at stansted as heathrow extends its passenger cap to the end of october. and, at last, an apology for the native american actress, booed off stage at the oscars almost 50 years ago. good afternoon. new figures suggest the real value of wages, has fallen at its fastest rate since records began, leading to further concerns about the cost of living. the office for national statistics says regular pay, excluding bonuses, was up a.7% between april and june this year, compared to 2021. but taking inflation into account, wages are actually down 3%, hit by the rising cost of goods and services. the government says it recognises people are struggling with high prices, but is providing direct financia help for millions on low incomes. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. from the outside, a.7% is the best average pay rise for years. but the inside story is the average worker is dealing with astronomical price rises that more than cancel that out. aiming to attract the insta
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and half the west said they made up their mind, the polls vary to some degree. yougov put liz truss at 69% instead of 61%. it s going to take an awful lot for rishi sunak to turn things around. you can see it in the first. the scottish tory electorate about the conservative contest that came out this morning. you could see that liz truss is well ahead amongst those who voted for the conservatives in scotland in 2019. including not least on that distinctive scottish issue of who will be most likely to help maintain the union. we have to bear in mind that one thing all conservatives agree on is they want to keep scotland inside. a position within
coups. now, the assassination of its president leaves the country s future in doubt. melissa bell, cnn, paris. well, david was foreign-policy adviser for the campaign of former-u.s. president barack obama and has, also, worked for the u.n. and the u.s. state department. thank you so much for being with us. thank you. so, haiti s envoy to the u.s. says police have killed four suspects, and arrested two others. and says they are foreigners. you knew and worked with the haitian president. what do you make of what we ve learned, so far? well, we saw a clip from the ambassador, and he is talked a little bit about what happened. and we re learning more. i met with the president, two years ago, a couple of times in 2019. including, at the home where he was killed just a little over-24 hours ago. it s a tragic event. the president was imperilled,