and ordered the closure of all illegal refineries in the south east of the country. at least 110 people died in the blast. now on bbc news, it s time for dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uk s leading columnists with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline: london. here in the studio are steve richards, who s been walking and reporting the westminster beat for decades, penning newspaper columns and presenting the podcast rock and roll politics. maria margaronis is a journalist, who s written and presented a number of radio documentaries on the crises man made and natural which have afflicted greece. ashis ray has half a century of explaining events here to his readers in india. a full time occupation in itself, you might think, but he s still found time to commentate on his beloved cricket. lovely to have you all new the studio. all together as well. so thank you for being with us. borisjo
the uk, unemployment rose to 4.2% in the uk, unemployment rose to 4.2% in the three months tojune, up from 3.9% in the previous three months. average wages, not including bonuses, grew at a record rate of 7.8% during that same period, which is almost the same as the latest uk inflation measure of 7.9%, which was recorded injune. it means average pay has almost caught up with price rises. let s discuss that now with jane foley, who is head of strategy at a bank. it sounds good that wage growth has caught up with inflation, but is there something more complicated at play here? there is alwa s a complicated at play here? there is always a sting complicated at play here? there is always a sting in complicated at play here? there is always a sting in the complicated at play here? there is always a sting in the tail complicated at play here? there is always a sting in the tail with - always a sting in the tail with economic data. what it does mean is that it economic data.
end of the second half but that first goal, thinking that this would be the winning goal, then sweden equalises, then spain within a couple of minutes because the actual winning goal. 2 1 to spain. they are now through to their first ever woman world cup final and they will either face the woman world cup final and they will eitherface the lion is woman world cup final and they will either face the lion is worth the matilda s, two very strong teams that have huge backing here in australia. , , ., australia. they meet in sydney on wednesday- australia. they meet in sydney on wednesday- a australia. they meet in sydney on wednesday. a huge australia. they meet in sydney on wednesday. a huge sporting - australia. they meet in sydney on l wednesday. a huge sporting rivalry, and against australia. yes. wednesday. a huge sporting rivalry, and against australia. and against australia. yes, huge rival . and against australia. yes, huge rivalry- this and against australia. ye
This point, and they were the underdogs, as well.- this point, and they were the underdogs, as well. they were. i have been underdogs, as well. they were. i have been starting underdogs, as well. they were. i have been starting my underdogs, as well. they were. i have been starting my coveragel underdogs, as well. they were. i - have been starting my coverage with the phrase history maids a lot of times in this tournament and i must say it really applies to spain. the spanish team, who have never been to a women s world cup semi final and their history are now through to the final. yes, it has been a turbulent journey because this is a team that has been marred by so much controversy, so much tension with some of the best players and their coach, some of them threatening to pull out before this tournament, and here they are under his leadership one win away from going all the way. it took about 18 minutes with this game to come to light. it was level at times, frustrating at time
They were. i underdogs, as well. they were. i have been underdogs, as well. they were. i have been starting underdogs, as well. they were. i have been starting my underdogs, as well. they were. i have been starting my coveragel underdogs, as well. they were. i - have been starting my coverage with the phrase history maids a lot of times in this tournament and i must say it really applies to spain. the spanish team, who have never been to a women s world cup semi final and their history are now through to the final. yes, it has been a turbulent journey because this is a team that has been marred by so much controversy, so much tension with some of the best players and their coach, some of them threatening to pull out before this tournament, and here they are under his leadership one win away from going all the way. it took about 18 minutes with this game to come to light. it was level at times, frustrating at times. sweden playing very strong defence, very calculated, and spain ha