a cost in terms of the challenge we face recruiting and retaining doctors and nurses and teachers as well, but we will do it in a proper way and make sure that the sums add up. bangladesh's top court has scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs, that have triggered nationwide anti—government demonstrations. israel says it has intercepted a missile launched from yemen shortly after the israeli air force carried out a series of strikes. former president donald trump tells republican supporters at a michigan rally he "took a bullet for democracy". hello i'm lewis vaughanjones. the chancellor rachel reeves says the uk government will "make sure the sums add up" before agreeing to fund a recommended 5.5% pay

increase to teachers and nhs staff. the above inflation rise has been recommended by independent pay review bodies. in her first interview since becoming chancellor, rachel reeves said there were also �*costs�* to not settling the pay claim — adding that the decision will be made quickly. here's our political correspondent tony bonsignore. it's a decision that will affect millions of teachers and nhs workers: whether to accept the independent recommendation of pay review bodies and give them a pay rise of 5.5%, or offer a more modest increase and risk disappointing millions of labour voters, as well as potentially more industrial action. today, in herfirst big interview since the election, rachel reeves dropped a big hint that above—inflation rises for public sector workers are on the way. we also know that there is a cost

to not settling, a cost of further industrial action, a cost in terms of the challenge that we face in recruiting and retaining doctors and nurses and teachers as well. but we'll do it in a proper way and make sure that the sums add up. but those sums, she said, had to take into account the economy the new government had inherited. well, we've also seen just this week the government borrowing numbers, which are significantly higher than people had anticipated. and that goes to the real, true extent of the public finances and the public spending pressures. we also saw labour market data: unemployment up, economic inactivity up. so i really don't buy this idea that somehow we've been handed a golden inheritance. that claim has angered the conservatives, still reeling from their election defeat. they claim it's merely labour preparing the ground for future tax rises. what is absolute nonsense is this business of the worst economic inheritance since the second world war. i mean, you only need

to look at the last time a government changed hands between parties in 2010. compared to then, inflation is nearly half what it was. we then we had markets collapsing. now we have the fastest growth in the g7. we have unemployment nearly half what it was then. it's a very transformed picture. economists, though, say that higher pay for nhs workers and teachers will have an impact. 5.5% pay rises for millionsi of workers is above what's been budgeted for. it's above what's built - into existing spending plans. so it leaves the treasury having to find several billion pounds i from somewhere to make up the gap. now, that would probably mean some i combination of high taxes or higher. borrowing, or perhaps cuts to something else, but it l wouldn't be an easy decision to make. l rachel reeves has promised that decisions on public sector pay will be made before mps rise for the summer recess at the end of this month.

but it's clear that even tougher decisions lie ahead in the autumn. and tonyjoins me now. as you hinted that at the end there, the first of potentially lots of decisions here.— the first of potentially lots of decisions here. yes, this is an important _ decisions here. yes, this is an important moment _ decisions here. yes, this is an important moment for - decisions here. yes, this is an important moment for the - decisions here. yes, this is an | important moment for the new chancellor. this is a big decision for millions of nhs workers in particular but also teachers, other independent review bodies reporting independent review bodies reporting in the days and weeks ahead. rachel reeves has said she will make a decision by the end of this month which is when mps rise for summer recess. you would think this would set something of a precedent, closely followed by notjust set something of a precedent, closely followed by not just the workers but unions as well given their relationship with a labour party and disputes they have had over recent years and also decisions made now feed into decisions on

spending and taxation and borrowing we made in the autumn, big decisions. she said so far she is getting an assessment of where the economy is and this will feed into those decisions but i think these decisions will make a big impact in the autumn when we get the real picture from labour on what they want to do. the supreme court in bangladesh has scrapped most of the quotas on governmentjobs, that have triggered widespread anti—government protests in which more than 110 people were killed. meanwhile, a nationwide curfew has been extended and the government has declared sunday and monday public holidays. security forces used live rounds, rubber bullets and tear—gas against protesters who defied the curfew and blocked roads let's speak to our south asia correspondent, yogita limaye. this stop students coming protest

in? it this stop students coming protest in? , ' . this stop students coming protest in? , , . ., this stop students coming protest in? , '. ., ., in? it is difficult to say at the moment at — in? it is difficult to say at the moment at the _ in? it is difficult to say at the moment at the moment. - in? it is difficult to say at the - moment at the moment. students in? it is difficult to say at the _ moment at the moment. students have said they won't stop protesting until the government issues an official notice that reflects their demand. speaking to the service of short while ago, the government said they will implement the ruling of they will implement the ruling of the supreme court as early as tuesday. as you said, today and monday are holidays in bangladesh so the earliest they can do that is tuesday. but very little information is trickling in from bangladesh at the moment. there is a near communication blackout, an internet shutdown across the country and even when we're trying to make regular phone calls, its when we're trying to make regular phone calls, it's extremely difficult, the line is difficult to understand what people are saying, texts are not really going through. on the streets, there are armoured

vehicles, soldiers, the military deployed to control the situation, helicopters availing the situation from the air. as far as we know today, there have not been any significant incidents of violence but given all of that and the nationwide curfew, bangladesh is using all of its might to bring the situation under control. can you explain how it got to this stage in which more than 100 people were killed? the protests a re the protests are about 813% reservation in governmentjobs for the families or descendants of those who fought in the war of independence from pakistan in 1971. today, what the supreme court has done is say there should be no more than 5%, that 5% should be reserved for the families of veterans. what started really as a protest from a single university in data spread across the country and protesters say it's because of how it's handled

by the government. they accused the president of making derogatory comments and the un human rights chief said the attacks on student protesters are shocking and unacceptable. it's difficult to say whether that anger can be brought under control as more than a hundred people have been killed in the violence but we will find out in the hours and days to come. violence but we will find out in the hours and days to come. israel's military says its air defence system has intercepted a missile fired from yemen before it could enter israeli airspace over the southern region of eilat. the attack comes after israeli fighterjets carried out air strikes on saturday on on the houthi controlled port of hodeidah in yemen. the reuters news agency reports that six were killed and dozens injured — when israel struck oil storage facilities and a power plant. it's the first time israel has responded directly to what it says have been hundreds of yemeni drones and missiles aimed

at its territory. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the operation shows israel would reach its enemies, no matter where they are. translation: from the beginning of the war we vowed that we would harm anyone who harms us and, so, we have convened cabinet and i asked them to support the decision to attack the houthi military targets in yemen. the port we attacked was not an innocent port. it was used for military purposes and an entry port for deadly weapons supported to the houthi, by iran. let's speak to lieutenant colonel adam clements — he's a former us army attache to yemen. thank you for coming on the programme. what do you see happening here? will there be a continuation

of the strikes?— of the strikes? unfortunately, i think these _ of the strikes? unfortunately, i think these will _ of the strikes? unfortunately, i think these will continue - of the strikes? unfortunately, i think these will continue to - of the strikes? unfortunately, i. think these will continue to strike targets inside israel and support hamas and the palestinian people. what does that mean in terms of israel's strategy here, targets, defences and indeed the advanced or not advanced depending on what the current situation is of the houthi attack? i current situation is of the houthi attack? ~' ., current situation is of the houthi attack? ~ ., ., attack? i think from the houthi standpoint. — attack? i think from the houthi standpoint, there _ attack? i think from the houthi standpoint, there are - attack? i think from the houthi standpoint, there are many - attack? i think from the houthi . standpoint, there are many places they can still continue to use to smuggle. they use it as a place to smuggle. they use it as a place to smuggle but yemen in general is a very permissive environment so as puzzling as far as the israeli targeting no doubt they houthi continue as they rally round the flag for their cause. i think us air

strikes have not had an effect on houthi capability and overall the houthis remain strong. so houthi ability remains. _ houthis remain strong. so houthi ability remains. is _ houthis remain strong. so houthi ability remains. is israel - ability remains. is israel continuing the attacks but you don't think they provide much deterrence at all? i’m think they provide much deterrence at all? �* ., , , ., at all? i'm not sure if israel will continue as _ at all? i'm not sure if israel will continue as long _ at all? i'm not sure if israel will continue as long as _ at all? i'm not sure if israel will continue as long as they - at all? i'm not sure if israel will i continue as long as they continue at all? i'm not sure if israel will - continue as long as they continue to intercept some attacks. i think israel definitely has a handful militarily and politically trying to resolve the situation in gaza and intentions on the lebanese front, —— tensions. i don't think it's in israel's interest to open up a new front against the houthis for logistics and striking targets and having a legitimate impact on the houthi ability. so having a legitimate impact on the houthi ability.—

houthi ability. so do you think is not in israel's _ houthi ability. so do you think is not in israel's interest _ houthi ability. so do you think is not in israel's interest so - houthi ability. so do you think is not in israel's interest so it - houthi ability. so do you think is not in israel's interest so it will. not in israel's interest so it will remain relatively contained? i think it could from _ remain relatively contained? i think it could from the _ remain relatively contained? i think it could from the standpoint - remain relatively contained? i think it could from the standpoint of- it could from the standpoint of overall affecting the houthi ability to strategically impact israel's ability to conduct operations. israel has ports on the mediterranean sea but overall what we have seen here is there has been a political resolution in gaza and the houthis have been fighting a very long conflict with the saudis and resolving that conflict in yemen is also the next step. there is no military solution, this requires political and diplomatic solutions to find a long—term solution to the challenge. otherwise, houthis will continue to disrupt shipping to the red sea. find continue to disrupt shipping to the red sea. �* ., ., , , red sea. and tangentially, this isn't directly — red sea. and tangentially, this isn't directly about _ red sea. and tangentially, this isn't directly about the - red sea. and tangentially, this isn't directly about the conflictl isn't directly about the conflict but is related, the wider issue of shipping and safe passage in the

region. what do these kind of strikes and attacks impact shipping? it shows the houthis still have the capability and that the us— uk air strikes have not had an effect but promised military standpoint, there is to be some sort of way to secure international shipping to the red sea which is what the us and uk have been part of which is not perfect but we have to think that the greater picture of intelligence and resources in the us has strategic interest. there is a question of resources given the massive size of what we're talking about with the yemeni land borders and also see

border. now it's time for a look at today's sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. an exciting final round is under way at the open with several players in contention to lift the claret jug- billy horschel is top of the leaderboard but there are six players just a shot behind the american after three rounds plagued by difficult weather at royal troon. let's head there now to speak to ben croucher who's there for us, keeping an eye on the weather of course, but ben, this could be anyone's? absolutely. any one of about 25 players may be started the day within six who feel they have a shot at lifting the drug in four hours' time. the stiff breeze and to first subsided a little bit and final pairing is out on the course now in

the final round of the open. the early starters score wasn't brilliant but someone likejohn rama who got theirfinal brilliant but someone likejohn rama who got their final round under way an hour ago who got their final round under way an hourago are who got their final round under way an hour ago are shooting up the leaderboard. straight birdies in his first, plus 32—1. and dan brown behind billy horschel has dropped a shot at the very first hole 2—2. adam scott picked up an early buddy as well. as for billy horschel and south african lawrence, under ten minutes' time now but is so congenital congested so the open field feels very open. england are building a convincing lead over

the west indies in the second test. mainly thanks to the partnership between the two yorkshire men harry brook and joe root. harry brook made his fifth test century off 118 balls. and root has passed his half century. england bowled the tourists out on day three for a57 while england made more than 400 in their first innings too. they lost ben stokes and jamie smith just before lunch, but they're currently 348—6 and looking like the match will last the five days. lionel messi hobbled onto the field in a protective boot as his club, inter miami, celebrated his 45th major title — last week's copa america title defence. messi hurt his ankle and was forced off in argentina's1—0 win over colombia in the final. he is out indefinitely with the injury. mls meanwhile is now on a month—long

hiatus for the leagues cup. inter miami, which leads the standings at the break, will host fc cincinnati on august the 24th when play resumes. not long until the start of the paris olympics, but australia's chef de mission says the team are trying to replace the missing luggage of the matildas' soccer team ahead of their paris debut in four days' time. anna meares says they are having to find medical equipment like tape, scissors and massage tables that got lost after they took a private jet from spain's marbella to marseille. the australian olympic chief told reporters that football australia decided to hire a chartered flight to try to avoid those issues, but unfortunately, some bags still got lost. the matildas arrive in paris after a run of 1a sold—out matches in their home nation. the longest rowing boat in the world is taking part in the olympic torch relay on sunday, in the lead

up to the games. the maximum rowers in competitions is eight, but this one takes 2a people on board. as it is a0 metres in length, the boat comes in six pieces to be assembled to form one very long rowing boat. don't forget, you can follow the hungarian grand prix and also the last day of the tour de france live now on the bbc sport website. and that's all the sport for now. donald trump has told a campaign rally in michigan that he is not a threat to democracy, saying he took a bullet for democracy — a reference to the failed assassination attempt against him last saturday. addressing thousands of republican supporters, mr trump said he was sure he'd win the presidential election in november. he repeatedly mocked joe biden, saying the democratic party still did not know who its candidate would be in november due to concerns over the president's health.

our correspondent, jenny kumah, reports. thousands turned out for this first rally since the shooting. security checks meant long waits, but many were determined to show their support. after what happened last week, i hadn't planned on attending a rally this year cos i've been to so many in the 2016 and 2020 election, but i'm here to show solidarity with trump — that we do stand behind him, and so long as he stays in the fight, we're going to stand behind him. 0h, he's ba... he's bigger and better than ever. no, no, we love him and i think he really, really, gelled the country, brought us together. # i know i'm free... a few days ago, after his near—death experience, donald trump called for unity in the country. yet, within minutes of speaking at the rally, he attacked his rival. but what they do is misinformation and disinformation, and they keep saying, "he's a threat to democracy." i'm saying, "what the hell did i do for democracy? last week, i took a bullet for democracy." cheering.

what did i do against democracy? it felt like a pop concert. the former president continued to sing the old songs — attacking the media, migrants, and joe biden. the crowd cheered. at this very moment, democrat party bosses are frantically trying to overthrow the results of their own party's primaries to dump crooked joe biden from the ballot. couldn't happen to a nicer guy. laughter. the republicans say their party is the most united it's been for decades, and they say that contrasts with the democrats as questions continue over the future ofjoe biden in the presidential race. nearly three dozen democrats have called for mr biden to withdraw. the president says he'll continue to campaign next week after isolating with covid. he insists he's staying in the race to win it. jenny kumah, bbc news, michigan.

officials investigating the attempted assassination of donald trump last saturday have told american media that they believe the gunman flew a camera—equipped drone over the pennsylvania rally site ahead of the shooting. they say they think thomas crooks used it to help pick the best line of sight for the podium. our correspondent in washington david willis has more details. reports suggest that shortly before thomas crookes was able to open fire on the valley being addressed by donald trump, he may indeed have surveyed the area from the sky. reports suggest officials found in his car as well as a bullet—proof vest, two explosive devices and three fully loaded magazines and a drone which may have helped him choose the spot from which he opened fire. if true, this represents an extraordinary security lapse on the

part of the us secret service which apparently became suspicious of him an hour before the assassination attempt took place only to lose him in the crowd. unconfirmed reports also suggest that thomas crooks and visited the site of the attempted assassination at least once before that rally took place. a search of thomas crookes' cell phone data has failed to identify any particular motive for this attack but they have been calls for the director of the secret service kimberley chito to resign and she along with the fbi director christopher ray is due to give evidence on this matter to congress this coming week. microsoft says that the it chaos caused by a flawed update rolled out by the cybersecurity firm crowdstrike affected 8.5 million windows devices.

it added that some were used by enterprises which run �*many critical services.�* travellers across the world continue to face disruption as airlines try to recover. over nine thousand flights have been cancelled worldwide since friday. the software failure also affected retail systems and healthcare, with problems for gps and pharmacies. nhs england has warned the disruption may continue next week — and that while systems had been restored, there would be a backlog of appointments. cyber security expert and chief strategy officer at cyber cx, alastair macgibbon, explained the fallout from this global outage, and what it will mean going forward. put this in context, this is a crowdstrike issue not a microsoft issue and crowdstrike pushed out an update to its systems that only impacted microsoft systems but as for how restorations are going, it will still take time. the majority of key systems run by organisations around the world are back up and

running but it will take time because it teams physically need to get to each of these affected systems to reboot them so that will take time. one of the values of the product in question is it has such a large instalment because it gives a better visibility and theoretically they can stop a lot more cyber risks. as goes wrong it creates a bigger problem for more companies in more countries but i'm not sure if there is a solution but the reality is it's a successful company, is installed on a lot of organisations that run critical services for all of the economies and in this instance, it was a technology failure rather than a malicious act but it highlights our lads and a whole range of software providers. very unfortunate but anyone else that produces software to

double—check and triple check in lots of controlled ways before they released this type of software. the south sudan basketball team has fallen painfully short of a historic upset — going down byjust1 point to team usa in a thrilling friendly match in london. south sudan — ranked 33rd in the world — were leading for much of the game, but a basket by lebronjames in the final seconds secured the win for the us — 101-100. both teams are preparing to compete in the paris olympics next week. hello. for most of us, the weather's pleasant enough today, a little cloudy in some areas, but wherever you are, the chances are that there will be at least some sunshine today.

and so far, the best of the sun's been across northern and eastern parts of the country. if you look at the satellite picture earlier, clearerskies in eastern scotland, also around yorkshire and lincolnshire. but even here, clouds have been developing through the course of the day. so what have we got? a gentle breeze blowing out of the southwest, pushing in some thicker cloud across ireland. that might mean some rain for belfast this evening and overnight, but elsewhere it's a case of sunnier moments, cloudier moments, the odd shower and temperatures pleasant enough, high teens, low 20s. now here's that small weather system that will be moving through ireland and into the irish sea, and eventually it'll end up around northern england and southern scotland, also affecting parts of wales. so damp weather early in the morning it's relatively mild. 15 in london, a little bit colder there in the north of scotland, perhaps single figures. so tomorrow it's fairly cloudy and damp, at least for a time in parts of scotland. elsewhere it's a day of prolonged spells of sunshine, occasional showers and actually quite brisk winds. so if you're in the south and the southwest, those winds

will be quite gusty, particularly close to the coast and the temperatures around the low to perhaps mid 20s. and that small area of low pressure and its weather front moves to the east. and we see this bump in the high pressure. this is what's called a ridge of high pressure. so where the air is generally sinking and what we typically find is fair weather clouds, just the odd shower on the edge. but for the bulk of the uk, a fine day. the temperatures could be a little bit high. we might even reach 25 degrees on tuesday. so let's have a look at the outlook then, because it does look as though at least the computer models are pointing to high pressure becoming more dominant towards the end of the month. and when we see high pressure during the summer months, that means much warmer, drierweather. and in fact, if we scan our apps and you look at the forecast even beyond this coming weekend, you should be able to see those fair weather symbols and perhaps those temperatures starting to creep up. so perhaps a sign things

are settling down.

this is bbc news, the headlines: the chancellor, rachel reeves, has hinted she will award public sector workers above inflation pay increases. it's understood independent pay

review bodies have recommended rises of 5.5% for teachers and nhs workers. inflation is currently 2%. former president donald trump tells republican supporters at a michigan rally he �*took a bullet for democracy�* after he survived an assasination attempt a week ago. bangladesh�*s top court has scrapped most of the quotas on government jobs, that have triggered nationwide anti—government demonstrations. more than 100 people have died in the violence, with more than 50 people killed on friday alone. israel has carried out a series of air strikes on the port city of hodeidah in yemen, which is controlled by the houthi movement. now on bbc news..americast there was blood pouring everywhere and yet in a certain way i felt very safe because i had god on my side.