with the regional governor blaming russia. a warning that petrol prices could rise after global oil producer opec agrees it will reduce output. the home office suspends an immigration official and former met officer after a bbc investigation reveals he d been posting racist content on whatsapp. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us. breaking news to bring in the last few minutes. police say that at least 20 people are dead, many of them children following a mass shooting at a preschool in north eastern thailand. the report said the attack took place at a childcare facility in non bua lam phu province. a recently dismissed police officer are said to have stormed the building and open file before escaping while some victims are said to be stabbed. the investigation is under way at the moment to try to find the attacker and the report are still coming in of this, there had been reported by the news agencies and all the agencies have been alerted to take action an
it s thursday, the 6th of october. our main story. hundreds of thousands of nurses across the uk are being asked if they re willing to walk out over pay. the royal college of nursing is balloting its members for strike action for the first time in the union s 106 year history. the rcn wants a payrise of 5% above inflation, but no uk nation has offered close to that. our correspondent, caroline davies, has more. through the darkest days of the pandemic, the uk s nurses were some of the nation s heroes. now, they re being balloted to strike over pay. my love for it was to make a difference in people s lives. and that s why i am here. but then, sometimes when i look at it, it s like, is it really worth it? victoria is a mental health nurse in an nhs trust. after she came back from maternity leave, she went part time and receives universal credit because she says her pay wouldn t cover the cost of childcare if she worked full time. even now, she struggles. sometimes you end up ha
the first time in its history. multiple explosions rock the southern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia with the regional governor blaming russia. a warning that petrol prices could rise after global oil producer opec agrees it will reduce output. the british home office suspends an immigration official and former met officer after a bbc investigation reveals he d been posting racist content on whatsapp. hello if you re watching in the uk or around the world. 3a people including 23 children have been killed at a nursery in thailand. it happened that a child care facility in non bua lam phu province with the gunman fleeing the scene before killing himself, his wife and his children. he has been identified as 35 year old panya kamrab. after the shooting, the man fled the day centre in a white pick up truck and thai media are reporting he was sacked by police last year over drugs offences. i m joined by our thailand editor. thank you for coming in, can you tell is more about what ha
or so, learned of this within the last hour orso, but learned of this within the last hour or so, but we know that there has been a mass shooting in north eastern thailand, over 30 people killed and over 20 children killed in that knife and gun attack. a public inquiry will hear this morning from parents who lost children in what s been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. documents seen by the bbc show that 175 children were infected with hiv in the 1980s after being given contaminated blood products for the clotting disorder haemophilia. one of the parents giving evidence this morning has been speaking to our health correspondentjim reed. he s always been well behaved. full of life, as usual, like little boys are, you know. linda s son, michael, was just a toddler when she was told he had haemophilia, a genetic disorder which stopped his blood clotting properly. he was always on the go.
i mean, i tried to be so positive for him to think that he wasn t going to pass away. and even in the hospital, the woman had me on one side and she said, you know, michael s going to die. and i said, no, he s not, you know. sorry. it just seems like yesterday still. michael died a week before his 26th birthday. he was one of 175 children infected with hiv after being given the same contaminated treatment. just couldn t believe what was happening, you know. today, linda will give evidence to the public inquiry into the disaster. i felt as though i needed to do it to help get to the bottom of it, because i think we all want to know why it was allowed to happen.