hello, it s adam in the studio. it s victoria in the studio. for some reason they ve turned the temperature up really high. it s baking in here. let s raise the news temperature by talking about what s been happening. oh, that was so lame, wasn t it? anyway, keir starmer, labour leader, went to manchester, did a big speech, it was billed as a big speech, and he unveiled these five missions. yes. how do you understand what a mission is? i looked it up on dictionary.com, because it s not a promise, it s not a pledge, it is a. let me get my notes. it s an important goal or purpose. 0k. so it s what he would hope to do, should he form the next government, but it s definitely not a promise. and a key test in politics of a list with five things on it is whetherjournalists can remember all five at the end of the day. shall we test ourselves? let s go. fastest growth in the g7 by the end of the first term of a labour government. highest sustained growth. yes, ma am. nhs fit for the f
yes. so, in summary, what is it? so, what happened was, last month, the scottish parliament, by a pretty big majority, passed this legislation and the legislation, this gender bill, seeks to remove administrative and medical barriers to changing the sex on your birth certificate. that s basically what it does. it s passed the scottish parliament and it was waiting to be given the rubber stamp by the king, royal assent. but, crucially, while the issue of trans rights is devolved to the scottish parliament, the issue of equalities is something that s decided at westminster on behalf of england, scotland and wales and the uk government says, hang on a minute, we think those two clash. and there s a line in the rule book that set up devolution a quarter of a century ago that allows us, they say, to pull this trigger and stop that proposed law becoming law and getting royal assent. that s what they ve done and it s caused one heck of a row. right, well, let s chat a bit more a
when all else fails, and if we can t trust them to do theirjob properly, that s a very, very scary thought. the report was commissioned following the rape and murder of sarah everard by a serving officer in 2021. we ll be considering the future of the met in the light of the findings. also tonight. borisjohnson has accepted that he misled parliament in relation to social gatherings during lockdown, but he insists it wasn t intentional or reckless. on the second day of the chinese state visit to moscow a warning to the west not to supply more weapons to ukraine. a report from the highlands on a giant project which could be the uk s biggest hydro electric scheme in a0 years. and why the hollywood star gwyneth paltrow is in court after a collision on a ski slope. and coming up on the bbc news channel, arsenal s women have it all to do if they re to reach the final four of the champions league, as bayern munich strike first. good evening. the biggest police force in the united
national rally party has surged since they won the european elections three weeks ago, despite president macron pledging to stop its rise. and a sky full of stars at coldplay s record breaking fifth now on bbc news. newscast: electioncast. hi everybody. so, rishi sunak is still fighting for votes and he is still fighting for hisjob, because it is not over yet and rule number one of journalism is, never assume. but he was on with us this morning and it was quite a big moment, ithink. i think it was maybe the last big moment that he will have during this election campaign and that s what makes it so big. because, look, there s lots of polls day by day, you can t move for polls and publicly, rishi sunak says, he said to you, in fact, he still thinks he will be prime minister on friday after the general election. privately, i can tell you, the conservative campaign believe the polls and the labour campaign believe the polls. and, so, they need, rishi sunak needs, something to c
slovakia in their first knockout match at the european trip championships in germany. the knee right game kicks off in the next 30 minutes. now on bbc news newscast: electioncast. hi everybody. so, rishi sunak is still fighting for votes and he is still fighting for hisjob, because it is not over yet and rule number one of journalism is, never assume. but he was on with us this morning and it was quite a big moment, ithink. i think it was maybe the last big moment that he will have during this election campaign and that s what makes it so big. because, look, there s lots of polls day by day you can t move for polls, and publicly, rishi sunak says, he said to you, in fact, he still thinks he will be prime minister on friday after the general election. privately, i can tell you, the conservative campaign believe the polls and the labour campaign believe the polls. and, so, they need rishi sunak needs something to change and this was perhaps his big last opportunity t