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hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the value of uk wages has fallen at the fastest rate since records began after taking into account the rising cost of living. household budgets are being squeezed by rising food, fuel and energy costs. average pay fell by 3% between april and june, when adjusted for inflation. that means prices are rising at an even faster rate, despite growth in regular pay excluding bonuses. meanwhile, job vacancies continued to increase, although the rate is slowing. the rise in the cost of living has prompted workers and unions across several industries to call for inflation matching pay rises with some, such as rail workers, going on strike. but the government claims the employment figures show the resilience of the uk economy. our business correspondent nina warhurst has more details on those uk job figures. average pay is growing faster than for 15 years but what is crucial at the moment, what everybody watching will
and confusion. the head of the electoral authority was briefly prevented from declaring the results as scuffles broke out at the vote tallying centre in the capital, nairobi. he said mr ruto gotjust over fifty per cent of the votes, narrowly ahead of the opposition leader, raila odinga. gareth barlow has this report. politics is often a tale of two halves and it can you back would not be more true. here in the third largest city, demonstrators hurled stones and started fires in protest at the result of the presidential election. in the rift valley, jubilant celebrations following the proclamation of william ruto as though next leader. we have used ruto as though next leader. - have used our time and commitment and by god, he has emerged the winner. we
kenya s deputy president, william ruto, has been declared the winner of last week s presidential election, but amid scenes of chaos and confusion. the head of the electoral authority was briefly prevented from declaring the results as scuffles broke out at the vote tallying centre in the capital, nairobi. he said mr ruto gotjust over fifty per cent of the votes, narrowly ahead of the opposition leader, raila 0dinga. gareth barlow has this report. politics is often a tale of two halves, and in kenya that couldn t be more true. here in kisumu, the third largest city, demonstrators hurled stones and started fires in protest at the result of the presidential election. but in the rift valley, jubilant celebrations following the proclamation of william ruto as the country s next leader. we have devoted our time and devoted our commitment and our emotions, and we thank god, we have something to thank