At the age of 100. His fundraising on behalf of Nhs Charities has been the cause of countless tributes, including nationwide applause earlier this evening. Theres some Flash Photography in this report by our north of england correspondent judith moritz. Applause at a time of grief, a moment of celebration. A National Clap for captain sir tom. His family said they were joining in, with huge love in their hearts. And the Prime Minister added his applause, along with other political leaders, in appreciation and remembrance of the extraordinary efforts of an incredible man who raised millions for the nhs, and won the nations hearts in the process. He exemplified the best of our values. In the house of commons, captain sir toms contribution was marked with a moment of reflection. I invite members to nowjoin me for a minutes silence to commemorate sir toms life, and to pay our respects to those who have lost their lives as a result of covid, and their families and friends. Across the nhs, ca
those the 2024 presidential ballot. counting has begun ir after those counting has begun in pakistan after a campaign marred by violence. president zelensky fires the chief of the army. a new study suggests erectile dysfunction drugs could also reduce the risk of alzheimer s disease. let s round up the business news of the day. we start with the entertainment giant disney whose share values have climbed by nearly 10% today after better than expected earnings were posted after the bell on wednesday. disney followed up with hand outs for investors in the form of share buy backs and bigger dividends. along with a number of major deals and upcoming events that clearly has markets excited. erin delmore is in new york for us. first of all, those investors will be pretty happy today, won t they? they well and they will be even happier if they check the stock price is right now. what is this news based on? a great earnings report yesterday from disney and from good news for inves
of violent disorder after police in merseyside, north west england, clashed with demonstrators outside a hotel housing asylum seekers. police say a protest and counter protest were initially peaceful, but trouble flared when a van was set alight. now on bbc news, bbc 100 women in conversation: priyanka chopra jonas. priyanka chopra jonas wears many hats. she an actress, a producer and a businesswoman. she came into the spotlight after winning the miss world pageant in the year 2000, when toad told to become a successful bollywood star. now she is perhaps the only person from india to have made a real space for themselves in the entertainment industry in the west. she is one of the bbc s 100 women this year. we will talk to her about her career and activism. priyanka chopra jonas, thank you very much for speaking to the bbc. you are usually a successful star in two countries on two continents, that when you were growing up, that when you were growing up, that was a very dif
you have also been very vocal about the pay gap, let s talk about the pay gap, let s talk about that for both the industries that you are a part of, but let s start with hollywood. what has been your experience of that? i hollywood. what has been your experience of that? experience of that? i have never had experience of that? i have never had pay experience of that? i have never had pay parity - experience of that? i have never had pay parity in - never had pay parity in hollywood. i have done 60 something movies, ithink, but i have never pay the same as my male co actor. after 22 years of working, now finally my show citadel had that. but that took 22 years. citadel had that. but that took 22 ears. ~ , ., citadel had that. but that took 22 ears. ~ 22 years. when you say you didn t have 22 years. when you say you didn t have pay 22 years. when you say you didn t have pay parity, - 22 years. when you say you didn t have pay parity, how| didn t have pay parity, how different w
people thought he would have to knuckle under. but he didn t. i think it lesson is if australia can stand up to chinese presented towards, so can the rest of the world. a hit for the american jury system and the jury that served in the case of kyle rittenhouse. there was these trials took place in a whole aized environment, there were efforts to intimidate the jury. they stood up and we owe them a debt of gratitude. the system worked only because of their courage. my hit of the year goes to the atlanta braves baseball game remember how the commissioner