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this is bbc news, the headlines. the head of gaza's biggest hospital says a mass grave is being dug there as it runs out of fuel. israel says it's co—ordinating the transfer of incubators to gaza but it's unclear whether hospitals will have enough power to use the extra equipment. leaked documents reveal a money trail linking former chelsea owner and oligarch roman abramovich to two men dubbed the �*wallets�* of vladimir putin. and researchers say artificial intelligence could warn about extreme weather such as hurricanes much sooner than traditional forecasting systems. let's bring you some breaking news and this is coming to us from south yorkshire police. this and this is coming to us from south yorkshire police.— yorkshire police. this is with re . ards yorkshire police. this is with regards to — yorkshire police. this is with regards to the _ yorkshire police. this is with regards to the death - yorkshire police. this is with regards to the death of - yorkshire police. this is with
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regards to the death of the l yorkshire police. this is with i regards to the death of the ice yorkshire police. this is with - regards to the death of the ice ice hockey player, adam johnson. police are telling is a man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the death of the hockey player, adam johnson, whose neck was cut during a match. if you remember, the nottingham panthers player was injured by a skate during the match against the sheffield steelers on the 28th of october. adam johnson was taken to hospital by medical staff but he was pronounced dead in hospital. a postmortem examination confirmed that he died and some result of a fatal neck injury. south yorkshire police have said that adam's family is being supported through the investigation by our officers. they have asked for privacy to be respected at this incredibly difficult time. detective cheap superintendent has also said that the investigation was launched immediately and extensive inquiries are being carried out to piece together the events which led to the
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loss of adam in these unprecedented circumstances. just to reiterate that a man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter, and remains in police custody at this time, after adamjohnson, who remains in police custody at this time, after adam johnson, who was seriously injured during a game between nottingham panthers ice hockey team and sheffield steelers, was pronounced dead in hospital. as always we will bring you more on that story as and when we get it here on bbc news. time for a look at the business news now. we start with news from the united states. we've been keeping a close eye on rising prices around the world as the scourge of inflation dents consumer spending and confidence. it's also forced central banks to make successive rate rises to tame prices. but — within the hour, we've learned that us consumer prices held steady in the month of october, bringing annualized inflation down sharply to 3.2% over the past 12 months.
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it has been 3.7% previously and that was down from a peak of 9.1% in the middle of last year. let's hear now from our north america business correspondent erin delmore. what does it tell us right now about the state of the us economy? figs what does it tell us right now about the state of the us economy? as you said, we the state of the us economy? as you said. we are — the state of the us economy? as you said, we are seeing _ the state of the us economy? as you said, we are seeing headline - said, we are seeing headline inflation down half a percentage point in october year over year, compared to september, and we're also looking at core inflation, that strips out volatile energy and fuel prices. we saw that coming at a 4% reading for the one—year mark, also down slightly from september. we zoom in on the monthly data we are seeing this inflation in a few different areas, one of them housing and another is air fares and another used car sales. month—to—month, the biggest drop was always on energy. it came down 2.5% and slowing, because we had seen prices rising. a lot of this comes back to a question that you and i talk about frequently on this programme, about what it all means
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the fed in its effort to combat inflation using its primary tool of rising interest rates. the expectation is, come the next meeting in september, the plan is to keep interest rates steady. we don't like this doesn't change the expectation. i like this doesn't change the expectation.— like this doesn't change the exectation. ., ., expectation. i wonder what the reaction has — expectation. i wonder what the reaction has been _ expectation. i wonder what the reaction has been across - expectation. i wonder what the reaction has been across the i reaction has been across the economy, as far as investors are concerned. all eyes are on what the central bank does but we know they don't move in lockstep. there is a lag. whatever the central bank does takes time to filter through to the real economy. takes time to filter through to the real economy-— takes time to filter through to the real economy. absolutely. it did not take time for— real economy. absolutely. it did not take time for this _ real economy. absolutely. it did not take time for this news _ real economy. absolutely. it did not take time for this news to _ real economy. absolutely. it did not take time for this news to filter - take time for this news to filter through the markets. we saw stock futures jump on the news. through the markets. we saw stock futuresjump on the news. we through the markets. we saw stock futures jump on the news. we saw that momentum sustained the snp up about 2% right now since the morning stop we are also seeing president biden in washington cheering the news. reaction all the way from wall street to washington. he cheered progress on inflation and he also chaired a strong job market. as you
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know, we have seen strong job numbers and employment —— make and implement under 4% for 20 straight months. president biden is loudly cheering this news from the white house but it remains to be seen whether that will translate to voter attitudes, come the november election. �* , ., attitudes, come the november election. �* ., ., ,, ., election. always good to talk to ou, election. always good to talk to you. thank _ election. always good to talk to you. thank yon _ here in the uk, wages have risen faster than inflation by the most for two years, but there are signs the jobs market is starting to weaken. regular pay rose at an annual rate of 7.7% betweenjuly and september, faster than price rises over the same period. however, official figures showed that wage rises are starting to slow in some industries. a little earlier i spoke to our cost—of—living correspondent kevin peachey who explained why rising wages won't have an immediate effect on consumers�* ability to meet their price challenges. as we have been hearing a bit earlier, in the us there is pressure on people's finances. it has certainly been the case
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in europe and the uk, too. if we look at this chart, we can see that there may be a bit of easing of that pressure coming, even though still quite a lot of pressure there. that is because these wages are rising, the blue line here, at a faster rate than prices. that has certainly not been the case for the last couple of years, but the last couple of months it has. people are feeling a little bit better off in real terms about i% better off than a year ago. is that being played through in terms of the economy as a whole, giving a boost to the economy? no, i'm afraid not. for a year and a half it has been pretty much nonexistent or just going up a tiny bit. that is going to be at forefront of the bank of england's policymakers' minds
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as they set interest rates, and analysts saying that, because of that falling inflation and very little growth, the next move in interest rates is likely to be down rather than up. and briefly for us, all eyes will be on whether people go out and spend before christmas. we know it is make or break for a lot of retailers. if people aren't quite feeling well off they may not put their hand in their pocket. glad tidings at christmas, but probably not necessarily so for our finances. the necessities are still really expensive. energy over the winter months is very costly for people, food too. what analysts are saying is, maybe people wait for that december paycheque to come in before they start to go out to spend and charities and debt charities are saying that people must be careful and so not overspend on their budget, otherwise that very enjoyable christmas may become a real hangover injanuary.
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the family of a 17—year—old boy who died while working as a deliveroo rider — despite 18 being the minimum age — are calling for a change to prevent children being able to sign up. a bbc investigation found a black market in delivery app accounts which are bought and sold on social media, with no identity checks. the home office has called in the majorfood delivery companies for a meeting. angus crawford reports. leo wanted to be a millionaire. yeah. whatever it took, however it took, he just wanted to earn money and deal and hustle. atjust 15, on his bicycle, leo started riding for deliveroo. two years later, still working for the app, he was killed on a borrowed motorbike. no—one's accountable. not at all, for anything. theyjust take the money. it's not, it's not right.
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the rules say you've got to be 18 to work for the company, but leo easily got round them because of something called substitution. when you work with deliveroo, i you can also appoint a substitute. deliveroo lets drivers share their accounts. if you can't do a day, someone else can take your place. but it's up to you to check they're over 18, have no convictions and are allowed to work. but that system is open to abuse. we've found a thriving underground trade in deliveroo accounts for sale or rent on social media to anyone who's prepared to pay. both adults and children. we set up a fake account, biker boy, saying we were 16 years old and messaged some of the sellers. "age doesn't matter," said this one.
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"i don't really care, bro. they don't check," said another. and all this because of substitution, which all the big delivery apps allow. we think that practice is completely wrong. this is not a victimless activity. we've seen a young person die when he was doing a job that he shouldn't have been doing according to the rules of that company. it is perpetuating exploitation and enabling illegal working in our country. and this is why the government is concerned. we're out with police just to see if there's anyone that's illegally present and working. friday night in brighton. lots of people are ordering takeaways, lots of delivery drivers on the roads. is he not pulling over? but not all of them should be. at this time he is currently under arrest, as i suspect that he has overstayed his permitted time of entry within the united kingdom. and there's a frustration with the delivery companies themselves. it's basic right to work checks, that kind of thing. it's every employer's responsibility
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to ensure that the people they're employing are legally present in the united kingdom and have permission to work. so far this year teams like this have arrested 381 suspected illegal riders, many of them using substitute licences for the big online delivery apps. deliveroo told us it takes its responsibilities extremely seriously and demands riders must have the right to work in the uk and says it takes a zero tolerance approach towards any rider who fails to meet their legal obligations. but that's no comfort for leo's family. have deliveroo been in touch with you since leo's death? no. well, he doesn't...they wouldn't know him, would they? they wouldn't even know he existed. behind the apps we all take for granted, there are hidden victims of the gig economy.
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angus crawford, bbc news. those are your top business stories at this hour. you are watching bbc news. home to hundreds of boaters in wiltshire. all of which are facing a hike in licence fees come april. for those who live by moving the boats up those who live by moving the boats up and down the waterways without a fixed home mooring, are also being hit with a new surcharge, something they say amounts to discrimination. to put a surcharge on the people who are on the lowest incomes, it's just unfair. i am absolutely furious, but i am also very frightened. i'm scared that i am going to end up in a situation where i can't afford to license my home any more, and i
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might have to abandon it. at license my home any more, and i might have to abandon it.- license my home any more, and i might have to abandon it. at the new charues might have to abandon it. at the new char: es are might have to abandon it. at the new charges are being _ might have to abandon it. at the new charges are being brought _ might have to abandon it. at the new charges are being brought in - might have to abandon it. at the new charges are being brought in by- might have to abandon it. at the new charges are being brought in by the l charges are being brought in by the canal and rivers trust. the charity managing the waterways, but it comes at a time when many crews are safe the upkeep is worse than ever. let's bring you some breaking news. this is about the reshuffle that we saw yesterday. the then home secretary, so when who woke up home secretary, so when who woke up home secretary and went to bed having lost her post, she was sacked by the prime minister, rishi sunak. in the time when that happens she said that she would have her say, she would make some sort of statement following that event. she has, in the last few minutes, published an open letter to the prime minister. i am going to read you some excerpts from it. it is pretty excoriating stuff. she starts by saying this... i hope you are comfortable. dear
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prime minister. give your vocal yesterday morning in which you asked me to leave government was that while disappointed, this is for the best. it has been my privilege to serve as home secretary and deliver on what the british people have centres to westminster to do. i want to thank all of those civil servants, police, border force officers and security professionals, with whom i have worked and who is dedicated to public safety is exemplary. she goes on to say, i am proud of what we have achieved together, delivering on our manifesto pledge to recruit 20,000 new police officers and enacting laws such as the public order act 2023. she then goes on to talk a little bit about the certain conditions under which she accepted the role of home secretary. she said, someone needs to be honest. your plan is not working. we have enjoyed record election defeats, your resets have failed and we are running out of time. you need to change course urgently. suella braverman also said in her letter to
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rishi sunak, that she accused him of a betrayal of his promise to do whatever it takes to stop small boat crossing is, by failing to override human rights concerns about rwanda. she also has urged rishi sunak to change course urgently, telling him that he has led to the conservatives to record election defeats. at the end of her letter, which i found particularly interesting, she says this will stop she says, i may not have always found the right words, but i have always striven to give voice to the quiet majority that supported us in 2019. i have endeavoured to be honest and true to the people who put us in these privileged positions. so, that is the letter that suella braverman has written to the prime minister. i think, if we can cross live to our political correspondent, damian grammaticas in westminster for us, he has also been reading the letter,
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i am sure while i have been speaking. just give us a bit of a synopsis of what suella braverman is telling the prime minister in this letter. figs telling the prime minister in this letter. �* , , ., telling the prime minister in this letter. a ,, telling the prime minister in this letter. ~ , i. ., telling the prime minister in this letter. a ., , letter. as you say, we have been readin: letter. as you say, we have been reading this _ letter. as you say, we have been reading this letter _ letter. as you say, we have been reading this letter pretty - letter. as you say, we have been reading this letter pretty much . letter. as you say, we have beenj reading this letter pretty much in the same timescale as you. she has just put it out short time ago, publicly through her twitter account, and i think the thing to take away, is the content, but also the timing of this. let's deal with the timing of this. let's deal with the content first. the most damaging thing i think in this is that she has clearly decided to launch a full frontal attack on rishi sunak as prime minister, and his functioning in that role, the way he carries it out. absolutely directly launched criticism, real dagger into the prime minister, where she says, at one point she says, you have manifestly repeatedly failed to live deliver on every single one of the key policies, either your
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distinctive style of government means you are incapable of doing so, or i must surely conclude you never had any intention of keeping your promises. so talking about his distinctive style that makes him incapable of delivering, again, another one where she says, i regret to say, your response, she is talking in this case, about those marchers, the pro—palestinian, pro—peace marchers, and her opposition to them. she calls them, again, hate marches. she said she had been urging him to implement, to change the law to ban them. she says, i have become horse trying to urge you to consider legislation. regret to say your response has been uncertain, weak, and lacking in the qualities of leadership that this country needs. direct criticism of him, and by implication, she is kind of saying, well, i could offer something different, or i think
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there is a different type of leader that we need. clearly, i think, in both attacking him and also promoting her own style of doing things. and that brings me to the second point which is the timing of this. there had been some thought that she might wait until tomorrow, or after tomorrow, to go very public like this, because that is when we get the supreme courtjudgment on the rwanda policy, the policy that had been pushed by suella braverman, supported by rishi sunak as well, to deport asylum seekers who arrive in this country by irregular means, deport them to rwanda and have rewound a deal with their cases. that ruling tomorrow is crucial for the government. this is the heart of their policy for dealing with migration. ratherthan their policy for dealing with migration. rather than waiting to see if that ruling goes for or
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against the government she has jumped on already, to get her points across now. she knows that this will dominate and lead the news agenda now this evening, before that result. whatever happens with that result, she has made her position on rishi sunak and his leadership very clear, and it is clearly a sort of rallying point, if you like, saying she is going to be publicly critical of him and try to rally others with her view to her side. it is of him and try to rally others with her view to her side.— her view to her side. it is really interesting- _ her view to her side. it is really interesting. i— her view to her side. it is really interesting. iwill_ her view to her side. it is really interesting. i will give - her view to her side. it is really interesting. i will give you - her view to her side. it is really interesting. i will give you a - her view to her side. it is really interesting. i will give you a bitj interesting. i will give you a bit of a break so i can read out bits and pieces to viewers. she says here, and you have talked about the supreme court, if we lose in the supreme court, if we lose in the supreme court, if we lose in the supreme court, and outcome i have consistently argued we must be prepared for, you will have wasted a year, and an act of parliament, only to arrive back at square one. worse than this your magical thinking, believe you can weld your way through this, ms you have failed to prepare any sort of credible plan b. in many ways this reads to me as you said, like a mini manifesto for her
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potential leadership challenge in the future. ,, , , the future. quite possibly. there was a lot of— the future. quite possibly. there was a lot of speculation - the future. quite possibly. there was a lot of speculation that - the future. quite possibly. there was a lot of speculation that this | was a lot of speculation that this is part of why she was taking very public positions and public positions in opposition to, in the last few days, that were opposed to what downing street had wanted her to do. that article that she had written in the times newspaper last week, where she was talking about the marchers and the policing of them and talking about the policing being biased, and she had been asked to change some of the wording in that article. she hadn't, that was a very public act of defiance of downing street. she clearly has been articulating her own positions and is seeking to again. but really, the most damaging thing is the personal criticism of rishi sunak and his leadership style. fik. criticism of rishi sunak and his leadership style.— criticism of rishi sunak and his leadership style. ok. stay right there for one _ leadership style. ok. stay right there for one second _ leadership style. ok. stay right there for one second is - leadership style. ok. stay right there for one second is what. leadership style. ok. stay right| there for one second is what we leadership style. ok. stay right -
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there for one second is what we say goodbye to our international viewers, goodbye, thank you for watching bbc news. i'm not let you go that easily, come back. where are you? you were just talking about what this means for suella braverman's career. what happens next? are we going to see a groundswell of disquiet, of unhappiness, from those tory party members who support suella braverman, who understand what she is saying about the 2019 electorate and what they believe rishi sunak is doing in terms of alienating that part of the uk electorate? i think this is going _ part of the uk electorate? i think this is going to — part of the uk electorate? i think this is going to be _ part of the uk electorate? i think this is going to be the _ part of the uk electorate? i think this is going to be the critical- this is going to be the critical thing, that everyone is going to focus on now and watch very carefully, because we didn't actually get that in the wake of her sacking, not very vocally, not very publicly. yes, there was some disquiet in some quarters of the conservative party. in the mps on the right of the party, who like
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what suella braverman stood for and applauded her statements that she was saying the right things and the things that reflected what they were hearing in their constituencies. that though has been, in the last 2a hours or so, 36 hours, that though has been, in the last 2a hours orso, 36 hours, a that though has been, in the last 2a hours or so, 36 hours, a pretty small group of mps. even today, when you have had some conservative mps, those elected from the red wall seats, more on the right of the party, a small group put out a public statement saying they disagreed with some of the message that was being sent by the reshuffle in which suella braverman lost her job and, remember, david cameron, former prime minister was elevated to the post of foreign secretary for stock that was a small group. we only saw that group of conservative mps, maybe a dozen or so in that group, but no more than a couple of dozen who had indicated backing for that statement. that is far below the 506i think it that statement. that is far below the 5061 think it is, who would need
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to come forward publicly and express disquiet or lack of confidence in rishi sunak�*s leadership to trigger any sort of leadership challenge. a long way from that. no sign, really, in the wake of that reshuffle, that there was a brick ground swell of there was a brick ground swell of the choir that it the reason that those voices were raising was that the message to voters who today had said, come to the conservative party in 2019 and important realignment, they said, bringing in new voters to they said, bringing in new voters to the party, but they said they thought the reshuffle signalled a potential abandoning of them. in that letter released today, those mps did say they supported rishi sunak, they supported his right to appoint who he wanted to the cabinet. they were simply voicing their concern about the direction of travel. is this letter going to do enough to change that and bring more
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people out, create more disquiet? we don't know. it will be very interesting to see and what happens interesting to see and what happens in thatjudgment tomorrow may play into this and whether that galvanises tory mps to come out and say they support what suella braverman are saying, that they want a tough line on things, particularly on the issue that may arise, if the case goes against the government, around the european convention on human rights, whether that is some sort of block on the uk's ability to deal with those boat crossings across the channel and whether there will be growing calls within the party to seek to leave that. there will be others in the party who say no, that is absolute in the wrong thing to do. no, that is absolute in the wrong thing to do— thing to do. let's talk briefly, if we can. thing to do. let's talk briefly, if we can- next — thing to do. let's talk briefly, if we can. next year _ thing to do. let's talk briefly, if we can. next year an _ thing to do. let's talk briefly, if we can. next year an election l thing to do. let's talk briefly, if- we can. next year an election year. where does all of this leave the decision that needs to be made by rishi sunak, about when to have that election? to rishi sunak, about when to have that election? ., , ., , ., ., , election? to be honest i am not sure this will play — election? to be honest i am not sure this will play into _ election? to be honest i am not sure this will play into that _ election? to be honest i am not sure this will play into that at _ election? to be honest i am not sure this will play into that at this - this will play into that at this stage. rishi sunak clearly, this morning signalled to his cabinet, he
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said he believed he had a new, unified team, that this is his third cabinet that he has put in place. this is the third time. now he believes he has the team in place to deliver what he wants his programme heading into next your towards an election. i think what it may do is give him pause to consider the voices on the right of the party, like the ones we heard earlier, saying they support him but i worried about the direction of travel. you can see what happens with this, the reaction from this letter, and see how much he has to take heed of those voices. those voices were concerned because they felt their standard bearers were being squeezed out of his cabinet and were lacking in influence there. thank you very much. as always you can get more on that story on the
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bbc website. plenty there to update you on what is happening in westminster. now it is time for the weather with elizabeth. hello there. good afternoon. it's very mild at the moment for this point in november. you can see the mild air marked in yellow on our air mass chart here, but that mild air clears away to be replaced by something cooler as we head through the next couple of days. then the mild air makes another return, with some very unsettled conditions as we head into the weekend. into the start of next week we draw in more of a northerly wind, so again the map likely to turn bluer. this is the pressure chart for today. you can see those heavy, thundery showers clearing away gradually from the south coast of england. it's been a very wet start to the day here, but still possibly some more showers lingering on for a time through the afternoon. scattered showers, sunny spells developing from the west across much of england and wales, it does stay quite blustery here, particularly towards the south coast. scattered showers, sunny spells for northern ireland. more cloud, outbreaks of rain across much of scotland but perhaps some brighter skies towards the far north. temperatures a little lower for most
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than they were yesterday. through this evening and overnight, again the cloud, the rain continues across much of scotland. some clear skies perhaps to the far north here, maybe a touch of frost in sheltered glens for tomorrow morning. largely dry further south across much of england and wales. you can see on tuesday night into wednesday the area of low pressure clears away into the north sea once again. so these weather fronts starting to slip a little further southwards and weakening, perhaps some showery outbreaks of rain across parts of northern ireland, stretching down into lincolnshire as we head through the afternoon, but a ridge of high pressure building in from the south and the west, so much of england and wales should stay dry, feeling a little cooler, there will be quite a lot of sunshine around with lighter winds. so maybe a more widespread frost on wednesday night into thursday for certainly a few spots, and then weather fronts push in from the south and west as we head through thursday morning. there is still a lot of uncertainty particularly regarding this rain towards the south, but it's quite likely that we're all going to be seeing some wet and some windy weather as the day wears on.
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temperatures are lower than they have been, high single figures in scotland, 11 to 13 celsius further south, but we are going to start to draw in that milder air again as we see this deep area of low pressure approach from the south—west, so turning wetter and windier with perhaps coastal gales by the end of the day on friday. bye—bye for now.
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