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uk inflation fell to 7.9% injune from 8.7% in may — that's a steeper fall than forecasters predicted — although it remains almost four times higher than the target of 2 percent. although inflation has fallen, prices are still going up, just not as quickly. well the uk's finance ministerjeremy hunt and the opposition finance minister rachel reeves have been responding to the figures. it is welcome news inflation has fallen. it shows that if the government and bank of england are prepared to take difficult decisions, we can win the battle against inflation. nonetheless, for families up and down the country, prices are rising much too fast, there is a long way to go. if we look at inflation at 3% in the us, 5.5% in the eurozone,

we can see if we stick to the plan we can bring down inflation and that is what this government is utterly determined to do. the government need to be doing its part to deal with some of the reasons why inflation is so much higher in britain than it is in similar countries around the world. the numbers today have confirmed that food price inflation, probably the most important element of inflation for most people, is still going up at almost 70% so there are still some big is still going up at almost i7% so there are still some big challenges out there. because we need to boost our own domestic economic security, we need to help bring down people's gas and electricity bills, and we need to secure for britain the jobs of the future. countries around the world are making those investments. we need to see more of it in the uk. live now to michael mcmahon, professor of economics at the university of oxford thank you for coming on the programme. what is your reaction to these numbers? figs

programme. what is your reaction to these numbers?— programme. what is your reaction to these numbers? as people have said it came down. _ these numbers? as people have said it came down. it _ these numbers? as people have said it came down, it is _ these numbers? as people have said it came down, it is still— these numbers? as people have said it came down, it is still high, - these numbers? as people have said it came down, it is still high, down . it came down, it is still high, down by more than expected but it depends whether you are glass half—full glass half empty person, it is good that it glass half empty person, it is good thatitis glass half empty person, it is good that it is coming down but even the headline rate is still prices going up headline rate is still prices going up less quickly, people should not expect to see falling prices. petrol prices are down but food is up 18% on last year and going back to two years ago when inflation started to pick up, overall prices are up by 20% and some things like food even more so it is not perfect yet. we alwa s more so it is not perfect yet. we always try _ more so it is not perfect yet. we always try and reinforce that just always try and reinforce thatjust because the rate is coming down does not mean prices are, that is still increasing. let's look at what can be done, levers pulled to try to

control inflation, try to bring it down, increasing interest rates is the obvious one. how is that policy going do you think? fix, the obvious one. how is that policy going do you think? fix. lat the obvious one. how is that policy going do you think?— going do you think? a lot has been done, interest _ going do you think? a lot has been done, interest rates _ going do you think? a lot has been done, interest rates have - going do you think? a lot has been done, interest rates have gone - going do you think? a lot has been done, interest rates have gone up| going do you think? a lot has been| done, interest rates have gone up a lot, these increases take time to actually impact the economy and bring demand down in line with supply. we cannot expect the bank to get things under control immediately. the question that today's numbers because as well we see more interest rate increases are built they give the mpc pause to think maybe our past changes are having the effect. the other thing i would stress as we have seen a lot of moves and lending rates, not as much on saving so the interest you can get from the bank, that is

another part of how monetary policy should work and those rates have not moved as much as would be useful to incentivise people to say any tight economy i will not spend money, instead i will put it in the bank and save it and get a return. until the bank passes that on the incentive is not there. exceptional heat is continuing to be felt across large parts of the northern hemisphere. in china, beijing has registered a recorded a 27th successive day where the temperature exceeded 35 degrees celsius. the us city of phoenix has endured even fiercer heat, with highs of at least 43 celsius for 19 consecutive days. in italy, nearly every major city has a red alert heat warning. the alerts mean mean there's a risk to everyone's health, not just the most vulnerable. wildfires are also continuing in greece and switzerland. and with that let's get

an update from azadeh moshiri in greece where wildfires continue to burn. i am west of athens in mandra which had fires extend across eight kilometres. when we got here residents pointed us to a local facility. they said just follow the road and you will find somewhere that is completely burnt down. look to my left right here you will see that as a facility here you will see that is a facility that used to house several animals that has been hit by the fires. the owner told me he put the dogs in the basement to try to keep them safe, and as for the other side there are fences that deer hopped over to safety and he's hoping they find food and water and eventually come back here. though as you can see there isn't much left to come back to. one of the concerns several residents have had here as we have met them in the area is that they feel firefighters simply haven't gotten

here soon enough and that if they had perhaps scenes like this wouldn't have happened. i did put this to the emergency services, the firefighters in greece, and this is what they said. they have said, we are fighting against very bad weather conditions, a0 celsius, low humidity and strong winds. all of the firefighters are doing the best we can ioo%. our main concern is to protect lives, save belongings and the forests. you got the response from the fire services. what about the government more broadly? what are they saying? what are they trying to do? the fact is this is in the first time that criticisms have been the fact is this isn't the first time that criticisms have been thrown to the firefighters and the government. and in fact the owner of this facility said he's not sure who exactly it is to blame, whether it is the firefighters themselves or the people up top who are giving orders. as for the greek prime minister mitsotakis he has cut his trip to brussels short, he was there for a summit,

he has come back to monitor the situation closely but it isn't the first time he had to criticisms in greece about how firefighters have responded because some of the issues they have is they think not enough money, not enough equipment has been going to the people who are risking their lives to respond to these fires. the prime minister himself said we are doing the best we can and that at the end of the day there is a climate crisis, in his words, and that not everything is in their control. just give us a flavour of what else is happening across greece. how bad are the temperatures and what impact are they having? the fact is we are not even at the peak yet of the temperatures. right now we are in the mid—30s here in mandra but throughout the week the peak is meant to hit around saturday and sunday and we are going to be in the 40s at that point. of course some areas have reached those temperatures in greece already. but you are right, there are fires across the mainland so there are further fires up north, and that is a part of the problem for these firefighters, they feel like there are so many fires across the region that they simply can't get

all of them in time. and all of this coupled with the fact that there are strong winds in the country mean that it is extremely hard to get to the flames. that is why the eu has sent four planes, two from france and two from italy to help the emergency services. and those planes have arrived. red alerts for extreme heat are in place in most of italy's main cities. our reporter sofia bettiza is in palermo. it has been extremely hot in sicily for the last few days. yesterday there were a lot of blackouts here in the capital palermo because of so many people using air conditioning. today, 23 cities across italy have been placed under a red alert warning. that's most major cities in the country. and we are seeing how these

extreme temperatures having an impact on people's health. in emergency rooms across the country there has been a 20% increase in the number of patients who are being admitted with exhaustion, dehydration, confusion and heatstroke. it is mostly elderly people but there are young people, to. but there are young people, too. and that's not because they are in the sun during the hottest hours, but it's because they have been exposed to the sun for several days in a row now, that's why the italian health ministry has asked hospitals to activate a heat code, very similar to the way that italy dealt with the covid pandemic. essentially setting up a separate group with extra medical staff in a very specific procedure to deal quickly with patients who come in and are in need of urgent care. here in palermo we spoke to a doctor who said some of her patients died were not

just because of the heat of her patients died not just because of the heat but because the heat was a contributing factor. she says that she is worried because she feels that it's the most vulnerable who will pay the price of the heatwave. you know, people whose health is already fragile, for them to be exposed to such high temperatures can have a devastating effect. here in italy the temperatures are expected to peak today. it will remain hot for the next few days, and next week in the southern italy temperatures are expected to go back to normal. in the uk, the metropolitan police has reached a settlement with the family of the murdered private detective daniel morgan, admitting liability forfailings in its investigation. mr morgan was killed in south—east london in 1987, and despite five police enquiries, no one has been convicted of his murder.

the met has previously admitted that corruption hampered the original murder investigation. as the result of a civil claim lodged 18 months ago, the metropolitan police have admitted liability in this case for the conduct of the officers, also that has been a cash settlement, we do not know what it is and the commissioner of the metropolitan police has published a very fulsome apology in which she unreservedly apologises to the family. he talks about a cycle of corruption and defensiveness and piece kit to the family for their tenacity in pursuing this over so many years.

susan hall has been announced as the conservative party's mayoral candidate for london. ms hall, who has been a london assembly member since 2017, secured the 57 per cent of the vote — beating her rival, moz hossain. ms hall will now face labour's sadiq khan in next year's election. he's been in the position since 2016. from tomorrow, patients can expect severe disruption to services as senior hospital doctors in england prepare to strike over pay for 48 hours. nhs england warns thousands of planned appointments are being postponed and consultants will not be around to supervise the work ofjunior doctors. the parent company of jaguar land rover will invest 4 billion pounds to build an electric car battery plant in somerset.

the new plant is expected to create 4,000 ukjobs and thousands more in the wider supply chain. the new gigafactory will be one of the largest in europe and will make batteries for range rover, the defender and otherjaguar brands. this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories making news across the uk. candidate for london. you're live with bbc news. there's to be a delay in issuing guidance about transgender issues to schools in england. ministers had promised the guidance would be published before the end of the summer term — the end of this week for many — and before parliament breaks for its summer recess. live now to our chief political correspondent nick eardley. talk us through what is going on. ministers of foreign months have been promising this new guidance would be published by the end of this week. it has been long—awaited, all about how teachers and schools

should deal with pupils who identify as a different gender to the legal sex and for a while that has been a big debate in the conservative party and in government about how strict it should be. the government has got to a point where it cannot agree on exactly what the guidance should be and cannot get to a place when it thinks it would be useful so has decided to delay issuing the gains. what does a mean and practice? that the new guidance is not going to come into place potentially for several months. we have not been given any new timetable, we do not know exactly when the government is committing to making it publicly available. speaking to people and government over the past few hours, there seems to have been a bit of a debate and tension about how exactly how far the guidance should go, some

has been in the newspapers this