we start here in the uk where a final battle to become the next prime minister is taking place as the country faces the worst cost of living crisis in a generation. as you ve been hearing, formerfinance minister, rishi sunak, and the foreign secretary, liz truss are the last remaining candidates. they will now face a vote by conservative party members around the uk with a result expected in september. whoever wins could mean a very different approach to the economy. truss says you cannot tax your way to growth she is proposing more than 30 million pounds in immediate tax cuts. sunak wants to delay the tax cuts until inflation is under control. borrowing your way out of inflation , he says, isn t a plan, it s a fairytale . the economic challenges facing the next prime minister are huge. last month, the rate of inflation hit 9.4% the highest rate for a0 years driven by a leap in the price of fuel, and also of basic foods like milk, cheese and eggs. our economics edi
well, my guest is long time boss of the international trade union confederation, sharan burrow. do workers have problems that unions cannot fix? sharan burrow in brussels, welcome to hardtalk. good evening. good to have you on the show. let s look at what is happening in the world right now. we have a spike in energy costs right around the world. we have rising inflation in many countries and a squeeze on the cost of living. how grim do you think the prospects for your members, for workers around the world are right now? well, i think you have to take note of workers. they re on strike all around the world. they can t live on the wages that they re being paid. they know that this is a huge injustice when it s profits that are driving inflation. in fact, the union movement has a new term. it s called pro flation , because it s a myth to say that wages are driving inflation. even the eu confirmed just this week that there is no feedback loop between wages and inflation, and it
firefighters struggle in the heatwave to tackle flames in greece, spain and italy. the former chancellor, rishi sunak, and foreign secretary, liz truss, will go head to head in the race to become the next british prime minister. and we talk to shanghai s blind masseures, struggling to cope in a post covid world. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news. joe biden used a visit to massachusetts to issue the latest stark warning on the threat posed by climate change. the us president is using executive powers to usher in measures including offshore windfarms and expanded flood control. with a heat dome now affecting 28 states, the us is the latest country to swelter with high temperatures. wildfires are still raging in europe in countries like spain, italy and greece. in france s southwest, president macron has been to see the devastation caused by a wildfire that forced almost 40,000 people from their homes. 0ur correspondent lucy w
Bbc Social Media Guidelines and around freelance presenters like gary lineker. It has updated following that review the guidelines. What it does say in this report is that the new guidance recognises the importance of Freedom Of Expression, but there are a group of expression, but there are a group of presenters, like gary lineker who present these flagship and high profile programmes who are in this new group, where the bbc says they have a particular responsibility to respect the bbc s impartiality because of their profile on the bbc. What does this mean . It means, from the report from mr hardy, he says that high profile presenters outside ofjournalism should be ale to express views on issues and policies, including matters of political contention, but there is a window, though, while their high profile Flagship Programme is going out and a two week window either side of it, in this report, it says that its presenters of those programmes must not endorse or attack a political party.