a new dual covid vaccine will form part of the uk s autumn booster campaign the jab targets both the original covid and omicron variants. and, at last, an apology for the native american actress, booed off stage at the oscars, almost 50 years ago. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. new figures suggest the real value of wages, has fallen at its fastest rate since records began, leading to further concerns about the cost of living. the office for national statistics says regular pay, excluding bonuses, was up 4.7% between april and june this year, compared to last year. but taking inflation into account, it s actually down 3%, hit by the rising cost of goods and services. the government says it recognises people are struggling with high prices, but is providing direct financial help for millions on low incomes. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. from the outside, 4.7% is the best average pay rise for years. but the inside story is the average worker is deal
taliban officials in the afghan province was hit by an earthquake, thought to have killed over 1000 people, said the search for survivors in many areas has ended. borisjohnson is in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth heads of government. downing street said it is unlikely the uk s policy will come when he meets the prince of wales. the american artistic swimmer has been rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach after fainting following her routine at the world aquatics championships. hello. good afternoon. british airways staff at london s heathrow airport have voted to strike in a dispute about pay. members of the gmb union employed as ground staff and check in workers voted overwhelmingly for the industrial action. the move threatens to disrupt britain s busiest airport in the well, we can cross straight to heathrow and to our correspondent who is therefore eyes. first of all, what is this strike about? be enou~h, what is this strike about? ee: enough, it is no
Israel has admitted that it carried out the airstrike in Gaza Last Night that killed seven people working for the food aid Charity World central kitchen, including three british nationals. The bbc has learned their names arejohn chapman, James Henderson and james kirby. The Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, said Israeli Forces had caused Unintentional Harm to innocent people and called it a tragic incident this despite the charity having coordinated its movements with the israeli military. The strike has been condemned by governments around the world and raised fears that the already fragile system of delivering aid to starving palestinians could collapse completely. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza claims nearly 33,000 people have been killed there since the war began in october. From jerusalem, our correspondent Lucy Williamson reports. Hey, this is zomi. Were at the Deir Al Balah kitchen. They came from australia, poland, the us and the uk. Their mission to feed people, one o
Bombardment . Israel and egypt wont allow the bbc to report from inside gaza but bbc news has obtained exclusive access to footage filmed by an american doctor recently returned from the north of the territory, where the crisis is most acute. Fergal keane sent this report you may find parts of it distressing. This is the story of a doctor who travelled to hell. Desperate voices cry out. Sam attar went to help people trapped by war. He usually works in a Hi Tech Hospital in chicago. In gaza, his skills and mental strength will be tested to their limits. Immediately upon crossing the border, we were met with the familiar Stench Ofjust millions of people packed on top of each other, living together. In some pockets, the air you breathe, you feel like youre decaying, just breathing it, because there are just so many people. The crisis is constant. Lives in the balance. The wounded and the lost. Woman cries. The mother who will not leave the side of her dead boy. Amin, amin you have no ct s
Allow the bbc to report from inside gaza. But the bbc has obtained exclusive access to footage filmed by an american doctor recently returned from the north of the territory, where the crisis is most acute. Fergal keane sent this report. You may find parts of it distressing. This is the story of a doctor who travelled to hell. Desperate voices cry out. Sam attar went to help people trapped by war. He usually works in a Hi Tech Hospital in chicago. In gaza, his skills and mental strength will be tested to their limits. Immediately upon crossing the border, we were met with the familiar Stench Ofjust millions of people packed on top of each other, living together. In some pockets, the air you breathe, you feel like youre decaying, just breathing it, because there are just so many people. The crisis is constant. Lives in the balance. The wounded and the lost. Woman cries. The mother who will not leave the side of her dead boy. Amin, amin you have no ct scans . No ct scans. So you just wat