Daily briefing Saturday 26th July

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0:36This is the Times News Briefing for Saturday the 26th of July. As Donald Trump wakes on the first day of his visit to Scotland, he's expected to spend it on the golf course he owns in Ayrshire. He's to meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tomorrow and the Prime Minister on Monday. The US President landed at Prestwick Airport last night and had this warning for European leaders. And we, you know, as you know, last month we had nobody entering our country. Nobody. Shut it down. But you're allowing it to happen to your countries. And you've got to stop this horrible invasion that's happening to Europe, many countries in Europe.

1:13But stop this. Immigration is killing Europe. And the other thing, stop the windmills killing the beauty of your countries. Thank you very much, everybody. Despite mounting pressure, Sokir Starmer has rejected calls to recognise a Palestinian state. Cabinet ministers and more than a third of Labour backbenchers want him to follow France's lead. The Prime Minister says he's unequivocal about recognising a state, but only as part of a peace process. He also says the UK will get involved in dropping aid into Gaza by air. We've put millions of pounds of aid into Gaza. We've announced an extra 40 million this year.

1:50But that help is not getting in. So we're scaling up our work. We are accelerating efforts to evacuate children from Gaza who need critical medical assistance. The former MasterChef presenter Greg Wallace has claimed he's no groper, flasher or sex pest. 60-year-old Wallace told The Sun newspaper he's sorry and wants to clear his name. The BBC ended his contract after upholding 45 allegations over his behaviour. As the resident doctor's walkout enters its second day, there's a warning hospitals may have to pay£8 ,000 a shift to consultants covering for striking colleagues. Wes Streeting, the health secretary, says the government is doing everything we can to minimise harm, insisting the BMA's action is reckless.

2:36But Mark Dyer from the Nuffield Trust told Times Radio public support for doctors is proving resilient. Polling we've done really underlines the affection people have for the health services and doctors are one of the most prominent respected professions in that. I think it's more likely that the damage we'll see, sadly, maybe further between the relationship between doctors on the one side and the health service on the other. And I really do think it's worth looking at ways to repair that. That's not necessarily simply saying yes to the amounts of pay. A police and crime commissioner has apologised for claiming multiple dead bodies had been found in Cornwall.

3:11Conservative Alison Hernandez says she's sorry for any alarm caused. Devon and Cornwall police recovered the body of one man from Woodland near St Austell. And Oasis paid tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne last night, dedicating their track Rock and Roll Star to him. The heavy metal rocker and reality television star passed away this week aged 76. Friday was the first of Oasis' five-night residency at Wembley Stadium. You can follow The Times News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio Online.

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