This is the latest from the gb newsroom. Nine people have been killed and two are missing after a fire broke out at a holiday home for disabled people in france. Local Authorities Say two people are feared dead , but two people are feared dead, but theyre remaining cautious until their bodies have been recovered. The fire broke out in the early hours of this morning before being quickly extinguished by firefighters. President Emmanuel Macron described the situation as a tragedy. 41 migrants have died tragedy. 41 migrants have died in a shipwreck off the italian island of lampedusa. Local media reports say four people who survived the wreckage told rescuers that they were on a boat that had set off from tunisia and sank on its way to italy. It also said the boat italy. It also said the boat that was carrying 45 people included three children. The Police Service of Northern Ireland has apologised to its thousands of serving officers and civilian staff after a major data breach. A spreads
In the 90s and early 00s. Now this comes hot on the heels of disappointing china trade data on tuesday showing exports sank at their fastest rate since the pandemic. Global demand for chinese made goods is falling, down more 14 in the year tojuly. But domestic demand is down too with imports also falling by more than 12 in the same period. Earlier, i spoke to janet mui, whos the head of Market Analysis at rbc brewin dolphin, and she explained where the deflation was coming from. Deflation data, basically mostly coming from food prices and also commodities prices like raw materials, energy, etc. Actually, if you look at the underlying inflation, things like services, things like tourism, leisure, hotels, actually they are up. The Core Inflation is up from 0. 4 to 0. 8 , but obviously its still pretty muted. So overall, i think it is a concern that china prices are contracting and it could be lasting for a while as well. How likely do you think it is, though, that china is going to be
Id be cutting things out of newspapers to get lettering. I would be using photographs, re appropriating things. And, jamie reid, the man whose images defined the punk era, has died. He was 76. And on newsnight at 10 30pm, well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Hello. Tonight we begin with more tragedy on the sea, as the mediterranean becomes the graveyard for more people fleeing poverty or war or persecution to reach europe. The italian authorities have opened an investigation into the deaths of 41 people, who died when their boat capsized. They were crossing from sfax in tunisia, hoping to reach italy. There were just four survivors, rescued by a Merchant Vessel and then handed over to the italian coastguard. The United Nations agency, the International Organisation for migration, says the First Quarter of 2023 has been the deadliest for six years in the med. Sofia bettiza has our top story
the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi says he ll continue to support the prime minister from the backbenches, and criticised journalists for the way they reported his tax affairs. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart he arrived in the uk as a young refugee before becoming a successful businessman. he served as the vaccines minister, rising to become chancellor, this morning he was chairman of the conservative party but his ministerial career now lies in tatters. he had faced questions for some time about his previous tax affairs and the fact he paid a penalty to hmrc while he was in charge of the treasury. he insisted he acted appropriately throughout. the prime minister had asked his ethics adviser to investigate. sir laurie magnus reported back this morning. his findings were highly critical. in a letter to rishi sunak he said from april 2021 nadhim zaha
hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin this hour with some breaking news from scotland, where the prison service has announced an urgent review of all transgender cases in its prisons. it says it will pause the movement of all transgender inmates until the review is complete. it follows the outcry of the case of isla bryson, a trans woman convicted of raping two women before changing gender. isla bryson was initially remanded to cornton vale women s prison before being moved to a male wing at hmp edinburgh. the scottish prison service says that we have commenced an urgent review of all trans gender cases currently manage in our establishment. ourfirst cases currently manage in our establishment. our first concern cases currently manage in our establishment. ourfirst concern is always and remains the health, safety and well being of all the people in our care and that of our staff. we have very robust risk assessment processes and a track record of keeping people safe in ofte