Daily briefing Sunday 24th May

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0:44Marco Rubio says there could be updates later today. And he says there could be good news on the Strait of Hormuz, which used to carry 20 % of the world's oil, but has been largely closed because of the conflict. We've made some progress over the last 48 hours working with our partners in the Gulf region on an outline that could ultimately, if it succeeds, leave us not just with the completely open straits, and I mean open straits without tolls, and with addressing some of the key things that underpin what has been Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions in the past. A man who opens fire at a White House security checkpoint while Donald Trump was inside has been shot dead by security forces.

1:26There are reports of multiple gunshots and a bystander was wounded. US media has identified the suspect as 21-year-old Nazir Best from Maryland. US correspondent Harriet Alexander says Best is described as being well known to Secret Service officers. Back in June last year, he approached them. He was detained. He was actually sent to a psychiatric institute in Washington, D.C. for evaluation. He was claiming that he was God. At another point, he said that he was Jesus Christ. Then in July last year, a month later, he returned. This time he was claiming that he was Osama bin Laden, the real Osama bin Laden.

2:08Reform UK says it would abolish the Cabinet Office and the role of the Cabinet Secretary if it formed a government. Party leader Nigel Farrell says he would remove income tax on overtime for anyone earning less than£75 ,000 a year. The Sunday Times has discovered that police investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor are looking at an allegation that he behaved inappropriately towards a woman at Royal Ascot in 2002. It's unclear whether it was reported at the time or more recently. The former prince has denied any wrongdoing. And temperatures in the southeast of England are forecast to remain very high today and tomorrow, reaching about 33 Celsius or 91 in Fahrenheit.

2:46Yesterday was the hottest day of the year so far, reaching 30.5 degrees in the village of Frittenden in Kent. Meteorologist Joe Wheeler says these are exceptional temperatures for the time of year. We are chasing records, 32.8 in 1944. is the warmest ever May Day. And for Wales, I think it's 30.6. So yesterday, 30.2. We're chasing those records today. And we're also chasing potentially the hottest ever bank holiday, which was recorded in 2019 at Heathrow with a high of 33.3. And you can follow the Times Radio News Briefing on Spotify and listen live to Times Radio online.

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