ellie price, bbc news.switzerland for over $2 million. the gold coin, one of only 17 still in existence, was issued by brutus a year after the assassination in 44 bc. it features a portrait of brutus surrounded by laurel leaves on one side, while the other bears symbols that reflect on his military victories. the coin was bought by a european collector following intense bidding. a moment of history. we'rejust going to go to live pictures of damascus. this is the shot we are just monitoring of the syrian capital, of course, we have got the overhaul of the assad regime, and the main islamist rebel leader saying that any of those senior officials who were involved in the assad regime who are involved in torturing political prisoners will be named. abu mohammed al—jolani saying that rewards will be offered for information about senior army and security officers involved in what he described as "war crimes". we have a page with the very latest on our website. hello. we're still feeling the aftermath of storm dar

ellie price, bbc news.asingly extreme weather caused by climate change with recent storms and flooding damaging estates across england and wales. our climate editor justin rowlatt has been to bodnant national park in north wales to see the results of high winds earlier this month. storm diribe tour down more than 30 mature trees as it ripped through the gardens north wales earlier this month this place is one of the national trust's, one of the uk's finest collections of trees. ned lomax is head gardener here at bodnant. people just come down one by one like dominoes. he people just come down one by one like dominoes.— people just come down one by one like dominoes. he says many ofthe one like dominoes. he says many of the loss _ one like dominoes. he says many of the loss trees _ one like dominoes. he says many of the loss trees are _ one like dominoes. he says many of the loss trees are 150 - one like dominoes. he says many of the loss trees are 150 years - of the loss trees are 150 years old or more. the

ellie price, bbc news.g the amount that pubs can buy in the build—up to christmas. diageo, which brews the beer in dublin, is understood to be allocating supplies on a weekly basis. the drink has become more popular with women and younger adults after a marketing push. demand may also have been increased by recent rugby internationals. let's have a look at the weather now with matt. it's miserable out there, matt. it's getting better, for a while. thank you, i knew would bring the sunshine in some way! i have got to give you a little bit of hope, that is myjob these days! some heavy overnight rain is starting to ease, it will turn drier for a time, milder out there than it has been for the past few meanings but the journey home could be quite nasty for some. it is giving with one hand and taking with another. we have seen some heavy rain in the last few hours across east anglia and the south—east which is easing the way, lively downpours are working across the pennines and peak district right now. that will

ellis to president carter. >> mr. president, when you were elected in 1976, the consumer price index stood at 4.8%. it now stands at more than 12%. perhaps more significantly, the nation's broader rate has gone up from 7% to 9%. part of that was due to external factors beyond u.s. control, notably the more than doubling of oil prices by opec last year. because the united states remains vulnerable to such external shocks, can inflation be controlled? if so, what measures would you pursue in a second term? president carter: again, it is important to put the situation in perspective. in 1974, we had a so-called oil shock where in the price of opec oil was raised to an extraordinary degree. we had an even worse oil shock in 1979. in 1974, we had the worst recession -- the deepest and most penetrating recession since the second world war. a recession that resulted this time was the briefest we have had since the second world war. in addition, we have fought down inflation. earlier this year in the first quarter, we did have very severe inflation pressure, brought about by the opec price increase. it ave

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ellie price, bbc news.states has said israel must comply with its obligations to protect civilians, after an air strike on yemen's international airport, which killed two people. the attack was witnessed by the head of the world health organization, who said he and other un staff came close to being injured. our correspondent emir nader is injerusalem. emir, what have the israelis said about this? the united states has said israel must comply with its obligations to protect civilians, after an air strike on yemen's international airport, which killed two people. the attack was witnessed by the head of the world health organization, who said he and other un staff came close to being injured. our correspondent emir nader is injerusalem. emir, what have the israelis said about this? we had a statement from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, saying their campaign against the houthi rebel group in yemen isjust getting started. we are getting very strong messages out to the israeli government about ho

ellie price, bbc news.rvice. new data shows there was an average ofjust over a thousand people in hospital with the illness last week compared to around 240 this time last year. severe weather warnings have been issued for parts of england and wales, as storm darragh brings strong winds on saturday. northern ireland, south—west scotland and western parts of england and wales could see gusts of up to 80 miles per hour, with some heavy rain also forecast. muhammad was the most common name for boys born in england and wales in 2023, in figures released by the office for national statistics. noah and oliver made up the rest of the top three. for girls, the most popular names were unchanged from the years before — 0livia, amelia and isla. a man is appearing in court charged with manslaughter, after an explosion at a block of flats in newcastle which killed a seven—year—old boy and a 35—year—old man. reece galbraith from gateshead is also accused of being involved in the production and supply of cannabis. mark de