Good afternoon. In the last hour, Rachel Reeves has used her fIrst Labour Conference Speech as chancellor to promIse that therell be no return to austerIty. After weeks of warnIngs about the dIre state of the publIc fInances, she trIed to convey a brIghter message, sayIng she Is optImIstIc about the uks economIc future. She was brIefly heckled by one protestor at the start of her speech. Our polItIcal correspondent Helen Catt reports. As you can see behInd me, people are stIll fIlIng out from the Conference Hall where Rachel Reeves gave her speech In the last hour or so. A much traIled speech, very antIcIpated because, as we know, there has been crItIcIsm about the gloomy outlook that the chancellor and the PrIme MInIster have been talkIng about. So durIng her speech today, we had the Chancellor Attempt today, we had the Chancellor Attempt to Inject some optImIsm, talkIng about the brItaIn that she hoped to buIld for the future. There were some focus on what labour had already done In
Everton. The friedkin group, who also own italian side roma, have agreed a Dealfor Farhid Moshiris 94 stake in The Club. The american Investment Group had previously agreed a deal in principle injune, but talks back then broke down. Theyve had talks this weekend and have come to an agreement and i am told the deal is done and has been signed. Ive been told the finances are already in place. Any issues they had over the loans have been resolved as well. So all this now needsis resolved as well. So all this now needs is primarily gratification and i am told that can happen pretty quickly as well. Greater Manchester Mayor Andy burnham has taken manchester Uniteds Case for a new stadium to the Labour Party Conference in liverpool. Burnham is on the old Trafford Regeneration Task force, which also features former defender gary neville. Its looking at whether to recommend redeveloping the existing stadium or building a new ground with a 100 Thousand capacity on adjacent land owned by The Clu
And coming up on sportsday later in the hourt on Bbc News. A new era beckons for everton as an American Billionaire agrees a deal to become the new Majority Owner of the club. Good evening. In whats become the bloodiest day in lebanon, since hezbollah fired rockets into israel following last years October 7th attacks, the lebanese government says more than 270 people, including 21 children, have been killed in heavy israeli bombardments. The Israel Defense Force says it was targeting hundreds of hezbollah positions, while the iranian backed group, which is a proscribed terror organisation, says it fired dozens of rockets at israel. America says it is sending additional troops to the area. Orla guerin, is the in the lebanese Capital Beirut for us now. A massive bombardment began this morning at about 7am local time. Initially it was targets in Southern Lebanon that were being pounded, but by this Evening Israel was striking targets in the Bekaa Valley in the east. The idf is saying it h
If enacted, it would focus on tech that connects vehicles to the outside world, such as bluetooth, as well as driverless systems. There is currently minimal use of chinese or russian made software in american cars, but Commerce Secretary Gina raimondo said the plans would reduce the chances of us drivers having their personal data stolen. Chinese officials said the concept of National Security was being broadened to unfairly target chinese firms. The proposed ban is part of a much broader struggle between the us and china, the worlds two biggest economies, Overthe Technologies of the future. Boeing has offered Factory Workers a 30 Pay Rise over four years, as it tries to end a strike which has shut down its Manufacturing Facilities in the us pacific northwest. The Plane Maker also offered to reinstate a Performance Bonus and improve Retirement Benefits if workers accept the offer by friday. The strike, which began earlier this month, involves over 30,000 workers in portland and seattle
Had earlier and what is more accurate had earlier and what is more accurate is if you look, the amount of people accurate is if you look, the amount of people that are no longer covered by Collective Bargaining has shrunk and shrunk by Collective Bargaining has shrunk and shrunk on trunk and the value of wages and shrunk on trunk and the value of wages has and shrunk on trunk and the value of wages has shrunk and sunk in trunk and to wages has shrunk and sunk in trunk and to Go Wages has shrunk and sunk in trunk and to go back to what youre saying in of expressing a vision and communicating that to people, that is all well communicating that to people, that is all well and good but it has to be backed is all well and good but it has to be backed up by posies as to how peoples be backed up by posies as to how peoples lives will change and i think peoples lives will change and i think that is one of the problems at this conference. We arent getting it either this conference. We arent get