To be housed on board a barge in dorset are expected to arrive later today. The use of the bibby stockholm to house up to 500 people had been delayed by safety concerns. Ministers insist the vessel will help reduce the cost of placing migrants in hotels. Jonathan blake reports. Floating accommodation for migrants seeking asylum in the uk. The Bibby Stockholm Barge has been moored at portland in dorset for nearly three weeks, but stands empty. Safety concerns have delayed getting people on board but its now expected the first 50 or so men to be housed on the barge will move in very soon. We expect it to be in the coming days, so you wont have long to wait. And this is an important step forwards. Up to 500 people could be accommodated here. The barge has medical facilities and a recreation area. Its one way the government hopes to cut the cost of hotels for those attempting to claim asylum, the bill currently running at about £6 million per day. But its prompted protests from local resi
pete buttigieg was working with the railroads as well. you heard from the president calling this deal a win for tens of thousands of railway workers. just to reiterate key points, they re getting better pay, improved working conditions and peace of mind surrounding health care costs. this agreement after those 20 hours of face-to-face negotiations was led by the labor secretary, and he said one of the key moments was crucial call from president biden that took place late last night at 9:00. walsh warned a strike would have been catastrophic. you know that some of the consequences, but consider this, 40% of this country s products that are shipped long distance are moved by rail. that means auto parts, lumber, the food we eat. we are already seeing some of the possible implications, amtrak preemptively canceling long-distance routes. the statement from amtrak this morning saying they re trying to get these canceled trains quickly restored. they re reaching out to passengers to
sign for the u.s. economy. inflation finally starting to cool off and it was flat for the month of july. consumer prices increasing by 8.5% year over year. that s slightly lower than the 9.1% increase back in june. and we ll be talking about what that means in just a moment. it is really good news for every consumer out there. plus, former president trump set to be deposed today by the new york attorney general s office. this is in connection to a civil investigation into the trump organization s finances. we have details on that. we are also learning this morning much more about that fbi search of president trump s mar-a-lago home. the justice department was concerned that trump had not returned sensitive documents, which could have national security implications. new details this morning about how trump may frame his defense in all of it. let s get straight to the good news. relatively speaking, on the economy, this morning. wall street poised for a positive open in just
increase back in april. police say their investigation is still ongoing after a 12 year old boy had died in a hit and run crash on a motorway in west yorkshire. the child was struck by a vehicle on the m62 shortly before 10pm on saturday. a 36 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of a child and is currently in custody. a famed 18th century building once known as britain s wonkiest pub, the so called crooked house at himley, in staffordshire, has been completely gutted by a fire. live from london, this is bbc news. one of the world s longest ruling leaders, hun sen of cambodia, is about to hand over power to his son, hun manet, who will be appointed prime minister by the king.
still waiting to understand what the contours of this deal look like. the big picture, though, this is going to avert a strike. when you think about the implications of what that strike would have been on the american economy, it would have been severe. we all talk about what inflation is already doing to this country, to consumer prices, food prices, et cetera. all of that would have only increased had there been a strike. crisis averted. in terms of what we re going to see, it appears that the workers are going to be getting something on the order of a 24% increase back in 2019, so a backdated deal. there s stale question, and we don t know the answer yet, about six days for workers in this industry. it s a big issue that bernie sanders and a number of politicians have made on the floor of the senate and elsewhere, how many days do they actually get and do they get fired if they actually are sick to take those days. you saw a number of people come out even against people like