is the normal midterm blues, but on steroids. what we re seeing here is partly because of that mood of the nation, partly because the brand, the tory brand, the conservative party brand was damaged in september 2022 and earlier through partygate as well, and that is still feeding through into the public psyche. so, yes, to some degree, there s a pattern and it s feeding through to the by elections. but patterns can also be broken by unexpected events. all change in a land normally wary of the new. tories will be hoping there will be limits to these new habits. that s all from us. i m back on monday. until then, have a good weekend. goodbye. breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day, this is bbc news. rabbi meir hecht knows bothjudith and natalie raanan personally. he spoke to me just after the news of their release. judith prays every week in our congregation, for every sabbath, every holiday, and we miss her and she s been a part of our congregation in such an impor
hello there, and welcome along to the programme. arsenal proved just why they re the team to catch out in front, at the top of the premier league after thrashing london rivals chelsea 5 0 at the emirates. leandro trossard fired the gunners into action opening the scoring inside the first five minutes. it stayed like that until after half time, when the floodgates opened with four goals in quick succession. ben white with two and kai havertz also on the scoresheet twice against his former club. a real statement of intent from mikel arteta s side who are now three points clear of second placed liverpool, with manchester city four points behind but have two games in hand. the team when they came and they had a really good impact, from the beginning we looked really sharp, really aggressive about the ball, really composed and flowing in attack as well and yeah, i think i thought we would be short at half time, we went and i m really happy. in10, 15 minutes in the second h
countries in asia. we ll hear how the money will help in a moment. voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the united states where a key witness at the hush money trial of donald trump has told the court in new york how he suppressed negative stories about the former president to help him win the 2016 election. the court heard today how the then candidate picked up the phone and called this man, david pecker, former publisher of a tabloid, the national enquirer, to discuss whether to pay off a playboy model who was shopping around a story of having a year long affair with trump. before the trial resumed though, thejudge held a fiery hearing to determine if mr trump violated a gag order, which bans the former president from verbally attacking the jury and witnesses. this was donald trump s response. well, i think the gag order is totally unconstitutional. can t even allow articles to be pu
the cass review, as it s called, came out last week, and it recommends a new approach for clinicians. this is a polarising subject for some people. so, what mightjournalism do differently in how it covers it? hannah barnes is a former bbc producer who investigated some of the uk s gender identity services for the corporation s newsnight programme. she went on to write a book about it. i asked her when she first started her investigation. first came across it at all in 2017. i was off on my first maternity leave and there was a piece in the times byjanice turner which was talking about this really rapid increase in the referrals of teenage girls to gids the gender identity development service and she had spoken to two clinicians who worked at the service. it wasn t really a big sort of whistle blowy piece but they had talked to her and said what they d seen and itjust i thought it was very interesting, but i was off and, you know, spending time with my baby. and there
the team to catch out in front, at the top of the premier league after thrashing london rivals chelsea 5 0 at the emirates. leandro trossard fired the gunners into action opening the scoring inside the first five minutes. it stayed like till after half time, when the floodgates opened with four goals in quick succession. ben white with two and kai havertz also on the scoresheet twice against his former club. a real statement of intent from mikel arteta s side who are now three points clear of second placed liverpool, with manchester city four points behind but have two games in hand. the team when they came and they had a really good impact, from the beginning we looked really sharp, really aggressive about the ball, really composed and flowing in attack as well and yeah, i think i thought we would be short have time, we went and i m really happy. in10, 15 minutes in the second half, the third goal i think we give up and worst for them, they start to suffer to go to t