now on bbc news, the sport. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. .. a tense day in the battle for supremacy in the premier league liverpool did go top. but are they still there? it took a while, but arsenal found the winning moment at molinuex late on against chelsea to clinch the women s league cup. and celtic are back on the top of the scottish premiership as livingston s problems deepen. also coming up on sportsday. italy are off the mark in the womens six nations as they spoil ireland s day in dublin. hello and welcome along to the programme. rivalries resuming in the tense battle at the top of the premier league today following the international break. arsenal started the day top, taking on champions manchester city at the etihad. more on that game in a moment. but it was liverpool who held their nerve first of all in the early game coming from behind to beat brighton at anfield. andy swiss was watching that one. you could shield their belief. liver
a tense day in the battle for supremacy in the premier league liverpool did go top. but are they still there? it took a while, but arsenal found the winning moment at molinuex late on against chelsea to clinch the women s league cup and celtic are back on the top of the scottish premiership, as livingston s problems deepen. also coming up on sportsday. italy are off the mark in the women s six nations as they spoil ireland s day in dublin. hello and welcome along to the programme. rivalries resuming in the tense battle at the top of the premier league following the international break. arsenal started the day top, taking on champions manchester city at the etihad. more on that game in a moment. but it was liverpool who held their nerve first of all in the early game coming from behind to beat brighton at anfield. andy swiss was watching that one. nervy times for liverpool, but finally it was job done. so, nervy times for liverpool, but finally it wasjob done. so, while
in lipstick and mascara. harvesting the wax from palm trees in brazil is an industry in which, according to brazilian authorities, companies are failing last year, more than 3,000 workers across all industries were rescued from situations including forced labour and degrading work last year, more than 3,000 workers across all industries were rescued from situations including forced labour and degrading work conditions a ill year high. the bbc was given exclusive access to a raid with the federal police on a carnauba wax plantation. katy watson has this report from the state of piaui in north eastern brazil. we re heading to a farm where authorities suspect workers are being exploited. nobody knows we re coming. they want to catch the culprits red handed. we find the workers sheltering from the midday sun. who s in charge here? , the lead investigator asks. one by one, the men are interviewed. the boss is nowhere to be seen. it s so hot. we stop for a bit because otherwise
his office says that mr netanyahu s deputy, yariv levin will serve as acting prime minister during this time. he s due to give a press conference shortly. this comes a hamas offical says israel and hamas too far apart for talks to progress. discussions over a possible new gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal are expected to resume in cairo, according to egyptian media. israel is sending a delegation of security and intelligence officials to the indirect talks. meanwhile, a freelance journalist working for bbc news is among seven media workers injured after the israeli military carried out an air strike inside a hospital compound in central gaza. this is the moment it happened. the israeli military says it carried out the air strike on an islamichhad command centre in the courtyard of al aqsa hospital in deir al balah. the journalists were among hundreds who are sheltering in makeshift tents in the grounds of the hospital. at least four people were killed and others injur
for the national living wage. previously you had to be 23 years old to qualify, but that s been reduced to 21. it has been just over £10 an hour just over £12. it s going up to just over £11 an hour. our business correspondent marc ashdown has the details. barista sam loves hisjob, but after paying his essential bills he s often left with just a few hundred pounds a month to live on. pay rises just help him stay afloat. i think they balance, because obviously everything else goes up in price so it sort of evens out every single year. maybe for, like, a month you ll be like, ooh, i ve got money this month! and then it lljust be, like the next month will be a bit of a rough one. workers across the uk in some of the lowest paid jobs are about to get a boost in their pay. from tomorrow, the national living wage is going up from £10.42 an hour to £11.44 an hour. that s an increase of 9.8%. the age at which a worker qualifies has also been reduced from 23 to 21 years old