To help priced out renters find somewhere to live . In sport, theres no stopping liverpool as they hit five in europe against Sparta Prague including a stunner from in form darwin nunez. Including a stunner good morning. A good deal of dry weather on the cards today, some will say sunshine but they will be a cold easterly wind blowing. I will have all the details for today and for the weekend throughout the programme. Its friday the 8th of march. President joe biden has used his state of the Union Address to criticise donald trump his likely opponent in the election and to claim that freedom and democracy are under assault around the world. President biden also announced that the us military will construct a port in gaza to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid to the territory. Tonight, im directing the us military to lead an Emergency Mission to establish a temporary pier in the mediterranean on the coast of gaza that can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine a
the soaring cost of petrol and diesel and the competition watchdog launches an investigation into the way prices at the pump are regulated. way prices at the pump are regulated- way prices at the pump are reaulated. , ., ., . and in the wimbledon men s semi final, britain s cameron norrie loses in four sets to novak djokovic. and coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline. they share their impressions of the reasons for boris johnson s departure and the reasons for who and what come next. welcome to bbc news and apologies for my sneezing fit. really caught me unawares that time. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, and his deputy, angela rayner, have been cleared by durham police of breaking lockdown rules. the force was looking into an event last april during election campaigning, when sir keir was pictured drinking from a bottle of beer in the office of another labour mp. he d promised to resign
for 48 hours, he dug in his heels, even as, one after another, members of his government resigned. in all, five cabinet level and 23junior ministers quit because he wouldn t, along with a couple of dozen parliamentary aides. on wednesday evening, the prime minister sacked one of his oldest allies who d told him to go. another, who d accepted promotion from him just the night before, deserted his cause. mrjohnson insisted the voters had given him a mandate to govern and he would do just that. some feared he was considering a fresh appeal to the nation by calling a general election. a prime minister who d dissolved parliament once when he couldn t get his way might do so again. in fact, come thursday lunch time, borisjohnson decided he had to go. he announced his resignation blaming not himself but the herd instinct of his party. when time is up for tory leaders, they are visited by the men in grey suits , political grandees. the verdict in the dateline studio is delivered
so some torrential thundery downpour is likely first thing tomorrow morning. they will gradually drift away by lunchtime leaving a legacy of cloud perhaps the many. but then dryer and brighter conditions. a little bit more comfortable tomorrow, we are starting to lose that humidity. 15 to 23 degrees. another weather front bushing and on friday, this one a bit of a nuisance, some showers before a little bump of high pressure builds behind. friday is a really messy story, there will be some showers around, will cloud the further north and west, dry with some sunshine out to the east and in terms of the feel of things, may be a degree also warmer once again. 25 degrees that is 77 fahrenheit, we are looking at 18 to 20 where those showers. looking at 18 20 where the showers linger. it is a bank holiday, so northern ireland for northern ireland, england, and wales, and dry and settled and sunny once again, but a bit fresher and certainly not as humid as it has been. thanks, lou
Right now on ana cabrera reports, israel escalating air strikes on gaza, claiming its hit hundreds of targets in the last 24 hours as israels Defense Minister warns its operation in gaza could last months. Plus, new reporting about hostages held by hamas. The number now stands at 222. What we know about them and the efforts to bring them home. Also ahead in washington, the search for the speaker beginning again on capitol hill. Nine republicans now in the running, but can any of them get enough votes. Returning to court. The new charges that have new jersey senator bob menendez going back before a judge this afternoon. Thanks so much for joivening us. Its 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting from new york. Over the last few hours with the idf claiming the have Hit 320 Hamas targets over the last 24 hours. As air strikes continue, a contingent of israeli tanks and troops remain gathered along gazas border with the Israel Defense minister saying the war could take, quote, months. Ther