Hello, youre watching the context on bbc news. Its been revealed that Keir Starmer s top adviser, Sue Gray, now earns more than the Prime Minister. Weve been told that shes now on a salary of £170,000. More than 100 charities and Aid Agencies have urged sir Keir Starmer to protect foreign Aid Spending amid fears the budget could fall to its lowest level since 2007. The unease comes ahead of the Budget Set to be unveiled by the chancellor in october and with increasing aid being spent here in the uk, To Support Refugees and Asylum Seekers. The previous government had counteracted this adding £2. 5 billion to the foreign Aid Budget, as a Top Up to compensate for the money being spent in britain. But where does the uk stand internationally . The un target for foreign Aid Spending is 0. 7 of a countrys gross national income. That figure is widely accepted among the international community and the uk made a legal commitment to it in 2015. But in reality according to the oecd, just 5 count
By hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits son for when membership the boy scouts of america files for bankruptcy. And sport the followed over the Houston Astros cheating scandal is dominating the build up to the new baseball season with the sports biggest stars of choose the games governing body being chewed lenient and its punishment. Its 1500 g. M. C. Restarts this news are in syria where the un human rights chief is calling on the government and its allies so open humanitarian corridors for civilians to leave areas of fighting more michelle bestially put out a statement via her spokesman said governments and Russian Forces appear to be targeting civilians and hospitals deliberately nearly 900000 people have been forced from their homes in northwest syria over the last 3 months the governments offensive to capture the last rebel held areas has created the biggest single civilian displacement since the war began 9 years ago. The sheer quantity of attacks on these hospitals medical facilities
and country to chris hipkins. ten people have been killed in a mass shooting on the outskirts of los angeles. the attack happened at a dance venue in monterey park around seven miles east of los angeles city centre. the area is home to a large asian community. at least 10 people have been injured and the suspect is still at large. david waddell reports. it was a day of festivities to usher in the chinese lunar new year. the shooting happened soon after 10pm in the evening, when official events had grown to a close. witnesses at a dance venue where the shooting happened say the gunman opened fire indiscriminately with a semiautomatic weapon. local police responded to an urgent call to find a large number of casualties. officers from the monterey park police department responded to a local business in the 100 block of w. garvey ave in the city of monterey park regarding a shots fired call. when officers arrived on scene, they observed numerous individuals, patrons of the locati
mostly graze, but a sharp contrast between the blackness of space and the horizon but the moon. i will neverforget it. it was so dramatic. and after two years of zero social events, parties and going out have returned, and it seems sky high heels are back in fashion. i feel like a ifeel like a million bucks. i feel like a million bucks. i love high heels. hello and welcome to the programme. ukraine s president has claimed the world narrowly avoided a radiation disaster at europe s largest nuclear plant, which is held by russian forces. power to the final two working reactors at the zaporizhzhia complex has now been restored, but for several hours on thursday, electricity needed for cooling was cut off, apparently by fire damage to overhead cables. international inspectors have demanded they be allowed to visit, as gareth barlow reports. zaporizhzhia, europe s biggest health plan and the current focal point of the war. on wednesday, for the first time in its history, the plan