extremist videos that influenced two mass killings in the united states. daniel harris was convicted of encouraging terrorism. us presidentjoe biden urges protesters in tennessee to remain peaceful after five former memphis police officers are charged with the murder of a black man, tyre nichols. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has been defending the government s record on economic growth. in a speech, he said there s too much gloom about the economy, and that the uk can be the next silicon valley with a network of investment zones, and brexit a catalyst for growth. but his speech follows recent warnings that thousands of british businesses face bankruptcy and a slump in the uk car manufacturing industry. this report from our economics correspondent, andy verity. uncertainty has made it really difficult to attract investment into the uk, and this is what we need to address. what we need is a plan. a growing chorus of business leaders has b
showers and breezy, cooler towards north sea facing coasts. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the government says middle income earners will need more help to pay their energy bills, notjust the poorest with families facing tough choices. it is going to be a choice of, you know, the kids need to eat, obviously. i don t. and that is the stark reality that we are facing at the moment. two men arrested on suspicion of murdering nine year old olivia pratt korbel, who was shot dead in her home in liverpool, have been released on bail. a national emergency has been declared in pakistan after millions of people were forced from their homes. it follows the heaviest monsoon rains in decades. the us state department has announced that president biden is planning to appoint an ambassador to the arctic region. the move comes as russia increases its military activity in the area. now on bbc news, weather world, record heat, drought and the fire that ripped through people s homes a
the us state department has announced that president biden is planning to appoint an ambassador to the arctic region. the move comes as russia increases its military activity in the area. and liverpool have pulled off a record equalling result in the premier league beating bournemouth 9 0. good evening. the chancellor, nadim zahawi, says middle income earners, as well as low earners, will need government help to pay energy bills this winter. it comes as another minister defended the decision to wait until a new prime minister is in place before any announcement on further support is made. yesterday, the regulator ofgem confirmed a dramatic 80% rise in the energy price cap from october, taking the average annual household bill to more than £3,500. here s marc ashdown. help is coming. that s the message from the chancellor on rocketing energy bills. but when, how and who will receive it remains difficult to tell. in an interview with the daily telegraph, nadhim zahawi warn
a terror outrage. because of harris s age, 17 and 18 when he was posting these videos, the initial approach to him was to use a de radicalisation programme but he manipulated the people from that programme and lied to them while he was saying that he was being successfully de radicalised, but he was actually producing a video which praised thomas mair, the murderer of the mpjo cox in 2016. today at manchester crown court harris was sentenced to 11 and a half years in a young offenders institution. the judge said that he poses a significant future at risk and that he hadn t shown a scintilla of remorse. he hadn t shown a scintilla of remorse- now it s time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. a lot of dry weather continuing for the rest of the day. we have a weather front just edging the rest of the day. we have a weather frontjust edging into far north west of scotland which moves in, we will see smoke bricks of rain
hello there. good evening. if you were hoping for some more dry weather for the rest of this august bank holiday weekend, then you are in luck. it is looking mostly dry, there will be some more sunny spells around, a few isolated showers here and there, and it will turn rather breezy, particularly across southern areas of england and wales as we head through into the start of next week, a strengthening north easterly wind. it s not a bank holiday in scotland of course. here there is a warm frontjust edging into eastern areas of scotland, more cloud here. it is certainly a lot milder than it was last night, cloudy too for much of northern ireland, clear skies england and wales, a fewer early shallow mist patches forming into tomorrow morning. sunday is looking fairly similar to saturday. should be mostly dry across scotland but there will be some showers and outbreaks of rain towards western areas in particular. cloudy across northern ireland but a few breaks possible.