000. Plus china orders the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu the move comes after the u. S. Told the chinese to shut their consulate in houston. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us is them bills hagia sophia has opened for muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 80 years that comes after a controversial decree from turkish president to want to turn the former museum back into a mosque or 2 on himself attended prayers today along with several 100 guests the building was originally a cathedral and it stood at the heart of istanbul for 1500 years. More. President everyone personally began friday prayers with a recitation from the koran this is the 1st time muslim friday prayers have been held in the highest sophia for 86 years just 2 weeks ago turkeys highest Administrative Court ca
Northern ireland, wales and the south west later, where well see the highest temperatures. Pretty chilly in parts of Northern England and scotland. This evening we see the back of that first area of rain from eastern areas of england but look at the showers come rattling in with the Winds Continuing to strengthen, gaels into the south west overnight as well. Generally temperatures will be li sd. When we have lighter winds and clearer skies developing in western scotla nd clearer skies developing in western scotland there may be a touch of frost and icy patches. We still have the area of low pressure bringing wet weather into eastern scotland for tomorrow. Otherwise this fairly brisk west to north west wind will bring in some showers. Probably the best of the sunshine will be across south west scotland after that cold start, east and particularly North Eastern scotland think the more rain. Elsewhere some sunshine and showers but some some sunshine at times but some showers, really linin
running, but has fewer supporters. ukrainian officials say around 1.5 million households are without power after a new wave of russian attacks. giorgia meloni has been sworn in as the head of italy s latest coalition government. she s the nation s first female prime minister and its first far right leader since the second world war. waron war on the race to become the new conservative leader, which gathers pace. we will be discussing this in more detail with our paper reviews in a moment but some mps are making the support of possible candidates now to try to build the backing. the international trade secretary and a contestant in the last leadership contest, kemi badenoch, has announced support for rishi sunak in announced support for rishi sunak in an article in tomorrow s s sunday times. she says that rishi sunak is a serious, honestly do we need. the former home secretary priti patel has tweeted her support for boris johnson, saying that he can bring together a united t
And move forward to address what i think are some of the legitimate issues that commissioner rally has raised. Thank you, mr. Chairman. It is a delight to have you back your thank you chairman, Ranking Member distinguished members of the community for thank you for the opportunity to share my perspectives with you this morning and my written testimony for the record i discussed the commissions work. I will focus on spectrum options. In in march 2014 we unanimously adopted a licensing and service rule to option 65 megahertz of spectrum. This was not only important for wireless carriers seeking to be skyrocketing consumer demand but it was critical for the promotion of more competitive options. My colleagues and i agreed on a plan for smaller license blocks and geographic licensed areas. We also agreed on the need for interoperability between the aws one in aws three. The securities participation, promotes competition and ensures the auction allocate spectrum to the highest and best use.
Well have the latest from events in the uk and around the world as we remember the day world war ii ended. The exams regulator sets out the criteria for appeals against downgraded a levels in england after nearly 40 were marked lower than predictions. Minimum i needed a a, b, b. I only actually needed three cs to get into the Foundation Course for the veterinary foundation, which was my back up, but on thursday i discovered that i had just been awarded three ds. Also, thousands of holidaymakers have arrived back in the uk after a last minute dash to avoid a mandatory two week quarantine. And the World Snooker championship final is under way in sheffield its being played in front of spectators as part of the easing of lockdown restrictions. That and the rest of the days sport coming up in sports day later. At 7 45pm. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Iam martin i am martin cox. The prince of wales has led commemorations for the 75th anniversary of vj day, whenjapan surrendered to th