nasa says it will go ahead and launch the most powerful rocket its ever built. good morning and welcome to bbc news. a manhunt is underway in liverpool after a nine year old girl was shot dead. police say an unknown man is reported to have fired a gun inside a house in the knotty ash area of the city at around ten o clock last night. a man and a woman also suffered gunshot injuries in the attack. ian byrne is the labour mp for liverpool west derby, where this attack happened. he spoke to breakfast earlier this morning. i think devastating is a good way of putting it. we are still going to process what we have heard overnight. it is absolutely devastating that a wholly innocent nine year old young girl has been sadly murdered and i think we are all struggling to process it is a community, in west derby in liverpool and across the country. i think as a moves forward i have heard as much as everybody else, really, we need to hearfrom heard as much as everybody else, really, we
and it s notjust parts of the uk struggling with heat, as most of europe continues to grapple with high temperatues, too. a huge fire is devastating forests in the gironde region in france. train drivers from nine rail companies are on strike across the uk today. it s the latest walk out in a row over pay and conditions. also, documents in the us show fbi agents seized papers marked top secret when they searched the florida home of the former president donald trump on monday. the search warrant shows he s being investigated over possible violations of the espionage act. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. sir salman rushdie s agent has said the author is likely to lose an eye after he was stabbed on stage, ahead of a lecture in new york state. in a statement, andrew wylie said the 75 year old was on a ventilator in hospital. police have arrested a 24 year old man. no motive has been established but sir salman has faced death threats from i
to give a lecture reads the guardian. the telegraph also leads with the stabbing of salman rushdie reporting that he was airlifted to hospital. and the daily express describes the attack as frenzied . some other stories featuring this evening the ft leads with the news that the new prime minister will face a public finance crunch, with debt payment and the nation s welfare bill set to soar. a picture of a very dry field is on the front of the i warning that drought will shrink food crops in the uk. but the star has a positive slant on the drought story reporting that rivers that are home to beavers are less likely to dry up. so, let s begin. with salman rushdie. it s like a holding statement of the moment from the newspapers. the police in new york say really what we ve been taught now for about five hours is that salman rushdie is in surgery and that is all we know. the front of the telegraph is perhaps the biggest selection of images and although the images appear
how the former president donald trump put pressure on the then vice president mike pence to overturn the election results. today is the third day of hearings from presenting the findings of the committee investigation and two men are appearing before today s hearing. the older man blue shirt you can see is a retired judge who was an informal adviser to mike pence. the younger gentleman is greg jacob and he is a former legal counsel to the vice president. the session his life now. has all the players led by mr eastman got wrapped around the axle may the hysterical evidence claim by mr eastman let me explain very simply this is what i said would require a digression that i would be glad to undertake if you wished in short if i had been advising for brett vice president of the united states onjanuary brett vice president of the united states on january six brett vice president of the united states onjanuary six and evenif united states onjanuary six and even if then vic
the incident has reignited the long running arguements about how society there treats black brazilians. now on bbc news, the media show, with ros atkins. hello. welcome to the media show. we will talk about partygate in this welcome to the media show. we will talk about partygate in this edition welcome to the media show. we will talk about partygate in this edition because welcome to the media show. we will talk about partygate in this edition because the investigation into what happened in downing street during various lockdowns is now out. the prime minister has been responding. the media is covering it and we will explore the role the media has played in the story from its beginnings in early december all the way through to this week of the report coming out. before we get to that, we also going speak to anneka rice, because she is coming back to channel five! has been off our screens for 30 years but that period is over and she is with us. great to see you. it is very ex