we start in india where figures out in a few hours time are expected to confirm the economy grew around 8% in the three months tojune. it s a growth rate to be envied by many countries here in europe. in fact, india s economy is predicted to double in size in the next eight years and become the second biggest in the world later this century. but what happens there has an increasing impact on the rest of the globe. food prices in india are soaring, threatening hardship for millions, and there are implications for everyone. as our india business correspondent nikhil inamdar reports. feeding herfamily feeding her family of four, this humble vegetarian meal costs are third more than it did a few months ago. with prices of most april soaring the money she brings home as a domestic helper is not enough. she has now taken part time work as a seamstress to earn additional income. i work as a seamstress to earn additional income. additional income. i am a sinale additional income. i
centre has now downgraded idalia to a tropical storm no longer a hurricane although they are still warning of the risk of freshwater flooding, and storm surges as it moves inland with georgia and south carolina next in its path. helena humphrey has been witnessing the aftermath of the storm, in cedar key. mariko, that s right. not at least in terms of loss of life. but some people here are saying that the destruction is far worse than anything that they ve been seeing in terms of the debris. when you compare it to example to hurricane injust last year, ian just last year, and if you just take a look behind me, mariko, i mean, you re just starting to get an idea of the destruction that we re seeing. this is just one of 49 counties here, which was under a mandatory evacuation order. so you ve got to imagine that scenes like this will be replicated across the coast. nevertheless, this is one of the hardest hit areas. and as you can see, this hotel here essentially has just b
afghanistan on student visas. there are reports that three girls escorted by a mahram, which is a related male companion were even removed from a plane. sheikh khalaf ahmad habtoor earlier spoke about the situation. i am sad today of this decision. i hope that the government is going to be consider my request to allow them to come. they have the right to study committee have the right to deal what ever they can do, and there is no exception to that. they have the right to study, they have the right to do what ever the men can do, and there is no exception to that. heather barr is associate director of women s rights at human rights watch. she gave me her reaction to this latest restriction on afghan students. this is part of an ongoing crackdown that just seems to deepen and deepen. and, you know, in the early months after the taliban takeover, the taliban attacked really fundamental rights, education, employment, freedom of movement. and now that they ve taken away tho
and the only specialist number eight in the squad, billy vunipola. we caught up with head coach steve bortheick for his thoughts on the injury. anthony injured his calf in the game against ireland on saturday. investigation afterwards became clear that he wouldn t be able to go on the field for a number of weeks. we are also leaving for france next week, it became clear that he couldn t be part of that 33 that travels out. we are desperate for him, he is an important member of the squad and one that has enormous respect from everybody. he s had setbacks before and as always worked through them and i know he ll be back on the field as soon as possible. borthwick also spoke about the impact of owen farrell s red card hearings and ban in the build up to the tournament. 0h oh and is one of the most resilient people i ve ever met. owen. in terms of the process we respect the process. i think at some point in the future we ll be clear on our thoughts and the experience, and the