welcome to breakfast, with sima kotecha and ben thompson. our headlines today: deadline day for partygate. those named in sue grey's report have until 5:00pm to respond ahead of its long—awaited publication this week. a city remembers, five years on from the manchester arena bomb that killed 22 people. the premier league title race will be decided today, but who will be celebrating? it is in manchester city's hands, but any slip—up and quadruple—chasing liverpool are waiting to pounce.

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she's been speaking to my colleage ben thompson.es supreme court, who clearly oppose roe v wade and even though some of the language of the draft opinion may be changed somewhat, i think in the end, they will strike down roe v wade, which has been the law of the land for almost 50 years and this is not only a precedent, it is called a super precedent. roe v wade, and it isjust catastrophic for women and girls in the allotted states, that roe v wade may finally be reversed, because that means it is going to be turned back to the states to decide if they wish to make abortion a crime, to ban it or not. half of the states in the united states have already indicated that they will ban abortion in their estates if roe v wade is reversed. some of them have already done so, in violation of the constitution. others have triggered laws, meaning those laws banning abortion will go into effect on the 1st ofjuly or the 1st of august if and when roe v wade is struck down. so this is very dangerous. what is even more dangerous is that some of the

welcome to breakfast, with sima kotecha and ben thompson.k. a city remembers, five years on from the manchester arena bomb that killed 22 people. the premier league title race will be decided today, but who will be celebrating? it is in manchester city's hands, but any slip—up and quadruple—chasing liverpool are waiting to pounce.

ben thompson. business headlines coming up next. hello, there.us at heathrow airport. so that's in the warmth ahead of these weather systems, but this low pressure is driving those in, it's dragging that warmth and that moisture northwards and eastwards. so a lot of that heavy rain will have cleared, except for the northern isles, by the end of the night. warm, as you can see, for most areas, but windier in the northwest. a little bit of fog first thing, particularly for england and wales, but plenty of dry, bright, sunny weather, strong sunshine. it looks like drier weather will be around for northern ireland. the early rain across northern and western parts of scotland, as well, clears for lengthy spells of sunshine. but it is windy — gusts of wind potentially 50 mph in northern and western areas. that rain approaches later. the clouds gathering in the south. but ahead of that, 20—24 degrees celsius, i think, on the cards for wednesday. now, as we head through this evening, it looks like we could see some more thunderstorms dragging their way n

coming up at 6am, breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden.irst on bbc news, the media show. hello. welcome to the media show. welcome too to the headquarters of channel 4 in central london. and we're here because the government has confirmed it's pushing on with its plans to privatise channel 4, despite the reservations of the broadcaster. so we're going to look through all of the issues that this raises with our guest today, the ceo of channel 4, alex mahon. alex, thank you very much indeed forjoining us. this wasn't the outcome you wanted. so where did it go wrong? well, i'm not sure that it went wrong. i mean, obviously, this is the government's decision to make. what i would say is it's never quiet times at channel 4. this is not a job you would take if you wanted an easy life and a restful retirement. how often do you speak to the dcms or to nadine dorries? well i speak to dcms plenty, you know, i'll be speaking to them later on today. i spoke to them last week. we have a lot of interaction with them, we've had a lot of interaction with

i'm ben thompson and these are the latest headlines. thousands more youngsters will end up in care unless there's a "radical reset" of the system — that's the warning from a landmark review of child protection in england. a 27—year—old health worker is arrested on suspicion of administering poison with intent to endanger life — after an infant died at birmingham children's hospital. people at high risk of developing monkeypox after coming into contact with positive cases are being urged to self—isolate for three weeks. almost 700 trains a day are axed in scotland because of driver shortages and a pay dispute. black and asian women are being harmed by racial discrimination in maternity care, according to an investigation by the charity birthrights. manchester city's premier league victory was marred by a pitch invasion, in which aston villa's goalkeeper was allegedly attacked. good morning. children's social care needs radical change to avoid tens of thousands more youngsters being taken away from theirfamilies — that's the warning follo

i'm ben thompson with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world: the uk's prime minister boris johnson prepares to visit northern ireland, as tensions escalate over the post—brexit trade deal. president biden is to visit the supermarket where a gunman killed 10 people, in a suspected racially motivated terror attack. the bbc sees more evidence of apparent war crimes by russian forces in bucha. ukrainian civilians are found to have been deliberately shot. and a standing ovation for the queen, as her platinum jubilee celebrations get underway. hello and welcome. in just a few hours, the british prime minister borisjohnson will visit belfast to hold talks with northern ireland's main parties. he says the uk will need to act and go it alone if the european union doesn't agree to change post—brexit trade rules in northern ireland. britain has been drawing up legislation that would allow it to override parts of the brexit deal it agreed. but the eu has cautioned against a unilateral move. here's our political correspondent, nick eardley. borisjohnson will boris johnson

this is bbc news: i'm ben thompson with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the worldember's mid—term elections. the spanish government approves a draft bill allowing 16 and 17—year—old girls to terminate a pregnancy without parental consent. azovstal steel works. ukrainian soldiers leave the azovstal steel works alien

i'm ben thompson. the headlines at five.hildren were allowed to leave the steelworks yesterday. translation: the scariest part is when they are shelling, - when you see a shell exploding and people dying. more than 350 migrants have crossed the english channel in small boats in the past two days, following 11 days without any crossings. a record number of people have been referred for cancer checks in england in the last year, following a dramatic decline during the pandemic. and pitch—side brain scans are to be trialled, in an effort to help spot concussion and make sports safer.

i'm ben thompson. the headlines... the deadlock in stormont continues.ing government over post—brexit trading arrangements. i believe that we need to send a very clear message to the european union and to our government that we are serious about getting this protocol sorted out. borisjohnson boris johnson wants to borisjohnson wants to cut more than 90,000 civil servicejobs, a fifth of the total workforce to save money and raise funds to tackle the cost of living crisis. ukrainian forces destroyed nearly all of russia's battalions armoured vehicles is an attempt to cross a river in

i'm ben thompson with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. 50—yearfederal law on abortion rights? a major moment is looming for one of the country's most contentious issues. russian attacks resume on mariupol�*s steel works, despite hundreds of ukrainian civilians remaining trapped inside. those who've escaped tell their story. a special report from the balkans on beijing's big european investment push, with accusations some chinese firms are treating workers like slaves. and fashions biggest night out at the met gala in new york where this year's theme is �*gilded glamour'.

i�*m ben thompson, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk, and around the world.t last for more than 100 civilians, including children, after being trapped for weeks beneath a besieged steel plant in mariupol. in a sign of donald trump�*s continuing influence within the republican party, a candidate he endorsed wins the nomination in ohio to run for the us senate. as protests continue across the us over abortion rights, the governor of oklahoma signs off a law, which bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. liverpool survive a scare against villarreal to secure a place in the champions league finalfor the third time

i'm ben thompson.start with the eu's efforts to ban imports of russian oil and gas, as the war in ukraine goes on. and whilst there's still no agreement, germany's position is changing. chancellor scholz says he's now ready to speed up a ban of russian oil, despite sourcing around 12% of its supplies from the country. it now says it will find alternative sources, if given time to prepare. but that is just one hurdle. eu energy ministers attending an emergency meeting in brussels are still some way off agreement, with hungary one of the key opponents of a ban. in all, the eu spends $47.5 billion a year on oil and gas from russia. so can it wean itself off the supplies? it could look at lithuania as an example. in 2014, it sourced all its gas needs from russia. but then it took a big decision. it set up its so—called "independence" terminal to import liquified natural gas. and this year, it imported no gas at all from russia. so it's possible, but it takes time. joining me now is amrita sen, director of

iam ben i am ben thompson. he had lined up to 2pm... —— rugby headlines at...curb soaring inflation. profits at energy giant shell almost triple to £7.3 billion in the first three months of this year — its highest ever quarterly figure. ukraine says russia is "trying to destroy" the last group of soldiers holding the azovstal steelworks in mariupol. but the kremlin denies it has stormed the complex. the coronavirus pandemic caused 15 million excess deaths around the world. that's according to new research by the world health organization, which reveals the true death toll from covid—19 and scientists monitoring birds in an oxford woodland say they think spring now comes three weeks earlier than it used to in the 1940s.

i'm ben thompson with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world: the uk's primedeal. president biden is to visit the supermarket where a gunman killed 10 people, in a suspected racially motivated terror attack. the bbc sees more evidence of apparent war crimes by russian forces in bucha. ukrainian civilians are found to have been deliberately shot. and a standing ovation for the queen, as her platinum jubilee celebrations get underway.

i'm ben thompson, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk, and around the world. the ukrainian city of lviv is hit by a number of russian missile strikes — the first in the west of the country in more than a week. safety at last for more than 100 civilians, including children, after being trapped for weeks beneath a besieged steel plant in mariupol. in a sign of donald trump's continuing influence within the republican party, a candidate he endorsed wins the nomination in ohio to run for the us senate. as protests continue across the us over abortion rights, the governor of oklahoma signs off a law, which bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. liverpool survive a scare against villarreal to secure a place in the champions league finalfor the third time in five years. music. and music from the military — one of ukraine's biggest bands, antytila, team up with ed sheeran, releasing a new song, as they serve in the war against russia. hello and welcome to the programme. the ukrainian city of lviv, which is close the border with poland, has been hit by the first m

welcome to breakfast, with sima kotecha and ben thompson. our headlines today: deadline day for partygate. those named in sue grey's report have until 5:00pm to respond ahead of its long—awaited publication this week. a city remembers, five years on from the manchester arena bomb that killed 22 people. the premier league title race will be decided today, but who will be celebrating? it is in manchester city's hands, but any slip—up and quadruple—chasing liverpool are waiting to pounce. # eastenders theme and there is a new couple in albert square, as the duke and duchess of cornwall star in a specialjubilee episode of eastenders. good morning. ithink good morning. i think many parts of the uk will see the sun at some stage today, particularly the further south and east you are, but will that sunshine sparked off some thundery showers for you this afternoon? more details on what is happening where coming up. it is sunday 22 may. our main story: the long—awaited report into gatherings in downing street during lockdown is expected to be publish

i'm ben thompson. the headlines at five. heavy shelling in southern ukraine prevents another evacuation of people trapped in mariupol. 100 women and children were allowed to leave the steelworks yesterday. translation: the scariest part is when they are shelling, - when you see a shell exploding and people dying. more than 350 migrants have crossed the english channel in small boats in the past two days, following 11 days without any crossings. a record number of people have been referred for cancer checks in england in the last year, following a dramatic decline during the pandemic. and pitch—side brain scans are to be trialled, in an effort to help spot concussion and make sports safer. hello and welcome. efforts to evacuate the devastated port of mariupol and its massive azovstal steel plant have been delayed. ukrainian officials said russian forces were blocking humanitarian corridors near the plant where people have been sheltering, and shelling had resumed after a ceasefire over the weekend. hundreds are still trapped

that is what ben thompson told us.ommittee member adam king slinger actually talked about this today on cbs, face the nation. he laid out how far he thinks that the plan will go to realign these lawmakers, before these public hearings begin, alex. let's hear. >> i won't say who i think we need to talk to, yet. i think that everybody should talk to us. we have requested information from various members, in terms of whether we could afford a subpoena as both a tropical decision, and whether we can do that and get the information in time. it is one of those decisions that we make every day. i think ultimately, whatever we can do to get that information. if that takes a subpoena, it takes a subpoena. >> one possibility of a lawmaker giving a subpoena's house minority leader kevin mccarthy who we know the committee has asked to voluntarily testify. but he did not end up cooperating. so it is really unclear how many lawmakers, or how this could move forward. this is something we're definitely monitoring very closely. >> okay

>> i need to go back and watch that one, i will admit i appreciate ben thompson actually did some analysis this morning in his news letter, he looked at, you know, if we are going to entertain meniscus and can what he's saying, how much of the community can be bots he said there's a rule, 90% lurk, 9% comment, 1% post. an interesting ratio there if you're going tlo look at that figure take two shares are higher this morning, despite a miss on bookings in q4 analysts are anticipating a more upbeat outlook once its pending acquisition closes steve coe vk o', vak has more. >> despite missing those expectations last night and providing the light guidance, revenues came in at $846 million missing estimates of $882 million and guidance for the fiscal year, which began this quarter as much as $3.85 billion. following the same path we saw from roblox, shares are rising despite these misses the gaming companies have lapped themselves and comes from the hyper growth during the pandemic start to look more normal. all three of these gaming stocks have been hammered this year take two is down nearly 40

i�*m ben thompson.n argentine missile during the falklands war 40 years ago. after liverpool reach the champions league final, all eyes are on man city tonight to see if they can make it too. and a shirt worn by diego maradona when he scored the iconic hand of god goal is expected to fetch millions of pounds when it goes under the hammer within the next half hour. hello hello to you and welcome to bbc news. the government�*s introducing fresh sanctions against russia as part of the international pressure on president putin as he intensifies his military offensive in ukraine. bulgaria, slovakia and the czech republic have called for exemptions. the proposal was announced by the european commission this morning as part of its latest round of sanctions on moscow in retaliation for the war in ukraine. the british government is also introducing fresh sanctions. we can cross live to ukraine and our correspondent there, ben brown. hello and welcome from the ukrainian capital kyiv and we are hearing this hour t

i'm ben thompson.er hundreds of soldiers leave the azovstal steel plant having been trapped there for more than two months. wayne rooney gives evidence in his wife's libel trial, dubbed "wagatha christie", as the multimillion—pound case enters its final days. we'll have the latest live from the high court. and tributes are paid to kay mellor, the actress and writer best known for hit series girlfriends and band of gold, who has died aged 71. it is just after 3:30pm. sport now and with a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. isaac is here. england have named their provisional 28 woman squad for the european championships which take place later this year. former captain steph houghton has been included. the man city defender has been out injured since january and hasn't played under boss sarina wiegman yet. arsenal midfielderjordan nobbs has been left out after picking up an knee injury earlier this month and looks set to miss another major tournament after missing the 2019 world cup. you can find ful

welcome to breakfast, with ben thompson and rachel burden. our headlines today: ukraine win eurovision, taking the title on the public vote in a symbolic show of support. the uk came second. thank you for supporting ukraine. this victory is for every ukrainian. nhs prescription charges in england are to be frozen as part of the government's efforts to ease the cost—of—living crisis. ten people have been killed in a shooting at a supermarket in buffalo in new york state. the gunman is in custody. i'm from wembley, where liverpool have done the double after beating chelsea on penalties to lift the fa cup. good morning. we've got more spells of warm sunshine today, but also some heavy showers and the odd thunderstorm pushing northwards. i'll bring you all the details here on bbc breakfast. it is sunday 15 may. our main story: ukraine has won the eurovision song contest in a symbolic show of public support after the country was invaded by russia. the uk's sam ryder came second, its best result for more than 20 years. ryder won the most votes from

i'm ben thompson. russia is "trying to destroy" the last group of soldiers holding the azovstal steelworks in mariupol. but the kremlin denies storming the complex. the coronavirus pandemic caused 15 million excess deaths around the world. that's according to new research by the world health organization, which reveals the true death toll from covid—19. if you don't count it, then it doesn't matter and i think here what we are trying to do is to put numbers to this, so that we can see that each life matters, how many of these deaths could have been prevented, how do we do better next time? and scientists monitoring birds in an oxford woodland say they think spring now comes three weeks earlier than it used to in the 1940s. hello to you, welcome to bbc news. it is just after hello to you, welcome to bbc news. it isjust after 3pm. the bank of england has increased interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, taking them to 1%, as it tries to slow the rise in prices. it predicts inflation will rise

i'm ben thompson. the headlines... the deadlock in stormont continues. the deadlock in stormont continues. the dup are set to block the formation of a power—sharing government over post—brexit trading arrangements. i believe that we need to send a very clear message to the european union and to our government that we are serious about getting this protocol sorted out. borisjohnson boris johnson wants to borisjohnson wants to cut more than 90,000 civil servicejobs, a fifth of the total workforce to save money and raise funds to tackle the cost of living crisis. ukrainian forces destroyed nearly all of russia's battalions armoured vehicles is an attempt to cross a river in the east of the country. coleen rooney has taken the stand on four of the rebekah vardy libel trial. and the queen is all smiles as attends the annual royal windsor horse show. good afternoon and welcome to the programme. the democratic unionist party will not agree to the election of a new stormont speaker today, its leader sirjeffrey donaldson has said. without the election of a speake

i'm ben thompson and these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. people in the uk at high risk of developing monkeypox after coming into contact with positive cases are being urged to self—isolate for three weeks. a verdict is due in the war crimes trial of a 21—year—old russian soldier who admits killing a civilian in the early stages of the invasion. thousands more youngsters will end up in care unless there's a "radical reset" of the system — that's the warning from a landmark review of child protection in england. a 27—year—old health worker in the uk is arrested on suspicion of administering poison with intent to endanger life, after an infant died while receiving care. us presidentjoe biden says he would use military intervention to protect taiwan if it were attacked by china. black and asian women in the uk are being harmed by racial discrimination in maternity care — according to an investigation by the charity birthrights. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. monkeypox has now been detected in three more coun

i'm ben thompson and these are the latest headlines.