at least 13 people dead, seven of them children. a moment of history in italy. georgia meloni looks set to become the country s first far right leader since the second world war and italy s first female prime minister. a people smuggler tells the bbc the government s policy of sending asylum seekers to rwanda is not deterring migrants. and nasa prepare to crash a space probe into an asteroid to find out how hard it would be save the planet. to save the planet. coming up on the bbc news channel. as england face into their final match ahead of the world cup, manager gareth southgate admits he faces losing his job if results don t go his way in qatar. good afternoon. the pound fell overnight to its lowest level against the dollar for half a century. asian markets were reacting in part to the government s announcement last week of tax cuts and increased borrowing to pay for them. at one stage sterling plunged to around $1.03 before regaining ground. a weaker pound raises the cost
rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, is there and they promise they will bring back the rate of interest tax to fund nhs staff. other news this afternoon. a moment of history in italy georgia meloni looks set to become its first far right leader since the second world war and its first female prime minister. a school shooting in russia has left at least 13 people dead, seven of them children. and nasa prepare to crash a space probe into an asteroid to find out how hard it would be to save the planet. welcome to bbc news, very good to have your company and it is going to be a busy afternoon. the pound fell overnight to its lowest level against the dollar for half a century. asian markets were reacting in part to the government s announcement last week of tax cuts and increased borrowing to pay for them. of course, that had come too late for their trading week on friday. at one stage, sterling plunged to around $1.03, before regaining ground. a weaker pound raises the cost
and the venetians are back on board the annual regatta takes place in full for the first time since covid. we begin in canada, where police are searching for two suspects thought to have stabbed ten people to death. at least 15 others have been wounded. the prime ministerjustin trudeau has described the events in the province of saskatchewan as horrific and heart breaking . police there say they are investigating 13 possible crime scenes and are looking for two men they believe carried out the attacks. at this point in our investigation, we have located ten deceased individuals in 13 locations in the areas of james smith cree nation and weldon, saskatchewan. several others have been injured, 15 of which at this point have been transported to various hospitals. there may be additional injured victims who transported themselves to various hospitals. let me be clear. we are still looking for the two suspects. we ask residents across saskatchewan and neighbouring provinces to
In charge of Guantanamo Bay he let president obama know his views on that. He seems to have an excellent opinion amongst the army and much of the armed forces. The president respects much of what he has to say. He is an outspoken man and one that President Donald Trump seems to greatly respect. At the moment, anyway. Thank you very much. Time now for newsnight. To be deemed safe, cladding systems are meant to survive a ao minute fire test. Today, we learned grenfells lasted just nine. 82 other buildings use a design thats similar enough to be troubling. Also tonight, were used to being on the wing to europe in our millions, but when we leave the eu, will we be forced to go into reverse, or even be grounded . If we do not have a transitional arrangement and if we are not a member of the eu as part of that transitional arrangement, then we have chaos. And ahead of tomorrows first ever relaxed prom for people with Learning Difficulties and sensory impairments, well have a live preview. Go
have? ~ , ., , , have? well, this happened in the town in central have? well, this happened in the town in central russia, have? well, this happened in the town in central russia, it - have? well, this happened in the town in central russia, it was - town in central russia, it was school 88, as you said, the gunman got into the school, armed with two pistols, by shooting dead a security guard, he apparently had lots of ammunition. as you said, he then opened fire on both pupils and teachers before turning the gun on himself. videos online show children running absolutely terrified, as you can imagine, from the building, or cowering under desks. 0ne can imagine, from the building, or cowering under desks. one child is reported to have broken his leg by jumping out of a window. and investigators have released video of the gunmen lying dead on a classroom floor, he was wearing a black balaclava, black clothes, he had a red swastika on his black t shirt, he is reported to have been a lo