Uk wages rise at a record rate. But economists warn its not all good news as it could force Interest Rates to rise again. And two years since the taliban returned to power in aghanistan theres severe hunger and a near collapse of the Health System we have a special report. Former President Donald Trump says he will release his own report on what he calls Election Fraud in georgia. That comes after prosecutors in the us state charged donald trump and 18 others with attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat there. The former president is facing 13 new charges, including racketeering and conspiracy. Racketeering is a type of organised crime where a person profits through dishonest or illegal activities. This is his fourth criminal indictment; he now faces in total 91 charges with allegations of election interference, hush money paid to a porn star, and mishandling classified documents. Mr trump has denied any wrongdoing in all of his criminal cases. Hes called the latest charges a w
let s update you on the fallout following the collapse of silicon valley bank. injapan today shares in its biggest banks have dropped sharply as global markets react to the banking sector sell off in the us. despite a promise from us president biden that his government would do everything needed to maintain stability. on monday americans were lining up outside their branches to access their funds. some venture capitalists in california were seen taking out their money in cashier cheques worth millions of dollars. the volatility sparked by the collapse of svb has led to speculation the federal reserve will now pause its plans to keep raising interest rates, designed to tame inflation. our north america business correspondent, michelle fleury, reports from new york. what the hammock in the us banking sector means for the broader economy is to be seen but it s taking calculations about how america s fight against inflation maeve plouffe. economists at goldman sachs no longer exp
impressive for earlyjuly, 17 19. we finished the day with persistent rain across in northern ireland. that s going to be affecting northern ireland through the evening, then spread into parts of central southern scotland, northern england and western parts of wales as we go through the night and into tomorrow morning. not a desperately cold night, temperature is around 9-13 to cold night, temperature is around 9 13 to start the weekend. here s the chart for the weekend. saturday, we ve got this hawk of weather system pushing slowly eastwards across the country, a bit more breeze on it than today. we ll see one when the front stretching from yorkshire down towards cornwall with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. that pushes slowly southwards and eastwards. east anglia and the south east staying dry until the evening then sunshine and showers for many although northern parts of scotland more in the way of persistent rain and cloud through the day. the winds lightest year, more of a
hello there. we start with the cost of living crisis because the uk is facing a summer of discontent over pay, according to the head of the biggest private sector union. sharon graham, who runs the unite union, has told the bbc it s not militant to ask for pay rises in line with inflation, currently running at over 9%. she says tens of thousands of her members, from bus drivers to refuse collectors to factory workers, are involved in pay disputes around the country. this warning comes as railway workers announce more strike days over the summer. here s what she had to say to our economics editor faisal islam. before people turned around to workers and say to workers, not only have you got out and defended the pandemic, because it was key workers and ordinary people that did that, now it is over, we want you to pay for it. now that is actually abhorent to me. the idea that we set out you go, you defend what is going on out there and by the way, now you are back and everyon
the government s urged to officially apologise to thousands of unmarried mums who were forced into giving up their babies for adoption. and more struggles for tiger woods on the second day of the open. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the open leader board bunches around those contenders still to start their second round, but rory mcilroy remains in the picture ahead of his afternoon tee off time. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the met office has issued a rare extreme weather warning for parts of england on monday and tuesday. the uk health security agency has also increased its heat health warning from level three to level four the government says that meets the definition of a national emergency. for the first time ever, temperatures could hit a0 degrees. the highest recorded temperature in the uk was 38.7c in cambridge in 2019. the warning covers manchester, the midlands and london. a met office red warning means there is a potential danger to l