let's return to the recent announcement by one of the biggest music groups of the britpop era of the 19905. oasis say they are reuniting. brothers liam and noel gallagher had teased an announcement through posts on social media, before revealing tour dates for 2025. it ends a 15—year feud between the gallagher brothers. let's speak to journalist miranda sawyer, who interviewed noel gallagher in the �*90s. she's also the author of the upcoming book — uncommon people: britpop and beyond in 20 songs, which will be released in october. that will be on people's christmas list even more than ever now this reunion tour is happening. these messages on social media were not that cryptic after all, where they

question though they really weren't! we were incredibly disappointing if today they said at eight o'clock, it's a new t—shirt. it today they said at eight o'clock, it's a new t-shirt._ today they said at eight o'clock, it's a new t-shirt. it was expected. the only question _ it's a new t-shirt. it was expected. the only question was _ it's a new t-shirt. it was expected. the only question was where - it's a new t-shirt. it was expected. the only question was where they. the only question was where they were playing and for how long. there was chat about them doing ten wembley dates, more than the eight taylor swift did. of course those things have to be booked a very long time in advance. it's ending up they are doing four wembley dates, four in manchester, a couple in cardiff, edinburgh, a couple, and also a couple in dublin. and then that's it, they are not going to europe. so i imagine there will be a lot of people that want to go.- i imagine there will be a lot of people that want to go. there will be a lot of people _ people that want to go. there will be a lot of people that _ people that want to go. there will be a lot of people that want - people that want to go. there will be a lot of people that want to - people that want to go. there will| be a lot of people that want to go. apart from the money they can make, what needs to have happened to get this to come off? it what needs to have happened to get this to come off?— this to come off? it interesting because if— this to come off? it interesting because if you _ this to come off? it interesting because if you are _ this to come off? it interesting because if you are a _ this to come off? it interesting because if you are a oasis - this to come off? it interesting because if you are a oasis fan, i because if you are a oasis fan, which a lot of people are, you can hear a lot of the oasis songs being sung by liam gallagher right now. he

did a definitely maybe tour and noel gallagher plays a lot of those songs when he plays live. what people want and what the difference is, is the two brothers together. that's what i find really interesting about this. you could have heard them separately anyway. it's that alchemy. i have a kind of theory sometimes, well, it is my theory, about the best bands, they are a kind of argument stroke love affair between two people at the centre of it. you can see the time the beatles, pretty much on all bands. that's epitomised with liam and noel gallagher. they are brothers, they couldn't be closer, and they are family so they couldn't hate each other more, that's their problem with it. one writes the songs and one delivers the songs in a way the writer can't. there's this incredible kind of love hate dynamic that i just think incredible kind of love hate dynamic that ijust think is stronger in their band then you get in most bands and that's what people want. they want them to be together.

that's the drama. the idea of there being some kind of britpop revival has been around for a while. how authentic is it? i remember the 90s just like you do, and for people who weren't there, how authentic it chris neal it is interesting, isn't it? everybody always looks back to times that were better, but there was an element around britpop that i think can't be recreated now. there's a few elements, actually. one is a really thriving music press. it is pre—social media. it is like if you look at the music press, which i did for research for the book i have written, you look at the book i have written, you look at the book music press in the 90s, it was like twitter, it was absolutely thriving, shouting at each other all the time about the bands. there was money in music, which there isn't now. so what happened is because of the cd format there was quite a lot of money going through the music industry so they could pay people properly and develop bands properly. the most important thing, really, is

that indie bands, which we can call the britpop bands, previously to the 90s, the britpop bands, previously to the 905, did the britpop bands, previously to the 90s, did pretty well, but not kind of universally. some people loved the smiths but they would never sell out gigs, not huge gigs. what happened with britpop comedy is quite unusual bands became mainstream. that's unusual. because they didn't compromise. it's not like blur or suede or pulp or oasis changed anything, they didn't compromise and they became huge. that's quite unusual, i think. some people are nostalgic for the idea of bands instead of solo acts. we get a lot of solo act now and not so many bands. it lot of solo act now and not so many bands. , ., ., , ,., , bands. it will be an absolute sell out for sure. _ bands. it will be an absolute sell out for sure. miranda _ bands. it will be an absolute sell out for sure. miranda sawyer, i bands. it will be an absolute sell. out for sure. miranda sawyer, good luck with the book and thank you for talking to us.

french prosecutors say they'll extend the detention of the founder of the telegram platform until wednesday. pavel durov was arrested near paris on saturday. prosecutors have said his detention is part of a cyber criminality investigation. earlier, french president emmanuel macron claimed there was no political element to the arrest. he insisted it was up to judges to rule on the case, and that france was committed to freedom of expression, as long as it did not break the law. our correspondent will vernon has been monitoring what the french authorities have been saying. we heard from the paris prosecutor earlier confirming the details of pavel durov�*s arrest. they said he was detained saturday night. as you say, his detention, his time in police custody, has now been extended. and this statement from the prosecutor said the investigation was actually opened on the 8th ofjuly and it concerns complicity in the distribution of child pornography and the selling of drugs, money laundering and a refusal to cooperate with law enforcement. those potential charges, because he hasn't been

officially charged yet, they refer to an unnamed person that is almost certainly of course going to be pavel durov. but those accusations of involvement in drug laundering, sorry, money laundering, drug trafficking, child pornography and that kind of thing, that's things we've heard many, many times before from western law enforcement agencies. they are increasingly concerned about criminals using telegram. the reason that this is the app of choice for so many criminals is that there is very little moderation. compared to other social media companies telegram has very few moderators. and it's been called the number one platform for organised crime. "the main network used by terrorists" was how one former head of french intelligence called it. and telegram has also been linked to the summer riots here in the uk, that people who were organising that violent disorder organised it via telegram, some of them. of course, telegram the company

would deny all those accusations and did so in a statement last night, saying that pavel durov had nothing to hide and that it's absurd to claim that a platform or its owner are responsible for abuse on that platform. investigators are trying to find out whether cladding played a role in a fire at a tower block in east london. more than 80 people were evacuated from the building in dagenham, in the early hours of monday morning. the fire service said the building had "known" safety issues. tom symonds has the latest. the response to this fire is not yet complete. the flames are out but firefighters are spraying the roof of the building with thousands of gallons of water supplied by hoses which stretch through streets here in dagenham. that's because the building is still hot, they have to damp it down, they think they will be here for another day at least. only then really will the investigation start to get under

way, concentrating of course on the causes of the fire, what started it, perhaps looking at scaffolding and other equipment placed here to remove the cladding that was identified as a fire risk that in 2020. and once that's done i think they will also be looking at the evacuation that took place at this building during the fire. quite unusual to evacuate residents in a fire. generally the advice is to stay put but i think in this case the residents decided to get themselves out and the firefighters certainly helped, sometimes giving them smoke hoods to protect them from the noxious fumes caused by this fire. i think they will also look at the way that the building was managed, whether it was safe to live in when there was cladding on the side, albeit that it was going to be removed, and also what happened on the night with regard to, for example, fire alarms. several people here told us they couldn't get fire alarms to work. some said they didn't hear fire alarms. and then there was the way

the building was managed. the fire service issued some notifications to the building manager about potential breaches of fire regulations just last year. and then finally, the issue of the cladding itself. identified in 2020 as a fire risk, it has taken until 2024 to begin removing it and clearly this fire has interrupted that process. but many buildings around the country are facing the same problem. there are facing the same problem. there are about 4500 that have been identified as in need of remediation, in need of changes and improvements and to have dangerous material removed. about 2000 have had that work completed, so many people are living in buildings which are potentially fire risks and have to be carefully managed. tam are potentially fire risks and have to be carefully managed. tom symonds re ”ortin to be carefully managed. tom symonds reporting from — to be carefully managed. tom symonds reporting from beckenham. _ to be carefully managed. tom symonds reporting from beckenham. -- - to be carefully managed. tom symonds reporting from beckenham. -- from - reporting from beckenham. —— from dagenham.

canada says it will impose a 100% tariff on china—made electric vehicles, steel and aluminium from october. the country is following the lead of the united states to protect its domestic industries. but the new levies could strain relations between canada and china. the bbc�*s north america business correspondent michelle fleury has the details. it's a move that could exacerbate trade tensions between western countries and china. from october, canada will impose 100% tariffs on electric vehicles from china. this is on top of the most—favoured—nation tariff of 6.1% already slapped on to chinese—produced evs that are imported to canada. the government also intends to apply a 25% tariff on imports of steel and aluminium products from china. canada's finance minister, chrystia freeland, said these measures were about protecting its domestic producers. the reality is china has an intentional, state—directed policy of overcapacity and oversupply, designed — designed — to cripple our own industries. talk to the steel sector,

talk to the aluminium sector to understand how effective that has already been, and we simply will not allow that to happen to our ev sector. the auto tariffs bring canada in line with its southern neighbour. the us introduced 100% tariffs on chinese—made evs back in may, whilst the eu is also imposing higher tariffs. it comes after us national security adviserjake sullivan, who is en route to beijing, touted the need for a united front on tariffs when he met with canadian prime ministerjustin trudeau and his cabinet over the weekend. there was no immediate response from china but some predict the country could retaliate against canadian agricultural exports. as for canadians, well, this move might push up the cost of buying an imported car from china, but that's beside the point for the country's government, which is seeking to protect its auto manufacturing industry and the over 125,000 jobs it supports.

michelle fleury reporting. the chinese embassy in canada has since responded to the tariffs, calling them a "typical protectionist" act in violation of world trade organization rules. it added the taxes would undermine the normal economic and trade cooperation between china and canada. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

more than 3,500 current and former staff of the fashion retailer next have won a six—year legal fight for equal pay. it's a victory that's estimated to cost the company more than £30 million. an employment tribunal found the retailer had indirectly discriminated against women as meghan owen reports. i still really don't believe it's happened. it's absolutely incredible. 22 years working for next,

and a six—year legal battle against it, helen is now one of the 3,500 retail workers to have won an equal pay claim against her employer. i've always believed in fairness, and it doesn't seem fair that years and years after the equal pay act came in, when i was actually at school, that women were still earning less than men for similar roles. and, i'm a pensioner now, and it's unbelievable that we've had to wait until now for someone to actually recognise that our role is as valuable as a similar role for a man. the tribunal ruled that next failed to prove that paying their store workers — 82% of whom are currently women — a lower basic hourly rate than warehouse workers, was not sex discrimination. the claimants argued that the difference in basic hourly pay ranges from 40p to £3.13, although next disputes this range. on average, each retail worker has lost more than £6,000.

the payout could cost next around £30 million. next is planning to appeal. there are key legal principles at stake here. they say that the tribunal rejected the majority of the claims, but they lost on the key terms that matter to the retail workers. lawyers representing the workers hope it could create wider industry change. you've got the big five supermarkets bringing similar claims, making similar arguments. they will be paying close attention. and the claimants, the supermarket workers in those cases, will be hugely encouraged. it hasn't been done on this scale, and in the private sector, before. it's brilliant. next has found itself on the wrong side of an equal pay battleground. this ruling could open the door to further action against more retail giants. meghan owen, bbc news. a new 24—hour emergency line for people in mental

health crisis has been set up in england. it's the first time a support service for mental health issues has been available, alongside the non—emergency iii numberfor physical illness and accidents. our health editor hugh pym has more. so where are you at the moment? are you on your own? it's a 24/7 service. callers to nhs iii in england can select a new option for mental health help. keep yourself safe for now, yeah? callers will be connected to a team of trained staff, like this one, including nurses and clinicians. they can refer to mental health support or treatment from the local services available. specialist mental health helplines were set up during the pandemic, but the new 111 option will make it easier to access and find the right support. we can arrange for a home treatment team, a crisis team, to come and see you at home, or for you to go and see them if that's safe. gemma's team is taking around 300 calls a day. we're always busy.

it's never quiet. the phone doesn't stop ringing — ever. we're trying to make the system as easy as we can make it, so that we can help people as quickly as possible. could you tell me a little bit about that if that's ok? chris is one of the call handlers. she admits it can be emotionally challenging. to do that when people are having some of the worst days of their life, pretty consistently for an entire working week, it can fatigue you a little bit. i don't think i'd let a call finish if i wasn't satisfied that i knew that something had been done that was beneficial. sometimes callers are referred to a crisis cafe, like this one, the hillingdon cove, in northwest london. help and advice is on hand. stephen was experiencing a mental health crisis but struggled to find a helpline. 111 would have been the answer. in the park, with the police coming, i still couldn't get through to the mental health unit and i'd been there an hour

trying to ring. whereas, as you say, if you ring one number and you get an answer straight away, it makes it a lot easier for people, especially if it's advertised. 2 million people are waiting for mental health treatment in england. services are under pressure, so how much will the new initiative help? we're working flat out as the nhs to try and meet demand, but it would be wrong to suggest that we don't still have our challenges. i think what i want to convey, though, is if people have a mental health problem, if they are in crisis, we've just taken another huge step forward by introducing 111, who can put you through to your local crisis lines. the nhs confederation representing trusts said it was a welcome move but it was vital the right level of resources was given for mental health care. hugh pym, bbc news. the launch of spacex's polaris dawn mission will be delayed by at least a day

because of a helium leak in ground equipment at kennedy space center. the team — led by the billionaire entrepreneurjared isaacman — will become the first privately—trained individuals to take part in a space walk. the capsule lacks an airlock and will completely depressurize for the spacewalk, requiring all four crew membersto rely on their suits for survival. the astronauts will also test laser—based satellite communication between the spacecraft and starlink — which is the 6,000 strong constellation of internet satellites. you know, we're the four lucky ones that get to go on this ride but i can't tell you how many teams have been working nonstop for the last two and a half years, building a new eva suit to do a space walk, and the operations associated with it, and the vehicle changes, the starlink lasers. a bunch of things we're going to talk to you about in order to make this possible, all supporting that bigger dream so that, you know, maybe in the not—too—distant future humans are going to finally reach another planet other than our own.

you're watching bbc news. if you are watching in the uk you can see the speech by the british prime minister sir keir starmer live at ten o'clock local time. in a moment i will hand you over to my colleague who will guide uk viewers through that. in that speech the prime minister is likely to say that they need to root out 14 years of they need to root out 14 years of the previous conservative administration. this is bbc news. the prime minister is about to give a major speech where he'll say things will get worse before they get better. he'll point to the recent riots when he outlines the need to deal with what labour says is "notjust an economic black hole but a societal black hole", inherited from the conservatives.

this is the scene in the downing street rose garden where keir starmer is due to speak. he will say labour will root out what he describes as the rot left by the tories, and he'll promise there will be no more perfomance politics. he will speak to around 50 members of the public that he met campaigning in the general election run—up injune and july. but the conservatives have dismissed the speech as a performative attempt to distract the public from promises they say any intention of keeping. that speech coming up — first this from our political correspondent ben wright. sir keir starmer will say the hatred and division displayed in this

summer's riots betrayed a sickness in society. but he will contrast the cynical conflict of populism with the people who stood up against it and cleared up their communities. he'll compare his task as prime minister with theirs in a speech that will set out the scale of the challenge facing his government. 50 people sir keir starmer met during the election campaign, from small business owners to firefighters, have been invited to the garden in downing street to hear the prime minister promise a government of service. he is expected to say rooting out what he'll call "14 years of rot" under the conservatives will take hard work and time. things will get worse before they get better. the frankly gloomy message echoes the chancellor's statement injuly, in which she warned the public finances were dire and said the government had inherited a mess that would require difficult decisions to fix. she will deliver a budget in october which is likely to mean tax rises for some. and her plan to restrict winter fuel payments has prompted calls for a rethink from some labour mps and opposition parties too. the labour government has made a number of promises. it has promised to focus on economic growth, but my argument would be that it cannot do that at the expense of all the other things, including the safety net that the most vulnerable

in our society, such as pensioners, need this winter. parliament is back next week and sir keir starmer will say it won't be business as usual. the conservatives have dismissed the speech as a performative attempt to distract the public from promises they claim sir keir starmer never had any intention of keeping. but the prime minister hopes that by spelling out bluntly how tough things are, voters will be on board. ben wright, bbc news. we can show you the scene as those members of the public who sir keir starmer met during the campaign gather and wait to hear him speak. they are out the back in the rose garden behind number ten. at the front of number ten in his customary place, our political correspondent nick eardley. summer recess, the summer holidays are not quite over. why is keir starmer doing this now? he is trying to get on the front

foot, is the short answer. he wants to trying to frame the debate we are going to be having over the next few months. i think there's a couple of key points or key themes i should say, to watch out for in this speech. the first is trying to draw a line under previous governments, to say this government is going to be very different from those we saw under rishi sunak and liz truss and borisjohnson. the rose garden in downing street is an interesting choice of venue. remember at the start of the coalition, that's where you had nick clegg and david cameron. more recently it is perhaps best known for that dominic cummings press conference when he had to talk about his decision to go to barnyard castle during lockdown. also some of the images that emerged from the lockdown period of borisjohnson and his staff out in the garden during restrictions. i think keir starmer will try to draw pretty obvious distinctions, saying my government

will be very different to that. the second thing to watch out for is just how far keir starmer goes in warning us all that it's going to be pretty difficult over the next few months. he is doing that because he doesn't want the blame, he wants to blame the last government, they left the economy in a mess, the prime minister will argue, and therefore we have to make some pretty tough decisions to fix the foundations, seems to be the new buzz phrase among cabinet ministers. but here's the thing, when you are in government, when you are the prime minister, not only are speeches like this a lot more important than they are when you are in opposition, but the decisions you make are scrutinised to the nth degree and you can face a lot of pressure for decisions even if you explain why you are doing them. take the winter fuel payment announced a few weeks ago by the chancellor that it would be scrapped for most pensioners, for those not on pension credit. the pressure on that has just built and

built and it doesn't show any signs of going away. i would be amazed if keir starmer doesn't feel some of that pressure at this press conference.— that pressure at this press conference. ~ ., ., , . ., conference. what do we expect him to sa about conference. what do we expect him to say about the — conference. what do we expect him to say about the rioting _ conference. what do we expect him to say about the rioting we _ conference. what do we expect him to say about the rioting we have - conference. what do we expect him to say about the rioting we have seen - say about the rioting we have seen over the summer? i say about the rioting we have seen over the summer?— say about the rioting we have seen over the summer? i think he will try and draw on — over the summer? i think he will try and draw on the _ over the summer? i think he will try and draw on the strength _ over the summer? i think he will try and draw on the strength of- over the summer? i think he will try and draw on the strength of those . and draw on the strength of those communities that came together after the riots and say that's an example of what we can do at our very best. what i'm not sure he will do is engage with some of the questions we have seen over the past month or so about the underlying causes of the riots. it is a question that has bubbled under the surface for the past month. there has been pretty universal condemnation of the riots, most people saying that the tough justice approach seems to have worked. but i wonder if keir starmer might be asked what his reflections are on how to stop this sort of thing happening again. just briefly

on the winter fuel payment, i should point out one of the things we have learned this morning is that the treasury is looking at an alternative scheme, the hardship fund that has been in place for the last few years, at extending that beyond september when it is supposed to end. i think that is designed to be a bit of recognition that the cost of living will continue to be a real pressure point for some over the winter. not necessarily enough, though, to draw a line under this issue and i think the pressure on the front will continue.— issue and i think the pressure on the front will continue. since this government _ the front will continue. since this government took _ the front will continue. since this government took power - the front will continue. since this government took power seven i the front will continue. since this - government took power seven weeks ago we have had a lot about that suppose it £22 billion black hole in the public finances with a bitter war of words between the chancellor and shadow chancellor. what do we know about it, what are the facts? some of it appears to stand up, the idea that there were elements of the public finances that are worse than the government realised. for example they would say that when it comes to public sector pay deals the last

government had only budgeted for small inflation level 2% pay rises and the public service pay bodies had recommended a lot more, so they had recommended a lot more, so they had to find the cash to make those payments. a choice, by the way, but a choice they say follows president. likewise there is an argument that the home office is in a worse place than ministers realised and some of the cash for the rwanda scheme in particular had not been flagged up in the past. i think it's fair to say there are elements of the public finances that ministers didn't know everything about. however, stand back, the big picture, the fact that the economy has not been growing particularly fast, and that constrains how much ministers have to spend within their own rules, that's something the government definitely knew about before, though they have been coming on bbc news for a hell of a long time. so they did know about the broad state of the public finances and on that front there are no real surprises.

from what we know already before this speech has even happened, what's been the general reaction to perhaps the bleakness, if you like, of what keir starmer might be laying out? but of what keir starmer might be laying out? �* , . ., ., , out? an interesting contrast with the day after _ out? an interesting contrast with the day after the _ out? an interesting contrast with the day after the election, - out? an interesting contrast with the day after the election, that i the day after the election, that early morning speech the prime minister gave in the tate modern in london when he talks about a new dawn and gave over a really optimistic vision, actually, although what was going to happen over the next few months. it is different to what the prime minister was saying during the election campaign. he always talked about this idea of a decade of renewal, about not being able to fix things overnight and taking time. in that sense the speech we are about to hear is perhaps slightly the greatest hits of keir starmer that we heard during the election campaign and in opposition. however, it matters more than ever. now he is actually a number ten he needs to put flesh on the bones, explain more about what it means in practice.

it's all very well rolling the pitch for some difficult decisions but those decisions have to be explained, scrutinised and at least some of them will definitely face a bit of opposition. and in that sense this is the moment when it starts to get really real for the government. they come back after the summer break when parliament returns next week and that's when the real pressure will start to hit home and i will be interested to see how labour mps react on that issue of the winter fuel payment. privately we know some are really unhappy. publicly some have started to say it will stop i'm wondering could there be more over the next couple of weeks. i wonder how much those decisions will be laid at the door of the previous administration and the 14 years of conservative rule. that previous administration and the 14 years of conservative rule.- years of conservative rule. that is the message _ years of conservative rule. that is the message that _ years of conservative rule. that is the message that will _ years of conservative rule. that is the message that will be - years of conservative rule. that is i the message that will be hammered years of conservative rule. that is - the message that will be hammered by this new government. the borrowing from the george osborne —— they are

borrowing from the george osborne and david cameron