as we enter the autumn with more cases, more hospitalisations and more daily deaths than this time last year we ll be asking how well the uk can cope. also tonight. job vacancies in the uk surge past 1 million for the first time since records began. british sprinter cj ujah s b sample has tested positive, confirming the result of his initial test from the tokyo olympics and putting the relay teams silver medal at risk. the former school teacher who has paddle boarded around the whole of britain is finishing his epic journey in torquay. and there s a new star in town: emma raducanu joins the celebrities enjoying the glitz and glamour of the met gala in new york. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has set out his autumn and winter plan to deal with covid in england. borisjohnson said the government will stick with its strategy of focussing on vaccines, but he warned that some measures will need to be kept in reserve in case the situation changes too m
a new conservative government. the international edition of the financial times focuses on the uk leader reshuffling his cabinet. jeremy hunt and james cleverly remain, respectively, as chancellor of the exchequer and foreign secretary. the guardian calls the prime minister s reshuffle a gamble, referencing suella braverman s return as home secretary after being sacked from the role due to a security breach less than a week ago. the express reports on mr sunak s solemn tone in his first speech as british premier, vowing to earn the nation s trust. refusing to smile when they were shouting out for him to do so. mistakes were made, i ll fix them is the headline in the telegraph, referencing the last tory government s mini budget which spooked global markets. let s start. welcome to you both. a lot to get through, and so many elements, in terms of who is out, who is in, is this continuity, is this unity? claire delest to start with the ft. sunak confronts prolonged crisis. if
israel s former prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has told supporters injerusalem he is on the brink of a big victory , after exit polls put his right wing bloc narrowly ahead in yesterday s general election. the current prime minister, yair lapid, says he s waiting for the votes to be counted. our correspondent in israel, yolande knell, is following developments. after a high turnout, exit poll suggests that israel s former prime minister, benjamin netanyu, is in position to take the reins of power again. but no matter what happens, known as racist and extremists, were on the fringes of israeli politics, but this election has seen them transformed into key players. with his eyes on a cabinet post, itamar ben gvir now tries to look like a conventional candidate. but this was him last month, inflaming tensions at palestinians during clashes. waking up a startled voter and telling him to cast his ballot. current pm yair lapid made his pitch on thejob, signing a maritime deal
a pygmy round eared bat returns to its termite nest home in the lowland forests of costa rica. time for a look at the weather, here s thomas schafernaker. it looks like the cold weather is here to stay for the rest of the week and into the weekend. there are hints that perhaps it will turn milder into next week but if so i think it will be a gradual process. so cold few days with light frost but no widespread snow. this is what the satellite picture looks like, the satellite picture looks like, the best of the sunshine to this central swathes of the country. most of the towns and cities around two or 3 c. so a showers across the scottish hills and north east of england, possibly along the north sea coast. but generally clear spells for most of us overnight and with temperatures even in some cities in the north as low as minus five degrees. we are talking about january, february weather. i slightly hesitated about that snow earlier on because we have this weather front which w