Closely guarded secret. But please do join us after the news headunes please do join us after the News Headlines when well be telling you exactly what the nations supposed favourite ice cream is, which i think were were. Do we which i think were were. Do we agree with it . We do agree. Its a popular favourite. Its a popular favourite. Its a popular favourite. It is. It is. But first, lets get the news with rhiannon. With rhiannon. Thank you, ellie. Good morning. Its 932. Your top stories from the newsroom. The stories from the newsroom. The chancellor says efforts to fight inflation are working after the u. K. Economy grew by 0. 2 in the Second Quarter. Figures from the office for National Statistics also show gdp rose by 0. 5 in june alone , buoyed by the june alone, buoyed by the Manufacturing Sector. Jeremy Manufacturing Sector. Jeremy hunt says the governments laying the Strong Foundations needed to grow the economy. The results mean theres no immediate risk of the uk slipping into
Hello and welcome im peter w. Watching al jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up catalonia remains defiance against madrids insistence that sundays independence referendum will go ahead despite spain declaring the vote illegal. For lankas government to hunt down Buddhist Monks suspected of attacking a u. N. Shelter for revenge or refugees in the capital colombo. Dozens dead and missing in germany as Hurrican Maria devastates the caribbean island. We begin with the latest on the fallout from mondays secession referendum in the kurdish region of Northern Iraq initial results a ninety two percent. Voted yes to secede but pressure on kurdish leaders is increasing iraq is demanding the vote be an old the countrys parliament has called on the Prime Minister to deploy troops to disputed areas including the oil rich city of kirkuk that area is controlled by Kurdish Military units but officially its governed by baghdad the iraqi Prime Minister also says the kurdish leader
Hearing from them later in the programme. We will Hearfrom Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated from the tower block itself. Alice has a different Vantage Point of the one ive got now. Firstly, i think we should hear from those affected most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have lost just about everything and in many cases, people who have lostjust about everything they own. Lostjust about everything they own. Today lostjust about everything they own. Today is the 14th ofjune. 2am, i was woken up by the siren noise. It was my son that woke me up. I think it was about 1 20am. And where were you . On the 17th floor. We grabbed them. We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out, just as i was entering the ground floor, The Fire Brigade was coming up. It was moving very fast. I cannot imagine, it was so fast. I looke
Hearing from them later in the programme. We will Hearfrom Karl Mercer at a nearby mosque which opened its doors to help those in need tonight, who were evacuated from the tower block itself. Alice has a different Vantage Point of the one ive got now. Firstly, i think we should hear from those affected most. People who tonight are counting themselves lucky to escape alive. People who lost their homes and in many cases, people who have lost just about everything and in many cases, people who have lostjust about everything they own. Lostjust about everything they own. Today lostjust about everything they own. Today is the 14th ofjune. 2am, i was woken up by the siren noise. It was my son that woke me up. I think it was about 1 20am. And where were you . On the 17th floor. We grabbed them. We ran downstairs, it took us a solid four minutes to get out, just as i was entering the ground floor, The Fire Brigade was coming up. It was moving very fast. I cannot imagine, it was so fast. I looke
Reporter one marijuana expert we spoke to here in the bay area told us that since Recreational Marijuana became legal in colorado, about 300 dispensaries have popped up in denver alone. San francisco certainly doesnt have the Square Footage that denver has but its bracing for pot business, and lots of it. You have heard of the gold rush of 1849. Now San Francisco is bracing for what is being called the green rush of 2018. We have kind of had to be underground for quite some time. Reporter no longer in the shadows, medical marijuana dispensaries light a spark on mission street, preparing to sell pot to recreational users come january 1st. My personal opinion is things are going to probably be bigger than we anticipate. Reporter it was officially approved today by city leaders. What this does is set up a onestop shop so that we have a centralized place to regulate this, to make sure that we do this safely. Reporter in the past several departments including fire, public health, and buildi