rishi sunak is trying to agree a new settlement with the eu amid unrest among members of his parliamentary party. a uk based iranian broadcaster which has covered anti government protests in iran extensively says it s had to suspend its operations in the uk following threats against its journalists. you re watching bbc news. now its time for the last of albania s sworn virgins. hello. well, it was certainly worth getting up early this morning for the beautiful sunrise that many of you enjoyed early on. this was one of our weatherwatcher pictures sent in from brighton, thanks tojo, and another one from the northeast of england, this one from berwick upon tweed in northumberland, thanks for sending us that. and today, i think for most parts of the country, it is going to be a bit brighter compared with yesterday. a few more sunny spells to go around, but we ve got thicker cloud heading in scotland. weather fronts here will bring some fairly heavy and persi
that tried to keep people in the labour party when many were thinking of leaving it during thejeremy corbyn years. this week he is announcing a new approach to crime, an approach that attempts to prevent crime, protect communities, he says that whenjeremy corbyn was leader, labour gave the impression they were more concerned about the criminals than they were about the victims. welcome to political thinking. thank you. when keir starmer finally announced that there was no way back forjeremy corbyn, as someone who is a veteran for the struggle inside the party, how did it make you feel? i felt relieved, is the truth. there are two reasons for this, one is the necessity for keir starmer as a leader of the party to show that he has changed the party and that he will change the country. that has been done. for me too, my history and politics goes back to lambeth when i was first elected as a councillor, lambeth had previously been run by the hard left under ted knight. so i have
against its journalists. the 76th annual british academy awards take place in london later with the german language film, all quiet on the western front, leading the field with m nominations. the us secretary of state antony blinken has alleged that china is considering supplying weapons and ammunition to russia for its war against ukraine. he was speaking to cbs news after meeting china s top diplomat wang yi on the sidelines of the international security conference in munich. he said he d warned mr wang of consequences if material support was provided to moscow. mr blinken told cbs that chinese firms were already providing non lethal aid for russia s invasion. he was asked if support given to the mercenary group, wagner, amounted to military support for moscow. there is open source reporting that chinese companies are providing. surveillance equipment to that mercenary group, the wagnerl group, fighting in ukraine. does the us consider this to be providing military. suppo
so long ago. there is plenty in the tank at the moment. the labour leader showing someone else at the door, an effort to draw the line under the recent past. jeremy corbyn will not stand for labour jeremy corbyn will not stand for labour at jeremy corbyn will not stand for labour at the next general election. the prime labour at the next general election. the prime minister would love to do the same. moving on after years of brexit arguments. a deal on northern ireland is not yet done but feels that it ireland is not yet done but feels thatitis ireland is not yet done but feels that it is just about in reach. we are engaging in those conversations with the european union. next week? all the time and we have been for a while. but there is still work to do. so we have one big but there is still work to do. so we have one big question but there is still work to do. so we have one big question this - but there is still work to do. so we l have one big question this morn