pope francis leads mourners for his predeccessor benedict xvi at an open air funeral mass at the vatican. upset for emma raducanu after she retires from her second round match at the asb classic in auckland with an ankle injury. and coming up this hour hear more from the girl group flo, who are the winners of the bbc s sound of 2023 award. sir keir starmer has promised that a labour government would devolve more power out of westminster by giving local authorities more say in areas such as transport and housing. the labour leader said in a new year speech that taking back control borrowing from the brexit slogan would be central to his party s agenda if it won the next election. it s not unreasonable for us to recognise the desire of communities to stand on their own feet. it s what take back control meant. the control people want is control over their lives and their communities. so we will embrace the take back control message, but we ll turn it from a slogan in
who s on trial for alleged corruption clash with police outside her home. europe s biggest carnival returns to the streets of london after a three year break caused by covid. pakistan has made a fresh appeal for international aid to deal with what it describes as overwhelming flooding, which has killed more than a thousand people. an estimated 33 million people, or 15% of the population, are affected in the north and south of the country, after unusually heavy monsoon rains. pakistan s prime minister, shehbaz sharif flew over one affected area, jaffarabad baluchistan, in a helicopter distributing relief. a massive aid operation is under way but the government says it s unable to cope. officials in the southern province of sindh are warning that more floods and landslides are likely there, as waters from the north flow downstream. from sindh, pumza fihlani reports: local aid agencies in pakistan say they are doing what they can, but there simply aren t enough resources for
falling much lower than 25 celsius. what is known as a tropical night. but have a look at how fickle the weather is at the moment. in actual fact, first thing this morning these were the kind of temperatures we had with temperatures in low, single figures from scotland down to 0xfordshire. because high pressure is here at the moment, but it is actually allowing the airflow to come from the north and with clear skies, those temperatures fell away. we have more in the way of cloud developing as we speak and act like a trigger off a few showers through this afternoon. no showers will gradually drift their way and steadily northwards, they will be very hit and miss so not many seeing them. the temperatures will be disappointing, perhapsjust below disappointing, perhaps just below parfor disappointing, perhaps just below par for the disappointing, perhapsjust below par for the time of year. top temperatures of ia to 22 celsius and thatis temperatures of ia to 22 celsius and that i
Saying today . This is exactly the kind of seat and area saying today . This is exactly the kind of seat and area that saying today . This is exactly the | kind of seat and area that labour need to win back if they are going to win a majority in parliament on july the 4th. We are at stafford rangers football club. Sir keir starmer Making A Habit of appearing at Lower League Football clubs and doing Campaign Visits in places like this. His message this morning was very much focused on the economy, labour arguing under the Conservatives Britain has gotten poorer. Rishi sunak in yorkshire was making the case that his economic plan is working, he saying that the economy is turning a corner. The other news today is the number of mps deciding to step down and most prominent among them is michael gove, a long serving cabinet ministerfor the gove, a long serving cabinet minister for the conservatives, former education and justice secretary and the current Levelling Up Secretary and the current
A number one priority. Here is our Political Correspondent helen catt. Here is our Political Correspondent helen catt. The Labour Leader arriving at a Football Club in the West Midlands, here to put the boot into the tories economic record and to explain what a Labour Government would do. Stability now is change its strange to say that in 2024 but a stable economy has to be the first step of an incoming Labour Government and that is what we will make an absolute priority if we are privileged enough to come in to serve. It comes at a leading think tank, the ifs, urged both labour and the tories to be open about the tough choices they will face over the countrys finances if elected. For rishi sunak, a low key visit, a cuppa with veterans in the north of england. He answered some gentle concern about his drenching in Downing Street. It was wet. The amount of people that gave me an umbrella over the last couple of days. But no questions from journalists instead a Treasury Minister defended