to the pope emeritus benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. pope francis will preside at benedict s funeral on thursday. iam i am away shortly, thank you for your company, ben brown will be here at the top of the next hour. now on bbc news, he has been the man making the headlines all year. zelensky: the making of a president. for weeks, volodomyr zelensky has been leading from the front, as ukraine resists russia s invasion. explosion comforting the war s many victims, berating ukraine s enemies. sobs ..and demanding more from her allies. a war that was supposed to last days has now lasted months. russia s advance has stalled and, in places, it has been pushed back. applause president zelensky is now lauded as the man of this moment. i think your leadership has been extraordinary. but it wasn t always like this. before the russian attack, questions were being asked as to whether zelensky, a former comedian, really had what it takes to lead ukraine. in 201
clashed for the second day running in central paris. the unrest was caused by a deadly shooting on friday at a kurdish cultural centre. those are the headlines on bbc news. now on bbc news, zelensky: the making of a president. for weeks, volodomyr zelensky has been leading from the front as ukraine resists russia s invasion. explosion comforting the war s many victims, berating ukraine s enemies. sobs ..and demanding more from her allies. a war that was supposed to last days has now lasted months. russia s advance has stalled, and in places it has been pushed back. applause president zelensky is now lauded as the man of this moment. i think your leadership has been extraordinary. but it wasn t always like this. before the russian attack, questions were being asked as to whether zelensky, a former comedian, really had what it takes to lead ukraine. in 2019, i was very sad, it was like a tragedy knowing that zelensky could become president of ukraine. i wouldn t say he had poli
as she was driving home. the exam board pearson has apologised after some btec students did not receive their results as expected last thursday, throwing university places into doubt. and if you havejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. we begin at this hour with the strike at felixstowe port. dockers at britain s largest container port, felixstowe, have gone on strike for the first time in three decades. almost 2,000 workers are taking part in the eight day action, after rejecting a 7% pay offer. there are warnings that the strike will cause disruption to supply chains for shops and other retailers half of britain s container trade goes through the port in suffolk. the government says supply chains are resilient. here s our business correspondent mark ashdown. the summer of strikes has reached felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making sure essential goods find their way to households, but today, 1,900 members of the unite union are starting an eight day
yes, a very warm welcome to all the business news. and we start here in the uk, where skyrocketing inflation is causing big problems for retailers. just how big will be revealed in a few hours when we get those retail sales numbers forjuly. if we look back, sales fell 0.1% month on month injune, and that was a better than expected result as rising energy and fuel prices dented consumer confidence. now that inflation is topping 10%, the british independent retailers association is calling for 100% rates relief to be introduced for smaller retailers, and an energy price cap for businesses. let us get more. andrew goodacre, ceo, british independent retailers association. good morning. thank you for joining us. you are calling for the smaller retail, rate relief and an energy price for business in general. just talk about energy, energy prices have gone through the roof stop how much is it hurting our retailers? how much is it hurting our retailers? ,., ., ., , retailers? good m
plus, from dribbling to diplomat? our nbc news reporting on the basketball power house now getting involved in brittney griner s case. and why one white house official is telling us he s more likely to hurt than help. i m hallie jackson in washington. we ll start this hour with those new developments out of arkansas. just in the last few minutes, you watched it untold live here. a video appeared to show three offers making an arrest, violently. the video, we re about to show, is disturbing. you can see the officers basically pummeling the suspect s face and body, smashing his head while he s being restrained. it s not clear what happened before this recording. officials said the man was being arrested on trespassing and other crimes. the three officers have been suspended while this is being investigated. that s the only time we will show you the video. let s bring in priscilla thompson in arkansas, and charles coleman, civil rights attorney and msnbc legal analyst. we just h