the foreign secretary. he is asking the foreign secretary. he is asking the foreign secretary for an update on the situation in gaza. it is worth remembering that the foreign secretary, lord cameron, does not sit as an mp so he is going to be asking mr lambie whether he will get some kind of statement. at the moment though, just saw the defence secretary grant shapps speaking. we will, as of course i was saying, breathe that statement from david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, when it happens. we are expecting that to happen any moment now. the reporter with bbc verified has been taking a look at the latest footage to see how the hospital is being affected by the war. hospitals and medical being affected by the war. hospitals and medical staff being affected by the war. hospitals and medical staff are being affected by the war. hospitals and medical staff are protected - and medical staff are protected under international law. but patients and doctors have reportedl
over new claims that he broke lockdown rules during the pandemic. he denies any wrongdoing. the independent police watchdog is to send investigators to cardiff following monday night s riot which started after two teenage boys were killed in a crash. the racism row in spanish football real madrid star viniciusjunior has his red card rescinded, as people protest in his native brazil over the racial abuse suffered by their star player. good morning. iamon i am on the roof of the bbc in london, where the sun is beating down. for england and wales we are looking at it day of sunny intervals, variable cloud. for scotland and northern ireland, cloud and spots of rain, but brightening up. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 24th may. our main story. inflation in the uk is expected to fall below 10% for the first time since august, when official figures are released injust over an hour. economists have predicted the current rate of 10.1% could drop sharp
the number of charging stations across the country. you re live with bbc news. the actor, idris elba, is calling on the government to immediately ban the sale of certain knives and machetes, to help stop more young people losing their lives. along with victims families, he s launching a campaign to address the increase in serious knife crime among youths across the uk. here s adina campbell. london s parliament square. today, filled with clothing representing those who have lost their lives through knife crime. standing side by side, hollywood actor idris elba and a bereaved mother launched this new campaign calling for an immediate ban on zombie style knives and machetes. it s a nationwide issue and the government needs to look at it as an issue that isn t proportionally
black, isn t london. the highest crime rates are in the midlands right now. so we we need to think about this outside the colour of our skin. i am not here as a celebrity. i am here as a human being, as a parent. yemi hughes 19 year old son andre was murdered in a knife attack in south london in 2016. for me it was andre s bag. it shows the stab wounds that he received, because this is what he was wearing on his back at the time of his murder. these are the shoes that he was actually running in to get away on the day. # my guy, he don t look fly with your samurai and his blood dirty.# idris elba has also released this new track, called knives down, as part of the campaign. knife crime has risen each year since the pandemic. here in london there were more than 13,000 incidents recorded between july 2022 and june last year. that s an increase of 21% compared with the previous 12 months. and of the 21 teenagers killed in the capital last year, 18 were stabbed.
the actor idris elba is calling on the government to immediately ban the sale of certain knives and machetes, to help stop more young people losing their lives. along with victims families, he s launching a campaign to address the increase in serious knife crime among youths across the uk. here s adina campbell. london s parliament square today filled with clothing, representing those who ve lost their lives through knife crime. standing side by side, hollywood actor idris elba and a bereaved mother launched this new campaign, calling for an immediate ban on zombie style knives and machetes. it s a nationwide issue and the government needs to look at it as an issue that isn t proportionally black, isn t london. the highest crime rates are in the midlands right now. so we need to really think about this outside of the colour of our skin. i m not here as a celebrity. i m here as a human