more than 150 lives in indonesia this year? we hear from the parents who are demanding answers. five years after the manchester arena bombing, we have a special report on the emergency services response. and with three weeks to go until the world cup kicks off, critics deny the tournament will be carbon neutral. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. after ten days of peace talks, a surprise deal has been reached between the government of ethiopia and rebel forces in tigray for a permanent cessation of hostilities. the african union s chief mediator the former nigerian president, olusegun obasanjo has called it the beginning of a new dawn for ethiopia. it s almost two years since a brutal conflict began in ethiopia s northern tigray region. since then, a civil war has left hundreds of thousands dead, almost 5 million displaced and a population on the brink of starvation. the bbc is the first international broadcaster
a new climate report says temperatures in europe have been going up by more than twice the global average. with the us midterm elections fast approaching president biden says democracy itself is on the line. # when i wake up early in the morning. and still fab after all these years a long awaited report is released today into the response of the emergency services to the bomb attack at the manchester arena five years ago. the report is expected to make serious criticisms of the police, ambulance, and fire services. one of the firefighters has told the bbc the response had been embarassing and shameful . judith moritz has been talking to a man who tried repeatedly to save the life of 28 year old john atkinson whose family say he was badly let down by the emergency services. siren wails in the aftermath of the explosion at manchester arena, sirens screeched towards the scene. but the police were in disarray, paramedics mostly stayed out of the blast area, and the fire
interest rates are expected to rise sharply today, as the bank of england attempts to tackle soaring prices. the bank is expected to increase its base rate by three quarters of a percentage point from 2.25% to 3%. that would be its eighth consecutive increase since december, pushing the rate to its highest level for m years. it would also mark the biggest single increase since 1989, and could have a big impact on the cost of living and people s finances. our correspondent navtej johal has this report. omar is a veterinary surgeon based in derby. he came to the uk four years ago and had planned to buy a home and settle here long term. with interest rates here expected to rise further today, which is likely to make mortgages more expensive, omar says he s now considering whether he should even stay in the uk. have you lost trust in the uk? i trust my colleagues, i trust my friends, i trust a lot of people in the uk. it shook my trust in the system. and you may move, you may lea