Top temperatures, 2a, 25 celsius. Misty and murky across some eastern coast of the fringes and turning cooler further south. Further heavy, thundery downpours as we head through this evening. So no moving, again a lot of rainfall in a short space of time. Another muggy one with the lows of 15 celsius. Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to the programme bringing together leading uk commentators, bbc specialists, and the correspondents who write, blog, and broadcast for audiences back home from the dateline: london. This week will england pay a price for borisjohnson s freedom day? and a trifecta of global worry afghanistan, iran, and lebanon. The dateline panel trying to put your mind at rest or not are the sudanese author and journalist, nesrine malik, bronwen maddox, director of the institute for government and before that, foreign editor at the times. And with me in the studio, the middle east editor for the bbc world service, sebastian usher. Welcome to yo
a woman who left to join the islamic state group in syria when she was a teenager, does not have the right to return to fight against being stripped of her british citizenship. at ten o clock. .. we will be here with a full round up of the days news. first it s the media show a spat between the australian government and facebook resulted in the silicon valley giant blocking every news organisation from their platform in australia. but what does this display of might from facebook mean for other countries preparing to take on big tech? plus the boss of new station boom radio on whether niche, age based services are the future of radio. hello. down with this obsession with youth. how about we obsess over older people instead? baby boomers, for instance. after all, there in the habit of actually watching and listening to linear tally in radio. and some of them even have money to spend after watching or listening to adverts. so goes the thinking behind a new radio station. no,
but labour leader sir keir starmer told the commons that it was a budget which papers over the cracks , with no plan to rebuild the shattered economy. in today s other main news, scotland s first minister tells the holyrood inquiry mistakes were made but rejects claims made by her predecessor alex salmond. i must rebut the absurd suggestion that anyone acted with malice or is part of that anyone acted with malice or is part of a that anyone acted with malice or is part of a plot against alex salmond. let s ta ke let s take you straight to that enquiry, it hasjust let s take you straight to that enquiry, it has just resumed, let s take you straight to that enquiry, it hasjust resumed, and this is the scene from holyrood. we were talking about the judicial review, were talking about the judicial review, we were talking about the judicial review, we will were talking about the judicial review, we will carry - were talking about the judicial review, we will carry on
under a law to be enacted next year. boris and carriejohnson have announced the birth of a daughter, their second child since he became prime minister. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government has confirmed the investigation into a party in downing street last december will also look at two other gatherings, allegedly held while restrictions on meeting indoors were in place. the inquiry was announced yesterday with regard to an event on december 18th. now a second downing street party in november and a gathering in the education department will also be considered. the health secretary sajid javid denied the government had lost credibility by breaking the rules, as he defended the introduction of new covid restrictions in england. from friday, face coverings will be mandatory for most indoor public venues, including theatres and cinemas but not pubs or restaurants. from monday you should work from home, if you can. an nhs covid pass will be needed to get into n
it as the biggest step forward in a generation. the us supreme court hears arguments in the controversial texas abortion case, with at least one legal challenge likely to be allowed to move forward. and how australian scientists have managed to produce crawling frogs that are able to adapt to climate change. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has told the united nations climate summit in glasgow that the fight against global warming offers extraordinary economic opportunities. he said creating technologies to reduce carbon emissions would create millions ofjobs worldwide. mr biden apologised for the actions of his predecessor, donald trump, who pulled the united states out of the paris climate accords. meanwhile india s prime minister, narendra modi, has told the conference that his country aims to become carbon neutral by the year 2070. it s the first time india, one of the world biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, has announced a net zero target. our f