The uk government says it will strengthen the regional test and trace system as it cuts 6000 contact tracers in england by the end of the month. Lebanons president has asked the countrys government to stay on temporarily after all its ministers resigned amid mounting anger over last weeks massive explosion that devastated parts of beirut. Excuse me. Oh. This was the moment President Trump was led away from a live news briefing by Security Officials after an armed man was shot close to the white house. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Employment in the uk has seen the largest fall in over a decade as the coronavirus pandemic hits the jobs market. Thats according to new figures for april tojune from the office for national statistics. Responding to the figures, chancellor rishi sunak said hes always been clear, that he is unable to protect every job affected by coronaviru
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figures, further south ii to 14 degrees but by sunday this area of low pressure will move in and again we will see wet weather pushing in with strong winds. thanks, simon. and that s it from us. newsnight is just getting under way on bbc two, with victoria derbyshire. on bbc one, time for the news where you are. goodnight. on bbc london, a ulez camera has been blown up in south east london. is the home office confirmed the night at the cost of the rwanda scheme has doubled to 290 million tones of not one salesperson centre, rishi sunak tries to sell his own legislation to mps today. is he yet another conservative prime minister doubled to £290 million, with not one person sent there. mr sunak is trying to save his rwanda plan and his premiership. can he get enough votes to get his latest legislation through? we ll talk to two conservatives one who supports it, one who doesn t. also tonight, as an inquest rules an ofsted inspection contributed to the death of headteach
and samuel ljackson stars in the latest king kong movie. we ll get mark kerdmode‘s take on that and more in the film review at 5:45. good evening and welcome to bbc news at five. the education secretary justine greening has been heckled by headteachers after she defended government plans for more grammar schools in england. she was addressing the conference of the association of school and college leaders. she insisted that grammar schools help disadvantaged children, but the union s general secretary said there was no evidence that they raise standards or improve social mobility. 0ur education correspondent gillian hargreaves reports. peter woodman at the weald school might be a head teacher, but he still likes to work at the chalk face, partly because he enjoys it and partly because it saves money for the shcool. the only reason we can survive is we are carrying forward money from last year, if the government stick to their pledges with the cash flow and budget, we will b
ta ke i can connect with my children and take them to my friend s birthday parties and go on the old claygate every now and then and actually be present in my children s lives. playdate. from today, bigger businesses will have to reveal how much they pay their male and female staff and if there s a gap between their wages. i m looking at the rules and what they hope to achieve. in sport, eden hazard scores twice to keep chelsea at the top of the premier league. and carol has the weather. good morning. a chilly start. for many of us, a fine day with sunshine and variable amounts of cloud. through the next the days, by sunday, it will be warmer than it has been. more in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the supreme court will rule today on whether parents can take their children on holiday in term time, without breaking the law. it s considering the case ofjohn platt, who refused to pay a fine after taking his daughter to florida for a week in 2015. the decisi