uk industry bosses warn of mass pub and brewery closures across the country within months due to rising energy costs. uk s labour opposition criticises chancellor nadhim zahawi s trip to the united states. he says he s seeking solutions for the cost of living crisis, labour call it a junket. and in an interview with a us magazine about her relationship with the british royal family, the duchess of sussex, meghan markle, has discussed the importance of forgiveness. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the united nations is leading a global appeal to help pakistan cope with the devastating floods which have left a third of the country under water and killed more than 1,100 people. provinces like sindh and balochistan in the south are the worst affected but mountainous regions in the north west have also been badly hit. the crisis is not over yet as heavy rain continues and water surges down the indus river. the un secretary general, antonio
18-year-old walk in, a 20-year-old and buy an ar-15. that s why back in 1994 i took on the nra and passed the assault weapons ban. for ten years mass shootings were down. ten years in a row. i was going to say i passed that legislation in 1994 as a senator. but in 2004 republicans let that ban expire. what happened? mass shootings in america tripled. it s time to ban these. it s time to ban these weapons. we did it before. we can do it again. [ applause ] it s time to hold every elected official s feet to the fire and ask them are you for banning assault weapons, yes or no? ask them. if the answer is no, vote against them. [ applause ] look, i m prouder that after seven years we finally had a senate confirm director of alcohol, tobacco and firearms responsible for fighting gun crimes, for seven years the other team would not let us appoint anyone to that job. incredibly important job to help local law enforcement, federal law enforcement identify the ballistics. a whole range
Top officials in the chopper, both in the same aircraft. That is one of the major criticisms that has been directed at the system of why having two senior officials on the same aircraft. There are a lot of questions that still need to be answered. But this also speaks to that lack of access and equipment and the ageing fleet in the Aviation Industry where civilians had, over the years, then paying the major toll for, but in some cases also, officials. But in some cases also, officials but in some cases also, officials. . , officials. An important point to make there. Officials. An important point to make there. He officials. An important point to make there. He was officials. An important point to make there. He was in i officials. An important point. To make there. He was in high demand as you would expect with this Breaking News, thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us here on bbc news. Lets take a moment review the latest coming out of iran. The State Television is re
took over 200 people from israel. they have been talks in qatar. one saying only very minor obstacles were in the way of a deal. israel s ambassador to the usa a significant number of hostages could be freed in the coming days in exchange for a brief cease fire. we will be keeping an eye on that. we go to gaza, we will look at the hospital in the north hit by in an israeli strike. these are verified pictures from inside the indonesian hospital indonesian hospital organisations from indonesia behind it. hamas run health ministry says that at least 12 people have been killed. take a look outside hospital. tanks close by indonesian foreign minister says strike a violation of humanitarian law. whoalled israel says terrorists opened fire from within the hospital towards idf troops, 28 premature babies are out. 28 premature babies have been taken out. they were being treated at the al shifa hospital. they been moved to egypt and you can see they travelled through in these incu
the same view there, but what i ve witnessed, especially over the last couple of years is a complete change, getting rid of what i would call the loony left, where extreme socialist policies, rather than creating a wealthy britain. tell me about the courtship between the billionaire and the socialist, between you and keir starmer. i don t know whether i would call it a courtship, to be honest. my thoughts on labour historically were very negative, and what i ve seen now, the more and more i ve looked at labour, is a transformation. is this going to be the first time you ll have voted labour? first time in 51 years, yes, and honestly it took a lot of me soul searching. because i guess you voted for the conservatives a lot in the past, is that right? yes, and it wasn t really because it was the conservative party, it s conservative principles i believe in. what, in your view, has gone wrong for the conservatives, is rishi sunak a dud? 0h, absolute dud. all the criticisms that i