billion pound deal to buy twitter. go for it all naomi campbell gives her advice on modelling and motherhood after being awarded an honorary doctorate for her impact on global fashion. wimbledon history: elena rybakina, who was born in russia but has represented kazakhstan since 2018, has become the country s first player to win a major singles trophy in a nail biting women s final. and there is the duchess about to hand over the trophy for the women s singles final. we will have a look back at that winning match here on bbc news. one of the candidates tipped to be a possible frontrunner in the conservative leadership contest has ruled himself out. the defence secretary ben wallace said it had not been an easy choice but his focus was on keeping the country safe. four mps have entered the race so far including the former chancellor, rishi sunak. number ten has said his resignation was a real disappointment , suggesting he d betrayed boris johnson. here s our political co
personnel. we re taking steps to make sure we can defend our people and respond decisively if we need to. this is not what we want, not what we re looking for. we don t want an escalation. we don t want to see a second or third front develop. we don t want to see our personnel come under fire, but if that happens, we re ready for it. that s secretary of state antony blinken on the expected provocation from iran connected to the israel/hamas war. it comes as israel defense forces are expanding significantly. air strikes in gaza. we ll get the live report from israel straight ahead. plus an update on the hostages still being held by hamas after the terrorist group did release two americans on friday. and also coming up, we ll go through the nine republicans now running to be house speaker following jim jordan s failed bid to lead the lower chamber. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, october 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your da
billion last month it reached the highest level for february since records began almost 30 years ago. a warning that poor oral health is still a significant problem in england despite being largely preventable. and coming up this hour. a big day forjockey rachael blackmore she s leading the way at the cheltenham festival, and could be the first woman to win the gold cup. our top story, this morning. the prime minister is due to receive the oxford astrazeneca vaccine today and has assured the public it is safe. it s after several leading european countries have confirmed they are to resume the rollout of the jab following a pause over safety concerns. borisjohnson s urged people to get vaccinated and says england s roadmap out of lockdown is on track, despite a drop in vaccine supply. the roll out of the oxford astrazeneca vaccine will resume in some eu countries today, after regulators found no evidence it causes blood clots. the european medicines agency reviewed the
the european union. our political correspondent ben wright reports. may day means a bite and barrows festival in this lancashire village. and people seem keen to peddle their politics. but the election was not the main concern here this morning. a different sort of contest was. ready to shoot. the tories are targeting many marginal seats like this in lancashire. and their message that wrecks that negotiations are going to be tough and that theresa may is best placed to handle them sits at the heart of their election campaign. but this tough? a german newspaper has published an account by unnamed eu officials of a dinner held last week at number ten between theresa may and the eu negotiating team. it describes deep disagreements between the two sites. according to the paper, the prime minister and the eu commission president, jean claude juncker, seen here before the dinner, clashed over the exit bill britain must pay, the structure of the talks, and the prospects of a quick t
there are just so many ways that this city is different from the rest of the uk. two million out of london s five million workforce were born abroad. immigration is part of this city s identity and part of its lifeblood. take this luxury hotel in leicester square. it is totally dependent on workers from abroad. where are you from? i m from romania. i m from spain. where are you from? i m italian. from india. barcelona in spain. london is a melting pot, its flexible labour market a magnet for young workers. across our business, we employ approximately 2,300 people, so it would be fair to say that more than 50% of those employed from the eu. and from the rest of the world altogether? so in total probably around 80% we are looking at. the question that london asks the politicians if migration is reduced, where will the capital draw its workforce from? the computers flowing over london bridge support a financial sector employing 750,000 people. the city provides nearly 12% of t