Hello, youre watching the context on bbc news. Its been revealed that Keir Starmer s top adviser, Sue Gray, now earns more than the Prime Minister. Weve been told that shes now on a salary of 170,000. More than 100 charities and Aid Agencies have urged sir Keir Starmer to protect foreign Aid Spending amid fears the budget could fall to its lowest level since 2007. The unease comes ahead of the Budget Set to be unveiled by the chancellor in october and with increasing aid being spent here in the uk, To Support Refugees and Asylum Seekers. The previous government had counteracted this adding 2. 5 billion to the foreign Aid Budget, as a Top Up to compensate for the money being spent in britain. But where does the uk stand internationally . The un target for foreign Aid Spending is 0. 7 of a countrys gross national income. That figure is widely accepted among the international community and the uk made a legal commitment to it in 2015. But in reality according to the oecd, just 5 countries
A packed crowd took in the latest Iphone Launch at Apple Headquarters in a helicopter california. They were all here to see this. Ceo Tim Cook says the Iphone 16 is the first to be built from the ground up for artificial intelligence. The software is integrated into host of applications across the iphone. Take this Photo Editor allowing you to remove people from the background and this tool which helps rewrite your E Mails. There is an upgrade to The Voice assistant, which can now take written commands and is said to work better with natural spoken language. For now Apple Intelligence features will not be available in the eu as executives find themselves in the middle of a dustup with regulators over the digital markets act. The features will, however, be available in the uk. That is when they are released. The Test Version will start with the roll out in the us next month with more coming of the year. When it becomes available analysts say they are keen to use ai available analysts sa
The uk government is being urged today to address Border Delays by the manufacturers association, make uk. Customs paperwork and checks introduced since brexit are leading to some disruption of imports and exports, according to their research out today, with produce going to waste because of delays. Make uk found 61 of businesses are facing supply Chain Disruption either importing or exporting to and from the eu, and nearly a third are having their Supply Chains impacted in both directions. Companies are also struggling to prove the uk origin of their goods in order to qualify for zero tariff access. Ben fletcher is director of policy and engagement at make uk. We were warned there would be weeks of difficulty, Teething Troubles, et cetera, is this not what it is . I troubles, et cetera, is this not what it is . Troubles, et cetera, is this not what it is . I think one of the critical not what it is . I think one of the Critical Issues not what it is . I think one of the Critical Issue
welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. we take you into a world few get to see up close, the world of super yachts. private boats, some longer than a football field. they can cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and it seems there s plenty of buyers. since the pandemic, more people than ever are building and buying them. business is reportedly booming. they ve become status symbols for the super rich and striking symbols of economic inequality. their impact on the environment and the oceans is a topic of debate. the u.s. has seen some super yachts of russia s elite, and now your tax dollars are surprisingly being spent to keep their ships in tip-top shape. cnn s alisyn camerota takes us inside this hidden world of super yachts, and her first stop, the monaco yacht show. this is monaco. land of the ultra wealthy. dotting the harbor like crown jewels are some of the world s largest super yachts. that s no surprise considering this is the richest country in the worl
want to mess. all of that and more is coming up. in the good sunday morning to. you i am katie phang. as the saying goes, those who don t know history are destined to repeat. it s now this juncture after this conservative super majority on the supreme court got affirmative action in higher education instruct down where is it biden s plan to forgive more than 400 billion dollars in student debt, i think it is time that we talk about how those two things have been leaked for decades. higher education in america did not always come with such a hefty price tag. in fact through the 1950s it was largely free and treated as a public goods. why? because graduates used their education towards the betterment of society. that all changed in the 1960s when anti-war and civil rights students activism hit college campuses and universities. and those colleges and universities responded by developing of hidden action policies to diversify their overall on the right student body. southern cal