this week, two nations with caretaker readers, and problems that cannot wait. in israel, a coalition has collapsed. joe biden has been in a middle east seeking more saudi oil. they and the israelis want the united states to pledge action against iran. you re in the uk, if famous and not so famous five are vying to succeed borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. but in a context of tax cuts, is that the answer to what even ministers describe as a cost of living crisis? in the studio to discuss all of that, an american journalist and senior writer at bloomberg business week, based in london since the late 1970s, he writes on arab affairs. you burrow is a columnist with the male newspapers, he has reported from all around the middle east during his time and was a speech writer on david cameron s successful general election campaign in 2010. welcome to you all. let s begin in the middle east. stephanie, joe biden is engaged in this middle east trip, s
i don t think sunday will be the end of it, from what i can see. if we can negotiate a deal this week, it can be, but otherwise we ll have to look at what campaigns we are going to put on going forward, and we think that other unions are going tojoin us in this dispute on the railway, and more broadly in society. it wasn t the employers that called the strike action. we wanted rmt. .. we wanted to do reform earlier. they have been discussing it with us, but they have not came forward with meaningful reform. in other news, ukraine is on the verge of losing control of the key city of severodonetsk. its troops have been pushed back to just one factory there. allegations of corruption and sexual abuse at the united nations whistle blowers call for an independent panel to investigate. an inquiry finds that the belfast health trust failed to intervene quickly enough on misdiagnoses by a consultant neurologist, resulting in northern ireland s largest ever patient recall. and princ
another warning on energy bills half of all uk households could face fuel poverty this winter. a record day for channel crossings in small boats on monday nearly 1,300 people arrived in the uk. and man s emotional best friends how dogs can cry with joy. and coming up on the bbc news channel: after ellen white s retirement, jill scott is the latest lioness to call time on her football career after 20 years at the top. good evening. police in liverpool have named the nine year old who was shot dead in her home last night. olivia pratt korbel s death has sent shock waves through her community and beyond after she was shot in the chest by a gunman who was targeting a man who d run into the house. let s go straight ot our correspondent danny savage who s at the scene. danny. i think it was shocking enough for many people to wake up to the news a nine year old girl had been shot home, but then came the detail and i think this is the most tragic series of evends surround
of ukrainian grain needed to feed the developing world will start to rot, if export routes are not reopened soon. rock music. back after three years, the iconic glastonbury festival opens its gates to music fans again festival goers hello and welcome. a california jury has found the american comedian bill cosby was liable for sexually assaulting a woman at the playboy mansion in 1975 when she was 16 years old. the court also ordered that cosby must payjudy huth, who is now 64, half a million dollars in damages. she spoke of her relief after the victory in court. mark lobel reports. justice forjudy huth, after the man, known to millions as america s dad, bill cosby, is found by a jury in a civil trial to have abused her a0 years ago at the playboy mansion. it has been torture, it has, ripped apart, thrown under the bus and backed over and this to me such a big victory, it really is.- victory, it really is. judy huth testified victory, it really is. judy huth testified that -
let s start here in the uk, where in just over an hour s time the latest inflation figures for april will be released. many analysts are expecting the rate to hit 9% for last month, which will mean the prices remain at their highest level in three decades. the bank of england has warned inflation could hit 10% within months, as the price of fuel and food puts pressure on household budgets. bbc s consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has more on the impact rising prices is having on daily lives. shopping is like ten or more a week, more expensive, shopping is like ten or more a week, more expensive, bread shopping is like ten or more a week, more expensive, bread has gone up, the bread i have gone up gone up, the bread i have gone up 50p. gone up, the bread i have gone u- 50. , gone up, the bread i have gone u . 50 . , ., ., gone up, the bread i have gone u. 50, , ., ., , gone up, the bread i have gone u 50. , ., ., gone up, the bread i have gone up 50p. this woman i