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Retailers have been fair to customers amid accusations they profiteered from the rising Cost Of Living. Good morning from old trafford where englands cricketers have work to do and fast on day two of their must win ashes fourth test. Whilst in new zealand, kick off is not far away now for the womens world cup can anyone stop defending champions the usa . Can anyone stop defending many can anyone stop defending will get a dry day today there many will get a dry day today but there will be showers...

up here, its peaceful. the views, you dont get this out of a aeroplane window. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from switzerland — or, more specifically, the international balloon festival in the swiss alps. well be taking a birds—eye perspective on that later on. but in the meantime, lets head to zurich for something a little more underground. im on a journey from switzerlands capital, beginning with a drive two hours south—west, because ive heard th...

the first time it has opted against a rise in more than a year. fed chairmanjerome powell said the bank was still waiting for evidence that inflation was slowing decisively. so what might be in store? to talk through whats at stake im joined by francis 0h, asia—pacific chief executive at qraft technologies. a warm welcome to the programme. argue with the economists, the bookies that predict that inflation will actually be coming down to around 3%? actually be coming down to around 39...

of this fiscal year. the news comes as pressure mounts from an activist investor whos been critical of the company, including its disappointing stats at the box office. the company also narrowed its losses specifically in streaming. disney plus increased prices this fall and lost subscribers over that. but because each subscriber is paying more for the service, its average revenue per user went up. disney plus is streaming offerings include espn plus the focus of a lot of attention thi...

and the ukrainecast presenter vitaliy shevchenko has been following developments. he gave me some background on the general whos been dimissed. valerii zaluzhnyi, to put simply, he was in charge of the ukrainian army. and as such, he was the architect of ukraines initial counteroffensive backin ukraines initial counteroffensive back in 2022. he is the face of ukraines relative military success. he is credited well with the fact that ukraines still there, still fighting, and yet he has ...

from seoul, heres yuna ku. another devastating summer in south korea. days of torrential rain have caused landslides, flash flooding and a considerable loss of life and livelihoods. in the city of cheongiu rescuers are trying to reach people trapped in their vehicles in a flooded tunnel after water poured into the underpass so quickly they could not escape. 15 vehicles and dozens of people are known to be trapped inside. translation: we are trying our best right now but its difficult _...

Now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. Hello and welcome to unspun world. Its exactly two years since our programme launched, and the anniversary comes at a critical moment in the ukrainian war, which is also exactly two years old. Russias gaining ground, and President Putins only serious political opponent, alexei navalny, is dead. Sudden death syndrome, the Prison Authorities informed his family. Well, theres been a lot of that about where mr putins enemies are concerned. So, is putin...

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, is on another diplomatic tour of the middle east — his fifth visit to the region since the conflict erupted between israel and hamas. he will be visiting saudi arabia, israel, egypt, qatar and the occupied west bank. mr blinken�*s trip follows days of air strikes by the united states against iranian—linked targets in iraq, syria and yemen. ahead of his arrival, a drone attack killed six us—backed kurdish fighters at an american base in...

is all too clear. i feel frustrated and i feel anxious, and ifeel anxious on behalf of our patients and their families around the delays to care. and thats a cumulative effect of the strikes over many months now. claps dont pay the bills! in scotland, a deal�*s agreed with the junior doctors�* union, but in england, theres been another strike. the union said a 6% pay award wouldnt be nearly enough to cover past inflation. this dispute has to continue until this government recognise...

there is only one place to start this hour, and that is with buckingham palace has announced that the king is being treated for cancer. he will continue with state duties but will step back from public engagements during his treatment.during the kings recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted. subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer. our royal correspondent daniella ralph has the latest there was little sign ye...