welcome to the daily global, where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. 2024 is shaping up to be a year of elections. two billion people one in four of the world s population will go to the polls this year in votes that could change the global political landscape. 50 nations will hold elections. starting with bangladesh, the polls include seven out of the world s ten most populous nations india, the united states, indonesia, pakistan, russia and mexico. and the uk will go to the polls at some point this year. british prime minister rishi sunak has said his assumption is that a general election will be held in the second half of this year, despite some speculation it could take place in the spring. opinion polls put mr sunak s conservatives well behind the opposition labour party. with the details, our political editor, chris mason. can i welcome to you this morning, rishi sunak, the prime minister? mansfield in nottinghamshire a town the conservative
despite doctors insisting he is brain dead. the israeli prime minister is to step down and dissolve parliament triggering a fresh election. the mountain guerillas of central africa, once on the brink of extinction, now their numbers are rising, are there other lessons for conservation? good evening and welcome to bbc news. britain is facing its biggest rail strike in 30 years with significant disruption to services across england, scotland and wales. last minute talks between unions and rail bosses failed this afternoon. the dispute between the rail, maritime and transport workers union, and the companies which run britain s railway centres on pay, job losses and changes to workers terms and conditions. the strike action begins tomorrow, and will continue on thursday and saturday. most major lines will be impacted by the strikes. there will be a limited service running, but many areas will have will have no services at all. distruption is also expected on non strike da
of wheat can t be exported. russia says any problems have been created by western sanctions. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are ros altmann, former pensions minister, and natalie fahy, senior editor at the nottingham post, the derby telegraph and the lincolnshire echo. good evening to you both. we ll talk in just a second. business fears rail strikes cost as prospect grows of more walk outs that s on the front of the financial times. the telegraph repeats the prime ministers claim. the prime minister s claim. unions harming those they are meant to help, reads their headline. planes, trains, automobiles all come to a halt, and the mirror says on the front page, the transport secretary still refuses to act. on the front of the i tomorrow, the government plans to tear up the limits on city bosses pay. pm inflames rail dispute with strike breaker threat, reports the guardian. strikes are a £1 billion lockdo
senior american official to visit the island in decades. china has warned that america would pay the price for her visit. a man has been charged under the trees and act after allegedly being found with a crossbow and the grounds of windsor castle on christmas day. adverts featuring edited model should come with warnings and nonsurgical procedures need tighter regulation. that is according to a group of mps investigating the impact of body image. a snorkeler suffered a leg injury after allegedly being hit by a blue shark off the coast of cornwall last week. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the energy company bp has recorded its second highest three monthly profit in history. between april and june is made £6.9 billion, three times the figure for the same period last year. in the oil trading performance was exceptional and it expects to pay more than £i performance was exceptional and it expects to pay more than £1 billion in uk tax this year. but the news comes as dome
is crippling new york renters, with average manhattan prices surging above $5,000 a month. welcome to world news america, on pbs and around the globe. after days of speculation, the speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi has arrived in taiwan sparking fury from china. mrs pelosi is the highest ranking us official to visit the island since 1997. the chinese government has threatened military action and in a statement said her visit seriously infringes upon china s sovereignty and territorial integrity . taiwan is self ruled, but claimed by china the result of a regional rift dating to world war two when china took control of the island from japan. but when communists took over beijing in 1949, the defeated chinese nationalist forces fled south to taiwan. the us has no formal ties with taiwan, and only 13 countries recognise the island s sovereignty. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield hayes reports from taipei. the speculation has been swirling for d