rest. as the city grieves over an unthinkable act and the questions still unanswered, we re looking to the country s elected leadership to finally take a stand, do anything, to help curb this endless cycle of senseless loss. in just the past week since the uvalde, massacre, there have been 18 more mass shootings across this country according to the gun violence archive in places like fresno, california, chattanooga, tennessee, benton harbor, michigan and taft, oklahoma. we just had the funerals for the victims in buffalo, houston and laguna woods, california. now, many more burials are being planned. in fact there have been 231 mass shootings so far this year, more than one per day. just let that sink in. so how would a rational country react to tragedy after tragedy committed with the use of the same weapons of war almost every time? how about expanding background cheques, banning hundreds of types of military-style weapons, starting a gun buyback program, banning the sale a
As soon as possible. On wednesday, us President Joe Biden and egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al sisi agreed to open up the Rafah Crossing, to allow up to 20 trucks of aid into gaza. But President Biden has warned the shipment is not likely to cross until friday, because repairs to the road are needed. Of course, our website has a live page updating all the time if you wish to give across that news. Now on to business and we start with netflix its shares have been surging, after the Streaming Giant said it signed up almost nine million new subscribers in the last three months. Thats way more than expected and the best quarterlyjump since the early days of the pandemic when we were all stuck at home. So whats going on . Its mostly down to a crackdown on people sharing their passwords and now netflix is putting up prices basic subscribers in the uk will pay an extra pound the premium plan has gone up by £2, to £17. 99. Michelle fleury has more. It has been less than six months since ne
Talking books at hay festival. Hay has been inviting audiences to talk, to think, to read and to reflect for 30 years. Over ten days 250,000 people will rub shoulders with some of the worlds greatest writers, thinkers and performers. All here in the beautiful surroundings of the Brecon Beacons in wales. Today im talking to the australian author tim winton, who once compared writing to surfing. Hes written 28 books for adults and children and his latest, the boy behind the curtain is about his childhood growing up in Western Australia and the impact thats had on his work. Applause now, most writers dont have a fish named after them. Most writers dont have their face on a postage stamp. But then tim winton is not most writers. He wrote his first novel, an open swimmer, when he was just 19 years old, and hes gone on to write nearly 30 more books for adults and children, all very different, but to my mind, all sharing an ear for language, and an eye for the natural landscape, and hes pulle
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For the vast majority, dry and fine and warm. Pretty uncomfortable night for most of us sleeping but for most of us sleeping tonight but tomorrow again looks and dry for tomorrow again looks hot and dry for many. The air tomorrow again looks hot and dry for many. The air creeping south many. The cooler air creeping south gcioss many. The cooler air creeping south across and across scotland and Northern Ireland. Again low 30s in the south and east. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines Government Staff are being drafted in to manage the response to the Grenfell Tower fire following fierce criticism. A team of Civil Servants have been embedded in the Council Office after residents complained theyve received little help. Those affected by the blaze. To allow mps more time to scrutinise brexit legislation. Its been described as an unusual move. 57 people are killed in a forest fire in Central Portugal which continues to spread. Many of the victims burned to death in their vehicles when th