And a fresher, less humid feel in the east, so basically not a bad sunday in prospect. I will have all the details Coming Up shortly. Its sunday, the 21st ofjuly. Our main story. The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has hinted that she will give Public Sector workers above Inflation Pay increases. Its understood that independent Pay Review bodies have recommended rises of 5. 5 for teachers and nhs workers, with inflation currently at 2 . Ms reeves told the bbc s Laura Kuenssberg she would make the Sums Add up. Shes also announced a review of pensions in the hope of encouraging billions of pounds of investment in the uk. Our political Correspondent Leila Nathoo has the story. Millions of Public Sector workers awaiting to learn what their Pay Rises be this year. Independent Pay Review bodies make recommendations to the government of what percentage should be awarded. It is understood ministers have been advised to raise the salaries of teachers and nhs workers by 5. 5 , a rate that is above cu
The travel show paris beyond 202a. On a sunny day, a ride around paris takes some beating, thats for sure. Frances capital is transforming. In a few weeks time, the city will host the Summer Olympics and paralympics, and the organisers are busy turning landmarks into stadiums. So this beautiful building is the grand palais, and that is where the Fencing And Taekwondo are happening. Still looks like theyve got lots of work to do on it. The organisers of this Years Competition have promised it will have a lasting impact on this iconic city. Im Steve Brown and im here to find out how paris is changing. From the suburbs. You can see its really quite busy. Theres so much hustle and bustle. To the seine. Beautiful. And up into the sky. Its 2024 and this is paris. Paris is already one of the worlds most visited cities. But this year theyre expecting around 15 Million people during the competition. Here at porte de la chapelle arena, its the start of olympic and paralympic week. Merci, monsieu
that he kept in check. now on bbc news, stephanie hegarty finds relief and heartbreak in equal measure at ukraine s border as families start to come to terms with their new lives as refugees. air raid siren wails. explosion. woman screams. it s been a relentless assault on ordinary lives. this is the neighbour, or whatever it was. since the start of the war have been killed. ..and millions have been forced to leave their homes, saying goodbye to everything they know. they re from kyiv? yeah, it s all the stuff they brought with them. i m travelling to northern romania, to the small border town of siret, where relief and heartbreak come in waves. hey! ..to meet the ukrainian families separated by this war. itjust dawned on me that the possibility of me losing her, it s non zero, it s possible. ..and to find out how they re coming to terms with their new lives as refugees. they re here, they re waiting. kettle whistles. this is the video of the street parallel to my parents . j
ca va! we re on the chaotic campaign trail of marine le pen, who s hoping to become president of france on sunday. it is always like that on the camp campaign trail le pen, but press and protesters wherever you go. president biden has announced another $800 million of extra military aid for ukraine, saying, we will never let russia win this conflict . he added, we re in a critical window of time with moscow launching a new offensive in the east of the country. earlier, president putin declared victory for russia in the besieged city of mariupol and ordered his forces to blockade, rather than attack, the last pocket of ukrainian resistance, a massive steel plant. mariupol has been under attack since the russians invaded in late february. some civilians have been able to leave, but thousands have been left behind. 0ur correspondent catherine byaru hanga reports. after a 24 hourjourney, they finally reached safety from mariupol, one of the worst hit cities in this war. onl
issues in schools. the bill will now head to the desk of the republican state governor. manchester united fans all over the world have been reacting to the appointment of erik ten hag as manager. the man who s currently in charge of the dutch champions, ajax, will take over from interim boss ralf rangnick at the end of this season. natalie burrell, superfan, and host of the only one united podcast, says he ll have his work cut out. i think we ve been waiting for this appointment to be made for a long time. when he was first announced, quite excited. he s done great things at ajax, so now i m excited to see what he can do at manchester united. i think we ve had a lot of issues well documented, players unhappy. so i think him sorting out the players, getting players in, having a good style of play, we ve not had that at manchester united for a while, so if you can bring an attacking style of play, that will be the first job for him as manager. i don t think fans should expect t