at the uk labour party _ there is an obvious problem. bour party conference - there is an obvious problem. at the uk labour party conference the - uk labour party conference the deputy leader is criticised for calling borisjohnson some. detectives investigating a murder have arrested a 38—year—old man on suspicion of murder and what scotland yard says is a significant development. germans go to the polls as the country decide who it wants to lead in a post angela merkel area. i will be back with the latest news at the top of the hour and right now it is time for dateline london. hello and welcome to our weekly brains trust, with bbc specialists and the correspondents who file stories, broadcast and blog to audiences back home from the dateline: london. this week, advance australia fair or foul? after angela — what will be the legacy of germany's longest—serving chancellor? and too little c02, too much hot air? boris johnson wrestles with the contradictions of keeping us fed and warm, but not too hot. joining us this week, latika bourke is

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in the uk the opposition labour party says there's a "strong case" for offering all 12 to 15 year oldsid "further disruption" to their education. many people in the uk and around the world are heading back to the office — including the american first lady. starting next week, jill biden will go back to teaching in person at the northern virginia community college. commuting by presidential motorcade, dr biden is the first first lady to combine that role with a job outside the presidency. joining me now is jada yuan — she covers national politics and the office of the first lady for the washington post. good to talk to you. it is very different from most, i suppose but is she going to have security personnel in the classroom with her, do you know? �* , ., , classroom with her, do you know? �* , . , ., , know? but she had when she was second lady. _ know? but she had when she was second lady, last _ know? but she had when she was second lady, last semester, - know? but she had when she was second lady, last semester, her. second lady, last semester, her first semester as first lady, she

other news now, sir keir starmer promises to get the uk labour party back in business we he deliversbecoming leader. is expected to say a government led by him would train thousands of teachers and cut waiting times for mental health services. sweden is lifting its covid—19 restrictions today, lockdown was never introduced there but some restrictions were eventually brought in. indoor nightclubs can reopen for the first time since march 2020, large gigs and sporting events can also return and bars and restaurants will no longer have to offer table only service and a rule of eight at indoor dining and drinking tables will be scrapped. fresh tensions have surface between britain and france over post—brexit fishing rights, later today an announcement is expected on permits for waters around the channel island of jersey where a fishing dispute erupted this year. it prompted the deployment of two naval ship after a main port was blocked. survivors of the 2015 attacks have been giving their first opportunity to tell a court what they went through at the trial of 20 men accused of planning

here in the uk, the opposition labour party says it believes there's a strong case to vaccinate healthy education. ministers have asked the uk's four chief medical officers to consider the broader implications, after government vaccine advisers recommended against the measure for all 12 to 15—year olds. our health correspondent, jim reed, reports. in the united states, they've been vaccinating children for months now. france and germany, too, have been pressing ahead. in this country, though, there is still uncertainty. government advisers have said the medical benefit alone does not justify jabbing all those between 12 and 15 years old. it's left parents waiting for ministers to make a final decision. if it's going to free up our world and our country more, to give us freedom and protect our children and things in schools, then absolutely, i've got no objection whatsoever. we don't know that much about it, so ijust think at the moment, anybody above that age, 16 onwards, that's their choice, they can make that choice, but a child of that age can't make a choice. around 3 million 12 to

here in the uk, the labour opposition party has called for clarity on covid vaccines for children torevent further disruption to their education. labour says there's a "strong case" for offering all 12 to 15 year olds coronavirus vaccinations — but the government's scientific advisors don't support it. now on bbc news, our world. it should be the safest place a child could be. why do you study? from there, to go back towards what? but schools in northern nigeria are being targeted by kidnappers. since december, more than 1,000 students have been abducted in the region. and it's affecting everyone from the youngest to the oldest pupils, rich and poor. save this country from the hands of these evil people! she said: "mummy, they came to our school yesterday night and kidnapped us. " she now says: "mummy, come and see, they are just beating us." so, why are criminal gangs kidnapping schoolchildren? to find out, i've travelled across northern and central nigeria, speaking to those affected. this banditry is not some mere criminality. and the only way to deal with it is to launch a full—s

here in the uk, the labour opposition party has called for clarity on covid vaccines for children to prevent further disruption to their education. labour says there's a "strong case" for offering all 12 to 15 year olds coronavirus vaccinations — but the government's scientific advisors don't support it. scientists have revealed that tuna stocks are starting to recover after being fished to the edge of extinction. however, many other plants and animals remain under huge pressure. biodiversity researchers say that nearly a third of the species they're monitoring face extinction. one official warned of a major crisis soon. the doctors�* union, the british medical association, is calling on the government to take urgent action to tackle delays to the delivery of the winter flu jab. some gp surgeries in england and wales are cancelling appointments for the vaccine, after one of the uk's largest suppliers warned of a possible two—week delay, because of a lack of lorry drivers. the department of health insists there's no shortage. daniela relph reports. 35 million people will be offered th

here in the uk, the labour opposition party has called for clarity on covid vaccines for children to prevent further disruption to their education. labour says there's a strong case for offering all 12— to 15—year—olds coronavirus vaccinations, but the government's scientific advisors don't support it. now on bbc news — click. this week we're going back to school, so pay attention class — today we have robotics... ..archaeology. .. ..and...cookery? hey, welcome to click! we are back after a summer of silliness. i hope you managed to have some kind of break yourself. i tell you, the best thing about being back on this sofa for me is i get to see my good mate, back in her box! it's been weeks since we've done it like this, isn't it? how's your summer been, how are you? oh, it's good to be back and it's lovely to see you too. and my summer has been good, thank you. i've spent two hours a day working out, which is my idea of a break. i know, i've seen your instagram, you've been hitting it hard! hmm. what have you been up to? i've been exercising my brain, i've been trying these, um, int

here in the uk, the labour opposition party has called for clarity on covid vaccines for children to prevent further disruption to their education. labour says there's a "strong case" for offering all 12 to 15—year—olds coronavirus vaccinations — but the government's scientific advisors don't support it. scientists have revealed that tuna stocks are starting to recover after being fished to the edge of extinction. however, many other plants and animals remain under huge pressure. biodiversity researchers say that nearly a third of the species they're monitoring face extinction. one official warned of a major crisis soon. the doctors�* union, the british medical association, is calling on the government to take urgent action to tackle delays to the delivery of the winter flu jab. some gp surgeries in england and wales are cancelling appointments for the vaccine, after one of the uk's largest suppliers warned of a possible two—week delay, because of a lack of lorry drivers. the department of health insists there's no shortage. daniela relph reports. 35 million people will be offered th

uk. labour's leader heads for a showdown with his party's left—wing over changes to the way it chooses itsders. sabina nessa, who was killed in southeast london 7 it's a final day of campaigning in germany. now it's time for our world. rodwell nkomazana was asleep outside church in rural zimbabwe, when he was attacked by a hyena. against the odds, he survived. immediately, when i arrived, they exposed these wounds, and here was a young man with, i mean literally, no face. i mean, literally, no face. he is now headed to south africa for life—changing surgery. when i saw the first photographs of how horrendous the injury was, i decided that i would do whatever i could to help him. our world has been given exclusive access to follow rodwell�*s journey to recovery. a rare moment of rest and play for rodwell and his mother, shamiso. it's just four months since rodwell was attacked. rodwell was living with his grandmother in rural zimbabwe when early in may, they attended an all—night prayer vigil. it was here, under this tree, that rodwell was attacked. rodwell�*s injuries were so severe, it se

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here in the uk, the labour opposition party has called for clarity on covid vaccines for children to prevent further disruption to their education. labour says there's a "strong case" for offering all 12 to 15 year olds coronavirus vaccinations — but the government's scientific advisors don't support it. now on bbc news, dateline. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uk's leading commentators, bbc specialists, and the journalists who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline: london. this week, back to school — back to covid? afghanistan after america, and the dateline panel mark your cards with the news that's worrying them. the "they" this week are steve richards, author of the prime ministers we never had — and after 30 years in the highways and byeways of westminster, he should know. eunice goes is a portuguese journalist and academic, and with me in the studio is bbc health editor, hugh pym. welcome, hugh, and welcome to both of you, as well. good to have you with us. now, here in the uk, covid has quietly slipped down news programme running ord

here in the uk, the labour opposition party has called for clarity on covid vaccines for children to prevent further disruption to their education. labour says there�*s a strong case for offering all 12— to 15—year—olds coronavirus vaccinations, but the government's scientific advisors don't support it. now on bbc news — political thinking. a national tragedy, shameful, a staggering failure. written�*s biggest foreign policy failure since it was, that is how magas and political thinking this week has described a withdrawal from afghanistan. he is tom tugan had, former soldier, former advisor to helmand province, former advisor to the chief of the defence staff. he is now chief of the foreign affairs committee of the house of commons. this is the series in which i have conversations with, not interrogations of, those who shape our political thinking, about what shapes their background, their values, their background, their values, their lives, behind politics. it was precisely that that led mps to lead to him to speak in total silence as he spoke in the commons with his struggles with

uk. the labour leader heads for a showdown with the party's left over changes to the way the it chooses its mps and leaders. a book of condolence is opened for people to pay respects to teacher sabina nessa, who was killed in south—east london. and it's the final day of campaigning in germany, where voters will elect a new chancellor. good afternoon. the government will set out tomorrow more details of a temporary visa scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the uk. it comes after a frustrating day for some motorists, with queues and congestion around some petrol stations — following a disruption to fuel deliveries because of a shortage of hauliers. the visa scheme could bring in around 5,000 drivers, but the haulage industry says it needs 100,000. here's katy austin. people have been told not to panic buy, there is no shortage of fuel itself. but again today, motorists were queueing at petrol stations. in some areas, there's been traffic chaos as a result. petrol is on zero, i'm not going to make it. people have half a tank and they are going in there to fill up. thre

uk. the labour leader heads for a showdown with the party's left over changes to the way it chooses its mpsay respects to teacher sabina nessa, who was killed in south east london. and it's the final day of campaigning in germany, where voters will elect a new chancellor.

uk. the labour leader heads for a showdown with the party's left over changes to the way it chooses its mpsrs. a book of condolence is opened for people to pay respects to teacher sabina nessa, who was killed in south east london. and it's the final day of campaigning in germany, where voters will elect a new chancellor. sports day is coming up in a moment, but before that, in the run up to cop26 the un climate change conference hello, and a warm welcome to the full review here on bbc news, and taking us through this week's cinema releases, as ever, it's mark kermode, and all of human life is here. , , ~ ~ . here. very interesting week. we have the many saints _ here. very interesting week. we have the many saints of _ here. very interesting week. we have the many saints of newark, _ here. very interesting week. we have the many saints of newark, which - here. very interesting week. we have the many saints of newark, which is l the many saints of newark, which is a big screen recall to the sopranos. we have the green knight, in which dev patel plays ga wayne. and a film in which a young man

uk. the leader of britain's main opposition labour party, keir starmer, has made a stinging attack on primeboris johnson, calling him "a trickster" and "a showman with nothing left to show". after last year's virtual conference, he also apologised to supporters who felt his party were unelectable at the last general election. to the voters that thought we were unpatriotic or irresponsible, or that we looked down on them, i say these simple but powerful words — we will never, under my leadership, go into an election with a manifesto that is not a serious plan for government! the fuel situation in the uk is starting to improve, british prime minister borisjohnson has said, as he urged drivers to fill up their cars in the "normal way". he said the situation at fuel stations was "stabilising" and people should be "confident" to go about their business, after days of queues and pump closures. a british court has heard how an off—duty policeman performed a fake arrest using handcuffs to convince a woman that she was being detained for breaching coronavirus regulations. the policeman, wayne couzen

factor in things like disruption to children�*s education, and actually the main opposition party in the uk, labourducation, but they say the government should be doing more in terms of things like ventilating schools, but they say there is a strong case to be made for vaccination. there is a strong case to be made forvaccination. so there is a strong case to be made for vaccination. so ministers will have to listen to what the chief medical officers say, looking at these things in the round and then make their decision based on that. we expect that to happen in the next few days, because of course children are now back at school for the autumn term, so we are expecting that decision fairly quickly. it is also expected the chief medical officers will work together jointly, it is not expected we will see a situation, for example, where you could see teenagers being vaccinated in one part of the uk but not another, that is not expected to happen. another, that is not expected to ha en. . ~' ,, another, that is not expected to ha en. . ~' ., another, that is not expected to hauen. . ., let�*s speak no

uk. keir starmer heads for a showdown with labour's left over changes to the way the party chooses its mpsf condolence is opened for people to pay respects to teacher sabina nessa, who was killed in south—east london. and it's the final day of campaigning in germany, where voters will elect a new chancellor. now it's time for afghanistan the pakistan view. just over a month ago, the taliban swept into afg hanistan's capital, kabul. their lightning advance lasted only a few weeks, and they eventually walked into the capital without a fight, as former president ashraf ghani and much of his cabinet fled. a panicked evacuation ensued. now, the world is watching as the taliban form their government. exactly how they intend to rule remains unclear. the ministry for the propagation of virtue and prevention of vice is back, and last week, the taliban barred girls from secondary schools, with only boys and male teachers allowed back. in an exclusive interview, i speak to pakistan's prime minister, imran khan, about events in neighbouring afghanistan. i ask him how he intends to hold the new taliban

uk. labour's leader heads for a showdown with his party's left—wing over changes to the way it chooses itsps and leaders. germany where voters will elect a new chancellor to replace angela merkel tomorrow. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will have tomorrow. nigel nelson is here, and also the political commentatorjo phillips. a few technical problems have been affecting us today so we have a small selection of different pages. we begin with the sunday telegraph. borisjohnson is urging haulage firms to raise pay for drivers, and the mail on sunday is blaming the boss of the road haulage association. it is the labour party conference this week, the sunday mirror has a pledge from sir keir starmer that he will tax private schools in order to help poorer children. let's turn to our next paper. do you know what? lets get on with our chat. that will give us more time. jo and nigel, glad you are laughing along with me. not at me! we are aware that the telegraph. nigel, johnson demanding a pay rise for trekkers. why? to nigel, johnson demanding a pay rise for trekkers. why?—

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uk. labour's leader heads for a showdown with his party's left wing over changes to the way the it chooses its mps and leaders. a book of condolence is opened for people to pay their respects to the teacher, sabina nessa, who was killed in south—east london. the government will set out tomorrow more details of a temporary visa scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the uk. it comes after a frustrating day for some motorists, with queues and congestion around some petrol stations, following a disruption to fuel deliveries because of a shortage of hauliers. the visa scheme could bring in around 5,000 drivers, but the haulage industry says it needs 100,000. earlier, i spoke to someone in the industry. it is 100,000 drivers that are short, so the government is saying that they are going to allow temporary visas for 5000 drivers. i really don't see how that is going to solve the situation.— really don't see how that is going to solve the situation. yes, and for three months. _ to solve the situation. yes, and for three months, is— to solve the situation. yes, and for thre

uk. keir starmer heads for a showdown with labour's left over changes to the way the party chooses its mps and leaders. a book of condolence is opened for people to pay respects to teacher sabina nessa, who was killed in south—east london. two canadians arrive home after spending over 1,000 days in detention in china over spying charges. it's the final day of campaigning in germany, where voters will elect a new chancellor. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the government is due to formally announce a visa scheme that will make it easier for foreign drivers to work in the uk. details of the plan will be set out tomorrow. it's expected the temporary plan will allow visas for about 5,000 drivers to tackle the hgv driver shortage, which has led to supply problems at some petrol stations and other businesses. the road haulage association estimates that the uk is short of about 100,000 hgv drivers in total — with existing shortages made worse by a number of factors, including the pandemic and brexit. here's our business correspondent, katy austin. people have been told not to panic buy, ther

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let's go back to the uk's the labour party conference.hris. hello, victoria, people spilling into the | victoria, people spilling into the conference centre, there is the odd sore head and croaky voice because the last night at a conference turns into a bit of a party fest with karaoke and all the rest of it and seniorfigures in the party heading from one shindig to another. this is full of labour party activists and senior figures can say thank you to the work they do as well as a serious business of politics at takes place during the day possibly big showpiece coming in about an hour to 20 minute when sir keir starmer gets to address labour party activists and the country. and for the first time in person, having done lots of zouma and teams during the pandemic. really big moment for him —— lots of zouma. seema malhotra, shadow business minister on the front bench for labour. what do you want to hear from on the front bench for labour. what do you want to hearfrom sir keir starmer today? we want to see a really positive vision for our c

we will turn to the uk and the leader of the opposition labour party says beating boris johnson in theok right, left, then right again may be. there has a protest here of what he is going, is he in charge? absolutely. we had three _ going, is he in charge? absolutely. we had three days _ going, is he in charge? absolutely. we had three days of _ going, is he in charge? absolutely. we had three days of build - going, is he in charge? absolutely. we had three days of build up - going, is he in charge? absolutely. we had three days of build up to i we had three days of build up to three very, very important decisions in our party that dealt with anti—semitism and closed the door on anti—semitism and closed the door on a dark chapter in our party. we also take other action to refocus the party on the country. i think if they're a tough decision to be taken, they should be taken swiftly and properly and we have done that. but some are unhappy with that change, one of your team quite yesterday, saying the party had never been so divided. is yesterday, saying the party had never been so divid

here in the uk, the leader of the opposition labour party, sir keir starmer, has made a stinging attack"a trickster" and "a showman with nothing left to show". in a keynote speech to his party's annual party conference, mr starmer accused borisjohnson of having no plan for tackling the country's problems. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. a blast of fresh air? that's how keir starmer wants you to see him. labour's week's been bumpy. and he had to show today that he really is in charge, impatient for the chance. i've waited 17 months, 25 days and two hours to appear in front of you in this hall as leader of our great party. choosing first to confront the party's crushing defeat at the election, of the project he was part of, too. to those labour voters who said their grandparents would turn in their graves, but they couldn't trust us with high office, to those that reluctantly chose the tories, i say these simple but powerful words — we will never, under my leadership, go into an election with a manifesto that is not a serious plan for government. applause with his wife watch

uk. the labour leader heads for a showdown with the party's left over changes to the way it chooses its mps was killed in south—east london. coming up, we will be looking at all of the latest releases at the cinema this week, including the movie prequel to the sopranos. so dojoin me and mark kermode for this week's film review. police say they are investigating the deaths of four people including three children at the queen is university hospital campus in glasgow. 0ne university hospital campus in glasgow. one of them is ten—year—olds millie main, who died in 2017. the investigation comes after an investigation from the crown 0ffice. 0ur investigator dilemma corresponded has more. gail armstrong was 73 and had been treated for blood cancer in glasgow because mcqueen is with university hospital before she died injanuary, 2019. in the weeks before her death, she had contracted a cryptococcus infection. herfamily have she had contracted a cryptococcus infection. her family have welcomed this fresh investigation. mr; infection. her family have welcomed this fresh investigation.— infection. her

uk. keir starmer heads for a showdown with labour's left over changes to the way the party chooses its mps was killed in south—east london. two canadians arrive home after spending over 1,000 days in detention in china over spying charges. it's the final day of campaigning in germany, where voters will elect a new chancellor.

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to ask was her greatest accomplishment as prime minister of the uk and she said you labor, which was the right word turns of the labour party that she forced her political opponents in her direction, click on tempered terrain. that is clearly true of carter. >> one of the striking things about carter is, kind of tragic because every generation democrats releases jimmy carter by the way, cliff stevenson won the presidency in the 50s departed within the first guy to do this. he was against things like socialized medicine he is pretty far to the right on policy in those very popular among liberals but every population of democratic presidents, says i'm going to balance the budget. i'm going to turn my back on the freespending democratic ways they have to do it again, again, and again because they never get credit for. milk clinton and the famous 1995 or 96 i think it was 95 newt gingrich congress and state of the union he famously said the arab big government is over. jimmy carter's and on this exact same thing in 1978. obama try to make a grand bargain on social security. it is not like republicans say oh, we won a convert an

labour party right at the beginning. the speech tomorrow, he is apparently going to talk about the mental health crisis that he thinks the ukcovid pandemic, and he will make the premise that mental health treatment will be available within a month, which i think will be very welcome to many people. interesting that when he was asked if he would prioritise winning the next election or party unity, he said winning the next election. i think that is going to be part of the pitch in his speech tomorrow as well. what you make of this. _ speech tomorrow as well. what you make of this, richard? _ speech tomorrow as well. what you make of this, richard? it _ speech tomorrow as well. what you make of this, richard? it always - make of this, richard? it always seems to me — make of this, richard? it always seems to me that _ make of this, richard? it always seems to me that whenever - make of this, richard? it always| seems to me that whenever keir starmer— seems to me that whenever keir starmer gets the opportunity to realty— starmer gets the opportunity to really take it home to the tories, something — really take it home to the to

uk today. the opposition labour leader sir keir starmer has told the bbc that winning elections is more important than partyrighton he said he was prepared to make tough decisions and accepted that some in labour wouldn't like it. ~ , that some in labour wouldn't like it. y , , that some in labour wouldn't like it. y , that some in labour wouldn't like it. my focus is on how we get labour into a position _ it. my focus is on how we get labour into a position to _ it. my focus is on how we get labour into a position to win _ it. my focus is on how we get labour into a position to win a _ it. my focus is on how we get labour into a position to win a general - into a position to win a general election. two years ago we were here in brighton for our labour party conference and within a few short months we had crashed the west general election result since 1935. i am not prepared to let that happen. i am not prepared to let that ha . en. , , i am not prepared to let that hauen_ , , , i am not prepared to let that hauen. , , , ., happen. scientists say they have discovered _ happen. scientists say they have disco

labour party wants to put forward are hard to hear over the noise. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, brighton. the government�*s latest coronavirus figures for the ukthe latest 2a—hour period. that means in the past week, there was an average of 3a,500 new cases per day. another a0 deaths have been recorded, that�*s of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid test, taking the average number per day in the last week, to 137. 0n vaccinations — wales did not release its latest vaccination data today — but for the rest of the uk, now over 89.5% of people aged 16 or over have had theirfirstjab, while nearly 82.5% are now double vaccinated. it�*s six weeks since the taliban took control of afghanistan, and forced out western troops. their heartland is in the south of the country in helmand province. during the past 20 years, british troops were regularly deployed there and they saw some of the heaviest fighting. most people in the south are pashtuns, one of afghanistan�*s main ethnic groups, and increasingly dominant since the taliban victory. 0ur middle east editorjeremy bowen has travelled from kandahar to lashkar gah, the capital of helmand,

period in which they delta variant in india came into the uk and the government says will introduce these rules to ensure a robust system, the labour party of what they call a failed border policy. that was alex forsyth. a court in new york is due to hold a pre—trial hearing today, in the civil case filed by a woman who claims the duke of york sexually assaulted her when she was 17. our royal correspondent jonny dymond has more. this is important because it's the first time that the judge and the lawyers for the woman who has actually made this allegation, virginia giuffre, have actually met. and what we expect is a consideration of whether or not and how this case might go forward. prince andrew has always denied the allegation of sexual assault — he says he can't remember meeting this woman, and his team have pretty much dismissed this case. this is a civil case, not a criminal case, a claim for compensation and damages, and his team have nearly alwaysjust said, "no comment, nothing to say about this case." now they are faced with the question of whether or not the court will accept that the allegations have been formally put to prince

starmer�*s speech to the labour party conference, and reports he'll put mental health at the core of his pitch. the daily telegraph says french authorities are accusing the ukthree—quarters of their applications to fish in waters around britain, and claims they're considering �*retaliatory action�*. and the sun, alongside that huge picture of the dutchess of cambridge at the bond premiere, leads with a car crash involving katie price. it reports fears from her family, as the paper claims drink and drugs were involved in the incident. so, let�*s begin. let�*s save the feel for a little later on, shall we, and kick off with the speech by keir starmer later tomorrow afternoon in brighton. the mirror, as you would expect, very faithful to the labour party has got probably the most detail about what he is going to stay in his speech. the labour exclusive is my school revolution, richard, talk us through what he is going to talk about. it is richard, talk us through what he is going to talk about.— going to talk about. it is very reminiscent _ going to talk about. it is very reminiscent of— going to talk about. it is very reminiscent of tony - going to talk about

future for the uk, if you were to vote labour, but here you can see keir starmer facing a row with the left over the minimum wage increase, more details on the website and that labour partyon throughout the day and our political editor is covering that extensively.- political editor is covering that extensively. you are with bbc news, — that extensively. you are with bbc news, the _ that extensively. you are with bbc news, the top _ that extensively. you are with bbc news, the top stories. i that extensively. you are with | bbc news, the top stories. the american singer r kelly is found guilty of sex trafficking, racketeering and sexually abusing women and children. the us urges north korea to return to talks after pyongyang launches another missile test. after the taliban's swift takeover of afghanistan, international organisations like the world bank and international monetary fund all suspended funding for projects in the country. that is big problem for afghanistan because more than half of its economic growth depends on foreign aid. we have the chief executive of the islamic bank of afghanistan, and he told my colleague what is happening across the whole banking sec

uk. more now on keir starmer's speech to the labour party conference.rs, that's right, 18 months. the pandemic showed you can't trust the tories with the education of our children. children on free school meals going hungry. there was u—turn after you turn on school closures. the attainment gap between rich and poor groove. the government asked kevin collins and dip a recognised expert to be there, and he told them what they needed to do, and they said, no. when he saw the government plans which he described as feeble, mr collins had no option but to resign. if you can't level up at children, you are not serious about levelling up at all. i'm joined now by natalie perera, ceo of the education policy institute. he was quoting your organisation a's report, what did you find? fiur report, what did you find? our re tort report, what did you find? our report has _ report, what did you find? our report has found _ report, what did you find? on" report has found that as we heard from the leader of the labour party, by the time young people are aged 16, the poor

uk. thank you very much. that is chief operating officer of one of l chief operating officer of one of europe's largest haulage firms based in lithuania. the labour party if it winds the next general election. at the conference in brighton, shadow chancellor rachel has been outlining the parties economic plans and our political correspondent sent us this report. getting down to business in brighton. after days of wrangling over party rolls, they labor a radio tower and shadow chancellor are pitching their plans for the economy. they say the system is stacked against small businesses like this and want to scrap the tax they pay on their properties. it is part of a promise from the woman who on their labor would be in charge of the economy to take careful decisions about who pays and what extent. , ., ,, ., extent. first, we will make the tax s stem extent. first, we will make the tax system fairer _ extent. first, we will make the tax system fairer and _ extent. first, we will make the tax system fairer and sharing - extent. first, we will make the tax system fairer and sharing the - extent. first, we will make the tax l system fairer and sharing the bu

the labour leader, keir starmer, said his party welcomed the agreement — but did urge that the treaty didn't harm the uk'slomatic strategy and skill, those goals will come into conflict. let's get more on how the agreement will work — our defence correspondentjonathan beale reports. britain's decision to send its aircraft carrier hms queen elizabeth and other warships to the pacific is proof of the growing strategic importance of the region. the uk, us and australia are all increasingly concerned about a more assertive china. hence the decision to step up their military cooperation. and important enough for the leaders of all three countries to announce this new defence partnership, aukus for short. the uk, australia and the us will be joined even more closely together. reflecting the measure of trust between us. the depth of our friendship, and the enduring strength of our shared values of freedom and democracy. we need to be able to address both the current strategic environment in the region, and how it may evolve. because the future of each of our nation and indeed the world depends on a free and open

period in which they delta variant in india came into the uk and the government says will introduce these rules to ensure a robust system, the labour partyent dominic hughes reports the sooner a cancer can be detected and treated, the greater the chances are the patient will make a good recovery. but some cancers are hard to spot in the early stages, including those in the head and neck, bowel, lung, pancreas and throat. so now a huge clinical trial is starting in england to see whether a new blood test can identify more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms become obvious. from today, we will be inviting people to come for blood tests in convenient locations like retail parks, and i would just say to anyone who receives a letter or receives an invitation, please do take it up and become part of this world first trial. this cancer blood test is the largest clinical trial of its kind. 140,000 volunteers are being asked to take part. they will be drawn from people aged 50 to 77, from a variety of backgrounds and ethnicities. if early trial results are promising, a further million people will be enrolled in 2024. if early trial results ar

her party or labour ministers in the welsh government because _ ministers in the welsh government because it — ministers in the welsh government because it seems we have the british government using a uk speeches. give me peace. it's not for the prime minister or anybody else on the uk government to direct how devolved budgets are spent. the it ties the money in a further undermining of decision—making and lack of understanding of how these services are provided in scotland. we had no insurance from the uk tory government about the extent of barnett consequentials that will be generated and i seek clarity on that. we cannot support measures which are so manifestly unfair to our constituents and where the financial consequences amount to a pig financial consequences amount to a pig in a poke. the foundation has pointed out that while health spending may go up, then spending in other departments such as local government have gone down compared to pre—pandemic plans. local government provides a significant proportion of the social care the tories on the benches opposite, who would do better to listen than chatter away, they claim to care... i think you've done more talking in this place