faisal islam talkin: man himself. faisal islam talking to _ man himself.f. faisal islam talking to me earlier. - injapan, the world's longest—serving death row prisoner has been acquitted — more than a half a century after his conviction in a quadruple murder. a former boxer, iwao hakamada had been found guilty of killing his boss, the man's wife and their children — back in the 1960s. but the new evidence proved him to be innocent. the case has been one ofjapan s most high—profile legal sagas, our tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. saul lehrfreund is co—founder of ngo the death penalty project. i asked him about hakamada's health after being incarcerated for so long. this is not surprising, that iwao hakamada is struggling with his mental and physical health. he was detained for 46 years on death row in solitary confinement under 24—hour surveillance. one of the very harsh features of the death penalty injapan is that they are simply not given any nodes of execution. executions are carried out in secret. iwao hakamada would have woken up every da

thank you, faisal islam. _ will go up next april.ou, faisal islam, economics editor. | dame sarah storey has extended her record as the most successful british paralympian, winning gold in paris in the women's cycling time trial. she's now won 18 golds in her career. with that and the rest of the paralympics news, here's andy swiss. it is one of british sport's most gloriously familiar sights, dame sarah storey on top of the podium. but goodness, she had to work for it. storey described the women's time trial course, only half the length of the men's, as appalling. her ride, though, was anything but. she had trailed in the early stage, but a late charge saw her snatch the gold. commentator: it's going to be close, but dame sarah storey has done it. - it is the latest chapter in a remarkable career. it's now 32 years since her paralympic debut as a swimmer. she came to these games with 17 golds. now she has an 18th to add to that collection. just look at the effort etched on her face. there were three other british medals in the cycli

faisal islam, our economics editor, is in liverpool.one in rachel reeves�* speech and what could it mean for next month's budget? i was struck by the clear change of tone, conscious recalibration of the message we heard from the prime ministerjust a month ago that it was going to be a painful budget. that seems to have had some consequences with consumers. we have seen sentiment numbers dipped this month, we have seen some saying they saw an impact in real time data dash maik taylor saying. this is an impact if you like to reassure in that area because it is important to feel good factor from lower interest rates is passed through so instead we saw the optimism, the smiles, the promise not to return to austerity. i think this will flow through to some tangible changes to policy, particularly in the area of long—term spending, on investment, buildings and railways and roads, which is currently constrained by the government's self—imposed borrowing rules. clear hints today and repeated talk from the chancellor that they are going to look

here's our economics editor, faisal islam.as supposed to have been boosted by a consumer spending spree around summer's sporting success, such as at the euros football. today's figures, though, and the experience of players at this seven—a—side league in manchester, is that the recovery is pretty fragile. i wouldn't say the cost of living crisis is over. um, i guess we're in a period of change, though, with the government changing. food prices went up insanely during covid and they've never come back down again. and so we're still getting price gouged for, like, day—to—day groceries. and paying more tax doesn't fix that. all the taxes and everything. i feel like maybe they could be directed to people that - are more well—off because, - you know, we're struggling already. in northamptonshire, at a technical college next to the silverstone grand prix track, the chancellor was hailing an £8 billion data centre investment from tech giant amazon, but defended her decision to scrap universal winter fuel payments. we've had to take d

faisal islam there.n in ayrshire to identify the causes of violence and what better support could be offered to young people. just let me remind you of events in the middle east, with of course further attacks across the israel lebanon border and crucially the latest israeli attack, let�*s show you some live pictures from beirut, and you can see the emergency vehicles still out on the street with crowds still out. the latest attack has targeted a senior hezbollah commander, ibrahim aqil in beirut, and the precise intelligence israel has about hezbollah, you might remember back injuly an air strike also in a hezbollah stronghold, killed the... its military operations in today�*s attack is seen as another humiliation for hezbollah, a hundred of pagers and walkie—talkies used by the group have exploded and it�*s brought chaos and panic right across lebanon. it�*s been a huge security breach. showing israel has penetrated hezbollah�*s communication system. of course we are seeing voices still calling for cal

faisal islam, too happy with the uk either. faisal islam. thank _ too happy with the uk either.andom machete attack have been speaking about their devestation and loss in court. two 12—year—old boys have been found guilty of murdering shawn seesahai in a park near his home in wolverhampton. they'll be sentenced tomorrow. phil mackie is at nottingham crown court for us. this is day one of the sentencing. his family who are in anguilla can't afford to come over for the sentencing so they were watching via video link. a statement on their behalf was read out and they said his murder has left a huge hole in the pit of their stomachs which nothing can fill. they won went on to say they are devastated at a family, totally heartbroken and confused. they talked about the impact it has had on shawn's 15—year—old sister and her mental health. we have learned more about the 212—year—olds, the youngest people to convicted of murder in this country since the james bulger killers in the 1990s. one of them revealed he had been exploited and traffic towards older boys who encouraged him towards

here s our economics editor, faisal islam. have been boosted by a consumer spending spree around summer's sporting success, such as at the euros football. today's figures, though, and the experience of players at this seven—a—side league in manchester, is that the recovery is pretty fragile. i wouldn't say the cost of living crisis is over. um, i guess we're in a period of change, though, with the government changing. food prices went up insanely during covid and they've never come back down again. and so we're still getting price gouged for, like, day—to—day groceries. and paying more tax doesn't fix that. all the taxes and everything. i feel like maybe they could be directed to people that - are more well—off because, - you know, we're struggling already. in northamptonshire, at a technical college next to the silverstone grand prix track, the chancellor was hailing an £8 billion data centre investment from tech giant amazon, but defended her decision to scrap universal winter fuel payments. we've had to take difficult decis

with me is economics editor faisal islam. he is clearly not happy, is he, mr musk? , mr musk? the context of this is the international _ mr musk? the context of this is the international investment. the international investment summit is for the new government absolutely essential in terms of their agenda, which is to get loads of investment in the industries of the future, times a bit tight in terms of public money can be deathly need international investments. in the sectors that they are particularly focused on, al, electric vehicles, even a bit of space industry, elon musk is the lead industry, elon musk is the lead in the opener in the world and he would be a leader can set to a ten foot up he was invited to attend the same summit last year by the same government and he took a starring role in the ai summit by rishi sunak. rishi sunak ended up interviewing him, actually. this is a tricky one when the same guy that does that then post a whole load of inflammatory comments on his own website that he owns in the middle of some serious social disorder and writing i

faisal islam has more on this. .., ., , , on this.nt - on this. the context of this is the | international investment summit, on this. the context of this is the - international investment summit, for the government it's absolutely essential in terms of their agenda, which is to get loads of investment in the industries of the future. times are tight in terms of public money, you deathly need international investors, there will be 300 them in the uk in the middle of october. you would think that in the sectors they are particularly focused on, electric vehicles, ai, it may be a bit of space industry too, elon musk is the leading entrepreneur in the world. he'd be a leading candidate to attend — indeed, he was invited to attend the same summit by the previous government and took a starring role in the ai summit hosted by rishi sunak, and sunak end up interviewing him actually for youtube. so this is a tricky one when the same guy that does that then post a whole load of inflammatory comments on his own website that he owns, on his own

we can talk over live with faisal islam now.t they need to make tough decisions. fix, need to make tough decisions. mixed message from the chancellor, that interview coming on the day that we got those gdp, economic growth figures forjuly, showing the economy did not grow for two months on the trot. although if you take a longer term measure, it is up 0.5%. and mixed messages in the data reflected in the mixed messages from the chancellor, that on the one hand she went on again about how bad the inheritance was from the previous government, very consistent message, very singular message from the prime minister and the chancellor on that, but on the other hand, she is lauding, the reason why she's here at the silverstone circuit, is to laud the investment in data centres from amazon web services. an £8 billion investment, they will be training some of their apprentices at a college on this site. so you have the sort of duality. she is trying to make this political case that the economy was terrible that she inherited from the prev

our economics editor faisal islam was at the bank of england for the decision — he says there are alsoon but that rates are on the way down. i think the general impression that you get is of the bank of england ready to cut again this year butjust a little bit cautious right now. if you like the main inflation forest fire is out but some of those inflationary embers are still there. they are a little bit worried they might catch fire again. we see it in the service sector, may be in some of the wage data, they are not entirely sure it is completely done, the after effect, if you like, of the massive inflationary shocks we have seen over the past two or three years. so they are taking it slowly. well, in the last hour, faisal has been speaking to bank of england governor andew bailey. here's what he had to say about their decision to keep rates on hold. well, we have chosn to hold rates today, we've made a lot of progress, inflation has come down a long way. and of course we were able to cut rates in august. but ourjob is to make sure that inflation is sustainably at the 2% target. ther

our economics editor faisal islam was at the bank of england for the decision — he says there are lingeringut that rates are on the way down. i think the general impression that you get is of the bank of england ready to cut again this year butjust a little bit cautious right now. if you like — the main inflation forest fire is out but some of those inflationary embers are still there. they are a little bit worried they might catch fire again. we see it in the service sector, may be in some of the wage data, they are not entirely sure it is completely done, the after effect, if you like, of the massive inflationary shocks we have seen over the past two or three yea rs. so they are taking it slowly. well, in the last few hours faisal has been speaking to bank of england governor andew bailey — here's what he had to say about their decision to keep rates on hold. well, we have chosen to hold rates today, we've made a lot of progress, inflation has come down a long way. and of course we were able to cut rates in august. but ourjob is to make sure that inflation is sustainably at the 2% target.

our economics editor faisal islam joins us. what's coming in a few weeks? the straight up answer to that is you cannot draw a direct connection because that was not asked in the question. but what we can say is this matched watched gauge of consumer confidence has improved over several months as real incomes had gone up and this month after an interest rate cut last month, you would have expected that to have improved. it has gone down sharply across the board, perceptions of the economy and personal finance, across the board, perceptions of the economy and personalfinance, their willingness to make major purchases and some economists and retailers and some economists and retailers and business groups are drawing a connection between the tone from the government ahead of the budget and what we see. some calls may be for some hopeful optimism from the government especially ahead of the party conference next month. they say they have to make tough choices because of the borrowing situation, that got worse according to other figure

our economics editor faisal islam has more. two things going two things going on here aside from itss have actually gone up again. that puts you where you work, and as you say the expectations are that that inflation number, there will be further cuts this year, that would happen at the meeting tomorrow, the us equivalent of the bank of england, the federal reserve, has cut it by half percent. this is a really important moment in the world economy. it's not that they think there is a recession coming around, they say it's in good shape, the us economy, it's that they think they've done most of the job of draining inflation across the world economy. that's what we see and most of the world's central banks. will it change the mind of the bank of england tomorrow, probably not, but it mayjust make them think again. 10,000 drivers walked out 18 times in england, wales and scotland since the industrial action began. now the drivers from 16 different companies have overwhelmingly accepted an offer which their union says is worth a 15% rise over three years. here's our transport corresponde

our economics editor faisal islam joins me now.o thins they mean for interest rates? two things going _ they mean for interest rates? two things going on — they mean for interest rates? tnn'irr things going on under the hood of it staying the same at 2.2%, goods prices have gone further negative but service prices driven by air fare rises have gone back up again, balance it off and you are where you were and the expectations are that the inflation number, well, there will be further cuts this year, that won't happen at the meeting tomorrow. but as you say, just in the last couple of hours, the us equivalent of the bank of england, the federal reserve, as for the first time in four years cut rates, notjust first time in four years cut rates, not just that, first time in four years cut rates, notjust that, more than expected, 0.5%, a really important moment in the world economy. it's not because they think there is a recession in they think there is a recession in the us coming around, they think the us economy is in good shape, it's

. ~ ., , ., and faisal islam will have more on that story on newsnight on bbc two shortly. we are getting the outline of labour's first budget and we will assess un assembly, where israel's pm has departed to deal with the strikes in beirut targeting hezbollah�*s leader. with the strikes in beirut targeting hezbollah's leader.— hezbollah's leader. thank you, faisal. two boys have been sentenced to life — with a minimum of eight—and—a—half years in custody — for killing a stranger with a machete in a park in wolverhampton. the boys were 12 years old at the time, and they are the uk's youngest knife murderers. they launched an unprovoked attack last november on 19—year—old shawn seesahai, who'd come to britain from anguilla for medical treatment. phil mackie's report contains distressing detail. this is the last image of shawn seesahai, taken a few minutes before he was fatally attacked. he'd come to the uk from his home in the caribbean island of anguilla for treatment after suffering a detached retina playing basketball. he was repeatedly stabbed in a savage attack after an

well, chris mason isjoined by our economics editor faisal islam here with me now.nsiderable opposition, but how significant a saving is it? to considerable opposition, but how significant a saving is it?- significant a saving is it? to put in perspeetive. _ significant a saving is it? to put in perspective, the _ significant a saving is it? to put in perspective, the puzzle, - significant a saving is it? to put in perspective, the puzzle, the| in perspective, the puzzle, the mystery, was given the political pain, the political parcel, as we saw in that report, the economic benefit in terms of extra fiscal credibility for a new chancellor in terms of revenue raised, quite modest, does not seem to shift the dial hugely, £1 billion, and you are left with concluding that the government thinks that some part of this strategy is actually a good idea, that at a time of public spending scarcity, the move towards means testing, rather than universal payments, as regards pensions, we have seen the increase in the state pension which has been signalled today, that that is a s

faisal islam, thank ou. there were strange scenes at the university of york this morning.d before it disappeared last year. and bbc radio 1's greg james attended the ceremony and led a minute's quacking. danny savage can hopefully explain. for years he walked tall among the wildfowl at york university. long boi, the indian runner duck. his height made him stand out, and the resulting social media accounts made him famous globally. but in spring last year he went missing presumed dead, and a darkness fell across the world of ducks. cheering and applause. until today. it takes a lot to get hundreds of students out of bed and into a lecture theatre for 8am but, such is the affection for long boi, they came to see a statue of him unveiled. the honours carried out by radio 1's greg james. my greatest sadness in life is that i didn't get to meet him before he passed. but let this be a reminder to all of you — make the call, plan the trip, check in with those you hold dear, whether it's a duck or a grandparent with questionable views... laughter. clearly that's a very famous tatt

our economics editor faisal islam has been looking at what it means.tched gauge of consumer sentiment has been running for 50 years. it was gradually improving over the past several months as real incomes, incomes after inflation, had gone up, as you'd expect. and, really, this month — after an inflation, after an interest rate cut last month, you'd expected that to have improved. it has gone down sharply across the board. people's perceptions of the economy, people's perceptions of their personal finance, their willingness to make major purchases, and certainly some economists, some retailers, some business groups, are drawing a connection between the tone we're getting from the government ahead of the budget and what we're seeing. and so some calls may be for some more hopeful optimism from the government, particularly ahead of their party conference. they say that they have to make these tough choices because of the borrowing situation. that got worse, according to other figures released this morning. a tricky balancing act for the chancellor. micha

here's our economics editor, faisal islam.spree around summer's sporting success, such as at the euros football. today's figures, though, and the experience of players at this seven—a—side league in manchester, is that the recovery is pretty fragile. i wouldn't say the cost of living crisis is over. i guess we're in a period of change, though, with the government changing. food prices went up insanely during covid and they've never come back down again. and so we're still getting price gouged for, like, day—to—day groceries. and paying more tax doesn't fix that. all the taxes and everything, i i feel like maybe they could be directed to people that - are more well—off because, you know, we're struggling already. in northamptonshire, at a technical college next to the silverstone grand prix track, the chancellor was hailing an £8 billion data centre investment from tech giant amazon, but defended her decision to scrap universal winter fuel payments. we've had to take difficult decisions to get a grip of the public finances. the

and faisal islam has newsnight tonight.ir starmer has had a lot of pickles to make but this summer he has focused on winter fuel payments, and then the budget, we will see what kind of prime minister he is proving to be. newsnight, on bbc two at 10.30, on iplayer. newsnight, on bbc two at 10.30, on ipla er. ., newsnight, on bbc two at 10.30, on ipla er. . ., ~ the presenterjeremy kyle has denied humiliating a guest on his itv show, who died of a fatal overdose days after the recording in 2019. steve dymond is believed to have taken his own life. he was accused of cheating on his partner. today, the inquest into his death was shown previously unseen footage from the show, in which mr dymond became visibly upset. jeremy kyle insisted his presenting style had been direct but empathetic. from winchester coroner's court, here's duncan kennedy. at the start of your relationship with jane, have you passionately kissed anyone else? she said no. why did she say no, steve? because i was telling the truth. test says you're a liar, pal

chris mason, thank you- _ and faisal islam will have more on this on newsnight on bbc two shortly.r mps worried about this winter fuel cut. stick to labour mps worried about this winterfuel cut. no stick to labour mps worried about this winter fuel cut. no turning back but at what cost? newsnight on bbc two, bbc news and iplayer. life for afghanistan�*s 21 million women hasjust become even tougher. three years after the taliban�*s return to power, a new law has been passed saying that women must cover their face and body completely if they leave the house and their voices cannot be heard in public. despite the risk to themselves, some women have spoken out and have been telling the bbc�*s yogita limaye what life is like for them now. we have hidden their identities and used actors�* voices to protect them. it�*s increasingly difficult for foreign journalists to report from afghanistan. this is yogita�*s report compiled along with camera journalist, sanjay ganguly, and producer, imogen anderson. every moment you feel like you�*re in a prison. even breathing becomes difficult. we're

budget will involve difficult decisions on tax spending and welfare., here's our economics editor faisal islam spending spree around summer's sporting success, such as at the euros football. today's figures, though, and the experience of players at this seven—a—side league in manchester, is that the recovery is pretty fragile. i wouldn't say the cost of living crisis is over. i guess we're in a period of change, though, with the government changing. food prices went up insanely during covid and they've never come back down again. and so we're still getting price gouged for, like, day—to—day groceries. and paying more tax doesn't fix that. all the taxes and everything, i i feel like maybe they could be directed to people that are more well—off because, you know, - we're struggling already. in northamptonshire, at a technical college next to the silverstone grand prix track, the chancellor was hailing an £8 billion data centre investment from tech giant amazon, but defended her decision to scrap universal winter fuel payments. we've had to take difficult decisions to get a grip of the public fin

let's talk to our economics editor, faisal islam. when can we expect another rate cut?rnor, and he suggested that after this there would be gradual cuts to interest rates going forward, and so the question really is about, they can see the past shocks in the economy are now beginning to be behind us. there is a little worry about some of the embers around that they don't want to flame up again. so that is the concern, for and then there's the question about how interest—rate cuts affect the economy. some evidence that people are saving money back, still cautious after those three years of shocks, so that is the concern, watching consumer confidence very carefully.- confidence very carefully. faisal, thank you- _ the time is 6.17. our top story this evening. israel launches fresh air strikes on hezbollah targets in southern lebanon — following a wave of attacks on lebanon. and coming up — we look back on the life of the man who co—founded the bbc�*s natural history unit, coming up on bbc news... england start well, but australia's spinners peg them back taking nine of th

the bbc reporter, who i think is a bit nuts, faisal islam was tweeting today saying are nut exports areut exports were first imported into the uk and they include cashews, coconuts , they include cashews, coconuts, almonds. what was the other one? brazil nuts. we for a long time have imported nuts here, like 25,000 tonnes worth . and then 25,000 tonnes worth. and then about 2000 tons would have gone to ireland, possibly gone also to ireland, possibly gone also to france, but more likely just gone to ireland . just dividing gone to ireland. just dividing up the import . gone to ireland. just dividing up the import. now if we still export those nuts to ireland, they're not counted as a uk export. they're counted as an export. they're counted as an export from brazil . so exactly export from brazil. so exactly the same malaysia, wherever they came from exactly could go to ireland. >> they could come on a ship into the uk and go into a smaller ship to ireland . and smaller ship to ireland. and they used to count as a uk export and they now don't. >> exactly, because the eu has always had an