of sallies, and allowed her to go to the beach housebreak in quarantine to settle sally down.in sally was married at the time it wasn't astronautut steve holly r husband but molly. hard to really imagine george didn't have a sense -- >> i mean, i'll leave the speculation to others. but you know, he the way from what he told me he just knew that she was very close with molly andy that -- if anyone could make her feel more comfortable he wanted to provide that for her so i thought that was very sweet and most had a six sense of some kind. >> yeah knowing george line he did that with a lot of people. so it could be anything. and rounding out now, we've got about 20 minutes to go, we have -- more general discussion about women at nasa specifically women astronauts at nasa and you mentioned, i think in the close -- in the epilogue that in a years after the six left their mark on nasa, and the world the ranks of women and the astronaut corps. continued to swell. you -- say later maybe not as much as it should. they haveth not really -- i'm just wondering how you chose that language because

settle sally down. sally was married at the time. it was >> sally was married at the time. it wasn't her husband who he brought this in, it was molly. hard to really imagine george didn't have a sense. [laughter] >> guest: i mean, i'll leave the speculation to others. but, you know, the way -- from what he told me, he just knew that she was very close with molly and and that if anyone could make her feel more comfortable, he wanted to provide that for her, so i thought that was very sweet. he must have had some sixth sense of some kind. >> host: yeah. iknowing george's mind, he did that with a lot of people, so it could be anything. and broadening out now, we've got about 20 minutes to go, we have a more general discussion about women at nasa, specifically women astronauts at nasa. and you mentioned, i think, in the close in epilogue that in the years after the six left their mark on nasa and the world, the ranks of women in the astronaut corps continued the swell. to swell. you say later maybe not as m

sally ride. i saw her come to what is known as the odyssey committee put the future of human space task force in 2009. ultimately with all her credibility was able to say we can now transition our astronaut transportation to and from a station in the private-sector bids not part of the book but you well lay out sally's credibility and how she earned it and how important she . not just for nasa but for the nation and at her desk to find out she had a female partner, you enter by it -- indicate her. tell us about that. i don't know much has been talked about since "the new york times" obituary which stated matter-of-factly that she hadoua partner 27 years that was a woman. she also had many old tapes. sally used to record everything. she was very meticulous and taking notes and riding things down -- riding things down and shared the materials with me. it made the book all that more vivid and great. the biography is a text about sally and she does a great job at that. obviously they kept their relat

good morning, sally. talk us - good morning, mike. good - morning, sally.ally. talk us through the seller. as _ morning, sally. talk us through the seller. as you _ morning, sally. talk us through the seller. as you mentioned, i the seller. as you mentioned, this is all— the seller. as you mentioned, this is all about _ the seller. as you mentioned, this is all about expectations i this is all about expectations of interest rates. growth has proved stronger than expected. we, if you only go back to the beginning of this year, we were talking about recession and markets, bond markets prime forestation. instead what is happening is that us economy has up pretty well. we have also had a slower fall in core inflation in the us. dan was expected. core inflation which excludes volatile energy and food, the reason it was formica .3%, it was well above the fed target of 2%. don't forget oil prices have surged back above $90 as russia and saudi arabia. that inflation story has caused investors to rethinkjust great expectations. we have had interest rates march up to

sally bakewell covers charles schwab.are looking at markets that continued to rally on this risk on monday. s&p 500 gaining or than 1% as yields rise 4.71 but the dollar comes down as does crude. this is bloomberg. ♪ when you automate sales tax with avalara, you don't have to worry about things like changing tax rates or filing returns. avalarahhh ahhh nice footwork. man, you're lucky, watching live sports never used to be this easy. now you can stream all your games like it's nothing. yes! [ cheers ] yeah! woho! running up and down that field looks tough. it's a pitch. get way more into what you're into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. >> the potency -- diplomacy having a calming effect on the markets at the moment. i am scarlet fu. >> i am vonnie quinn. let's take a look at where we are and it is a risk on day and this does not necessarily reflect the idea that there may not be a diplomatic solution in the middle east but it does reflect the fact that there are diplomatic efforts being made and there may not

sally, _ lovely to see you. tell us more about japan. sally, the - lovely to see you.japan. sally, the bank i lovely to see you. tell us more about japan. sally, the bank of| aboutjapan. sally, the bank of japan has pursued this ultra— loose policy for a number of years now. first adopted as a way to stave off on process generate demand and really boost overall economic growth. but financial conditions have changed quite a bit since then. there are a number of things in the minds of boj policymakers. there is the kickoff, their meeting today. first among their concerns is of course price control. inflation has been above the boj's target for some time now and the latest indicator, the core consumer index for the japanese capital, it showed price rises accelerated in tokyo. this creates the expectation that policymakers might start raising bowler dr mcmullen cost in the short term. no rush to do so. another source of pressure for the change has been the yen — the widening gap in monetary policies between the boj and other major central banks around the world has caused

thank you, sally. to recover billions of pounds lost to fraud — and investment in critical infrastructure, during the second day of their annual conference today. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is there for us this morning. clearly events in the middle east will be dominating, but as far as labour's message to the uk, what will they be hoping to achieve? goad will they be hoping to achieve? good morninu. i will they be hoping to achieve? good morning. i think— will they be hoping to achieve? good morning. i think there _ will they be hoping to achieve? good morning. i think there is _ will they be hoping to achieve? (13mm morning. i think there is a recognition here at the labour conference that understandably their events are playing slight second fiddle in the news agenda, but i think the key question of what is going on on the labour conference staged today is this. how do you run a labour government when there is not a lot of money to go around? and we are going to hearfrom not a l

sally, what was a _ breakthrough with talks? sally, what was a shocking _ breakthrough with talks?g revelation to some people who had made up their minds not to go to work following the union instructions, saw that call off late last night, it was over five hour—long negotiations between the unions and the government. a memorandum of understanding was signed for implementation, within the next couple of days, where after which they said they would reconvene and decide to embark on a strike after 30 days the articles and that memorandum were not met by the government. and how have government austerity measures impacted businesses in real terms? following the removal of inaudible, fuel prices have spiked 400% in the last couple of months, it has affected the cost of living, food and commodity prices, and even transportation cost as well, businesses have seen the worst of hardships in recent times, the cost of production has in some cases tripled, this is due to increase in fuel costs, a lot of production is done using oil generators a lot of businesses rely on fuel and diesel generat

joining us now is sally bakewell. it is up from $11 to $12.ouping to try and take sculptor instead. is this a done deal? sally: so in this latest mark over the future for sculptor, rithm has upped their bed and sculptor has accepted it is this a done deal? no. we could see the saga continues. the big hurdles, the founder and former executives at sculptor own 30% of the shares and they need to approve the bid at a meeting that takes place november 16. in order for rithm to push this through. he has shot it down before when rithm made the initial bid any publicly said that he prefers a bid from another camp which is higher. so hurdles remain. guy: is the market moving for or against a higher price on the selling? sally: it is difficult to say and there are arguments in favor of both sides. with the weinstein bed it is the gene dollars compared to the $12. there are concerns about the bid that it did not offer certainty of completion or execution and weinstein has loose and certain terms and agreed to execute the deal even if they do not have all

good morning, sally. it was certainly _ here? good morning, sally. significant - was certainly significant political theatre. was certainly significant politicaltheatre. i was certainly significant political theatre. i would say the winners are the moderates on both sides of the aisle. the far right conservative party of the republican party did not prevail, but you will find on monday that matt gaetz, he will put in place in the motion to have the big of the house vacated. so it will continue to be political theatre moving forward. . ., , be political theatre moving forward. . ., , .,., forward. yeah, it does go on and we have _ forward. yeah, it does go on and we have 45 _ forward. yeah, it does go on and we have 45 days - forward. yeah, it does go on and we have 45 days in - forward. yeah, it does go on | and we have 45 days in which forward. yeah, it does go on i and we have 45 days in which to hammer out the detail, haven't we? otherwise we will be here again talking about a possible us government shut down. that is exactly how — us government s

hello, i'm sally bundock. hundreds of palestinians are feared dead after a huge explosion at a hospital in gaza city. hamas health officials said the al ahli arab baptist hospital in gaza city was hit by an israeli airstrike, killing at least 500. the israeli military has denied responsibility, saying the blast was caused by a failed rocket launched by the palestinian armed group, islamichhad. us presidentjoe biden is currently travelling to israel, but but a planned summit injordan with arab leaders has been cancelled. we can bring you live pictures of gaza, where it is just after seven in the morning with more on tuesday's hospital explosion, here's our international editorjeremy bowen. loud blast. the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. man shouts. you can hear the impact. the explosion destroyed al—ahli hospital. it was already damaged from a smaller attack at the weekend. the building was flattened. very soon video was posted from gaza of bodies laid out near the ruins of the hospital. so many d

sally bakewell joins us.rivate equity facing the toughest industry since the financial crisis. but we have brookfield coming out with the largest private equity fund ever. it shows that this company is able to rally funds to invest in its deals. even though they are becoming more selective, companies like brookfield are able to attract demand. guy: what will funds like this be looking at? is the return story changing when they pitch these funds? what are they telling the lps? sally: i think the industry has become more disciplined. a lot of investments and -- in tech and health companies have not turned out so well. that is brought valuations down a bit. companies like brookfield are seizing on this opportunity and some of the dislocation in the market to take advantage of these more reasonable prices. some of its peers like apollo, it has far surpassed the tally that they have acquired. just through june, brookfield had made about $50 billion of acquisitions. alix: you mentioned some of the companies. what a

i'm sally bundock with the top business stories.rty in 2030 in less than seven years' time. this is defined as those trying to live on less than $1.25 a day. then you add to that another 700 million who willjust be above that level of poverty according to the un.

morning, sally.ght. there have been concerns for about a week now. what we saw on the northern border yesterday was the most sustained period of sustained fire. for more than an hour we saw has bella, the very powerful military and political group, a proscribed terrorist organisation by many governments including the uk. we saw anti—tank fire coming across this border and israel respondin, firing artillery back towards lebanon. that could cause a real problem, a real escalation on the northern border. when you think of the relatively small size of gaza compared with the length of the border between israel and lebanon, there is a real concern that it could bring the whole middle east region into the war. we saw yesterday and is really soldier and israeli civilian killed in firing on this side of the border and we heard late on yesterday, israel's defence minister and a representative from hezbollah yesterday. the problem will be if there are missteps in this regular exchange of fire and one side goes

i'm sally bundock. a i'm sally bundock. very warm welcome to the programme. a very warm welcome to the programme. we start in the us. president biden has called for an end to the divisions that triggered the fall of the speaker of the house of representatives. kevin mccarthy was ousted by hardline republicans, who were unhappy he'd brokered a deal with democrats to prevent a government shutdown. so far, two republican have confirmed they will run for the job. ohio representative jimjordan — on the left, and steve scalise of louisiana — on the right, who is already the majority leader of the house. so until mr mccarthy's replacement is elected, legislative activity in the house is essentially halted. our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue reports from washington. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. and with that, kevin mccarthy's nine—month term as speaker was over. the final straw — his decision to do a deal with democrats to keep the government open. he didn't hesitate to point

sally has more news now.lowing ministers everywhere they go. will the conservatives cut taxes? will they scrap the hs2 railway leg to manchester? today, it's the chancellor's turn to try and move the agenda on. good morning. his pitch — confirming ministers will accept an independent recommendation to increase the national living wage to at least £11. not a surprise — ministers almost always do. he's also saying he will announce tougher punishments for people on benefits who don't take steps to find work, though more detail won't come until the autumn. butjeremy hunt will hope talk of incentivising people back to work will distract from other issues dominating this conference, like whether he'll lower taxes, something ministers have said isn't on the table just yet. there's a reason that taxes are high, and that's because the economy is slow. we're spending an enormous amount on debt interest, and actually, we increase public spending a fair bit. if there are any tax cuts before the election, almost certainly

that is the head of opec speaking to sally earlier.nigle, secretary—general of the international energy forum. thank you for being with us. no great surprise, opec, the oil cartel, it says to keep investing in oil, that keeps prices higher and it means that we are still reliant on oil. should that money not be better spent on renewables?— oil. should that money not be better spent on renewables? well, i guess i would tend to — spent on renewables? well, i guess i would tend to agree _ spent on renewables? well, i guess i would tend to agree with _ would tend to agree with secretary—general mr al ghais about the need for investment in hydrocarbons. because basically, since covid, we have been under investing it in new oil and gas supplies. and you have to keep on investing just to keep supplies flat, let alone meet future demand. so as a result, we have had less supply and more demand and prices have risen. so i guess i would make the point that if we don't invest in hydrocarbons and the new noble is higher prices and volatility, i worr

sally: one third of u.s. investors use a financial planner.bout 70% when you have over million dollars in assets. only one third of those financial planners are under 40. they have started to feel they may be unseated and under threat by some social media, tiktok, other accessible advice you can get when you are making your decisions on risk allocation on their robo advisors and algorithms and the portfolio situation on allocation is in looking as good anymore. all of these things are coming together to raise the question is do you really need a financial planner and advisor anymore. guy: so i can get 5% in a money market account. why do i need a financial advisor? sally: 5% in the money market, cd and savings accounts offering now 5% or more why would you pay a financial advisor about a monthly fee or an hourly rate or 1% of assets when you can essentially do that on your own? the answer is while they are becoming -- there is a question if they are becoming obsolete and having an existential crisis, but there is an argument of why we need the

sally is looking at that.rlotte, what's the situation there? well, sadly, not what people here want. it is chucking it down, basically. that has been the case in the last hour. there is a severe yellow weather warning in place until apm. yellow weather warning in place untilapm. normally yellow weather warning in place until apm. normally you would not be that concerned about a weather warning of that scale but we are in flooded areas. places like derbyshire, nottinghamshire, where we are in yorkshire, they already have saturated ground. the rivers are swollen and water levels are really high. in retford, it is starting to get lively now. it was like a ghost town. at the weekend there was a major incident declared, two severe flood warnings in place, which meant they had to get people out of their homes really quickly. they went to a local centre at their leisure centre. —— local shelter. they do not know if they will flood again. the environment agency says they must be vigilant and embrace themselves for mor

thank you, sally!falling on saturated ground, but further south some dry conditions. sunshine hazy in place. showers on the north coast of northern ireland, and then heavy rain with a bit of a gap in between that and the showers across orkney. the gap will not last because the rain is pushing north and through the day it's going to slide south back into southern scotland, northern ireland and the far north of northern england. temperatures today, 11 to 19 degrees. a breezy day but if you are out in the breeze, that will feel quite pleasant. gusty winds across the south—west of scotland. this evening and overnight, the weatherfront sinks southwards into northern england and then it pivots around and comes back into northern ireland and comes back into northern ireland and south—west scotland. some clear skies in the north—east, temperatures could slip away to two or three degrees, but high single figures or double figures for most. tomorrow, more rain coming in from the west, the driest conditions in th

sally has been waiting for— pro! it is so annoying! sally has been waiting for my _ pro!eapon flying everywhere, gone, wasn't bothered, i was a kid. who could command the millennium falcon? in 1977, when star wars burst onto the big screen, it helped send film merchandising into hyperspace. who can bring victory to the rebels? you can, with star wars toys. figures that once sold for a pound or two can now reach prices that seem out of this world. i never thought i would ever get my hands on something like this. and the rarer the figure, the greater the value. like this holy grail of star wars collecting. prototype boba fett. there's probably 120 of these in the world. they didn't release to the public because there was a choking hazard. we'd estimate that's anywhere between 100 and £150,000. for a piece of plastic? for a little bit of plastic, yeah. you have something i had as a child. in fact, i still have it. this. figures in original packaging command the highest prices. why do they go for so much? scarceness of them. who thought to keep things on a card 40 years ago?

i'm sally bundock. a i'm sally bundock. very warm welcome to the programme.t in the us. president biden has called for an end to the divisions that triggered the fall of the speaker of the house of representatives. kevin mccarthy was ousted by hardline republicans, who were unhappy he'd brokered a deal with democrats to prevent a government shutdown. so far, two republican have confirmed they will run for the job. 0hio representative jimjordan — on the left, and steve scalise of louisiana — on the right, who is already the majority leader of the house. so until mr mccarthy's replacement is elected, legislative activity in the house is essentially halted. 0ur north america correspondent gary 0'donoghue reports from washington. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant.

ithink, sally, the conservatives _ here? ithink, sally, the conservatives lost - here? sally, the. conservatives lost control here? ithink, sally, the - conservatives lost control of their own conference yesterday. in the hole behind me you had jeremy hunt the chancellor is speaking, gillian keegan _ the chancellor is speaking, gillian keegan the education secretary, kemi badenoch _ keegan the education secretary, kemi badenoch the secretary, all big names— badenoch the secretary, all big names although anyone i bumped into only wanted to speak about hsz. it's not as_ only wanted to speak about hsz. it's not as if— only wanted to speak about hsz. it's not as if the — only wanted to speak about hsz. it's not as if the government didn't have a sense _ not as if the government didn't have a sense this — not as if the government didn't have a sense this was coming. for a few weeks _ a sense this was coming. for a few weeks we — a sense this was coming. for a few weeks we have been talking on this programme almost nonstop about rumours _ programme almost nonstop about rumour

i am sally bundock. the war between israel and the gaza—based palestinian militant group hamas is intensifying, as it enters its fourth day. all indications seem to be that both sides are preparing for a long and deadly struggle. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he will use use "enormous force" against hamas and has promised to reduce all of its bases to rubble. the israeli military says there is now no ongoing fighting on israeli soil after retaking areas which hamas gunmen had been holding. it has now been ordered to begin a complete siege of gaza, which would cut off supplies of food, fuel, electricity, and also water. hamas continues to launch missiles from inside gaza at israeli towns. its military wing has threatened to start killing hostages, of which there are thought to be more than 100, if israel bombs more civilian houses in gaza without giving a warning. the numbers killed on both sides continue to rise. about 900 people have died in israel since the surprise attack was launche

i am sally bundock.start in israel and gaza where there has been another night of missile launchers and air raids across the border. the prospect of an israeli ground invasion appears to be drawing closer. here are the latest developments. israel says that more than 1200 israelis are now known to have been killed since hamas launched attacks. more than 900 people have been killed in gaza by israel cosmic bombardment. israel has sealed all crossings into gaza the only crossing into gaza the only crossing into egypt has been hit by israeli airstrikes. a week of total collapse. both sides have accused the other of war crimes. the palestinian representative of the united nations said israel was planning to use starvation as a method of warfare. israel has accused hummus of torturing and murdering babies and children in attacks which began on a saturday. israel took over territory that had been overrun by hamas gunmen on saturday. 0n by hamas gunmen on saturday. on tuesday morning israel says more than 5100 m

for now, it's back tojon and sally. hello, this is breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay.amas, designated as a terror organisation by many western governments including the uk. fighting has entered its fourth day since saturday's massive co—ordinated assault by militants, killing both soldiers and civilians in what has been described as the biggest escalation in violence between the two sides for decades. around 900 people have died in israel since the attacks began, including 260 people killed by hamas gunmen at a music festival in the south of the country. and since israel began retaliatory strikes on gaza, almost 690 palestinians have died, including 140 children and 105 women, according to the country's health ministry. yesterday, israel's defence minister ordered a complete siege of the gaza strip, cutting off food, electricity and water supplies. in response, hamas has threatened to kill a hostage every time israel carries out an air strike, without warning civilians. during a televised address yesterday, the israeli prime minister said these strikes on gaza were jus

hello, i'm sally bundock. a second convoy of trucks, loaded with humanitarian aid, have crossed into gaza from egypt, as the leaders of israel and the united states promise a "continued flow" of desperately needed supplies. 1a aid trucks crossed the rafah borderfrom egypt into gaza on sunday night, according to the un. the day before, a convoy carrying medicines and food were allowed in for the first time since israel tightened its blockade of the territory more than two weeks ago. the rafah crossing is on the egyptian border, and is the only route into gaza that doesn't border israel. that means it's currently the only entry point for aid. now, israel is warning that its military campaign against hamas could last several months. the idf says the next stage, a widely anticipated ground offensive, would happen soon. with more, here's our correspondent wyre davies from jerusalem, and a warning, you may find parts of his report distressing. the human toll in gaza is mounting. these casualties brought to the al—aq

well let's speak to honey sally about this. he's the editor of combine and ballade, which is a newspaper in jerusalem. and here he joins us from the occupied east jerusalem. so we've heard some very emotional language, a once again from these really prime minister, who says that, how much should be treated like isis? what is the next step in your view, as you see right now, that israel, it's scanning for thinking to take in this war against some us a hi team. doesn't according to what the near term does, right inside is that the next step should yeah. or did you decided that you are to be doing guys land and that can be that desperate is, has more power now to, to destroy what they call it. how much infrastructure and how much really bought it in guys. i don't know what that mean. that lady's even doesn't seem to know what that means, but at least for them, they want something on the ground. it's true that they're striking strange, almost all guys. but they say they need to see the soldiers on foot in front of the guys on the d

i'm sally bundock. in a moment we focus on the top business stories but first the latest developments in israel and gaza. a second convoy of trucks, loaded with humanitarian aid, have crossed into gaza from egypt — as the leaders of israel and the united states promise a "continued flow" of desperately needed supplies. 1a aid trucks crossed the rafah border from egypt into gaza on sunday night, according to the united nations. the day before, a convoy carrying medicines and food were allowed in — for the first time since israel tightened its blockade of the territory more than two weeks ago. the rafah crossing is on the egyptian border, and it's the only route into gaza that doesn't border israel. that means it's currently the only entry point foraid. now, israel is warning that its military campaign against hamas could last several months. the idf says the next stage — a widely anticipated ground offensive — would happen soon. now let's focus on the business news and today the international atomic energy agency completes a visit to take and assess marine samples near the fukushima da

hello, i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. head of the united nations children's agency, unicef, has said that more than 420 children are being killed or injured in gaza every day as israel continues its bombardment of the territory. speaking at the un security council, catherine russell said the numbers sourced from gaza's hamas controlled health ministry should shake council members to the core. israel says it is targeting hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk and other governments, following the attacks of october 7th that killed moo people and saw more than 200 taken hostage. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has rejected calls for a ceasefire in gaza but ms russell urged the security council to press for one. i implore the security council to immediately adopt a resolution that reminds parties of their obligations under international law. it calls for a ceasefire that demands parties allow safe and unimpeded humanitarian access, demands immediate and safe release of all of the children

hello, i'm sally bundock and we'll be focusing on the top business stories in a moment but first let me update you on the latest developments in gaza and israel. there has been international condemnation as hundreds of palestinians are feared dead following a huge blast at a hospital in gaza city. some 4,000 displaced people were seeking refuge at the al ahli hospital. hamas health officials say the hospital was hit by an israeli airstrike. the israeli military has denied responsibility, saying the blast was caused by a failed rocket launched by the gaza—based militant group palestinian islamic jihad. us presidentjoe biden is currently travelling to israel, but a planned summit injordan with arab leaders has now been cancelled. biden�*s visit is designed to further demonstrate america's support for israel. the white house is saying the us is "optimistic" about getting humanitarian aid into gaza. on our website we have a live page that is constantly updating with the latest developments — but now let's focus on the top business stories. here in europe in a few hours we will be getting

sally can tell us.suggested. was that place...the sun?! as chandler, matthew perry was the friend with the driest sense of humour who often got the biggest laughs. someone at work ate my sandwich. well, what did the police say? the actor was found dead in his hot tub at his la home by emergency services on saturday. those who worked with him posted tributes on social media. hank azaria, who played phoebe's love interest david, saying perry was even funnier than his character. you know, a girl calls you by her ex—boyfriend's name, that's not a good thing, right? david, let me let me stop you there, because i think i see where this is going. i'm not very good at giving advice. azaria said unlike chandler, perry was good at advice, wanting to help others with drink and drug addiction that he struggled so deeply with. he was just, as a sober person, he was so caring and giving and wise, and he totally helped me get sober. and i really wish he could have... you know, found the, found it in himself to stay wi

welcome to breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay. 0ur headlines today... of thousands of patients at risk. bombardments have continued in gaza overnight — us presidentjoe biden reiterates his support for israel's campaign to eliminate hamas. prime minister rishi sunak will address mps today, to say what the uk is doing to support israel and to address the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza. in other news... more foreign inmates to be sent home under government reforms to ease prison overcrowding, but labour calls the plans "half baked." as winter looms, charities warn that people living with disabilities are burdened with up to £1,000 extra energy debt compared with a year ago

i'm sally bundock. business leaders and politicians in the north of england say they want and need an immediate decision on the future of the h52 rail line. suggestions that the second leg to manchester could be scrapped have dominated the conservative party conference in the city, and it's reported rishi sunak could make an announcement on the project's fate before the event draws to a close. our political correspondent iain watson sent this report. the prime minister wants to make progress in the opinion polls but a day to his party conference because the real over the future of hs two for the downing street says no final decision has been taken on whether the project will be to manchester. we caught up with the transport secondary and he took the same line. any clarity at all? you have heard what number ten said, no decision has been taken. avenue platforms including the conservative of the matt williams. 3 conservative of the matt williams.— williams. a once in a generation _ williams. a once in a i

hello, i'm sally bundock. we start here in the uk and after weeks of speculation the prime minister is expected to announce later today that plans for the h52 high speed rail line, linking birmingham and manchester, will be scrapped. in his speech to the conservative party conference in manchester, rishi sunak is expected to set out alternative projects in the north of england and wales, and argue that these would be a better use of public money. our correspondent damian grammaticas has more. brushing his way through the late—night conference crowd, rishi sunak. relaxed and silent. he has made his mind up, it is the end of h52 to manchester. this is what the pm was saying 2a hours ago. what manchester. this is what the pm was saying 24 hours ago.- was saying 24 hours ago. what i wanted it is _ was saying 24 hours ago. what i wanted it is the _ was saying 24 hours ago. what i wanted it is the right _ was saying 24 hours ago. what i wanted it is the right decision i wanted it is the right decision for the countr

i'm sally bundock. investigators in spain are working to identify the victims of a deadly nightclub fire in the southeastern city of murcia. at least 13 people are known to have died in what's believed to be spain's worst such disaster in over 30 years. it broke out in the popular teatre nightclub in the early hours of sunday morning. our correspondent guy hedgecoe has the latest. the fire began at around 6am in the fonda milagros nightclub before spreading to two venues next to it. the cause of the blaze is unknown, but its effect was devastating. translation: we don't know anything. - we are waiting for news to see whether some of our family members have come out alive. translation: i think we left 30 seconds or one minute - before the alarms went off and all the lights went out and there were screams saying there was a fire. i was in a place where i could get out, but five family members and two friends are still missing. emergency services have been searching through the rubble, trying to find bodie

i'm sally bundock with the top business stories. and we start with the startling statistic that 500 million people will still be living in extreme poverty in 2030 in less than seven years�* time. this is defined as those trying to live on less than $1.25 a day. then you add to that another 700 million who willjust be above that level of poverty according to the un. today is the united nations international day for the eradication of poverty, something global leaders committed to do in 2015 that established the un's sustainable development goals. so, why is solving global poverty proving so difficult? joining me now is luis—felipe lopez—calva, global director for poverty and equity at the world bank. a very warm welcome to the programme. this is such a big issue and we have a few minutes in the world of television which is not enough time, but in your opinion, why is this problem getting worse and not better? . ~ problem getting worse and not better? ., ~ , ., , . problem getting worse and not better? ., ~ , . ~ , better? thank you v

you are watching breakfast with sally nugent and jon kay.d herself against the ongoing hostage situation, so on this, the opposition and government standards one on standing with israel. grant sha -s one on standing with israel. grant shapps was _ one on standing with israel. grant shapps was talking _ one on standing with israel. grant shapps was talking about - one on standing with israel. grant shapps was talking about diplomatic support to israel initially, not ruling out going further than that. do you think they should be more practical help, potentially military help offered? i practical help, potentially military help offered?— practical help, potentially military hel offered? ~ ., ., help offered? i think at the moment the most important _ help offered? i think at the moment the most important thing _ help offered? i think at the moment the most important thing is - help offered? i think at the moment the most important thing is for i help offered? i think at the moment the most important thing is for all i the most important thing

i'm sally bunn dog. we begin with the latest on the israel—gaza war where israel's bombardment of northern gaza has continued overnight into the morning. these are some of the latest pictures overlooking gaza city shows explosions in the distance and the noise of aircraft. heavy shelling had also been taking place near a key hospital in gaza city. the palestinian red crescent in gaza says israel has told them to evacuate al-quds hospital, but it said this was impossible due to patients being in intensive care units. israel hasn't confirmed the order, but a military spokesperson said that they had killed what he called �*dozens of terrorists�* during bombing of the territory — including senior commanders of hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk, us and other governments. our international editor jeremy bowen is in southern israel and sent this report. people are living in the ruins in gaza. the israelis insist that they hit hamas targets, who use civilians as human shields. america

i'm sally bundock. we start with israel and gaza — uk prime minister rishi sunak will be in israel this morning. he will meet israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and president isaac herzog, before travelling to a number of other regional capitals, in a diplomatic bid to prevent fighting from spiralling. downing street says rishi sunak "will express his condolences "for the terrible loss of life in israel and gaza as a result "of hamas�* brutal terrorist attacks." he is also expected to press for humanitarian aid to reach people in gaza "as soon as possible", and for british nationals trapped there to be able to leave. the uk foreign secretaryjames cleverly is also on a series of visits in the region, taking in egypt, turkey and qatar over the next few days. meanhwhile, us presidentjoe biden has wrapped up his visit to israel, and offered his support to the country, during a day—long visit, and later unveiled a deal to allow the first humanitarian aid trucks to enter the gaza strip. our correspond

i'm sally bundock. i'll bring you all the business news in a moment, but first... two israeli women who were taken from their homes more than two weeks ago have been released from captivity. yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were among more than 200 people abducted by hamas fighters in the attacks of october 7th, and brought to gaza. hamas — which is designated a terrorist group by many western governments, including the uk — said the release was for humanitarian reasons. the women, whose husbands are still being held, were handed over at the rafah border crossing between gaza and egypt at around 10:00 local time last night. president biden has called for the release of all hostages in gaza before there can be a ceasefire. the israeli army says it's carried out limited incursions into gaza — ahead of an expected ground offensive. just to say, we have got live coverage of course on a website of what is happening in israel and gaza. this is the plane that has just landed in tel aviv, israel, where french president emmanuel macron is due to disembark at any moment. o

a just 18, sally haynes was a very promising horsewoman.finished up being one of them, i wasn't scared. i...i was horrified, but i wasn't scared because i had this great faith in guttmann because of his already acknowledged achievements. naturally competitive, sallyjumped at the chance to join the team for what was now known as the stoke mandeville games, being staged after the rome olympics in 1960. she went on to win gold and silver medals at subsequent events and became a trailblazer for wheelchairfencing in the uk, all the while embodying the spirit of the games. it was compensation for what i couldn't do with my riding and racing, show jumping. it was a replacement for that because i hadn't found anything to replace that feeling of...i wanted to make myself better doing it. which was the same with riding all the time. it was what you were looking for and the wheelchair sport was giving me what i was looking for. her family and friends organised a horse show to raise money and this is sally as a cheque is handed over to professor guttma

a short time ago my colleague sally bundock spoke to a board member of the future investment initiativetteo renzi, who was also prime minister of italy. he told her what the initiative is all about. future investment initiative tried to offer a platform of dialogue, particularly in business and correctly you explained the quality... one point, european... 400 ceos from europe as well as china, discussing here the initiative that became one of the most attractive and brilliant possibilities of exchange. last time was in the army the next time will be in hong kong but this is the pillar of the initiative of f at the same time, there are a lot of tensions in the economy so we need a new campus is the new title of this initiative. a new campus to understand what would be best for business and politics. light to what extent is what's happening in israel and gaza are overshadowing this event now? i believe that everything that's happened in the last two years on the border is an unbelievable change. when i was prime minister, the war was completely different. this was only seven or eight year

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welcome to breakfast withjon kay and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today...overnight. israel defence forces says it has been targeting hamas' key infrastructure — and rockets have been fired from gaza. here, the labour party conference gets under way in liverpool, with shadow chancellor rachel reeves due to promise that she'd get britain building if they win power. due to promise that she'd get we'll speak to her after seven. due to promise that she'd get 0h due to promise that she'd get very special recognit burrow, 0h very special recognition for rob burrow, his wife lindsey and their friend kevin sinfield at the pride of britain awards for raising millions of pounds for research into mnd. it millions of pounds for research into mnd. .., , millions of pounds for research into mnd. . ., , ., millions of pounds for research into mnd. , ., , .,~ millions of pounds for research into mnd. , ., , ., mnd. it can be a very dark and lonely place — mnd. it can be a very dark and lonely place at _ mnd. it can be a very dark and lonely place at times, - mnd. it can be

a just 18, sally haynes was a very promising horsewoman. when i actually finished up being one of them, i wasn't scared. i...i was horrified, but i wasn't scared because i had this great faith in guttmann because of his already acknowledged achievements. naturally competitive, sallyjumped at the chance to join the team for what was now known as the stoke mandeville games, being staged after the rome olympics in 1960. she went on to win gold and silver medals at subsequent events and became a trailblazer for wheelchairfencing in the uk, all the while embodying the spirit of the games. it was compensation for what i couldn't do with my riding and racing, show jumping. it was a replacement for that because i hadn't found anything to replace that feeling of...i wanted to make myself better doing it. which was the same with riding all the time. it was what you were looking for and the wheelchair sport was giving me what i was looking for. her family and friends organised a horse show to raise money and this is sally as a cheque is handed over to

hello, i'm sally bundock here with all your latest business news, and we start in the uk where thereeen a sharp rise in the number of companies at risk of going bust, according to figures seen by the bbc. the insolvency experts begbies traynor say the number of firms in what's called �*critical financial distress�* — meaning they face court orders for unpaid debts — hasjumped by 25% in the last three months. the company says higher prices, increased borrowing costs, and lower consumer confidence are to blame. our business editor simonjack has been to cardiff to talk to small businesses about the financial pressures they're facing. going, going gone. this wine merchant is picking up the last of the stock as he shuts down his business. 2023 shaping up to be a little shop of horrors. the number of companies in critical financial distress up caught in the last three months and this year is expected to see business failures than any since the crisis of 2009. i realised the shot wasn't valid anymore, i had to close the shop i went back online where i started originally but there was not th

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