building safe schools for our own children in our own nation. in ukraine, officials warn it may need to withdraw from the eastern region of luhansk, to avoid their soldiers being captured by russian forces. latin america reports its first case of monkeypox as the world health organization warns the number of infections will continue to rise. and in sport, liverpool and real madrid fans descend on paris to support their teams in the final of european club football s most prestigious prize. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the authorities in texas have admitted they made the wrong decision by failing to immediately storm a primary school classroom where a gunman had barricaded himself during the shooting. families have been asking why action wasn t taken faster. officers waited in a hallway of the robb elementary school for a0 minutes, despite several emergency phone calls from pupils inside. meanwhile, at the annual conference of the pr
as the school half term begins, travellers are experiencing busy roads and long queues at stations and airports. british prime minister borisjohnson continues to face criticism from some of his own mps after sue gray s report into lockdown parties in downing street. in ukraine, officials warn it may need to withdraw from the eastern region of luhansk, to avoid their soldiers being captured by russian forces. latin america reports its first case of monkeypox, as the world health organization warns the number of infections will continue to rise. and in sport, liverpool and real madrid fans descend on paris to support their teams in the final of european club football s most prestigious prize. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the authorities in texas have admitted they made the wrong decision by failing to immediately storm a primary school classroom where a gunman had barricaded himself during the shooting. families have been asking why ac
hello. i m anna foster. let s start in the middle east, where israel s opposition leader has urged the prime minister to accept a proposal unveiled by president biden aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire in gaza. yair lapid says if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government. it is unclear what that would mean in practice. it comes as mr netanyahu says israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposalfrom presidentjoe biden who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october the seventh style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place on sunday to discuss the re opening of the rafah crossing. a short time ago, i spoke with the uk s foreign secretary, lord cameron. i began by asking him what this deal conta
good morning from germany where we are waking up with the scotland fans ahead are waking up with the scotland fans ahead of are waking up with the scotland fans ahead of their second match in the european ahead of their second match in the european championship. will the scotland european championship. will the scotland party continue? we will find out scotland party continue? we will find out this morning. it s wednesday, the 19th ofjune. the latest inflation figures will be released this morning, giving an idea of the state of the economy before voters head to the polls in just over two weeks. analysts are expecting the figures for last month to show that inflation has fallen back to the bank of england s 2% target for the first time in nearly three years. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david has more. have you got food left or is it all gone? gary in sussex used to have seven butchers shops. now he has four. forced to make cuts as he s been caught bet
the figure which tells us the rate at which prices are rising hit the bank of england s target of 2% in may, coming down from 2.3% in april. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david reports. gary in sussex used to have seven butchers shops. he now has four. forced to make cuts as he s been caught between soaring costs over the last few years and customers with lean budgets looking for value. but things are easing. the price is probably 10 15% more than they were at the beginning of covid, but the actual price of the product is pretty much stationary now. well, we hope it s stationary. it would be nice if it would come down, but i can t see that, not in the foreseeable future anyway. it s global food and energy costs, which triggered the rise in inflation to 11% in 2022, which have also helped it fall to the 2% target, along with the rate rises over the last couple of years. as you may have noticed, the prices of goods are rising more slowly as the impact of the w