the defence secretary grant shapps said the royal navy is working on a new dragonfire laser weapon to complement its existing weaponry, the sea viper air defence system. that s to be upgraded with a new warhead and software to counter ballistic missile threats. here s grant shapps. we have, for example, the largest ships that we have ever put to sea in the aircraft carriers. i toss it off, i think, 13 frigates and destroyers which are under commission at the moment. we are modernising the navy, going throughjust massive through just massive capitalisation programme and just this morning, for example, i have been on x, twitter, yesterday, the results of a new weapon which is a laser weapon called dragonfire, capable of doing what those men and women on hms diamond have been doing, with the sea viper missile system, and doing it with a labour laser instead to bring down incoming so the technology is also moving on very fast, as well as the investment. economists have warned
auschwitz. sudan s rival generals have agreed on a 24 hour ceasefire after four days of intense fighting in the capital khartoum and other towns. that cease fire expected to start right now, local time. we are keeping our eyes on the ground they are to see if it actually kicks in, but certainly in the run up to this announcement, eventually to downs army confirming that cease fire. originally we heard it from the rebel forces, but the time was right now six o clock local time. so we will keep an eye on that. that is so crucial. we have heard earlierfrom the head of the army. the head of the rival rapid support forces, general mohamed hamdan dagalo, said, he had approved the ceasefire, to ensure the evacuation of wounded civilians. these are the latest pictures pictures from the capital, khartoum. that s what they are getting a break from after four days. those are pictures from a little earlier. those are pictures from a little earlier. at least 180 people have been killed so
most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people the us and uk have already flown diplomats out, as well as canada. its prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti which has a french and american military base. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group the rsf for more than a week and this is what khartoum looks like right now. and while foreign nationals are airlifted out, sudanese civilians remain trapped in the fighting. the violence has worsened and it is already at a desperate humanitarian crisis, here is onejournalist we spoke to. lack of food, lack of electricity, lack of water, we don t have electricity for three days now and also we do not have access to water since saturday but we are drinking from wells in khartoum. live now to kalki
the following images disturbing. it happened during the distribution of charity for ramadan. this is video footage from almasirah, a tv station linked to the houthi rebel group, which controls sanaa. the video was picked up by various news agencies and it purports to show the incident in the the city. it s an apparent crush of people, many of whom look to be in distress. our correspondent simonjones joins us from the newsroom. what more can you tell us? ? what more can you tell us? hundreds of people had gathered at a school where they were handing out aid, they were being given the equivalent of $9 each, but so many people arrived that houthi rebels in charge in the city started firing into the air to try to control the crowd. eyewitnesses say one of the bullets hit an electrical cable, that caused an explosion, that led to panic, led to a stampede, led to a crush. we know that dozens of people have been killed and hundreds more have been taken to hospital, some of those in
we start in the uk where already this week deals have been done to increase pay for workers at british airways, aldi and uber. aldi is raising the pay of thousands of distribution centre staff by 9% as competition for workers climbs post pandemic with more and more of us ordering our groceries online. british airways check in staff have agreed to a pay settlement that their union says amounts to a 13% pay rise, and uber agreed to raise fares in the uk to boost earnings for its drivers. the rising cost of living and forecasts for soaring winter energy bills, along with a severe labour shortage in some industries is a recipe for higher pay, something the bank of england warned against as it could hamper its fight against inflation. the latest unemployment figures for the uk are out in a few hours time. kate shoesmith is deputy chief executive of the recruitment and employment confederation. good morning. the employment numbers coming out forward june, what will they tell us? w