Weve revealed that Keir Starmer s top adviser, Sue Gray, now earns more than the Prime Minister himself. Weve been told that shes now on a salary of 170,000. Also coming up on the World Today the Uk Wildlife charity is declaring a national Butterfly Emergency after its annual count recorded the lowest numbers in its ill year history. Welcome to the World Today, im sarah campell. An hour of international news. At least nine people have been killed and hundreds wounded in lebanon after a new wave of explosions. This time, its walkie talkies that have been detonated. It comes as israel Defense Minister Yoav gallant has said the country is opening a new phase in the Gaza War and the Centre Of Gravity is shifting to the north. These images filmed in beirut, and which we have speeded up, show the moment when plumes of smoke appeared in several locations across the city. The lebanese News Agencies say they involve walkie talkies made by japanese they involve walkie talkies made byjapanese com
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Responsibility for the fact that inflation in the uk is much higher than it is in comparable countries. In the us, it is 3 . In the eurozone it is 5. 3 . And yet, here in britain, inflation remains stubbornly at 7. 9 because of a decade or more of mismanagement by the conservative party. Lets talk to our work and money reporter peter ruddick. What does this mean for people with mortgages . It what does this mean for people with mortua. Es . , what does this mean for people with mortua. Es . , , what does this mean for people with mortauaes . ,. Mortgages . It was widely expected but unfortunately mortgages . It was widely expected but unfortunately that mortgages . It was widely expected but unfortunately that will mortgages . It was widely expected but unfortunately that will not but unfortunately that will not prevent the pain from hurting. Lets break this down, for people on a variable or a tracker rate mortgage, which tracks the Bank Of England base rate, they will see immediate im
there s a game seven back in boston! good morning, everyone. i mean, the ultimate buzzer-beater there, when they didn t know for a moment, did they get it in, did they not. is it going to count? oh, it counted. and tonight the boston celtics will try to make the greatest comeback in nba playoff history if they beat the miami heat tonight, the celtics would be the first-ever team to win game seven after losing the first three games of the series. also this morning, we are about to get an update from officials in davenport, iowa, where a search and rescue operation is underway after a six-story apartment building partially collapsed. plus, president biden and speaker kevin mccarthy reaching a deal on the debt limit. now, though, they have to persuade lawmakers to pass it. we ll speak with the white house moments from now. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. we begin in davenport, iowa, this hour, where as rahel mentioned, any minute now, we are expecting to