of molly russell, the 14 year old who took her own life after being exposed after being exposed to harmful content online. health officials warn of a second disaster in pakistan as they see a sharp increase in diseases after the country s devastating floods. and tv viewing figures for the queen s state funeral peaked at more than 26 million yesterday as the procession made its way through london. i coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, england s cricketers are playing in pakistan for the first time in 17 years. we playing in pakistan for the first time in 17 years. playing in pakistan for the first time in 17 years. we will have the latest. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister, liz truss, says she is prepared to take difficult and unpopular decisions to help get the uk economy growing. in her first bbc interview since she became prime minister, liz truss said by focusing on economic growth the uk will be more attractive to investors. and
help britain become more attractive, help more investment flow into our country, yes, i m absolutely prepared to take those decisions. more rail disruptions this time it s the london marathon that could be affected as rail workers announce more strike dates next month. and a peak audience of around 28 million people watched on tv as the queen s coffin was carried through london. and coming up in the sport over on the bbc news channel: england s cricketers mark their first match in pakistan for 17 years with a victory in the first t20 game in karachi. good evening. president putin is paving the way to try to annex a significant area of ukraine that are being occupied by russian forces. officials in the russian controlled areas in the donetsk, luhansk, kherson and zaporizhzhia region have announced they plan to hold referenda onjoining russia in the coming days. ukraine and the us have said such ballots would be an illegal sham. russia has suffered a serious of setbacks on th
Loss of 12,500 jobs. But better news for the mini factory near oxford as bmw annouces it will invest hundreds of millions of pounds to build a new generation of electric cars. Coming up and bbc news, not long ago against wales crucial match against latvia, a must win if they are to have chance of qualifying for the euros. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The manhunt for the father, stepmother and uncle of ten year old sara sharif, who was found dead at the family home in woking has taken a dramatic new turn. The bbc has been told that five children taken to pakistan by sara s father have been found by local police. Sara s father, stepmother and uncle left with the children for pakistan a day before sara was found dead in august. According to the postmortem she had suffered multiple and extensive injuries. Sara s grandfather has now admitted to the bbc that he had the five children in his House Injhelum in the north east of pakistan for weeks. Our correspondent Caroline
campaigning in wales today, but his efforts to promote the conservative s welsh manifesto were overshadowed by questions about tory insiders allegedly gambling on the date of the election. the prime minister insisted multiple independent investigations were under way and that any tories found to have broken betting rules would be booted out of the party. lets take a listen: there are full investigations that are currently happening. it s right that those investigations are allowed to proceed. they are independent. they are necessarily confidential, as you will appreciate. there s also a criminal investigation, and these are potentially criminal matters and the police are conducting those. you ll be aware of that. and because of that, i hope you can appreciate there s not much more i can add. what i can tell you is, as i said, if anyone is found to have broken the rules, they should not only face the full consequences of the law, i will ensure that they are booted out of t