Of the most famous tears in music history. Today, the crying was all for her. Colin paterson, bbc news, bray, county wicklow. Sinead oconnor, laid to rest today. Whats behind the big rise in shoplifting the state of the economy, effective decriminalisation of petty crime, or Technological Advancements . Shopliftings been described by some retailers as an epidemic. Tonight well talk to the head of security atjohn lewis. China s economy is faltering, with exports falling at their fastest rate since the pandemic. What impact will a slowdown of the worlds second largest economy have on our own and all of us . As the chair of parliaments Standards Committee reveals hes been subject to inappropriate touching from five other mps well speak to sir chris bryant about his ideas for reforming wesminster s culture. And twin russian strikes on a city in Eastern Ukraine kill civilians, and then hit rescuers. Another war crime say ukrainian officials. Well speak to a Human Rights Lawyer whos conducte
of vacancies in adult care. president biden casts his vote in the crucial us mid term elections. how much power will the republicans regain? and tributes to the veteran actor leslie phillips, who has died at the age of 98. and coming up on the bbc news channel, cash injection or complete sale? liverpool s owners say they are considering inviting new shareholders. we ask what that might mean for the premier league club. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. there s been widespread criticism over comments made by one of the ambassadors for qatar s world cup who said fans travelling to the tournament will have to acceppt his country s rule among them a ban on same sex relationships saying homosexuality was a result of damage to the mind. the controversial tournament kicks off in less than a fortnight in the gulf state. the former fifa president sepp blatter now says the decision to award it to qatar was a mistake . our sports correspondent jane dougall has more.
that campaigns for equal representation in american politics. hello welcome to the programme. so here we are, election day 2022. post pandemic, postjanuary 6, the first real test of american democracy since that bitterly disputed election two years ago. the polls on the east coast start closing in two hours time. i hope you willjoin katty and i for our special programme through the night as we try and make sense of it all. these mid terms don t always attract the same attention as a presidential election, but early voting broke all records and it does feel more important. there are election deniers on the ballot, candidates refusing to say whether they will accept the results. this will set the stage for 202a. and if democrats lose control of the house or the senate tonight, joe bidens agenda will stall. in the end it will come down to turnout, it always does, and last night the two sides made their last appeal. today we face an inflection point, one of those moments that co
for goods, which helped china s exporters. but now, as the latest data confirms, that boost also seems to be fading and domestic demand is weak too, despite the lifting of draconian covid restrictions on the chinese population late last year. so where does all that leave the chinese economy? the latest forecast from the oecd from june is 5.1% of gdp growth next year. that might sound impressive by western standards but it would be one of the weakest annual expansions for china in decades. let s also look at the oecd s latest projections for the g7, including the uk, for 202a. china towers above the rest and the weakest are the us and the uk onjust i%. but this is actually a good example of why we should be wary of forecasts, or rather not take them as gospel. because since those forecasts came out injune, the outlook in some
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