explosions and a fire have been reported. the mum of dame deborahjames speaks for the first time about her daughter s legacy in riasing awareness of bowel cancer. we were given three to five days deborah lived eight weeks. that eight weeks was probably, in one way, the best eight weeks we ve had together as a family. and animal charities say they are the busiest they ve ever been as people are struggling to afford their pets. the value of people s wages has fallen at the fastest rate since records began after taking into account the rising cost of living. household budgets are being squeezed by rising food, fuel and energy costs. average pay fell by 3% between april and june, when adjusted for inflation. that means prices are rising at an even faster rate, despite growth in regular pay excluding bonuses. meanwhile, job vacancies continued to increase, although the rate is slowing. the rise in the cost of living has prompted workers and unions across several industries to
a man has been arrested by police in the us state of illinois after six people were shot dead at an independence day parade. a bbc investigation has found that children as young as 11 have been housed in temporary accomodation as record numbers are placed into care. 50,000 people have been put on evacuation alert as floods hit sydney for the third time this year. and cameron norrie, the last brit standing at wimbledon, is trying to reach his first ever semifinal, battling belgian david goffin. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the cabinet office minister, michael ellis, has confirmed that borisjohnson was aware of a complaint about alleged inappropriate behaviour by the mp chris pincher before appointing him deputy chief whip, but had forgotten he was told about it. lord mcdonald, the former top civil servant in the foreign office, said downing street had not told the truth when it said the prime minister was not aware of any formal complaints. labour s deputy leader,
turning a july 4th parade into a mad dash for survival. police say the fgunman fired frm a rooftop. witnesses describe the confusion and chaos. i thought for a second maybe it was fire crackers. you ve heard before people aren t sure what it is, but it was too fast and too quick, and my son said no, that s gunfire. we turned and ran and i pushed my son s wheelchair, and the wheelchair collapsed on the pavement. he toppled over and i fell. it happened again. and then my young son picks up my older son and ran. we ran for our lives. six were killed. dozens more wounded. the video shows police apprehending a man described as a suspect and a person of interest. we re getting details this hour including about the weapon. what authorities call a high-powered rifle. the highland park mayor says the shooter bought the gun legally. that s despite a growing body of online evidence of disturbing posts from this man fantasizing about carnage and carrying out attacks and even suicide
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obtained legally, according to the mayor of highland. whether it s buffalo, new york, uvalde, texas, whether it s highland park, illinois, this is unbelievable to me that this is an acceptable part of who we are as a nation. in philadelphia last night, more americans running for their lives during another shooting at a skrul 4th celebration. a concert near the city s iconic art museum. two police officers were injured and another mayor then speaking out about gun violence in center city. we re the most armed country in world history, and we are one of the least safest. until americans decide that they want to give up the guns and give up the opportunity to get guns, we re going to have this problem. joining me now from highland park, illinois, shaquille brewster and with me nbc s ken dilanian. shaq, what s the latest as we are awaiting this press conference, which is expected in about 10 or 15 minutes? reporter: that s right, andrea. it will begin any minute now. th