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a year, with businesses also in line for help. its expected to be funded by £100 billion of government borrowing. in germany, the government has already brought in subsidies for low—income households along with other measures, costing about about 60 billion euros which is £51 billion. injanuary, the french government forced the state—owned energy provider to cap wholesale price rises to 4% for a year and they also brought it other measures. thats all expected to cost 45 billion e...

and fight for survival. as long as people are here, lutzerath stays. brazils supreme court will investigate the role of the former president, jair bolsonaro, in the storming of government buildings by his supporters last weekend. takeaways, restaurants, and cafes in england will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates, and bowls from october as part of a new government plan to tackle plastic pollution. hello and welcome. iran has executed a british—iranian man on charges of spying...

to make way for coal—mining. hello and welcome. iran has executed a british—iranian man on charges of spying for the uk. alireza akbari, who was irans deputy defence minister, was detained in 2019. hed denied passing sensitive information to the british government, and said he was forced to confess after being tortured. our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, reports. news of the execution came on state—run television early this morning despite repeated last—minute appea...

major oil producers to cut production is described as "short—sighted" after oil prices are pushed to a three—week high. and — a symbol of the economic crisis facing lebanon. the bbc speaks to a lebanese mp who held up a bank, to take out her own money. i apologise to all the people i frightened, but how does that compare to the despair, anger and grief i feel every day? hello and welcome. russia and china have been accused of shielding north korea from further un sanctions over i...

good morning from the cooper box arena, where the stage is set for the wheelchair rugby league world cup. elsewhere, champions league history is made by the 17—year—old manchester city player rico lewis, on the final night of group stage matches. good morning. we have had some heavy overnight rain pushing southwards and eastwards. it will take its time to clear from the far south—east today, but behind it we are looking at sunshine and showers. strong winds in the north of scotla...

the pound remains under pressure — from market concerns about government borrowing to fund tax cuts. a state funeral is due to be held for the former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. leaders from across the world are expected to be at the service. the event will start in just under an hour but there has been growing opposition with detractors citing the cost. and honours even as engalnd and germany share six goals in their final game before the qatar, world cup. of an asteroid tra...

the pound has stabilised today after hitting a record low yesterday. well be explaining the impact of whats going on in the markets. also this lunchtime... sir keir starmer will promise a fresh start for the uk in his keynote speech to the labour party conference today. the prince and princess of wales make their first visit to the nation since they were given the titles. and nasa smashes a spacecraft into an asteroid to test whether they can be deflected away from earth. and coming up...

to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth could be deflected out of the way. as far as we can tell, our first planetary defence test was a success, and i think we can clap to that, everyone. cheering. so... right? so, yeah, well, i... yeah, i think the earthlings should sleep better. ukrainians in four russian—held regions have one final day to vote in a referendum that kyiv and its western allies dismiss as a sham. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around ...

rise in interest rates. russian officials say up to 98% of people in four occupied areas voted to join russia. ukraine has denounced the process as a sham. and its liverpool vs glasgow in the battle to find out which city meanwhile, russia is accused of causing leaks in two major pipelines in europe. the kremlin says it is concerning. and its liverpool vs glasgow in the battle to find out which city will host eurovision. hello, good afternoon. sir keir starmer has delivered his keynote...

has led us into a chaotic world. someone i was speaking to last night from the shadow cabinet said what is really interesting is through all this turmoil, keir has been quite calm and the fact he has done a lot ofjobs outside politics where he has run big organisations and he is quite a level—headed person when a lot of people in politics are quite hot headed and they look for the drama and they are quite last minute people, they are saying that we are going to be having, there has b...