faisal islam in the city of london, thank you, and you willl month. faisal islam in the city of.you will be able to hear what he has to say on the bbc news at ten. thank you. a man accused of being a major supplier of small boats to gangs smuggling people across the channel has been arrested in the netherlands in a joint operation between the national crime agency and dutch and belgian police. authorities allege the 44—year—old turkish national — who has not been named — shipped engines and boats from turkey, stored them in germany, then transported them to northern france. the nca has called the arrest a "milestone in a significant investigation into organised immigration crime". the health secretary, wes streeting, is facing criticism from senior labour figures over his repeated interventions opposing a change in the law on assisted dying in england and wales. mps will vote later this month on a plan to allow terminally ill adults expected to die within six months the right to seek help to end their life. one senior labour figure told the bbc today mr streeting "should hold fir

faisal, thank ou so will be ready. faisal, thank you so much _ will be ready.ady. faisal, thank you so much for that. - will be ready. faisal, thank you so much for that. stay| you so much for that. stay there for us. i will bring you backin there for us. i will bring you back in to brief us a little bit about what these actual speeches are and who the audiences are. because we are waiting, a little bit delayed but we are waiting to hear from the chancellor rachel reeves and then after that from the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey. they are about to make speeches about the economy at mansion housein about the economy at mansion house in the city of london. these are the live pictures we have, it is a very splendid, formal affair and the camera is just lining up there you can see. microphones are ready. we are expecting to see rachel reeves come to those microphones. when she does, we'll stop talking about faisal, just talk us through the setup here, what this event is and what it's all about. mansion house is one of the key fixtures in the britis

chris mason and faisal islam are with me. to you first, faisal islam.n on brexit but what is the up to? it is he's not taking a position on brexit but what is the up to?— but what is the up to? it is the context here, _ but what is the up to? it is the context here, the _ but what is the up to? it is the context here, the mansion - but what is the up to? it is the i context here, the mansion house speech is a really important, strategic speech to the financial community from the chancellor and governor of the bank of england. and when i have asked the governor of the bank of england about brexit can always diplomatic and often quite shy to talk about it. not so much there in terms of the impact economically. i think you would argue he wasjust economically. i think you would argue he was just making a statement of economic reality and no sort of political intervention. i was very struck by those words, welcome opportunities to rebuild a uk—eu relations and suggesting there could be more ambition, particularly for a government that is seeking any lever go

as faisal islam reports.after a chilly reception from some retailers to her budget tax rises, the chancellor is now in search of some fast growth in the economy. so what's this machine doing? the budget brought stability back to our economy, brought stability back to our public finances, and also created the opportunity for the uk to boost public investment in things like energy and schools and hospitals. but we need, we know we need to do more to grow our economy. the chancellor was opening this london laboratory, experimenting with state—of—the—art personalised immune therapies. she says successful british companies like quell often don't get the very biggest investments needed to grow into world—beaters because our pension funds are too small. she's going to force them to merge into mega funds. this is the kind of decision that will help us get access to that capital and mean that we can actually build quell therapeutics out as a meaningful, uk—based biotech. made in britain. so made in britain from the sc

faisal islam, our. what happens. faisal islam, our economics editor. us election, let's take a brief look at other some of today's other stories. the prince of wales has told the bbc that his wife is doing "really well" following her cancer diagnosis earlier this year. prince william was speaking in cape town ahead of tonight's earthshot prize ceremony. the competition is an annual award giving a million pounds to the five most environmentally innovative projects. the earthshot encompasses urgent optimism. that's what we're here for. and as i think you'll see tonight, the amount of youth from africa who will be in here, they'll be letting you know and letting everyone know that it matters to them. and without them, you know, the future is looking pretty bleak. our audiences would want to know, how is the princess? she's doing really well, thanks. and hopefully she's watching tonight and sort of cheering me on. no, she's been amazing this whole year, and i know she'd be really keen to see tonight he a success. three men have been arrested on suspicion o

faisal sarah smith, our north america editor there.night, newsnight asks, what does elon musk get in return for his political investment? musk rocket—boosted trump's campaign. his car company has increased a fifth in value since trump's re—election, but what is he trying to achieve? our guests include elon musk�*s father. watch at 10:30pm on bbc two, bbc news or bbc iplayer. that is coming up with faisal, not long to go there. in his first interview since donald trump won the american presidential election, the foreign secretary, david lammy, has told the bbc his previous strong criticisms of mr trump are "old news" and he had felt "in his bones" the president—elect would win for some months. he also said the government would seek to ensure no import taxes — tariffs — were imposed by america on the uk. mr lammy has been speaking to adam fleming and our political editor chris mason, on the bbc�*s newscast podcast. foreign secretary, how are you doing? being foreign secretary is all about shaking hands with folk and getting on with peopl

as faisal islam reports.rom some retailers to her budget tax rises, the chancellor is now in search of some fast growth in the economy. so what's this machine doing? the budget brought stability back to our economy, brought stability back to our public finances, and also created the opportunity for the uk to boost public investment in things like energy and schools and hospitals. but we need we know we need to do more to grow our economy. the chancellor was opening this london laboratory, experimenting with state—of—the art personalised immune therapies. she says successful british companies like quell often don't get the very biggest investments needed to grow into world beaters because our pension funds are too small. she's going to force them to merge into mega funds. this is the kind of decision that will help us get access to that capital and mean that we can actually build quell therapeutics out as a meaningful, uk—based biotech. made in britain? made in britain. so made in britain from the science in t

faisal islam, bbc news.rammaticas in westminster. let's go through the governor's remarks from last night. this is an interesting _ remarks from last night. t�*i 3 is an interesting intervention and interesting as well because you didn't have just the governor of the bank of england, but the chancellor rachel reeves as well, both talking about the desire to improve the relationship with the eu. it is significant for the eu. it is significant for the governor of the bank of england who has gone further than he has before an significant that he wanted to point out, i think, that in his view the reality is that leaving the eu, brexit, has crimped the uk's trade and therefore its growth and the potential of the economy. but you need to see this in context. the chancellor is saying that the government wants to recalibrate the relationship with the eu, to improve trade and investment, but that is still a very limited ambition because she does not want to join the customs union and the single market, which will be

faisal islam, bbc news.al correspondent damian grammaticas about how the governor's remarks have been recieved. you had the chancellor, rachel reeves, as well, they're both talking about the desire to improve the relationship with the eu. significant for the governor of the bank of england. he's gone further than he has before and significant that he wanted to point out, i think that, in his view, the reality is that the leaving the eu, brexit has crimped the uk's trade and therefore its growth and the sort of potential of the economy. i think what you need to do, though, is you need to see this in sort of context. so the chancellor is saying the government wants to recalibrate the relationship with the eu to improve trade and investment, but that is still a very limited ambition because she does not want to rejoin the customs union. nor the single market, things would be a step change and even things that you heard there the in that report from faisal islam talk about a mobility agreement, greater ability f

faisal islam, bbc news.sions select committee. what do you think of this idea of mega pension funds? there are two very — of mega pension funds? there are two very different - of mega pension funds? there are two very different things, l are two very different things, quite different things going on here. the first is dc, basically private sector where you send your own money for pension, your pot and you are taking the risk and that is taken off with auto enrolled in the next four years, and on the other hand we have got local government pension schemes which sit there with assets. you would think that it would be easier for the government to tell the local government pension tell the local

faisal islam, bbc news.t three years — that's15% of its workforce here. it's part of a major restructuring programme which will see 4,000 posts closed across europe. the company said the cuts were due to difficult trading conditions, strict new environmental controls, and weak demand for electric vehicles. it is the second round ofjob cuts at ford in less than two years. president—elect donald trump has selected two more unconventional nominees for his administration — the billionaire professional wrestling mogul, linda mcmahon, as his education secretary — and a renowned heart surgeon with a long tv career but no government experience called mehmet oz for a key role in health. both are loyal trump supporters. 0ur north america correspondent, john sudworth, reports from washington. linda mcmahon! meet america's new education secretary — at least she will be, if congress approves. linda mcmahon was once a media mogul in the multi—billion dollar and often make—believe world of wrestling. no more holiday weight

faisal islam, bbc news.n the world today — alec baldwin's movie rust premieres, three years after cinematographer halyna hutchins was fatally shot on set. and we'll look back on the glittering professional career of the spanish tennis player, rafael nadal around the world and across the uk. this is the world today on bbc news. the human rights campaign appointed by harrods to represent the women who say they were sexually assaulted by mohammed al fayed says she has so far written to 290 women but thinks there are others who have yet to come forward. damejasvinder sanghera says the scale of al fayed's abuse could be similar to that ofjimmy savile s. speaking to the bbc in her first interview she says the late billionaire businessman s tentacles went far and wide. our correspondent ellie price reports. it has been two months since the bbc documentary about mohammed al fayed was released, and the skill of his abuse is still not clear. i had to shred all of the evidence... 290 women are currently engaged in a co

she's been outlining her plans to our economics editor, faisal islam.affect first and foremost the _ going to do? it will affect first and foremost the people in i going to do? it will affect first i and foremost the people in these pension schemes, millions of members, primarily in the local government pension scheme but not just that because these schemes determine the channelling of hundreds of billions of pounds of savings into investments. in her argument, this is done better in other countries, the money gets to big infrastructure projects, high—growth companies. in britain often it is pension funds from outside, from these countries that have better systems like canada and australia. she wants it to be consolidated into eight funds. in pensions, bigger is better. 0ur pension funds in britain are too small to be making the investments that get a good return for people saving for retirement and to help our economy to grow. australia and canada probably have the best pension funds anywhere in the world, and the reason they are so successful is that

faisal islam, bbc news.e latest official figures. growth was lower than expected and the office for national statistics said activity was subdued across most industries during the three months. our business correspondent marc ashdown talked me through the numbers. it was a really strong start to the year. we had a couple of good quarters of growth and now it seems to have sort of spluttered or gone a bit flat. gdp, of course, is a sort of temperature test really, for the economy, how fast it�*s growing or not. we get monthly and we get quarterly figures that are monthly ones do tend to sort ofjump around a bit. so september dipped into reverse overall went into negative growth. but it�*s the quarterly ones. you get four readings over the course of the year, which are the key. if you look at that chart now, which has just popped up there very handily. back end of last year, we had two consecutive negative quarters of growth. that�*s the red blocks. that means we officially entered a recession but pretty quick

faisal islam, bbc news.s morning _ lack thereof. rachel reeves said this morning she - lack thereof. rachel reeves said this morning she was l lack thereof. rachel reeves l said this morning she was not satisfied with those growth figures and said that she was determined to turn that around. remember that labour said their number one mission coming into government was to grow the economy. they have set themselves a target in their manifesto of the fastest economic growth in the g7. manifesto of the fastest economic growth in the 67. it's worse i know quite a long way off at the moment. we are currently fifth out of those seven countries, the fifth fastest growing economy. and i suppose the context all this is was what you heard in the piece there is obviously the wider international context, does the uk looked towards the eu, for example? does it try and tie ourselves closer to the eu and look at those relationships there but at the same time you get the president elect in the us, donald trump, talking about

she outlined her plans to the bbc�*s faisal islam. uk pensions minister from 2015 — 16. we don't have the outline yet, but what do you make of it it sounds unworthy, but whether it sounds unworthy, but whether it turns out to be a major and radical shake—up that helps bill boost growth depends on what has been proposed. joining funds together themselves if not invested in any way will not invested in any way will not boost britain. but if having biggerfunds in place and requiring them to invest a certain proportion in the uk, that could be a game changer. we have not heard whether or not that will happen. and it is not that will happen. and it is not going to be a quick exercise to merge all these funds together. this is very complicated. of course, it might help, but it is not a guarantee. one of the things i would love to see is if the government were to say, look taxpayers are putting £70 billion a year into everybody pass pensions, what about if at least some of the money has to be invested into uk assets, whether in stock markets

carlos cuerpo, spain's ministerfor economy, trade and business, told our economics editor faisal islam. actually, what we're seeing today is an increase in frequency in these events and also an increase in the impact. so that's actually when you look also at the at the different determinants of the floods, usually in valencia, these dangers, they happen on a recurrent basis. but now as i said the time range is getting shorter and shorter. and also usually they happen early in the year. but now the temperature of the mediterranean is higher. so it's undoubtedly, there is an a connection between climate change and what's going on, not only in spain but throughout the world. so, on its own, it already merits all the investments that we will put in fighting climate change. but again, for spain it's proven to be compatible with stronger growth and more competitiveness. so it's really a no—brainer. the boss of one of the world's top online travel firms has told me that generative ai will transform his business. glenn fogel runs booking holdings, the company behind booking.com and other trave

organisation wrote: save the children is devastated and outraged at the killing of staff member ahmad faisal second colleague killed in gaza. we condemn this attack in the strongest terms and demand an investigation. for more on world central kitchen here is nick beake. they said they are they said they are shocked and heartbroken with what happened. the reports from khan younis are that three of their workers were killed earlier today. certainly there has been a lot of footage that has emerged. there are grieving relatives. some families coming to the mortuary to see their loved ones in body bags. one of those body bags had a t—shirt with the name of the charity emblazoned on it. as you are saying the idf has said that it did carry out this drone strike, that it targeted a specific car, that it had been monitoring it, it had been watching it, and then the drone was called into action. and the reason they say that is because one of the men inside, the israelis claim, took part in the hamas attacks on october the hamas attacks on october the 7th and they say that is why they carried it out. t

carlos cuerpo — spain's ministerfor economy, trade and business — told our economics editor faisal islamne the case for investment in green energy. actually, what we're seeing today is an increase in frequency in these events and also an increase in the impact. so that's actually when you look also at the, at the different determinants of the floods, usually in valencia, these dangers, they happen on a recurrent basis. but now, as i said, the time range is getting shorter and shorter. and also usually they happen early in the year. but now the temperature of the mediterranean is higher. so it's undoubtedly, there is a connection between climate change and what's going on, not only in spain but throughout the world. so, on its own, it already merits all the investments that we will put in fighting climate change. but again, for spain it's proven to be compatible with stronger growth and more competitiveness. so it's really a no—brainer. let's turn to china now and tech giant xiaomi corporation. it says revenues jumped by a third in the three months to september. the firm is the world's th

he's been speaking to our economics editor, faisal islam. the path of the rates is downward from hered _ downward from here. you will see how quickly and how- downward from here. you will i see how quickly and how much. i emphasise the word gradual the reason is there are a lot of risks out there but at the world in large use of risks. at the budget but change in economic policy and it was inflationary.— economic policy and it was inflationary. there is some inflation — inflationary. there is some inflation impact _ inflationary. there is some inflation impact from - inflationary. there is some inflation impact from it, i inflationary. there is some | inflation impact from it, but let me put that in context. in our assessment we are still on track to have inflation sustainably back a target over the 2-3% sustainably back a target over the 2—3% overrides that we looked at in the budget has not changed. you're live with bbc news. three people have been charged in connection with the death of the former 0ne direction singer liam payne — who fell from a third—floor balcony of a hotel in b

here's our economics editor faisal islam.the? boss, this might bring a bout of inflation back again.— boss, this might bring a bout of inflation back again. they bring it down by another _ inflation back again. they bring it down by another .25%, _ inflation back again. they bring it down by another .25%, that - inflation back again. they bring it down by another .25%, that is . inflation back again. they bring it i down by another .25%, that is going to mean £1800 a year to me in terms of savings. thanks ever so much. and i havejust of savings. thanks ever so much. and i have just been of savings. thanks ever so much. and i havejust been hit of savings. thanks ever so much. and i have just been hit with, of savings. thanks ever so much. and i havejust been hit with, if of savings. thanks ever so much. and i have just been hit with, if you add those up, probably £60,000 worth of costs due and i were to the government. so consequently we cannot allow that to happen, we have to pass those costs on, that is the only way we can s

urfan sharif, his wife, beinash batool, and urfan's brother, faisal malik, all deny murder and causingiel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. these satellite images. it sits on the pacific— these satellite images. it sits on the pacific of _ these satellite images. it sits on the pacific of various - on the pacific of various tectonic plates. now to azerbaijan and day three of the climate summit, cop 29, where the united nations chief antonio guterres has told leaders of small islands that they have "every right to be angry". the small island developing states are recognised by the un as particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels and more extreme weather as the world warms. this is some of what mr guterres had to say to their leaders. you have every right to be angry, and i am too. you are on the sharp end of a colossal injustice, an injustice that sees the very future of your islands threatened by rising seas, your people pounded by record hurricanes, your economies torn apart, and development gains left in tatters. this is an injustice perpetrated by the few. the g20 accounts fo

urfan sharif, his wife beinash batool and macro's brother faisal malik all deny murder and causing orr homebase has been sold, in a rescue deal securing up to 1,600 jobs and 70 stores, but leaving the future of its remaining 2,000 workers and 49 shops unclear. 0ur correspondent colletta smith is in altrincham. so who has bought it? if you have not heard of— so who has bought it? if you have not heard of the _ so who has bought it? if you have not heard of the company - so who has bought it? if you have not heard of the company cts, i so who has bought it? if you have | not heard of the company cts, you are much more likely to have heard of their named brands, which is the range. that particular store that has been expanding so rapidly over recent years has been one of the main headaches for homebase. with other rivals like b and time, they have been eating into the homebase market at the lower end, at the same time as homebase has really struggled with the competition from the big diy giants b&q and screw fix and successive owners of homebase over the last decade or more have struggle

urfan sharif, sara's stepmother beinash batool, and uncle, faisal malik, have all denied murder.e is one of 18 people who have been given lengthy jail sentences after being convicted of people smuggling offences. more than 100 boats and 1,000 life jackets were seized, as part of a europe—wide operation targeting a gang thought to be behind more than 10,000 small boat crossings to the uk. the prince of wales has described south africa's community of park rangers as risking their lives every day from illegal poachers. this afternoon in cape town, prince william announced a series of measures to better protect park rangers and their families. his four—day tour will culminate with his earthshot prize award ceremony — an annual award that gives a million pound prizes to the best environmental innovations. that's all from me. back now to clive in washington with all the developments there in this most important of us elections. clive. thank you, fiona. there have been some early indicators in the last few minutes about what voters care most about. our north america editor sarah smith c

beinash batool and faisal malik are in the dock at the old bailey, alongside sara's father, urfan sharifall deny murder and causing or allowing sara's death in surrey last year. mr sharif accepted "full responsibility" for her death under cross—examination last week, but maintains he didn't intend to kill her. a man has admitted being the owner of an xl bully dog which killed his neighbour. ian langley was attacked in a village near sunderland last october. today, at newcastle crown court, christopher bell pleaded guilty to being the owner. he'll be sentenced injanuary. the president of the national farmers' union is accusing the government of an extraordinary betrayal, over its plans to charge some farmers inheritance tax. sir keir starmer said today, he understands the issue is causing concern. it's, getting noisier by the day and we are nearly three weeks on from the budget. we have a foretaste of what's to come tomorrow, i think, at the weekend, the labour conference in wales, in llandudno on the north wales and, look at this, the motorcade of tractors, noisy tractors and noisy farme

urfan sharif, beinash batool, and urfan's brother, faisal malik, all deny murder.n monday. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. there's been more flooding in spain, this time in the north—eastern region of girona. cars were washed away by a torrent of water gushing down a street in the town of cadaques, causing them to pile up and block a bridge. it comes just over a week since more than 200 people died, mostly in the valencia region, in the worst floods in decades. charlotte gallagher has the latest. a road becomes a river as dozens of cars are swept away in surging floodwater. there left crumpled and twisted, their path blocked by a bridge. luckily no—one was injured. now the clean—up begins. forecasters had warned of heavy rain in the town and say the area is facing more extreme weather tonight and tomorrow. more than 300 miles away in the valencia area, another community in spain counts the cost of flooding. mud and debris still lies in the streets here. last week, more than 200 people were killed. in the country's worst natural disaster in living memo

urfan sharif, beinash batool, and his brother, faisal malik, all deny murder and causing or allowingtide, is calling for greater awareness of drug risks, after the government announced plans to roll it out to some unemployed people to help them back to work. susan mcgowan is believed to be the first person in the uk whose death has been officially linked to the drug — also known as mawnjaro. our reporter catriona macphee has more. # i see you! susan was such a bubbly person. she was really generous. she was really kind and she was the life of the party. she was everyone's auntie susie. i think susan always held a wee bit of extra weight and she just wanted to do something a bit different this time to try to lose weight may be a bit quicker. there were never any health concerns. she wasn't on any other medication. with a holiday coming up, susan visited an online pharmacy and was prescribed tirzepatide under the brand name mounjaro. initially, she experienced minor side effects. but after two weeks on the lowest dose, she became very ill. she had severe sickness and went to a&e just a

he'll say the uk must "welcome opportunities to rebuild relations" with the eu. 0ur economics editor, faisalt there have been consequences to brexit that have particularly affected goods trade, and that britain must be alert to and welcome opportunities to rebuild relations with the european union. now, in a way, that is a statement of what is the government policy, but this comes at an extraordinary time in world trade diplomacy. obviously, the election of donald trump as president of the us has raised fears and concerns about the application of trade tariffs of all trade into the us. and that is a scenario — i've heard it myself from donald trump's advisors over the past few years — that a country like the united kingdom sort of has to choose whether it needs to be closer to the us or closer to the eu. so, that is some of the context in the background of all of this. we can speak to vicky pryce, chief economic adviser to the centre for economics and business research. good to have you with us. thank you for your time. i think many people would acknowledge that conversations around brexit a

as faisal islam reports. now in search of some fast growth in the economy.

urfan sharif, beinash batool, and urfan�*s brother, faisal malik, all deny murder.k smog has been engulfing pakistan's second biggest city, lahore, for a week. schools are closed and people are being urged to work from home, because the smog contains pollution levels which are hazardous to health. many hundreds of people have been admitted to hospital with pollution—related conditions. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, reports from the capital islamabad. the bitter haze of thick pollution — cloaking the buildings... ..choking the roads... ..hanging over homes. smog is inescapable in lahore. for over a week, the air quality index here has been registered at record highs — over 1,000, when anything above 300 is considered hazardous. translation: if you use your bike in the afternoon, - your eyes start to burn and you have difficulty breathing. translation: smog hurts the throat, causes cough and flu. _ we get sick and can't breathe properly. masks are mandatory. schools in some districts have been told to close and give lessons online. parks and other publi

and faisal will have more on this on newsnight on bbc two shortly.eople with poor mental health into work? we quiz the education secretary, bridget phillipson. and whether pushy parents are gaming the exam system with extra time for their children. therese coffey, jo swinson and barry gardiner are on newsnight. and the inside track on the isreali—lebanon ceasefire. a busy one — on bbc two, bbc iplayer and bbc news at 10:30. all right, five or, thanks for that. one of america's most wanted men, has been arrested in north wales, 21 years after a double bombing in san francisco. daniel andreas san diego, who's a6, has appeared before magistrates and now faces extradition to the us. daniel sandford is here. yes, he spent more than 21 years on the run, and for 15 of those he was on the fbi's most wanted terrorist list. yesterday he was arrested near some woodland in conwy in north wales, a surreal end to more than two decades on the run. daniel san diego was 25 years old when he allegedly carried out two bomb attacks in california, the first double at a t

speaking to our economics editor faisal islam after the bank lowered interest rates to 4.75% from 5%,flation crisis, it was "good news" that inflation had come down "faster and further" than we expected. well, the good news is — and this is really what's driving the cut primarily — is that inflation has come down not only a long way, but it's actually come down faster and further by this point in time than we expected it to. and obviously, that's really very good news. so, just to give you an example, it's about 1% lower now than a year ago, we thought it would be now. so that's good — and that's really what's given us the confidence to to make the next cut. i do think it will probably go up a bit in the coming months — that's to do really with with unwind of energy price effects. but let me emphasise a bit, because these are quite small movements compared to — very small movements compared to what we've seen. and so, we can draw a line under this, these years of crisis? well, you can never draw a line under the whole, obviously, the challenge of inflation. that's ourjob, and we do it

and andrew bailey, the governor of the bank of england, has been talking to faisal about it.the path of rates is downward from here for we'll see how quickly and how much. i do emphasise the word gradual, which we've used. and the reason for that is that there are a lot of risks out there, both in the world at large and also domestically. we've still got, still got risks, so we'll have to judge that carefully. but, you know, i would say i think the path is downward. i always love listening to andrew bailey because you can hear in his cadences and formulations of each of each letter, the weighting and the kind of freighting and the calibration of every single word. i mean, i was doing my thing last night. there were a whole bunch of votes in parliament on the budget, and i was standing in my little place where i stand because when these votes, you're not allowed in the members lobby. you're allowed in the ways and means corridor. and i was standing there and a member of the cabinet came up to me and said, nick, i've got to talk to you. and this is always a good moment. it's al

thejury has previously been told that he and sara's uncle faisal malik had given dental impressions andstepmother beinash batool did refuse to give a dental impression. the three defendants all deny murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. the trial continues.- child. the trial continues. helena wilkinson, _ child. the trial continues. helena wilkinson, thank— child. the trial continues. helena wilkinson, thank you. _ australia could become the first country in the world to ban children under 16 from using social media. the prime minister says legislation due to be introduced next week, will support parents who he says are "worried sick." our correspondent katy watson, sent this report. it's been called world first legislation, bold plans australia's government says will protect kids from the dangers of social media. new rules will mean accessing apps like instagram, facebook, tiktok and x will be off—limits to anybody under 16. the details of the legislation haven't yet been debated. it is expected to be introduced to parliament this month. but there won't be any exemptions

currently "too small" and are holding back the economy and has been outlining her plans to the bbc�*s faisalo her by the tax rises the chancellor is in search of fast growth in the economy. search of fast growth in the economy-— search of fast growth in the econom . ~ . , , economy. what is this machine doinu ? economy. what is this machine doing? for— economy. what is this machine doing? for the _ economy. what is this machine doing? for the budget - economy. what is this machine doing? for the budget i - economy. what is this machine doing? for the budget i have i doing? for the budget i have brought stability back to the economy and our public finances and also —— created the opportunity for the u.k.'s to opportunity for the u. k.'s to boost opportunity for the u.k.'s to boost public investment in energy and schools and hospitals, but we need... know we need to do more to grow our economy. we need to do more to grow our economy-— we need to do more to grow our econom . ,, ., , ., , economy. --uk. she was opening this london _ economy. --uk. she was opening this london laboratory, _ this l

faisal malika also denies murder as well as beinash batool and sara. —— urfan sharif.roll—out of a new nhs screening programme. the initiative saw mobile trucks target football grounds, supermarkets and town centres in communities with a high prevalence of the disease. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports. you had your operation, how long ago was that now? yeah, it was, uh, nearly two and a half years ago. good. everything been 0k since then? yeah. — everything's fine. phil is one of the lucky ones. an invite to one of the nhs mobile screening clinics led to the discovery he had lung cancer. but crucially, it was detected early. something that made a huge difference to his chances of beating the disease. just go and have it done for peace of mind. or, if you need treatment, it'll be sorted straightaway. don't ignore it. i was very lucky. it's more spacious when you're in there than you think it is. i it's not an mri, it's not a tunnel, and it only takes two minutes, i so you're in and out very, very quickly. since the introduction of mobile lung screening cl

bunting the rule does was create a rider for faisal by utilities to right size projects.s an issue pending on the hearing so i'm not going to ask you to prejudge. we have will love your thoughts on the big picture how do you balance the need forow competite and market driven projects with an incumbent power? >> easy questions. >> you have 30 seconds. overall i think the rule continuede commission support fr competitive transmission standing that was started and will still be implemented under this rule and there will still be competitive transmission planning as the rule. as far as the limited right of refusal that is included in the rules forth rightsizing don't really see that as a huge shift or a huge competition because if you think about how these projects were going to be built without this rule these are projects that the incumbent utility already has the ability to build under order 890 in 1000 these are her placements and upgrades that they have the right of first refusal to build and that means they are going to build that project whether it's the most cost-effe

faisal islam is in central london for us.reaction in world markets. the ayew of the dollar in world markets was up of the dollar in world markets was up sharply. us stock markets were up. one to an all—time high. and within that, rather intriguingly, the value of tesla went up by 110 billion. and it's part owner, elon musk, a key supporter of donald trump, his stake went up by $14 billion. it is part of a relief rally because we are no longer in limbo. but now we have the focus on what trump will actually do. first, there is big tax cuts against an economy where borrowing is already ballooning is likely to increase that debt by 7 trillion, and you will see a reaction in the markets. also, a reflection that potentially inflation will be higher and

urfan sharif, beinash batool, and urfan's brother, faisal malik, all deny murder.t of extra weight and she just wanted to do something a bit different this time to try to lose weight may be a bit quicker. there were never any health concerns. she wasn't on any other medication. with a holiday coming up, susan visited an online pharmacy and was prescribed tirzepatide under the brand name mounjaro. initially, she experienced minor side effects. but after two weeks on the lowest dose, she became very ill. so when she had the severe sickness and went to a&e just a couple of days after the stomach pain started. it was two days after she was in accident and emergency that she basically went into a coma. and didn't wake up from it. and as she was in the coma, every organ started to fail. susan died in early september at the age of 58. her death certificate lists the cause of death as multiple organ failure, septic shock, pancreatitis, and use of prescribed tirzepadide was approved for use as a weight loss aid in the uk in 2023 by the medicines regulator the mhra. mhra run

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faisal islam, bbc news.in the uk over the next three years. that's15% of its workforce here. it's part of a major restructuring programme, which will see 4,000 posts closed across europe. it is the second round ofjob cuts at ford in less than two years. here's our business correspondent theo leggett. the 15,000 dagenham workers... ford is one of the best—known brands in britain with a long history here, but right now it is struggling. this is the second round ofjob cuts in less than two years and the company says it has little choice. the competition _ says it has little choice. the competition is _ says it has little choice. tue: competition is becoming says it has little choice. t5t;5: competition is becoming more aggressive. as we made the switch to electric vehicles, customer demand has not kept up with what the previous forecasts were, so it is a much more competitive environment than we have ever seen before and we need to take action now to make sure we are fit for the future. sometimes it went fast —

urfan sharif, beinash batool, and his brother, faisal marek, all —— faisal malik. all deny murder. government watchdog criticises a lack of market competition, and warns price caps might be needed. saved from closure — we'll hear from the under—threat children's hospice which has reached its fundraising target at the 11th hour. coming up on bbc news: things hotting up in golf�*s race to dubai, with england's paul waring setting the pace with an 11 under par second round in abu dhabi. the family of a nurse who died after taking the weight—loss aid tirzepatide is calling for greater awareness of drug risks, after the government announced plans to roll it out to some unemployed people to help them back to work. susan mcgowan is believed to be the first person in the uk whose death has been officially linked to the drug, also known as mounjaro. our reporter catriona macphee has more. # i see you! susan was such a bubbly person. she was really generous. she was really kind and she was the life of the party. she was everyone's auntie susie. i think susan always held a wee bit of extra we

thank you, faisal islam.ng people across the channel has been arrested in the netherlands. dutch, belgian and british authorities were involved in the operation. the aa—year—old turkish national will be extradited to face charges in belgium. this arrest makes an important milestone in one of the nca�*s most significant investigations into organised immigration crime and it demonstrates the importance of this work with our european partners. working with them we are determined to target, disrupt and dismantle the criminal gangs putting these boats in the water and that is these individuals anywhere in the world. a leading prostate cancer charity says a national screening programme for the condition would lead to more earlier diagnoses, and make it easier to treat. prostate cancer research says picking up the signs sooner could improve both survival rates and quality of life. it�*s after the olympic cyclist, sir chris hoy, spoke about his own terminal cancer diagnosis last week. the consumer group which says it

our economic editor, faisal islam, has the story.any reasons why the british economy has been sluggish in recent years. extra goods trade barriers with our nearest neighbours after brexit haven't helped, and the government says it wants to do something about them. but when britain's top financiers gathered in the city of london to hear the famous mansion house address from the chancellor and the bank of england governor, andrew bailey went further than he has before on this topic. now, i've said many times as a public official, i take no position on brexit per se, and that's very important. but i do have to point out consequences. the changing trading relationship with the eu has weighed on the level of potential supply. the impact on trade seems to be more in goods than services, which i don't think is particularly surprising, but it underlines why we must be alert to and welcome opportunities to rebuild relations while respecting that very important decision of the british people. while those opportunities are coming, spain's finan

faisal islam, bbc news.ent forfarm and rural affairs has been pressing for tougher rules. its appeal has been rejected by the treasury. 0ur political correspondent can join us now. this is something that is not going away. it was announced in the budget and there has been a for rory around this. i budget and there has been a for rory around this. ~ budget and there has been a for rory around thie— around this. i think it has. it is curowin around this. i think it has. it is growing and — around this. i think it has. it is growing and growing. - around this. i think it has. it is growing and growing. the i around this. i think it has. it is growing and growing. the big | around this. i think it has. it is i growing and growing. the big ticket item of the budget and what has dominated a lot of conversation in westminster is the rise in employers national insurance. when i speak to labour mps, they say constituents they speak to are relatively relaxed about it. rural labour mps and after the general election la

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our economics editor faisal islam reports. cheering.er no illusions about the scale of the challenges that we face, the difficult choices that we will have to make. there is a budget coming in october, and it's going to be painful. not the best news for the chancellor today as she visited an oxfordshire lab to see if a new form of fusion energy could fuel britain's future growth. it reached 100 million celsius, hotter than the sun or anywhere else in the solar system. the same can't be said right now for the british economy. we create the plasma and then we hold it there with the magnets. of course we want that growth to be stronger and to be felt by families across the united kingdom. we've now had that budget last month. that has drawn a line under the economic chaos and mismanagement of the last few years. do you accept at all that that three—month hiatus of doom and gloom could have affected spirits in the economy and dampened them such that we get barely any growth at all? we've had barely any growth in the uk economy for more than