thousands affected by the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s will get initial compensation of £100,000 each. # the way is clear, the light is good, i have no fear.# and after one venue cancels his latest production over comments on trans rights, monty python s terry gilliam says british theatre needs to be braver. i think the whole artistic community has to be brave. that s what art is about, pushing the limits. matt hudson smith is going to take the european title again. and gold for great britain as matthew hudson smith palace to victory in the 400 metres at the european championships. and coming up in the sport over on the bbc news channel, money matters at manchester united. british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe confirms he wants to buy a stake in the club. good evening. it s been a difficult day for the british economy. the rate of inflation has hit double figures for the first time in 40 years. it was running at 10.1% in the year tojuly higher than analys
mr grossi says these concerns include the integrity of the plant, whether or not it s been compromised, the functionality of the safety systems of the plant and if any repairs were needed. also, of great importance the external power supply. mr grossi warned of the dangers if there s an interruption to supply. he also wants to speak to staff with allegations of physical violence at the zaporizhzhia site. i ll be demanding that i have opportunities to discuss with staff, with all staff present there, and we have, of course, the vast majority is the ukrainian operators from the plant, but there are also russian experts there, so i will be talking to everybody and trying to ascertain the situation and make the necessary recommendations. a short time ago the un security council held an emergency
nuclear waste storage facilities, chernobyl and zaporizhzhia. this has never happened before in history, so we re in uncharted territory. for example, the director general of the iaea has what he calls seven pillars of nuclear safety and security for operating facilities, including a steady supply of electricity, contact with the outside world, staff able to operate without duress. all of these are being violated at these plants so what you re worried about is at chernobyl, for example, and the ukrainians are increasingly concerned about this, not a meltdown. that s already happened. but some kind of fracturing of the containment structure that contains the radioactive material that melted down at the chernobyl disaster, intentionally leaking that material. you could see at the zaporizhzhia site, an operating nuclear power plant, a failure of the electrical supply, which is already happened, continuing