a big chair for ben houchen, _ valley -- ben houchen...thank the staff, returning officer and police... and everybody who did an incrediblejob in the polling stations. i'm extremely proud of the work. when it comes to the election i am humbled work. when it comes to the election lam humbled by work. when it comes to the election i am humbled by everyone who voted for me. teesside is a place where i will live the rest of my life and to be re—elected for a third time is absolutely the greatest honour that anybody can get so i would thank anybody can get so i would thank anybody who voted for me and it's a very proud day and i'm delighted and thank you for backing me for the last seven years and i will keep working for the next four years... we try to show how we can change our city for the better. it is we try to show how we can change our city for the better.— city for the better. it is all a little bit eco _ city for the better. it is all a little bit eco makkelie. - city for the better. it is all a - little bit eco makkelie. thanking ever

ben, stay with us and _ by the end of the year. ben, stay with us and we _ by the end of the year.en, stay with us and we will— by the end of the year. ben, stay with us and we will come - by the end of the year. ben, stay with us and we will come back i by the end of the year. ben, stay with us and we will come back to | by the end of the year. ben, stay - with us and we will come back to bed right now let's go to doctor karen bonner who is a principal economist. doctor good to have you, now, this decision was largely expected but what learnings have you drawn from this? , ., ., ,

i'm here in a way, as ben franklin's companion. and that, of course, is your book, the great improvised about ben franklin's time in france. you describe franklin as combative, prideful, callous and overbearing. does that make for a diplomat? no, i think is ben franklin, as he dealt with his colleagues, a curious thing about franklin's years in france is that he essentially hits the ball out of the park on every front, except when dealing with his fellow commissioners in paris and especially john adams. and so those are adjectives that i think john adams would have quickly applied, franklin, where franklin and french court are concerned, he is subtle and supple and masterful and eloquent and immensely accommodating. and the most popular man in paris by a long shot was he america's first diplomat. he is he goes to france to the aid for the war. basically the colonies have declared without any means of securing that independence. and so franklin, at the age of 70, is dispatched on what sounds like kind of a fool's errand sent to a mo

announcer: and now, "bbc news" ♪ ben: hello. i am ben thompson.atching "the context" on bbc news. >> the coming months will require a great deal of ukrainians who have sacrificed so much. i have come to ukraine with the message -- you are not alone. them a american equipment has been arriving from the latest tranche. some has been positioned in europe, some has been brought in already through aircraft and air lifts. but the equipment will be critical because, candidly, there is a russian offensive going on right now. >> ukrainians have lost ground. they have lost ground in east, in the south, and there are fears that russia could open another front in the north, further north from here. ben: russia must pay for ukraine's recovery and reconstruction -- that is the promise from america's top diplomat tonight. antony blinken is on a surprise visit to kyiv. at least two french prison officers are killed in an ambush on a prison band in normandy near france. the prisoner was taken after the ash those another right pictures. more protests rocking the ge

now, ben, when continuing here on bbc news. now, ben. when we _ continuing here on bbc news. bbc news. now, ben, when we spoke earlier - continuing here on bbc news. now, ben, when we spoke earlier when this newsjust broke, you ben, when we spoke earlier when this news just broke, you were saying that you wanted to know how this decision broke out between the nine member panel. now that we know, there was one more person than last time who had voted for this decision, what is your take on what they say about the health of this economy? it they say about the health of this econom ? , ., , they say about the health of this econom ? , . i, , economy? it is really simple, there are nine members— economy? it is really simple, there are nine members on _ economy? it is really simple, there are nine members on this - economy? it is really simple, there | are nine members on this monetary policy committee, last time eight voted to keep rates on hold and one voted to keep rates on hold and one voted for a cut, this time seven voted for a cut, this time seven voted to keep the rates on

it's ben houchen.ory has held on but it will be the swing and we'll bring you by the way, when that result is formally announced, when the declaration is formally announced, we'll take you right there, but what will be interesting is interesting is not just that he is held on. it will be interesting to see what the swing is from. from conservative to labour in that race because there's so many marginal seats up there. >> it's quite interesting what that seat, what that mail election will tell us is ben houchen just a competent , houchen just a competent, popular politician? there was lots of talk about the fact that he'd sort of moved a sort of tried not to call himself a tory too much, tried to not shout. there's been a hide. the fact he's a tory in the west midlands to andy street, very much running on their incumbency. >> but you know, you could say the same for andy burnham, another big figure who doesn't really need the sort of starmer labour brand to ensure that he he wins. they're being quite po

good evening, ben. i don't— year's song contest in sweden. good evening, ben.d final. tonight will be tense in malmo, israel takes to the stage, she's already been booed as your report said — but musical speak louder than the politics, and i hope that's the case. ifully understand people have strong feelings about what's going on in the world just now, and i hope those protesters are committing to remaining peaceful and remembering that there's more that unites us than divides us. so that there's more that unites us than divides us.— that there's more that unites us than divides us. so you're taking it re u- than divides us. so you're taking it pretty up pete _ than divides us. so you're taking it pretty up pete view _ than divides us. so you're taking it pretty up pete view of _ than divides us. so you're taking it pretty up pete view of this - than divides us. so you're taking it pretty up pete view of this year's l pretty up pete view of this year's song contest. how do you see it musically, is it a good yearfor songs of the contest? who are your tips for su

of reform uk, ben habib.n , where are you at on this? mean, where are you at on this? some people are saying you got yourself into this mess. you know you'll get yourself out of it. i don't see why my taxpayer cash should be paying for you to inject yourself. just so you shut your gob. >> are you directing that? >> are you directing that? >> i was not directing that at you. >> i was speaking, speaking, generally speaking generally. i was hoping we were going to have some free samples and doughnuts. doughnuts, doughnuts, sandwiches are good. yeah. >> they did. they smell lovely . >> they did. they smell lovely. >> they did. they smell lovely. >> as somebody as somebody who's been on my own weight last year, and he's still on my own weight loss journey, i have huge sympathy for anyone who is going through it because it is immensely difficult, and it's one of those things that was still i get comments in public. i'll get somebody come up to me on a night out and say, you know, christ, you've, you know, put on we

ben, you get a sense, the georgians! ben, you get a sense, the are the georgians!se, they are moving more _ the georgians! ben, you get a sense, they are moving more intensely, - they are moving more intensely, maybe we will step to the side here because now the police are all moving in closer to the protesters, there are lots ofjournalists, cameras here. it is getting more and more tense. he says go up, go up. we are being pushed by the police and they have intensified their walk, they are moving faster. be careful, the floor is slippery. it looks like they might clash. that is the scene. — looks like they might clash. that is the scene. just _ looks like they might clash. that is the scene, just 12 _ looks like they might clash. that is the scene, just 12 rayhan - looks like they might clash. that is the scene, just 12 rayhan yes, | the scene, 'ust 12 rayhan yes, ben, i the scene, 'ust 12 rayhan yes, sen. i can — the scene, just 12 rayhan yes, ben. i can see _ the scene, just 12 rayhan yes, ben, i can see that _ the scene, just 12 rayhan yes, ben, i can see that

it was a rambling speech, ben. and what struck me, i | speech, ben.eared more weary than angry. as you say, it was full of falsehoods of substantiated claims, at one point suggested that china was sending people's liberation army is across the american border disguised as migrants. he suggested that a former senior trump executive who was sent to jail for tax fraud senior trump executive who was sent to jailfor tax fraud including senior trump executive who was sent to jail for tax fraud including for failing to declare tax on luxury cars that he was given as part of his remuneration was nothing unusual. all americans do that, he seemed to suggest. but the main thrust of this speech today, of course, was to respond to that tidal wave of guilty verdicts in that court in lower manhattan yesterday evening. 0n court in lower manhattan yesterday evening. on that issue, mr trump a's language was pretty stark. he said we are living in a far—fetched state. —— fattest state. crooked joe biden was behind it. he also suggested thatjoe biden was trying to win in

for ben rosenthal has been in city government more than half his life ben started at age 23 working for as a a deputy budget director in the mayor's office and that's when i started as interim we go back a really long time and the eventually become the budget director and went on to the deputy city administrator and those who love three 311 raise your hand? ben says you're welcome helped to get the system implemented as well as the 10 year capital plan we're making investments in our city properties to make sure they are earthquake safe and work for the public and governor gavin newsom appointed him to be the controller he step up to the plate and had the skills necessary to do do job but focused on transparent building and accountability creating a system that made it a little bit more user friendly for the public to understand what the controller's office does and the held own to that money real tight if you couldn't explain why the money was being spent ben would not let it be spent people love in government accountability and i'm also someone who values a dollar and wants to make su

ben houchen is a local lad.like improvements to local hospitals and the local airport. but the question now is can votes for a local conservative politician stay with the party when it comes to a general election? it's a different dynamic, isn't it? the local politics are a lot different to westminster. j i think i forget that he's a tory. in a local pub this afternoon, they were happy to talk politics. did you vote for ben houchen? yes, idid. does that mean that you would necessarily vote for the conservatives in a general election scenario? no, definitely not. why? cos i have different views of conservatives in the general election to what i do to ben. again for what he's done for the area in teesside,j the airport and in the freeport, the jobs, bringing lots- of employment and generallyjust, you know, helping teesside. - it was a warm afternoon in the north. time for a reflective pint. do you think the people that voted conservative for ben houchen will necessarily vote conservative at the general election? m

michelle dewberry ben habib me. michelle dewberry ben habib and ella whelan rahman alongside me.irness, not entitlement. it's about looking after your neighbours and not exploiting them. valerie says . exploiting them. valerie says. for her, britishness is also about enterprise . as, philip about enterprise. as, philip says, being british means you respect all and you pay your tax without complaining and you say thank you. well thank you for your thoughts. an article stopped me in my tracks today. it was, long story short, suggesting that there's a lot of women now who have ended up in their 505. yes, their fantastic career, career women. but they are alone. they have no husband. they have no children. it sparked up a conversation about whether or not feminism has failed a generation. ella your thoughts? i think that it has, but not quite for the reasons petronella wyatt states . petronella wyatt states. >> i mean, women should be able to have it all or they should have be able to have it all in the same way that men do. and we still don't. whether it's abortion, access to aborti

party, ben habib.me back to approaching 423. i'm martin daubney , and this is i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, reform uk leader richard tice has said it's a very good day for the party. as reform uk candidates mark butcher came third. just 117 votes behind the conservatives. of course, in blackpool south. the reform party leader, tice told gb news that the party is making huge strides . making huge strides. >> succeeded with our best ever by—election result by some margin, significantly ahead of our national polling average. many people in the media have now got egg on their face. they said we couldn't do it. you know, we were a virtual party. well, we've just proven them completely and utterly wrong and, well, richard tice they're in jubilant mood . in jubilant mood. >> i'm joining the studio by the deputy leader of reform uk , ben deputy leader of reform uk, ben habib. ben, welcome to the studio show. so you came a nice third, just 117 votes behind the conservatives. but be honest, you s

>> absolutely, ben. >> absolutely, ben. >> that's right . if >> absolutely, ben. >> that's right.ame about as a result of the guardian investigation , you guardian investigation, you know, no one else cared about it apart from the wokester at the guardian. and then all of a sudden, all the higher up garrick club members were saying, oh, yeah. no, maybe we should allow women. no, you only think that because you've just been exposed in the guardian. exactly. so stick to your principles. talking of elitist members clubs, apparently soho house. and if you guys don't know if you're outside the m25, i realise this is very london centric. but soho house, which is a very posh , string of is a very posh, string of members clubs across london, they've got one in oxford soho farmhouse, where all the posh london metropolitan elitist frequent their membership waiting list is at record highs . waiting list is at record highs. i'm not a member, alex. are you know who frequent that place so absolutely not surprised. actually, no. >> it's first of all, it's ridiculously overpriced. i mean, i've be

go ahead, ben. we're into that point. >> ben, speak. >> ben, speak. >> no, no, that's it. it's staring you in the face. at some point he's saying all the quiet things out loud, he's saying them on camera. and look, we have every reason to look around the world and see where this brand of politics goes, and it's nowhere good for the people of the country. >> jen, putting on your white house hat here, i mean if you're biden, this seems like a gift to biden, right? it is a presidential election year. there's video. yes, so what do you do with it? how do you tell the story to the american public in a way it's not just about climate change but it's about the central integrity of the man who's on it ticket? >> yeah, first of all the climate change and climate crisis is something people actually very much care about just like you can't talk about it like tree hugging, right? you have to talk about it as an issue that impacts health and an issue that impacts our national security and the economy and a range of parts of our country including places like southern florida to be hones

ben. leo and nana akua. >> so in a devastating blow for rishi sunak this morning, chris webb has been elected as the new labour mp for blackpool south. >> terribly humbled. we had a record result here tonight and i promise the people of blackpool south i won't let them down. >> a spectacular win for labour here in blackpool today. are we now in general election territory? find out more with me very soon and there are more results in coming local elections, mayoral elections and police and crime commissioners . police and crime commissioners. >> katherine forster has the latest. >> yes, dreadful results for the conservatives so far. labour are buoyant. much, much more still to come. but keir starmer, speaking a little bit earlier, saying it's a shout from blackpool we want change. are we heading to a labour government later this year ? later this year? >> boris johnson was turned away from his local polling station after forgetting to bring an acceptable form of photo id. did the same happe

so that means ben houchen for the tories in the tees valley.vatives in the west midlands. in london it means sadiq khan forced labour and in greater manchester it means andy burnham for labour. labour will say you cannot read anything about the general election results into the mayoral contest because they are deliberately designed to be big, independent figures with those big economic powers. in the case of ben houchen and andy street, what have they been doing? they have been running in the opposite direction of their parties and have effectively been running as independents, or conservatives in name only. what the labour party are saying is if you want to know what is happening in the general election, they are confident blackpool south will win and the conservatives are confident they will lose it and it will go to they will lose it and it will go to the labour party. the labour party are saying look at the councils, thatis are saying look at the councils, that is much more significant, and they predict they will take three really important

it's the one and only ben. leo trying to bnng and only ben. leo trying to bring a bit of sanity to proceedings and making her debut on the show, i finally got another durham dynamo in the form of fleur meston. and of course we want to know your views as well. send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay vie. and don't forget all your questions. they need to come in thick and fast for our ask the five segment, where you can ask us anything. but before we start tearing each other apart, it's your saturday night news with sam francis . sam francis. >> darren. thank you and very good evening to you. it's just gone 6:00 and we'll start with the latest developments in the local elections and to london, where labour's sadiq khan has won there for a historic third term. this was the moment, though, that he was heckled and booed as he stepped up to start his acceptance speech. thank you, london. >> confused. london. confused. london can you please? >> well, the labour candidate claimed almost 44% of the vote in london and over

ben, thanks very much. we will have _ much loved pupil. ben, thanks very much., thanks very much. we will have more of the - much loved pupil. ben, thanks very l much. we will have more of the day's headlines here on the programmejust a moment or two. we are seeing a change across southern parts of the uk, eventually heavy rain and thunderstorms moving in here. we also have overnight more mist and fog and low cloud developing more widely. some areas of scotland in particular will struggle to clear that all day. much contrast in north achaea where we have seen temperatures over 20 degrees in the sunshine. at the same time we have also seen cloud moving up time we have also seen cloud moving up from france and it is that that is bringing some rain into parts of england and wales this evening. that will push up towards northern ireland as well before retreating back towards the south—west. as that happens we will see heavier rain later in the night and more of that mist and fog and low cloud pushing further inland further north. temperatures typically 8—9 . pretty

ben houchen is a local lad.aigned for things like improvements to local hospitals and the local airport. but the question now is, can votes for a local conservative politician stay with the party when it comes to a general election? it's a different... it's a different dynamic, isn't it? local politics a lot different to westminster. i think they forget that he's a tory. i in a local pub this afternoon, they were happy to talk politics. did you vote for ben houchen? yes, idid. does that mean that you would necessarily vote for the conservatives in a general election scenario? no, definitely not. why? because i have different views from the conservatives - in the general election to what i do to ben. i it was a warm afternoon in the north. time for a reflective pint. do you think the people that voted conservative for ben houchen will necessarily vote conservative in a general election? almost certainly. you think they will? well, yeah, ithink they probably will. yeah, i do, as a matter of fact. the boost to the

it's ben. leo. hope you're well. ben.earlier about the, the muslim voters and the candidates screaming allah akbar at the count and so on. it's not nice scenes , however, may i say and scenes, however, may i say and ask respectfully and point out respectfully, it's your party who has allowed this to flourish over the last 14 years. >> i but i also think that, i think it's not just our party. this has been going on since since blair's time. and it's institutionalised. it's through every universe . it's through every universe. it's through every universe. it's through every school, it's through every level of public service. and it's now even, gone into the into the private sector. now, this fear of speaking out and calling people out if they are a minority group, calling out bad behaviour. so this i'm afraid it's been in ingrained for the last probably 2 or 3 decades. and it's time to fight back because this this is not on. we cannot have people silence . we cannot have people silence. we cannot have people silence. we can

>> that is definitely a question which ben would have to answer. make sure that i've always got a rosette on my person for just that purpose, but look, the voters knew they were voting conservative when they voted for ben. >> steve, the reason i ask this, of course, is that if you look at a neighbouring mayoralty, nonh at a neighbouring mayoralty, north yorkshire, that is true blue territory. it's where the prime minister voted on thursday. it's, it's the prime minister's own back yard where there wasn't an incumbent . it there wasn't an incumbent. it was a new mayoralty, that new mayoralty, when there wasn't a personality to vote for, it was just party versus party. and it went to the labour party. despite the area being full of conservative mps. does that not say that there's a difference there between the personality vote of someone like ben houchen and perhaps andy street two versus when it's just the conservative brand , and which conservative brand, and which may well have become a little toxic ? toxic? >> well, well, i don't really accept th

ben godfrey, bbc news. where israeli police control security. it's the fourth of may today — which means it's star wars day. why? well, may the fourth be with you! the famous line is of course "may the force be with you", but it's an annualjoke that fans of the franchise love to make. it's also the 25th anniversary of the first prequel in the star wars saga — episode one: the phantom menace. it's been re—released in cinemas this weekend, and to mark the anniversary, mark hamill — aka luke skywalker — took the white house briefing yesterday. have a look. well, you know, i called him mr president, he said "you can call mejoe." and i said, "can i call you joe—bi wan kenobi?" he liked that. but listen, i'm not really here to dominate. i have to turn it back over to our wonderful press secretary. so thank you all so much. thank you. finally this half hour, to one of the most read stories on the bbc news website and app, and it involves the latest song from north korean dictator kimjong—un — take a listen. this i

ben >> controversial. ben >> controversial. ben >> abdication is the big no no in the royal family. royal family. it will never, ever happen. and we live, god save the king. long, long may he live, of course, as you quite rightly say, it was a glorious day , this day last glorious day, this day last yeanl glorious day, this day last year, i was working for you , if year, i was working for you, if you want to know what i was doing. i was also working for the australians. canadians and at least two arab television channels. so it was a busy day, and of course, i was able to compare it with, i'm that old that i was ten years old when the queen, the late queen elizabeth ii, was crowned on the 3rd of june, 1953. and as broadcasters, i think we should remember that that was the very beginning of the television age that made television relevant and important in this country. and when the bbc's lead commentator, richard dimbleby, high in the rafters of westminster abbey, whispered into his lit mic, the queen is crowned using the historic present tense . well, it made the present tense. well

jim: ben: ben: he told us we should expect more from this budget in critical minerals.here have been about 500 million in exploration for general resources, with a specific focus on critical minerals. he told us there will be more in the budget for that. he told us he is not backing down on his rba legislation, which will split the single board into two boards. about three things we don't know left from the budget. we don't know whether the government will have a second consecutive surplus, although we suspect they probably will. we don't know exactly what the future may will look like. we don't know exactly what the subsidies for households in terms of energy and rent will look like. we covered all of this with the treasurer, who i spoke to on the weekend. >> i think we have to strike a finer balance in this budget between the near term and longer term. also making sure we can provide that cost-of-living relief for people who are doing it really tough at the moment at the same time, as we invest in a future made in australia. it will be a responsible budget ease cost-o

ben gallizzi is an energy expert at uswitch.com. hello there to you, ben.e expecting, it's good news that the price is coming down for the price is coming down for the second consecutive time this year. this is for two year low, for the price gap, the last time it was this loan was august 2021 so, its positive news, and sounds against going to come down with a drop of over £100 a yearfor to come down with a drop of over £100 a year for energy customers for the 29 million homes around the uk that are still on standard variable tariffs which is the tariff type that is governed by the price gap, this is super positive direction of travel for them. positive direction of travel for them-— positive direction of travel for them. ~ ., for them. when, the moment the rice ca -s for them. when, the moment the price caps are _ for them. when, the moment the price caps are announced, - for them. when, the moment the price caps are announced, to i price caps are announced, to that filtering to people's bill, many people if you ask, will be flabbergasted at the price gap

putting the ben houchen- -- — election approaches. putting the ben houchen...keir starmer? if you look at the result i can't help thinking — you look at the result i can't help thinking that servers seem to be in denial— thinking that servers seem to be in denial about the of what happening and yesterday, voters switching directly — and yesterday, voters switching directly from the conservatives to lahout _ directly from the conservatives to labour. particularly in those seats where _ labour. particularly in those seats where labour needs to win, a key battle _ where labour needs to win, a key battle ground seats, to form a majority — battle ground seats, to form a majority after the next general electiort — majority after the next general election. that is where labour is performing — election. that is where labour is performing the best, blackpool was the only— performing the best, blackpool was the only vote where rishi sunak and keir starmer were the only vote where rishi sunak and keir starmerwere on the only vote where rishi sunak and keir starmer were on

now it's back to nana and ben . back to nana and ben. >> thank you.on gb news with nana akua and ben leo, now former home secretary suella braverman. >> did you see this last night? she engaged with patrick christys, and they both went down to cambridge university to debate pro—palestine students camping out in tents. later on in the show. and by the way, watch this in full on youtube. catch up on the entire show because it was bombshell to say the least. suella braverman, the former home secretary, she she clashed with fiona lally. live in the studio. take a look . in the studio. take a look. >> doing is a genocide and that's moving towards a genocide. let's stick to and i think that and i think, okay, let's stick to facts. that is 40,000 people dead. more than that, that's injured millions of people displaced . people displaced. >> there is no evidence for a genocide, no evidence. >> second thing i would also say is that that real the we're going back to the marches now, the issue of the marches, of course, everybody has the right to peaceful protes

people knew that ben _ to them but it did not. people knew that ben could do for them. liberal democrats make modest gains, with the party leader sir ed davey calling on voters to make the conservative government history. and the bbc now projects that if a general election had been held today, only a quarter of voters would have backed the conservatives. welcome to bbc news. results are coming in and still but it is clear the conservatives have suffered heavy losses while labour have made gains. another blow for conservatives, they also lost a blackpool by election. the third biggest swing in the postwar by election history. here's our political correspondent, hannah miller. the prime minister touring a military base with very little to laugh about. laughter. trying to defend his party's losses after a dismal set of results. obviously it's disappointing to lose good, hard—working conservative councillors, but we've still got lots of results to come as well. and there are also things that i would point to. harlow, for example, where keir starmer held a rallyjust on wedne

we heard from ben against. — there. we heard from ben against, but _ there. against, but since - there. we heard from ben against, but since seven l against, but since seven 0ctober against, but since seven october a member of the war cabinet, he was echoing what the defence minister said, there needs to be a plan for there needs to be a plan for the day after four who administers gaza and who runs gaza. ben against talking about a multinationalforce or arrangement, how could that work it is problematic because under mr netanyahu the far right members, they and mr netanyahu are insisting on no hamas, no palestinian authority to control gaza. to hamas, no palestinian authority to control gaza.— to control gaza. to talk about israel to control _ to control gaza. to talk about israel to control gaza - to control gaza. to talk about israel to control gaza to - israel to control gaza to achieve the security in israel. 0ther achieve the security in israel. other members like ganz say it should be left for international multinational forces but it should be left for

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>> i think ben , it's always been >> i think ben, it's always been there.ember of parliament, you had different religious groups that would come and meet you at your surgery. they would put real pressure on you on various issues, whether it was to do with gay marriage, whether it was to do with abortion , whether was to do with abortion, whether it was to do with assisted dying. there's always been that pressure from religious groups onto politicians . a lot of the onto politicians. a lot of the debates that you have in constituencies during a general election period are actually run and organised by the churches, so that fact has always been there in the past. >> okay. mark thanks very much. mark, host and former lib dem mp and chairman of the party. thanks very much, a lib dem spokesman told us tonight, the liberal democrats are home to people of all faiths and none, including many christians. three liberal democrat mps in neighbouring seats to sutton and cheam are practising christians, including party leader ed davey and the party's candidate selection

what's next for ben platt?arried. >> juju: is there time for wedding planning? >> we're in a pretty good spot. yes, it's a little bit of, you know, tasting food during the day, then performing at night. >> juju: i'm so excited for the residency. we're going to bring all our friends. >> thank you, you better. >> juju: always nice to see you, thanks for joining us. check out ben at the palace through june 15th. check out the album "honey mind" out friday. >> byron: our thanks to. >>> when we return, want to live in the "home alone" house? >>> when we return, want to live in the "home alone" house? it's all yours -- for a price. ', imagine being good to go without daily hiv pills. good to go off the grid. good to go nonstop. with cabenuva, there's no pausing for daily hiv pills. for adults who are undetectable, cabenuva is the only complete, long-acting hiv treatment you can get every other month. it's two injections from a healthcare provider. just 6 times a year. don't receive cabenuva if you're allergic to its

thank you so much, ben. that is going _ campaign. back to you. thank you so much, ben.. that is going to be so . much, ben. that is going to be so important during the next few weeks, to cover all the various claims his party leaders are making. we know that rishi sunak is going to visit all the four nations through the course of this first 24 hours, he started very early already. rishi sunak has been in south wales this afternoon, speaking to our wales political editor gareth lewis. well, i know that there's more work to do, and as i said yesterday, i know people are onlyjust starting to feel the benefits of the change. and for some people, it will still be very hard when they're looking at their bank balances at the end of every month. but i do believe we have turned a corner. inflation is now back to normal. the economy is growing at a healthy rate. wages have been rising faster than prices for ten months in a row. energy bills are coming down. and that's why now is the right moment for us to think about the future. and we're living in uncertain times, and that's why

that is what you get with ben taking bold decisions — what you get with ben taking bold decisions for. and i got a _ the conservatives delivery. and i got a message for the labour party, too. because they know that they had too. because they know that they had to win _ too. because they know that they had to win here _ too. because they know that they had to win here in order to win the general— to win here in order to win the general election, they know that. they— general election, they know that. they assume that tees valley would 'ust they assume that tees valley would just roll _ they assume that tees valley would just roll back to them but it didn't _ just roll back to them but it didn't it _ just roll back to them but it didn't. it didn't. people knew they couldn't— didn't. it didn't. people knew they couldn't be — didn't. it didn't. people knew they couldn't be taken for granted, they knew— couldn't be taken for granted, they knew it _ couldn't be taken for granted, they knew it was ben and the conservatives that did it for them and they— conservatives that did it for them and

ian it is your mum, dean >> ben. shut up. >> ben. shut up. >> no, it's not, ian says.i tip a delivery driver? for example, from domino's, when the price of a pizza is more than enough for them to pay their drivers properly? good point on domino's. they're not here to defend themselves, but goodness me, £20 for a pizza plus, michael good morning. you say i only tip if i know that it is shared with the kitchen staff. they work just as hard, if not harder than the waiting staff who carry the plates to the table. >> true. yeah. i mean, a lot of people feel strongly about this. i do keep getting in touch. that's how you do it on your screen. now. it's too long for me to read out gbnews.com forward slash yourself. >> and just one quick one from robert on. rental prices, capping rents. this proposal from rachel reeves, which hasn't seem to be backed by labour at all, says ben. my friend rents one tiny room for £850 per month here in brighton. my neck of the woods all facilities are shared with others like kitchens and bathrooms . yeah, i feel you, bathrooms. yeah, i feel you,

let's get back to ben domenech and phil holloway and leo terrell. movement against former attorney for donald trump, michael cohen, the heat is too hot for him apparently. he is getting a barrage of questions now from the defense. >> i think hanging this case on your reliance on michael cohen was really a mistake from the get-go. one of the reasons why this is such a time waster of a case and one of the reasons why it is a ridiculous path to go down given all that he has admitted in the past and frankly his continued behavior in terms of everything that was just being detailed there. the way he has offered a running commentary and fundraiseed off of this existing effort. look, he is just a terrible lawyer and i think that one of the things you can look at in this situation is all of the people who have gone down this path of trying to engage in an effort to use law fare to eliminate donald trump's ability to be reelected as president of the united states, these efforts have failed because they have depended time and again on some of just the worst a

ben woolvin, bbc news, torbay.ston in brixham, where bottled water is being distributed. health bosses saying the parasite has been removed but the sickness likely to go on. has been removed but the sickness likely to go om— likely to go on. yes, indeed and indeed, likely to go on. yes, indeed and indeed. a _ likely to go on. yes, indeed and indeed, a slightly _ likely to go on. yes, indeed and indeed, a slightly mixed - likely to go on. yes, indeed and indeed, a slightly mixed picture j indeed, a slightly mixed picture when it comes to how far through this process we are because there is certainly the reassurance there that one source of the cryptosporidium has been successfully identified. that is reassuring public health officials but the latest official line we have from the water company is that work to rule out any other possible sources of contamination does continue. and even if they have successfully isolated wall of the sources of this cryptosporidium in the water supply, we are still being told it will b