will be dismantled. sean diddy combs as he awaits trial on charges hello and welcome. scientists from the european union say the world experienced the hottest january on record this year. than january 202a. but scientists had initially predicted a slightly

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the palestinian population. a spokeswoman said the president was committed to rebuilding the territory and temporarily the us secretary of state called it a generous offer to rebuild gaza. this is what is left of the gaza strip after 15 months of war. more than two million palestinians live there. the president's plan is to resettle palestinians away from gaza, relocate them to egypt and jordan, on the state of peace talks between israel and hamas. well, you know, the second phase of the ceasefire...

and last week, when we were talking to the mediator, to by tomorrow, friday or saturday we should start this. but there is no sign of this. there is no sign of a plan for israeli delegation to come we haven't heard from hamas anything about sending nobody knows if this cease fire will last and for how long, if it holds or for how long, you know, it's fragile. corridor, including some in rafah crossing.

cars to to go back to, to the north, but we still have large israeli troops in maybe eight or seven or eight areas, including in a corridor, which can separate gaza from south to north. ceasefire could continue. more than seven years after the grenfell tower fire that killed 72 people in west london, the bbc has the tower block down. a meeting has been held for the bereaved families deputy prime minister. shrouded in tarpaulin sincejune 2017. our correspondent tom symonds has been following the story for many years. the government's plans.

we've asked the government to tell us more nothing and i can tell you that in 2020, they received an expert report from constructional engineers which recommended that grenfell tower is being damaged by the weather. it's 23 floors high. just to give you one example, this is the report from 2020.

"the building may be stable. "it cannot be considered as safe as the risk "of further damage. "working on the site. "and it will also make the deconstruction of the tower so i think that tells you what they're dealing with here. bring the tower down. done very carefully. police in sweden have described the scene of tuesday's mass shooting an adult education centre as an inferno, with people screaming, smoke and dead bodies. 11 people died in the massacre in the city of orebro, including the gunman. at a news conference this morning, they said the perpetrator started firing at officers as they entered the campus, but once inside they found him dead, alongside several weapons.

the suspected gunman. the syrian embassy in sweden said at least one of the victims was syrian. our correspondent kasia madera is in the swedish city of orebro where the attack happened. about that horrific attack on tuesday at an adult that took place there. and apologies to our audience, because some of this we know that, of course, ten people were shot dead in sweden's history. place, the alarm of the mass shooting was raised at 12.33 local time, so at lunchtime. thankfully, there weren't as many students in this education campus.

there were a number of schools within this facility but those who were there were caught up in what was we know that police were... police were on the scene just over five minutes later they describe what was an inferno with dead people, with screaming and with smoke. and the survivors, the scenes of blood, the huge amounts of blood witnessed by them of blood witnessed by them on that day, many people still traumatised, as indeed on that day, many people this whole country is. shortly after the police entered, they noticed some kind of smoke rising. kind of smoke rising. they perceived that someone is approaching and they were being shot at. and they were being shot at. they describe how they see they describe how they see a perpetrator armed a perpetrator armed with a rifle—like weapon with a rifle—like weapon just over ten minutes after the just over ten minutes after the

first response team is on site. so the shooting was ongoing and we just get a few more updates when the police are talking about the, being caught in what they describe as crossfire, but it still is details that they're just bringing to us. now, just one thing that they say which i'm going to bring you, is that, apologies, because this is lines just coming into us as this press conference is taking place, an extensive shooting with rifle—like weapons against police patrols.

but of course, catherine, what we don't know yet is of the motive and just apologies, because the syrian embassy here in sweden have said that syrians were amongst the victims. this is stuff that is...details that are just coming through and we need to, of course, digest this information that is coming through and of course verify it, as well. it's an adult educational facility. it's a place where people go to who haven't perhaps

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more than a0 people have accused combs of these photos, taken from a lawsuit, show him in his recording studio with a girl who alleges she was 17 when he gang raped her there. are coming forward. tony buzbee is a lawyer representing dozens of alleged victims from the 1990s victims from the 1990s to present day. to present day. i mean, we have cases where the allegationsl are that this happened are that this happened at studios, that this i at studios, that this i happened at hotels, - that this happened at bars, that this happened backstage. that this happened backstage. and of course, we're stilli sifting through all of that. we intend to file multiple more we intend to file multiple more cases in the next two weeks. i cases in the next two weeks. i to get him condoms. behind this door is where his old recording studio used to be. it's not that far it's not that far from times square. former staff have told me that sean combs would often bring from times square. women here late at night, where some of them said they walked in on him having they walked in on him having sex, and one even complained sex, and one even complained

they were asked they were asked to get him condoms. it wasn't uncommon to fly women in from around the country to have sex with people in the studio. if they had a speciality in something, yeah, they would be flown in. and you would be asked to do that? yeah. because you were the finance man. yeah, and it's coming out of the budget. how much money do you think was spent on on these flights, on bringing people in? oh, to be honest with you, i mean, probably like thousands of dollars. and he says there's one moment that's played on his mind involving his old boss in the studio. ijust opened the door, and he's in there, you know, having sex with this, with this girl. you know what? she was so quiet. yeah. did that seem unusual? knowing what i know now, you know, there's a lot of speculation about what state

she was in. in a statement, sean combs, his legal team, said... for now, he's being held here inside one of new york's most notorious jails until his trial begins in may. and if you're watching here in the uk, there's more on that on the podcast diddy on trial on bbc sounds. here in the uk, the conservative leader, kemi badenoch has said it should be harderfor legal immigrants to apply for british citizenship. she said people should live in the uk for 15 years

before they can apply, rather than the current six years. let's speak to dr s chelvan, head of immigration and public law at 33 bedford row and adjunct professor at southampton law school. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. the key question is with these changes been down overall migration figures? it is clearly a _ migration figures? it is clearly a scare - migration figures? it is clearly a scare tactic i migration figures? it isj clearly a scare tactic as migration figures? it is l clearly a scare tactic as a deterrent for migrants. the question is why have these arbitrary figures of five years increased to ten years and then for citizenship to increase six years —— from six to 15 years. they are arbitrary figures. i guess the point is that this is meant to be a deterrent and show that the conservative party would be tough when it came to migration even legally. there is also the interesting

part of these proposals which is that they would be further good or bad character checks on applicants making sure they don't have a criminal record and hadn't claimed state benefits in no time in the uk. first of all we must recent update is actually 2024 and there is a successful table which shows that those are subject to criminal

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right now , the bank of england's base rate is 4.75%. if we get anything other than a quarter of a percentage the rate of price rises, well, that's actually rates today? which is really closely watched by the bank because it tells us a lot about domestic inflation. and then the other reason

is of course growth, because it's notjust inflation that the bank of england needs to worry about, its growth, too. and if you think putting up interest rates is like if the economy is already a bit weak, which recent figures have the brakes lightly. rate which tracks the bank of england rate, or which is million households. going on with inflation and with growth, and that now they are a bit higher so you are really hoping the bank carries on cutting rates after today's expected cut at midday. peter, briefly, the potential impact on savers as well. unfortunately, any cuts are likely to be passed on to savings rates.

a better savings rate. unfortunately, lots of us can't really afford to lock up cash away for a long time anyway. that was 5525, business reporter. in the area. you are watching bbc news. business headlines after the summer break. —— utterly short hello again.

that now is slowly lifting. and as we go through the next few days, it's going to turn colder than it is today. there will be further frost and some patchy fog. the snow mostly on the hills. don't forget you can check out your bbc weather app. it will tell you what's happening with the weather of our weather, so things are fairly settled. we'll see more sunshine than we had yesterday, but a bit more cloud will develop through the day with a lot of clear skies. so, a lot more sunshine. breezy still across the north of the country. and this is where we'll see more cloud develop and the odd shower. now, temperatures today ranging roughly from about 6 to 9 degrees. so, another chilly day ahead. we'll have clear skies,

but in the second part of the evening into the overnight period, the english channel. some sheltered glens. so, once again, we're looking at some frost and some patchy and northern ireland. but there'll be more cloud tomorrow across england and wales and some showers, some of which could be 5 to 8 degrees, but there's also going to be quite a keen easterly wind, so it will feel more like 1—3 degrees, where we've got the strongest winds across england and wales. wales fairly cloudy. again, cold. some wintry showers in the south. scotland and northern ireland, after we've lost the frost another cold day, 5 to 8 degrees. you can see it does remain cold by day and by night.

a rate cut on the cards — the bank of england looks set to cut the cost of borrowing, but could a growing global tradewar change

what happens next? the boss of oil giant equinor tells the bbc he's as the company pledges to cut back on rewnewable investments. these type of projects are more costly, less profitable. shares in maersk are buoyant this morning as the company reports strong full year results — welcome to business today. by a quarter of a percent today to 4.5%. from their recent peak in august 2023. it comes at a difficult time as the uk economy stagnates, for policy makers.