katy watson, bbc news in western australia.llor rachel reeves— has admitted they will have to raise taxes in october's budget. she was speaking on the bbc�*s news agents podcast — about her claim on monday that the previous government left a 22 billion pound �*hole' in the public finances. the labour party has pledged not to raise income tax, vat or national insurance — but has not ruled out higher taxes on inheritance, capital gains or pensions. samsung has seen profits rise fifteen-fold in the three months tojune — to 7.5 billion dollars. the south korean tech giant is forecasting strong demand for its chips in the second half of the year — as firms invest heavily in al. starbucks has seen global sales decline as people struggle with the cost of living. the coffee giant's been announcing deals and offers to try and tempt customers back to its stores. its latest results echo those of mcdonald's and dominos which have also seen consumers cut back on spending wait and see as far as the fed is concerned. wait and see as far as th

katy watson, bbc news in perth. finally, some stunning pictures from the deserts of chile.been blanketed by white and purple blooms after early rains caused flowers to spring up in the dead of the southern hemisphere winter. the weather phenomenon known as el nino is believed responsible for the recent heavy rains. early blooming of the atacama last happened in 2015. there you have it. another weird weather moment going on. we will show you this morning in ukraine. this is the scene as rescue workers continue to search in the rubble to see if they can find any survivors of yesterday's attack hit a children's hospital. you can see more analysis on our website, this is one of the many images we have seen, if you look at bbc online, you can see some of these images like this one here of mothers and their children, who have had to escape the hospital. children with iv drips sitting outside. you are with bbc news. business today here next. i will see you in just a moment. hello. a fairly unsettled spell ofjuly weather is set to continue. more rain on the cards over the next few

katy watson, bbc news in perth. finally, some stunning pictures from the deserts of chile.ite and purple blooms after early rains caused flowers to spring up in the dead of the southern hemisphere winter. the weather phenomenon known as el nino is believed responsible for the recent heavy rains. early blooming of the atacama last happened in 2015. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. our fairly unsettled spell ofjuly weather is set to continue. more rain on the cards over the next few days. let's take a look at the expected accumulations. and you can see blue colours really across the map. so we're all going to see a little bit of rain between tuesday and thursday. this is probably the wettest spot. parts of eastern scotland, north east england. north east england, we could see more than 60mm on top of the highest ground. so on tuesday a band of rain moves its way north. things are turning a little bit more humid towards the south. here's the low pressure that's drifting northwards through the overnight period into tuesday as well. and we've got this warm front p

katy watson, bbc news in perth. finally, some stunning pictures from the deserts of chile.caused flowers to spring up in the dead of the southern hemisphere winter. the weather phenomenon known as el nino is believed responsible for the recent heavy rains. early blooming of the atacama last happened in 2015. those are some stunning pictures and before we go here on newsday, one a day about what's coming up on business today where we will give you an update on the latest trials and tribulations that have been encountering a boeing and this time, it involves those masks that drop down and give the oxygen, all the details coming away on business today, next. —— business today. bye for now. hello. a fairly unsettled spell ofjuly weather is set to continue. more rain on the cards over the next few days. let's take a look at the expected accumulations. and you can see blue colours really across the map. so we're all going to see a little bit of rain between tuesday and thursday. this is probably the wettest spot. parts of eastern scotland, north—east england. we could see more th

0ur australia correspondent katy watson reports from perth. face the humiliation of being termed "homeless". it's not exactly home sweet home, but it is all 71—year—old mary has got. mary is not her real name. she is too ashamed about her situation, nine months living in this battered car. the moment people know that you've become homeless, you become what i call a nonperson. you no longer have any value in people's lives. when mary's landlord evicted her, she couldn't find anywhere else to live that she could afford on her pension. every day now is the same. her love of books offers an escape from reality. if she's lucky, mary gets a few days of respite care but there is no guarantee. her husband is in a care home with alzheinmer�*s. he doesn't know she's living like this. he would be horrified, absolutely mortified. what's the hardest thing about sleeping and living in yourcar? the loneliness, i think. you know, you've got no tv, you got no neighbours to say hi to you. people oftenjust give you the side—eye, and think, "oh, god, notanother o

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earlier, we heard from the former deputy prime minister 0ur sydney correspondent katy watson has been which reportedly weighed 1a kilos, so this was an extensive report, the highest level of inquiry that is in new zealand so it was a serious, six year inquiry that has come out with shocking findings, a national disgrace as the report has said. but reaching whale has capsized the boat and sent to people flying into the water. video shows how a humpback whale suddenly appeared out of the water before flipping over a small boat, that was 23 foot. two people can be seen falling into the ocean as the huge mammal terms they are about upside down. those incredible pictures there. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. for many of us today, it's going to be dry with variable amounts of cloud and some sunny spells. high pressure is dominating our weather, but we do have some fronts bumping into it. they are fairly weak fronts, so they're bringing in a bit more cloud and also some light rain generally to the west. but there will be some heavier rain through the afternoon across parts of wa

attack happened in a remote community about 360 kilometres southwest of darwin. 0ur correspondent katy watsonw is a 12—year—old child was swimming in a creek at dusk on tuesday about a seven—hour drive from darwin, southwest of darwin in the northern territory. the local community raised the alarm and local police attended. now there is a search and rescue operation there that is combing large areas of the creek by boat, but still there is no clue to the whereabouts of the child. now, the northern territory has about 100,000 saltwater crocodiles, more than anywhere else in the world, and saltwater crocodiles of the most aggressive. they can grow up to six metres long, usually a male isjust over three metres, and they can way around a ton. that said, attacks are rare, fatal attacks even rarer, and the last fatal attack in the northern territory was in 2018. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. in northern ireland, a judge has ruled there is sufficient evidence for the former leader of the democratic unionist party, sirjeffrey donal

our australia correspondent katy watson is in sydney.t when it came to vaping laws, but opposition from the green party meant that it got watered down at the last minute. so what it means is, as of today, monday, anybody who wants to have access to a vape will have to go to a pharmacy and will need a prescription. but come october, you will be able to go into a pharmacy, have a discussion with a pharmacist and under the counter they will be able to give you a vape. under—18s, though, will always need a prescription. of course, this this new law is hoping to bring down the number of people vaping, especially among young australians. data shows that, since the pandemic, consumption has really, really soared. australia is no stranger to tough anti—smoking legislation. they have already banned the imports of vapes. they've also limited the number of flavours available. in 2012, australia did pass legislation to bring in plain packaging on cigarettes to make them less appealing when it came to marketing. there is some concern, though. pharmac

katy watson, bbc news in perth.g use, violence and conditions described as "truly shocking". the chief inspector of prisons visited harmondsworth irc in west london in february. he alerted the then home secretary, james cleverly, to his findings, but didn't receive a response. mr cleverly has yet to comment. the radio 2 dj steve wright died from a ruptured stomach ulcer and an infection of the lining of the abdomen. the long—standing presenter, who hosted shows on bbc radio for more than four decades, died suddenly in february at the age of 69. craig bellamy has been named as the new manager of the wales football team. he replaces rob page after he was sacked last month. bellamy, who won 78 caps for wales, has signed a four year deal. gareth southgate's england side have their final day of training before their euro 2024 semi—final tomorrow night. they'll face the netherlands, and the pressure is on to reach the final of the tournament for the second successive time. john watson is with england's fans in dortmund. a

our australia correspondent katy watson reports from sydney.n party meant it got watered down at the last minute. what it means is as of today, monday, anyone who wants today, monday, anyone who wants to have access to a vape will have to go to a pharmacy and will need a prescription. but come october, you will be able to go into a pharmacy, have a discussion with a pharmacist and under counter they'll be able to give you a vape. under 18s will always need a prescription. this new law is hoping to bring down the number of people vaping, especially among young australians. data shows since the pandemic consumption has really, really soared. australia is no stranger to tough anti—smoking legislation. they've already banned the imports of vapes. they have limited the number of flavours available. in 2012, australia did pass legislation to bring in plain packaging on cigarettes to make them less appealing when it comes to marketing. there's some concern. pharmacists are concerned they'll become a dumping ground if you like of vapes. those selling v

i spoke about the new measures with the bbc�*s katie watson in sydney.it be to buy a vape? this was the albanese administration who wanted this to be a world first when it came to the sale of e—cigarettes. but it got watered down by the greens party, who were concerned over total prohibition without prescription. as of today, as you said, trying to buy a vape means no retailers will be able to sell them, no petrol stations, you have to go to a pharmacy with a prescription. come october, you will be able to go to a pharmacist, have a conversation with them and get a vape without a prescription. under 18s will always need to have a prescription. it will make it much more difficult, of course. and, of course, for those who were used to being able to buy them from retailers, that will no longer be an option. and vapes are pretty popular. you see so many people in the streets with them. what is behind the move? why is australia cracking down? absolutely. you look at research done here that compared just to before the pandemic, vaping especially among young pe

attack happened in a remote community about 360 kilometres southwest of darwin. 0ur correspondent katy watson drive from darwin, southwest of darwin in the northern territory. the local community raise the alarm and local police attended. now there is a search and rescue operation there that is combing large areas of the creek by boat, but still there is no clue to the whereabouts of the child. now, the northern territory has about 100,000 saltwater crocodiles, more than anywhere else in the world, and saltwater crocodiles of the most aggressive. they can grow up most aggressive. they can grow up to six metres long, usually a male is just up to six metres long, usually a male isjust over three metres, and they can way around a ton. that said, attacks are rare, fatal attacks even rarer, and the last fatal attack in the northern territory was in 2018. let's turn to some other important news around the world. at least five people have been killed and 53 injured by a russian drone missile strike on the central ukrainian city of dnipro. shops, schools, and hospitals were also damaged by the strike

happened in a remote community about 360 kilometres southwest of darwin. 0ur australia correspondent katy watsonat more can you tell us? what we know is there _ what more can you tell us? what we know is there was _ what more can you tell us? what we know is there was a _ we know is there was a 12—year—old child who was swimming in the creek around dusk on tuesday evening. and there were reports of an attack, the community raising the alarm, the local officers started searching for the child but there is no clue as to her whereabouts, there is now a search and rescue team looking along a large area of the creek and they are working to try and locate the child. the northern territory is home to both freshwater and saltwater crocodiles, it is thought there are 100,000 saltwater crocodiles alone in northern territory. more than anywhere else in the world. they can grow up to six metres long, weigh about a ton, but usually a male measures around just over three metres. but nevertheless although there are a quantity of crocodiles attacks are very rare and fatal attacks are very rare and fatal attacks

our australia correspondent katy watson reports from sydney.who wants to have access to a vape will have to go to a pharmacy and will need a prescription. but come october, you will be able to go into a pharmacy, have a discussion with a pharmacist and under the counter they will be able to give you a vape. under 18s, though, will always need a prescription. of course, this this new law is hoping to bring down the number of people vaping, especially among young australians. data shows that, since the pandemic, consumption has really, really soared. australia is no stranger to tough anti—smoking legislation. they have already banned the imports of vapes. they've also limited the number of flavours available. in 2012, australia did pass legislation to bring in plain packaging on cigarettes to make them less appealing when it came to marketing. there is some concern, though. pharmacists are concerned that they will become a dumping ground, if you like, for vapes. of course, those selling vapes in retail spaces, petrol stations, those people will b

software firms like this should face when flaws cause major disruption. 0ur sydney correspondent, katy watson giving us the latest from australia. it happened on a friday afternoon as before heading home it happened on a friday afternoon as before heading home for it happened on a friday afternoon as before heading home for the it happened on a friday afternoon as before heading home for the weekend. it is the end of the school holidays here. it is the worst possible time for such a huge outage. we saw airports cancel flights, huge delays. at supermarkets people abandoned their weekend shopping because there was no way of paying for it. but so far, now, saturday, sydney airport says things are back to normal. supermarkets are working again. there are blue screens of death on some of the tills. it is going to take some time for things to normal. big names like qantas, the national airline, all of these things are now kind of easing and getting back to normal. things are now kind of easing and getting back to normal. some of the first reports were coming from australia. in terms of taking a loo

our australia correspondent katy watson joins us now from sydney. good morning.a creek around dusk on tuesday evening when the alarm was raised about a crocodile attack. the community raised the alarm. local officers went to the scene. there is now a search and rescue operation under way. large areas of the creek where the child was swimming are being searched. the police are very much on this operation. this is an area that has 100,000 saltwater crocodiles, more than anywhere in the world, but attacks are rare, fatal attacks rarer, the last was in 2018. police are investigating the cause of a stampede that killed at least 121 people at a religious gathering in northern india. witnesses said thousands of worshippers were trying to leave a hindu prayer meeting in the northern district of hathras when the crush happened. we're joined now by our reporter. good morning. what more can you tell us? ., , ., ., , ., ., us? the relatives of those who are missin: , us? the relatives of those who are missing. they _ us? the relatives of those who are missing, they have _ us

katy watson there.ver crashed into an end of term tea party. last week prosecutors decided the driver of the car that killed eight—year—olds nuria sajjad and selena lau would not be charged as she had suffered an epileptic seizure. in their first interview since the deaths, staff at the study preparatory school in wimbledon have told the bbc the met has failed to answer some key questions. our special correspondent lucy manning reports. so it was like a...like a war zone. standing on the lawn where their pupils, selena and nuria, died when a land rover smashed through the children here. and the car... well, the car had gone into the building and dented the building, then sort ofjumped back. debris everywhere. the eight—year—old girls had just been celebrating at an end of term party, tables and mats laid out. nuria — talented and chatty, selena — hard—working with a twinkle in her eye, said her teachers. prosecutors last week decided not to charge the driver because they said she had suffered an epilept

katy watson, bbc news in perth. really interesting story, that.daily mail reports that the prime minister is under pressure from former military chiefs to increase defence spending. the paper describes a strike on a children's hospital in kyiv as an "atrocity" and says it is an example of why britain and nato must increase their budget. that will be discussed and no doubt at the nato summit. the guardian covers what it describes as health secretary wes streeting's first major policy announcement. the paper says billions of pounds will reportedly be diverted from hospitals to gps. the times reports on comments from presidentjoe biden who it says has dared members of his own party to run against him for the democratic presidential nomination. and the class of �*24 is the image on the front page of the financial times, which shows what it describes as a family photo of the labour mps who gathered at church house in westminster yesterday. of course, they will be gathering at the main house, the house of commons, a little bit later on today for the ver

let's hear from our sydney correspondent katy watson about how this it outage has been affecting peopleere were delays and cancellations, it was in short a lot of chaos at a lot of the airports. also supermarkets that closed down, people abandoning their weekend shopping because there was no way of paying. sydney airport has said things are back to normal, there will be knock—on effects, at there will be knock—on effects, at the supermarket this morning there were some blue screens of death still there that people were operating and being able to do their shopping. so things have come back to normal after what was quite a chaotic friday afternoon. let's hear now from our technology editor zoe kleinman. we have learned a lot, haven't we, about how these systems work and how they affect us. idate about how these systems work and how they affect us-— they affect us. we have learnt a lot, i they affect us. we have learnt a lot. i think _ they affect us. we have learnt a lot, i think there _ they affect us. we have learnt a lot, i think there are _ they affect us. we have learnt a lot, i thi

katie and thomas are the children of fiona watson, who ran a post office in gainsborough with their dadyears, i think. yeah. 21 years? 21 years. yeah. it's since closed down, but when they moved there, aged eight and ten, life was good. it was... ..filled with so much love and happiness. we'd won the post office of the year award. we'd not been there for a huge amount of time and to win something like that was quite a big deal. people used to come into the post office just to have a chat. they didn't come in foranything, really. they'd just be like, "oh, i popped my head in to say hello." just a year after riding high with the award, post office auditors got in touch. money was missing from the accounts. as far as i was concerned, everything was absolutely fine. and then, the next day, my mum's being treated like a criminal. there was an internal investigation and a formal hearing, and when it was over, katie says her mum was given two choices. "admit you're guilty and you have to pay back all the money that we've said you've stolen, but you can go home to your children, or you maintain

our australia correspondent, katy watson, reports from sydney.ting. there is some concern, though, pharmacists are concerned that they will become a dumping ground, if you like, for vapes. of course, those selling vapes in in in retail spaces, petrol stations, those people will be out of a job as of monday. there is also a concern about the tough legislation, what that means for consumption of cigarettes. will this tough legislation mean a switch back to cigarettes, which of course defeats the object? but that's something we'll only really understand in the coming months once that legislation beds in. the glastonbury festival has ended with the american r&b star sza headlining the pyramid stage. our culture and media editor, katie razzall, was there. let's go, girls! glastonbury has been getting ready. as shania twain so memorably sings to have a little fun. i feel like a woman. and the queen of country didn't disappoint at her glastonbury debut. and there she is, on stage somewhere way across this sea of pink cowboy hats and leopard print outfit

in the women's draw, katie boulter will face anna karolina schmiedlova of slovakia. boulter will then team up with heather watsonvery sorry" after wishing a convicted rapist competing at the olympics the "best of luck". steven van de velde, who's named in the netherlands beach volleyball squad, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after pleading guilty to raping a 12—year—old british girl when he was 19. now 29, he resumed his volleyball career after serving just 12 months of his sentence, and was selected injune for the dutch olympic team. in a statement, radcliffe says... well, despite the games not formally opening until tomorrow, there has been some action already today. ireland will face fiji in the quarterfinals of the paris olympics after being edged out by new zealand14—12. ireland had a 12—point lead at half—time, but mcgarvey—black�*s converted score on the buzzer gave the all blacks the win. south korea's lim si—hyeon has broken the first world record of the paris games. she hit a score of 694 out of 720 in the ranking round of the women's individual recurve archery event. that beat the previ

in the women�*s singles, katie boulter will face anna karolina schmiedlova of slovakia. boulter will then team up with heather watsonn as just the second city to host the olympics on three separate occasions. the paris deputy mayor, pierre rabadan, says preparations for the games have been ongoing for more than eight years as the city prepares to welcome to world. we are definitely ready to welcome the olympics and the world of the olympics. athletes are already arriving for a big part of us in the village. the athletes and all the venues are totally ready and we are on the last preparation for the opening ceremony for sure, because we have today remain before it, but we work on that project since more than eight years now. so, uh, yeah, no worry. especially we just look at the weather, uh, to know what, uh, what we will have for for the opening ceremony. and i hope no rain. uh, but except that i�*m totally confident. uh, security is right for everywhere. uh, people and venue are exciting, uh, too. and we create a specific venue, as you know, in the standard city. so now we want it to start. former marathon world ch

katy austin our transport correspondent. mps vote on the king's speech today, with amendments on the two—child benefit cap on the agenda. our political correspondent iain watsonarties, the snp, the greens and some independent mps have put forward an amendment to scrap this limit in the benefit system. there will be a vote on that around 7pm this evening. although there will be a vote, spoiler alert, although there will be a vote, spoileralert, it although there will be a vote, spoiler alert, it is quite clear that this will not pass because labour has got such a massive majority. nonetheless, what i think those parties want to do is provoke the first labour rebellion since keir starmer became prime minister. we know that left—wing labour mps have also been calling for this limit to be scrapped in the benefit system as well. what labour are saying at the moment is they can't afford to do this, it would cut £3 billion. so i think the idea is the pup billion. so i think the idea is the pup the labour government to try and shift position. this is something that was introduced to it in 2017, it was first announced by al from getting any extra payment universal cre