should not continue. british airways halts sales of tickets on short haul flights from heathrow for a week as disruption for travellers continues. mps are calling for non surgical cosmetic procedures like botox and fillers to be better regulated. welcome to bbc news. the leader of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri, has been killed in an american drone strike in afghanistan. al zawahiri was one of the masterminds behind the september 11th attacks against the united states in 2001. after years of tracking him, the cia targeted him with two missiles from a drone flying above the afghan capital kabul, killing him instantly. announcing the strike, president biden said the killing would bring closure to families of the nearly 3,000 victims of the 9/11 attacks. it comes nearly a year after the us s chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan, as our washington correspondent nomia iqbal reports. after decades, america has killed one of its most wanted terrorists. my fellow americans, on saturday,
there are calls for the government to do more to help families with the cost of living. we ll have the latest. i mean, it sjust frightening really. becuase it s such a huge amount of money, and you can t get round it. there s things that you can t change. also this lunchtime. the leader of al qaeda, ayman al zawahiri, is killed by an us drone strike in afghanistan. 12 year old archie battersbee. the supreme court has received an appeal to postpone the withdrawal of his treatment, which was due to begin today. cosmetic procedures like botox and fillers should be better regulated, say mps, to stop people who are struggling with their appearance from being exploited. and how a global operation helped separate conjoined twins. these three year old brothers are now recovering in hospital, after surgeries using virtual reality. and coming up on the bbc news channel. in a dramatic final, wales men beat england in the lawn bowls pairs event to win commonwealth games gold. good aftern
to the gas pumps to fill up their cars, look, i drive a little ford and it cost $60 to fill it up the other day. so they are concerned about the cost of gas at pumps and groceries in our stores. i m the daughter of a maid and a janitor. i watched my parents struggle to make ends meet. the youngest of 7 children. so believe me, in my own life experiences, i knew all too well about that. but let me say this. it does not mean that we should ignore people who lie, steal, and cheat to stay in power or make money. so we re not going to do that. but we certainly need to drive down the cost. we ve already reached out to the administration and talked about in terms of gas, let s tap into those reserves, let s look at price gouging to make sure that oil and gas companies are not just taking advantage of a bad situation so we have called for an investigation into that. we re certainly hoping that that legislation will pass. but we re also looking at market manipulation. again, many time
15 people killed at a mass shooting at an elementary school here in uvalde. that is robb elementary school. 14 people, one teacher. the shooter is dead. officers responding to the shooting, shot and killed him. responding officers were shot at, some were struck, but do not have serious injuries. texas governor abbott says the teen is a local from here. he abandoned his vehicle and ran into the school with a weapon and just started shooting. 15 dead in this mass shooting. horrific. uvalde memorial hospital posting on facebook, they are treating multiple children in their emergency room right now. the atf is here. we are awaiting an imminent press conference. thor of uvalde said there will be a press conference at 5 local time. texas governor abbott confirming 15 people dead in this horrific mass shooting. you can see some of the videos we had sent to the newsroom. a video from earlier today showed the shooter going into the school. it is unclear what type of firearm he had. by