this is bbc news — i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. five years after the manchester arena bombing an official report is expected to make serious criticisms of the emergency service response. a feeling of guilt, well, maybe if i did something even so small, you know, you can hold your head up high, but to stand there and then do nothing all that time, it was embarrassing, shameful. the united states condemns attempts by north korea to fire a long range intercontinental ballistic missile towards japan.

a new climate report says temperatures in europe have been going up by more than twice the global average. with the us midterm elections fast approaching — president biden says democracy itself is on the line. # when i wake up early in the morning... and — still fab after all these years a long—awaited report is released today into the response of the emergency services to the bomb attack at the manchester arena five years ago. the report is expected to make serious criticisms of the police, ambulance, and fire services. one of the firefighters has told the bbc the response

had been "embarassing and shameful". judith moritz has been talking to a man who tried repeatedly to save the life of 28 year—old john atkinson — whose family say he was "badly let down" by the emergency services. siren wails in the aftermath of the explosion at manchester arena, sirens screeched towards the scene. but the police were in disarray, paramedics mostly stayed out of the blast area, and the fire service didn't respond at all for more than two hours. firefighters were held back by their commanders at a station three miles away. we just waited and waited for instruction. this firefighter is speaking anonymously, for fear of losing his job. so, as time went on it was more embarrassing, and more and more frustrating, and then there's the feeling of guilt... "well, maybe if i did something." even so small, you know, you can hold your head up high, but to stand there and do

nothing all that time, it was embarrassing, shameful. failings by all of the emergency services meant the public had to step in, people like ron blake, himself injured, who could see that the man next to him was badly hurt. what did you notice about him? just the blood that were there — like, a trail. so i just went to see how he were. but he was talking. told me his name and all that. asked him where he were from. so, he communicated. and less than a minute of that explosion, you rang 999, didn't you? yeah. police, emergency, - hello, can you hear me? john atkinson was the man ron was trying to help. his legs were bleeding heavily.

on the way down, i remembered my wife had a belt on, so i asked her to give me her belt. ron tied the belt tightly around john's leg to slow the bleeding. we know you did that for the best part of an hour. yeah. you thought help would be soon. yeah. it just seemed to last for ever. seemed to go on and on and on, and nobody were coming, so ijust kept trying to talk tojohn. kept saying, "i'm not going to... "i'm not going to die?" i kept saying, "no, you're not." "you're not." and they got a barrier, a metal barrier, and then put him on that, went round to the lift, he wouldn't fit in the lift, so i had to go back and go down the stairs. not one paramedic attended tojohn inside the arena. he was carried out on a makeshift stretcher to a casualty area outside. ron left him after an hour thinking he would be ok now there were medics with him.

when did you find out that john had passed away? that next day, in the hospital. it were on the news. i went outside, i went through some doors and... just broke down. the inquiry has heard experts saying thatjohn had a high chance of survival. yeah. big mistakes were made that night. you're sure of that. yeah. the ambulance service have apologised, fire service, the police, does that help, does it mean anything, hearing those apologies? no. john's family have thanked you, haven't they? they've said how grateful they are. yeah. i hope i did what i could. you did so much, didn't you? other people have said that i did. but ijust looked at it as, i did what anybody else would have done.

there is much more detail on that report on our website. also happening today... the bank of england is expected to increase interest rates today in the biggest single rise for more than 30 years in an effort to tackle rising inflation. analysts say the benchmark rate could rise as high as 3%, which would be the eighth consecutive increase since december and would push the cost of borrowing to its highest level for 14 years. it comes as america's central bank — the us federal reserve — raised its main rate by three quarters of a percentage point — and warned borrowing costs will have to go higher. we will discuss this in great detail in the business news in around 20 minutes' time. i'll be talking to a former member of the mpc at the bank of england, danny blanchflower.

north korea has launched three ballistic missiles, according to the south korean military. warnings were issued in some regions ofjapan, but none of the missiles crossed their territory.the news comes after wednesday's launch of around 20 missiles, including one that landed less than 60 kilometres from the south korean city of sokcho. those launches were described by us secretary of state antony blinken as dangerous and escalatory. north korea appears to be retaliating for the joint military drills that south korea and the us have been carrying out. our correspondent in seoul isjonathan head. tell us more about today's actions. a, tell us more about today's actions. �* , . , ., actions. a smaller number of missiles and _ actions. a smaller number of missiles and yesterday - actions. a smaller number of missiles and yesterday watts was a record number of 23 in one day but these were

ballistic missiles, one an intercontinental ballistic missile. this is the technology the north koreans have been working on for some time, producing longer and longer range missiles with the obvious, presume, intention of showing they could reach the continental united states eventually and they test these missiles in order to improve them so every test, we assume, is incrementally pushing north korea further along with its capabilities, this one missile appeared to go, at one point the japanese knowing it was coming their way, seem to fly overjapanese territory but it seemed to go up in a vertical judge trajectory into space then come down again and one of then come down again and one of the biggest problem is the north koreans have had when pushing their missile technology is having missiles that can safely re—enter from space without breaking up so it is possible that is what this test was about. it is also clearly a signal that all north korean missile launchers are signals, and the guess work is, what are they trying to signal?

are expecting at some point soon another nuclear test, the first in 2017 but north korea is also advancing its capacity to arrange multiple missile launchers, perhaps demonstrating that, there's always a degree of guesswork about working out what the specific motive is for these lodges. specific motive is for these lod . es. , specific motive is for these lodues. , ., ,., specific motive is for these lodues. , ., ,, ., ~ lodges. there is also guesswork as to why they _ lodges. there is also guesswork as to why they are _ lodges. there is also guesswork as to why they are taking - lodges. there is also guesswork as to why they are taking the i as to why they are taking the action when they do, it is thought to be in response to the military exercises on the part of south korea and the us, but the question is, what can be done in response to put pressure on north korea? it is already as a country probably under more sanctions than anywhere else.— under more sanctions than anywhere else. matters the problem. — anywhere else. matters the problem, the _ anywhere else. matters the problem, the us _ anywhere else. matters the problem, the us has - anywhere else. matters the problem, the us has as - anywhere else. matters the l problem, the us has as many sections as it can and cannot get any more through the un because of chinese and russian opposition those sanctions have not deterred kim jong—un. it is not deterred kim jong—un. it is not clear anything with. i don't think we are in a position where either south korea, or its most important

ally the us believe that they can change kimjong—un in�*s decisions, whatever the reasons for them are. it is possible he is distracting from domestic problems, the north korean economy are supposed to be in trouble, but it is more likely that with these big air exercises they had, they want to signal that there was a huge military capability in south korea with us backing, and there would be an incredibly powerful response to a significant north korean provocation or attack and that is all we get, down here in the south, demonstrating to the north how costly it would be to try to attack, with the north then saying that as provocation, we are now going to show you how powerful our missile technology is. in particular they have the ability to put nuclear warheads, nokia may have as as 50, how it can effectively apply those to the missiles to have them delivered in an

effective way, but obviously, every test shows greater capabilities and a more worrying potentialfor capabilities and a more worrying potential for that sort of technology to get to reality at some point in the future. , ., . . . future. jonathan head with the latest in what _ future. jonathan head with the latest in what is _ future. jonathan head with the latest in what is going - future. jonathan head with the latest in what is going on - future. jonathan head with the latest in what is going on in . latest in what is going on in the peninsular. a new climate report says temperatures in europe have been going up by more than twice the global average. the world meteorological organisation says this means alpine glaciers are receding, and greenland's ice sheet is melting, contributing to rising sea levels. its report says communities will continue to be hit by exceptional heat, wildfires, and floods. azadeh moshiri has the details. this year's extreme weather was a reminder that global warming is happening — and it's accelerating. that's something scientists keep warning us. but now, a new report by the united nations says

one region is warming faster than others — europe. so we often — and rightly — hear in conversation or communication about climate change, about the 1.5 degree global temperature limit, as set out in the paris agreement. but we must not forget that europe actually warms faster than this — faster than this global average. europe has warmed at more than twice the global average over the past three decades. its average temperatures have risen by 0.5 degrees celsius per decade, and the consequences have been severe. last year, half a million people were directly affected, and hundreds were killed. it caused more than $50 billion in economic damage. there are a number of reasons why europe's cities have now been dubbed "heat islands". land warms faster than the sea, and europe has lots of it. another is that the highest regions of the globe

are quickly heating up. so the un said, even though europe is making good headway in cutting emissions, it needs to do more to stop its rivers from drying up, and to prevent floods that swallow up entire roads. even if we get it down to zero emissions and we can limit it to two, we're looking at conditions that are going to be a lot more extreme and we're going to have to live with that. so building resilience into our communities, all those hard lessons we're learning through covid, and all the other terrible changes we're seeing, that's going to become the new norms. the un's climate conference, cop27, is only days away. this report is a reminder of why scientists call climate change a crisis. azadeh moshiri, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... the latest sports news including we now know the final line—up for the knockout stages of this year's champions

league. the israeli prime minister, yitzhak rabin, the architect of the middle east peace process, has been assassinated. a 27—year—old jewish man has been arrested and an extremist jewish organisation has claimed responsibility for the killing. at polling booths throughout the country, the monarchy would survive. this mission has surpassed all expectations. _ anywhere in the universe, and itjust seems - to keep on going. tonight, we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth but from the enduring power of our ideals.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines... five years after the manchester arena bombing, an official report is expected to make serious criticisms of the emergency services�* response. and the united states condemns attempts by north korea to fire attempts by north korea to fire a long—range intercontinental ballistic missile towards japan. the ethiopian prime minister, abiy ahmed, says the ceasefire agreement between the government and officials from the tigray region is a monumental step for the country. the african union mediator, olusegun obasanjo, said it was just the beginning

of the peace process. we can now speak to charles emptaz, who�*s a film maker and journalist for french broadcaster arte. charles is one of the few journalists to gain access to tigray, as most have been barred from entering the region. for we talk about the significance of the agreement hopefully ending the civil war, talk us through what it has been like that, you have been there recently and filming. with my colleague, we have been in tigray at the end of may and beginning ofjune and what we saw was horrific, especially due to the blockade. the lack of food, electricity, fuel, made the situation in the heart for the tigrayans, they were not able to move from any part of the country so the people were in desperate need of

medical care, couldn�*t move, we had seen people dying in front of us of famine, also saw a military situation very tense, the people at that time were really ready to fight in order to save their lives, so the announcement of the truce is really good news for all of the tigrayan population and if this truce allows the end of the blockade, it will be a huge change to survival for tigrayans. change to survival for tigrayans-_ change to survival for tiura ans. ~ ., tigrayans. we were looking at our tigrayans. we were looking at your footage _ tigrayans. we were looking at your footage filmed _ tigrayans. we were looking at your footage filmed while - tigrayans. we were looking at your footage filmed while you | your footage filmed while you were there and you can see some of the devastation and how unwell the people look, just the basics, lack of food in this part of africa which is suffering from a huge drought

anyway, but add to that this civil war and it has been extremely difficult, hasn�*t it? the anger was everywhere in the tigray region and the famine that kills people was in some parts of the region, especially where the fighting has been going on, so, like, a year after the most difficult fighting, the farmers could not plant the seeds and there were no troops to feed the population so in that remote places of tigray, people were in a famine situation, and most of them could not move because the transportation price has been multiplied by ten, so every people are suffering from famine, and they were stuck in their village and this is how they were dying, because,

unable to move and even when they could move to a hospital, most of the medical places had no medication, so that was really a consequence of the blockade, and this truce is supposed to put an end to the blockade and that will probably be the key point for the population. it be the key point for the population-— be the key point for the population. it will enable humanitarian _ population. it will enable humanitarian aid - population. it will enable humanitarian aid to - population. it will enable | humanitarian aid to come population. it will enable - humanitarian aid to come in, which is desperately needed, but how hateful are you that the ceasefire agreement will hold? —— how hopeful. in the ceasefire agreement will hold? -- how hopeful. in early june it was _ hold? -- how hopeful. in early june it was supposed - hold? -- how hopeful. in early june it was supposed to - hold? -- how hopeful. in early june it was supposed to be - hold? -- how hopeful. in early june it was supposed to be the j june it was supposed to be the truce, there was fighting going on especially with eritrea on the northern border of tigray, and most of the trucks that were supposed to be able to come to tigray were not coming, so the real point about the

truce is, is it for the announcement is it going be real? if the trucks are able to come to tigray that will be a main change that will be really welcomed by the tigrayans, if not, then it will last for months and then the war will start again, because the fighting going on in tigray, days before this truce was signed, so the situation on the ground is still very complicated.- ground is still very complicated. ground is still very comlicated. �* , , complicated. and very tense i imagine. _ complicated. and very tense i imagine, let's _ complicated. and very tense i imagine, let's hope _ complicated. and very tense i imagine, let's hope this - imagine, let�*s hope this ceasefire agreement is secure. charles emptaz, thank you, it has been really good to hear what you have experience there, a film—maker and journalist with the french broadcaster arte. president biden has said americans must unite in opposition to "political violence", saying democracy itself will be on the ballot paper in

next week�*s mid—term elections. mr biden accused the former president, donald trump and his supporters of undermining democracy and fuelling anger, hate, and violence by refusing to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election. in this moment, we have to confront those lies with the truth. the very future of our nation depends on it. my fellow americans, we are facing a defining moment, an inflection point. we must with one, overwhelming, unified voice, speak as a country, and say there is no place — no place — for voter intimidation or political violence in america, whether it is directed at democrats or republicans. no place, period, no place ever. now here�*s the sports news.

hello, there, i�*m gavin ramjaun and this is your update from the bbc sport centre. the european champions league holders real madrid sent out a real statement in the final round of group games on wednesday — they hammered celtic five goals to one as they chased that 15th european crown this season, luka modric and viniciuer among the goals. they�*re through to the last 16 as group winners. joining them in the knockouts will be rb leipzig, who got the better of shakhtar donetsk, four goals to nil in poland. ac milan struck four past salzburg as they confirmed their spot in the knockouts at the san siro at the expense of their austrian opponents — olivier giroud scoring twice. it�*s chelsea who are the group winners, though, of group e — they came from behind to beat dinamo zagreb, raheem sterling and denis zakaria with their goals. now, south africa could become the first team to make the semi—finals of the t20 world cup on thursday, if they beat pakistan in their super 12 group match. india put themselves

on the brink of qualification for the last four, with victory over bangladesh on wednesday in a rain—affected match in adelaide. bangladesh needed 20 runs off the final over. it all came down to the last ball, with bangladesh falling five runs short of their target. victory for india in their final game against zimbabwe will guarantee their place in the semi—finals. tennis now, and the top seed carlos alcaraz is safely through to the third round of the paris masters. the world number one and us open champion, who had a bye in the first round, began his bid for a third masters series title of the year with a straight—sets victory over yoshihito nishioka. alcaraz, who won the miami and madrid masters earlier this year, came through 6—4, 6—4, and he�*ll face grigor dimitrov in the last 16. but there was a shock defeat for the number two seed, rafael nadal, who was beaten in three sets by tommy paul. the american ranked 31 in the world came from a set down to win, racing through the decider 6—1. he�*ll face pablo carreno busta next. you can get all the latest sports news at our website —

including game four of baseball�*s world series and the wta finals in texas. that is at bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sports team, we�*ll see you soon. it�*s more than fifty years now since the beatles called it quits — but they continue to fascinate. the remaining members of the fab four have just released a new version of their acclaimed album — revolver. accompanying it has been a series of music videos — and the latest is a little work of art — as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. # when i wake up early in the morning...# the mystery and the marvel of the beatles is the way they�*re rediscovered with every new generation. their music always seems to inspire — essentially art creating art. that was certainly true for em cooper, a film—maker and animator given the chance to turn one of their songs into a living painting.

i�*ve always been a beatles fan and when i saw the opportunity to work on i�*m only sleeping, it wasjust, like, really amazing. it kind of sparked a huge load of ideas straightaway for me. it�*s just a beautiful song and it�*sjust got so much in it. more than 1300 in total — she built up the work frame by frame, wanting the viewer to be enveloped, consumed — not only sleeping, but dreaming. i�*m hoping that what you get is a sense ofjust being kind of swayed or held orjust kind of taken with the stream almost, of the painting. girls screaming the hysteria of beatlemania may have faded just a little, but the legacy of these four lads from liverpool endures.

the videos, the art of those who followed. tim allman, bbc news. the top business stories right here next. i will see you in a moment. hello. there was a stormy end to wednesday — low pressure sweeping rain and gales across the uk. as we move into thursday, though, we�*ll see some improvements, with some sunshine around. one or two showers, but it will stay quite wet in the south—east as the overnight rain band lingers. and you can see here on the pressure chart, eventually it�*ll wriggle away as we move into thursday afternoon, but this new area of low pressure will bring of the country, along with strengthening winds. it will feel cooler across the northern half

elsewhere, plenty of sunshine around. most of the showers affecting wales and the south—west of england, with increasing winds here, particularly through the channel. but it will be a blustery day across the southern half of the country. winds slightly lighter further north — that is away from the far north of scotland, and temperatures ten, 11 degrees in the north, at around 12 or 13 in the south, so it will feel cooler for all. it looks like that area of low pressure will bring showers or longer spells of rain through thursday night for wales, south—west england, perhaps the south coast for the channel islands, winds will be strong for a while. but a ridge of high pressure starts to build in early on friday, so winds veering to a more northerly direction so here it is — ridge of high pressure building any early showers will clear away from the far south

plenty of sunshine around. a few showers still across northern scotland, but most places dry. 11 to 13 or 1a degrees across the south. so the weekend is looking unsettled. we�*ve got more low pressure working its way in off the atlantic. that�*s going to bring rain and gales at times. it looks like one frontal system will cross the country on saturday, though. it will tend to weaken as it pushes towards the eastern side of the country, then it�*s blustery showers, strong winds into sunday and this front bringing some wet weather once again to the south—east corner, so quite a mixed bag through the weekend. like i mentioned, it�*s wet in the west, showers further east, and then a little bit drier in the north on sunday. very wet across the south—east.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. how high will interest rates go? the bank of england poised for its biggest hike since the late �*80s — as inflation continues to bite. it comes as the us federal reserve pushes borrowing costs to a 1a—year high — and warns they will keep rising. also coming up, the flight to net—zero — airbus says emission—free airliners could be here in a little over a decade. plus — winning bid! ebay cashes in as more of us shop second hand, and collectors hunt down everything from watches to sneakers.