our business - correspondent ben king years. go to the weather with matt taylor. whilst we will continue to see more cloud by night across many areas in the next few days, a lot of that will break up, and sunshine and warmth will develop quite widely. out there today, we have high pressure in charge for the next few days, but as it slips away we get more of a southerly breeze. that is helping to generate the cloud and push it westwards. as we go through the day with the strength of the sun out there, a lot of the cloud dissipates. long spells of sunshine for most to go through the afternoon and it will feel warmer for this stage in september. up to 26 in the north of scotland, 25 to the south—east of england. fresher along the coast with the breeze off the sea, which helps to generate the cloud and push it westwards. clearer skies for scotla nd westwards. clearer skies for scotland and northern ireland again, where like this morning we will see some mist and fog patches form, and temperatures down into single figures where this

allegations of being sexually assaulted or raped by the billionaire, who died last year. 0ur reporter ben kingng us up—to—date on what the cps is saying. we have learned today that in 2008 the metropolitan police investigated the case of a 15—year—old girl who said she was sexually assaulted by mr al fayed in the boardroom of harrods. that case was passed to the crown prosecution he spoke earlier on, much more on our website as well. the crown prosecution service says it twice considered bringing charges against the former harrods owner mohammed al fayed, but on both occasions, it concluded there was no realistic prospect of a conviction. all of this has come to light since a bbc documentary this week led to dozens of women coming forward with allegations of being sexually assaulted or raped by the billionaire, who died last year. 0ur reporter ben king has the latest from the newsroom. bring us up—to—date on what the cps is saying. we have learned today that in 2008 the metropolitan police investigated the case of a 15—year—old girl who said she was sexually assaulted by mr al fayed in the boa

ben king has the latest.ar—old girl who said she was sexually assaulted by mr al fayed in the boardroom of harrods. that case was passed to the crown prosecution service but they took no further action. they say that was because they had no realistic prospect of a conviction based on the evidence that they had at the time. there was a similar case which made it to the cps but no further in 2015, and three subsequent cases which did not make it as far as the cps. now, contrast that with the 20 or more women who have been in touch with the bbc to detail their experiences of sexual assault while working at harrods. and we have also been contacted by dozens more who have detailed their experiences of assaults at the hands of mr al fayed. the deputy prime minister, angela rayner, was on the television this morning and she called his allegations horrifying as she said she was concerned about powerful people who seem to get away with it time and time again. harrods is now no longer by mr al fayed who died last year,

our business reporter ben king has more details.of everyday life for 100 years, but we might seem see them less often. we send fewer letters these days and royal mail says the daily visits are unaffordable. a visit every other day could save up to £300 million per year, according to the regulator, who sets the rules for royal mail. if this change goes ahead, and we will be doing a lot of work now to assess whether it really meets user needs, lots of consumer research before we launch a full consultation, it will then be down to royal mail to actually implement the change for their workforce, to achieve those efficiencies, and critically, to invest in their network so that postal services become a lot more reliable and we all get what we pay. under the proposals, postal workers will visit every other day, bringing first and second class letters. they will come on monday, wednesday and friday one week, then tuesday and thursday the next. on days they don't come, including saturdays, first class letters and magazines will come with the

ben king reporting. and you can listen to the podcast world of secrets — predator at harrods.re is also a documentary you can watch on the bbc iplayer. two recent security breaches involving the former us president donald trump — including one in pennsylvania in which he was shot — have sparked a whole new wave of disinformation and hate online ahead of november's election. the bbc�*s social media correspondent marianna spring has been to colorado — a state which has become a hot bed for conspiracy theories — to investigate how two people, one republican and the other democrat, have been drawn into them. this moment, when donald trump was shot at injuly, triggered a whole wave of speculation, conspiracy theories and false claims online, drawing in people across the political spectrum. this is actually where i walked to from our cabin. that includes desiree. under the pseudonym wild mother she regularly posts about natural medicine. now she also shares unproven theories about major news events. i had been extremely passionate about trying to figure out the real truth about sept

here's the latest from our business reporter ben king. passed to cps, but they took no further action and said they didn't believe there was a realistic prospect of a commission based on the evidence. there was another case in 2015 which got as far as the cps, but no further. in three other cases that didn't even get to a file presented. now, contrast that with the more than 20 women who have got in touch with the bbc and told their stories of sexual assault at the hands of mohamed al fayed while working at harrods, and dozens of more who have contacted the corporation since the documentary was broadcast. now, angela rayner, who wejust heard from, she was asked about this on the television this morning and she said that she found the allegations horrifying, and she said that she was concerned about powerful people who seem to get away with it time and time again. now, harrods is no longer owned by mohamed al fayed. he passed away last year and it was sold in 2010 to the government of qatar, the gulf state. they have said they've admitted

ben king, bbc news. term time, after official figures showed that more pupils in england were off school without permission in the last week of the summer term than at any point during the academic year. about 5% of students were not in class in the week ending the 19th ofjuly — that's about 450,000 pupils. our cost of living correspondent colletta smith reports. ready? go on. affording the summer holidays has been a high—wire act for many families. well done, you. last year, we got a couple of caravan holidays, but, this year, we just haven't been able to. the price to go abroad now is ridiculous, especially in the six weeks holidays. and those sky—high prices mean plenty of people are saving cash by taking the kids away during term—time. we went injune to greece. we went to corfu a year ago and that was £2,400 for a week of all—inclusive, and i priced up the same holiday for august time and it was £4,800 for the same exact holiday. and so there's just no financial way that we would have been able to af

our business reporter, ben king, has more on this latest round of revelations. that's right.ce looked into the case of a 15—year—old girl who said that she was sexually assaulted by mohammed al fayed in the harrods boardroom. that case file was passed to the cps but they took no further action. they have said today that the reason for that is that they didn't believe there was a realistic prospect of a conviction based on the evidence that they had at the time. there was another case in 2015 which got as far as the cps but no further, and three other cases which didn't even get to the stage of having a file presented to the cps. now contrast that with the more than 20 women who have got in touch with the bbc and told their stories of sexual assault at the hands of mohammed al fayed while working out harrods. and dozens more who have contacted the corporation since the documentary was broadcast. now, angela rayner who we have just heard from, she was asked about this on the television this morning and she said that she found the allegations horrifying and said that she was con

here's the latest from our reporter, ben king. well, that's right.into the case of a 15—year—old girl who said that she was sexually assaulted by mohamed al—fayed in the harrods boardroom. that case file was passed to the cps, but they took no further action. and they've said today that the reason for that is that they didn't believe there was a realistic prospect of a conviction based on the evidence that they had at the time. there was another case in 2015 which got as far as the cps, but no further, and three other cases which didn't even get to the stage of having a file presented to the cps. now, contrast that with the more than 20 women who have got in touch with the bbc and told their stories of sexual assault at the hands of mohamed al—fayed while working at harrods and dozens more who have contacted the corporation since the documentary was broadcast. now, angela rayner, who wejust heard from, she was asked about this on the television this morning and she said that she found the allegations horrifying and she said that she was concerned abo

i am joined by our business correspondent ben king who was watching what rachel reeves and her colleagueshe fuel payments are going to be removed from millions of pensioners because of what labour call the £22 billion black hole left by the previous conservative government. that's correct. conservative government. that's correct- one _ conservative government. that's correct. one of _ conservative government. that's correct. one of the _ conservative government. that's correct. one of the title - conservative government. that's correct. one of the title is - correct. one of the title is frontally�*s questions was how many people were contacted by her constituents expressing concern about this decision to remove the winter fuel payment. that used to go to about 11 million pensioners but that will be cut to around i million pensioners but that will be cut to around 1 million orso will be cut to around 1 million or so and that should save a lot of money for the treasury but it's clearly something is causing a lot of concern. one of the troubles with this policy is the winter fuel payment wil

here's the latest from our reporter, ben king. cps but no further, then three other cases which did not even get to the stage of having a file presented to the cps. contrast that with the 20 women who have got in touch with the bbc. and dozens more who have contacted the corporation since the documentary was broadcast. angela rayner, who wejust heard from, she was asked about this on television this morning. she said that she found the allegations horrifying. she said that she was concerned about powerful people who seem to get away with it time and time again. now, harris is no longer owned by mohamed al fayed. he passed away last year. it was sold in 2010 to the government of qatar, the gulf state. they have said, they have admitted that the victims were let down and they have said that legal claims will be settled. women in iran have told the bbc how their online activity has been spied on by the authorities. their testimonies come two years after the death of mahsa amini bbc verify reporter reha kansara reports. chanting i too

and that also coming up in new zealand, the mo, the community bits forever to a king and welcomes his daughter. as ben, you more not the number such as so i was welcome to the program chaplain, prosecutor to us a call in the show touts, near the strategy consulate in munich, and attempted to that is just attack police shot dead, an 18 year old, austria national and the gone back to it happened on the anniversary of the tenant attack of the 1972 munich olympics in which 11 is fairly apps. feats were killed. this footage reportedly shows the gunman as he opened fire at around 9 in the morning. residents filmed from their windows as people fled the scene. the incident took place at carlin implants, in central munich as an area close to the is really consulate and the documentation center for nazi history. jewish institutions and places of worship in germany are given police protection against possible anti semitic attacks. so the officers present were able to act quickly to neutralize the government. a police spokesman said the suspect was an 18 year old, austria national. they're still investigating the

look at that big boy, the adorable king ben, when check who is making waves at an aquarium in australia at just nine months old, he's already fifth the pounds. this little guy has outgrown his parents. the average sides, by the way, of a king penguin, 37 pounds. photos of pesto hovering over his parents have gone viral eats about 30 fish a day way more than the typical adult penguin so do or don't have enough ways to communicate, never feared there are more emojis on the way. there's an exhausted face, a fingerprint, a purple splatter, a route veggie, a bear tree a harp shovel, and a flag for a remote island in the english channel called sarak island. the tired face was voted most anticipated emoji. there is actually a non-profit group that oversees emojis and must approve new ones. now that these have the ceiling approval, you should start seeing them over the next few months. what do you do with the heart oh, you're harping, not stop harping on this issue. i don't there's a lot of things there's a non-profit group that emojis i mean, its i think you should investigate or maybe we won'

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ben franklin. it was also. this precipitated a completely response from the crown and parliament and the king really appointed all the parliamtary leaders, including the prime minister at this point, and called that called the shots and. they, they they essentially decided they were going to crack down no more repealing laws, no more negotiations. they going to teach those colonists lesson. and they decided that the main culprits were all in massachusetts and they were going to pass a series of laws that isolated massachusetts and made them pay. so the embarrassed. but more to the point, they set whole different policy in terms of how to deal with colonial resistance and there were five coercive acts they called later intolerable acts, but they weren't that at the time passed since 1774. and the first one i'm only going to talk about to today, the boston port bell and the massachusetts government, because those are the two most important in terms of what will happen next and in terms frankly the fairfax resolves. so is the the boston port bell boston was and y can see here this drawing of what boston looked like

ben it's getting came to eh, and it was the 1st of all my family taught. it took me to one of my relatives simply because there is a new set that is where the king handbook in the neighborhood i was. i asked ed is brandon and i received the piece of news that one of her family household plus kids immediately area lies that it was bad that because they know she was always vivid and active. i was told later that the news was going to collapse or it was and to use. yes, i managed to compose myself. later i visited her mother and she said, do you what her closest friend you kept in communication with had deal with very close to head, especially on the way back home from school. we used to walk to gather some. she also used to be close to my family, so you so even to come with me and visiting my grandma, she was very polite, very active, very talented. then she was very obedient as well. so you still followed instructions? he was one of the top students in the class. what did she like most? she one she loved to draw and paint, then she was very talented. she also produced many good drove and see on was telling me that she had dreamed to become a famous painter f

and he's the king of alternative comedy. bent as well. a woman who has raised money for life saving kits at every ice hockey club in the country has been nominated for a bbc london make a difference award. erin rose from romford raised more than £18,000 for so—called bleed kits after a player lost his life on the ice in october last year. erin has sent out 180 kits so far, including to junior clubs and blind hockey uk. you know what, when i found out i'd been nominated for a bbc make a difference award, i was absolutely blown away. never in my wildest dreams did we ever think anything like this would ever happen. so to those people that nominated us, thank you. afc wimbledon s match against newcastle in the league cup, which was planned for today, has been called off due to flooding. the stadium at plough lane was affected when the nearby river wandle flooded, with the pitch looking like more like bunkers in a golf course. the tie will now take place at newcastle's ground on october the 1st. and if you're passing by the river th

ben, is whether lasts the virus, scott checkout the house and there's something there. i heard a noise ahead, right between the eyes this is six months after martin luther king is assassinated here you had the sort of another great black male hero and he dies, he gets shot as well. as a kid. i took it to mean he was killed because he was black and that they hero can't survive if he's black it worked as a scary movie to work, it's social commentary on the idea of the lone black hero in his white world. >> it doesn't matter how noble you think you are. you're still a blackout all summer for an assortment of reasons a funder of discontent as rumbled on the horizon of the 19th olympia they olympic games live and in color from mexico city another abc sports exclusive brought to you by the ford motor company mr. edwards? >> i think it might help to a human and your position if you explained variety of boycott of the olympics, i think first of all, we have to understand that the olympic games in this serfaty and in the world is the second largest meeting of nation that the international level outside of the united nations itself. and it's just as political. >> the olympic project

king granted a salary of just over £185,000. so this is patrick christys tonight with me, ben leo, only on gb news now.he royal family cost the taxpayer £510 million a year. that figure includes income from the duchies of lancaster and cornwall, as well as estimating the cost of security for members of the royal family and the salaries for government staff seconded to the palace. the report also includes an estimate that royal engagements around the country cost local councils £31.9 million a year. republic according for the royal family budget, to be capped at a measly £5 million to £10 million a yean £5 million to £10 million a year, with the king granted a salary of just over £185,000. so are the royals worth the money? joining me now to debate this is royal journalist sarah—louise robertson and human rights campaigner and activist peter tatchell. good evening to you both. peter, first of all, i'm not quite sure about the accuracy of this research because of course they get a the royals get a massive slice of the sovereign grant from the crown estate, which in recent years has been very, very lucrat

king, and said unforgivable things. so you're very much on team. >> tell us what you really think. >> very much on team ben.d to team. and you have got such a fan club out there, ben. right. unlike you, my thing. anyway. >> are you single? ben >> are you single? ben >> hold on. what's going . >> hold on. what's going. >> hold on. what's going. >> are you proposing? i'm certainly not. >> no, i'm just going to throw to the news. i think it's getting hot in here. well, this is gb news, and there's plenty more coming up on today's show. but first, it is indeed saint francis with those news headlines. thankfully . headlines. thankfully. >> dawn, thank you very much indeed. good afternoon to you. it's just coming up to 1:32. the top story this lunchtime. israel's prime minister says he won't rest until those responsible for killing six hostages in gaza are caught. the bodies were recovered from underground tunnels near rafah, but the families of some of those still being held in gaza are calling for protests against benjamin netanyahu's leadership here, the head of the police watchdog in england and wales claims

this is one of the measures in the king's speech that has the most popular support to clamp down on these badly behaving water companies and water bosses. so, benlone and plenty of people saying it doesn't go far enough. but steve reed, the environment secretary, of course, takes a very different view, announcing what this water special measures bill that's going through parliament will mean. he was talking a little bit earlier at a rowing club here in putney. let's have a look at what he had to say instead of protecting our waterways. >> water companies were allowed to pay out multi—million pound bonuses and billions in dividends. and the conservative government was too weak to stop them . the result? this year's them. the result? this year's annual annual boat race here in putney was overshadowed by health warnings telling rowers not to enter the water due to high levels of sewage. we've inherited a broken water system that affects us all, from the health and happiness of communities to the quality and resilience of our food system and the natural environment. these are systemic issues that require a proper reset with a reformed water sector

ben smith. all of that now , now. but coming all of that now, now. but coming up, we'll be remembering the late queen elizabeth a legacy throughout the show. two years on from her passing, kingharles and queen camilla are expected to spend today at crathie kirk in balmoral, where her late mother worshipped . her late mother worshipped. royal reporter cameron walker reflects on the september day that marked a new era in britain. >> buckingham palace has indeed confirmed in the last few moments that her majesty queen elizabeth the second has died. she was 96 years old. >> she was like a real inspiration. she's been very diligent and honourable , sending diligent and honourable, sending thoughts and prayers to the family and hope you know that the transition goes quite smoothly. >> it's been two years since queen elizabeth ii passed away at balmoral castle after 70 years on the throne. >> britain is the great country it is today. because of her, her eldest son became king charles the third, pledging himself to the third, pledging himself to the heavy responsibilities of sovereignty. >> three cheers for his majesty the king. hip hip! hooray >> his majesty's time on the throne ha