at stansted as heathrow extends its passenger cap to the end of october. and, at last, an apology for the native american actress, booed off stage at the oscars almost 50 years ago. good afternoon. 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 a.7% between april and june this year, compared to 2021. but taking inflation into account, wages are 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 financia help for millions on low incomes. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. from the outside, a.7% is the best average pay rise for years. but the inside story is the average worker is dealing with astronomical price rises that more than cancel that out. aiming to attract the insta
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
the us and south korea have carried outjoint military exercises over the waters around the korean peninsula. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. taliban rule was re established in afghanistan almost a year ago. for afghans, it s meant the return of repressive religious authoritarianism and new levels of economic impoverishment. the mullahs seem ready to absorb indefinite isolation to reimpose their orthodoxy. but is that a sustainable strategy? my guest is fawzia koofi, former deputy speaker of the afghan parliament, now a democracy activist in exile. is there any glimmer of light in afghanistan s darkness? fawzia koofi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s good to be with you. well, it s great to have you in this studio. i m sure you wish you were speaking to me from kabul, from afghanistan, but you have been in exile since the taliban returned to power. how difficult for you is that separation from your country? extremely difficult. i ne
to absorb indefinite isolation to re impose their orthodoxy. but is that a sustainable strategy? my guest is fawzia koofi, former deputy speaker of the afghan parliament, now a democracy activist in exile. is there any glimmer of light in afghanistan s darkness? fawzia koofi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s good to be with you. well, it s great to have you in this studio. i m sure you wish you were speaking to me from kabul, from afghanistan, but you have been in exile since the taliban returned to power. how difficult for you is that separation from your country? extremely difficult. i never actually wished, i never hoped, to leave the country that gave me the identity, a country that i did not only invest my time, but i invested my blood to make it a better country for everyone. it has been a very difficult decision for me to leave afghanistan. i actually was in kabulfor a few weeks after the taliban takeover with the hope that things will get to a situation where we c
can the press help get to the truth? and a dismissive response to senator chuck schumer s plea for change. and, later, why afghanistan needs to stay in the news. two afghan news anchors are going to join us live from kabul with another oppressive taliban ruling. breaking news this hour. president biden about to land in texas. it is his second trip to the site of a mass killing in as many weeks. the president and first lady will be landing in san antonio this hour. then they re going to board those helicopters and fly to the memorial site in uvalde. they will attend mass at the sacred heart catholic church. they will meet with victims families. cnn will have live coverage throughout the day. we ll be watching to see if president biden makes any remarks as he lands there in the next few minutes. in uvalde and beyond, people are searching for answers. people like kimberly rubio, a reporter at the local paper the uvalde leader news. the paper s front page this morning