concerns and costs. hello and welcome to bbc news. i m anjana gadgil. at least four people have been killed in a shooting at a teenage birthday party in the american state of alabama. it happened in the town of dadeville. at least 20 people were shot and wounded, most of them teenagers. at this stage, there is no official confirmation about what led to the shooting, but there seems to have been some sort of altercation that then escalated. the us presidentjoe biden has been briefed on the shooting. there have been over 140 mass shootings in the us so far this year, continuing the trend of a rise in gun violence. the authorities in alabama gave this update in the last hour. this incident occurred at approximately 1034pm here in dadeville. there were four lives not fatalities, lives there were four lives were tragically lost in this incident. and there has been a multitude of injuries. as they said, this is going to be a long, complicated process. we are thankful to the she
this is the scene in one of those cities in central ukraine after a building was apparently hit by a missile. and this is the same scene we can show you, it is daytime now obviously, rescue workers are desperately looking for survivors who may be trapped in the rubble. president zelensky has been speaking and has described scenes like this is another night of russian terror across ukraine. let s take a look at the scope and scale of the attacks last night. most of the fighting in recent months has been confined to the east of the country, centred mainly on the dom region. but that changed in the early hours of the morning, the capital kyiv was attacked, the first time it s been a target for more than 50 days. looking further south, in the city of uman, an apartment building collapsed, at least six people were killed. others are feared missing beneath the rubble. and heading further east to the city of dnipro and another deadly attack. the local mayor said a mother and her thr
welcome to the programme. a smaller workforce represents a serious economic challenge. it makes it harder for employers to filljobs. it adds to wage pressures that drive inflation. it holds back growth. it reduces the tax revenues available to fund public services. there is an imperative in helping people back to work. the trouble is many parents in this country can t afford to because many would see their take home pay wiped out by the £15,000 average annual cost of full time childcare for a two year old. right now, uk childcare costs are double the 0ecd average. the only two countries where parents spend a higher percentage on childcare are switzerland and new zealand. when i had my daughter, who s five, i had to quit myjob because we couldn t afford childcare. i look forward to going back to nursing. my plan is to go back to nursing. if there d been more options and if childcare had been either cheaper or there was more flexibility, that would ve definitely been something
and a little ice cream wit senator turned presidentia nominee turned secretary o state john kerry i talked to one of my othe former boss is about the threa of climate change and the work he s doing to fight it many of us across the countr breathed a big sigh of relie on friday when the supreme court announced that the mos widely used abortion pill will remain available while an appeal moves forward. it s welcome news, but, let be clear, the abortion pill is still in jeopardy, and the political stakes just got a lo higher whatever the appeals court decides, the case will likel end up before the supreme cour next year. meaning a final decision could come at the height of the 2024 presidential race. remember, roe v. wade wa overturned just a few months before the 2022 midterms and that turned out to be a majo driver for democratic voters which brings us to the other major story to break this week after a long wait and a lot of speculation, president joe biden is finally ready t
the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, is facing questions in parliament this morning. he s appearing in front of the digital, media, culture & sport committee he s likely to be asked about his involvement in securing a loan for former prime minister boris johnson. let s listen in. establish the facts about the loan arrangement with the then prime minister, which was being set up at the same time as he was making the appointment of the bbc chair. essentially, from what i ve read, there were three people involved, sam blythe, borisjohnson and you. who started the whole procedure, who approached herfirst? weill. who started the whole procedure, who approached her first? approached her first? well, first of all, thank approached her first? well, first of all. thank you approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very much approached her first? well, first of all, thank you very much for - approached her f