We begin this hour with a Special Report from afghanistan. A country where millions of children are malnourished and white in one hospital 700 children have died in just the last six months. It is a humanitarian crisis that deepens every day with much of the Country Living in Extreme Poverty after years of war, causing economic collapse. The United Nations says more than three in children under the age of five are malnourished, with the delivery of aid becoming much harder since the taliban took control in 2021. The bbc s Correspondent And Producer Imogen Anderson have been in the country for the last two weeks, chronicling the disaster, and a warning there report shows images of children in distress. This is what an average Morning Looks like at the hospital. Hundreds from every corner, every passage, as Extreme Poverty pushes more children into disease each day. Zahra, 30 months old, one of 3 Million malnourished children in the country. A disease that is ravaging afghanistans younge
Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. Several major Trade Unions have appealed directly to Sir Keir Starmer to reverse the decision to take away the Winter Fuel Payment for millions of pensioners. The plan to make it means tested was announced shortly after the election, with both the prime Minister And Chancellor insisting its necessary, and the money needs to be spent elsewhere. But tomorrow some of the governments own mps plan to abstain from a Commons Vote on the change, rather than backing it. Our Employment Correspondent Zoe Conway has the latest. Trade unions are celebrating that the Labour Party is back. For Trade Unions are celebrating that the Labour Party is back. The Labour Party is back. For the first time in the Labour Party is back. For the first time in 15 the Labour Party is back. For the first time in 15 years the Labour Party is back. For the first time in 15 years under the Labour Party is back. For the first time in 15 years under a first time in 15 y
Good evening. After weeks of speculation we understand tonight that the Prime Minister is going to scrap the plans to build the h52 high speed rail line between birmingham and manchester. He is expected to make the announcement in manchester at the conservative Party Conference tomorrow. Our Political Editor chris mason is there for us now. For the last couple of days, the Government Machine has felt quite low key, even underpowered, from the Prime Minister down, when it has come to the announcements they have had to make but tonight, that looks like it is about to change, not least with the confirmation is widely expected over the last couple of days, of the scrapping of the h52 rail line between the West Midlands and manchester. My understanding is the mayor of the West Midlands, a conservative, we included his views on our reporting of this last night, saw the Prime Minister this afternoon and tonight is distraught. Expect rishi sunak when he sets out his announcement to say that in