see all the goals later this half hour. good evening. the leader of britain s biggest trade union unite says the labour party needs to get a spine and do more to stand up for working people struggling with the cost of living. sharon graham told the bbc that there is currently no strong voice for workers in parliament and she said people wanted a strong message from labour. the party has not supported calls for pay rises backed by industrial action, but says if it were in power it would join talks between employers and unions. our business correspondent marc ashdown has more. what do we want? 10%! when do we want it? now! could the summer of strikes turn into a winter of discontent? at felixstowe port, 1,900 dock workers are finishing an eight day walk out, impacting uk supply chains for food, clothing and essential goods. there are now calls ahead of next month s gathering of trades unions at the tuc conference for future strikes to be synchronised or staggered to maxim
Congressman adam smith, in washington, welcome to hardtalk. And let me begin with a very simple question what do you believe President Biden hoped to achieve by flying out to the middle east . Well, i think the number one biggest goal is to contain the conflict. Thats number one. Number two, to work with israel to try to figure out some way to minimise the impact on civilians within gaza, and also within israel, to try to chart a path forward. And i am seeing reporting its this morning, my time, where were at, recording here im seeing reporting this morning that a humanitarian corridor has been opened up out of gaza, and thats one of the biggest goals. The second is to work with partners in the region to try to make sure that this conflict doesnt spread, that hezbollah and iran dont get more involved. Thats the goal and thats the objective. And i guess also to have the conversations with israel about how best we can help them defend themselves against the threat from hamas. Lets just s
In washington, welcome to hardtalk. And let me begin with a very simple question what do you believe President Biden hoped to achieve by flying out to the middle east . Well, i think the number one biggest goal is to contain the conflict. Thats number one. Number two, to work with israel to try to figure out some way to minimise the impact on civilians within gaza, and also within israel, to try to chart a path forward. And i am seeing reporting its this morning, my time, where were at, recording here im seeing reporting this morning that a humanitarian corridor has been opened up out of gaza, and thats one of the biggest goals. The second is to work with partners in the region to try to make sure that this conflict doesnt spread, that hezbollah and iran dont get more involved. Thats the goal and thats the objective. And i guess also to have the conversations with israel about how best we can help them defend themselves against the threat from hamas. Lets just start with that idea of w
This is valid for thursday and into friday. Deep floodwaters are possible, damage to homes and businesses from the flash floods and River Flooding too. That is still to come. Its not happening at the moment. The weather is in the process of going downhill. This is the Rainfall Accumulation we have been showing you this graphic for the last two or three days. You can see the signs for a fair amount of rainfall, but there are distinct spots in the uk and it looks like the south east could see heavy rain too. But it is really this part of the country we are focusing on. For today, the wet weather spreads into southern and western parts of the uk. The rain doesnt even necessarily have to be torrential at any moment, it is more that it will be very persistent in certain parts of the country over the next few days. Early on thursday, the heaviest rain is across the north of england and the lakes in two parts of scotland and northern ireland. In the south, there is even a bit of brightness in
under the clear skies last night it turned out to be the coldest once in spring last year, but further east, the north east in particular, still a severe flood warnings, more details on sepa s website there are about the threat to life because of that river flooding. about the threat to life because of that riverflooding. not about the threat to life because of that river flooding. not as much flooding around today, but the last three days has brought the best part of 200 millilitres of rain. still more rain to come, even though it is lighter today, more rain to come, even though it is lightertoday, more more rain to come, even though it is lighter today, more coming down off the atlantic in the night. a chilly feel out there, despite