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fights to prevent its collapse. ministers are drawing up contingency plans while the supplier looks to secure extra funding amid debts running into billions of pounds. celia hatton has more. the future of the uks biggest water company is far from watertight. but the government is reassuring thames waters 15 million customers they wont lose access to water as work continues behind the scenes to try to rescue it from collapse. thames water is £14 billion in debt and in crisis mode after...

the july 4 rushford senior correspondent steve harrigan is alive at jackson airport in the lancet with the length of the holiday travel surge. how is it looking, steve? >> and griff, from this vantage point record numbers were there during a very good job of dealing with so far as you can see behind me the alliance about a 10 minute wait from 20 minutes earlier this morning. 17.7 million americans we find this week on the fourth of july here in atlanta the busiest estate -- date has be...

interest payments — some of which are linked to inflation. lets get this in perspective though — the uks national debt is at record levels. it owes £2.69 trillion. that is almost the size of the uk economy — the so—called debt to gdp ratio is around 97.7%. that is a useful guide to how affordable the debt is for a country. the chancellor has pledged to get that ratio down. the uks far better off than some of its neighbours though — italys debt to gdp is around 140%. but if w...

of which are linked to inflation. lets put this into perspective — because the uks national debt is at record levels. it owes £2.69 trillion. that is almost the size of the uk economy — the so—called debt—to—gdp ratio is around 97.7%. that is a useful guide to how affordable the debt is for a country. the chancellor has pledged to get that ratio down. the uks far better off than some of its neighbours though — italys debt—to—gdp is around 140%. but if we look at german...

funerals are being held for the 2a soldiers killed in israels deadliest day since the war began in gaza. there has been intense fighting around khan younis, israel says it has surrounded the southern gaza city. could i hostage deal close, though? reports that israel has proposed a two—month pause to negotiate prisoner exchanges with himars. the us and uk carry out joint strikes against houthi targets in yemen for the second time in two weeks. —— hamas. and oppenheimer leads the o...

but controversial rwanda policy had a new roadblock today, with the appeal court including the east african country is not safe enough for the uk to send asylum—seekers there. but the lord chiefjustice, lord burnett, announced it had been a split decision. he thinks rwanda is safe, but his two colleagues did not. deficiencies in the asylum system in rwanda are such that there are substantial grounds for believing that there is a real risk that persons sent to remand it will be return...

now on bbc news, newscast. chris, were going to have a foreign affairs focus in this episode. what was the most memorable foreign trip youve done as a journalist? can i do two? 0k. and theyre at opposite ends of the kind of spectrum. so the first one was being in kosovo when it declared its independence, and seeing the power for a people and a nation of that moment. but it was a contested moment because there were countries around the world that didnt recognise kosovo. serbia in partic...

this unrest prosecutors say the policeman who shot the boy has been placed in formal investigation, suspected of murder. lets take a look at the scene in paris last night. writers clashed with police as cars were overturned and set alight. much unrest and many french cities. this is what prompted all the violence. this video captures the violence. this video captures the police officer pointing the gun at the driver before pulling trigger at the driver before pulling trigger at point l...

continue, and potentially, if they cannot, that game may be played tomorrow. in the same group, norway, who lost to scotland... on saturday are playing cyprus, and leading 1—0 with a goal from ole salbakken. and its another landmark occasion for cristiano ronaldo whos become the first man to win 200 caps for his country. portugal are playing iceland in reykjavik. it is currently 0—0. australias cricketers have beaten england in a thrilling finish to the 1st test at edgbaston in bir...

conservative mps are split over whether to approve a report condemning borisjohnson for misleading parliament over rule—breaking in the pandemic. a committee recommended stripping the former prime minister of his parliamentary pass. its been suggested that many tories may not turn up for the vote on monday. authorities in greece are under increasing pressure to explain how a migrant boat sank off the countrys southern coast on tuesday. its claimed the boat capsized when coastguards a...