the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president. pope francis has beatified one of his predecessors popejohn paul i in a ceremony at the vatican. police investigating the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel in liverpool have arrested two men, one on suspicion of murder. our correspondent laura trant is with me. laura, you have more details on that statement from merseyside police? yes, there has been a development in this tragic case. two men were arrested this morning in the runcorn area south east of liverpool in relation to the death of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. the force said that a 34 year old man was liverpool from liverpool was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and he remains in police custody and is being questioned by detectives. am year old man from knowsley has also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, and he is also in custody. merseyside police are continuing to ask for a
inflation reduction act. would it were that simple. another bad memory from the 1980s, the threat to kill the author sir salman rushdie, came close to being fulfilled. liberals are relieved he survived, but have they helped to fuel intolerance? to discuss all that, in the studio are maria margaronis, a documentary maker who, among other projects, has charted the crises, financial and environmental, which have afflicted greece. henry chu is part of the editorial team at the los angeles times as well as being its london correspondent. abdel bari atwan is a specialist in the politics of the middle east and runs the news website rai al youm. hello youm. to all of you and will be to have hello to all of you and will be to have un the studio with me once again. let s start with the uk. maria, you have reported on how the nation can be atomized by the extraordinary impact of rising inflation and people s efforts of the surviving dented and often because of forces well beyond their c
we ll be speaking to a nuclear expert. ongoing rail strikes affect train services in england, scotland and wales with more disruption expected in the coming days. the prime minister of finland sanna marin has agreed to a drug test after a celebrity party video leaked on social media. welcome to abc news. the uk is facing a public health emergency, because people are having to choose between heating and eating this winter, due to soaring energy prices. that s according to the nhs confederation, which represents employers in the health service. ministers say millions of the most vulnerable households are being given £1,200 to help with higher energy bills. but it comes at a time when nhs services are already under intense strain. for category two reponse times for emergency calls in england which includes strokes and heart attacks there s been a sharp increaase this year to nearly one hour on average last month. the target, as you can see here, is 18 minutes. the nhs confedera
it is unfair because of human rights, the equality act and the public sector equality duty, it is unfair to treat disabled people differently. and queen elizabeth ii becomes the world s second longest serving monarch only louis xiv of france has ruled for longer. hello and welcome to bbc news. a former british soldier has been killed fighting in ukraine, his family have announced. jordan gatley who left the british army in march died in the battle for the eastern city of severodonetsk, the scene of intense fighting in recent days. he s the second british man to die fighting russian forces in ukraine. i asked our correspondent in kyiv, joe inwood, what we know about mr gatley and how he died. we understand jordan gatley had been a british soldier, he left the army in march to come and fight in ukraine. according to his family he had been involved in training at the start of this but that had changed because he was in the city of severodonetsk which is very much the front