United states where ports all across the East And Gulf coasts including here in baltimore have virtually ground to a halt. It means goods ranging from cars to machinery and fresh fruit and vegtables are going to find a lot tougher to get into or out of the worlds biggest economy. An estimated 16,000 workers have stopped working over demands for more pay and less automation. The stoppages could cost the us economy as much as 5bn a day according to the Investment Bankjp Morgan but other experts say it will be less than that. One knock on could be as many as 100,000 people finding themselves temporarily out of work as the impact of the stoppage spreads. 0ur Correspondent Michelle fleury is at the Port Of Newark in newjersey. What other people telling you about how angry they are but also how long this might last . This is one of three dozen ports that are on strike as of midnight last night, and work is basically raring to go, blasting music this morning, i saw some children walking aroun
A budget that will define the next Half Decade under labour begins to take shape with more investment in big projects, more borrowing, and perhaps less of a Tax Rise than expected. And devastating israeli strikes on beirut actively targeting hezbollah s leadership, as Benjamin Netanyahu dashes back from the Un And Tehran holds emergency meetings. Where will this escalation take the region and the world . Good evening. This is newsnight, home to Insight And Analysis from home and abroad. Well discuss the emerging situation in the Middle East a little later, matters could develop as we are on air. Breaking news is that they hezbollah it senior leadership is unreachable following the israel strikes on the Beirut Southern Suburbs on thursday. We will discuss that later. But first a domestic Mid Conference political and economic stock take with our top panel. Anushka asthana, Itv News deputy political editor, author of taken as red, an Insider Account of Labours Ascent to power, zing tseng,
Number of schools talk about getting the Education Sector back on its feet. ThIs Is the last day of the Labour Party Conference in liverpool. We will bring you all of the speeches that we can. The work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall Is on her feet delivering her speech and i think we can lIsten to it into what she has to say. The first Labour Government in the first Labour Government in the first labour Prime MinIster in 14 long years. Our national Wealth Fund Is up and running but Gb Energy has switched on. The unsure when banks scrap renters rights overhauled and local busesin renters rights overhauled and local buses in local, teachers pay up tackling Child Poverty back where it should be. A top priority all around us we see the consequences of tory failure. Most record numbers of people who want to work locked out because of poor health. Millions stuck in insecure jobs. Mum struggling with childcare. DIsabled people denied equality. Food Bank Use soaring and more than 4 Million
Where you will see a prime example of Pomp And Spectacle in the uk. Under way to mark the second anniversary of king charles ascension. Lets listen for a lets listen in for a moment. That was the royal horse artillery. 41 runs in total fired here, and a basic Gun Salute involves 21 run but because this is happening in a Royal Park an additional 20 rounds fired and those guns just before this took place were carried along through The Park At A Gallop By Teams Of Horses and the guns then detached and set up to fire, firing blanks. This role Gun Salute marking the second anniversary of the accession of king Charles Ii to the throne. A Special Report from afghanistan now, a country where millions of children are malnourished and clear several children have died in the last six months. This is a crisis with children living in Extreme Poverty after years of war caused economic collapse. The delivery of aid is becoming much harder since the taliban to control in 2021. Bbc Reporter Sabine in t
We start this hour with a Special Report from afghanistan, a country where millions of children are malnourished, and where in one hospital, 700 children have died injust the last six months. Its a humanitarian crisis that deepens every day, with much of the Country Living in Extreme Poverty, after years of war causing economic collapse. The un says more than Three Million children under five are malnourished, with the delivery of aid becoming much harder since the taliban took control in 2021. The bbc s yogita limaye, Camera Journalist sanjay ganguly, and producer Imogen Anderson have been in the country for the last two weeks, chronicling the disaster, and a warning their report shows images of children in distress. This is what an average morning looks like at jalalabads main hospital. Hundreds throng every corner, every passage, as Extreme Poverty pushes more children into disease each day. Zara, 13 months old, one of 3 Million malnourished children in the country. A disease thats