mixed feelings about it. church of england leaders have described the policy as immoral , downing street has said the plane may not take off today as planned because of ongoing legal challenges by some of those due to be removed. also this lunchtime: basic pay falls in relation to rising prices at the fastest rate in more than a decade. intense russian bombardment in the east of ukraine all three bridges in a key city have now been destroyed. five years since the grenfell tower disaster, a memorial service is held at westminster abbey for the 72 people who died. nicola sturgeon insists there is an indisputable mandate for a second referendum on independence for scotland. and england chase a second innings target of 299 to win the second test against new zealand. and coming up on the bbc news channel: australia are into the world cup finals for a fifth time in a row, following the heroics of sub keeper andrew redmayne. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one.
Of surgery to save his life following an apparent assassination attempt. Local media reported that the Prime Minister had regained consciousness. The deputy Prime Minister, tomas taraba, told the bbc that the operation had gone well and he expected mr fico to survive. The Prime Minister was shot several times as he was leaving a Government Meeting in what the Interior Minister described as a politically motivated attack. The deputy Prime Minister of slovakia accused opposition parties of using false narratives to paint the Prime Minister almost as a monster. In sliver you, we won two elections. In october we had parliamentary elections, so we have stabilised support of the public. In slavonic. Also international politics, speak about a false narrative that we want to leave the European Union and join the cooperation with russia and i dont want these false narratives and of course people from the other side lost the election sometimes, they believe in these narratives, they can become a
Where now for south africa . After last weeks massive Cabinet Reshuffle, President Zuma may face another vote of No Confidence. We talk you through whats at stake. Third time unlucky . Toshiba shares plunge in tokyo again on reports it may miss its results deadline, for the third time. Welcome to World Business report. Ina in a moment we will look at the Property Market in beijing as well. We begin in south africa where the parliaments speaker is considering a No Confidence vote request from the opposition of president jacob zuma. This comes after the countrys finance minster, Pravin Gordhan, and many other cabinet members, were sacked last week by the president which has had a big impact. Lets talk you through the reaction. Within hours of mr gordhans removal, the south african currency, the rand, fell sharply and was down over 5 against the dollar for the week. The Share Markets were also impacted seeing their biggest drop since 2015 with Government Bonds and Banking Stocks falling h