Good evening. Big asks are going to be made of the public in octobers budget, the Prime Minister said today, in a major speech in the number 10 garden. Sir keir starmer warned that his government had inherited a black hole in the public finances of £22 billion. He said those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heavier burden. The conservatives responded by saying his speech was an indication that labour had been planning tax rises all along. In a moment, well look ahead to what may be in the budget with our Business Editor simonjack, but first, our deputy Political Editor Vicki Young Reports on the Prime Ministers speech. Blue skies and sunshine, but the Prime Minister didnt come here to paint a rosy picture. He has accused the conservatives of wrecking the economy, leaving him to put it right. There is a budget coming in october. And it is going to be painful. We have no other choice, given the situation that we are in. Those with the broadest shoulders should bear the heavie
Indias dominance on day two of the final test against england has given them a substantial lead as they look for their fourth win in the series. Good afternoon. A major independent report into stakeknife the british armys top agent inside the iras internal Security Unit has concluded that his work probably resulted in more lives being lost than saved. The seven year Investigation Called Operation Kenova examined the activities of Freddie Scappaticci during the troubles in Northern Ireland. Hes suspected of involvement in numerous murders. The Police Service of Northern Irelands Chief Constable called on the uk government to apologise to the families affected, and said the ira needs to acknowledge its actions. Sara girvinjoins us live from belfast. After seven yea rs, after seven years, nearly £40 million, and just over 200 pages, today we had the findings from 0peration Kenovas interim report and it has found an army agent operating at the heart of the ira during the 30 years of viole
The deaths are caused by a crush of lorries running people over. Our Special Correspondent working with bbc verify has spent the day piecing together more details of what happened and i should warn you, this contains distressing images. Shots cracked through the night. People start to move. Then run to get away. In this section of the crowd there is panic. As casualties streamed into local hospitals, the testimony of witnesses. Translation situation was unimaginably crazy. I if aid is going to come to us in this way, we dont want it. We dont want to live on the blood of our children. The israelis say that at 4 40am, the convoy left here under an israeli tank escort and began to move towards the crowds waiting for food. The army supplied Drone Footage but there is no way of telling the sequence of the images because there is no timestamp. At 4 16, the israelis say, crowds began to surge around the tracks. In this sequence, bodies can be seen lying on the ground. So others can be seen cr
It took 19 years to bring iain packer tojustice, leaving him free to attack other women. Emma caldwell s family lawyer says she was failed by a toxic culture within the police of misogyny and corruption. Our correspondent steve godden is at the First Ministers residence, bute house. Like bring us the latest. The Caldwell Family arrived here around ten minutes ago and have gone into the building behind me. We expect the building behind me. We expect the meeting to last around an hour. It is an opportunity for Margaret Caldwell, Emma Caldwell s mum, to ask First Minister humza yousaf and the justice ask First Minister humza yousaf and thejustice minister, to hold a Public Inquiry, that she has been calling for since iain packer was convicted of murdering Emma Caldwell and sexually and physically assaulting 21 other women. After that verdict Police Scotland apologised for failings in the original inquiry and one of the questions the Caldwell Family want the Public Inquiry to answer is why