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bbc news. president biden is to address the irish parliament in dublin, as he continues his visit of the republic of ireland. a man will appear in court after being extradited from pakistan, charged with the murder of pc sharon beshenivsky in west yorkshire. the president of brazil hopes his visit to shanghai will smooth relations with its biggest trading partner, china. the european space agency will launch its spacecraft towards jupiter later, in one of its most ambitious missions to date. hello and welcome. japan says north korea's latest missile test is outrageous and unacceptable, after it fired a suspected medium or long—range ballistic missile into the sea of japan. it prompted the japanese government to tell residents on the island of hokkaido to seek shelter, but the missile splashed down outside its territorial waters. jean makenzie has more from seoul. north korea has launched a suspected long—range missile this morning, potentially an intercontinental ballistic missile. so these are the missiles that can, in theory, reach all the way to the us mainland. it appeared for one moment this

bbc news... president biden meets ireland's prime minister in dublin — he's expected to address the irish parliamentrtly. this is the scene live in dublin — as lawmakers await the president's arrival. more protests — more clashes with police — as opposition continues to plans to raise france's pension age. thousands of ta ken thousands of taken to the streets in paris one of thousands of protests taking place in the country. let's turn to ireland — where us presidentjoe biden has been meeting with leading politicians and is now on his way to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament it's been an extremely busy day for the president. he set off to parliament from farmleigh house in dublin after meeting with the irish prime minister — leo varadkar. while in the grounds of farmleigh, he watched a gaelic sport demonstration by local children. inside, the taoiseach praised american leadership since the russian invasion of ukraine last year. mr biden praised irish values and set out plans for a closer relationship between the us and ireland. there really is an opportunity to make serious progress. n

bbc news. president biden is to address the irish parliament in dublin — as he continues his visit of the republicf ireland. a man will appear in court after being extradited from pakistan charged with the murder of pc sharon besh—en—iv—sky in west yorkshire. the president of brazil hopes his visit to shanghai will smooth relations with its biggest trading partner china. the european space agency will launch its spacecraft towardsjupiter later in one of its most ambitious missions to date. hello and welcome. president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon, as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. today, he's expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is in dublin. he is already here this morning, he is going to meet the irish president at his official residency. they are going to plant a tree together and then they will be in the city centre speaking to politicians at the irish parliament. only the fourth time a us president has been invited to do this so it is a huge honour

bbc news. president biden is finishes address to the parliament in ireland. parliament in ireland.at political violence should never be allowed to take hold again. mr biden is on a tour of the republic of ireland haven't visited northern ireland on wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday peace agreement. mr biden entered the chamber, he was met with rapturous applause in open his speech by saying, when he is in ireland he feels he is at home. he said his country was shaped by ireland, highlighting the shared values between the two nations before praising ireland's role in internationalforeign before praising ireland's role in international foreign policy. president kennedy said 60 years ago and i quote, "ireland pursues an end of pendant course in foreign policy but it is not neutral between liberty and tyranny and it never will be. thank you for that. the us president then _ will be. thank you for that. the us president then went _ will be. thank you for that. the us president then went on _ will be. thank you for that. the us president then went on to - will be.

bbc news, live from london. president biden is to address the irish parliament in dublin — as he continues his visit of the republicf ireland. the president of brazil hopes his visit to shanghai will smooth relations with its biggest trading partner china. a man will appear in court after being extradited from pakistan charged with the murder of pc sharon beshenivsky in west yorkshire almost two decasdes ago. the european space agency will launch its spacecraft towardsjupiter later in one of its most ambitious missions to date. hello and welcome. president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon, as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. today, he's expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is in dublin. hello. take us through the day. it's reall hello. take us through the day. it�*s really back to business forjoe biden today, yesterday, he had some personal time, biden today, yesterday, he had some personaltime, ending biden today, yesterday, he had some personal time, ending the day in a pub

parliament. more on this as we get it. new data shown to the bbcinely into uk waters from oil and gas production. the spills took place over five years and some of them hit areas meant to protect wildlife. i'm nowjoined by the bbc�*s climate and science reporter live from the cardiff newsroom. i wonder if we could just start off with how much of a problem this is, georgina? 50 with how much of a problem this is, georuina? ., with how much of a problem this is, georuina? . , with how much of a problem this is, georuina? ., , ., ., .,, georgina? so what this data has shown is that _ georgina? so what this data has shown is that 22,000 _ georgina? so what this data has shown is that 22,000 tonnes i georgina? so what this data has shown is that 22,000 tonnes of| georgina? so what this data has i shown is that 22,000 tonnes of oil were spilled into ukc server this five year period mightjust to say thatis five year period mightjust to say that is 164,000 barrels of oil stocked with that in context, at the poole harbour a spell in england last month, just

the uk prime minister rishi sunak is being investigated by parliament's standards commissioner. the bbcfe has shares in. the commissioner said the investigation concerns a declaration of interest. downing street said they would be happy to assist the commissioner. he is confident the appropriate process has been followed to avoid or mitigate any essential conflict of interest. i've spoken to our political correspondent iain watson. the core of this is the fact that the government is very keen to see childcare expanded. what happened that last month's budget was that extra money was made available. there was a £600 bonus. if you signed up, with a private agency, one of six, you would get twice the cash. 0ne agency, one of six, you would get twice the cash. one of those agencies is none other than rishi sunak�*s wife. politicians will be questioning the prime minister and they did so towards the end of last month in the committee meeting. he was asked by a labour mp whether an interest to declare, and he said at that stage know, everything was declared in the usual way. they were getting

british prime minister rishi sunak is being investigated by parliament's standards commissioner. the bbcin relation to koru kids, a childcare firm his wife has shares in. an update on the commissioner's website says that the prime minister is being probed for a declaration of interest. in reaction number ten has said: "we are happy to assist the commissioner to clarify how this has been transparently declared as a ministerial interest." here's our political correspondent nick eardley for more on this. the prime minister has previously said that these shares were properly declared to the cabinet office, to the sort of engine room of british government, where british ministers tell the whitehall civil servants about their ministerial interests. but it wasn't declared publicly and it's the fact it wasn't declared publicly that has raised some questions. publicly that has raised some questions-— publicly that has raised some question— publicly that has raised some cuestions. �* , , ., ., , questions. and this is around his wife's shares, _ questions. and this is around his wife's shares, or—

bbc news. president biden meets ireland's prime minister in dublin — he's expected to address the irish parliamenthortly. a twelfth day of nationwide strikes in france — with ongoing anger over plans to raise the country's pension age. a potential �*world—changer�* in the fight against malaria — ghana becomes the first country to approve a promising new vaccine. and — premier league football clubs agree to phase out front—of—shirt sponsorship deals with betting companies. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's kasa. bayern munich have suspended sadio mane from the club's match this saturday against hoffenheim for his misconduct after the 3—0 defeat to manchester city in the quarterfinals of the champions league on tuesday night. the 31—year—old former liverpool winger has also been given a fine by the bavarian side after reports of a changing room bust—up with team—mate leroy sane. the two players were seen arguing towards the end of the match and german papers allege mane punched his teammate in the face. manchester united goalkeeper david de gea says the club is aiming

both houses of the irish parliament, both houses of the irish parliament, the fourth us president to do that. full coverage right here on bbct's find out how the weather is looking you with carol kirkwood. hello again. as we go through the next few days, the weather is settling down. we still are looking at sunshine and showers and that certainly is the scenario that we have today. hello again. as we go through the next few days, the weather is settling down. we still are looking at sunshine and showers and that certainly is the scenario that we have today. the northern half of the country seeing the most frequent showers, some of them merging to give some heavier downpours. there'll be wintry in the tops of the grampians and we'll see some thunder and lightning across eastern parts of england, maybe some hail as well. further south, the showers are fewer and farther between. temperatures today 9 to 13 degrees. with this morning's gusty winds with exposure in the west and the south continuing to ease. through this evening and overnight, there will still be some showers across northern areas. but we've got this next area of

bbc news. the warmest of welcomes forjoe biden — he addresses the irish parliament, only the fourth us presidento do so. we believe anything is possible we set her mind to it and we do it together. this is the united states of america and ireland, there's nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together. us media names the man they say leaked highly classified documents on the americas worst intelligence breaches. more protest, more protests with police as anger continues to raise france's pension age. president biden has finished his address saying that the united kingdom should work more closely with the double government to support northern ireland. he said that political violence should never be allowed to take hold again. mr biden is on a tour of the republic of ireland having visited northern ireland on wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. when he entered the chamber he was met with a round of applause and open his speech by saying, when he is in ireland he feel he is at home. he said, his country was shaped by ireland highlighting the shared values between

bbc news. president biden meets ireland's prime minister in dublin — he's expected to address the irish parliamentpremier league football clubs agree to phase out front—of—shirt sponsorship deals with betting companies.

the bbc , pointing out that its budget is funded by the approval of the parliament, has announced that it will stop all its activities on twitter in protest against this label. twitter had also used this title for the british bbc and the american national radio. they faced their protest. 280,000 palestinian worshipers performed the isha prayer on the twenty-seventh night of the holy month of ramadan in al-aqsa mosque , despite the tightening of the security measures of the zionist regime. a thousand palestinians to the al-qasa mosque the occupation of quds is not a system. by creating security barriers , a large number of palestinian worshipers, especially young people, were prevented from entering the city and attending the al-qasa mosque. the city created security barriers and checkpoint crossings, and because of this , palestinian worshipers faced many difficulties and hardships to enter the city and attend the al-qasa mosque. ukraine war and the tension towards china was one of the main topics of this meeting. the different perceptions of russia's security and energy commitment hav

bbc�*s brussels�* correspondentjess parker reports. it was a political earthquake, an alleged corruption scandal at the heart of the european parliament.termath, eu leaders rushed to announce action. there will be no sweeping under the carpet. we will ask for more transparency on meetings with foreign actors and those linked to them. the police investigation stretches hundreds of miles from brussels to, among other places here — the port city of salerno in southern italy, where we�*ve spoken to the lawyer of a key suspect... andrea cozzolino, an italian member of the european parliament, suspected of acting in the interests of foreign powers, namely qatar and morocco, in exchange for money — which he denies. qatar and morocco have also hit back at the claims. belgian prosecutors want andrea cozzolino detained in brussels, but his lawyers are contesting the european arrest warrant. translation: if the belgian prosecutor has the proof - of cozzolino�*s guilt, why don�*t they show it? the fact they don�*t leads us to think that cozzolino�*s arrest is aimed to get him injail and see if he cracks, if he confesses to a crime, even though he

bbc news. i'm sally bundock. president biden is to address the irish parliament in dublin as he continues his visit of the republickkaido. the european space agency will launch its spacecraft towards jupiter on thursday in one of its most ambitious missions to date. hello and welcome. president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin

bbc news. i'm sally bundock. president biden is to address the irish parliament in dublin as he continues his visit of the republic of ireland. north korea launch a missile into the sea of japan, sparking alarm in northern hokkaido. the european space agency will launch its spacecraft towards jupiter on thursday in one of its most ambitious missions to date. hello and welcome. president biden will address the irish parliament in dublin this afternoon as he continues his visit to the island of ireland. in belfast yesterday, he urged northern ireland's political parties to resume power—sharing. today, he's expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic of ireland and the united states. charlotte callagher reports from belfast. an irish homecoming for a us president. applause. joe biden, who describes himself as a proud irish american, arrives in his ancestral home of county louth. ., , ~' louth. coming here feels like cominu louth. coming here feels like coming home. _ louth. coming here feels like coming home, it _ louth. coming here feels like coming home, it really - louth. coming here feels like coming

bbc news. but it will go up the mall, admiralty arch, down whitehall, the palace of westminster, parliament squareabbey. they will be inside this royal carriage. it is the diamond jubilee stagecoach. now, the reason this one is being used is because it will be more comfortable for the royal couple. it has air conditioning and also electric windows. now, one of the key moments of the ceremony will be when king charles is crowned. and this is the crown that will be used. it is the st edward's crown, and it weighs five pounds or over two kilos. finally, a sign that the coronation has moved into the modern era, as buckingham palace have released an official emoji to be used on social media with the hashtag #coronation. nicky schiller reporting on that story for us. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. doctors' leaders have asked the government to enter talks to end their dispute over pay. thousands ofjunior doctors in england are halfway through a four—day strike. the prime minister said he wanted to find a reasonable compromise, and the right outcome, for patients and

bbc website, as always. the former new zealand prime minister, jacinda ardern, has bowed out of parliament with a standing ovationhe has felt representing her country and steering its people through some of the hardest times, including natural disasters, the covid—19 pandemic and the 2019 she shocked the country earlier christchurch mosque attack. she shocked the country earlier this year when she announced she was stepping down as prime minister and retiring from politics, saying she no longer had "enough in the tank". i do hope i have demonstrated something else entirely. that you can be anxious, sensitive, kind, and wear your heart on your sleeve. you can be a mother or not. you can be an ex—mormon or not. you can be a nerd, a crier, a hugger, you can be all of these things. and not only can you be here, you can lead just like me. tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou. a visibly emotionaljust send our there in parliament. let's turn to pakistan now, where i want to tell you about how an elephant in karachi zoo, suffering from multiple issues including arthritis, has received further treatment. —— just send 17—

bbc news taipei. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... malaysia's parliamente—thousand—three hundred prisoners currently on death row there, although there has been a moratorium on executions since 2018. crimes like murder and terrorism will now be punished by life imprisonment. the white house says it cannot confirm us media reports that a chinese balloon that flew across the united states two months ago was able to gather intelligence from several military sites and transmit it back to beijing. speaking at a briefing, the pentagon deputy press secretary sabrina singh said she could not confirm whether live transmissions were made by the balloon. oil prices have surged after several of the world's largest exporters announced surprise cuts in production. the price of brent crude oil is trading close to $85 a barrel afterjumping by almost 6%. the decision to reduce supplies was led by a group of gulf states, and russia then said it would extend its cut of half a million barrels a day until the end of the year. nasa has announced the crew of its artemis 2 missio

bbc news. fascinating report there. lots more on our website. former new zealand prime minister, jacinda ardern, has bowed out of parliament with a standing ovation the 42—year—old spoke about the honour she has felt representing her country and steering its people through some of the hardest times, including natural disasters, the covid—19 pandemic and the 2019 christchurch mosque attack. shocked the country earlier this year when she announced she was stepping down as prime minister and retiring from politics, saying she no longer had "enough in the tank". i do hope i have demonstrated something else entirely. that you can be anxious, sensitive, kind, and wear your heart on your sleeve. you can be a mother or not. you can be an ex—mormon or not. you can be a nerd, a crier, a hugger, you can be all of these things. and not only can you be here, you can lead just like me. tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou. visibly emotionaljust into our during their with some words of windows and indeed for all of us. —— words of wisdom. before we wrap up, let's take you to the spanish coastline, because growing numbers of loggerhead sea turtles are nesting a

bbc. damian green, who is the acting chairman of parliament's culture committee, has said he hopes lessons the cabinet office pushing us towards, you know, when i looked at this report straightaway in terms of this issue it is quite clear cut that simon case is off the hook, and it also disabled one of the key arguments richard sharp was deploying, howeverwe arguments richard sharp was deploying, however we do know that simon case, according to all these reports, was told about it. there was that suspicion from richard sharp, putting that information out there. do you think that based on other reasons why simon case has been hitting the headlines recently that this top civil servant and head of overseeing this appointments process, do you think this is a problem for him? i process, do you think this is a problem for him?— problem for him? i think with retards problem for him? i think with regards to — problem for him? i think with regards to this _ problem for him? i think with regards to this particular i problem for him? i think with l regards to this particular report that we have got t

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parliament that pay it's money. was speaking to twitch, to resolve this issue as soon as possible. the bbc is and always has been independent . we funded by the british public through the license fee, baby se is funded by the license fee, a compulsory charge for each household amounting to $159.00 british pounds annually . the amount of the fee, though, is set by the government, twitters previously slots similar tags on various russian and chinese news outlets, including archie earlier. the american n p. r network was given a state affiliated media label, although that was later changed to government funded after you on must face backlash in the media. journalist martin j believe's, public opinion about the b, b. c won't be affected by twitters decision, as it's already been damaged by recent scandals. the broadcaster has found itself in will never reach such a low point. and other, more and more people are asking why they have to pay the fee to many people at best are asking for the business both to be rechecked and for it to become commercialized. and whether people can choose to pay or

rec— journalists union there at the bbc indicating— journalists union there at the bbc indicating that in the parliamentses of people the lenty that they can't behave iniexamples of people the former of examples of people the former conservative patten, conservative mp, lord patten, of course patten, held course was chris patten, held the position he was fiercely the position and he was fiercely critical of the conservative government at many points as well. this has been the process and i think what we heard from rishi sunak clip was rishi sunak in that clip was a stooling pattern, a holding pattern a stalling mechanism, pattern, a stalling mechanism, because clearly has not because he clearly has not decided what to do here. the default , of course, will be the default, of course, will be the way it's always been done. that same process that the prime minister to . but of minister referred to. but of course he has also in the last few made sure made few months made sure made a clear bit of water between himself and richard sharp. of course, the reason being, of course, the reason being, of course, he a

rejects the claim, saying it's the taxpayers and not parliament that supplying the cash was speaking to twitter to resolve this issue as soon as possible. the bbc is and always has been independent. we funded by the british public through the license fee. well, the bbc is funded by the quote license fee, a compulsory charge for each high sold amounting to a $159.00 pounds annual. that in mind is set by this state though, and the funds 1st find their way into government accounts. and then to the broadcaster, many users took to twitter to get their not of approval to the label, suggesting it's a proper title, bbc whining because twitter correctly applies state funded media designation to its main, a cow. it absolutely, and evidently is state funded, and i hope ellen musk ensures all bbc accounts and presenters have such designations applied. i've always viewed this insistence by many brits that the bbc is not state funded to be weird and arranged. if you on a tv in the u. k, you have to pay for the license. there is no rights to opt out. of course the saturates the bbc estate found it, and the license fee is government mandated and the defects it

the bbc has analysed dozens of videos posted to social media and has verified many of the school locations filmed. iran's parliamentbut the chief of that investigation blamed iranian students. some speculate whether the schoolgirls are being poisoned as payback for their role in these anti—government protests but there are no actual answers. here's parham ghobadi again. iranian parents are really furious because the authorities have not given them any clear explanation. they said that they have made some arrests, but they are not being really clear about who are these people that have been arrested and what is their intention. that's why it is raising the suspicion that iranian hardliners, religious hardliners, might be behind these attacks, which kind of links it to the iranian protests because as you remember, iranian girls, especially at the schools, were at the forefront of the protests calling for an end for mandatory hijab in iran. so they think that iranian hardliners are taking revenge on the schoolgirls. now in another worrying development in iran, authorities have announced they will be installing smart c

bbc news. in the last half hour, it's been announced that the prime minister is under investigation by parliament's an interest. our chief political correspondent, nick eardley, is in westminster and has the latest. yes, this announcement just yes, this announcementjust made by the standards commissioner in the past half hour, on his website. my understanding is that it is in relation to shares that rishi sunak�*s wife has in a childcare firm. you might remember that when the government announced an expansion of free childcare, questions were raised about those shares and opposition parties asked if the prime minister should have been more open about the fact his wife held them and suggested that he had to answer questions about whether his family could potentially profit from the expansion of free childcare. at the time, mr sunak said everything had been properly declared to the cabinet office. but there is a question over whether it should have been included in the public declaration that is published on parliament was �*s website as well. in the past half hour, the standards commissioner has con

before scarf was hailed by the bbc he worked at jp morgan and golden suns banks, in the latter he was for some time the head of the current premiere. the moldovan parliament oppositionist ilon shor of his parliamentary mandate. earlier, the judges of the appeals chamber sentenced him to 15 years in prison in the case of withdrawing one billion dollars of ilon from the country's bank. shor called his persecution political, the situation in this space of moldova commented today in the kremlin and here. that said the press secretary of the president dmitry peskov the current leadership of moldova is rapidly drifting in the direction of the very good. we already know russophobia. however, for some reason they are identical. uh, your aspiration. to what they consider to european integration with the flourishing of russophobia. they believe that it should be an absolutely obligatory attribute of european integration to hate russia or any pro-russian manifestations. they have already destroyed their language. they don't call it moldavian anymore. we, uh, see, this one here also drift to the side. uh, takeovers by romania, we see actions, uh , aimed at deliberate

bbc news. handshakes handsha kes and history, handshakes and history, president biden continues his visit to ireland where he is expected to address the parliamentace across the country. and mary quant, the revolutionary fashion designer, has died.

of heads of parliament in eu member states, us president joseph biden officially confirmed that he will run for the presidential seat in next year's elections, this is reported tv channels bbc and cnn, biden's campaign program started in the form of a 3 -minute advertising video that begins with the word freedom. biden said that americans will be faced with the choice of leaving the next generation with more freedom or less, more rights or less. in his twitter, biden wrote that in every generation there is a moment when he has to stand up democracy defend their basic freedoms americans will recruit the president on november 5, 2024 voice of america correspondent ostap yara shostapoy congratulations to the elections themselves you need to win the primaries. who can become his main competitor among the democrats and who has a chance? now i advise against everything among the democratic party. we will not see the draft this year. there are natural trends when the incumbent president decides to run for a second term. usually his home party supports him and does not. challenges the internal so it was and we remember with the election of donald trump in 2020, in fact, he was the

bbc news in central london. president biden will address the irish parliament this afternoon, as he continues his visit to the islandand. he's expected to affirm the strong ties between the republic and the united states and talk about his own ancestry. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has more. an irish homecoming for a us president. joe biden, who describes himself as a proud irish—american, arrives in his ancestral home of county louth. coming here, it feels like coming home. it really does. the way every time i've come — the welcome from the people on the streets, they're so gracious to us. he flew into dublin from belfast on air force one and was greeted by the irish prime minister, leo varadkar. then on to carlingford and dundalk. cheering. despite the rain, crowds lined the streets to welcome one of the world's most powerful men. it's just been fantastic. like, its really put us on the map and it's been brilliant for the people of the town. it's great to see joe biden coming to our village here. i mean, welcoming home a president of the united states. who would have ever thought that we would be doing th

culture secretary, lucy frazer, standing up in parliament with the full details of changes to the gambling laws. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc for half an hour or so —— yes, i have seen— for half an hour or so —— yes, i have seena— for half an hour or so —— yes, i have seen a man. i said, this is iethai, — have seen a man. i said, this is iethai, got _ have seen a man. i said, this is lethal, got leading to tiny children walk around the track. he just wasn't — walk around the track. he just wasn't bothered. walk around the track. he 'ust wasn't botheredi walk around the track. he 'ust wasn't bothered. trespass on the line carries _ wasn't bothered. trespass on the line carries up — wasn't bothered. trespass on the line carries up to _ wasn't bothered. trespass on the line carries up to £1000 - wasn't bothered. trespass on the line carries up to £1000 fine, - wasn't bothered. trespass on the line carries up to £1000 fine, butj line carries up to £1000 fine, but transport police are now investigating this incident and network rail reiterate it is not worth risking your life for a photo. you are live with bbc news. thousands of

bbc website on that story and others, of course. president biden has been welcomed to the irish republic at the start of a three—day visit. he's expected to address parliament family links with the country. mr biden�*s stay follows a brief official visit to northern ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement — which brought peace to northern ireland. with more, here's the bbc�*s political editor, chris mason. preparing for a president to pass by. every inch of the route accounted for. a sight worth getting up for. as the clock struck midday, the beast on belfast streets. president biden�*s heavily—armored limo, with no shortage of other cars in tow. here it is, quite a spectacle, the president's motorcade. always something of a rigmarole when a us president is on the move. yes, it's about security. it's also a projection of power. the president was heading for ulster university, to reflect on northern ireland now and northern ireland then — before the good friday agreement. every person killed in the troubles left an empty chair at their dining room table and a hole in the heart that was never filled for the ones they lost. peace was

here's bbc monitoring'sjoel greenberg from jerusalem on what the protests have been like this week. originally when the parameters of this plan on hold for about a month until parliament the end of april that there might be a fallout in the protest but tonight the reports are that there are of thousands of israelis demonstrating in different cities. the biggest protest was in tel aviv where there were reports of over 150,000 demonstrators, several thousand in jerusalem demonstrators, several thousand injerusalem as well outside the president's residence where compromise talks are going to resume tomorrow so it seems that the protesters want to keep the pressure on the government despite the pores announced by the prime minister. i was out to have a look at the jerusalem protest and they have to tell you there were people there of all ages there were high school students, university students, elderly folks, middle—aged people. it is much wider than the usual causes hair that attract protesters of a certain stripe. this seems to be attracting people from various walks of life and various age groups and that has been noted very much here in the local media as well copy t

parliament actually restore some integrity into the whole of the organisation. there are many working here who think we are still a long way away from that. vicki young, bbcour political editor chris mason at westminster. rishi sunak loses a third cabinet minister, where does this leave the prime minister? it is minister, where does this leave the prime minister?— prime minister? it is a difficult da in prime minister? it is a difficult day in downing _ prime minister? it is a difficult day in downing street. - prime minister? it is a difficult day in downing street. we - prime minister? it is a difficult - day in downing street. we haven't actually seen or heard from rishi sunak on a day his opponents are calling him weak and his deputy and loyal campaigner has left government. no answers from rishi sunak, lead to big questions. would he have sacked dominic raab, does he agree with his analysis? at some point he will have to face those questions. as far as mr raab�*s analysis, there are plenty of civil servants who do not agree with it, unsurprisingly, saying it was concocted conspiracy theory to deflect from the criticisms he faced in the report. the re

bbc monitoring'sjoel greenberg from jerusalem who started by telling us what the protests had been like this week. 0riginally that, when the prime minister put the plan on hold for about a month until parliamente in the process, but tonight there are tens of thousands of israelis demonstrating in different cities, and the biggest protest was in tel aviv, where there were reports of over 150,000 demonstrators, several thousand injerusalem outside the president's residence, where compromise talks are going to resume tomorrow. it seems that the protesters want to keep the pressure on the government despite the pores announced by the prime minister. i am keen to know who actually is protesting? it is really a mix. i went out to have a look at the jerusalem protest and there were people of all ages. there were high school students, university students, elderly folks, middle—aged people. it's much wider than the usual process. this seems to be attracting people from various walks of life and various age groups. that's been noted very much here in the local media as well. there are, of course, people who support the government plan and there have been pro—government protests, but the anti—government

bbc news. the prime minister is being investigated by the parliament's standards watchdog over a possible failure relates to a childcare company in which rishi shank�*s wife owns shares. our chief political correspondent nick eardleyjoins us now. nick — how significant is this? hello, sally, good morning to you. it is significant for a couple of reasons. one is that no prime minister wants to face a probe by the parliamentary ethics chief. the second is because rishi sunak set himself a pretty high bar. you will remember that when he became prime minister, he promised professionalism and integrity at every step, and he is expected to be judged on that. so it is pretty awkward for him that he is facing this investigation. it is all about shares that his wife owns in this child company. you will remember that back in the budget there was a lot of extra money for child care including incentives for childcare companies to bring people into the sector, to help with that expansion of free childcare in england. the question rishi sunak is facing is should he have told the public at the time that his wif

parliament. he announced that he will stop all his activities on twitter in protest of this label. before this, twitter had also used this title for the british bbc and the american national radio. on the twenty-seventh night of the holy month of ramadan, a congregation was held in al-aqsa mosque, despite the tightening of security measures by the zionist regime, tens of thousands of palestinians were able to reach al-qasa mosque in the occupied city of quds. from the worshipers