former uk nurse and convicted baby killer lucy letby loses her latest bid to appeal against one of herns to become a for—hire wedding venue. hello. iam ben i am ben brown, welcome to bbc news. commonwealth leaders are preparing to defy the uk at their summit by agreeing to look at ways of getting financial compensation for the transatlantic slave trade. the british prime minister sir kier starmer says the issue

m15 warns the uk is facing a growing threat from isis as it claims russia's attempting to create mayhem on our streets. >> elsewhere, the nhs considered moving convicted child killer lucyhas heard . the thurwell inquiry has heard. >> brewers are warning that hiking alcohol taxes could spell the end of the affordable pint. so, ahead of the autumn budget, we've been asking this morning whether or not the chancellor should raise alcohol duty. >> and in the sport this morning, joe root has just become england's leading test match run scorer of all time. in tennis, frances tiafoe has issued an apology to everybody. you and me, for his shanghai masters meltdown, which we'll see later and answer this. is this the scariest sport in the world? clue's in the name. death diving . diving. >> good morning. feeling cold in the north, but still plenty of pleasant sunshine in the south. plenty of clouds, some rain and some showers. so to find out where the sunshine is, stay tuned . tuned. >> good morning to you. on this wednesday morning i'm eamonn holmes. >> i'm isabel webster and this is gb news breakfast. i think we should stress because that cut away before you see him landing in

lucy, back to you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. hello from the sports centre. i am jane dougal. hello from the sports centre. i amjane dougal. we hello from the sports centre. i am jane dougal. we start with football and the news that ruben al murray and is expected to be appointed as manchester united manager. however we understand he is unlikely to join the club until after next months international break he spoke briefly at a conference where he said there would be clarification after sporting play their match on friday. early i spoke to our chief football reporter. my under standinu football reporter. my under standing is _ football reporter. my under standing is that _ football reporter. my under standing is that when - football reporter. my under standing is that when the i football reporter. my under. standing is that when the deal is announced, it will involve amorim remaining in charge for the last three games before the international break, so that one tomorrow, manchester city and the champions league next tuesday and then braga in the portuguese lea

uk. the agency itself said the measure would only deepen the suffering of the palestinian people. lucyere have been long—running frictions between israel and unrwa but there is no doubt that after the past year those tensions have risen really sharply and they seem to have come to something of a head with israel passing these two bills, these two laws, banning all activity by unrwa and also banning all contact with unrwa by any state authority and it has done that in the face of very open a very blunt opposition by the united states and others. the state department spokesman saying before the vote took place that the us was deeply concerned by the legislation and describing unrwa's role in gaza as critical and and replaceable. a reminder that israel is notjust facing diplomatic fallout from this legislation but also a very practical challenge in how to replace the services, the aid that unrwa delivers, particularly in gaza —— as critical and irreplaceable. it is built in a three month window into this legislation partly we understand to try and get some kind of arrangement in place. bu

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lucy manning reports. emily damari is a spurs fan. when she visits the uksheerhan concerts. but emily, a british israeli citizen, has been held hostage by hamas for 364 days. she was kidnapped by hamas gunmen from her home. they shot her in the hand and killed her dog. speaking in london for the first time her british mother mandy believes she has been forgotten. if you imagine for a moment if emily was your daughter, try to picture what she is going through. since the 7th of october last year she has been held hostage by hamas terrorists in the gaza terror tunnel 20 metres or more underground. kept in captivity, tortured, isolated, unable to eat, speak or even move without someone else's permission. stripped of every human right. emily's mother is pleading with britain and other countries to do more to secure the release of her daughter and other hostages. why isn't the whole world especially britain fighting every month to secure her release. she is one of their own. at this memorial event british jews, many with family and friends in israel, are faced wi

uk, this is bbc news. we will be back in a moment. the serial killer lucyiction for the attempted murder of a new born baby while working as a nurse. she received herfifteenth whole life sentence following a retrial injuly, after the jury in her original trial last year couldn't reach a verdict. letby�*s lawyers had argued the retrial shouldn't have gone ahead because of "overwhelming prejudice" caused by media coverage of the original trial. our home and legal correspondent dominic casciani sent this update from the court of appeal. today's hearing at the court of appeal solely came down to the question of lucy letby�*s 15th and final conviction for attempted murder of a baby known only as child k. that conviction came injuly this year. it was a retrial because the jury in the original prosecution could not decide what had happened. now, the case against her was that child k had been attacked about 90 minutes after she had been born in the countess of chester hospital in february 2016. it was said that lucy letby had dislodged her feeding tube and stood ov

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. the bbc has learned that commonwealth leaders are preparing to defy the ukratoryjustice for the tra ns—atla ntic slave trade. british prime minister, sir keir starmer, is now

the uk's labour party denies any wrongdoing after donald trump's presidential campaign accuses it of interfering in the us election. hello, i'm lucyelcome to bbc news now. we start with the mass rape trial in the france which has shocked and horrified the country and lots of questions are being asked about male violence and how the country deals with male violence as a result. gisele pelicot — the french woman whose former husband is on trial for drugging her and inviting more than 50 men to rape her — has taken the stand for the first time. the 72—year—old arrived at court earlier on wednesday to give evidence against him and the other men on trial. she said, "i want all women who have been raped to say, �*madame pelicot did it, i can too.”' i don't want them to be ashamed any longer." madame pelicot�*s former husband is charged with recruiting men online to attack his wife while she was under the effect of heavy sedatives and sleeping pills that he administered to her in secret for a decade. all deny the accusations. addressing her former husband as mr pelicot, and saying she could no longer bear to use his first name, she said,

hello, i'm lucy hockings, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. the bbc has learned that commonwealth leaders are preparing to defy the ukr summit in samoa by agreeing to examine ways of securing reparatoryjustice for the tra ns—atla ntic slave trade. british prime minister, sir keir starmer, is now in samoa for the summit. on wednesday, sir keir starmer said that there was "no reparations could cost the uk billions of dollars. on wednesday, sir keir starmer said that there was "no question" slavery was "abhorrent", but he wanted the meeting on the pacific island to focus on the "here and now" downing street had previously said that reparations would not be on the agenda for the meeting. king charles and queen camilla are present for the commonwealth heads of government meeting. the couple will complete a day of engagements before meeting with commonwealth leaders at the end of the week. frederick mitchell is the foreign minister of the bahamas. he says that the time has come to talk about reparations. i think at the moment caricom countries want the conversation to start about it. there appears to be even a reluctance t

lucy and hilary, thank you very much. we are back with a further look at what's going on in the us and in the uk with the budget that's due few days — very little change. it is going to stay mainly dry and mild. now, we say dry, it'll still be quite damp in the morning, especially where the mist forms and you get thicker drizzle from thick, low—grade cloud. now, not much real rainfall on the way. in fact, if we look at the rainfall accumulation across parts of europe, you can see how that rainfall pattern follows where the jet stream moves and brings weather fronts. we're in the middle of an area of high pressure, hence little appreciable rain on the way. now, here it is, that high pressure over us on wednesday. that means very calm, gloomy conditions first thing in the morning. and in fact, you can see through the night, quite a rugged area of cloud on top of us. but where the clouds do clear and you get lengthy clear spells, temperatures will dip to single figures, so perhaps central parts of scotland around four or five degrees, of scotland around four orfive degrees, orfive degrees, but for most in the range of around

lucy, i dressing another line for me foreign ministry calling on the unc could counsel to undertake what they say is meaningful action to prevent threats against regional peace and security. the ukdoing to try to dampen things down tonight?— doing to try to dampen things down tonight? the uk is part of the quaint _ down tonight? the uk is part of the quaint group _ down tonight? the uk is part of the quaint group with _ down tonight? the uk is part of the quaint group with us, i the quaint group with us, france, and italy. us with the premise or as part of the travelling press pack out to new york last week and it was striking that downing street and israel weren't able to make the diaries aligned, as i said, for keir starmer and benjamin and yahoo to meet, eyebrows raised about whether netanyahu didn't want to meet keir starmer, who has pretty radically reshape the uk's relationship with israel since coming to power injuly, making several moves like restoring aid to the un agency that delivers humanitarian relief to palestinian refugees and culminating last month and announcing the export licenses to israel. we saw an important part of the uk does play, given that the us does n

uk. and late last night, the israeli army said it hit what it called terrorist targets in beirut�*s southern suburbs after warning residents in the area there to evacuate. our middle east correspondent lucyinside lebanon for the past 11 months, destroying tunnels. they showed us the weapons they'd found. with hezbollah weakened, i asked a spokesman about the appetite to push the group further north. we are acting with a plan to carry out operations in a limited, targeted way, close, close by to the israeli border between israel and lebanon, making sure we remove these immediate threats. i asked if that plan could change. we have many plans on the table. at the moment, we are focusing on removing the immediate threats from close by to the israeli border. in border towns like kiryat shmona, emptied a year ago by fears of a hamas style attack, there's strong support for israel's ground invasion. translation: i am certain that this ground manoeuvre will bring - the residents back safely and they think it is very, very needed. and that's the answer. that's exactly what we wanted. maybe a bit too late, but better late than never. a day into israel's invasion, its forces have so far met little

the uk government is telling all british nationals in lebanon to leave as soon as possible, chartering a flight to bring some of them home tomorrow. our middle east correspondent lucyhe sound of artillery some distance away. a little while earlier, there were a series of loud explosions that we heard here, close to the border, as israel confirmed that it had launched what it's calling "limited and targeted ground raids" into lebanon on what it called hezbollah terrorist targets in the area. it's not clear at this stage what sort of scale or form those raids are taking, but we have witnessed a build—up of troops and tanks here at the border over the last few days — we saw a couple of dozen tanks by the main road here. israel's been inflicting blow after blow on hezbollah for the past couple of weeks, but any kind of ground invasion represents a new phase in this war, new risks for the israeli military, and new risks for the region, as well. that was lucy williamson on the israeli side of the border. meanwhile, our correspondent anna foster sent us this update from the lebanese capital beirut. the momentum really gathered here over the few hours leading up to the ann

child serial killer lucy uk.child serial killer lucy letby has lost her high court bid to challenge her conviction for the attempted murder of a baby girl. the 34 year old, who was found guilty of attempting to kill a newborn known as child k, was seeking permission to appeal against that conviction, claiming media coverage had led to overwhelming prejudice. however, three senior judges in london rejected her application. the nurse is already serving 14 whole life orders for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others. today's ruling marks her second unsuccessful appeal attempt, following a similar dismissal in may regarding her earlier convictions and gb news can reveal an imminent rise in channel migrant crossings, with numbers expected to exceed last year's total within just 48 hours. at least 400 migrants are anticipated to have made the journey by the end of today, following five boat arrivals this morning carrying over 250 people to the border force processing centre in dover. a furt

and a stellar political cast, including labour's lucy rigby, reform uk chairman dear yusuf, former conservative minister ranil jayawardena and lib dem shadow cabinet minister christine jardine. what happens tonight on gb news is going to shape the future of british politics. this is the after sun to the political love island, who will steal the hearts of the tory members tonight, but more importantly, who will win the hearts of the nation .7 hearts of the nation.7 >> this is decision time, the race to lead live on gb news now. in the interest of fairness, earlier today we flipped a coin to see which candidate will be first to face your questions today. so far of campaigning. 14 more days to go. the voting packs have arrived. members who watched gb news and 400 or so in this room maybe have voted already or are poised to vote. but tonight we've got a leadership event between kemi badenoch behind me and robert jenrick, and right now i'm going to toss a coin to find out who goes first. so back up here kemi badenoch will you call, please? >> heads. heads. >> heads. heads. >> tails is kemi badenoch

and a stellar political cast, including labour's lucy rigby, reform uk chairman dear yusuf, former conservative minister ranil jayawardena and lib dem shadow cabinet minister christine jardine. what happens tonight on gb news is going to shape the future of british politics. this is the after sun to the political love island, who will steal the hearts of the tory members tonight, but more importantly, who will win the hearts of the nation .7 hearts of the nation.7 >> this is decision time, the race to lead live on gb news now. in the interest of fairness, earlier today we flipped a coin to see which candidate will be first to face your questions today. so far of campaigning. 14 more days to go. the voting packs have arrived. members who watched gb news and 400 or so in this room maybe have voted already or are poised to vote. but tonight we've got a leadership event between kemi badenoch behind me and robert jenrick, and right now i'm going to toss a coin to find out who goes first. so back up here kemi badenoch will you call, please? >> heads. heads. >> heads. heads. >> tails is kemi badenoch

ex—conservative minister ranil jayawardena, labour mp lucy rigby we've also got the chairman of reform uk zia chairman of reform uk, zia yusuf, and the lib dem shadow cabinet member christine jardine. and yes, it is as well, my wonderful audience. are you ready? i'm raring to go. yes. fantastic. all right. well, shortly we're going to be going to christopher hope. but right now stay tuned because we're going to go off. all right. well, we heard a heck of a lot from both candidates there. and shortly i'm going to be cherry picking some of the best bits. we were hearing a lot about the echr. we're hearing a heck of a lot about immigration in general, weren't we? and to just ground ourselves, i'll remind everyone who's just tuned in where this audience currently is. so at the start, i asked you, you were all quite undecided. now, if you are in favour of jenrick, can i get a holler ? jenrick, can i get a holler? >> yes. >> yes. >> yeah. okay. what about if you're in favour of kemi badenoch haaland. oh okay. all right. there we go. ranil, what do you make of that? you are of course , the conse

ex—conservative minister ranil jayawardena, labour mp lucy rigby we've also got the chairman of reform uk zia chairman of reform uk, zia yusuf, and the lib dem shadow cabinet member christine jardine. and yes, it is as well, my wonderful audience. are you ready? i'm raring to go. yes. fantastic. all right. well, shortly we're going to be going to christopher hope. but right now stay tuned because we're going to go off. all right. well, we heard a heck of a lot from both candidates there. and shortly i'm going to be cherry picking some of the best bits. we were hearing a lot about the echr. we're hearing a heck of a lot about immigration in general, weren't we? and to just ground ourselves, i'll remind everyone who's just tuned in where this audience currently is. so at the start, i asked you, you were all quite undecided. now, if you are in favour of jenrick, can i get a holler ? jenrick, can i get a holler? >> yes. >> yes. >> yeah. okay. what about if you're in favour of kemi badenoch haaland. oh okay. all right. there we go. ranil, what do you make of that? you are of course , the conse

former uk nurse and convicted baby killer lucy letby loses her latest bid to appeal against one of heronvictions. and marry like royals! balmoral estate plans to become a for—hire wedding venue. hello. iam ben i am ben brown, welcome to bbc news. commonwealth leaders are preparing to defy the uk at their summit by agreeing to look at ways of getting financial compensation for the transatlantic slave trade. the british prime minister sir kier starmer says the issue is not on the agenda for the summit of commonwealth nations in samoa. the issue of reparations could potentially leave the uk not only apologising for its part in the slave trade, but also owing huge amounts of money. king charles and queen camilla are present for the commonwealth heads of government meeting. the couple will complete a day of engagements before meeting with commonwealth leaders at the end of the week. a brief bit of context here. the commonwealth of nations, oftenjust known as the commonwealth, is an international group of 56 member states, mostly former territories of the british empire from which it develop

lucy hawking is. in a rare move, the international monetary fund has welcomed the measures announced by the uk chancellor rachel reeves in the first labour budget in 14 years. she told the bbc she hopes the budget, which includes tax rises will cut that will wipe the slate clean. the chancellor said she would invest more in schools and housing. the scale of the budget was huge, with employers and businesses carrying a lot of the tax burden. let's bring in our political correspondent, who is looking at the developments in fallout from the budget. what is the big takeaway? i fallout from the budget. what is the big takeaway?— big takeaway? i suppose the good news, to big takeaway? i suppose the good news. to start _ big takeaway? i suppose the good news, to start with _ big takeaway? i suppose the good news, to start with that, - hello. i'm lucy hawking is. in a rare move, the international monetary fund has welcomed the measures announced by the uk chancellor rachel reeves in the first labour budget in 14 years. she told the bbc she hopes the budget, which includes tax rises will cut that will wipe the sl

lucy fisher, do you. think there are parallels with the uk general election we saw here over the summernow in government, again, not going to specific on policy, for the sized sometimes for not being too positive in terms of defining what they were for and actually just being very questioning of the conservatives and we know there has been political contact between the democrats and labour. all parties look to elections around the world to see what they can learn from those victorious parties. that's right, and the labour party— that's right, and the labour party and _ that's right, and the labour party and the democrats consider themselves sister parties _ consider themselves sister parties on the centreleft, long—standing leaks there, though— long—standing leaks there, though interestingly, labour insist— though interestingly, labour insist that when a delegation went— [000:11:37;00] [000:11:37;00]

back in the uk, a tory councillors wife has been jailed for two and a half years after stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers on the day of the southport attacks. lucy connolly married to conservative councillor raymond connolly, posted a violent message on x calling for mass deportation and arson against hotels housing immigrants . against hotels housing immigrants. she against hotels housing immigrants . she wrote the post immigrants. she wrote the post on the day three young girls were killed in a knife attack in southport. the post was deleted after two hours and she later apologised. but connolly was today sentenced to 31 months imprisonment at birmingham crown court . now it's being reported court. now it's being reported that simon cowell has stepped down from itv. britain's got talent following one direction star liam payne's tragic death. the sun newspapers reporting he will be replaced by bruno tonioli in the light of the news. it comes as liam payne's family has expressed their heartbreak following his death at the age of 31. in a statement released through a spokeswoman, his family remembered liam as kind , funny and a brave soul. kind,

reports back in the uk, a tory councillors wife has been jailed for two and a half years after stirring up racial hatred against asylum seekers on the day of the southport attacks. lucy connolly, married to conservative councillor raymond connolly, posted a violent message on x calling for mass deportation and arson against hotels, housing migrants. she wrote the post on the day three young girls were killed in a knife attack in southport. the post was deleted after two hours and she later apologised. but connolly was sentenced to 31 months imprisonment at birmingham crown court today. the family of former one direction star liam payne has expressed their heartbreak following the death at the age of 31. in a statement released through a spokeswoman, his family remembered liam as kind, funny and a brave soul. fans have gathered outside the hotel in buenos aires , where he died, in buenos aires, where he died, lighting candles and leaving flowers in an impromptu vigil to pay flowers in an impromptu vigil to pay tribute to the music icon. liam rose to fame as part of one direction, one of the biggest p0p direction, one of the biggest pop groups in the world, before thei