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north korean leader kimjong—un arrives in russia ahead of a meeting with president putin. an armoured train carrying the korean delegation is heading towards vladivostok. and would you pay to visit venice? the city is expected to approve the trial of a fee for daily visitors, in a bid to control tourism. wage growth in uk are got out of the country pass high inflation rate for the first time in nearly two years. it means spending power should now start increasing, helping a bit with the cost of living squeeze and people who have been feeling it. the figures also suggest there could be a boost coming soon for people who receive state pension. officialfigures from the office of national does death
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official figures from the office of national statistics showed regular pay, excluding bonuses, rose by 7.8% in may tojuly compared with a year earlier — matching the pace of inflation over the same period. however, the unemployment rate increased to 4.3% between may and july compared to 4.2% the month before, and job vacancies fell to below a million. let's hear from our money and work reporter — peter ruddick — who gave us a breakdown of what the figures mean. let's just run through the two main headlines and what they mean so firstly on wage growth, so as you say, it has finally caught up on inflation in most of the uk, at least, but it is just an average, not everyone will be feeling it. it means it will be following the first time in a year, wage growth. it is just an average, but also it is going to take more than one month's figures to reverse the many changes, people in the uk have been experiencing, it is going to take quite a while for this to recover. the second caveat is wage growth is still higher than some in england
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would like, so if you are a bank of england interest rate set at you naturally think rates should carry on going higher, this is evidence for your argument. the other key headline you mentioned as well was on unemployment. essentially the unemployment rate ticked up slightly, the number of vacancies ticked down, significantly under1 million for the first time in quite a while and this suggests the labour market might be turning. if you are a bank of england interest rate setter and you naturally think interest rates should stop going up, this is evidence for your argument, so there was something for everyone today these figures, especially for the bank of england, setting us up for quite an interesting meeting next week when they will decide the next week when they will decide the next interest rate rise or whether they keep them on hold. labour's deputy leader, angela rayner, has told the trade union congress conference in liverpool — the federation of trade unions in england and wales — about labour's pledges on workers�* rights. it's her first big speech
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since she was made shadow levelling up secretary in labour leader, sir keir starmer�*s reshuffle last week. live now to our political correspondent, damian grammaticus, is in westminster. did she make a good impression? well, she got a standing ovation at the end, so if that is a measure, it seems she did. and this is sort of important, i think, for the labour leadership. they have been trying to do two different things, i think, so keir starmer took over from jeremy corbyn, who was much more on the left of the party. keir starmer has tried to distinguish himself by that as more sort of a centrist, appealing to the voters who labour lost the last election, he went to the conservatives. that has been a bit of a problem internally for the labour party, with its more traditional supporters in the workers, the labour movement and the trade union side of things, has faced criticism from that. but keir starmer�*s deputy, angela rayner, is from that sort of background herself, so she clearly has a role within the party to reach out to try
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to sort of convince or reassure some of those people and that is what she was doing in this speech to the trade union congress, this federation. she laid out a couple of things, first, importantly, she said that in the first 100 days of any labour government, and remember, we are coming up to possibly an election may be in a year's time, in the first 100 days they would repeal, so scrap some of the legislation the conservatives have brought in, the things to do with strikes, where trade unions would have to, but in very recent legislation, the trade unions would have to guarantee certain amounts of service, say, on the railways or in health services, even on strike days. that has been controversial with the unions. also legislation going a bit further back which imposed things like a minimum 50% turnout in a vote to make a strike illegal. labourare turnout in a vote to make a strike illegal. labour are saying it would do away with things like that as well, but one in the big thing she
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promised in his speech wasn't also in the first 100 days would be a new piece of legislation in shining new rights for workers and this is what she to an said would be in it. day one basic rights. a ban on zero—hour contracts, an end to fire and rehire. cheering and applause. family—friendly working. strengthen sick pay, making it available for all workers, including the lowest earners, and from day one we will go faster and quickerto end the gender pay gap, address unequal pay, tackle sexual harassment at work and put mental health on a par with physical health. and we will bring in a proper living wage that people can actually live on. cheering and applause. and that got her a standing ovation, so definitely having some impact, but we have already had the rebuttal from the conservatives, saying that labour's talk about being more
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pro—business and things now, they say this shows that really, the agenda is going to be to empower the union movement and that would mean more strikes and more disruption to people's lives, so we see some of the dividing lines for a coming election starting to be drawn in. damian grammaticas, thank you. ajudge in pakistan has ruled that the five children found with the grandfather of sara sharif yesterday will now be sent to a government childcare facility temporarily. ten—year—old sara sharif was found dead at a house in england last month. the children had travelled to pakistan from the uk with sara's father, stepmother and uncle. muhammad sharif, sara's grandfather, says he had the children in his care since they arrived in pakistan and was fighting to keep them with him. the judge didn't state how long the children may be kept in the government facility. us presidentjoe biden has wrapped up his whirlwind trip to india and vietnam. he has signed a deal that will lend us help to build vietnam's
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defense capabilities. mr biden saying relations with vietnam have "entered a new stage". it's been mr biden�*s goal to counter china as a heavyweight in the region. in a positive sign for the us, vietnam bumped up the us�*s diplomatic status to "comprehensive strategic partner" — that's their highest tier, putting the us on par with china. to israel next, where an historic showdown is taking place. all 15judges of the supreme court are convening for the first time ever to hear petitions against a legal amendment which limits the court's ability to scrutinise government decisions. on the eve of this pivotal court case, thousands of people took part in a protest injerusalem, saying the government reforms would erode human rights in israel. this historic session is now under way in the supreme court. and they have been listening to arguments, thejudges, from petitioners who basically say they want the court to strike down a law that was passed, a legal change that was passed by the government back injuly.
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this really cancels the ability of all courts in israel, including the top one, the supreme court, to strike down government decisions, government actions on the basis of a legal standard of reasonableness. now, this is really at the heart of the government's judicial overhaul programme, the one that's been so contentious with this israeli government being the most religious, the most nationalist in the country's history. what critics have said is that the legislation that has gone through is weakening the independence of the courts and is therefore weakening the democracy of israel. those who are in support of the government's moves, though, say that it strengthens democracy. but it's wrong that the supreme court should have the ability to knock down legislation that has been passed by the elected body, the parliament. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.
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bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. back to school, it should have been a smooth start to the new term, but this pupil ended up here in the sports hall. pupils claim they had to sit without food or drink for a few hours, all because they were wearing the wrong shoes and their parents aren't happy about it. i am absolutely horrified. after everything a lot of these students have lived through with covid, and not being able to learn in a school environment, around their peers, it's just incredibly disappointing that they couldn't all have returned to school on tuesday, had a welcome back assembly and then any uniform violations, maybe sent home on a note. hertford high's uniform policy was updated in april. it says all pupils have to wear the correct clothes and plain black shoes, and they've issued a list of the shoes that are banned. we did approach hertford high school for an interview, but they declined. they did, however, issue a statement saying that their uniform policy, along with other schools, ensures that students feel part of the community, reducing peer pressure and helping to prevent bullying.
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more now on the uk government's controversial troubles legacy bill, which is expected to pass its final stage in parliament today. live now to our ireland correspondent, chris page, who's in belfast. explained to viewers what exactly this means for those whose families or themselves were injured or killed during the troubles? yes. or themselves were in'ured or killed during the troubles?— during the troubles? yes, there has been a question _ during the troubles? yes, there has been a question here _ during the troubles? yes, there has been a question here in _ during the troubles? yes, there has been a question here in northern i been a question here in northern ireland that has been around really over a quarter of a century since the violence largely ended. a question that will be familiar to people living in countries with a legacy of conflict around the world. how do you deal with all that unresolved grief, trauma and how do
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you get truth and justice for bereaved families? the conflict known as the troubles here lasted for around 30 years, almost 4000 people died. so the british government today are passing a law which will create a new commission to take over basically all the investigations into unsolved killings and the most controversial aspect of this legislation is that the bill will give an amnesty, in essence, a conditional amnesty to former paramilitaries and former members of the state security forces who gave information to this new commission, who will then write reports for bereaved families, basically aiming to set out the facts of what happened in violent incidents during the conflict. also, the legislation will end non—criminal court cases, civil court cases, and inquests into killings, so families are largely ranged against this. they say it runs against the principles of
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justice, there shouldn't be an amnesty for murder. it is opposed by nearly all the groups representing victims here. the only groups that are in favour of it are some which represent military veterans. critics of the bill will claim that the british government's primary priority here, they say, is for the government to try to remove the possibility that soldiers, army veterans will be prosecuted. the government vigorously denies this. they say that, given the passage of time, any prospect of successful prosecutions are very, very limited indeed and therefore the best that can realistically be hoped for is a process by which families get information and this conditional amnesty, but that is not the way they will refer to it as, will guarantee that people would be prosecuted and will be an incentive for people to come forward with information.— for people to come forward with information. , ., ~ , ., information. 0k, chris, thank you very much — information. 0k, chris, thank you very much indeed _ information. ok, chris, thank you very much indeed for— information. 0k, chris, thank you very much indeed for that. - information. 0k, chris, thank you very much indeed for that. let's l very much indeed for that. let's
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speak now to and aileen let's speak quinton,, who is the daughter of alberto quinton. he died in the enniskillen poppy day bombing in 1987. talk as to what happened all those years ago's 1987. talk as to what happened all those years aw— 1987. talk as to what happened all those years ago's well, my mother was standing _ those years ago's well, my mother was standing for _ those years ago's well, my mother was standing for the _ those years ago's well, my mother was standing for the act _ those years ago's well, my mother was standing for the act of - was standing for the act of remembrance to start off. she was there wearing her medals that she had earned being in the raf during world war ii, but before the event got started, the bomb went off and like a lot of other victims, she died of being crushed by all of the building that the bomb was in coming down on her. it building that the bomb was in coming down on her-— down on her. it must have been reall , down on her. it must have been really. really — down on her. it must have been really, really traumatic - down on her. it must have been really, really traumatic for - down on her. it must have been really, really traumatic for you i down on her. it must have been i really, really traumatic for you and it is so many years later now, but talk me through what you think this legacy bill will do to the way that you perceive what happened because i know obviously you and many other
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families are against it.— families are against it. well, when somethin: families are against it. well, when something like _ families are against it. well, when something like that _ families are against it. well, when something like that happens, - families are against it. well, when something like that happens, it i families are against it. well, when | something like that happens, it can make you think about the world being an unsafe place to be in, notjust physically, but emotionally as well and this actually makes the world a more dangerous place. at the time it happened, we have so many government ministers, etc, saying that it was appalling and no stone would be left unturned to bring those responsible to justice. unturned to bring those responsible tojustice. well, now they unturned to bring those responsible to justice. well, now they are actually going to cement the stones down and it is an absolute disgrace. it is bad enough that terrorists do what they do, but governments should be on our side and the government should be upholding justice. i shouldn't have to be setting my face against governments to defend justice. that theirjob.- justice. that their 'ob. aileen quinton. * justice. that their 'ob. aileen quinton, the i justice. that theirjob. aileen quinton, the government i justice. that theirjob. aileen| quinton, the government has justice. that theirjob. aileen i quinton, the government has said that this bill is something they have come up with because quite frankly, in their words, there is no alternative. they also underlined the fact that they believe this bill will finally provide answers because
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in their belief, the way things are moving now, people are not going to get answers and they are not going to getjustice either, but at least this way many families who are searching for those answers could potentially get those answers. i mean, i think that isjust nonsense mean, i think that is just nonsense and again, theirjob is to defend justice. sojust because and again, theirjob is to defend justice. so just because getting actualjustice in terms of conviction this is going to be very, very difficult, it is no excuse for making it impossible. you know, so are they going to put in legislation for all murders that happened over 35 years ago? if not, why not? it is because that goes againstjustice. and the fact that they are actually trying to say that this isn't cloaked in terms of, depending on their audience, for veterans, what about veterans who have been injured? and what about the families of soldiers that have been murdered in northern ireland and gb? because i think a lot of people don't
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realise that the belfast agreement in terms of early releases only applied to things that happened in northern ireland, so you have got incidents where the army was attacked on gb. so those families and those injured at the moment have at least the potential for full justice, as we understand justice. this will actually take them from that down to zero and i am sorry, but being thrown a bone about truth and whose truth is this going to be, so that i give up an idea of justice, itjust doesn't wash. aileen quinton, it has been so good to talk to you and i really appreciate you taking time to speak to us. �* , ., ~ ., to us. and i 'ust take one we think? terrorists. — to us. and ijust take one we think? terrorists, when _ to us. and ijust take one we think? terrorists, when they _ to us. and ijust take one we think? terrorists, when they take - to us. and ijust take one we think? terrorists, when they take the i to us. and ijust take one we think? terrorists, when they take the lives| terrorists, when they take the lives and limbs of us and our loved ones, but is theirfault. and limbs of us and our loved ones, but is their fault. if we hand over our values in response to that, that is our fault and this is the government's fault.-
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is our fault and this is the government's fault. 0k, aileen quinton, daughter— government's fault. 0k, aileen quinton, daughter of— government's fault. 0k, aileen quinton, daughter of alberta i quinton, daughter of alberta quinton, daughter of alberta quinton, who died in the enniskillen p°ppy quinton, who died in the enniskillen poppy day bombing in 1987. thank you once again for talking to us. thank ou. let's bring you some breaking news now another story we're talking about here on bbc news. if you remember, we were talking to you about the government's big part of an investigation by the uk's environment watchdog in regard to broken law over how they regulate sewage releases into rivers. in the last few minutes we have had a downing street response, it says... downing street response, it says... downing street response, it says... downing street doesn't agree with the report, which is the government may have broken the law on sewage regulation. the feminist�*s official spokesperson said they didn't agree with the environment office's findings, numberten with the environment office's findings, number ten didn't say why they are disputing the findings, but said there would be a formal response in due course and promised to work with the o response in due course and promised to work with the 0 ep constructively. it also went on to say they have gone further than ever
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before to tackle the growing sewage being discharged into our waters and also said the otp had identified possible failures to comply with environmental law by the department for environment, food and rural affairs, defra, the environment agency and ofwat, the regulator of combined sewage overflows, concert story is a popular one on our website today, we will hear more on that later in the programme. a charity in the uk has received the biggest single donation in its history. mary scott donated £1 million to brain tumour research in memory of her late husband mike. it will be used to fund a paediatric research centre. fiona lamdin went to meet mary. he was very kind, very loving, very generous, a clever man. mike and mary were married for 47 years. but four years ago, when mike was in his late 60s, they began to worry something was very wrong. i noticed that he was getting forgetful. he couldn't put emails
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together very easily. he became very confused. he fell over a couple of times. and he said to me the one day, "i think i'm going mad." a few months later, mike was diagnosed with a grade four brain tumourand given a few months left to live. he used to say to me, "i'm not leaving you. i'm not going anywhere. i'll be ok." of course he wasn't ok. of course, he wasn't ok. he was far from ok. mike died, aged 69. but despite her grief, mary has now donated money mike earned to fund a new research centre. what's being done here in mike's memory is a game changing donation. it's the biggest donation in the history of our charity in our15 years. it's going into bringing forward this new centre for research into paediatric brain tumours.
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it's an extraordinary, generous donation that really will make a difference for future paediatric brain tumour patients. to lose an adult is bad enough, but to lose a child, an innocent child who hasn't lived, is the worst thing. so if this money can go towards a centre that can perhaps come up with a eureka moment, i always call it, his life hasn't been in vain. fiona lamdin, bbc news. a truly incredible story there. let's take you back to oui’ our top story, that is the flooding in parts of eastern libya. we know that many people have died, that number has in fact risen sharply. the country has been in political chaos since long—serving ruler colonel gaddafi was overthrown
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and killed in 2011, leaving the country effectively split with an interim, internationally recognised government operating from the capital, tripoli, and another one in the east. tim eaton, a senior research fellow from london think—tank chatham house, says the political complexity in libya is exacerbating the impact of the floods. it is a complex political situation. libya has effectively been stuck in a political quagmire now for at least eight, nine years. and, really, even though there has been no major outbreak of violence since 2020, sporadic violence has taken place. but there's been no settlement, really, to that conflict. we have a government that's based in tripoli that is recognised by the international community, but opposed by many and a rival government based in the east that continues to contend that it should govern the country. and amid this, we see mediation efforts to form a new government or to bring libya to elections. but effectively, what we've really
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seen over recent years is a political lead...kind of tighten its grip on power and being unwilling to give up that power. and usually when we're talking about these things in relation to libya, that comes across as outbreaks of violence from armed groups. but the hidden costs of these dynamics of public money being taken away from infrastructure, from a lack of investment, are really making things very difficult for libyans. they pay more for less, and they're much more subject to these kinds of disasters as a result of these ongoing dynamics. and it's an aspect of the conflict which really doesn't get the coverage it deserves. and i think that's at least part of the story here, particularly when you're looking at the response as well. i mean, what was in place, what's happening, you're seeing some jockeying between rival administrations, and it's very complicated to work out what the response should be, given those ongoing divisions,
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given the difficulties of even the relationship of the city of derna to other areas of eastern libya. so this all makes everything much harder. lets ta ke lets take you to one of our other big stories now. that is the earthquake in morocco. we have some live pictures coming in to us now from the afp news agency and these are of a village in the atlas mountains in morocco and you can see there the rudimentary way with shovels that people are trying desperately to dig through the rubble. this is a small village in the atlas mountains region. now, we know that almost as soon as the news broke of friday's earthquake in morocco, there were offers of help from many areas in the world. only a few countries, though, so far, we hear, have been selected to help with the issues, spain, qatar, the uk and the uae amongst those countries. we spoke earlier to a journalist alice morrison, who is in the area, and she said the moroccan
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government has done its best, but that the geological and geographical issues with regards to obviously getting to these remote areas has meant that the operations have not been as effective as they could have been. so you can see there the villagers assessing the damage, following the deadly quake in morocco. now, let's take you somewhere else. a good news story. an american truck in turkey's third deepest cave for more than a week has been rescued. this is the moment mark nikki was pulled by ground to safety by it was one of the largest and most complicated underground rescues ever mounted. believe it or not, it took on hundred 50 people to rescue mark dickey. he had become trapped underground, he had actually become
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very ill. i think it was something to do with internal bleeding, a stomach problem. at the deepest, deepest point of this cave, which reaches nearly 1.3 kilometres below ground, so you can understand exactly how difficult a rescue operation would have been. after being rescued, mark dickey said he didn't think he would survive the ordeal, so a lovely story, pulled out thereby rescuers. venice is often described as one of the most beautiful cities in the world — and soon you will have to pay little bit more to enjoy it. the italian city is expected to approve the trial of a fee for daily visitors, in a bid to control tourism. the charge of e5, which is around £4.30, will apply to all visitors over the age of 14. they will have to pay and book their entry to the city in advance. city council member for tourism says the trial will run during peak tourist periods next year. hello. we have seen the weather story
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gradually change over the last 24 hours stop under a frontal sinking south, it has brought fresh air, but sunny conditions, after a chilly start in scotland, it is scotland and northern ireland you have the best of the sunshine, a beautiful afternoon here. it was the weather front here, settling across wales and england and in north—east england, where we are likeliest to see the heaviest and most most persistent rain through the afternoon. we could see heavier bursts of rain generally few parts of yorkshire, down into lincolnshire and north norfolk, with a few scattered showery and thundery downpours breaking out across northern england, as here it stays pretty humid. 23 degrees the high here, but behind that weather front in noticeable difference to the feel of the weather, fresher, despite that sunshine. as we go through this evening and overnight, that when will sink south—east, weakening off, we not expecting much anyway of significant rain across south—east england, a band of rain down to the south—west, that is where
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temperatures were holed up into double digits, but noticeably colder, low single figures, a touch of light frost not out of the question in sheltered rural glens of scotland because this area of high pressure, albeit fairly briefly, there is another front waiting in there is another front waiting in the wings. a cloudy start for the south—east, a lovely sunny start elsewhere, but as we go into the afternoon already wet and windy weather starts to approach into northern ireland and the north—west of scotland, 14—16 b high here, but we may see temperature is peaking at 21 degrees. a noticeable difference to the feel of the weather across south—east england. that weather front droop south—east, we noticed a squeeze on the isobars on the southern flank of that low and gail is unlikely here as we go through day on thursday. a weather front again slicing the country into parts, to the south of that we might start to drag in something a bit more humid once again, so despite some cloud around, temperatures may well peaking into the mid 20s, no where near as bad as it wasjust well peaking into the mid 20s, no where near as bad as it was just a
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few days ago, but still fresher into the far north. as we move into friday, this area of rain could be just that little bit further north, could be that bit further south, but it will be wet at times friday and to the start of the weekend, with sunny spells and self. death in the south. —— with sunny spells in the south.
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of sexual harassment and assaults. bbc news has spoken to women who were sexually assaulted in the operating theatre.
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and it was the smirk and just everything about it — i felt dirty, i felt humiliated. we'll have more about a major new piece of research which shows a pattern of trainees being abused. also this lunchtime: thousands feared dead and 10,000 missing — storm daniel causes widespread flooding in libya. wages are rising at the same rate as inflation for the first time in nearly two years. raw sewage in our waterways — the environment watchdog suspects the government and regulators may have broken the law. cheering and applause and... rescued, after nine days more than half a mile underground — the american explorer brought out of a turkish cave. and coming up on bbc news...
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