seeing all over the country manifesting themselves in selby and ainsty and probably making quite a difficult time for the conservatives on the ground there. so, a two—horse race in selby and ainsty, but the lib dems sense new openings. we're out there fighting for every single vote. you know, lots of people often say, you know, how do we break through? we've clearly broken through in north shropshire. you know, we came from third to first and actually in north yorkshire, the lib dems are the official opposition on north yorkshire council. so, you know, we've got a presence in north yorkshire. on the doors, when i've been talking to people, people who traditionally have voted conservative are voting lib dem. and very interestingly i've had two conservative councillors tell me that they will be voting lib dems. the greens see a link between the wider economic challenge and the need to tackle climate change. i think having a real view. on the cost of living crisis,

particularly looking _ at the possibility of everybody having access to renewable energy to heat their homes, _ homes that are well insulated. i would want to see retrofitting - council properties and any new build built to a very high eco standard. that's something that'si talked on the doorstep. but people also need to feel safe in their communities. _ cortina man, from the yorkshire party, sees a chance to bring power home. the main message that the yorkshire party is pushing is that we want devolution for yorkshire as a long—term goal and the way to do that is to send me to london rather than one of the other parties. because this is the perfect opportunity for selby and ainsty to represent the whole of yorkshire and send a clear message to london by sending me there. the reform party is putting down a marker. we're putting a strong message out there to the government in this

by—election that we're here for the long term. we are also speaking out for the silent majority of people who are frightened to speak out for themselves, because we're the people's party, we're the common sense party and we are the voice of the ordinary working people and the politically homeless. peering into the future and bustle in the shadow of an iconic local business as the clock counts down to decision time. a full list of candidates is on your screen now. for more information please go the bbc website. that's all from us tonight. faisal�*s here tomorrow. until then, goodnight.

breaking news from around the world 24 breaking news from around the world 2a hours a day. this is bbc news. they're furious. for years, they've struggled to fight the stigma and convince people to buy their fish. now they say the reputational damage from the water release plan will be another huge blow. fishing has been in toru takahashi's family for generations. his son and his grandson now run his boat. he worries about the uncertainty discharging the waste water would bring long. translation: before we were able to fish i across four other prefectures. now we're not allowed to do that. theyjust don't want to be associated with us. the prices were recovering little by little, but now they could drop drastically.

i've had so many conversations with the japanese government and tepco. nobody wants to release this dangerous water. if it's so safe, i told them, just take it to tokyo. the government may have all the technical approvals it needs, but it doesn't have the support of those who'll be most affected by this plan. the people of fukushima will once again have to navigate their way through its troubled waters. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, fukushima. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. it's like constant mental torture. gambling and alcohol was just a momentary respite and just the same continuous negative force. losing his grandfather hit him hard. his gambling started soon after, but it reached a point when he felt death was his only way out. one day he left notes for his family and went out intending to take his own life.

but he was saved. it was hard enough being thejoker and making everyone laugh, and everyone used to love being around me. that was draining because it was like, you have no idea how i actually feel on the inside. freddie wanted to live, so he got medical help and crucially, debt advice too. and he started a podcast. the life of fred has thousands of people are listening. itjust blew up, and loads of people started listening, and loads of people started messaging me saying that "i feel the same way, or i've not heard a man talk like that about, you know, about feelings and emotions." for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. two teenagers have have been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for murdering a 16—year—old boy, in a case of mistaken identity. ronan kanda, who had

just finished his gcses, was walking to a friend's house in wolverhampton when he was attacked from behind by the two teenagers wielding a sword and a large machete. his attackers, both 16 at the time, had bought their weapons online. a parliamentary committee has published a damning report on what it says is the government's failure to develop an effective strategy for dealing with national security threats from china. a report by the intelligence and security committee says china is seeking to penetrate and influence every part of the uk economy, and the government's response has been "completely inadequate". the england footballer deli alli has revealed that he was sexually abused as a child. the everton midfielder, once seen as one of football's brightest young talents, says he was "molested" at the age of six, started smoking at seven and was dealing drugs by the time he was eight years old. he's received support from the football community in the uk and around the world.

over a million public sector workers in the uk are being offered pay rises of between five and 7% — as the government attempts to end strikes over pay and conditions. the prime minister rishi sunak said the pay rises were the final offer and that they would be funded by departmental savings, not extra borrowing or new taxes. teaching unions have urged their members to accept and to end strike action. here's our political editor chris mason. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! teachers protesting, education disrupted, classrooms empty. for months, pupils and parents in england have been caught up in an angry row between teaching unions and the government. but could a 6.5% pay rise, alongside this promise from the prime minister, bring an end to it? there will be more money

going into the schools budget to help schools pay for these new pay awards. so they will not have to make cuts, and that was something that was rightly important to the unions and we have worked with them to ensure that the funding is there for schools. given the scale of disruption caused by industrial action this year, and notjust in schools, there is one question for trades unions tonight. will this mean the end of the strikes? well, i think in education, we will see a 6.5% pay award, properly funded pay of art, certainly our teaching unions ——properly funded pay award, certainly our teaching unions will be recommended to their members that they accept the government's proposals, and if that is the case, then i think that we will see the end of the strikes in education. another part of the public sector, members will be weighing up the government's offer, crucially, they will be looking for those pay awards to be properly funded. what we can see is peter being robbed to pay paul. junior doctors in england

started their longest walk out yet today over pay. here are a few dozen of them protesting in liverpool. they are on strike until tuesday. the union says the offer for them isn't good enough. so what do labour make of all of this? notably, kier starmer did not overtly criticise the government's announcement. i know that news about the pay review body recommendations will be on the minds of many public sector workers today. those recommendations will, of course, be subject to negotiation. i don't think it's helpful for me to weigh in on that. at the heart of the government's decisions today are difficult choices, trade—offs... budgets are not infinite, when some ask for higher pay, that what always create pressures elsewhere. will you acknowledge explicitly that a consequence of your decision will mean cuts in the budgets of some key public services? this is a significant pay award. it's one of the most significant we've had in decades, and it is costing billions of pounds more than the government

had budgeted for. and that has consequences. if we are going to prioritise paying public sector workers more, that money has to come from somewhere else. inflation, public sector pay, budgets. what will happen next? batch report by chris mason. ——that report by chris mason. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the us secretary of state antony blinken has held �*candid and constructive talks with the chinese top diplomat wang yi. the meeting held in indonesia's capitaljakarta comes as part of a continued effort to reduce tensions between the two global powers. days earlier, tech giant microsoft said chinese hackers had breached us government email accounts. blinken raised this with wang — but he pushed back on what he called us "interference" in china's affairs. to thailand, where the progressive alliance that won the general election has been blocked from forming a government. the military—appointed senate rejected its candidate for prime minister, despite the fact that the alliance has a clear majority in the lower house.

parliament is expected to hold another vote next week. the taliban has ordered teacher training centres to be closed in afghanistan. the islamists called them unnecessary and ineffective. the nearly 4,000 staff are to be moved to a new department or employed as teachers in schools. the iconicjapanese animation house studio ghibli — which was behind oscar—winning "spirited away" — is launching its latest and much anticipated film today. "how do you live?" opens injapan this morning, and it's a premiere in more ways than one. there is no trailer for it and no tv commercials or printed ads. as for social media, apart from this poster — there's nothing to give away the plot, the voice cast or the characters. the film is named after a classic novel by genzaburo yoshino — but ghibli's president says the book and the movie have

nothing else in common. the man behind the film is veteran director hayao miyazaki — seen here in 2013 at a news conference announcing his retirement. it has to be said, the 82—year—old has retired several times in his career — but ten years ago he sounded pretty sure about it. these images are from a documentary — showing life behind the scenes at studio ghibli. director mami sunada spent months, following miyazaki and his team at work, capturing their creative process and their passion — sometimes dialled up to madness level. i caught up with her on the eve of today's premiere. so we just heard from hayao miyazaki saying that this time for real, he's retiring. were you surprised that he actually came out with another movie? translation: for the last few decades, he'd been saying -

with many movie releases, "that's it, i'm going to retire." and then years later, he'd come out with another film because he's done that repeatedly ten years ago. many people wondered if he was really retiring. there were a lot ofjournalists in the room when he said that he was serious about it. but at the same time, they distributed a statement from mr miyazaki. and in there there was a line which said, "i'm going to continue working for another ten years." i thought that line represented him very well, but i didn't expect him to come out with another feature film. i'd say animation is his life. so part of me is very happy to see the new film being released. can you tell me how long you spend with studio ghibli and what it was like, if you have any anecdotes that you can share? translation: i spent nearly a year at studio ghibli. - i was curious to know how they worked, but at the same time i worried, what if the reality was different for my idea of the studio?

so many people injapan watch ghibli films, but the studio doesn't really open itself up to outsiders. it's a mysterious place, and i was very excited to go in and find out what it was like. mr miyazaki is just one of the many creators in the office, and because everything is drawn by hand, all you can hear is the sound of pencils on paper. at the beginning, he was almost always silent, but gradually he started talking to me. he used to go to the rooftop every single day, and sometimes we'd have long conversations there, just talking about how the clouds move or the neighbourhood. studio ghibli has this white cat, and mr miyazaki would say to it, "you're so lucky you don't have a deadline." so it turned out exactly as i thought it would be. did he tell you why he goes outside every single day? translation: mr miyazaki is obviously a great artist, |

but in my view, the word "craftsman" describes him better. he's also a very hard worker. he comes in at the same time every day and starts to work, and then at the same time, every day, he puts down his pencil and goes home. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. there's still no end in sight to the unsettled run of weather that we're in the middle of at the moment. we had a day of sunshine and showers on thursday, but we've got something wetter and windier moving in for friday. it's this area of cloud, an area of low pressure that will continue to develop, continue to strengthen, through friday and saturday, and will ultimately bring some strong winds across many areas with gales for some. those winds strong enough to bring some localised disruption. now, the rain from that system has already started to arrive across the southwest of the uk.

it's been a bit of damp weather as well for northern ireland and western scotland, so you might see a little bit of light rain here for the next few hours. mild start to the day friday, 14—15 degrees celsius, but it will be blustery as well with some of the strongest winds through the day across wales and south west england, where gusts into the 50s of miles an hour could be strong enough to bring down some tree branches, maybe one or two weak trees. and certainly there'll be large battering, dangerous, waves hitting the coastline. through the rest of the day, that area of rain extends across the whole of wales, the whole of england, reaching southern scotland and right across northern ireland where the rain looks particularly heavy through the course of the afternoon. northern scotland, a lot of cloud, a cool wind here, but at least the weather for a time will be a little bit drier, at least. temperatures across the board below average forjuly. now, on into the weekend, the same area of low pressure, smack bang over the top of the uk. this time, though, the strongest winds will be working a little bit further eastwards. so we'll see those potentially disruptive gusts of wind reaching parts of eastern england as well. again, the winds strong enough

to bring down a few tree branches. rather than the persistent outbreaks of rain that we have on friday, saturday, it's a slightly less grim day. not greatest of weather, really. it's a day of sunshine and showers. the showers really widespread, some of them heavy and thundery. i suppose one of the benefits of those strong winds is any individual shower won't stay overhead very long before it gets blown across the sky. but i think it is day where many areas will see several showers during the day. 0n sunday's forecast. again, it's another showery one, perhaps some longer spells of rain across northern scotland. still blustery, but those winds are starting to calm down a little bit. temperatures still below average for the time of year. any better next week weather—wise? well, not really. it stays unsettled. and that means we are going to see further showers. of course, it won't be raining all the time. there will be some warm spells of sunshine between the showers, but it'll still be quite wet for the time of year.

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