of vaccination, but bans on non us citizens arriving from many countries will end. millions of workers in britain will get a pay increase as the government signals a rise in the national minimum wage. and as a former facebook manager tells british lawmakers that the social media platform is unquestionably making hatred worse, mark zuckerberg says the company is spending billions on safety and security. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. let s start in afghanistan, and a distressing snapshot of the unravelling humanitarian situation. the un has warned of a countdown to catastrophe, with millions facing starvation. already, hospitals are seeing horrific scenes of malnutrition. the situation has deteriorated sharply since the taliban seized power in august. internationalfunds which propped up the economy have been stopped, as the world debates how to deal with the new regime. our correspondent yogita limaye, cam
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel shabi who s an author & journalist and katy balls who s deputy political editor at the spectator. more from both of them in a moment, first, tomorrow s front pages. the guardian looks ahead to the chancellor s annual budget announcement on wednesday, saying that he ll scrap the public sector pay freeze amid a cost of living crisis. the daily mail also leads on rishi sunak s budget, reporting a pay rise for seven million people, including nurses, teachers and members of the armed forces. the i has an exclusive with a former top adviser, who warns the chancellor of a lack of cash for schools ahead of wednesday s announcement. the ft is reporting that the uk s three spy agencies have contracted amazon s cloud computing arm to host top secret intelligence files. the times warns of a winter of rising fuel prices, after the cost of petrol hit a record high. and there s only
We are going head first into a question that washington, dc, has ignored so we are live on the countdown to catastrophe, kicking off at 10:00 a.m., with stakes this high and your money at risk we felt it is incumbent not to work bankers hours. we are work over time with grover norquist and pat buchanan and what this triggers if they ignore the triggers. it could ruin your holiday but it could ruin this entire shaky economy. say it ain t so, you really didn t know, joe? maybe you should have caught a hearing the day before, joe, because these folks said they warned you and your boss.